On Ice Sword Island, alchemists were rare. Most alchemists specialized in fire spells, and the ice and snow on Ice Sword Island made those that practiced fire-type exercises very uncomfortable.
After Ye Fan’s store opened, many customers came. Ye Fan also undertook various tasks of refining medicinal pills, and the business in the store became even more popular.
After the news spread that Tong Li’s sword-shaped grass was refined into a Sword Spirit Pill by Ye Fan, a large number of cultivators with sword-shaped grass came to them, and the business of the shop was extremely hot.
News of a skilled alchemist on Ice Sword Island quickly spread throughout the island.
Ye Fan sat in the store and looked after the store.
“Alchemist Ye, is Fellow Daoist Bai here?” a female cultivator asked. “How much is this bottle of medicinal pills?”
“One hundred ice crystal diamonds.” Ye Fan said.
The female cultivator was stunned for a moment and said, “But, Alchemist Ye, it was only twenty two days ago!”
Ye Fan tilted his head and said, “Oh, that’s the price increase!”
“Will the price drop in two days?” the female cultivator asked.
“I don’t know! It depends on my mood. If I’m in a bad mood, I’ll raise the price. If I’m in a good mood, let’s talk about it…” Ye Fan said while holding his chin.
The female cultivator gave Ye Fan a strange look and walked away.
The Taotie ghost sighed and said, “You scared away another customer. You can’t do this, you know?”
Ye Fan snorted softly and said, “That woman doesn’t seem to be here to buy something, but to seduce my wife.”
The Taotie ghost rolled his eyes and said, “Everyone seems to be trying to dig your corner. You should let Yunxi come to the store, but it’s a pity! After Yunxi was rejected by that narcissist that day, he seems to have suffered a psychological blow.”
Ye Fan gave the Taotie ghost a displeased look and said, “Don’t talk nonsense. Yunxi wasn’t given a psychological blow. An idiot who can only practice swords can’t affect Yunxi! Yunxi just needs to purify the ice crystal diamonds.”
Ye Fan taught Bai Yunxi the method of purifying ice crystal diamonds. This purification was very time-consuming, and Bai Yunxi had been doing this recently.
Ye Fan took a look at the appointments list. At the beginning, when Ye Fan started accepting orders to concoct pills, there were not many people who came. Many people were afraid that he would ruin their spiritual herbs.
After Ye Fan refined pills a few times, he showed an excellent success rate, and there were many repeat customers. More and more cultivators came, which made Ye Fan too tired to deal with them all, so Ye Fan had to spread the word that he would only accept three alchemy tasks a day.
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“Alchemist Ye.” Lin Mo walked into the shop and greeted Ye Fan.
After knowing that the pill was a medicinal pill to expel the cold poison, Lin Mo immediately began to inquire about the newly opened pill shop. Ye Fan’s shop was quite famous and he found out about it as soon as he asked.
Lin Mo had a cultivation base in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and had comprehended sword intent. Ye Fan was only in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and Lin Mo didn’t have to take him seriously. However, the other party was an alchemist, and alchemists in the cultivation world were always respected.
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“Ten days ago, I received a medicinal pill from your shop.” Lin Mo said.
When Lin Mo saw Ye Fan, he immediately recognized that Ye Fan was the cultivator who asked about the price that day. Because Ye Fan’s cultivation base was low and his clothes were ordinary, he didn’t look like someone who could afford 200,000 spirit stones. Lin Mo didn’t pay much attention to him at the time.
Ye Fan looked at Lin Mo and said with a dark face, “I know. It was given by my wife. My wife didn’t like you. He liked your ice lingzhi. Yunxi only likes me.”
Lin Mo: “…”
Luo Dieyi said that the medicinal pill could resolve cold poison, and Lin Mo thought that this might not be what he imagined. Lin Mo didn’t expect that Ye Fan would say his purpose so carelessly.
“It’s me who thought too much.” Lin Mo said a little embarrassedly.
Ye Fan nodded, and stubbornly said, “Yeah! You think too much. My wife has high eyesight, and he only looks at me like this.”
Luo Dieyi looked at Ye Fan and secretly thought, if Bai Yunxi looked at Ye Fan like this, then his vision might not be too high.
“Alchemist Ye, are you sure you can resolve the cold poison in my body? Although that medicinal pill has a little effect on the cold poison, it only relieves it a little.” Lin Mo said suspiciously.
“That’s a weakened version, not the authentic one. If I gave you the authentic one, then wouldn’t I be eating a huge loss?” Ye Fan said coolly.
Lin Mo smiled dryly and said, “What Alchemist Ye said is right. As long as Alchemist Ye can cure the cold poison on my body, I will definitely offer the ice lingzhi with both hands.”
Ye Fan nodded and said, “That’s fine, but the genuine Qingyang Pill is not so easy to refine. I need a little time.”
Lin Mo nodded and said, “It’s all up to Alchemist Ye.”
“The cold poison in your body should flare up every other month. Before refining the Qingyang Pill, I can make some cold-dispelling pills for you. The cold-dispelling pill cannot eradicate the cold poison, but it can relieve the attack of the cold poison.” Ye Fan said.
“Thank you, Alchemist Ye,” Lin Mo said respectfully.
Luo Dieyi was listening to the conversation between the two, and she was a little stunned. Although Luo Dieyi knew that the cold poison in Lin Mo’s body was serious, she didn’t know that the cold poison attacked once every other month. This matter should be a secret, yet Ye Fan could actually tell at a glance. Did all alchemists have such discerning eyes?
Ye Fan waved his hand and said lightly, “Don’t be so polite. It’s not free. You need to spend spirit stones to buy it.”
Lin Mo said cheerfully, “Of course. I heard Alchemist Ye accepts ice crystal diamonds as payment.”
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Yes, do you have any?”
Lin Mo took out a large bag of ice crystal diamonds. “Just use this to buy the cold-dispelling pill that Alchemist Ye mentioned.”
Ye Fan checked the large bag of ice crystal diamonds given by Lin Mo, and was a little surprised. “Okay. If you need it, I can give you a few bottles of Sword Spirit Pills as well.”
Sword-shaped grass was a special product of Ice Sword Island, which was generated by absorbing sword intent.
Sword Spirit Pills could help cultivators understand the meaning of the sword. Recently, many people had come to Ye Fan to refine Sword Spirit Pills. Ye Fan’s pill refining had a high success rate, and the number of pills produced was also high. There were a lot of Sword Spirit Pills in his hands. The Sword Spirit Pill could be reused, and was very popular with sword cultivators.
Ye Fan occasionally released Sword Spirit Pills for sale. There were many sword cultivators on the island, and they were sold out in no time.
Luo Dieyi said excitedly, “Alchemist Ye, are there any other Sword Spirit Pills for sale?”
“Do you want?” Ye Fan asked.
Luo Dieyi nodded and said, “Yes.”
“Then forty ice crystal diamonds for one.” Ye Fan said.
Luo Dieyi took out a bag of ice crystal diamonds and bought two.
“What does Alchemist Ye want so many ice crystal diamonds for? Will they be used up?” Luo Dieyi asked curiously.
Ye Fan shook his head and said, “It’s not enough when it’s used up.”
Luo Dieyi: “…” Could it be that ice crystal diamonds were really useful? Ever since Ye Fan started buying ice crystal diamonds, the price of ice crystal diamonds on the market had been rising. Some cultivators suspected that ice crystal diamonds hid some secret and started to research them. However, after a while, they didn’t research anything, and had to sell them to Ye Fan again.
“Alchemist Ye, when will the medicinal pill you mentioned to solve the cold poison be refined?” Lin Mo asked.
Ye Fan glanced at Lin Mo and said, “That medicinal pill needs the inner pill of the flame fish in the Foundation Establishment stage, but I haven’t acquired it yet. Wait a little. I heard that every once in a while on the island, there will be traveling merchants coming over to sell things. Let’s see if there are any then.”
Lin Mo nodded and said, “Okay.”
Luo Dieyi followed Lin Mo out, feeling a little weird. “Senior brother, this Alchemist Ye is really weird!”
Lin Mo nodded and said, “Well, Alchemist Ye is quick to talk. He doesn’t look like a sinister and deceitful person.”
Luo Dieyi: “…” Was that considered quick to talk?
“Senior brother, do you think that Alchemist Ye can really make a medicinal pill to solve the cold poison?” Luo Dieyi asked.
Their sect, Xuanjian Sect, was helpless in the face of Lin Mo’s cold poison. Their Sect Master also took Lin Mo to Tiangang Sect to find the alchemist of Tiangang Sect. The alchemist promised to concoct alchemy for Lin Mo, but only at a price of one million low-grade spirit stones. Even with this price, he couldn’t guarantee the cold poison would be resolved.
Lin Mo frowned and said, “I don’t know, but it’s worth a try.”
If it could be solved, it would be great. If it was not a last resort, Lin Mo didn’t want to rely on Tiangang Sect.
Although Tiangang Sect and Xuanjian Sect both belonged to the Righteous Path Alliance, and should help each other, the competition in private was also fierce. His body was plagued by cold poison and he could not make progress in his cultivation. Tiangang Sect should be happy to see this happen.
According to Ye Fan, when the time came, he would sign a heart demon* contract. If the pill was not effective, he wouldn’t have to give the ice lingzhi. These conditions were very kind. He was not afraid Ye Fan would default on his debt. In terms of strength, the two were only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and Lin Mo didn’t take them seriously.
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Ye Fan walked into the newly opened refining room. Bai Yunxi was purifying impurities from the ice crystal diamonds, and three sword embryos were placed on the table.
Ye Fan bought a lot of ice crystal diamonds. After thinking about it, Bai Yunxi decided to make a set of twelve spiritual swords. Among the exercises that Bai Yunxi learned, one of them was about sword formations. The power of the sword formation was extremely strong, making Bai Yunxi very excited.
Bai Yunxi glanced at Ye Fan and said, “He came.”
Ye Fan nodded and put two bags of ice crystal diamonds on the table.
“These two bags of ice crystal diamonds are of good quality! Who brought them?” Bai Yunxi asked curiously.
“Just that self-confident guy. I thought that guy wouldn’t take the bait, but I didn’t expect him to finally realize that pill was a good thing. That idiot is really slow enough to only come now.” Ye Fan said.
Bai Yunxi shook his head and said, “He’s at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and he has also comprehended sword intent, so he’s not easy to mess with.”
Ye Fan shrugged and said, “Understood. I won’t offend anyone casually.”
Hearing this, Bai Yunxi nodded with satisfaction.
“How has your cultivation been recently?” Bai Yunxi asked.
Ye Fan nodded and said, “It’s okay.”
Nine Heavens Myriad Art could smelt everything. Recently, there was no shortage of spirit stones and no shortage of medicinal pills. The spiritual energy in Ye Fan’s body was steadily rising. With a large number of materials to practice with, Ye Fan’s alchemy and talisman skills had also risen very quickly.
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “That’s good.”
“What about you?” Ye Fan asked.
“Me? I’m fine.” Bai Yunxi was a single ice spiritual root. The ice spiritual energy on Ice Sword Island was very rich, which was very suitable for Bai Yunxi’s cultivation. Bai Yunxi didn’t even need to use spirit stones. He only needed to run the exercises to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy. This could satisfy his cultivation needs.
Ye Fan nodded and said, “This place is very suitable for you.”
Bai Yunxi smiled and sighed to himself. Ye Fan always accommodated him like this, and it was really a blessing for him to meet Ye Fan.
It had been a while since Bai Yunxi came to the cultivation world, and he was no longer as ignorant about it as when he first arrived. He had some understanding of the situation in the cultivation world.
Many people with the body of heavenly yin were snared by the people from big sects.
Most of these people were the furnaces* of the elders of the sect, and the sect would train them. However, these people generally did not have high achievements, because the exercises taught to these people by the sect were meant to benefit their cultivation partner. In the end, all their efforts cultivating was just making wedding dresses for others*.
Bai Yunxi looked at Ye Fan and said, “It suits me. What about you?”
Ye Fan looked at Bai Yunxi and said, “Me? I’m a genius. I have so many spiritual roots, I can adapt wherever we go.”
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “That’s good…”
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T/N: *Heart demons or inner demons are a cultivation concept – basically what it sounds like – it’s a mental block that can prevent you from progressing in your cultivation.
*Cultivation furnace – super disgusting. It’s basically a sex slave in the cultivation world. When you make someone your furnace, it means you dual cultivate (have sex) with them, but as opposed to normal dual cultivation, with a furnace, only one side benefits.
*Making wedding dresses for others – Chinese idiom that means all your efforts benefit someone else.
Agreed! BYX is indeed lucky to meet YF 😏