There were many alchemists gathered in Pill Capital, and apprentices wearing alchemist robes could be seen everywhere on the street.
As soon as Ye Fan and Bai Yunxi arrived at Pill Capital, they found the Hundred Flames House that Liu Chengfeng mentioned.
One by one, transparent crystal boxes were placed in the hall of Hundred Flames House. In the center of each crystal box, a bunch of flames burned, with the colors of the flames varying.
Bai Yunxi saw a flame shaped like a tiger. The flame tiger opened its mouth and its face looked ferocious.
“This flame seems to be very powerful!” Bai Yunxi said.
“You guessed wrong. This is a beast fire. Fires are generally divided into three categories: heavenly fire, earth fire, and beast fire. This is a beast fire, which is separated from the body of a spiritual beast. It is easy to absorb, and, after absorbing it, the potential for growth will be worse than that of earth fire, let alone heavenly fire.”
Ye Fan let out a little coercion, and the flames in the crystal box shrank into a ball. The originally majestic tiger suddenly turned into a kitten.
Bai Yunxi frowned and gave a light, “Huh.”
“This customer, please don’t intimidate the flames in our store.” A female cultivator walked out. The female cultivator had a very good appearance and a noble air all over her body.
Bai Yunxi said apologetically, “Sorry, we just arrived here and don’t understand the rules.”
Mu Xue smiled and said, “It doesn’t matter, what kind of fire seed do you two want? Our Hundred Flames House’s fire seeds are the most complete in the entire Pill Capital, and it will definitely meet your needs.”
“Unfortunately, there is no heavenly fire.” Ye Fan shook his head and said.
Mu Xue smiled and said, “Customer is really joking. Even ancestors of Nascent Soul-level cultivation would want to fight for something like heavenly fire. Where can you buy it easily?”
Ye Fan nodded and said, “That’s true.”
Ye Fan saw a group of green flames, like sections of bamboo, the flames sometimes turned into a ball, and sometimes turned into green bamboo stalks and rose up section by section.
“This flame is really interesting.” Bai Yunxi said.
“This is bamboo fire, bred by spiritual bamboo, and the quality is average.” Ye Fan said.
Bai Yunxi was quickly attracted by a beast fire. The beast fire looked a bit like a little bear, and looked like it was sleeping lazily.
“This is a blazing bear fire. It likes to sleep. Once it wakes up, it will be very irritable. It would be foolish to count on it to concoct alchemy or refine tools. This flame is very gentle when sleeping, but if you use it to concoct alchemy or refine tools, it will easily explode the furnace.” Ye Fan said.
Bai Yunxi looked at Ye Fan in confusion, and said, “Who would buy this flame?”
Ye Fan shrugged and said, “I don’t know! This thing is still very beautiful, and it can be sold to a layman.”
Bai Yunxi: “…”
There were hundreds of flames in Hundred Flames House, and Bai Yunxi was dizzy just looking at them.
Ye Fan eyed a flame with interest.
“Customers likes this flame?” Mu Xue looked at Ye Fan strangely.
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Yes! What’s wrong?”
Mu Xue shook her head and said, “It’s nothing. It’s just that this flame is not cheap. Compared with other flames, it’s not very cost-effective.”
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Bai Yunxi couldn’t help but glance at Mu Xue. He felt that Mu Xue was a very strange woman. The store owner should be soliciting customers, but Mu Xue meant to push customers away.
“I have spirit stones,” Ye Fan said proudly.
Mu Xue nodded and said, “Since the customer likes it, I will sell it to you.”
Ye Fan spent 300,000 spirit stones to buy the wood-heart flame, and after buying this flame, Ye Fan could be considered poor.
Mu Xue took the spirit stones that Ye Fan handed over and completed the handover as usual. Bai Yunxi always felt that Mu Xue’s attitude was not right.
When they left the store, Ye Fan felt that they were being followed, so Ye Fan took Bai Yunxi to quickly get rid of the stalker behind them.
…
“Miss, I lost them.” A cultivator in the late stage of Foundation Establishment appeared in Mu Xue’s room.
Mu Xue frowned and said, “Lost them?”
“Miss, are those two important?” Qi Zhaolin asked.
Mu Xue nodded and said, “Yes, they’re very important. You must find them for me.”
Mu Xue secretly thought: The flame of life was a mutant fire of the wood-heart flame, and there was a special connection between the wood-heart flame and the flame of life, which was a secret handed down by her ancestors of Hundred Flames House.
The flame of life was rare and hard to find. As for the wood-heart flame, with the ability of their Hundred Flames House, they could still collect it as long as they put in some effort. If the relationship between the wood-heart flame and the flame of life was not considered, the wood-heart flame was a very ordinary fire. The price of 300,000 spirit stones was a bit high.
But Ye Fan didn’t even hesitate when he bought the flame. Mu Xue felt that Ye Fan probably knew the special characteristics of the wood-heart flame, and he might have a teleportation token.
“I left an imprint on that flame box. You can find it according to that imprint.” Mu Xue took out a special detection instrument and said.
As soon as Qi Zhaolin took the detection instrument, the instrument exploded. “Miss, what is this?”
Mu Xue frowned and said, “The imprint has been discovered. The opponent has such a powerful soul! If he also has a fire spiritual root, he must be a natural alchemist.” Mu Xue frowned and secretly thought: The soul imprint she left behind should be very hidden, and even a Golden Core cultivator might not be able to discover it. That person obviously had weaker cultivation than her, but he could easily discover it.
Qi Zhaolin frowned and said, “Miss is a natural alchemist.”
Mu Xue smiled and said, “There are many alchemists who are more powerful than me. Do you have any leads on the token?”
Qi Zhaolin shook his head and said, “The tokens that have appeared recently have been taken away by several major forces, and we can only count on the next wave.”
Mu Xue took a deep breath and said, “Everyone has almost divided up the tokens. If this goes on, the chances will become smaller and smaller.”
“Miss, don’t be too anxious,” Qi Zhaolin said.
Mu Xue closed her eyes and secretly thought: How could she not be anxious! The more time that passed, the slimmer the chances.
Mu Xue had also fused the wood-heart flame. Seeing that the flame of life was about to appear and she still hadn’t obtained a teleportation token, she was anxious.
“If the ancestor was here, it would be easy to obtain a token.”
Mu Xue’s face changed, and she said coldly, “The ancestor is still in seclusion, so there is no need to disturb him for this trivial matter.”
…
Half an hour ago.
“It’s really strange. Why did Hundred Flames House send someone to follow us?” Bai Yunxi said in confusion.
Ye Fan shrugged and said, “Perhaps I was too generous, and the other party had the idea of killing people and stealing treasures.”
Bai Yunxi shook his head and said, “It shouldn’t be!” Hundred Flames House’s reputation was very good. 300,000 spirit stones were quite a lot, but Hundred Flames House was such a big business, so such a transaction shouldn’t be uncommon.
“Why did you choose the wood-heart flame? I don’t think this flame is good.”
When he and Ye Fan went to Hundred Flames House, there were many customers in Hundred Flames House. Many customers shook their heads when they saw Ye Fan choose the wood-heart flame. The way they looked at Ye Fan was like looking at a prodigal.
“The wood-heart flame and the flame of life have a special connection. If I fuse the wood-heart flame and enter the secret realm, it should be easier to find and fuse the flame life.” Ye Fan said.
A bit of surprise flashed in Bai Yunxi’s eyes. “How many people know about this matter?”
Ye Fan blinked and said, “This matter is recorded in the high-level classics of the sect. Ordinary disciples can’t access these classics. Not many people in the sect know, and I think not many people here should know.”
Bai Yunxi took a deep breath and said, “Not many people know about it, but the lady from Hundred Flames House should know.”
Hundred Flames House dealt with flames day in and day out, and they set the price of the wood-heart flame so high. There was definitely something fishy about it.
“You check the flame to see if there is anything wrong, and if there are any marks left.” Bai Yunxi reminded.
“Okay! Hey, there really is something! Yunxi, you are so smart!”
Bai Yunxi: “…”
…
Bai Yunxi changed his appearance, and after inquiring about it, he discovered that there was a Golden Core cultivator behind Hundred Flames House. This cultivator had been in seclusion for more than thirty years and had no intention of leaving seclusion for the time being.
Because this guy had been in seclusion for too long, there were rumors outside that this cultivator had long since died, but Hundred Flames House was worried that they would not be able to control the situation, so they concealed the news of his death.
This rumor was so loud that many forces were now waiting and watching.
When Bai Yunxi came back, Ye Fan was concocting pills.
Ye Fan took out a pill and said, “Yunxi, okay, this is a face-changing pill. This pill can change a person’s appearance for a month.”
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, “Okay.”
Bai Yunxi took the pill and became a plain-looking male cultivator, while Ye Fan took the pill, but became more handsome.
Bai Yunxi looked at Ye Fan, and said suspiciously, “You said that the change of appearance using this medicinal pill is uncertain?”
Ye Fan nodded and said sincerely, “Yes!”
Bai Yunxi frowned. Looking at his face, he felt that Ye Fan did it on purpose.
Ye Fan looked at Bai Yunxi, blinked, and said, “Yunxi, don’t worry, although you have become a little ugly, you are still very handsome.”
Bai Yunxi smiled coldly and said, “Really, thank you for your compliment.”
Ye Fan shook his head and said, “Yunxi, we are partners. You don’t have to be so polite.”
Bai Yunxi: “…” This guy, Ye Fan, couldn’t tell he was being sarcastic?
…
After buying the wood-heart flame, Ye Fan suddenly became a pauper. On earth, it was absolutely impossible to have no money, and it was absolutely impossible to have no spirit stones in the cultivation world.
Ye Fan bought the wood-heart flame, and if he wanted to fuse the wood-heart flame, he still needed auxiliary herbs. Among them, the most expensive one, the earth core flame flower*, Ye Fan got when he was on earth. However, other auxiliary herbs still needed a sum of spirit stones to buy.
Ye Fan originally wanted to open a pill shop, but he gave up after looking around Pill Capital.
If one wanted to open a pill shop in Pill Capital, they had to be an alchemist certified by the Alchemists Association. Only those who were at minimum mysterious-level alchemists had the right to open a pill shop in Pill Capital. This meant that pill shops in Pill Capital had at least some guarantee of quality.
“I need to go to the Alchemists Association for certification so that I can open a pill shop,” Ye Fan said.
Bai Yunxi shook his head and said, “Don’t open a pill shop. Let’s open a talisman shop. Rare things are valuable. There are so many pill shops in this place. A talisman shop might be more popular.”
Ye Fan thought about it and said, “Alright.”
…
Every inch of land in Pill Capital was precious, and the price of the shop was several times more expensive than that of Ice Sword Island. Bai Yunxi sold two sea beast inner pills in exchange for 20,000 spirit stones and opened a talisman shop.
Ye Fan’s talismans were of good quality, and they didn’t worry about selling them. After selling talismans for a few days, Bai Yunxi discovered that meditation talismans were very popular in Pill Capital. Before concocting pills, many alchemists liked to use a meditation talisman. It had a very good effect of calming the mind. The dust-dispelling talisman was also very popular. Alchemists liked quietness and cleanliness.
Taking advantage of some free time, Bai Yunxi inquired about the Miss Mu Xue they met in Hundred Flames House.
The identity of Mu Xue made Bai Yunxi sweat secretly.
Mu Xue was the successor of Hundred Flames House. This woman was born with a mutation in her soul power. She was an alchemy genius. She had cultivated to the late stage of Foundation Establishment. She was a spiritual-level* alchemist with status similar to that of a Golden Core cultivator. As a spiritual-level alchemist, she could already refine pills helpful for those with Golden Core cultivation.
The fire seed that Mu Xue fused was also the wood-heart flame. This news made Bai Yunxi break out into a cold sweat.
The nature of the wood-heart flame was not outstanding. There were so many kinds of fire seeds in Hundred Flames House, but Mu Xue chose the wood-heart flame for fusion. This woman must also know the connection between the wood-heart flame and the flame of life.
“I just went to the shop opened by Liu Chengfeng and took a look.” Bai Yunxi said as he entered the shop.
Ye Fan looked at Bai Yunxi and said, “What were you doing there?”
Bai Yunxi shrugged and said, “I just wanted to inquire about the situation. The people from Hundred Flames House went to the father and son and inquired about our situation. The father and son are pretty decent, so they probably didn’t say anything.”
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Oh, that’s fine, but why is she looking for me?”
Bai Yunxi thought for a while and said, “I think it might be because of the teleportation token?”
Ye Fan blinked in confusion, and said, “Teleportation token? But how did that woman know?”
“She shouldn’t be sure. She’s just guessing.” Bai Yunxi said. “That woman is the elder of the Alchemists Association. You should not go to the Alchemists Association for certification, so as not to attract attention.”
Ye Fan nodded and said, “Okay, I’ll listen to you.”
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T/N: Thankfully Ye Fan has Bai Yunxi… he would have long been caught otherwise.
*Ye Fan obtained the earth core flame flower from the map left by Bai Yunxi’s ancestor on earth.
*Levels of alchemists were introduced in Chapter 191: ordinary, mysterious, spiritual, heavenly, and holy. Each level is comprised of two pill levels (e.g. ordinary alchemists can refine level 1 and 2 pills, mysterious alchemists can refine level 3 and 4 pills, etc.). Normally, an alchemist’s level is equivalent to their cultivation (so ordinary = Qi Refining, mysterious = Foundation Establishment, spiritual = Golden Core, heavenly = Nascent Soul and holy = God Transformation). Because of the mutation in her soul power, Mu Xue can refine pills above her cultivation level (she is already a spiritual-level alchemist at Foundation Establishment when usually she should only be mysterious-level with her current cultivation). Ye Fan is currently a mysterious-level alchemist.
YF is lucky to have BYX
They’re really lucky to have each other😌