The three hundred thousand taels in banknotes stayed in Chen Shi'an's hands for only two days before he spent nearly all of it.
The main expense was buying Marrow-Washing Pills.
In the Desolate Ruins, a single Marrow-Washing Pill could sell for five or six thousand taels of silver.
In Desolate Suppression City, the price was slashed in half, to around two thousand taels.
Chen Shi'an did not buy them on the open market. Using his status as a steward of the Earth Pill Sect, he purchased nearly one hundred and eighty Marrow-Washing Pills from the sect, almost clearing out half its stock.
Buying pills as a steward gave him a price even lower than the market rate.
At the same time, he was now a Second-Rank Martial Artist, so purchasing large quantities of Marrow-Washing Pills would naturally arouse suspicion.
He offered a reasonable explanation, saying he was buying them for relatives and friends in Dingzhou.
Every month, the Earth Pill Sect held a Sect Meeting.
Those attending were all important figures ranked elder or above in the Earth Pill Sect.
Chen Shi'an was currently only a steward, but because he had taken over Ba Dashan's duties, he was qualified to sit in.
The meeting began punctually at the hour of the dragon.
First, they dealt with some routine issues and standardized a few procedures,
After that, they moved on to resolving some more pressing and thorny matters.
At first, Chen Shi'an thought he was merely an observer and only needed to bring his ears.
What he had not expected was that, in the second half of the meeting, he would actually become the central figure.
"Everyone, I imagine you've all heard about the conflict between Steward Jing and Chu Tianshu a few days ago?" Hong Qingliu said quietly.
Seeing