Ling Xiao left the house and walked towards the direction of the market.
However, before he could leave the house, the Five Element Messengers appeared in front of him.
These five martial artists of the Ling Clan were the ones who accompanied Ling Xiao to practice the second transformation, Tendon Refinement. They were called the Five Element Messengers.
At first, Ling Xiao thought that these five people only had the strength of a low-level mystic cultivator. But as his cultivation level increased, he realized that these five people's aura was even higher than his. Obviously, these five people had the strength of a high-level mystic cultivator.
"Where are you going, Young Master?" Messenger Jin asked respectfully.
"I want to make a trip to the market," Ling Xiao replied.
"Then we will go with Young Master," Messenger Jin said.
Ling Xiao did not refuse. He nodded and allowed them to follow.
He was now the family's main target of protection. These five people were the guards that the Grand Elder had sent for him.
With these five people, even if he met a Spirit Master, he would have a fighting chance. This was because they knew a small Five Element Sword Formation that had extraordinary power.
Ling Xiao left the clan with the Five Element Messengers and walked towards the market.
Ling Xiao was now famous in Meteorite City. Many people recognized him as soon as he walked into the market.
This was because he had done too many sensational things in this period of time.
First, he beat up Li Guangyin of the Li Clan. Then, he defeated Luo Qingshuang of the Luo Clan. Later, he killed Lan Kuangsheng of the Lan Clan and Li Qingqing of the Li Clan.
Everything had happened in the market, and many people had witnessed it with their own eyes. He was given the nickname "The Laughing Overlord" by others.
Ling Xiao only had one destination in the market this time, and that was the Herb Hall.
This was Ling Xiao's second visit to the Herb Hall. The person who received him was still the old man who gave him the Catalogue of Spirit Herbs.
Ling Xiao looked at the old man and found that his cultivation was not weak. He was at least a high level Mystic Cultivator. He sighed in his heart, "Looks like the Herb Hall is not an ordinary place."
"Young Master, what kind of spirit herbs do you need, or do you have any to sell to our shop?" the elderly man asked Young Master Ling.
"I want to buy the Spiritual Grasses needed to refine the Dew Returning Pill and Qi Nourishing Pill. May I know how much each one costs?" Ling Xiao went straight to the point.
Hearing Ling Xiao's words, the old man curiously looked at Ling Xiao and said, "Could it be that little brother wants to refine pills yourself?"
"Haha, it's the elders of the family who want to refine it themselves." Ling Xiao did not directly admit it.
The old man answered doubtfully, "The spirit herbs needed to refine the Dew Returning Pill and the Qi Nourishing Pill cost 150 gold coins each."
After Ling Xiao heard the price, he recalled that in the [Pill Refining Art], the main ingredients for these two pills were only around 60 gold coins. The rest were all low-level spirit herbs, the value was not high, but added together, it was almost worth this price. People who do business, naturally would pay a higher price than the purchase price, and once the pills were refined, the price could at least double.
Ling Xiao pondered for a moment and said, "Give me ten of each."
At this moment, Ling Xiao had no gold coins, so he could only take out some of the spirit herbs that he did not need and sell them.
Ling Xiao had been in the mountains for about two months, and he had collected more than two hundred spirit grasses. Most of them were low-grade and mid-grade spirit grasses. There were only about fifty high-grade spirit grasses, and there were even fewer spirit grasses above grade two. There were about twenty low-grade spirit grasses, ten mid-grade spirit grasses, and less than five high-grade spirit grasses.
These spirit herbs and some spirit beast materials were wrapped in animal skins and tied to the back of the golden wolf king.
After Ling Xiao came out of the abyss, he put them all in his Spatial Ring.
"Please wait a moment, I want to take out some spirit herbs to exchange." Ling Xiao turned and walked out of the Spirit Herb Hall's door.
Looking at the spirit herbs in the Spatial Ring, almost all of them had their own effects. In the future, he would also need them for alchemy.
After some selection, Ling Xiao took out ten high level Spirit Herbs and two low level Spirit Herbs. These spirit herbs were not very valuable to him, so it did not matter if he sold them. He needed to deal with his current poverty first.
If Solitary Eagle was here, he would not have to worry so much. At the very least, he had more than 20,000 gold coins. It was just that he did not know how long Solitary Eagle would be in seclusion this time.
Ling Xiao took the spirit herbs in his hands and returned to the Spirit Herb Hall.
"Shopkeeper, can you help me see how much these spirit herbs are worth?" Ling Xiao asked as he dropped the twelve spirit herbs in front of the old man.
The old man's eyes lit up and he immediately spread out Ling Xiao's spirit herbs and placed them on the cabinet.
"Deep Blue Flower, high level Spirit Herb, worth 150 gold coins. Green Snake Vine, high level Spirit Herb, worth 180 gold coins. Ten Thousand Purple Ginseng, high level Spirit Herb, worth 200 gold coins …" The old man took out a few plates and calculated the price as he spoke.
"Ten high level Spirit Herb, a total of 1680 gold coins. I'll round it up for you, 1700 gold coins." The old man raised his head and looked at Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao nodded. This price was very reasonable. He immediately pointed to the other two low level Spirit Herbs and said, "How much do you think these two are worth?"
The old man's gaze fell on the other two spirit herbs that had a decent amount of spiritual energy. He then pointed to the first dark red spirit herb with a flat stem and said, "Dark Scarlet Root, low level Spirit Herb, usually worth around 1000 gold coins. However, I see that your spirit herb is older, so I'll pay 200 gold coins more. So 1200 gold coins, what do you think?"
Ling Xiao did not have a deep understanding of gold coins. Moreover, the old man's price was very fair. Generally, spirit herbs above the second level were worth more than ten times more than the first level. He immediately nodded and said, "Alright, then give me a price for the other Black Tongued Bamboo."
The Black Tongued Bamboo only had three segments and was less than half a meter long. It was black in color and belonged to the dark attribute spirit herb. It was what he and the young Qilin had found on the cliff in the abyss.
The old man looked at the dark attribute spirit herb in front of him and his eyes flashed with a strange sense of excitement. He picked up the Black Tongued Bamboo and examined it for a moment before saying, "Little brother, how many more of this Black Tongued Bamboo do you have?"
Ling Xiao slightly froze for a moment before saying, "Shopkeeper, I only have this one."
Ling Xiao knew what the old man wanted to do. He was familiar with the 《Catalogue of Spirit Herbs》 and knew that dark attribute spirit herbs were much rarer than the five elemental spirit herbs. They usually grew in dark and dangerous places. Therefore, dark, light, thunder, and wind attribute spirit herbs were sold at a higher price than spirit herbs of the same level.
Of course, the shopkeeper wanted to buy a few more so that he could sell them for a good price.
However, although Ling Xiao only had one Black Tongued Bamboo, he still had dark attribute spirit herbs. However, he did not want to sell them since he might need them in the future.
The old man looked a little disappointed and said, "I'll pay 2500 gold coins for this Black Tongued Bamboo."
Ling Xiao nodded without the slightest hesitation, "No problem."
Ten stalks of high-grade Tier 1 Spirit Grasses were sold for 1,700 gold coins, and two stalks of low-grade Tier 2 Spirit Grasses were sold for 3,700 gold coins. In total, they were worth 5,400 gold coins. Excluding the Spirit Grasses for the Dew Returning Pill and Qi Nourishing Pill, each set was worth 150 gold coins. In total, 20 sets were worth 3,000 gold coins, leaving 2,400 gold coins.
Ling Xiao thought for a moment. Since he was going to learn alchemy anyway, he used the extra gold coins to buy another ten sets of spirit herbs for the Qi Strengthening Pill.
This Qi Strengthening Pill was also a first level pill. It was usually used when a ninth level martial disciple was breaking through to the Xuan realm. It had the effect of stabilizing the mind and improving the profound qi, increasing the chances of breaking through to the Xuan realm.
It had to be known that after a martial disciple reached the ninth level, they would condense their profound qi into the dantian and enter the Xuan realm.
However, it was not easy for a child in Tenbin to step out of this realm. In Meteorite City, there would be people breaking through to the Xuan realm every year, but every year, two-thirds of the people would not be able to break through successfully.
The importance of the Qi Strengthening Pill was self-evident. Its price was much higher than other pills of the same level.
Each set of spirit herbs needed to refine the Qi Strengthening Pill cost 250 gold coins. Ten sets would cost 2500 gold coins.
Ling Xiao was still short of 100 gold coins. He was about to ask the Five Elements Envoy to help him make up the difference, but the shopkeeper generously said, "This 100 gold coins will be given to little brother as a discount. If little brother has any good spirit herbs in the future, you can bring them to our Spirit Herb Hall to sell. We will definitely give you a fair price."
"Thank you very much, shopkeeper." Ling Xiao said as he cupped his hands.
Before leaving, the shopkeeper handed a crystal card to Ling Xiao and said, "Little brother, this is our Spirit Herb Hall's VIP card. In the future, when you come to our Spirit Herb Hall to buy spirit herbs, you will receive a 10% discount. Moreover, you can accumulate points. When little brother has more transactions with our Spirit Herb Hall, you can upgrade it and the discount will be even lower."
"Oh." Ling Xiao faintly responded. He took the card and walked out of the Spirit Herb Hall.
He grumbled in his heart, "Discount!
Isn't this damaging to this young master's reputation?
Really. "
However, Ling Xiao didn't throw the card away. He didn't think that this card would save him a lot of money in the future.
After Ling Xiao left the Spirit Herb Hall, he went to the store that purchased spirit beast materials.
Ling Xiao sold the spirit herbs he hunted in the mountain range. The skin, tendons, fangs … all of these things that he didn't need. This time, he earned a lot of gold coins, almost 80,000 gold coins.
Why was it so much?
The main reason was because Ling Xiao had subdued the Golden Wolf King. From the moment he entered the Illusion Valley, he had killed many spirit beasts that were rank two and above. The materials he obtained were naturally very precious and were sold for a very high price.
The Five Elements Emissaries following behind Ling Xiao were dumbfounded as they watched Ling Xiao continuously take out items. They had been following by Ling Xiao's side this entire time, but they didn't know when their young master had obtained so many items. They couldn't help but wonder if their young master had a storage treasure.
"80,000 gold coins. Now I'm rich." Ling Xiao tossed the gold coins to the Five Elements Emissaries and couldn't help but feel pleased with himself.
Ling Xiao walked a few steps in the direction of his home before remembering that he still had an important item he hadn't bought.
"Emissary Jin, do you know where I can buy medicinal cauldrons?" Ling Xiao asked the emissary behind him.
"Young master, the weapons department doesn't normally have them. But I do know where to buy them," the emissary replied.
"Where?" Ling Xiao asked.
"Our Meteor City's largest forging workshop is owned by Grandmaster Li. They should have the medicinal cauldrons that young master needs. Even if they don't have them, you can have them make them for you," said the emissary.
"Grandmaster Li!" Only now did Ling Xiao recall the old man he had met in the mountain range.
"Alright, Emissary Jin, take me there," said Ling Xiao. He was thinking that it was time for his two weapons to upgrade. Li Xu had promised him that.