Ye Fan bought a shop on Ice Sword Island. The prices on Ice Sword Island were much more expensive than that of Luosha Town. However, Ye Fan was also much wealthier than when he was in Luosha Town. Overall, the situation was better.
After Ye Fan bought the store, he put some medicinal pills and talismans up on display, and the price was marked in ice crystal diamonds.
The unique settlement method of Ye Fan’s shop attracted many cultivators to come to buy medicinal pills.
“That black-faced guy had a lot of spiritual weapons in his storage ring. Maybe he got them after killing other cultivators. Most of them are useless, otherwise we could sell them.” Ye Fan said.
Bai Yunxi shook his head and said, “No.”
Bai Yunxi had secretly inquired about the origin of the black-faced cultivator, and discovered that the man should be the disciple of the Blood Shadow Ancestor of Xuanming Sect. It was said he was deeply loved by the Blood Shadow Ancestor. The Blood Shadow Ancestor had probably yet to receive the news of this person’s death. If he knew, he was afraid he would come to settle accounts.
Even if it was only a 1 in 10,000 chance, just in case, it wasn’t worth it to attract such big trouble because of a few spirit stones.
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Okay.”
Not long after Ye Fan’s shop opened, he harvested a large number of ice crystal diamonds.
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“It’s finished.” Ye Fan said happily.
“This is the medicinal pill you mentioned that can treat cold poison.”
Ye Fan nodded, “Yes, this medicinal pill is a weakened version. It has some effect. I will give it to him in a while.”
Bai Yunxi took the medicinal pill and said, “I’ll go. That guy doesn’t seem to be easy to talk to. It’s better for me to go.”
Ye Fan blinked and said, “Okay.”
Bai Yunxi took the medicinal pill and walked out.
The Taotie ghost lay on Bai Yunxi’s shoulder, took a deep breath, and said intoxicatedly, “A lot of two-legged sheep with strong spiritual energy! It must be very fragrant and tender. If only I were still alive. “
Bai Yunxi said with displeasure, “You hurry up and hide. Be careful that someone will capture you for soul refining…”
The Taotie ghost said indifferently, “No, I recently learned the invisibility technique. When I hide, only you and Ye Fan can see me.”
Bai Yunxi walked to Lin Mo’s booth. The ice lingzhi on Lin Mo’s stall was still there. Seeing that the ice lingzhi was still there, Bai Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Mo opened his eyes, looked at Bai Yunxi lightly, and asked, “Is something wrong?”
Bai Yunxi took out the medicinal pill and said, “Our new store has opened, and selected customers will be given products for a free trial. This is for you.”
Lin Mo glanced at Bai Yunxi indifferently, and said firmly, “I like women.”
Bai Yunxi blinked in confusion and said, “What?”
“I like women. Although you look good, I don’t like men.”
Bai Yunxi blushed, put down the medicinal pill, and said, “Got it.”
Bai Yunxi turned around and left. The Taotie ghost lay on Bai Yunxi’s shoulder, laughing.
Bai Yunxi blushed and said, “Enough. Laugh again and I’ll let Ye Fan refine you.”
The laughter of the Taotie ghost stopped abruptly.
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“Was the thing sent out?” Ye Fan asked casually when Bai Yunxi came back.
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Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “It has been sent out.”
“Yunxi, you don’t look very good.” Ye Fan said.
Bai Yunxi frowned and said, “I’m fine. I’ll go to rest first.”
The Taotie ghost looked at Ye Fan and smiled.
Ye Fan looked at the Taotie ghost in confusion and said, “What happened to Yunxi?”
“He gave that sword cultivator a medicinal pill for free, and that sword cultivator thought your wife was attracted to him, haha…”
Ye Fan frowned and said unhappily, “Yunxi will not like him, such an idiot who thinks too much.”
“Don’t worry, that person didn’t like your wife and said that he likes women.” The Taotie ghost said.
“This blind idiot,” Ye Fan said unhappily.
The Taotie ghost looked at Ye Fan and said, “When I went out just now, I heard the words of a few cultivators.”
“What did they say?” Ye Fan asked.
“Wu Yuan’s soul lamp went out. The Blood Shadow Ancestor is furious, and has offered a reward of 200,000 spirit stones to track down the real murderer.” The Taotie ghost said.
Ye Fan secretly thought: when he and Bai Yunxi killed Wu Yuan, no one saw them, and he hadn’t sold the things in Wu Yuan’s ring, so no one should connect the matter to them.
“Wasn’t it just a wine bag and rice bag that died? This Xuanming Sect is making too much of a fuss.” Ye Fan said disdainfully.
The Taotie ghost smiled and said, “Don’t worry, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. There are so many islands in the sea. It is difficult for that Golden Core cultivator’s hand to reach here.”
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Ye Fan opened the store, and there was an endless stream of cultivators, but Lin Mo, who received the weakened version of Qingyang Pill, did not move, which made Ye Fan a little disappointed. Although ice lingzhi was rare, it was not absolutely necessary. So Ye Fan regretted it for a while and then left the matter behind.
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“Yes, that’s it. Burn with pill fire, and then use pill tactics to remove impurities.” Ye Fan said to Bai Yunxi.
Bai Yunxi nodded, and patiently repeated the purification.
Bai Yunxi found that in the process of purification, his soul power actually improved a little.
Ye Fan said that if a cultivator wanted to form a Nascent Soul, their soul power must be strong. The improvement of soul power was not easy. Although he was still very far from Nascent Soul, it was not a bad thing to think about it in advance.
The store opened by Ye Fan accepted both ice crystal diamonds and spirit stones as forms of payment.
“The quality of these ice crystal diamonds is good. Twenty of them can be exchanged for one medicinal pill.” Ye Fan said.
The cultivator who came to buy medicinal pills heard Ye Fan’s words and happily paid the bill with ice crystal diamonds.
“Tell me, why does this store accept ice crystal diamonds for settlement?” Some commercial firms would also buy ice crystal diamonds, but those firms only purchased in bulk and wouldn’t accept small amounts. Plus, the price offered by those firms was relatively low.
“I don’t know! Maybe they can use it!”
“It’s possible. I have already used all the ice crystal diamonds on my body to exchange for items. If I knew before that ice crystal diamonds could be exchanged for medicinal pills, I would have collected a batch.”
“Who doesn’t think so?” Ice crystal diamonds used to be worthless, and many people didn’t care about them.
After Ye Fan’s store opened, ice crystal diamonds also doubled in value.
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“Is the boss here?” A simple-looking man walked in.
Bai Yunxi glanced at the visitor and asked lightly, “Is something wrong?”
The man looked around the shop and said, “I heard that the owner of this shop is an alchemist.”
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “Yes, he is an alchemist.”
Tong Li said happily, “Then does this alchemist take orders to refine medicinal pills?”
Bai Yunxi thought for a while and said, “We can accept orders, but it’s limited to medicinal pills of level three and below.”
Alchemists in the cultivation world were divided into ordinary, mysterious, spiritual*, heavenly, and holy. Alchemists that could refine first and second level medicinal pills were ordinary alchemists, and those that could refine third and fourth level medicinal pills were mysterious alchemists. Ye Fan could actually refine fourth-level medicinal pills, but there was no guarantee of a 100% success rate.
Tong Li nodded and said, “What I want is a third-level medicinal pill.”
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “Okay.” Bai Yunxi and Tong Li negotiated a price and then Bai Yunxi took Tong Li to the backyard.
Tong Li used to look for an alchemist from Tiangang Sect whenever he needed to request alchemy before. The alchemist was expensive and the success rate was not high. He had recently gone into retreat. Tong Li was anxious to get someone to refine pills. He heard that there was an alchemist in the store that opened recently, and he came over immediately.
Tong Li walked to the backyard of the store and saw Ye Fan drawing talismans. There was a thick pile of talismans on the table next to him.
Tong Li twitched the corners of his mouth and thought secretly, was it reliable for a talisman master to concoct alchemy?
Bai Yunxi glanced at Ye Fan and said, “Ye Fan, stop drawing. Someone has an alchemy order for you.”
Hearing this, Ye Fan put away the talisman paper and talisman pen, glanced at Tong Li, and said, “You have an alchemy request?”
Tong Li looked at Ye Fan, didn’t speak, and resisted the urge to back out. Seeing Ye Fan speak, Tong Li subconsciously stepped back two steps and clung to the storage bag on his body.
Ye Fan looked at Tong Li and secretly thought, this guy was a little timid! This guy was acting so evasive, making him look like a bully who forced good girls into prostitution.
“Where are the herbs? Take them out.” Ye Fan said.
Tong Li frowned and took out the herbs.
“Sword-shaped grass. The quality is average! You must want to refine the Sword Spirit Pill.” Ye Fan said.
Tong Li nodded and said, “Yes.”
Ye Fan took the medicinal materials from Tong Li’s hand and entered the alchemy room.
Bai Yunxi looked at Tong Li and said, “This Fellow Daoist, wait outside for a while. I will call you when he is done.”
Tong Li: “…” Had he been tricked?!
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Bai Yunxi looked after the store. Tong Li was pacing back and forth in the store. Bai Yunxi looked at Tong Li and said, “Fellow Daoist, if you are bored, you can look at the medicinal pills in the store, all of which can be paid for with ice crystal diamonds.”
Tong Li smiled reluctantly. He was worried his sword-shaped grass would be wasted. How could he have the leisure to look at things in the store!
Bai Yunxi saw that Tong Li was not interested and didn’t force it.
After a while, Ye Fan came out. Tong Li looked at Ye Fan who came out, with a look of mourning on his face.
In Tong Li’s opinion, it took a long time for an alchemist to refine pills. Ye Fan came out so quickly, most likely because he failed midway through refining pills.
“Here you are.” Ye Fan threw a bottle of medicinal pills to Tong Li.
Tong Li looked at the two medicinal pills in the bottle, and felt as though he had found a treasure. The change from great sadness to great joy was only a split second. Tong Li took the medicinal pills and left with great gratitude.
Ye Fan couldn’t help but feel a little happy when he saw that he was gone, “This guy is so easy to get rid of. I thought he was going to fight with me.”
“Why would he fight with you?” Bai Yunxi asked.
“Because I made ten Sword Spirit Pills in one pot, and only gave this guy two.” Ye Fan said shyly.
Bai Yunxi smiled and said, “Really?” According to the market situation here, alchemists usually took half of the pills, but only the alchemist knew how many pills were actually made. Whether they took half or more, who knew?
“I think there are a lot of people in need of the Sword Spirit Pill. If we sell it in the store, it should be able to sell well.” Bai Yunxi said.
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Yeah, I think so too.”
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“Senior brother, you still haven’t sold it yet?” Luo Dieyi walked into Lin Mo’s cave and asked.
Lin Mo nodded and said, “Yes.”
“This ice lingzhi is precious, but the cultivators in this ghost place are too poor. If you want to sell it, I think you should find an opportunity and send it to an auction house to sell it.” Luo Dieyi said.
Lin Mo had a dark face and said unhappily, “Troublesome.”
Luo Dieyi smiled helplessly and said, “It’s a little troublesome, but it can be sold for a better price. Senior brother, what is this?”
“Medicinal pill.” Lin Mo said.
“Where did it come from?” Luo Dieyi asked.
“It was sent by someone.” Lin Mo said.
Luo Dieyi said sourly, “A female cultivator?”
Lin Mo shook his head and said coolly, “Male.”
Luo Dieyi smiled and said, “Senior brother is so charming. Not only female cultivators, but also male cultivators can’t escape.”
Lin Mo shook his head and said, “No, the person opened a new store, and I was chosen as part of their free trial.”
Luo Dieyi smiled and said sullenly, “Free trial for medicinal pills. Why can’t such a good thing happen to me?”
Lin Mo looked at Luo Dieyi and said, “If you like it, I can give it to you.”
Luo Dieyi smiled and said, “Thank you, senior brother.”
Luo Dieyi took out the medicinal pill and checked it, and said suspiciously, “What kind of medicinal pill is this? It looks weird, but it should not be poisonous.” Luo Dieyi ate the medicinal pill, and a burst of faint warm current melted in her dantian*. Luo Dieyi felt the cold poison entrenched in her body dissipate.
There was a burst of light in Luo Dieyi’s eyes, “Senior brother, this medicinal pill seems to be able to resolve the cold poison.”
Lin Mo widened his eyes and said excitedly, “What did you say?”
Luo Dieyi was a little embarrassed. She originally thought that this medicinal pill was a gift from Lin Mo’s admirer to improve his cultivation, but she didn’t expect it was to resolve the cold poison.
After staying on Ice Sword Island for a long time, they would be troubled by some cold poison. Ordinary cultivators only needed to leave Ice Sword Island, meditate and adjust their breath for a while, to expel the cold poison from the body. Lin Mo was different. After staying on Ice Sword Island for too long, and going deep into the extremely cold places of Ice Sword Island several times, the cold poison in Lin Mo’s body had begun to affect Lin Mo’s cultivation.
Luo Dieyi felt a little regretful in her heart. If she had known that it was an antidote for cold poison, she would not have asked Lin Mo for it.
Lin Mo suddenly thought of something, and said a little excitedly, “This medicinal pill was given as part of the promotion for the opening of their new store. This medicinal pill should be available there.”
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T/N: This chapter is very important as it is our first introduction to the levels of alchemists in the cultivation world. The rankings also apply to other professions (weapon refiners, talisman masters, formation masters, etc). I’ll refer back to this chapter when necessary to remind everyone of the rankings. As is noted in this chapter, Ye Fan is currently a mysterious-level alchemist (able to refine up to level 4 pills). It has not yet been revealed his level in the other arts.
*Okay, so this might get a bit confusing since I chose to translate 法器 (fa qi) as spiritual weapon as opposed to magic weapon. I’ll try to make it clear when “spiritual” is being used as a rank and when it is being used as a descriptor.
*The dantian is a fictional area of the body in cultivation novels where you absorb and store spiritual qi (energy). The dantian is where cultivators will build their foundation, form their golden core, form their nascent soul, etc. A cultivator’s dantian can also store their life-bound spiritual weapon. The dantian is roughly where the abdomen is.
