The old man in the bamboo hat

The sect had reaped handsome profits, and Su Yuan and Xie Tongyi had received rewards as a result. Besides a large quantity of spirit stones, they were permitted to purchase fourth-grade pills from the sect at sixty percent of the usual price.

The only difference was that Su Yuan had two opportunities, while Xie Tongyi had only one.

Even so, Xie Tongyi had been grinning from ear to ear. He generously spent a considerable sum of spirit stones treating Su Yuan to a sumptuous feast at Dragon Marrow Pavilion, indulging their appetites for once.

Naturally, all this was thanks to Su Yuan and Elder Zhang.

In the future, they could use these discounted purchasing opportunities to buy the mid-grade pills they would need when forming their cores.

Although paying sixty percent of the price would still consume most of their wealth, it was practically the same as receiving them for free.

"Martial Uncle Zhang is simply too stern. If only he would honor us by sampling Dragon Marrow Pavilion's fine wine and delicacies.

"Although we have long since ceased needing food, indulging our appetites once in a while truly leaves an endless savor and sets our fingers twitching for more!"

Remembering the spiritual feast Xie Tongyi had treated him to last time, Su Yuan felt his cravings stir again as he climbed the stairs with a jade slip in hand. Without thinking, he reached out and patted his plump belly.

Even the memory seemed to brim with spiritual energy. Those carefully prepared dishes had been splendid in color, aroma, and flavor, and could even improve one's cultivation slightly. It truly killed two birds with one stone.

What he held was a jade slip the sect master had sent to Elder Zhang. Messages sent directly and instantaneously through the teleportation array