amaotonovel Chapter 129 Buying Elixirs
Chapter 129 Buying Elixirs
"Have you heard that the sect is distributing foundation-building pills to the inner disciples?"
"Senior Brother Li is in seclusion. It is said that he is going to strive for the Foundation Establishment stage."
"Senior Brother Zhang is also preparing for seclusion."
"Soon, our Green Immortal Sect will have another batch of foundation-building cultivators."
"..."
Recently, no matter where Xu Changshou went, people were talking about the Foundation Establishment Pill and the inner disciples.
Xu Changshou was tired of listening to it, so he closed the courtyard and devoted himself to drawing talismans.
After his cultivation broke through the twelfth level of Qi Refining, his task of drawing talismans increased from 280 per month to 420.
Of course, Xu Changshou's speed in drawing talismans has also become faster. Now, he can draw a hundred talismans in a day without any effort.
The twelfth level of Qi Refining has about one third more spiritual energy reserves than the eleventh level, but the twelfth level of Qi Refining is more complete than the eleventh level.
The speed of recovering spiritual energy is faster. When the spiritual energy is exhausted, the recovery of the twelfth level of Qi Refining is twice as fast as that of the eleventh level of Qi Refining.
As for drawing talismans, of course, more are drawn.
In addition, cultivators at the twelfth level of Qi Refining have a more sophisticated application of mana.
A cultivator at the twelfth level of Qi Refining can barely use magic tools, but a cultivator at the eleventh level of Qi Refining cannot. This is the biggest difference.
In two and a half months, Xu Changshou drew a total of 7,500 Fengxing Talismans before he stopped.
Xu Changshou calculated that it was enough for him to complete more than a year's tasks.
In the short term, you don’t have to worry about drawing talismans.
Calculating the time, there is less than half a month left until the Foundation Establishment Daoist Exchange Meeting.
Xu Changshou told Yang Bailao some things, and then quietly went to Wanxianfang Market.
At this time, Ye Shanhu, Li Linhao, Leng Muyang and some other inner disciples were in seclusion to break through to the foundation-building stage.
When he arrived at Wanxian Market, Xu Changshou went straight to He Shuixiu. The exchange meeting had not yet begun, so He Shuixiu arranged a room for Xu Changshou in Wanxian Pavilion for him to stay temporarily.
At the same time, Xu Changshou gave He Shuixiu the thirty-six talismans he had prepared long ago, and He Shuixiu also gave him spirit stones.
Before the exchange meeting began, there was an annual small auction. Xu Changshou had participated in this kind of auction once. Since it happened to be the right time, Xu Changshou would certainly not miss it.
However, before that, Xu Changshou planned to buy some medicinal herbs to gather the auxiliary herbs for refining the foundation-building pill.
To refine the foundation-building pill, a total of thirteen kinds of medicinal materials are needed. In addition to the four main medicinal materials such as the Four Immortal Grasses, Linglong Fruit, Blood Cherry Blossoms, and Emperor Liujiang, nine auxiliary medicinal materials are also needed.
These nine medicinal herbs are: hemp seed, angelica sinensis, century-old poria cocos, black fire seed, wind spirit grass, pine dendrobium, pine yellow grass, snow deer antler, and yellow fragrant ling paste.
These nine kinds of medicinal herbs are all very common, so Xu Changshou has never been in a hurry to buy them.
Only after learning that Ye Shanhu and others had obtained the Foundation Establishment Pill did Xu Changshou think of buying medicinal herbs.
There was plenty of time, and after resting for a day in Wanxian Pavilion, Xu Changshou began to stroll around.
The first place we went to was the street stalls.
In Pingyang Market, setting up stalls at random is not allowed, which is not conducive to the business of those merchants.
The people at Wanxianlou have specially planned an area for street vendors, where they can set up stalls as they please.
At this time, it coincided with the annual small auction and the exchange meeting for fellow Taoists in foundation building. The Wanxian Market was very lively, and the business of those shops had been extremely hot in recent days.
Even the vendors were no exception, with monks coming to visit the stalls in an endless stream, shoulder to shoulder.
Even occasionally, you can see great monks who have established their foundation in the crowd.
Xu Changshou looked around and saw stalls selling talismans, elixirs, puppets, weapons, robes, and martial arts techniques. Everything one could need was available.
There are people selling elixirs, but they are relatively few.
To be honest, the things sold on the street stalls are not necessarily of lower quality than those in stores. Some are even better than those in stores.
Generally, people who set up stalls don’t have much stuff and it’s not worth opening a shop, so they choose to set up stalls.
There are also people who don't have spirit stones on them and sell their property in exchange for spirit stones.
It is easy to find bargains at street stalls, and sometimes you can spend a lot of money to buy good things, so the street stall economy is very attractive.
Of course, there is also the risk of being cheated when buying street goods.
Xu Changshou's target this time was elixirs, so he kept looking at the stalls selling elixirs.
Suddenly, a yellow grass as vigorous as a pine tree came into Xu Changshou's sight.
This small grass was grown in a flowerpot. The person setting up the stall was an elderly monk who had already retired from the secular world.
There are also various other elixirs on his stall.
Judging from the situation, this elderly monk should be good at growing spiritual herbs.
None of his elixirs were particularly precious.
"My fellow Taoist, how much is this yellow pine grass?" Xu Changshou asked with a smile, pointing at the yellow grass.
"Do you want to buy it?" The old monk opened his cloudy eyes.
"Yes!"
"One plant costs forty broken spirit stones. If you buy more, you can get a discount, three plants for one spirit stone."
"Do you still have it?"
"Yes, I grew these myself, and there are more at home if they are not enough."
As the old monk spoke, he took out four or five more plants from his storage bag.
Xu Changshou took a look and selected three plants with better growth rates.
"I want these three plants, and I'll give you the spirit stones!"
Throwing a spirit stone to the old monk, Xu Changshou put the selected yellow pine grass into the storage bag.
To refine the foundation-building pill, only one yellow pine grass is enough at a time, but this thing is cheap, so to be on the safe side, Xu Changshou bought three at a time.
The old monk reminded him, "Little Daoist friend, you don't know how to plant. Remember to deal with it immediately after you return."
"Thank you for the reminder, I will. By the way, fellow Daoist, I need some spiritual medicines, I wonder if you have any."
"What elixir?"
"Heavenly vanilla, wind spirit grass, black fire seeds."
Xu Changshou mentioned three kinds of spiritual medicines in one breath. These three kinds of spiritual medicines are relatively common and can be grown by ordinary cultivators.
The old monk smiled and said, "I have both Heavenly Vanilla and Black Fire Seeds. Please have a look, young Taoist friend."
As the old man spoke, he took out a magical herb and a plant that looked like a shower head. Inside the shower head were black fire seeds as big as sesame seeds.
"Okay, okay, I want three of each. Is that enough?"
"Enough! Enough!"
The old monk was overjoyed. He had met a big client. Now he had enough money to buy Qi Gathering Pills for his grandson.
"How much is it in total?"
"Three stalks of heavenly fragrant grass are also worth one spirit stone. Black fire seeds are a bit more expensive, fifty broken spirit stones each."
"Give!"
Xu Changshou took out two spirit stones and gave fifty broken spirit stones.
After buying the elixir, Xu Changshou continued to stroll around the street stall area. After a whole morning, he found hemp seeds, century-old poria cocos and wind spirit grass.
Just from the street stalls, I was able to collect all six magical herbs.
What's still missing are the three magical medicines: pine needle, snow deer antler, and Huangxiang Ling Gao.