Seed of Dao

Eccentric girl

Because what Ye Chen was actually looking for were the materials and tools to concoct Qi Gathering Pills, the shop attendant girl was somewhat surprised. Was this seemingly clueless ordinary young man an alchemist?

But the girl didn't ask despite her doubts and answered, "Our Wei family shop has some low to mid-grade alchemy furnaces, and prices range from seventy to one hundred spirit stones. As for Green Qi Grass, although it's not a rare item, we've run out of stock because of how many people are interested. But we still have the seeds, and five seeds cost one spirit stone."

"Very expensive." Ye Chen couldn't help but mutter.

"Young Master, although the price is a bit higher than what's sold on the roadside, the alchemy furnaces we have are of guaranteed quality. As for Green Qi Grass, although the price is the same as the grown grass, five seeds for one spirit stone is reasonable."

"Um," Ye Chen wasn't embarrassed at all, but he really couldn't help himself.

After obtaining forty spirit stones earlier, Ye Chen thought he was quite wealthy. But after storing ten spirit stones in the space for the herb garden, he only had about thirty spirit stones left.

Originally he thought thirty spirit stones would be enough to buy an alchemy furnace and Green Qi Grass. But he didn't expect that a low-grade alchemy furnace would cost as much as seventy spirit stones.

Poor again!

Ye Chen sighed, but he still had to buy the alchemy furnace and asked again, "What about selling complete cultivation formulas from the initial level to perfection?"

"Does Young Master have such formulas?"

"I have three, water, fire and metal types."

"Three of them?" The girl was again surprised by what Ye Chen possessed. She never expected that a second-level qi refiner like Ye Chen would have so many cultivation formulas.

But the girl couldn't possibly ask about Ye Chen's privacy and explained, "Low-level cultivation formulas for qi refining first to third are worth ten spirit stones, and every three-level increase adds ten spirit stones. Since Young Master has complete cultivation formulas from qi refining first to twelve, the price will be forty spirit stones per formula. If Young Master sells all three, the total price is one hundred twenty spirit stones. Plus the seventy spirit stone alchemy furnace and twenty spirit stones for herb materials, you'll still have sixty spirit stones in change. How about it, does Young Master want to sell them?"

Ye Chen thought for a moment, then sold the three cultivation formulas he had. There was no point keeping something he couldn't use.

In addition, Ye Chen also bought some additional herbs for Qi Gathering Pills, as well as large quantities of Vitality Pill ingredients. Although he had to spend an additional twenty spirit stones, Ye Chen still had sixty spirit stones in change, so he didn't lose out.

After the herb transaction, Ye Chen returned to where the street vendors were to look for the main ingredient—fully grown Green Qi Grass.

Because no matter what, Green Qi Grass was very important for him to learn alchemy and more importantly to increase his strength as quickly as possible. He couldn't wait for the five seeds to grow in the space, even though their growth was fast.

Unfortunately, what the shop girl said seemed to be true. Green Qi Grass, although not a rare herb, had quite high demand, so the cultivators selling it were hunted down as soon as they brought it out.

Ye Chen sighed, and could only wait for the five seeds to grow, or wait until stock became available.

"Don't you think that little girl at the city gate is quite crazy?"

"Yeah, she really is crazy. Selling one Green Qi Grass for only five Vitality Pills. Is she joking? Even though Green Qi Grass has many buyers, the price of one Vitality Pill is ten spirit stones."

"She is indeed crazy. Even if someone had Vitality Pills, people with ninth-level qi refining strength would prefer one Vitality Pill over ten Green Qi Grass."

Ye Chen, who intended to look for lodging, suddenly became very excited when he heard the conversation of the two people in front of him.

"Two Fellow Daoists, is what you were talking about before real?"

The two people who had third-level qi refining cultivation looked toward Ye Chen when they heard his question.

Both nodded with mocking smiles and said, "What? Don't tell me you're going to buy that Green Qi Grass with Vitality Pills?"

Ye Chen smiled awkwardly and answered, "Don't joke around. How would I have Vitality Pills?"

"Right, it's indeed impossible for Vitality Pills to be found that easily. Even if there were, who would be willing to sell such precious pills for Green Qi Grass." The other person nodded and added with a sneer.

"Doesn't the seller accept spirit stones?" Ye Chen asked again.

"No. Other than Vitality Pills, she won't sell at all. What's even crazier, she promised to give information on where Green Qi Grass grows like vegetables in exchange for ten Vitality Pills, or at least an alchemist could guarantee giving her ten of the same pills."

"Wouldn't only a fool believe that? How could there be an alchemist willing to give Vitality Pills just for information that may not even be accurate."

"Even if it were true, what alchemist would bother going out to collect mere Green Qi Grass."

The two began talking and cursing, but Ye Chen started frowning and quietly approached the seller girl.

Her spot wasn't far from the city gate, where many people coming and going would surely see the seller girl. When Ye Chen came to her spot, many people had already gathered around, and faintly the voice of a girl could be heard.

"Other than Vitality Pills or Small Fire Pills, there are no other offers."

"Little girl, are you stupid or have you gone crazy? Don't tell me, even strong people at the foundation establishment level would go crazy if they had Small Fire Pills."

"Forget about how precious Small Fire Pills are, even if you had hundreds of Green Qi Grass, it wouldn't be worth a Small Fire Pill."

"Tsk tsk... This girl seems to have a mental illness."

"Let alone Small Fire Pills which are even rarer than foundation establishment pills, if I had Vitality Pills, I also wouldn't possibly exchange them for one Green Qi Grass."

"Just tell us, little girl, do you really want to sell this Green Qi Grass for one spirit stone or not? If not, you'd better go and try refining it yourself, so you know how difficult Vitality Pills are to purify."

A group of men began talking and sneering at a woman around fourteen years old. Those people looked angry and annoyed, even Ye Chen couldn't help but shake his head when he heard the seller girl's demands.

Small Fire Pill, even the name of that pill sounded strange to Ye Chen's ears. From the reactions of the people around, it was clear the pill was very rare and precious, even surpassing most pills he knew of.

But at this time, the little girl who looked cute, pretty, and sweet didn't care at all about the things around her.

Ignoring the things around her, she coldly said, "So much empty talk! If you don't have Vitality Pills or Small Fire Pills, don't keep boasting and shouting in front of me. You smelly people!"

"Damn it!" The group of people began to get angry and grind their teeth.

Staring at the seller girl angrily, the group of young people, adults and elderly seemed as if they wanted to eat her alive. Much momentum from third to fifth level qi refining began to emerge and cruelly suppress the girl.