Ning Fa's face showed a pensive expression.
After their conversation, it was pretty much as he had guessed.
Miss Wei was indeed no longer satisfied with the quantity of pills they were currently trading.
She hoped to increase the monthly quantity of Three Yuan Pills, and also wanted Ning Fa to provide other pills, such as those for healing and recovery.
Of course, the transaction method would remain the same.
Wei Shiqin would provide the Spiritual Materials, and pay Ning Fa Spirit Stones after he refined the pills.
However, Ning Fa did not readily agree.
This was because refining pills was only his side business; he spent most of his time cultivating.
Moreover, he was also responsible for the family's pill refining affairs.
Therefore, Ning Fa only promised to provide at least fifty percent more pills than before.
As for providing other healing and recovery pills, that was naturally not a problem.
But he still gave Wei Shiqin a commitment.
He promised that besides the Ning Family, he would only cooperate with Tongbao Pavilion for pill refining.
Of course, the prerequisite was that Wei Shiqin could stably provide him with Spiritual Materials.
Wei Shiqin agreed without much hesitation.
In reality, for Tongbao Pavilion, First-grade Mid-rank Pills were important, but not that important.
The reason Wei Shiqin valued Ning Fa so highly and was eager to establish a cooperative relationship with him was not because he could refine Three Yuan Pills.
It was because she saw the powerful pill refining talent Ning Fa had displayed.
As things stood, as long as Ning Fa could successfully advance to the late stage of Qi Condensation.
It wouldn't be long before he mastered those few important First-grade High-rank Pills.
At that time, the value Ning Fa could provide would be much greater.
What's more, if Ning Fa succeeded in Foundation Establishment and then became a Second-grade Pill Master.
Ning Fa would be someone even the headquarters of the Xudong Merchant Guild would have to treat with respect.
Wei Shiqin could naturally improve her standing within the merchant guild by leveraging her good relationship with Ning Fa.
After all, the competition within the Xudong Merchant Guild was quite fierce.
Across the entire Yun Prefecture, there were dozens of Tongbao Pavilion branches.
These Tongbao Pavilions naturally had performance requirements, and there was fierce competition among them.
The Tongbao Pavilion branch in Tianshui Market had only recently been established, and as the person in charge, she was desperately eager to improve its performance.
This was also why she was so keen to befriend Ning Fa and establish a deeper cooperative relationship with him.
The two of them were like dry kindling and a spark... no, they hit it off immediately.
Wei Shiqin agreed to Ning Fa's request and promised to do her best to collect the Spiritual Materials he needed.
As for the cost, it would be deducted from the pills Ning Fa refined each month.
At the same time, Wei Shiqin also made a small request.
She hoped that at certain times, Ning Fa could help her refine some specified pills.
She would provide the pill recipes and Spiritual Materials.
Ning Fa readily agreed.
As a Pill Master, he was naturally willing to master the refining of different pills, and spending some time on it was no trouble.
After the two reached an agreement.
Wei Shiqin used a formal contract document to record the agreed-upon terms.
Although it was a contract, it was only symbolic, representing the further deepening of their cooperation.
There were no penalties for breach of contract.
If she had dared to bring up such matters, Ning Fa would not have easily agreed.
But Wei Shiqin was very perceptive and didn't say anything more about it.
After formally establishing their cooperative relationship, the distance between them immediately lessened.
Wei Shiqin chuckled, "Young Master Ning, please wait a moment. This little sister will go and get those Spiritual Materials for you."
With that, she gracefully rose and left.
Looking at the woman's incredibly beautiful retreating figure, Ning Fa's eyes showed admiration.
A moment later, Wei Shiqin returned.
With a wave of her sleeve, nearly ten brocade boxes, or delicate bottles, appeared in the air.
Instantly, colorful rays of light filled the space.
Ning Fa couldn't wait to examine them with his divine sense.
The most important item was a transparent clean bottle in the center, with a yellow talisman pasted at its mouth.
Inside the bottle was a ball of wondrous spiritual liquid. It drifted like mist one moment, and turned into white crystal sand the next, appearing extremely mysterious.
This was the precious Cloud Crystal Liquid.
Although Ning Fa had never seen this spiritual liquid before, he had encountered descriptions of it in ancient texts.
After a while, Ning Fa, having finished his examination, nodded with satisfaction.
He suddenly waved his sleeve, and all the brocade boxes and the clean bottle in the air were collected into his storage bag.
He said with a half-smile, "Miss Wei, these spiritual materials are extraordinarily valuable. Aren't you afraid I'll pocket them and deny it?"
These spiritual materials, just the Cloud Crystal Liquid alone, were worth at least two to three thousand Spirit Stones.
The other spiritual materials combined would be at least another thousand to eighteen hundred Spirit Stones.
So, the total was indeed not a small sum.
Wei Shiqin smiled sweetly, "Young Master Ning is joking. The first time I met you, I felt you were an extraordinary person. Your subsequent performance has proven my judgment was sound. How could you do something so short-sighted?"
Ning Fa chuckled, thinking to himself, She's a good judge of character.
Of course, he also knew that Wei Shiqin was mostly flattering him.
After all, he was a disciple of the Ning Family. If the monk ran away, the temple would still be there. Wei Shiqin wasn't afraid he'd renege on the deal.
At the same time, he felt a pang of exasperation.
The spiritual materials required for this Nine Revolutions Purple Yuan Powder were simply too precious.
It was important to note that what Wei Shiqin provided was only the majority of the spiritual materials; a small portion was still missing.
The complete set of spiritual materials for the Purple Yuan Powder would cost upwards of four to five thousand Spirit Stones.
Furthermore, if Wei Shiqin hadn't needed him to refine pills, even if he had that many Spirit Stones, it would have been difficult to gather them.
Although refining one batch of Purple Yuan Powder should sustain him for a long time, as his realm increased, his demand for this Body Tempering Potion would inevitably grow.
Just thinking about it made Ning Fa's scalp tingle.
He couldn't dedicate most of his time to refining pills, so he could only hope that the shop in the Jinchang Island Market would earn more Spirit Stones to alleviate his pressure in the future.
At this moment, Wei Shiqin said seriously, "There are still a few spiritual materials that Young Master Ning requires which our pavilion does not currently have. However, they should be obtainable within a month, and I will send someone to deliver them to Young Master Ning then."
Ning Fa nodded and thanked her, "Then I'll trouble you, Miss Wei."
Among the remaining spiritual materials, besides some auxiliary ingredients, the most precious was the beast blood essence.
After all, beast blood essence had a very wide range of uses. Not only could it be used in pill refining, but it was also a necessary material for making talisman ink.
Fortunately, some areas of Thousand Wave Lake were abundant with demonic beasts, and cultivators often formed teams to hunt them and then sell the demonic beast spiritual materials in Tianshui Market.
However, what Ning Fa needed was blood essence from at least a late-stage first-grade demonic beast, which was quite rare.
In Tianshui Market, it was usually only seen every few days.
But for Wei Shiqin, this should not be a problem.
Wei Shiqin's beautiful eyes flickered, and she chuckled, "Junior sister ventures to ask, may I know what Young Master Ning needs these spiritual materials for?"
"Of course, if Young Master Ning finds it inconvenient to say, that's fine too. Junior sister is merely curious."
After speaking, she widened her eyes and looked at Ning Fa curiously.
Ning Fa immediately refused, "Miss Wei, I apologize, but it is indeed inconvenient for me to disclose this matter."