'Hmm? Is that Blood Lotus Essence?!'
Xiao Yan's sharp eyes caught sight of a light-yellow colored block-shaped obje the far er of a transparent ter.
He had only e to the medial shop in Qingshan Town to see if there were any suitable herbs for his practice. He hadn't expected to stumble upon Blood Lotus Essence, one of the main ingredients for the Blood Lotus Essence Pill.
Blood Lotus Essence was aremely rare, high-grade medial ingredient that typically grew alongside the lrade Yellow Lotus Essehe two were almost identical in appearance. Had it not been for the fact that the Blood Lotus Essence was one of the main ingredients required for the Blood Lotus Essence Pill to refine Heavenly Fmes, and the pill's recipe detailed the method of differentiation, he would have found it difficult to distinguish betweewo.
After a moment, he licked his lips and approached the ter nontly. With his hands behind his back, he preteo look around and said in a deep voice, "Shopkeeper."
The shopkeeper quickly approached when he saw Xiao Yan's arrogant demeanor, rubbed his hands together, and asked with a smile, "Young master, how may I help you today?"
Xiao Yan gave the shopkeeper a dismissive look and said haughtily, like a young master from a wealthy , "My eeds to wholesale a batedial herbs. I want to see if you have any good ones here."
The shopkeeper was secretly delighted to hear this. Seeing the other party's wealthy appearance, he began to pn how to fleece him.
"He he he, young master truly has a good eye. This is the best medial shop in Qingshan Town. Feel free to look around, I'll give you a dist on whatever you need."
Xiao Yan nodded calmly and said, "Show me these," as he casually poio several herbs on the ter, naturally including the Blood Lotus Essence.
He theeo smell and examihe herbs, putting on a novice act that drew chuckles from many bystanders.
"Shopkeeper, your herbs aren't that great. Only this Yellow Lotus Essence is passable."
"Young master is dising indeed. Our Yellow Lotus Essence from Qingshan Town is famously good. Sihe young master likes it, even though it's normally 200 gold s per pound, I'll let it go for 180 just for you. How much would you like?"
Xiao Yan ughed coldly in his heart upon hearing the shopkeeper's words. This shopkeeper really thought he ig fhter. The market price for Yellow Lotus Essence was only between 80 and 100 gold s per pound, and the other party had nearly doubled it.
"All right, I'll take whatever amount you have; pack it all up for me."
Xiao Yan took about a dozen pounds of Yellow Lotus Essend swaggered out of the medial shop. Both parties scoffed at each other in their hearts, thinking the other a fool.
"Too bad it was only this one piece." Xiao Yan found a secluded pce to examihe Yellow Lotus Essence he had purchased. Unfortunately, there was only one piece of the precious Blood Lotus Essehe rest was just ordinary Yellow Lotus Essence.
"Wow, is that Little Fairy Doctor? Why is she here?!"
As Xiao Yan reparing to head towards the Magic Beast Mountain Range, he suddenly heard a otion iown.
"She's so beautiful, geez, such a slim waist. If only I could touch it..."
"Idiot, do you wish to die? More than half the meraries in Qingshan Town have beeed by the Little Fairy Doctor. Be careful, or someone might hear you and cut off your tongue!"
Two men a short distance away from Xiao Yan were whispering to each other. When one of them uttered some dirty words, his panion quickly stopped him with a quiet lecture.
Xiao Yan turned his head slightly in surprise, using his strong Spiritual Strength to sehe ter of the otion. He could just make out the figure of a dy in a pale blue dress.
It was only after the crowd had dispersed that he could clearly see the face of the dy everyone had gathered around.
The young dy wore a pale blue dress adorned with intricate patterns and delicate purple ats. Her smiling face exuded a gentle and graceful aura evident in her every move, while her fresh ahereal temperament greatly enhanced her charm.
She was the most gentle and soft-tempered woman Xiao Yan had ever seen, ead curve of her lips suffused with unparalleled gentleness.
Relying on his strong Spiritual Strength, Xiao Yan listeo the discussions around him. The dy known as Little Fairy Doctor was the most famous physi in Qingshan Town.
Alchemists were scarce, and most of the people who treated diseases in towns were physis. Although they could not refine miraculous pills, they were still able to prepare simple medial powders to treat injuries and illnesses.
"Thousand Medie House is heading into the Magic Beast Mountain Rao gather herbs and is recruiting a guard squad. The Little Fairy Doctor will also apany us! There are only fifty spots avaible, and applits must be at least a 2-star Dou Practitioner. Hurry up, everyone!"
Xiao Yan looked at the burly man making the annou and finally uood the cause of the otion. During his time in Wu Tan City, he had often seen herb gathering teams e to the Xiao to hire personnel for prote.
"Me, me!!"
"I'm in, I'm in!"
"With the Little Fairy Doctor? I'll do it for free!"
"I'd pay to go!"
One muscur man after another rushed toward the registrar like a pack of wolves, some of them signing up without even asking about payment.
'Following the team into the Magic Beast Mountain Range could work too. It's better to be cautious, after all, this isn't Wu Tan City,' Xiao Yan thought. He put on his Soul Robe and hood, draped the Heavy Xuan Ruler over his back to suppress his cultivation, and slightly covered his face as he walked toward the registration area.
"There's o spot left!" The registrar cheerily waved a part scroll at the bustling crowd.
"I'll take it!" Xiao Yan's slightly youthful voice rang out in front of the registrar.
Hearing this fifteen or sixteen-year-old's voice, everyone curiously looked toward Xiao Yan. The Soul Robe only partially obscured his eyes, leaving his overall appearance visible.
Seeing his fair skin and youthful looks, the registrar paused before saying, "Young d, this isn't a game. You o be at least a 2-star Dou Practitioner."
"Little bro home and ask your mommy for milk."
"Scram, scram, don't waste my time; I'm a 2-star Dou Practitioner, I'm joining."
Two muscur men, one oher side, surrounded Xiao Yan. Each of them was a head taller than him, making him look particurly diminutive.
"As, only the fool judges by looks."
Xiao Yan's hands shot out like dragons emerging from the sea, each grabbing a man's shoulder and pinning them to the ground with a powerful doush.
No matter how much the men struggled, they couldn't move the hands pinning them down.
"Whoa!!"
"Awesome, little brother, what incredible strength!"
Not just the bystanders, but even the registrar was stuo hold down a 2-star Dou Practitioner with each hand—what incredible physical strength! Evetle Fairy Dnced over, curious about when such a young prodigy had appeared in Qingshan Town.
It was exceedingly rare for someone as young as sixteen or seveo have already reached the Dou Practitioner realm in Qingshan Town.
"Not bad, such a young age and already a Dou Practitioner with such a strong physique. The st spot is yours, little brother."
Seeing the st spot snatched by this unknown youhe meraries who had gathered around could only sullenly depart. They did not fet to cast some strange gazes at Xiao Yan as they left.
"This guy seems to be about the same age as the Little Fairy Doctor. Could it be that he's taken a fancy to her and has e to py the role of her protector?"
"Possibly. Little Fairy Doctor's beauty is well-known even in the neighb towns. Perhaps he's a young master from a neighb town's who's here to pursue her."
Xiao Yan could only touch his nose when he heard these ents. He didn't bother to expin. After all, he nning to leave as soon as he ehe Magic Beast Mountain Rao search for the Ten Thousa Fme based on the spiritual map. He likely wouldn't have any involvement with this Little Fairy Doctor anyway...
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