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Qiaoqiao looked at him curiously. This person was also a cultivator, but he was thin and weak, missing a hand and an ear. He looked at Bai Fu with a panicked and somewhat awe-inspiring expression, shrinking back in fear.

Qiaoqiao then realized that this person had approached her silently, and her master had discovered him. She wondered what he wanted; was he a thief?

Although this person had a physical disability, his aura was so concealed that he almost blended into the shadows. If he hadn't been with his master, he would have been very difficult to detect.

She couldn't help but sigh, "Being with my master really makes me feel safe."

A single thought almost melted away the surrounding chill; the Immortal Venerable's barely formed killing intent vanished without a trace. The man seemed to have just escaped death, his back drenched in cold sweat. Seeing Bai Fu's expression soften, he hurriedly explained, "I... I'm not a thief, I just want to do some business with you."

Qiaoqiao asked curiously, "What kind of business?"

The man glanced around; people were flowing by, and no one seemed to notice the little incident unfolding before he leaned closer and whispered, "I sell medicinal pills."

He patted the Storage Bag hanging at his waist, looking mysterious, "' Saint Pill,' have you heard of it?"

Bai Fu's eyebrows twitched slightly.

Qiaoqiao also became interested.

The man, looking around suspiciously like a thief, said mysteriously, "The Saint Pill is the legendary elixir refined by the Pill Saint a thousand years ago. It's an unparalleled divine medicine. I'm sure you two have heard of the Pill Saint's name, haven't you?"

Qiaoqiao nodded.

I've not only heard of it, but I'm very familiar with it.

After Liu Xiu turned into a paper doll, she became somewhat eccentric, constantly muttering about the Pill Saint and the Saint Pill, as if she wasn't quite right in the head.

"The Pill Saint didn't fall into demonic possession because he ate the Saint Pill; he was murdered. His killer wanted the two Saint Pill he possessed," the short man said mysteriously. "Because of the Pill Saint's death, the secret of the Saint Pill was buried. Actually, the secret of the Saint Pill is—"

As he spoke, he took another step closer to Qiaoqiao.

Before he even got close, the biting cold made him shiver. The white-robed cultivator looked at him with an icy expression, and he dared not approach Qiaoqiao any further, even his speech quickening, "One Saint Pill grants immortality, two pills grant sainthood. Only by consuming two Saint Pill simultaneously can one truly achieve sainthood. This is a great secret that shocks the Cultivation World, and I only tell you because I see you are destined to meet."

Qiaoqiao responded with an "Oh," her words constantly shocking the Cultivation World, which the Cultivation World found offensive.

"So you're selling Saint Pill?"

"I am the sixteenth-generation descendant of the Pill Saint, and the only person in the world who knows the formula for the Saint Pill." He lowered his voice again, "I have four Saint Pills in total, which I can sell to the two of you. Do you want the chance to become a Saint on the spot?"

Qiaoqiao thought to herself, "What a joke! If she hadn't personally witnessed how the so-called Saint Pill was refined in that cave, she almost would have believed it."

Is he incredibly audacious or utterly ignorant? He actually dared to deceive his master.

"How many Spirit Stone did you spend on this Saint Pill?"

"Not expensive, 100,000 High-Grade Spirit Stone per stone." He gestured with his only remaining hand, "Two stones get a 20% discount, buy three get one free, fixed price 500,000."

Qiaoqiao:?

Young man, your math skills are probably not from the Body Cultivation Sect!

The more discounted it is, the more expensive it becomes. This is outrageous!

"Think carefully, you two," he said. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Spirit Stone are nothing but external possessions. What use will they be to you once you ascend to immortality and Spirit Stone?"

Qiaoqiao looked thoughtful.

"Look how fine these pills are." He opened the Storage Bag a crack, revealing several golden pills inside. "Young lady, if you buy these, you can be with your lover forever. If you weren't destined for each other, I wouldn't be willing to sell these pills to you."

Qiaoqiao's heart skipped a beat. She quickly glanced at her master and saw that Bai Fu's expression was calm and unchanged, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

This person probably misunderstood their relationship because they saw her talking closely with her master earlier.

but--

[You can't just say things like that. What if Master has someone he likes? Wouldn't they misunderstand if they heard that?]

But Master has always been detached from worldly affairs; surely he couldn't tolerate such matters of love and affection?

Just as he was about to deny it, Bai Fu asked, "Have you sold these pills to anyone else?"

He shook his head repeatedly, then smiled obsequiously, "No, no, I only sell to discerning people like you."

[Ah!]

[I remember now!]

Staring at the swindler, Qiaoqiao suddenly triggered a passive skill, remembering him from the corner of her dream.

[This person is Ning Xuan's subordinate, Aqi!]

[He was once a disciple of the Glazed Sea, where one of his ears was eaten by Ear-Eating Beast. Afterwards, he went to the Glazed Sea Profound Heaven Sect and became Ning Xuan's follower. There, his arm was bitten off by a gray wolf raised by Ning Xuan, which caused him to harbor a grudge against Ning Xuan.]

He had been plotting revenge against Ning Xuan, but his cultivation was too low to deal with the young sect leader. He overheard a conversation between the young master and a mysterious person, and from these fragments, he learned the secret of the Saint Pill. He then left the Profound Heaven Sect and secretly started selling fake pills.

Aqi made his fortune selling fake Saint Pill and planned to swindle ten million Spirit Stone to obtain a top-grade magic Law Artifact. Even if he couldn't kill Ning Xuan, he would perish together with him.

Saying they only sell to those who are destined to be there is, of course, a complete lie.

However, he was quite unlucky, suffering in both the Glazed Sea and the Profound Heaven Sect. Ning Xuan was indeed a scoundrel; he allowed his pet spirit beast to harm people, which was understandable given how much he hated him, but deceiving others was wrong of him.

Moreover, his idea is quite ingenious; trying to kill Ning Xuan with a top-grade magic Law Artifact is probably not that easy.