Chapter 461 - 212: The Jin Family’s Mistaken Encounter with Red Peony, Successfully Attending the Spirit Medicine Banquet
Chapter 461: Chapter 212: The Jin Family’s Mistaken Encounter with Red Peony, Successfully Attending the Spirit Medicine Banquet
They also didn’t spare a glance for the other Demon Pills.
To them, Demon Pills were nothing rare.
If they ever truly needed one in the future, it was just a matter of asking their family or sect.
Xiao Chen thought for a moment. Instead of taking any other types, he picked out twenty Water Attribute Demon Pills.
He planned to use them for the Refinement of True Essence anyway, so the attribute didn’t really make much of a difference.
Based on his experience absorbing six Demon Pills before, the Sunflower Water Yin Qi in the two ordinary ones was weaker, only increasing his True Essence by one strand each.
The Sunflower Water Yin Qi in the remaining four Mutated Demon Pills was intense, capable of increasing his True Essence by three strands. If he slowed down and absorbed them carefully during Refinement, he could even increase it by four strands.
As for the other attributes, he hadn’t encountered them yet.
However, logically speaking, none of them should offer extra benefits, with the possible exception of the Wood Attribute.
Therefore, to be safe, choosing the Demon Pills from the third row offered the best value.
But out of curiosity, he also took one Wood Attribute and one Metal Attribute Demon Pill, planning to take them back for comparison.
It didn’t matter if it meant a small loss; he would just treat it as an experiment.
This pile of Demon Pills cost him a full 680,000 Spirit Stones, drawing sidelong glances from quite a few Golden Core Cultivators.
However, most were more curious about this unfamiliar face, as the majority of them had never seen Xiao Chen before. No one was surprised by his wealth.
After all, anyone who could get in here was no simple character.
Xiao Chen noticed that basically everyone had chosen at least one Demon Pill.
It was clear that everyone was showing their support for the host.
This segment lasted for about a Quarter Hour in total.
When the time was up, True Monarch Mo Mei waved his hand again, and the remaining Demon Pills vanished on the spot.
Xiao Chen saw it clearly—it wasn’t that the Demon Pills were collected into the pavilion, but that they had simply disappeared into thin air.
The other Cultivators noticed this as well.
A glint flashed in Ling Tianyi’s eyes, and Gao Changgeng’s expression grew much more serious.
This was an unsettling feeling. After all, if someone could snatch Demon Pills from such a distance, they could just as easily do other things.
For instance, if they suddenly decided to pluck a person’s head, they were fully capable of doing so.
Of course, it was never difficult for a Nascent Soul True Monarch to kill a Golden Core Cultivator under normal circumstances.
But unlike the other Cultivators, whose faces were tense as they exchanged horrified looks, Ling Tianyi was instead thinking, ’If I were to fight back, how long could I last? Is there any hope of escape?’
Gao Changgeng’s thoughts were similar at this moment. He too was pondering, ’Could I use my Spiritual Artifacts to stall for enough time?’
Besides the two of them, one other person on the scene was also thinking about something different.
And that was Xiao Chen.
Of course, what he was thinking about was different yet again.
With the Blade of Night, he didn’t have to worry about his own safety for the time being.
What he was thinking about now was this move, Telekinetic Retrieval—was it difficult to learn?
Once he cultivated to the Nascent Soul Realm in the future, he would set aside some time to study how exactly this was accomplished.
After learning it, he could also show it off at events like exchange meets.
’What is this called? This is called emulating the virtuous!’
’Only by being good at learning from the strengths of others can one become a more outstanding person.’
"Fellow Daoist Xuan Shuang, please have a seat. Tideng, you too. No need to be polite with me, just make yourselves at home."
Soon, City Lord Huo also arrived in the small pavilion, first inviting the other two Nascent Soul True Monarchs to take their seats.
Then, he habitually waved to the Golden Core Cultivators outside the pavilion.
Everyone responded in kind.
Although there were actually few Golden Core Cultivators from Hundred Herbs City present, everyone was sharp enough to play along.
City Lord Huo continued his earlier straightforward style: "I’m very happy that so many fellow daoists and young friends could come and attend this banquet tonight."
"I’ve never been one for pleasantries."
"The purpose of holding this Spirit Medicine Banquet today is to trade for what is needed, giving everyone a chance to obtain the Tier Four Spirit Pills they desire."
"We don’t have any newfangled rules here. It’s just like an ordinary exchange meet."
"In a moment, everyone can speak freely and barter with one another. There’s no need to hold back."
"Er... let me think..."
He paused as he spoke, then shook his head nonchalantly. "That’s it. That’s all I have to say."
"Let’s eat first. We’ll have more energy to talk after we’ve had our fill."
"Someone, serve the food!"