Upon hearing this, Pang Dahai turned his head and looked at Ye Chen with his bright, spirited eyes as if looking at an idiot.
With just that one look, Ye Chen understood.
He couldn’t help but chuckle awkwardly and scratch his head, feeling that the question he had asked was a bit idiotic.
Earth Fire and True Fire were both flames born from heaven and earth, but when it came to Level, the Earth Fire and True Fire were not on the same level.
Earth Fire could refine jade spirit liquid, let alone True Fire, which was even stronger than it.
“Elder, I want this Jade Spirit Scroll.” Stuffing the Jade Spirit Scroll into his robe, Ye Chen immediately took out twenty Spirit Stones.
“Then keep looking, and don’t steal anything.” Taking the Spirit Stones, Pang Dahai said this and walked away.
After Pang Dahai left, Ye Chen couldn’t help but feel a little excited.
He possessed True Fire and already had the qualifications to refine jade spirit liquid.
As long as he carefully comprehended the refining method, he would definitely be able to refine jade spirit liquid.
In an instant, he felt as if he could already see bottles upon bottles of jade spirit liquid swaying before his eyes.
In a good mood, Ye Chen was just about to turn around when the True Fire within his body trembled slightly.
“There is a treasure.” This was the first thought in Ye Chen’s mind.
Previously, when collecting his Spiritual Artifact, the True Fire in his body had trembled, which was why he had chosen the heavenly fortress.
After binding it to himself, he had obtained the Secret Technique of Savage Body Tempering.
Since then, he had a hunch that the mysterious True Fire within his body had the ability to identify treasures.
“If it can catch your eye, that treasure must be extraordinary.”
Ye Chen patted his lower abdomen, his eyes like torches as he scanned every item placed on the shelves, until a purple-gold small gourd caught his eye; only then did the True Fire tremble violently.
“Needless to say, it’s you.” Having locked onto the treasure, Ye Chen strode over and grasped the small gourd in his hand.
The small gourd was only the size of an adult’s palm, appeared purple-gold in color, and was somewhat worn.
Apart from a few incomprehensible runes carved on its four sides, there was nothing remarkable about it.
However, Ye Chen knew that true treasures could not be judged by their appearance.
His heavenly fortress, didn’t its appearance look mediocre too?
Yet it was a heavy sword that contained a terrifying Secret Technique of Body Refining.
Pop!
Gently pulling out the gourd stopper, Ye Chen closed one eye and peered into the small gourd, only to be surprised to discover that it contained its own world.
The space was very large; fitting a dozen or so vats of water would not be a problem.
“You took a liking to it because the space inside is large?” Ye Chen glanced at the True Fire in his dantian sea.
The True Fire seemed to have a spirit, and it trembled slightly.
“I trust you.” Ye Chen did not hesitate and looked at the price marked below the gourd; his mouth immediately twitched involuntarily.
“Good heavens, one thousand three hundred Spirit Stones.”
“Even if I went bankrupt, I couldn’t afford it!” Ye Chen clicked his tongue, but the True Fire kept trembling incessantly.
“Little Fellow, have you taken a liking to this small gourd?” Pang Dahai was truly an elusive master; he appeared behind Ye Chen without making a sound, causing Ye Chen to jump in fright.
Ye Chen chuckled and scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed.
“That won’t do.
This purple-gold small gourd contains its own space; one thousand three hundred Spirit Stones is already very cheap.”
“Is that so!” Ye Chen looked full of regret.
Seeing Ye Chen display such an embarrassed posture, Pang Dahai folded his arms and asked, “How many Spirit Stones do you have?”
“One thousand one hundred.”
“You’re short two hundred?
Do you want to take out other things to make up for it?”
Upon hearing this, Ye Chen coughed dryly, moved closer to Pang Dahai, and then pulled a small black bottle out of his Storage Bag.
“What is this thing?” Pang Dahai took the small black bottle, pulled out the stopper, and sniffed it gently in front of his nose.
Immediately, this fellow was choked and hurriedly plugged the stopper back in.
“Little thing, this is a poison pill.” After being choked, Pang Dahai blew into his beard and stared with wide eyes.
“Where did you get this ghostly thing?”
“I picked it up.” Ye Chen rubbed the tip of his nose.
The small black bottle he gave Pang Dahai was obtained from the Hunchbacked Old Man and was definitely High Grade among poisons.
He really had nothing else to take out, so he could only use this Bloodthirsty Pill to make up the number.
“Picked it up?
Are you trying to fool me?”
“Then I only have this bottle of Bloodthirsty Pill.” Ye Chen spread his hands.
“If the Elder thinks it’s acceptable, just use it to cover the two hundred difference!”
“At such a young age, you don’t think about making progress and only deal with crooked, evil things.” Pang Dahai adopted the posture of an Elder lecturing a Junior, but as the fellow said this, he very consciously stuffed the small black bottle into his robe.
“The Bloodthirsty Pill is too toxic; it’s better to leave it with me!
I’ll reluctantly sell you that purple-gold small gourd.”
Hearing this, even with Ye Chen’s composure, he couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
He secretly thought that Pang Dahai was cunning and sly—he clearly wanted it, yet he had to put on this useless act.
Someone who didn’t know better would really think this fellow had suffered a huge loss.
Although he cursed inwardly, Ye Chen still took out one thousand one hundred Spirit Stones.
“The purple-gold small gourd is yours.”
“Thank you, Elder.”
Ye Chen stuffed the purple-gold small gourd into his robe and nimbly walked out of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, fearing that Pang Dahai might change his mind and snatch it back.
After Ye Chen left, Pang Dahai took out the small black bottle again.
Returning to his small hill, Ye Chen sat cross-legged under a rock and took out the purple-gold small gourd.
A dagger sliced his finger, and a drop of blood dripped onto it, which was immediately absorbed.
However, the Secret Art, Artistic Conception, and so on that Ye Chen had hoped were hidden within the purple-gold small gourd were nowhere to be found, which couldn’t help but make him feel a bit disappointed.
“One thousand three hundred Spirit Stones!” Holding the purple-gold small gourd, Ye Chen clicked his tongue.
Thinking of those thousand-plus Spirit Stones, he couldn’t help but feel a pang of heartache.
“I originally wanted to buy a few bottles of spirit liquid!
My entire fortune was used to buy you.”
Sigh!
Secretly shaking his head, Ye Chen stuffed the small gourd back into his Storage Bag.
Only, he didn’t notice that the moment the purple-gold small gourd was stuffed into the Storage Bag, it flashed a barely perceptible purple halo, but Ye Chen hadn’t noticed it.
After putting away the purple-gold small gourd, Ye Chen took out the Jade Spirit Scroll and studied it carefully.
After all, he had never come into contact with the field of Alchemy before, so Ye Chen spent nine full hours repeatedly comprehending it.
Only until the refining method for the jade spirit liquid was thoroughly memorized did he put down the scroll.
The process of refining jade spirit liquid was not very complicated; it required over ten types of Spirit Herbs.
However, what made him breathe a sigh of relief was that these Spirit Herbs were not difficult to find.
At this moment, the sun had already set behind the western mountains.
Ye Chen looked at the sky, then flipped up and headed towards the back mountain of the Hengyue Sect.
Although the density of Spiritual Qi in the back mountain of the Hengyue Sect was slightly weaker than in the Spirit Mountains, it was still a good place for nurturing Spirit Herbs, and many Hengyue Sect Disciples would come here to pick them.
According to the records in the Jade Spirit Scroll, Ye Chen shuttled through the lush forest of flowers and plants.
Whenever he saw the required Spirit Herbs, he would put them into his pocket.
After an hour of picking, he had almost found all the required Spirit Herbs.
“I’m only missing the snow jade orchid flower.” Counting the picked Spirit Herbs, Ye Chen discovered that the only thing missing was the snow jade orchid flower.
“This snow jade orchid flower is not like the other types of Spirit Herbs; could it be that this place doesn’t have it!” Muttering to himself, Ye Chen dashed into a forest again.
His luck was not bad; he soon found a snow jade orchid flower.
This type of Spirit Herb had a mild nature, was surrounded by Spiritual Qi, was pure white all over like snow, and had a cool feeling when touched.
Having obtained one snow jade orchid flower, Ye Chen did not leave.
The chance of failure for the first time refining jade spirit liquid was still very high; he needed to prepare a few more portions.
Soon, a second snow jade orchid flower came into view.
“My luck is really not bad.” Ye Chen chuckled, stepped on a rock, leaped up, and waved his hand to pluck that snow jade orchid flower.
However, just as he landed, an discordant voice came over.
“That snow jade orchid flower is mine.”
As the words fell, a beautiful figure had already walked out from among the flowers.
Reflecting the moonlight, she looked exceptionally bright and clean, like a lotus flower.
This person, upon closer inspection, was none other than Su Xinyue from the Renyang Peak, right?