Chapter Eighteen: Supplementary Equipment

  His words were quite blunt, but the female cultivator didn't dare to argue and could only force a smile and say, "We have Spirit Nourishing Pills, both ordinary and high-quality ones. However... we don't have many top-grade Spirit Nourishing Pills."

  "Top-grade?" Chen Taizhong glanced at her and thought to himself, Are there still top-grade Dan pills?

  "It's a Wind Attribute Spirit Pill," the female cultivator explained carefully, then asked softly, "Tuxiang Snake... is it of the Wind Attribute?"

  No wonder it's crowned with the word "extreme", it turns out that the elixir is still a high-quality product, but it emphasizes attribute service, Chen Taizhong somewhat understood.

  "Tuxiang snake is of both wind and water attributes," he replied calmly, then asked impatiently, "How much for a fine one, and how much for an extreme one?"

  "A top-grade Five-Hundred-Spirit Pill can sustain half a month of cultivation, and when consumed in battle, it can support intense fighting for two hours," the female cultivator said, pausing before continuing hesitantly, "As for the highest grade... it's a bit more expensive."

  "I'm dizzy," a voice exclaimed from the side, and another young couple had entered the store. The girl heard this and shouted out loud, "Top-grade hemostatic powder is only 100 spirit coins per packet, top-grade nourishing pill is 500 spirit coins per piece?"

  "Someone who can afford to raise a wild beast wouldn't care about this little money," the young man said with a look of disdain, but his words were laced with sarcasm, "The life of someone's pet is worth more than human life."

  Chen Taizhong glanced at him lightly and didn't bother to argue.

  He's not exactly a good-tempered person, but when he first rose to power, he risked life and death to complete his missions, even going so far as to directly confront the Level 9 Wild Beast Flame Turtle, all for the sake of collecting mouse food for Miss Nanshe.

  The female pharmacist didn't bother with them, but instead smiled at the young fourth-level wandering immortal, "Top-grade items are expensive, but they have attribute bonuses during cultivation and combat, making them well worth it."

  "How much?" Chen Taizhong's hand shook, and a yellow gemstone appeared in his palm. He tossed it back and forth, saying lightly, "Don't worry that I won't be able to afford it."

  "What's going on? A high-quality spirit stone?" The young woman exclaimed again.

  "Top-grade Spirit Nourishing Pills, one thousand and one pieces," the voice of the female pharmacist trembled slightly, high-quality spirit stones were indeed relatively rare.

  It is said that the exchange rate between medium-grade spirit stones and high-grade spirit stones is one hundred to one, but this is only the official exchange rate. Generally speaking, one high-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for around 110 medium-grade spirit stones.

  In the immortal realm, high-quality spirit stones were originally much rarer than mid-quality ones. Many high-end formations and spiritual instruments could only be driven by high-grade spirit stones, so sects and families had to stockpile them in large quantities, resulting in a shortage of market circulation.

  "It's expensive," Chen Taizhong tossed the Ling Stone upwards again and caught it in his hand, then turned around and walked out the door.

  He was extremely disgusted with this arrogant and flattering little nun, and he didn't even plan to buy the Spirit Nourishing Pill - with an attitude as bad as this, do you still expect me to take care of your business?

  I took out the top-grade spirit stone just to show off - you can regret it now.

  "For top-grade spirit stones, it's 90% off," the female cultivator called out loudly again — this is a top-grade spirit stone.

  Chen Taizhong stopped in his tracks, then turned around to glance at him, speaking lightly, "Do you think I'm a fool who can't tell the difference between good and bad Ling Stones? With attributes of both wind and water, you try to pass off a wind-attributed one as a genuine article, thinking I'm stupid and have too much money?"

  "You said money wasn't a problem," the woman muttered resentfully.

  "I said money is no problem, referring to the spiritual aspect of alchemy," Chen Taizhong replied coldly, then sneered, "Little girl, don't change the concept."

  He turned and left, the female cultivator stood there, after a long while she slapped the counter heavily, "You four-level wandering immortal, wanting divine awareness elixir... cheat a ghost instead!"

  Chen Taizhong left the Dan medicine shop and turned into a Gongfa commercial shop. He had been to this shop before, and bought some books introducing plants and wild beasts. "That thing... give me an intermediate beast-taming guide."

  He knew about this book long ago, but in the past... wasn't it unaffordable?

  He doesn't necessarily have to tame the fragrant snake as a pet, but now that he has money, he should also make up for the relevant knowledge.

  "Thanks for your patronage, Ba Bai Ling." The guard at the Gong Fa store was a burly man with a thick beard. He sat there, one hand picking his nose and the other scratching his toes, answering lazily.

  This behavior is typical of an uncouth and unrefined person from a humble background.

  Ke Chen would not underestimate this person, or rather, he would not underestimate the owner of this skill shop. It was known that the most expensive skill book sold in this shop was worth 660,000 spirit coins.

  Such an expensive skill is placed on a public jade shelf, the color of the jade is ancient and old, with some subtle spots, looking very high-end and atmospheric.

  Leaving aside the content of this jade, let's just talk about this small street shop. They dare to put such a valuable thing in the storefront facing the street, which is a kind of confidence in itself - they are not afraid of accidents happening.

  "Isn't it expensive?" Chen Taizhong was taken aback for a moment, but after thinking about it, he still decided to buy it. Spirit stones were meant to be spent anyway.

  After buying the Taming Beast Manual, he took a look at other skill books and found nothing particularly noteworthy, so he asked the burly man, "Are there any techniques that improve with cultivation level and upgrade accordingly?"

  "What kind of technique are you looking for?" Da Han asked lazily.

  "Hmm, knife skills," Chen Taizhong still preferred using a knife.

  "No," the big Han shook his head, "the knife method you want is not rare, but it's all monopolized by sects and large families. If it's leaked casually, the consequences will be severe. Even if I have it, I won't sell it to you."

  "What's your technique?" Chen Taizhong was a bit curious, in fact, he wanted to set a price for the gun technique in his hand.

  "I have the Bow Technique," Da Han replied casually, "Xian's fourth to ninth level, if you want it, one million two thousand ling."

  Chen Taizhong's shoulder, hanging on the small bow that was snatched away, because this bow is self-contained space, can not be put into storage bag and Su Mei ring, but let Hanzi think, he is an archer.

  "Archer's art is out of the question," Chen Taizhong shook his head, firstly because he wasn't very interested in archery, and secondly...the price of this skill was just too frightening. Chen had recently made a small fortune by relying on his underworld connections, but all together he only had a bit over 20,000 spirit stones.

  So he asked again, "Only from Xian level 4 to 9, no Ling Xian?"

  "Is the technique involving Ling Xian just a mere 12,000?" Hanzi didn't even lift his head this time.

  "This attitude of yours is not suitable for doing business," Chen Taizhong hummed and turned to leave.

  Not long after he left, the back door of the Kung Fu store creaked open and a middle-aged man and a thirteen or fourteen year old girl walked in.

  The girl saw at a glance that there were eight pieces of medium-grade spirit stones on the counter, "Wow, Uncle Nan is really capable. We went out for a while, and you sold eight hundred spirits."

  "Almost sold for twelve thousand," the big man with a calloused foot laughed, looking into her eyes filled with concern. "Uncle Nan sells his own goods, consider this eight hundred as pocket money from Uncle Nan."

  "What did you sell?" The girl's big eyes blinked, she was a beauty, but her face was a bit pale.

  "It's just a beast-taming guide," Nan Shu replied casually. "Your sister Nancy doesn't need it anymore."

  "You're so kind to help me watch the door for two days, but it turns out you were just taking advantage of the opportunity to sell your own goods on the side," the middle-aged man grumbled in dissatisfaction. "I thought you were at least a viscount, but I guess not, since you're so petty about this small amount of money."

  It turned out that the muscular man in the shop was actually the lord of Qing Shi City, Nan Te, the illegitimate son.

  "The money I earned was also given to your daughter!" The lord of the southern city replied indifferently, "There have been too many things going on in the castle recently, I came here to find some peace...I just saw that you've hidden the bow."

  "Hidden Bow... Hidden Bow of the Ingenious Gate?" The middle-aged man furrowed his brow, "They've come to Jizhou?"

  Qiaoqi Men is a small school with few members, famous for its equipment refining. The artifacts refined by them have their own unique style and characteristics.

  "I don't think so, probably eight or nine out of ten, it's the Black Gun Trio," Nante shook his head, "The archer in there may have a hidden bow."

  "Let's see who has finished their task," the middle-aged man replied casually.

  Chen Taizhong didn't know that the three bandits he had killed were somewhat notorious in the Qing Shi City area. The actual strength of these three was ordinary, but they were extremely ruthless and cunning. When encountering high-ranking Youxian, they wouldn't even think about fighting face-to-face. As for middle and lower-ranking Youxian, their main tactic was to launch sneak attacks, aiming to take lives with each strike.

  He didn't even notice the quest reward - it was an adventure quest, and he didn't want to be pushed around again.

  He came out of the Gongfa shop and arrived at the Fa symbol shop. Without a Gongfa that could enhance his spiritual awareness, he felt it was necessary to buy some Fa symbols to make up for the lack of attack power.

  However, after standing in front of the law symbol shop for a while, he finally decided to go to the array method shop first.

  The shop of Array Method is not big, but it has a solemn atmosphere. As soon as you step in, you feel a kind of invisible pressure covering you.

  Especially for him as a cultivator of the airway, this feeling is exceptionally clear.

  There are five arrays placed on the counter, namely Maze Array, Illusion Array, Fire Killing Array and Defensive Array, as well as a set of high-level defensive arrays.

  These formations aren't cheap, especially that high-level defensive formation, which is priced at 8,000 spirit stones.

  "Is there an array of gathering spirits?" Chen Taizhong asked directly.

  "The Spirit Gathering Array is available, but the cheapest one costs 15,000 spirit stones," said the old woman at the counter, eyeing her suspiciously. Could a fourth-level wandering immortal possibly carry that many spirit stones on him?

  Chen Taizhong also took a deep breath, this price was indeed not ordinary.

  But this formation is a must-have for him. Thinking of the rarity of high-grade spirit stones, he asked, "Can I use high-grade spirit stones to pay?"

  "Top-grade spirit stones are one million one," the old woman replied calmly, seemingly everyone was also used to the premium price of top-grade spirit stones.

  "What's the difference between an array of 15,000 or more spirits?" Chen Taizhong asked again. He estimated that he couldn't afford a better one, but he still wanted to figure out the difference between them.

  The old woman saw that he really had the intention of buying, so she explained it carefully.

  (It's Monday again, as usual, there will be an update at dawn, and a recommended ticket is scheduled for Monday.)