“Daoist Friend Bai, if you have any questions, let’s go to Heaven—”
Wen Buting, acting on his conscience, wanted to advise Bai Shengyi against dealing with this stingy old man. However, before he could finish speaking, Old Zhangtou interrupted him. He looked up to see Old Zhangtou staring at him chillingly, speaking sinisterly.
“Go where? Does this old man not deserve to answer her questions?”
Wen Buting dared not agree, nor did he dare to tell the truth.
He hastily waved his hands, “No, no.”
It was Bai Shengyi who couldn’t stand it and rescued him.
“Senior, please don’t tease Daoist Wen. He is timid and easily frightened.”
Wen Buting: …Thanks, I suspect you’re openly mocking me.
“Haha!” Old Zhangtou looked at Wen Buting, then at Bai Shengyi, “Interesting! Interesting! Little girl, you are good.”
Bai Shengyi accepted it with composure.
“Senior, I’d like to ask for your help to appraise my pills. If I were to sell them here, what would be a reasonable price per pill in immortal stones?”
Bai Shengyi wasted no more words. With a wave of her hand, ten small porcelain bottles appeared before Old Zhangtou.
Old Zhangtou raised an eyebrow, “Aren’t you afraid I’ll rob you of your pills, little girl?”
As he spoke, he reached out to touch the porcelain bottles.
But Bai Shengyi smiled and said, “Senior can leave some secrets of an alchemist on his spiritual artifacts. Of course, I can too.”
Old Zhangtou’s hand froze, suddenly unsure whether to continue.
Wen Buting: …Alchemist’s secrets, for real? Can’t you just say poisoning!
“Of course, my little tricks are nothing compared to your discerning eyes, Senior. I was just joking with you.” Bai Shengyi added with a smile.
Wen Buting couldn’t help but say, “Daoist Friend Bai, perhaps you should stop smiling.”
Your smile makes me so uneasy!
Old Zhangtou snorted, grabbed a porcelain bottle, opened it, and sniffed it. He was astonished, “Grade eight top-quality Dongyuan Pill? You are an eighth-grade alchemist!”
He was genuinely surprised.
Firstly, Dongyuan Pills, as a type of pill that enhances spiritual sense, are difficult to formulate. He didn’t know where this young girl got the recipe. As far as he knew, there were only about a dozen alchemists in the Three Continents who could refine Dongyuan Pills; secondly, this young girl was too young. To refine an eighth-grade pill at such a young age?
Before Bai Shengyi could say anything, he took the second porcelain bottle, “Grade eight top-quality Yunling Pill.”
“Grade seven top-quality Fengling Powder.”
…
The subsequent eight pills were all unremarkable, and except for Yunling Pill, the rest were seventh-grade. However, even so, Old Zhangtou was almost numb with surprise!
“Little friend, your pill control even surpasses mine, Old Zhangtou—” He suddenly froze, his hand holding the porcelain bottle trembling. He hurriedly pressed down the trembling hand with the other, afraid of spilling the pills.
“Grade eight superior… What kind of pill is this?” He couldn’t identify it for a moment. He quickly re-examined it, but still couldn’t figure out what it was.
Old Zhangtou urgently asked Bai Shengyi, “Little friend, may I pour out this pill to take a look?”
“As you wish.” Bai Shengyi naturally had no objections.
She had asked Old Zhangtou to help appraise the price, which was also a way to leverage Old Zhangtou’s reputation in the black market to open up the market for her pills.
Old Zhangtou might know, or he might not. But at this moment, he clearly had no intention of dwelling on these matters.
Old Zhangtou quickly poured out the pills. As soon as he smelled the pure and rich spiritual energy emanating from the air, his expression immediately changed, and he raised his hand to set up a barrier around them.
“What is it? It smells so good!”
“Is it a pill? I can smell it too. Just for a moment, and my internal injuries seem to have healed?”
“Me too!”
Although the medicinal aroma only lingered in the air for a moment, it was still captured by many cultivators. They looked around, trying to find the source of the medicinal scent, but the instigator had already grabbed Bai Shengyi and quickly left the scene.
“Troublesome, troublesome…” Old Zhangtou complained with a distressed expression, “So troublesome. I’m afraid I won’t have a moment’s peace later.”
Wen Buting also had a green face. After stopping, he immediately confirmed with Old Zhangtou, “Old Zhangtou, how long can your place withstand it?”
“How would this old man know?” Old Zhangtou said impatiently.
He now felt that the pill bottle in his hand was burning hot, and he wished he could throw it away immediately.
“Little friend, you’ve really gotten me into trouble,” he complained to Bai Shengyi.
Bai Shengyi was confused, “Isn’t it just a healing pill?”
It’s not even a top-grade one, not that rare.
“This is still not rare?” Old Zhangtou’s voice almost cracked, and his beard bristled with anger.
It turned out Bai Shengyi had unknowingly spoken her inner thoughts.
Seeing that Bai Shengyi was still out of touch, Wen Buting sighed and explained, “Daoist Friend Bai, do you know what kind of pills are most popular in Liuxian Bay?”
He didn’t need Bai Shengyi to answer, and continued on his own.
“It’s not for healing spiritual sense, nor for improving cultivation, but for saving lives. Because here, newly ascended immortals are still protected by the three great cities, but other cultivators can get into a fight with others at any time and risk death.”
Old Zhangtou followed up, “This pill of yours, just one whiff can heal external injuries. It’s probably not just a simple external healing pill, is it?”
“You are correct. This pill is called the Hunyuan Zhengming Dan, a life-saving pill.”
“Hunyuan Zhengming Dan…” Old Zhangtou murmured, “Indeed, it is a brand new pill… Did you create this formula yourself?”
Bai Shengyi nodded, “I borrowed a little from the ideas of Yunling Dan and Huichun Dan.”
Even so, it was enough to surprise Old Zhangtou.
Yunling Dan and Huichun Dan are two publicly known and transparent pill formulas. Yet, no one young could create new pills by comprehending these formulas.
This showed how terrifying Bai Shengyi was.
Old Zhangtou’s eyes darted, and he immediately had an idea, “Little friend, can you sell this pill to me?”
Fearing that Bai Shengyi might not agree, he added, “Don’t worry, I won’t cheat you. I’ll offer twenty thousand top-grade immortal stones.”
Wen Buting beside him gasped. Fearing that Bai Shengyi wouldn’t understand the market price and refuse, he quickly said, “Daoist Friend Bai, Old Zhangtou’s price is very fair. Currently, life-saving pills like Feijin Dan, even eighth-grade top-quality ones, only fetch around fifteen thousand top-grade immortal stones at auction.”
Of course, it’s very possible that Old Zhangtou wanted to decipher Bai Shengyi’s pill formula through this pill, but one must bow their head when under someone else’s roof, and also dodge the rain. Otherwise, if he angered Old Zhangtou, the pills might not be sold, and he might get into trouble.
Wen Buting was afraid that Bai Shengyi would not understand the situation, but found that Bai Shengyi was even more magnanimous than him.
Bai Shengyi smiled and said, “That won’t do.”
Old Zhangtou thought Bai Shengyi was unwilling to sell. A flicker of displeasure crossed his eyes, but before he could say anything, he heard Bai Shengyi say a few more words.
“If you want it, I’ll give you one.”
Old Zhangtou and Wen Buting both thought they had misheard!
Wen Buting: “Daoist Friend Bai, didn’t you say you were short of immortal stones?”
Such a good opportunity, and you could still fleece that black-hearted Old Zhangtou. What are you doing if you don’t cherish it!