Selling Elixirs

After the innkeeper invited Li Yunfan to sit down, he simply clapped his hands, and a young woman walked in carrying a tray with a teapot and teacups on it.

"Senior, this is a spiritual tea carefully prepared by our shop. Please have a taste." The shopkeeper said with a smile after personally pouring Li Yunfan a cup of tea.

Li Yunfan picked up the teacup and took a sip. He immediately felt a refreshing fragrance in his mouth, and at the same time, a faint trace of spiritual energy flowed into his body through his throat.

"It's definitely good tea!"

"I'm glad you like it, senior! May I ask what kind of elixir you're planning to buy?" The shopkeeper chuckled before asking.

Li Yunfan flicked his hand across the table, and a jade slip appeared instantly. With a flick of his finger, the jade slip slid to the shopkeeper's feet.

A strange light flashed in the shopkeeper's eyes. Seeing that Li Yuanfan did not speak, he calmly picked up the jade slip and began to examine it.

The next moment, his eyes widened instantly, and an incredulous look appeared on his face.

The reason is that the spiritual herbs recorded in the jade slip are all extremely rare varieties in the cultivation world, some of which have even become extinct, and whether they can be found is unknown.

As the divine sense withdrew from the jade slip, a wry smile appeared on the shopkeeper's somewhat plump face: "Senior, any one of these spiritual herbs you require is a nearly extinct variety. Our shop simply has no ability to find them..."

Although Li Yunfan had already guessed what was going on, he still couldn't help but sigh inwardly after hearing what the other party said.

"I wonder if Baoling Pavilion buys spiritual herbs?" Li Yunfan asked again after waving his hand to put away the jade slip.

The shopkeeper was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "Our shop will naturally buy them. Does Senior have any spiritual herbs you wish to sell?"

Li Yunfan did not answer, but simply patted the storage bag at his waist, and a wooden box about six inches long flew out and landed on the table.

Upon seeing this, the shopkeeper carefully picked up the wooden box. As soon as he opened the lid, a pure spiritual energy instantly emanated from it!

"This is... a thousand-year-old ebony ginseng!" the shopkeeper exclaimed in shock.

This chubby shopkeeper truly lived up to his reputation as someone in charge of the Treasure Spirit Pavilion; he could identify the type and age of the medicinal herbs at a glance.

"Senior, do you really intend to sell this thousand-year-old spiritual herb to our establishment?" After recognizing the thousand-year-old spiritual herb, the shopkeeper's face immediately showed a hint of excitement. As if worried that he had misheard, he asked again.

"Indeed! You should know the value of this thousand-year-old spiritual herb. May I ask what price your esteemed establishment is prepared to offer for its acquisition?" Li Yunfan said calmly after taking a sip of tea.

Seeing the other party's calm demeanor, the shopkeeper's excitement dissipated considerably. He frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly offered his price.

"Our shop is willing to offer two thousand two hundred spirit stones. What do you think, senior?"

Li Yunfan secretly calculated in his mind that the price offered by the other party was still within his expected range, but in order to earn more spirit stones, he still had to bargain with the other party.

"If it were an ordinary thousand-year-old spiritual herb, this price would not be low. However, my spiritual herb is an extremely rare Ebony Ginseng. It is no easy feat for it to grow to over a thousand years old. This price is a bit low..." Li Yunfan said with a slight frown.

The shopkeeper naturally understood the value of the ebony ginseng, but since he was acquiring medicinal herbs for the shop, he naturally had to lower the price so that the shop could make a profit.

After a moment of contemplation, he looked up and spoke solemnly.

"Senior's medicinal herbs are indeed extremely rare. How about this, my shop will add another two hundred spirit stones, making a total of two thousand four hundred spirit stones. This is the maximum I can do; any more and my shop simply cannot afford it!"

"Okay, let's go with this price!" Li Yunfan nodded and said.

Upon seeing this, the shopkeeper immediately smiled, because even if he bought it for 2,400 spirit stones, he would still make a profit.

He then left the room to prepare spirit stones, and returned a moment later with a storage bag in his hand.

"Senior, here are the two thousand four hundred spirit stones prepared by our shop. Please check them." The shopkeeper placed the storage bag on the table and said respectfully.

Li Yunfan didn't stand on ceremony and directly picked up the storage bag, using his divine sense to examine it carefully.

"Hmm! The quantity is fine, this is a spiritual medicine!" After saying that, he pushed the wooden box containing the spiritual medicine in front of the other party.

The shopkeeper picked up the box, opened it again to check, and after confirming that it was the same thousand-year-old ebony ginseng from before, he carefully put it into his storage bag.

After leaving Baoling Pavilion, Li Yunfan flew towards Tianxing Sect Market without stopping.

Several days later, he finally entered the territory of Yuanwu Kingdom. However, he did not go directly to the market. Instead, he found a secluded mountain forest and fully recovered his spiritual energy before setting off again to fly towards the market.

Upon entering the market, he headed straight for the Star Dust Pavilion. To his surprise, he didn't encounter anyone like Feng Yu, who came forward to ask him questions.

However, he didn't care. Even if he encountered them, he would simply refuse. After all, this time he wasn't buying, but selling precious thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, so choosing Star Dust Pavilion was a safer option.

The Star Dust Pavilion has seven floors. The first three floors are for Qi Refining stage cultivators, the last three floors are for Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, and the seventh floor is only open to Core Formation stage cultivators.

Li Yunfan learned all of this from one of the counter managers when he was on the first floor.

So he went up the stairs to the sixth floor, but was stopped by a servant guarding the stairwell. The servant told him that he could only enter the sixth floor after being approved by the manager of the fifth floor.

Li Yunfan frowned slightly, but he wasn't angry. Instead, he retreated to the fifth floor.

Inside the fifth-floor hall, several young and beautiful maids stood respectfully on both sides, while a beautiful woman in her forties dressed in palace attire sat in the center.

"What would you like to buy, sir?" The beautiful woman asked in a clear, melodious voice as soon as she saw Li Yunfan enter.

"I wish to sell my medicinal herbs. I wonder if your esteemed establishment purchases them?" Li Yunfan asked calmly after sitting down on another chair.

"Natural acquisition. May I ask what kind of elixir the guest is preparing to sell?" The beautiful woman in palace attire's eyes lit up as she asked with a smile.

Li Yunfan did not answer, but instead took out a long wooden box from his storage bag and placed it on the table.

"May I examine it first?" the beautiful woman asked with a smile.

Seeing Li Yunfan nod in agreement, the beautiful woman reached out and picked up the wooden box, gently opened it, and after sensing the pure spiritual energy emanating from the medicinal herbs, quickly closed the lid.

Although she couldn't recognize the variety of the spiritual herb in her hand, judging from the pure spiritual energy emanating from it, this spiritual herb was at least eight or nine hundred years old.

"This medicinal herb of yours is extremely precious, beyond my ability to appraise. Please come with me to the sixth floor to discuss the purchase!" The beautiful woman said softly to Li Yunfan after placing the herb back on the table.