Taking the medicinal ingredients, Ye Tian sequentially heated and cleansed the furnace. Once the temperature reached the required level, he began refining the Minor Hundred Herbs Pill.
This Minor Hundred Herbs Pill used relatively common medicinal ingredients, but a greater variety. Its effect was to nourish the body, expel evil, and strengthen the righteous. Although its medicinal efficacy was not particularly miraculous, it was still a rare and valuable medicine.
The structure of this pill furnace was clearly much more complex than his previous one; they were not in the same league at all.
After three consecutive attempts, Ye Tian finally became proficient in its operation. On the fourth attempt, the pill was successfully refined, yielding six pills.
Looking at the pills, the size of green beans and emitting the fragrance of herbs, Ye Tian consumed one to feel its medicinal power. After a few minutes, he murmured, "Not bad. When I return, I'll refine other pills."
He focused on studying the pill refining furnace, unaware of the passage of time. When he came to his senses, it was already early morning of the next day.
He rested for a while, and in the early morning, he was still in the courtyard collecting the essence of the sun. As his inner core flew out, a trace of fire essence wrapped around it, burning faint marks on the inner core.
Seeing this, Ye Tian's heart stirred. He was studying the Heavenly Talisman Scripture and wondered if he could use the sun's essence fire to engrave talismans onto his inner core.
As soon as this idea struck him, he immediately thought of a suitable talisman, named the True Yang Fire Talisman. Thus, he attempted to control the rotation of his inner core, allowing the sun's essence fire to etch the talisman onto its surface.
He had just found some techniques when the opportune moment for collecting the sun's essence passed. He could only continue tomorrow.
Putting away his inner core, he called Huang Yanran and continued to attend today's exchange meeting. This exchange meeting was conducted privately among cultivators, and he wanted to see if he could encounter anything useful.
Unlike the ghost market, which only started at night, the exchange meeting had many stalls set up by nine in the morning.
The exchange meeting did not restrict identity. Even those not participating in the exchange conference could set up stalls, provided they paid an additional fee.
The exchange meeting was located on a wild mountain in the capital. As one ascended the mountain, a stall could be seen every few steps.
Knowing that Ye Tian might buy things, Huang Yanran brought three servants to help him carry his purchases.
Walking halfway up the mountain, Ye Tian had not yet found anything he wanted to buy. However, he saw a stall displaying four "incense money" coins, just one short of completing a set of five divine coins.
He glanced at the owner, who was a middle-aged Taoist priest. The priest also sized him up.
He smiled slightly, "Daoist priest, are you selling these four incense money coins?"
The old Taoist replied, "If I'm selling, I'm also buying."
Ye Tian asked, "You're missing a Qin Ban Liang coin. For how much are you willing to sell?"
He had quite a few five divine coins, but also some loose ones that didn't form a complete set. Now that someone needed them, selling them would be good.
The old Taoist said, "If it's incense money from the True Scripture, I'm willing to purchase it for three billion."
Ye Tian chuckled, "Daoist priest, even buying a complete set of the Great Five Emperors coins these days costs a lot. You likely won't be able to buy one for three billion."
The old Taoist replied, "You can buy mine. I only want five billion."
Ye Tian smiled, "Don't rush."
Saying that, he took out a Qin Ban Liang coin and continued to ask, "Now, how much will you offer?"
The old Taoist stared at the Qin Ban Liang coin for a few seconds. He sighed softly, "Five billion, no more. I've been traveling the Jianghu for decades and have only saved this much."
Ye Tian said, "Alright, deal."
The Taoist took out a talisman and said, "This is a talisman drawn by the True Lord of Maoshan in his time. It's worth ten billion. For the remaining forty billion, I'll use a check."
After speaking, he took out a check and placed it in an envelope.
Ye Tian had Huang Yanran verify the check and confirmed it was legitimate. He also examined the talisman. The aura emanating from it was indeed profound, and the person who drew this talisman was at least at the level of an Earth Immortal.
He nodded, "Good."
After receiving the items, he continued walking up the mountain.
Huang Yanran, not recognizing its value, couldn't help but say, "Mr. Ye, a single talisman sold for ten billion. That's too expensive."
Ye Tian smiled, "That depends on who is buying it. For me, it's a priceless treasure."
"Why?" Huang Yanran asked curiously.