Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 413 Shopkeeper Wang

Walking on the street, Jin Ling quietly introduced some information here, and also reminded:
"After all, the True Dragon Realm is the territory of the True Dragon Masters, so most of the cultivators have True Dragon bloodlines, so they all have scales and horns to a greater or lesser extent. As for those seniors who have concealed their true appearance, they are generally well-known Mahayana masters from other realms, and they have a good relationship with the True Dragon Masters."

“Although no cultivator dares to take action on Dragon Island, we should still try not to anger them.”

As a cultivator as powerful as Nie Zhaonan, he is somewhat arrogant, so Jin Ling was really worried that something might go wrong.

"Don't worry. Although I think I have some strength, I am not so arrogant as to provoke a strong man in the Mahayana period." Nie Zhaonan smiled faintly and replied in a voice transmission, his eyes scanning the shops on both sides of the street.

In just this short moment, he saw many rare materials recorded in the classics, and many of them he didn't even recognize.

Well, when it comes down to it, he is just a cultivator in the God Transformation Stage from the human world. As a cultivator in the God Transformation Stage from the human world, he is naturally at the pinnacle of cultivation, and his knowledge is extremely extraordinary.

But this is the Realm of True Dragons, there are countless powerful people and countless treasures.

Here, a Divine Transformation cultivator can only be described as average in terms of strength and knowledge.

"Brother Daoist Nie, what do you want to buy? I am very familiar with the shops here and can be your guide." Jin Ling asked.

"Thank you, fellow Daoist Jin Ling." Nie Zhaonan thanked him, "I wonder if there are any elixirs here that can enhance the magic power of a divine cultivator?"

"This way." Jin Ling led the way with a strange smile on her chubby face.

Although she knew that Nie Zhaonan must have plundered a lot of spirit stones in the human world and was wealthy, the price of elixirs that improved magic power was so high that even though she often received spiritual treasures as rewards from the young lady, she could not afford it and could only buy one or two bottles occasionally.

Soon, the three of them arrived in front of an ordinary shop. There was a plaque hanging on the door with three large characters "Baoyaotang" inscribed on it.

"Baoyaotang is a well-known store in the whole market. Not to mention the elixirs suitable for cultivators in the God Transformation Stage, there are also some elixirs effective for cultivators in the Void Refinement Stage. It's just a matter of price." Jin Ling looked at Nie Zhaonan and spoke slowly.

As soon as Jin Ling finished speaking, a young man dressed as a waiter came out, smiling and inviting warmly:

"Seniors, please come in. The elixirs in my medicine hall will definitely satisfy you."

His tone was quite confident. Nie Zhaonan looked up and saw that this unremarkable young man was actually a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage. He had condensed magical powers and was not practicing ordinary techniques. He would definitely be a strong man in the human world.

But here, he is just a waiter who serves customers.

Nie Zhaonan nodded lightly, and walked slowly into the store under the guidance of the waiter.

"What kind of elixir or magic pill do you need?"

The young waiter was just asking Nie Zhaonan what he wanted when a middle-aged shopkeeper with short black horns came over. He was a Void Refining cultivator.
"You go down first. I will personally receive these three guests."

"Yes." The young waiter nodded in agreement and retreated respectfully.

"Fairy Jin Ling, how is Lord Yue Li these days? I have never seen these two young friends before. Could you introduce them to me?" The middle-aged shopkeeper asked with a smile, as if he was very familiar with Jin Ling.

"In the entire True Dragon Realm, who else dares to provoke the young lady? The young lady will naturally be fine." Jin Ling folded her hands in front of her chest and said unhappily, "As for the two Taoist friends, they are here, so I can't interfere."

The middle-aged shopkeeper was not unhappy at all and continued to smile:
"Fairy Jin Ling, you also understand that I am just a shopkeeper helping out. What I gave you is already the biggest discount of our store. You see, although all the spiritual stones and treasures on your body have been emptied, it is worth it. In just a hundred years, you have raised your cultivation to the peak of the early stage of the Spiritualization, and you are about to advance to the middle stage of the Spiritualization. If you continue like this, it will be just a matter of time for you to become a Void Refining cultivator like me."

"Our store has just received a batch of 'Yuan Bu Dan', made by a senior in the Fusion Stage. The effect is amazing. Just one pill can definitely help the fairy break through the bottleneck and become a mid-stage Spiritualization cultivator. Fairy, are you interested?"

"Hmph," Jin Ling curled her lips and snorted coldly, "Next time."

"Okay, then I'll leave one for the fairy."

It was not known whether it was because Jin Ling was young and inexperienced and too easy to appease, or because Manager Wang was too savvy in the ways of the world, but after just a few words, Jin Ling's anger was mostly gone.

Just as Nie Zhaonan was secretly a little surprised, Shopkeeper Wang slowly turned his head and said with a smile:

"I'm sorry, I chatted with Fairy Jin Ling for a while longer, which was a bit rude. Could you two introduce yourselves?"

A Void Refining cultivator apologized to two Spiritual Transformation Stage juniors, which made Nie Zhaonan stunned, but he still spoke calmly:

"Junior Nie Zhaonan."

"Junior Bingfeng." Like Nie Zhaonan, Bingfeng did not reveal much about herself.

Shopkeeper Wang still had a smile on his face, and he didn't think there was anything wrong, so he said politely:
"Hey, you two guys don't have to do that. Just call me shopkeeper."

Nie Zhaonan also responded politely.

"I see that both of you are only in the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation realm, and it seems that you have only recently advanced to this realm. Do you want to buy elixirs or spiritual medicines to improve your own magic power?" Shopkeeper Wang guessed.

"Yes," Nie Zhaonan nodded, "Shopkeeper, could you please tell me the value of elixirs and spiritual medicines?"

"Of course." Shopkeeper Wang agreed without hesitation and said slowly:

"This elixir is suitable for cultivators in the middle stage of the Spiritualization Stage to refine medicinal power and improve their mana. Our store has the finished elixir 'Essence Pill', which costs five million spirit stones per bottle, and contains ten pills per bottle. Moreover, our store guarantees that each pill is full of medicinal power and of high quality."

"And the spiritual medicine materials for refining a bottle of 'Essence Pill' are cheaper than the finished pills, only 4.5 million spiritual stones per portion."

“If you can refine elixirs for the Spirit Transformation stage, or if you have a friend who can refine elixirs, I still recommend that you buy elixirs and refine them yourself.” “I wonder how much an elixir that can help someone break through the bottleneck of the late Spirit Transformation stage is worth?” Nie Zhaonan seemed to be thinking about something. He did not answer immediately, but asked instead.

"The elixir that can break through the bottleneck is made from extremely rare and precious elixirs, and its price is dozens of times or even more than that of the elixir that improves magic power. Take the 'Five Spiritual Pill' that our store has been selling for a long time, for example. Just one pill is worth 50 million spirit stones. After refining this pill, the success rate of breaking through to the late stage of the Spirit Transformation can be increased by half." Shopkeeper Wang explained patiently.

"Fifty million spirit stones! The top-grade spirit treasure refined by my young lady is worth at most this much. A Void Refining cultivator who can possess a top-grade spirit treasure is considered to have good fortune. The price of the 'Five Spirit Pill' is really too high." Before Nie Zhaonan could speak, Jin Ling spoke first, shaking his head repeatedly.

"Breaking through the bottleneck of realm, improving strength, and increasing lifespan are what cultivators like me care about most. They cannot be compared with external objects like spiritual treasures. The efficacy of the 'Five Spirit Pill' is amazing, so it is normal that it is a bit expensive. If it can only increase the chance of a cultivator breaking through the bottleneck by 10% or 20%, the value of the spiritual pill will naturally be greatly reduced."

Shopkeeper Wang had a smile on his face, with a gleam on his short black horns, and he seemed very excited.

Nie Zhaonan was thoughtful. He had the Purple Sky Cave, which could ripen the elixir, so he naturally didn't need to spend a higher price to buy the finished elixir.
"How much is the 'Yuan Bu Dan' you mentioned earlier worth?" Jin Ling couldn't help but ask the question that concerned her most.

"The 'Yuan Bu Dan' was originally worth 27 million, but you are also our old customer, so you only need 25 million spirit stones to buy one."

"Yeah." Jin Ling's chubby face showed mixed feelings, and she nodded absentmindedly. Even though her wealth far exceeded that of an average Divine Transformation cultivator, she still found this staggering price a bit too much to bear.

"Fairy Jin Ling, don't worry. As Lord Yueli's maid and working for Lord Yueli, the rewards you get are much more than what I, the shopkeeper of 'Baoyaotang', who is in the Nascent Soul stage, get." Shopkeeper Wang sighed.

Since Jin Ling was in the Nascent Soul stage, he had often come to him to buy various elixirs. The amount of spirit stones he had spent was so huge that even a Void Refining cultivator like him would have to spend all his money.

In short, it’s good to follow a master who is extremely powerful, qualified, and wealthy!

"I need five portions of elixir to refine the 'Essence Pill'. How many spirit stones does the recipe for the 'Essence Pill' require?" At this time, Nie Zhaonan had also finished thinking.

"The recipe for the Essence Pill is a gift, please take a look." A black light flashed in Shopkeeper Wang's hand, and a green jade slip appeared in his hand, which he handed over without hesitation.

Nie Zhaonan took it, said thank you, then invaded the jade slip with his spiritual consciousness and checked the contents.

After briefly reviewing the refining method, Nie Zhaonan nodded with satisfaction, with a slight smile on his face:
"Is there any elixir recipe that's suitable for me? It would be best if there's a matching elixir?"

Hearing this, Shopkeeper Wang knew what Nie Zhaonan meant, and he was overjoyed, laughing and saying:
"My 'Baoyaotang' is well-known on Dragon Island. I have more than ten kinds of pill recipes suitable for you, not just the 'Jingyuan Pill'. However, it is still difficult to collect spiritual medicines. There are four kinds of spiritual medicines that match it. If you need more kinds of pill recipes and spiritual medicines, it will take some time. My 'Baoyaotang' can also collect them."

"I just don't know what the efficacy of the other three kinds of pills are." Nie Zhaonan asked.

"Don't worry, my friend. All the items in our store are top quality. The efficacy of the four kinds of elixirs are the same, and the prices are the same."

Nie Zhaonan hesitated for a moment before making a decision:
"In that case, five portions of spiritual medicine will be needed to refine the other three kinds of elixirs."

According to his estimation, even if he practiced the Taiyi Divine Thunder Art, the mana he needed to accumulate would far exceed that of his peers in both quantity and purity. The four kinds of elixirs would be enough to push his mana to the peak of the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

By spending only some spirit stones, one can easily trade for the three required pill recipes and matching spiritual medicines, which can really save Nie Zhaonan a lot of time in searching.

You know, even in the spiritual world where many treasures of the human race gather, there are usually only some main materials for alchemy, and you need to obtain them through bidding.

"Twenty portions of spiritual medicine that can be used to refine the elixir of the middle stage of the Spiritual Transformation Realm, costing a total of 90 million spirit stones. But since you are brought here by Fairy Jin Ling, you must have some relationship with Lady Yue Li. So, you only need to pay 81 million spirit stones." Shopkeeper Wang looked at Jin Ling and said tentatively.

Jin Ling closed her mouth and said nothing. It was impossible to get any information about the young lady from her, even if it was just an insignificant bit.

"Thank you, shopkeeper." Nie Zhaonan said politely, and shook his sleeves. Eight bulging storage bags flew out from his sleeves.

"Storage bag!?" Upon seeing this, Shopkeeper Wang was stunned for a moment, then he reached out to take it and briefly checked the number of spirit stones in it.

After confirming that the number was correct, he took out a disc-shaped magical weapon from his body, whispered a few words to it, and then put the magic weapon away.

At this point, Shopkeeper Wang was quite curious, and said half seriously, half speculatively:

"The storage bag can only be regarded as an ordinary magic weapon. The space inside is not large and it can't hold many things. It is only popular in the lower planes where the skill of refining equipment is not high. In the plane similar to the True Dragon Realm, storage bracelets with larger space and more convenience are more popular. It is impossible for the two monks to not even be able to afford storage bracelets."

"Could it be that you two are ascended monks from the lower realms?"

"But I am still a little confused. This Ice Phoenix Fairy is fine, but friend Nie is obviously a human cultivator. How could he come to the True Dragon Realm?"

Shopkeeper Wang looked at Bing Feng, and finally his gaze fell on Nie Zhaonan.

There was no sense of coercion in his tone, which would not make people feel uncomfortable. Nie Zhaonan was not an ungrateful person for exempting 9 million spirit stones, so he nodded and said:

"We are indeed ascended monks. It was only because of some accidents in the void outside the realm that we were lucky enough to enter the True Dragon Realm. The True Dragon Realm is worthy of the name of 'True Dragon'. In a short period of time, it has indeed broadened our horizons."

"I see. No wonder I felt that you two were extraordinary when I saw you just now. You are ascended monks. To be able to stand out from the lower realms with poor opportunities and scarce spiritual energy, the potential of ascended monks is enormous." Shopkeeper Wang couldn't help but praise them.

"Shopkeeper, you are too kind," Nie Zhaonan responded with a smile. Suddenly, his expression changed and he thought of something and asked:

"Does the shopkeeper have any top-grade spirit stones with thunder attributes?"

"Of course we have top-grade spirit stones in our store, but the price is so high that it cannot be worth only one million spirit stones. The spiritual power contained in top-grade spirit stones is extremely pure, and they can be considered high-level treasures, so they will be priced at a premium, one million and one hundred thousand spirit stones each."

Shopkeeper Wang had an idea. For a cultivator who had reached the Divine Transformation stage, the effect of top-grade spirit stones was far inferior to that of elixirs.

Refining top-grade spirit stones to increase magic power is obviously a thankless task.

(End of this chapter)