As Jiang Nan walked into the City of the Medicine King, he saw that the city was bustling with activity. The shops on both sides of the street were flourishing, and all kinds of goods were dazzling to the eye. It was a dizzying sight to behold. It was countless times more prosperous than Qi King City.
This was because the City of the Medicine King had the Medicine Manor. The Medicine Manor's pills were the best in the world, so it attracted martial artists from all over the world to gather here. Not only aristocratic families, but even the royal family of the Jianwu Kingdom would often come here to purchase pills.
This was definitely a place where dragons and snakes mixed together. From the nobility to the bandits and robbers, everything that one should expect to find was here!
"Only thirty percent of my cultivation left …"
Jiang Nan walked on the streets of the City of the Medicine King with a slight frown. He had fought with the Soaring Spiritual Ape, killed Qiao Liang, and traveled eight hundred li on the river surface. He had expended a large amount of qi, almost as much as the eighty percent of his Yang qi absorbed by Jiang Xue!
This battle had consumed more than half of his qi, and the characteristics of the [Devil Hell Dark Fetus Scripture] prevented him from recovering quickly. If he cultivated slowly, he would only be able to recover ten to twenty percent of his cultivation before tomorrow's sunrise.
Along the way, he saw that both sides of the street were like a bustling market. There were restaurants, brothels, workshops, and all kinds of strange shops selling all kinds of things. Not only were there medicine shops, but there were also shops selling all kinds of materials. There were even places that sold martial arts!
"The business of the City of the Medicine King is really developed, far surpassing Qi Royal City!"
Jiang Nan walked into a medicine shop. A wave of medicinal fragrance greeted his nose. He saw that the shop was bustling with people, and business was good. The medicine shops in the City of the Medicine King were all run by the Medicine Manor. The prices were fair, and they were honest.
"Sir, are you here to buy medicine or see a doctor?"
A shop assistant came forward and smiled apologetically, "If you want to see a doctor, please go to the doctor in charge to take your pulse. Only then can you make a diagnosis …"
Jiang Nan smiled and flipped his palm. A jade bottle appeared in his hand. He smiled, "Does your shop accept finished pills?"
"Sir, you are an alchemist. My apologies."
The waiter was filled with deep veneration and said, "Mister, please wait a moment, I will go and invite the shopkeeper."
Jiang Nan nodded, and the shop assistant hurriedly ran into the inner hall. After a while, an old man with grizzled eyebrows and beard walked out of the inner hall. He cupped his hands and said, "Mister, can you let this old man take a look at the quality of the pill?"
Jiang Nan handed the bottle of Qi Replenishing Pills to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper opened the jade bottle and poured out a Qi Replenishing Pill. He then took out a silver needle and carefully inserted it into the pill. He pulled out the needle and observed it for a moment. His expression changed as he said, "Although it is a Qi Replenishing Pill, the quality of the pill is not bad. I didn't expect Mister to be able to concoct pills of 100% effectiveness at such a young age.
"Old sir, you must be joking. This bottle of Qi Enhancement Pills was given to me by a friend. However, I have no use for it, so I want to sell it."
Jiang Nan smiled and said, "May I ask old mister, what do you mean by the grade of the pill and the one hundred percent effectiveness pill?"
"I see. I was wondering why you could concoct pills of 100% effectiveness at such a young age. So it was a gift from a friend. Different professions are worlds apart. It makes sense that you don't know the jargon of an alchemist. "
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "The grades of the pills correspond to the realm of martial arts. For example, the Qi Replenishing Pill, the Body Nourishing Pill, and the Soul Accumulating Pill. These pills are useful for martial artists within the fifth rank of the Refinement Realm. For martial artists in the fifth rank of the Qi Refining Realm, they are not very effective. Therefore, they are low grade pills. For those in the Qi Refining Realm, they need to take pills of a higher grade, such as the Qi Replenishing Pill, the Fire Spiritual Pill, and the Soul Traveling Pill. The price of these three pills was several times higher than the Qi Replenishing Pill! You just said that the Qi Replenishing Pill has no use for you. You must be an expert in the Qi Refining Realm! "
At this point, the shopkeeper couldn't help but be in awe. Jiang Nan was so young, yet he was able to cultivate to the Qi Refining Realm. Even among the aristocratic families, he was a rare genius.
Therefore, even though Jiang Nan's clothes were ordinary, the shopkeeper didn't look down on him.
"A 100% effectiveness pill is another form of reconciliation?" Jiang Nan couldn't help but ask.
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "You may not know this, but spiritual pills do not contain full spirituality. There are also impurities. The ratio of impurities to spirituality is the ratio. For example, a 70% effectiveness pill has 70% spirituality and 30% impurities. When consumed, the impurities will be absorbed at the same time and mixed with Qi or the body. You will need to spend a lot of energy to remove and refine the impurities. It's not very valuable. If you don't remove it, it will accumulate in the body. If you eat too many of these pills, the impurities will accumulate in the body, which will make the martial artist's talent worse and worse. Sometimes, their cultivation will be limited to the current realm, unable to improve for the rest of their lives. "
Jiang Nan was moved. This shopkeeper said that different professions were worlds apart. It was true. He only knew that spiritual pills could increase cultivation, but he didn't know that there was such a thing!
"The less impurities a spiritual pill has, the more valuable it is. The impurities in a 90% effectiveness pill no longer affect the martial artist's talent. Therefore, it is very sought after. However, the most valuable pill is still the 100% effectiveness pill!"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Little brother, this bottle of Qi Replenishing Pills is 100% effectiveness and is very valuable. There are twelve pills in this bottle. If each pill is seventy taels of silver, the total is eight hundred and forty taels. If little brother has no objections, this old man will settle the bill with little brother. "
Jiang Nan nodded his head. The shopkeeper of this medicine store did not go all out to lower the price just because he was an outsider. Even the Prince of Qi's Mansion had to spend a hundred taels of silver to purchase a single pill from the Medicine King's Mansion. Although the shopkeeper had lowered the price, it was not excessive.
Jiang Nan smiled and said, "May I ask if your esteemed store has pill recipes for sale?"
The shopkeeper was startled when he heard this. He smiled and said, "Little brother, you want to learn alchemy? Listen to this old man's advice. Alchemy doesn't seem difficult, but there are countless things to pay attention to. It is even more complicated than martial arts. The chances of successfully refining a spiritual pill are not high. Even if you manage to refine a spiritual pill, there is a high chance that it will be a waste. There are many people who might not even be able to refine a batch of good pills even if they go bankrupt! "
He smiled proudly and said, "In the entire Jianwu Nation, only my Medicine Manor is able to cultivate first-class alchemists! As the saying goes, alchemy and martial arts cannot be practiced at the same time. Those who practice alchemy will delay their progress. The alchemists of my Medicine Manor spend too much time on alchemy, so their martial arts are not as tyrannical as those from other manors. "
Jiang Nan also knew that this old shopkeeper had good intentions. Although the Medicine Manor had all kinds of spiritual pills and miraculous medicines, they had never produced a martial arts grandmaster. Even if there were people who relied on the power of the spiritual pills to cultivate the Spirit Wheel, their strength was still inferior to those who cultivated the Spirit Wheel step by step.
This was because the alchemists wasted too much time. Although the spiritual pills could improve their cultivation, their realm was not stable, their foundation was not stable, and their state of mind was not thoroughly tempered. This was why they could not display the same strength with the same cultivation.
Jiang Xue had also warned him that using the spiritual pills to improve his cultivation was only a trivial way and could easily cause his foundation to be unstable. Only when his cultivation was limited could he use the power of the spiritual pills to break through the bottleneck. Cultivating on one's own was the orthodox way. With a solid foundation, his strength would also be stronger.
"Shopkeeper, I know what I'm doing. If I really don't have the aptitude for alchemy, I will naturally cultivate honestly."
Jiang Nan smiled and said, "Old mister, please bring the formulas for the Vitality Enhancement Pill, the Body Nourishing Pill, and the Soul Nourishing Pill, as well as ten sets of medicinal ingredients for each type of spiritual pill.
The shopkeeper no longer tried to persuade him. He took out the formulas for the Body Nourishing Pill, the Vitality Enhancement Pill, and the Soul Nourishing Pill. He smiled and said, "My Medicine Manor does not keep our formulas to ourselves, and the price is not expensive either. One set costs 100 taels of silver, but there are only a few people who can learn it. Little brother, please reconsider."
Jiang Nan accepted the three formulas. He saw that each of the three formulas had a hundred top quality xuan paper. The paper was filled with tiny, densely packed characters. It recorded all kinds of medicinal ingredients, the amount of medicinal ingredients, the time to add the medicinal ingredients, the heat control, the various taboos, and the Spirit Art of alchemy. He was quite satisfied.
The shopkeeper then ordered people to prepare ten sets of medicinal ingredients for each pill. After settling the bill, he gave Jiang Nan 100 taels of silver notes.
"Now that I have the formulas, I'm still missing the pill furnace."
As Jiang Nan was about to walk out of the medicine shop, he suddenly heard a clear voice coming from behind him, "Brother, we meet again!"
"Brother?"
Jiang Nan was startled. He looked back and saw a young girl in red standing behind him. Her pretty face was filled with youth, which made him suddenly remember the encounter at the mountain stream. He smiled and said, "So it's Sister Yue."
The young girl was very beautiful. She wore a red dress, which made her skin look white and tender. It was the female disciple of the Medicine Manor that Jiang Nan met at the Mountain God Temple, Yue Linger.
"Princess, this is?"
Next to Yue Linger was a slightly wealthy young man dressed in luxurious clothes. He glanced at Jiang Nan and frowned slightly. "Why are you here?
"Young Master Mu, this is the expert who saved me and killed the Golden-scaled Red Thread Python that I told you about before!"
Yue Linger introduced him to the two and said with a smile, "Brother, this is Mu Qinnan, Young Master Mu, a member of the Mu Royal Clan."
"Greetings, Brother Mu."
Jiang Nan slightly cupped his hands at Yue Linger and said with a smile, "So Sister is the princess of the Medicine Manor. Sorry for not recognizing you."
Yue Linger said with a smile, "Brother, you left in a hurry last time, so I didn't ask for your name. This time, you can't decline."
Jiang Nan smiled. "Princess, my surname is Jiang Nan, and my courtesy name is Zi Chuan. I come from the Land of Divine Wrath, so you can just call me Zi Chuan."
Yue Ling 'er was startled. The Heavenly Moat was a mysterious place that was adjacent to the Jianwu Country. It was originally the territory of the Jing Hua Country in the Central Plains. A few years ago, the War of the Gods spread to that place and turned it into a land of death without any signs of life. The Jing Hua Country was destroyed and millions and millions of citizens fled for thousands of miles. There were countless casualties and it could be said to be an incomparably tragic catastrophe.
Because of this, the once prosperous Middle Earth became the Heavenly Wrath.
She initially thought that Jiang Nan came from the Qi Manor or the Mu Royal Clan, which was near the Sunset Mountains. She did not expect Jiang Nan to come from the Heavenly Wrath, a remnant of the Middle Earth.
"Zi Chuan, why are you here at the Medicine King City?" Yue Linger changed the topic to prevent Jiang Nan from feeling awkward.
"I'm here to buy a few elixir recipes and test if I have the talent for alchemy."
Jiang Nan replied with a smile. Although he was once a servant in the Qi Manor, he was born into a wealthy family and had a good reputation. After knowing that Yue Linger was the princess of the Medicine Manor, he did not feel uncomfortable at all. Although his clothes were a little shabby, his temperament made others not dare to look down on him.
"You want to learn alchemy?"
Yue Linger's eyes lit up and she complained, "Why didn't you come to me directly? Are you treating me like an outsider? I don't dare to say anything else, but I can help you with alchemy. "
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