Chapter 455 - 211: Tier Four Spirit Pill, Jin Family’s Search
Chapter 455: Chapter 211: Tier Four Spirit Pill, Jin Family’s Search
Just smelling the fragrance made Xiao Chen feel as if he had been transported to a vast forest, brimming with vibrant life.
It was a Tier Four Spirit Pill!
’This is bad. My ignorance is really going to cost me.’
Back in the Southern Domain, Xiao Chen had only ever seen a few Tier Three Elixirs.
He had only recently arrived in the Eastern Domain, so he could only recognize a handful of Tier Four Elixirs and possessed no Tier Four alchemy techniques.
As a result, he truly couldn’t identify this Spirit Pill or its effects.
It wasn’t a huge problem, though. This kind of information wasn’t too difficult to obtain. He just had to go and ask around.
Even though Xiao Chen was a newcomer with no connections and no reliable channels...
...the Eastern Domain just so happened to have a very special organization—the Chaohui Pavilion.
It specialized in buying and selling all sorts of intelligence and secret information. As long as you had Spirit Stones, you could obtain any message you wanted there.
The organization’s public claim was, "Our intelligence is like the morning sun, clearing the mist from before the eyes of every customer."
The Nanlao Sea had a Chaohui Pavilion outpost, reportedly on a small island about one thousand five hundred li south of Hundred Herbs Island.
It wasn’t far from the core of Hundred Herbs City, yet it maintained a discreet distance.
This location was chosen with great care; it wouldn’t be completely outside Hundred Herbs City’s control, yet it could still maintain a certain level of secrecy.
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It didn’t take long for Xiao Chen to find the Chaohui Pavilion’s location.
For the sake of confidentiality, he chose not to ask about the specific Spirit Pill in his possession. Instead, he proposed buying images of all Tier Four Spirit Pills.
He’d need this knowledge later anyway, so he just considered it studying in advance.
"My apologies. Our pavilion has currently only cataloged illustrations for one hundred twenty-five types of Tier Four Spirit Pills."
The female cultivator across from him, who wore a rabbit mask, spoke in a gentle tone. "There are two versions. The first is a simplified version with only the names, for five hundred Spirit Stones."
"And there is a detailed version with descriptions of the elixirs, for three thousand Spirit Stones."
"I wonder, which one would our guest like?"
Xiao Chen feigned hesitation. "That expensive?"
"I’ll take the simplified version, then."
The female cultivator across from him nodded. "No problem."
"Oh, and I must remind you, sir, that for intelligence transactions, it’s payment before goods."
"Also, the Pavilion Master has a rule: once a customer has seen the intelligence, there are no refunds, you know."
It was said that because of this strict no-refund policy, the Chaohui Pavilion had gotten into its fair share of trouble.
But in the end, they always used their connections to smoothly resolve the issue... or resolve the person who made the issue.
Xiao Chen took out five hundred Spirit Stones, then, feigning hesitation once more, he changed his tune. "Wait, I... I’ll take the detailed version after all."
He then paid the difference in Spirit Stones and successfully received a slim little pictorial album in return.
He waited for about a Quarter Hour. When the album was handed to him, the ink was still fresh, its scent lingering. It had clearly been made on the spot.
Upon returning to his small courtyard in Hundred Herbs City, Xiao Chen immediately activated the Nine Orifice Linked Array to prevent any unwanted disturbances.
He then opened the album and quickly found the name of the Spirit Pill: the Longevity Pill.
As its name implied, it was a Life-extending Spirit Medicine.
When consumed by a Nascent Soul True Monarch, it could extend their lifespan by twenty years.
When consumed by a Cultivator at Tier Three or below, it could extend their lifespan by fifty to one hundred years.
In other words, for a Qi Refining Cultivator, taking this pill meant gaining a whole extra lifetime.
However, this was a moot point, as one had to be at least a Golden Core True Man to afford the steep price of a Tier Four Spirit Pill.
’No wonder it had such a rich vitality.’
When he first sensed the vibrant life force emanating from the Longevity Pill, Xiao Chen had suspected it was either a Healing Holy Medicine or a Life-extending Spirit Medicine.
A quick look confirmed that he was, as expected, correct.
If that was the case, it seemed he didn’t have much use for it himself.
He didn’t need to worry about extending his life right now. ’I’ll find a chance to trade it for other cultivation resources.’
At this thought, Xiao Chen suddenly remembered something. ’Wait, didn’t City Lord Huo mention he was hosting a Spirit Medicine Banquet?’
’This is my entry ticket!’
He had heard it loud and clear: anyone with a Tier Four Spirit Pill who was willing to trade it would be granted entry to the banquet.
He now happened to meet that exact requirement.
He could go to the banquet and sell the Longevity Pill. Even if he just traded it for some Spirit Stones, it would be well worth it.
Plus, he could check out the other fine goods on display.
’Then again,’ he thought, ’the Jin Family could be a problem.’
The loss of such an important elixir would certainly be treated as a major lead for the Jin family to follow.
If he took the Longevity Pill to the Spirit Medicine Banquet and someone from the Jin family showed up, there could be trouble.
Based on Xiao Chen’s understanding of these great families, they were unlikely to believe the word of a mere Loose Cultivator like himself and would simply throw their weight around.
However, with the banquet on the third day of the third month still about a month away, there was no need to rush.
He could wait and observe the situation first. It was possible the Jin family wouldn’t even be able to react in time.
After all, there was a considerable distance between the Nanlao Sea and the Ten Thousand Immortals Archipelago. Any small delay a Cultivator might encounter on the journey could easily set them back ten days or more.
As long as the Jin family couldn’t immediately set their sights on Hundred Herbs Island, it wouldn’t really affect his plans.
After all, according to his prior agreement, he was heading to the Outer Sea at the beginning of the fifth month.
’I should just focus on my training,’ he thought. ’Cultivation is the foundation of everything.’
Xiao Chen shook his head, casting these distracting thoughts aside.
The world of cultivation had always been this way: strength was paramount.
If he were a Nascent Soul True Monarch right now, he wouldn’t need to worry about any of this. On the contrary, Patriarch Jin himself would have to come to his door and beg for forgiveness, pleading for him to be the bigger person and overlook the offense.
’First step to becoming a True Monarch. Time to taste a Demon Pill.’