From then on, Mo Tiange stayed at Bixuan Court.
Although Wei Haolan was quite scheming, she still treated Mo Tiange quite well.
Not only did she send two female cultivators to take care of Mo Tiange's daily chores, but she also gave Mo Tiange a lot of Eastern Sea specialties such as spiritual fruits and other things for her to enjoy.
On the second day after Mo Tiange stayed at Bixuan Court's VIP building, there was a continuous stream of guests.
Xia Qing was always there. Early in the morning, she dragged Mo Tiange to the concocting room and asked her about pill-concocting.
When Mo Tiange returned from the concocting room, there were always other guests waiting for her.
These guests were all Bixuan Court's Foundation Building female cultivators. When she asked why, they all said they heard Mo Tiange came from Kunwu, so they wanted to inquire about Kunwu and exchange some things with her.
Although Linhai was lacking in cultivation materials, it was still close to the Eastern Sea, so there were some special items in the sea that couldn't be found on land. These things weren't the main raw materials for medicinal pills, but they had special effects.
Reportedly, these Bixuan Court disciples only had a few chances to be sent to Kunwu or the heartland to exchange for materials. Most of them wouldn't get the chance to go to Kunwu in their entire lives, so even if they obtained some materials that were rare for cultivators on land, they could only keep them in their hands.
Now that they heard there were fellow cultivators from Kunwu, they all took out the things they had and came to exchange them for medicinal pills, spiritual plants, magic tools, and so on.
Mo Tiange didn't lack medicinal pills, and she also had a lot of magic tools.
Although she wasn't a bloodthirsty person, many cultivators died around her since the demonic beast riot began. Some were killed by her, and some died because they were unlucky.
She obtained a lot of magic tools from those unlucky cultivators, but she usually didn't lack spirit stones, so she didn't exchange them for money. Now, she took them out and exchanged them for some strange materials with these female cultivators. Of course, she wouldn't take out the things she obtained from Yan Ruoshu and the others.
"Senior Ye."
Mo Tiange was cultivating when she suddenly heard a voice outside. She pressed the space between her eyebrows, came out of the Virtual Sky World, and opened the defensive formation. "What's wrong?"
Outside were two female Aura Refining cultivators assigned by Wei Haolan to serve her. Their names were Yi Liu and Yi Qiu, and they were a pair of sisters.
In Bixuan Court, low level male cultivators had to do some rather laborious and sporadic work, so this kind of personal work was usually done by the maids.
Reportedly, Yi Liu and Yi Qiu didn't have good spiritual roots, so they were taken in as maids in the beginning. Of course, in a cultivation group for female cultivators like Bixuan Court, their status was much higher than that of low level male cultivators.
The two sisters were diligent, and their job was to serve the Sect Leader. Wei Haolan saw that they were diligent and capable, so she often took care of them.
Right now, they were already in the eighth or ninth layer of the Aura Refining realm. If they could get their hands on a Foundation-Building Pill, they might be able to reach the sky in a single bound.
Mo Tiange recalled An 'an, the little girl she met in the fishing village. If she was also as hardworking as An' an, her path towards immortality might not necessarily be hopeless.
Upon hearing Mo Tiange's voice, Yi Liu came in.
She bowed respectfully and said, "Senior Ye, the Secret Treasure Pavilion is currently holding an exchange meeting. The Sect Master heard that Senior Ye often exchanges items with the Martial Uncles in the sect, so he specially sent someone to invite you."
"An Exchange Meeting?" Mo Tiange was astonished.
She'd naturally heard about the Exchange Meeting. In the cultivation world, aside from opening shops and setting up stalls, there were also exchanges and auctions. However, the latter was generally used by high level cultivators.
When a cultivator's cultivation level was high, the requirements for the spiritual objects they needed were also high. Ordinary shops were opened by low level cultivators, so how could they possibly have these things?
Therefore, some powerful shops would hold auctions to sell some rare materials at the best price, and the Exchange Meeting was also born because of this.
However, Bixuan Court didn't have that many high level cultivators, so it could be completely like Xuanqing School — they could just set up a group shop and let their disciples buy and sell items; there was no need for an Exchange Meeting.
But on second thought, Mo Tiange remembered that in Linhai, spiritual objects were scarce and high level cultivators were few, so it wasn't strange for Foundation Building cultivators to exchange some rare items among themselves.
"Senior Ye?" Seeing that Mo Tiange didn't answer, Yi Liu called her again.
"Oh."
Mo Tiange regained her train of thought. "Then lead the way. While you're at it, tell me about this Exchange Meeting."
"Yes."
After leading Mo Tiange out of the VIP building, Yi Liu said while leading the way, "This Exchange Meeting is held every few months.
Senior Ye also knows that Linhai doesn't have a lot of cultivation resources, especially medicinal pills. There aren't many good concoctions masters, and we're also short on a lot of spiritual plants.
Fortunately, we're near the Eastern Sea, and there are many demonic beasts in the sea. The beast cores of these demonic beasts can be taken directly, so … "
"Beast cores can be taken directly?" Mo Tiange interrupted Yi Liu and asked.
Yi Liu nodded. "Senior Ye, you don't know?
However, taking beast cores requires some special methods to transform the spiritual aura inside. Moreover, different beast cores contain different spiritual auras, so you have to go to the Exchange Meeting to exchange for the beast cores you need. "
"… I see." Mo Tiange looked pensive.
In Kunwu, beast cores had always been used to concoct medicinal pills. Every few decades during the demonic beast riots, the demonic beasts' corpses could be used to refine tools, and beast cores could be used to concoct medicinal pills.
Beast cores contained a strange power, and if taken directly, it might lead to cultivation deviation. Even if it didn't happen, the spiritual aura inside the user's body would be contaminated with too many impurities.
However, Mo Tiange didn't expect that Linhai actually had a method to transform beast cores directly. This was very valuable; she might be able to comprehend some new methods to use beast cores and better utilize their power.
"Senior Ye, we're here."
Yi Liu led her to a building then pointed at the attic and said, "It's up there. Senior can just go up. Junior's cultivation level isn't high enough, so I can't accompany Senior."
Mo Tiange nodded. "Alright, thank you."
"I don't dare." Yi Liu bowed then went to the side to stand with the disciples guarding the door.
Mo Tiange went upstairs by herself.
This attic was about the size of a side hall. There was a long table in the middle, and there were already about twenty cultivators sitting around it. All of them were in the Foundation Building realm, and there were even men and women among them.
Mo Tiange was a bit surprised. Ever since she came to Bixuan Court, none of the male cultivators she'd seen were in the Foundation Building realm. Most of them were low level cultivators in the second or third layer of the Aura Refining realm. Among the twenty or so Foundation Building cultivators in front of her, there were five or six male cultivators, which was indeed quite a lot.
Mo Tiange thought about it. It wasn't like Bixuan Court didn't have male cultivators. She'd also heard that male cultivators with extraordinary aptitudes could be accepted as outer disciples. After they performed Dual Cultivation with female disciples, they could become official disciples. Seeing that these male cultivators all had relatively intimate female cultivators by their side, they must be these female cultivators' Dual Cultivation partners, right?
Once Mo Tiange came up, Wei Haolan, who was sitting on the host's seat, immediately smiled and personally went to greet her. "Fellow Daoist Ye, you're finally here."
Mo Tiange smiled back and even saluted Wei Haolan. She then turned around and saluted everyone.
Upon seeing her salute, the cultivators sitting around the long table stood up one after another to return the salute.
Wei Haolan pulled Mo Tiange's hand then returned to the host's seat. She directly let Mo Tiange sit next to her then said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Ye, you don't have to be so reserved. Everyone here today is Bixuan Court's disciples, so this is just an internal Exchange Gathering."
She then turned towards everyone and said, "Fellow disciples, this is Fellow Daoist Ye from Kunwu. Fellow Daoist Ye is skilled in pill-concocting, so if you have anything you want to exchange for, you must seize this opportunity."
Everyone's gazes fell on Mo Tiange. A female cultivator even said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Ye, you mustn't be stingy today. We're all counting on your medicinal pills."
During this period of time, Mo Tiange had seen quite a few Bixuan Court female cultivators. Most of them were here, so she recognized about ten female cultivators present. She smiled and said, "I've never been stingy. If Fellow Daoists want to exchange for something, I definitely won't hide anything as long as I have it."
Smiles appeared on everyone's faces when they heard what she said.
If there was anything special about today's Exchange Gathering, it had to be Fellow Daoist Ye from Kunwu. Everyone else was a Bixuan Court cultivator, so whatever they had was pretty much the same. However, this Fellow Daoist Ye was a concocting master.
No matter how good beast cores were, they still couldn't compare to medicinal pills of the same rank. At that moment, everyone started to calculate what they had to exchange for medicinal pills and how many they could exchange for.
Wei Haolan swept her gaze over everyone then said, "Alright, almost everyone's here. Let's start."
Upon hearing her voice, everyone who was still talking quieted down.
Wei Haolan said with a faint smile, "According to the rules, we usually take turns from left to right, but today, we have an honored guest, so let's start with the honored guest. Does anyone have any objections?"
Most of the people in this Exchange Gathering came for Mo Tiange, so how could they have any objections? Right now, several dozen pairs of eyes were staring at Mo Tiange.
Seeing this situation, Wei Haolan smiled again. "It seems everyone has no objections. It's settled then; let's start with Fellow Daoist Ye."
She then turned to Mo Tiange and said, "Fellow Daoist Ye, you also know we all want to exchange medicinal pills with you. How many medicinal pills do you have to exchange?"
Mo Tiange thought for a moment then started to take medicinal pills out of her Qiankun Bag. As she put the jade bottles on the table one by one, the cultivators' eyes became brighter and brighter.
After taking out about a dozen jade bottles, Mo Tiange stopped. "These are probably all I have.
A few days ago, Fellow Daoists exchanged for quite a lot, so these were concocted by me on the spot. "
Even Wei Haolan's eyes brightened when she saw more than a dozen bottles of medicinal pills.
Even in Kunwu, medicinal pills weren't cheap. Every year, they sent disciples out to purchase medicinal pills, but there weren't many Foundation Building cultivators who used them.
"Fellow Daoist Ye," someone couldn't help but ask, "what are these medicinal pills?"
Mo Tiange opened the bottles one by one. "These are Spirit-Cleansing Pills, these are Restorative Panaceas, these are Heart-Clearing Pills, these are Look-Preserving Pills, and the rest are Soul-Strengthening Pills. They're all medicinal pills that Foundation Building cultivators can take."
She concocted these medicinal pills using the common spiritual plants she bought from Xuanqing School's shop. Her previous talk about concocting medicinal pills on the spot was for these cultivators to hear.
She was only a Foundation Building cultivator. Even if she came from a famous cultivation group and had pill-concocting skills, it wouldn't be appropriate for her to take out too many medicinal pills. In particular, the materials she took from her Virtual Sky World couldn't be taken out to exchange with others.
However, this many medicinal pills were already enough for the Bixuan Court disciples trapped in Linhai.
"Fellow Daoist Ye, what do you want to exchange for?"
Right after she finished speaking, someone immediately called out impatiently and took out a pile of things. "Look, I have all kinds of beast cores and some special spiritual objects from the Eastern Sea. Is there anything you want?"
Mo Tiange smiled and said, "I'm fine with anything, but I only have these medicinal pills. I'm afraid they're not enough for everyone to exchange for."
"That's nothing," Wei Haolan interrupted. "Fellow Daoist Ye, roughly how many medicinal pills do you have?"
"En …" Mo Tiange made a rough estimate. There were about ten to fifty medicinal pills in each bottle. "About three hundred."
"Then let's make an agreement. Martial Sisters and Junior Martial Sisters can exchange for ten medicinal pills at most. What do you think?"
There were more than twenty people present, so if each person received ten medicinal pills, they could pretty much exchange all the medicinal pills they had.
Everyone had their own calculations, and most of them agreed. However, there were also some people who had objections. "What if there are more?"
Wei Haolan smiled and said, "If there are more, I'll exchange them on behalf of the group and distribute them to you. What do you think?"