The Celestial Pill Pavilion was the largest merchant guild in all of Celestial Water City, specializing in the sale of various elixirs and spirit medicines.
The elixir Xiao Hao planned to refine was called the Foundation Establishment Pill, which could rapidly increase the cultivation of a Profound Realm Martial Artist.
However, the spirit medicines required to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill were several times more numerous than those for the Purple Spirit Pill, totaling nearly fifty different kinds.
Only by going to the Celestial Pill Pavilion would he have any chance of buying so many different types of spirit medicines.
Although Xiao Hao had over twenty thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones on him, the price of spirit medicines was extremely high. This amount of Spirit Stones was simply not enough, which was why he wanted to sell those seven flawless Purple Spirit Pills.
...
「Half an hour later.」
Xiao Hao, dressed in a black robe and wearing a bronze tiger head mask, appeared inside the Celestial Pill Pavilion.
Many of the people who came here to purchase elixirs concealed their identities, so no one paid any mind to his attire.
"Honored guest, how may I help you?"
A young woman received Xiao Hao.
"I wish to see your Pavilion Master!"
Xiao Hao said in a raspy voice.
"I’m sorry, but our Pavilion Master is not someone you can see just by asking! If you have any business, you can tell me directly!"
The young woman’s brow furrowed slightly.
Their Pavilion Master was incredibly busy. If just anyone who came by wanted to see him, wouldn’t he be worked to death?
"Give this to your Pavilion Master. He will naturally come to see me."
Xiao Hao took out a Jade Bottle and handed it to the young woman.
"This..."
The young woman hesitated.
Just then, a middle-aged man happened to be passing by.
"Steward Liu, please wait a moment."
The young woman said respectfully, quickly explaining the situation to him in full detail.
"Sir, may I see what’s inside?"
The middle-aged man was immediately intrigued by the contents of the Jade Bottle.
"You may!"
Xiao Hao nodded.
"Could this be... a flawless Purple Spirit Pill!"
When the middle-aged man saw what was inside the Jade Bottle, he froze on the spot, unable to believe his eyes.
"Sir, please come with me. I will take you to see our Pavilion Master right now."
The next moment, the middle-aged man spoke to Xiao Hao with great reverence, his voice trembling.
One had to understand that a flawless Purple Spirit Pill was something very few people in the entire Great Li Dynasty could refine.
Every time they appeared, they would incite a mad scramble among the major powers.
And this mysterious person before him was able to produce a flawless Purple Spirit Pill, so he was naturally qualified to meet their Pavilion Master.
...
At this time, in an antique-styled room within the Celestial Pill Pavilion, a white-haired old man was staring at a ledger, his brows tightly furrowed.
"This branch’s performance is getting worse and worse. It looks like we’ll be last in Huangyang County again this year."
The white-haired old man sighed helplessly.
"Pavilion Master, Pavilion Master, I have urgent business to discuss with you."
Just then, an anxious voice came from outside the room.
"Come in!"
The white-haired old man said with a frown.
The next moment, Steward Liu led Xiao Hao into the room.
"Pavilion Master, this honored guest wished to see you! This is a Purple Spirit Pill he brought, and its quality is actually flawless."
Steward Liu said, extremely excited.
"What? Let me see, quickly."
The white-haired old man’s figure trembled, and he hastily took the Jade Bottle.
The next moment, a Purple Spirit Pill with five Pill Patterns came into view.
"It really is a flawless Purple Spirit Pill! Steward Liu, you may leave first. Don’t let anyone disturb us."
The white-haired old man said with an excited expression.
"Yes!"
Steward Liu immediately left the room.
"Honored guest, I wonder what business you have with me?"
The white-haired old man asked Xiao Hao with great enthusiasm.
"Pavilion Master, I plan to sell this entire batch of Purple Spirit Pills to your Celestial Pill Pavilion, and then purchase some spirit medicines here."
Xiao Hao handed another Jade Bottle to the white-haired old man.
’Seven Purple Spirit Pills, and all of them are flawless... Just who in the world is he?’
The white-haired old man was completely stunned.
Even the most elite Alchemists in the Great Li Dynasty could only occasionally refine one or two flawless Purple Spirit Pills.
Yet Xiao Hao had produced seven all at once.
’If he refined all these Purple Spirit Pills by himself, just how high must his Alchemy skills be?’
"How much can these seven Purple Spirit Pills sell for?"
Xiao Hao inquired.
"Distinguished guest, if you sell them directly to our Celestial Pill Pavilion, we can give you five thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones for each. If you consign them to us for auction, the price will certainly be higher, but you will have to wait at least half a month."
The white-haired old man said hurriedly, his attitude extremely deferential.
"Then I’ll sell them directly!"
Xiao Hao was delighted.
Even he hadn’t expected that flawless Purple Spirit Pills could fetch such a high price.
With these thirty-five thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones, plus the twenty thousand-plus he already had, he would definitely be able to purchase a good amount of spirit medicines.
"Done. I wonder what spirit medicines our honored guest needs to purchase?"
The white-haired old man said with a smile.
The next moment, Xiao Hao took out a piece of paper on which the names of nearly fifty spirit medicines were written.
’Huh? These spirit medicines are all used to refine Profound Level Elixirs! Could it be that he’s a Middle Level Alchemist?’
The white-haired old man couldn’t help but be astonished.
Elixirs were divided into four levels: Celestial, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. Both Purple Spirit Pills and Qi Gathering Pills were Yellow Level Elixirs, which could only be used to raise the cultivation of Yellow Realm Martial Artists.
And Profound Level Elixirs could enhance the cultivation of Profound Realm Martial Artists.
However, Profound Level Elixirs were extremely difficult to refine, a feat only Middle Level Alchemists were capable of.
The number of Middle Level Alchemists was even scarcer than Celestial Level Martial Artists, and each one held a very distinguished status.
Even he, the Pavilion Master of the Celestial Pill Pavilion, was merely a Junior Alchemist.
That was why he was so astonished.
"Is there a problem?"
Xiao Hao asked, seeing the white-haired old man frozen in place.
"No problem at all. Our branch happens to have some of these spirit medicines, but once they’re sold, we’ll have to restock from headquarters.
Therefore, we can only sell you what we have in stock for now. We can’t provide any more than that."
The white-haired old man explained.
"Alright, give me all of it."
Xiao Hao nodded.
Soon, the white-haired old man personally went to retrieve the spirit medicines.
Their prices were very high, costing Xiao Hao a total of fifty thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones.
’With these spirit medicines, I can refine ten Foundation Establishment Pills at most. It will be difficult to raise my cultivation to the Peak of the Profound Realm.
It seems that when I have time, I’ll have to take a trip to more prosperous cities to buy enough spirit medicines.’
Xiao Hao thought, then hurriedly left the Celestial Pill Pavilion.
"Haha! With these seven Purple Spirit Pills, our branch’s performance might even reach the very top this year."
The white-haired old man said ecstatically.
Immediately after, he began to announce publicly that they had obtained seven flawless Purple Spirit Pills.
The moment this news was released, it sent a huge shockwave throughout Celestial Water City.
It even alarmed the powerful experts from the Great Li Dynasty Imperial City.