"Brother Qi, have you heard that a mysterious Alchemist has arrived at our Qing Shi Market?"
Qi Ping arrived at Qing Shi Market the next morning. Before he could chat much with Boss Gao, the chubby Boss Gao mysteriously asked.
Qi Ping looked surprised to hear this.
He had confirmed that there was no one else on Peak Seven this morning, so he felt relieved and prepared to come to Qing Shi Market to purchase some Spiritual Seeds and other materials needed to build his new home.
The journey was not smooth. On the way, Qi Ping encountered a group of First Order Intermediate Tusked Bone Golden Turtle Demon Insects, which were easily cut down by the High-Speed Ring-Cutting Bee.
Since entering the market, he had heard people talking about an Alchemist more than once.
Now that Boss Gao specifically brought it up again, could it be that a Second Order Alchemist had arrived?
Because if it were an ordinary First Order Alchemist, while not numerous in Qing Shi County, the Three Great Families still had a few.
"I haven't heard of it. Is this mysterious Alchemist very powerful? Could Boss Gao please tell me about it?" Qi Ping asked, following Boss Gao's topic.
He also took the opportunity to inquire about recent news in Qing Shi County.
Boss Gao looked at Qi Ping's curious gaze and immediately became interested, narrating vividly:
"Rumor has it that this beautiful female Alchemist is as beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal. Her charm, oh, I heard no woman in our Qing Shi County can compare, hehe."
"But what truly attracts people is not the Soul Nourishing Pill she can sell at half price."
Soul Nourishing Pill? And at half price?
Qi Ping was slightly shocked but also a little confused after hearing this.
Soul Nourishing Pill was a sought-after and rare item.
Most Cultivators in the Cultivation World, when they Breakthrough to Qi Refining Late Stage, their Divine Soul strength would begin to fall behind.
One must know that Cultivating in the Qi Refining Late Stage was already not easy, and then one had to spend a large amount of Spiritual Qi to nourish the even slower progressing Divine Soul, which led to many Qi Refining Late Stage Cultivators progressing slowly.
As a First-Order High-level Divine Soul enhancing Medicinal Pill, the Soul Nourishing Pill could solve this problem for Qi Refining Late Stage Cultivators.
Coupled with the low production of Divine Soul Medicinal Pills, the price of Soul Nourishing Pill was extremely high.
Therefore, Qi Ping could fully imagine the sensation the appearance of a half-priced Soul Nourishing Pill would cause. No wonder so many people were talking about it!
"Soul Nourishing Pill is a hot commodity, isn't it? Even selling it at a 10% discount would be in short supply. Her doing this is unreasonable, isn't it?" Qi Ping asked the doubt in his heart.
Unless she had gone mad, she wouldn't do such a thing.
"Brother Qi is right. The mysterious Alchemist has a condition for selling Soul Nourishing Pill at half price: one must provide unusual information about Qing Shi County recently, or some strange and special items, and they must be deemed useful by the mysterious Alchemist."
"'Useful' is hard to define, isn't it? Aren't you afraid of getting information for free?"
"That's not a concern, because the mysterious Alchemist will make a Heavenly Dao vow before the transaction."
"I see." Qi Ping nodded, "But what in our Qing Shi County is worth her doing this?"
"Who knows? Actually, the Soul Nourishing Pill is just a hook, because that mysterious Alchemist has been here for nearly ten days. The Soul Nourishing Pill is said to have only sold two or three portions at half price, but she has purchased a lot of information and strange items."
At this point, Boss Gao's expression suddenly became serious:
"Brother Qi, there's something I don't know if I should say."
"Boss Gao, please speak!"
Qi Ping looked at Boss Gao's grave expression and realized that Boss Gao's true purpose in bringing up the mysterious Alchemist was here.
Boss Gao organized his words for a while before slowly speaking:
"Brother Qi, we've been trading for so long, and I, Gao, still greatly admire your character. It was also because of you last time that I gradually became one of Meng Yan's subordinates. I remember this favor."
"And Brother Qi, your last two transactions, that is the difference between your past and present. I don't need to tell you; you know it yourself. I originally didn't want to bring it up proactively, because I just want to do good business."
"It's just that the mysterious Alchemist, what she is doing now, I feel there is a certain possibility that it will harm you, because all transactions within Qing Shi County are basically under the surveillance of the management, so it is very likely that someone will collect such abnormal transaction situations and hand them over to that mysterious Alchemist."
As Boss Gao said this, he took out a Cultivation Technique from his Storage Pouch and handed it to Qi Ping.
The words "Facial Disguise and Bone Shrinking Technique" were clearly engraved on this Cultivation Technique.
"I don't know what will happen, but that mysterious Alchemist is definitely not an easy character to deal with."
"Although the other party is not a Qingyuan Sect Cultivator, Meng Yan seems to be quite wary of her. She has many Qi Refining Perfection Cultivator guards around her, and there might even be Foundation Establishment Cultivators secretly protecting her. If she finds you, it will be dangerous."
"The past few years have been too unusual. I always feel that something big will happen in Qing Shi County or even the entire Qingtian Domain."
"Brother, I've presumptuously said so much. Please don't take offense, Brother Qi."
Qi Ping looked at the "Facial Disguise and Bone Shrinking Technique" in his hand, remained silent for a long time, then cupped his fists and solemnly bowed to Boss Gao, saying seriously:
"Thank you, Boss Gao. I will never forget this kindness."
"No problem, no problem. Brother Qi, just don't easily pass this Cultivation Technique to others, otherwise it's easy to cause trouble. I won't say anything else. By the way, Brother Qi, what brings you here this time?"
Boss Gao felt he had said everything he needed to say and quickly changed the subject.
There were many things he didn't want to meddle in, but this time he was unwilling to stand by and watch Qi Ping encounter danger.
From the bottom of his heart, he was willing to continue cooperating with Qi Ping.
He also believed that Qi Ping was a smart person who knew the stakes involved and would naturally know how to use the Facial Disguise and Bone Shrinking Technique.
"I'm here to sell some things this time."
Qi Ping said, taking out the ordinary Demon Insect corpses he had harvested during this period. In addition, he also took out a sixty-year-old blood ginseng.
Qi Ping had carefully weighed the pros and cons of selling the blood ginseng. A sixty-year-old blood ginseng could just solve his urgent need, and the risk was within his acceptable range, as long as he didn't sell it again in the future.
After renting the First Order Intermediate Spiritual Land in Area B this time, he could plant a large number of ordinary Spiritual Flowers and sell ordinary golden marrow honey to earn Spirit Stones.
His current strength meant there would be no risk in selling golden marrow honey, unless he sold the Advanced honey from the Brewer Big Belly Bee, which would require more caution.
Fortunately, the "Facial Disguise and Bone Shrinking Technique" gifted by Boss Gao could, to a certain extent, avoid many risks.
Qi Ping remembered that this "Facial Disguise and Bone Shrinking Technique" was sold in major trade houses for as much as three hundred Spirit Stones. Although this was a copy transcribed by Boss Gao himself, it was still precious enough to solve many of Qi Ping's problems.
"Brother Qi, how about a total of five hundred seventy-two Spirit Stones here?"
"No problem. Boss Gao, please also buy me some Sun Essence Flower and Moon Sleep Flower seeds. Besides that, Boss Gao, do you know of any fast-growing Spirit Medicine in the market? Whether their value is high or not doesn't matter."
"Fast-growing ones… let me think. How about hundred spirit grass? It's First Order Low-level. As long as there's Spiritual Qi, it grows very fast, comparable to weeds. But its medicinal properties are complex, and its value is extremely low. It's usually used to feed cattle."
"No problem, that's it!"
Qi Ping's heart was filled with joy upon hearing this.
Why hadn't he thought of this stuff!?
In the Spiritual Land of Area B, hundred spirit grass could definitely grow very fast!
This kind of Spiritual Plant indeed had extremely low value for Cultivators, but as food for Bees, it was more than enough! And if given to the Brewer Big Belly Bee, there might even be a surprise!
With the Brewer Big Belly Bee's Grand Brewer Talent, extracting and fusing the medicinal properties of hundred spirit grass should be more than enough!
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