With the Eight Immortals' magical treasures in hand, even a mortal like myself! Ha!

The thousand-year-old medicinal herb was of no use to Gu Qing at the moment, but he knew it would be useful to someone, so he smiled and said, "Alright, this thousand-year-old spiritual herb is indeed somewhat useful to me, but I won't take it for nothing. Here are twenty mid-grade spirit stones, consider it as me buying your thousand-year-old spiritual herb."

As he spoke, Gu Qing put down a storage bag. Given the current situation, he had no intention of following the group; leaving like this was the best course of action.

Watching Gu Qing's departing figure, the purple-robed beauty picked up the storage bag on the ground and was somewhat surprised to find that there were indeed twenty mid-grade spirit stones inside.

"This person seems to be no ordinary person. A Qi Refining cultivator wouldn't simply take out twenty mid-grade spirit stones," the purple-robed beauty muttered to herself.

Not long after Gu Qing left, a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Qin family arrived. Upon seeing the situation on the road, the Foundation Establishment cultivator knew something had happened, and his face darkened as he asked, "Who did this?"

"Uncle, it was a middle-aged man who did it. He's at the thirteenth level of Qi Refining. But the fact that he so easily produced twenty mid-grade spirit stones suggests it's not as simple as it seems," the purple-robed woman said.

The Qin family's Foundation Establishment cultivator was visibly surprised upon hearing this, but still asked, "Did you leave any backup plans?"

"There's a scent left on the storage bag. If we chase after them now, we should be able to find them. But Uncle, they gave us twenty spirit stones. Should we still chase after them? What if they're not someone to be trifled with?" the purple-robed woman said with some worry.

"Don't worry about that, just hand over the Red-Eyed Rat to me." It seemed that the Qin family's Foundation Establishment stage wasn't so easy to talk to.

Helpless, the beautiful woman in purple robes had no choice but to hand over the Crimson-Eyed Rat to the Qin family's Foundation Establishment cultivators. After obtaining the Crimson-Eyed Rat, the Qin family's Foundation Establishment cultivators rode away on their magical artifacts to pursue Gu Qing.

However, after learning that he was in Yuanwu Kingdom, Gu Qing did not hide his strength and directly rode a magic artifact to fly in the sky at a very fast speed, so much so that the cultivators of the Qin family could not keep up.

Gu Qing rode his magical artifact all the way from the border to the market town of Yuanwu Kingdom. Having been there once before, he knew the way well.

When they reached a point five miles outside the market, Gu Qing landed and slowly followed the crowd into the market of Yuanwu Kingdom.

At the market entrance, Gu Qing saw many people dressed in traditional Chinese clothing. Their eyes were all fixed on the Foundation Establishment cultivators, which made Gu Qing wary.

Having a suspicion in mind, they thought these might be spies from the Yue Kingdom. They hadn't expected them to have already come all the way to the Yuanwu Kingdom, yet the cultivation world there didn't seem to care.

With these people around, transactions become complicated.

Gu Qing glanced at them briefly before turning his gaze away and heading towards the Star Dust Pavilion. The Star Dust Pavilion was backed by the Heavenly Star Sect, so it seemed that the Yue Kingdom's influence couldn't extend that far.

However, we must be cautious, since Gu Qing has been to the Star Dust Pavilion once before, and we are afraid that the people of Yue Kingdom might set a trap for Gu Qing inside the Star Dust Pavilion.

Thinking of this, Gu Qing stopped in his tracks. In a flash, he came up with a solution: he would not buy spirit herb seeds and seedlings, nor would he sell spirit herbs. Instead, he would only buy pills for advancing one's Foundation Establishment cultivation.

That way, they won't be discovered.

With this idea in mind, Gu Qing felt much more at ease, so he walked towards the Star Dust Pavilion.

Stardust Pavilion remains largely unchanged; the first floor is deserted, seemingly devoid of people.

Gu Qing knew that the good stuff wasn't on the first floor, so he didn't stay there. Instead, he went straight to the fourth floor and stopped in a room with a wooden plaque for medicinal pills hanging on it.

Seeing an old man in a gray robe dozing off in the side room, Gu Qing coughed lightly and went in.

The old man in the gray robe was disturbed and immediately opened his eyes. Seeing that a guest had entered, he wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and asked with a smile, "I wonder what the guest needs, or if there is anything for sale?"

Gu Qing didn't waste any words and went straight to the point: "Do you have any pills for improving your Foundation Establishment cultivation level?"

Upon hearing that the old man in the gray robe wanted pills to improve his cultivation level at the Foundation Establishment stage, he knew that a big sale had come his way, so he smiled and said, "Yes, yes, but I don't know if you'd like inferior or premium pills."

Second-rate? Premium?

Gu Qing was surprised that Stardust Pavilion had such a distinction, but he didn't ask what the inferior and premium grades were. He simply said, "Bring them up for me to see."

"Alright, please wait a moment, sir. I'll go get the pills right away." With that, the gray-robed old man left the room and returned a moment later carrying a tray.

On the tray were a white porcelain bottle and a blue porcelain bottle. The old man in the gray robe said, "The white porcelain bottle is of inferior quality, while the blue porcelain bottle is of superior quality."

Upon seeing this, Gu Qing first picked up the white porcelain bottle and opened it to take a look. Inside the bottle was a bright red pill with a somewhat pungent smell.

After reading it, Gu Qing frowned. This pill was not even half as good as the Qi-Nourishing Pill he had taken.

Then Gu Qing took out the blue porcelain bottle and opened it to look at it. The medicine in the porcelain bottle emitted a faint fragrance, unlike the white porcelain bottle medicine that was so pungent.

Judging from its quality, although it's not as good as the Qi-Nourishing Pill that Gu Qing ate, it's not much different.

"What are the prices of the two types of pills?" Gu Qing asked.

The gray-robed elder chuckled and introduced the items: "The white porcelain bottle of the Firming Breath Pill costs 1,500 spirit stones each, and the blue porcelain bottle of the Source Gathering Pill costs 2,500 spirit stones each. Which one would you like, sir?"

"Are you sure you're not mistaken? These two pills are even more expensive than top-grade magic artifacts?" Gu Qing said in an extremely low voice. Although he knew that pills for advancing one's Foundation Establishment cultivation were expensive, he didn't expect them to be this expensive.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. A Foundation Establishment Pill costs two or three thousand spirit stones, while pills for improving Foundation Establishment cultivation cost a little over a thousand and two thousand spirit stones respectively. Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem so expensive.

"Hehehe, it is indeed a bit pricey, but these are all made with medicinal herbs that are hundreds of years old. The cost of the herbs is what it is, and our Star Dust Pavilion will not arbitrarily set prices," the gray-robed old man explained.

"Three thousand spirit stones, I'll take both bottles of pills." Gu Qing tried to lower the price. Although he didn't lack spirit stones, he had to learn to be frugal now that he was alone in a foreign land.

"Guest, there's no way to negotiate prices like this. The price offered by Stardust Pavilion is already the most favorable one," the gray-robed old man said firmly.

Gu Qing frowned upon hearing this, not expecting the gray-robed old man to be so assertive.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Qing said, "If the price is right, I'd like to buy a set of formations. That way, the price might be a little lower."

The three major sects of Yuanwu Kingdom are Tianxing Sect, Shenbing Sect, and Wanmiao Temple. Among the three sects, Tianxing Sect is famous for its formation techniques, Shenbing Sect is good at weapon forging, and Wanmiao Temple is known for its speed in making talismans.

The Star Dust Pavilion is located behind the Heavenly Star Sect, so they should have some decent array formations for sale.

"An array? This price isn't cheap; it's almost as expensive as a top-grade magic weapon. Are you really going to sell it, sir?" the gray-robed old man asked, his eyes wide.

"Of course!" Gu Qing nodded.