Zhou Chen placed the entire bottle of medicinal pills on the bedside table.
Without disturbing Chen Tingwan while she adjusted her breathing, he turned and closed the door for her.
It was half an hour later when Chen Tingwan finally suppressed the fire poison and weakly pushed open the door to come out.
Even though her injuries were under control, she was still unable to fight freely.
In the blink of an eye, two days passed.
Nan Qiao and Chen Tingwan gradually became familiar with each other.
Especially after Nan Qiao learned about the dangers of the Xue Jin Secret Realm, she was even more amazed and said with envy,
"Junior Brother Li is truly good to you. In such a life and death situation, he was willing to risk his life to find the medicinal pills to suppress your fire poison."
Hearing this, she was truly very envious.
Her former husband, Zhang Xiu, was also a cultivator.
But he treated her quite indifferently, let alone risking his life to obtain spirit herbs for her.
He was even dismissive regarding the daily household expenses.
At the mention of Li Yan, the corners of Chen Tingwan’s eyes curled up slightly, revealing a rare sense of joy.
"Yes. Senior Brother Li and I are childhood sweethearts. If I had not accidentally been poisoned by the Fire Toad Beast, he would not have risked entering the Xue Jin Secret Realm."
If nothing unexpected had happened, they should have become dual cultivation dao companions by now.
Then they would have relied on dual cultivation methods to boost each other’s cultivation.
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. This incident happened, making it impossible for her to have a deep exchange with Senior Brother Li.
Chen Tingwan looked toward the main house and remarked with emotion,
"However, Sister Nan’s luck is also very good. Senior Brother Zhou is truly a good person."
She truly felt from the bottom of her heart that Zhou Chen was a good person.
That bottle of Profound Ice Pills was worth at least a dozen spirit stones.
Zhou Chen had given it to her without any hesitation.
Right now, she was plagued by fire poison and had sold all her belongings.
Whether Li Yan could return alive was another matter entirely. He might not even have the ability to repay the kindness.
Yet Senior Brother Zhou had never mentioned the matter.
He acted with propriety in his daily life and had never taken the slightest advantage of her.
Thinking of the considerate Zhou Chen, Nan Qiao could not help but laugh out loud.
"Yes. Big Brother Zhou is truly a very, very good person."
A simple and plain life is what is real.
Zhou Chen might be a bit old, but he never let her lack food or clothing.
He even thought about leading her onto the path of immortality. Where else could one find such a dao companion?
Zhou Chen, who had just finished alchemy, sneezed without warning.
"Is someone cursing me again?"
But that should not be the case.
With his reputation as a nice guy in the sect, who would curse him for no reason?
"It must be that brat Tang San."
That person is insatiably greedy and knows no restraint. He already has a path to his own death.
He should not have established a good relationship with that person in the first place. This move was truly a mistake.
Watching the streaks of light occasionally flashing by in the sky, Zhou Chen’s brow furrowed slightly.
"It seems quite a few people want to go to the Xue Jin Secret Realm."
There are many heavenly treasures within the Xue Jin Secret Realm.
In particular, several main ingredients for the Foundation Establishment Pill basically only exist within the secret realm in Tiannan Province.
Therefore, the number of cultivators each major sect can send inside is fixed.
After all, if one sect sends ten people and another sends two, it is hard to say who will have better luck and find more medicinal ingredients.
The ones who ultimately come out alive would certainly be the ten person team.
The Xue Jin Secret Realm is full of dangers, with various spatial cracks, ancient formations left behind, or rare demon beasts.
But the most dangerous thing is still people.
How could working hard to find medicinal ingredients be faster than killing people to steal their treasures and seize their herbs?
Thus, the more powerful a sect is, the more Qi Refining cultivators it can send into the Xue Jin Secret Realm.
In Tiannan Province, there exist several great empires.
Great Chu, Great Xia, and Great Yu.
Within the three dynasties, cultivation sects and families are as numerous as trees in a forest.
The Yin Yang Sect, which has a Nascent Soul ancestor presiding over it, is enough to squeeze into the top ten and is a well deserved top tier sect.
Therefore, there are a full thirty slots for entering the Xue Jin Secret Realm within the sect.
"I just wonder how many people will be able to come back alive."
In previous years, when dozens went in, it was already good if five or six came back alive.
"I am getting old. Fighting and killing really are not for me."
It is better to quietly perform alchemy, use that to exchange for resources, and then slowly look for the ingredients for the Foundation Establishment Pill.
After advancing to a second rank alchemist, the medicinal pills he could refine became more complex.
Therefore, he did not plan to stay home for closed door cultivation but wanted to go out and look around.
If he refined second rank pills and took them out to sell, he would soon be able to find a suitable cultivation method for Nan Qiao.
After instructing the two women to take good care of the medicinal garden, Zhou Chen silently withdrew the formation in the courtyard.
Even with refined formation flags, one still needs to use spiritual power to control them.
Nan Qiao had no spiritual power, and Chen Tingwan was afflicted by fire poison.
After Zhou Chen’s cultivation surged, his traveling speed also increased significantly.
Upon reaching Jiangdu City, he sold off all his remaining medicinal pills.
With hundreds of pills sold, the spirit stones in his possession reached nearly three thousand.
"It seems I cannot sell pills randomly anymore."
He could vaguely sense that he was being watched.
Moreover, when he sells second rank pills in the future, the price will be higher and the quantity will still be extremely large.
He needed to find a shop in Jiangdu City that had a guaranteed reputation and would not lead to future troubles.
Zhou Chen came before a three story pavilion.
[Wind Thunder Pavilion]
The largest medicinal pill shop within the borders of Great Xia.
They had branch stores in all the major towns of Great Xia, and even Tiannan Province was no exception.
To them, second rank pills were not enough to attract special attention.
Furthermore, with their years of reputation, they would not harbor ill intentions toward their customers.
As soon as Zhou Chen entered the shop, a shop assistant came forward.
"Fellow Daoist, please, what would you like to purchase?"
He browsed around the first floor, where there were plenty of high grade Essence Gathering Pills and Spiritual Energy Pills.
However, top grade pills were very few.
As he stepped toward the second floor, the shop assistant hurriedly stopped him and said with a smile,
"Fellow Daoist, the first floor is for fellow daoists of the Qi Refining Stage to purchase pills. As for the second floor, that is only for Foundation Establishment seniors. If you wish to go up, please show proof of your assets."
After all, Qi Refining Stage cultivators simply could not afford second rank pills.
But there were also children and grandchildren of elders from major sects.
Although their cultivation was not high, their clan wealth was quite deep.
To avoid offending people who should not be offended, such a rule was established.