Chapter 46: Chapter 45: Marketplace Dealings, Encounter with Third Senior Brother!

Changchun Sect, Pill Peak.

Lin Chen returned to his familiar disciple residence.

“The eighth time traveling in the Cultivation Realm, a new week has begun again…”

Lin Chen glanced at the reset countdown, muttering to himself.

This time travel was significant and complex for him.

After months of cultivation, he finally decided to leave Pill Peak and go down the mountain to see the rumored Cultivator Marketplace.

Two months ago, he hurried past it but didn’t stay long.

But now, he had reached the middle stage of Qi Refining, and his martial path was also close to a middle-level warrior.

At the foot of Changchun Mountain, it wasn’t considered too dangerous, so it was time to procure some cultivation resources.

Lin Chen checked his storage bag, which contained more than ten bottles of Qi Blood Pills.

There were also ten imitation Five Thunders that he planned to sell first to test the waters.

If the situation was suitable, he would inevitably engage in market dealings in the future to procure large amounts of cultivation resources and materials needed by the nation.

It was early spring.

The sky outside was already getting light, and Lin Chen had some spiritual food and cultivated as usual.

Until morning, after greeting his master, Lin Chen prepared to go down the mountain.

“Although I have reached the middle stage of Qi Refining, my cultivation can’t be directly exposed yet… Flying with magical artifact is still a bit premature.”

Lin Chen glanced at the long mountain road.

The Changchun Mountain, 8,000 meters long and with the Ascension Ladder 30,000 steps, he naturally had to walk down.

Fortunately, for Lin Chen now, this bit of mountain road was insignificant.

In about a quarter of an hour, Lin Chen rushed down from the mountain to the foot.

After passing through the Outer Sect disciple plaza and an official road, he arrived at the Changchun Sect Marketplace.

In the morning, it was the busiest time in the marketplace.

On either side of the three-zhang-wide official road were various shops, probably over a hundred.

Pill shops, talisman shops, artifact shops, spirit beast shops… but the most were array shops because Changchun Sect was famous for its array skills.

Inner sect disciples or elders often set up businesses in the mountain’s marketplace, supplying cultivation resources.

Of course, the shopfront prices in the marketplace were precious, with yearly rents feared to be a thousand spirit stones.

Thus, more loose cultivators chose to set up stalls on the sides of the official road in the marketplace.

Various spirit plants and even self-refined pills were much cheaper than those in the shops.

However, Lin Chen was here to sell pills, not buy them.

So he didn’t consider the stalls in the marketplace but chose a relatively large pill shop.

“Spirit Medicine Pavilion… I’ve heard from the disciples on the mountain that the prices are fair…”

Without much thought, Lin Chen stepped into the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.

The shop, over ten zhang in circumference, had many pills displayed on the shelves.

Lin Chen glanced over them; the pills on these shelves were ordinary, mostly First Tier pills for Qi Refining cultivators.

Even the Second Tier pills used by Foundation Establishment cultivators were rarely seen.

“Oh, distinguished guest… Are you here to sell pills?”

Soon, a young assistant came forward with a favorable smile.

“Hmm? Are the shop’s assistants all First Layer Qi Refining cultivators?”

Lin Chen raised an eyebrow and asked:

“How do you know I’m a distinguished guest? And how did you know I’m here to sell pills?”

The assistant chuckled when he heard this, pointing to Lin Chen’s attire:

“Judging by your clothes… You’re an inner sect disciple of Pill Peak at the Changchun Sect, right?”

“My name is Huang Xin, an outer sect disciple of the Changchun Sect…”

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen immediately understood.

This marketplace was at the foot of Changchun Sect, and many in the marketplace were either loose cultivators or from the outer sect of Changchun Sect.

As for inner sect disciples, to them, they naturally were considered distinguished guests…

“Hmm, I’ll need to buy a few new sets of clothes later… But there’s no need to hide my identity when trading pills.”

“The identity of an inner sect disciple makes my actions more convenient…”

Thinking of this, Lin Chen patted his storage bag, taking a bottle of Qi Blood Pills in hand.

“You’re quite smart… Have a look at these pills; how many spirit stones for a bottle?”

Huang Xin took the Qi Blood Pill, opened the bottle stopper, and sniffed carefully.

After that, his face showed slight joy and he said:

“Senior brother… This pill is of high quality. Did you refine it yourself?”

“The market price for Qi Blood Pills is about 25 spirit stones per bottle, and pill shops recover them at 80% of the market price…”

After a pause, Huang Xin continued with a change in tone:

“But the effect of your Qi Blood Pill is probably 20-30% above the usual, selling it at 30 spirit stones per bottle is not difficult!”

“So… how about I buy this bottle of Qi Blood Pills for 25 spirit stones?”

Lin Chen looked at Huang Xin unexpectedly.

spirit stones per bottle; this price far exceeded his expectations.

Given his status as an Outer Sect disciple, he must have gotten a good deal on the price.

Lin Chen thought for a moment and took out a few more bottles of Qi Blood Pills.

“However, I have more than one bottle of Qi Blood Pills… If I want to sell ten bottles at once, can you decide on that?”

Huang Xin was surprised inside when he heard it; ten bottles of Qi Blood Pills mean a big deal worth two to three hundred Spirit Stones!

He couldn’t decide that alone.

“Senior Brother, please wait, let me ask the shopkeeper first…”

After saying that, Huang Xin went to the second floor of the Pill Shop.

Not long after, a wealthy-looking middle-aged man in fine clothes came down.

“Foundation Establishment Cultivator…” Lin Chen thought to himself.

The Fat Shopkeeper approached, carefully glanced at Lin Chen, and nodded:

“Are you the one selling Qi Blood Pills? High-quality Qi Blood Pills… 23 Spirit Stones a bottle.”

“If you sell a lot at once, 24 Spirit Stones a bottle… are you willing to sell?”

Lin Chen frowned slightly upon hearing this, the price… was indeed lower than what Huang Xin had said.

He glanced at Huang Xin and saw his face was also looking bad, probably knowing that he opened the price too high and would get scolded by the shopkeeper.

But he gritted his teeth and still said quietly:

“Shopkeeper, I already agreed with this Senior Brother, purchase price was 25 Spirit Stones a bottle…”

“This Qi Blood Pill is of superior quality, we still make a profit.”

The Fat Shopkeeper’s face immediately showed displeasure upon hearing this.

He naturally knew 25 Spirit Stones still have a profit, but in business, who doesn’t want to lower the price to earn more?

After glaring at Huang Xin, the Fat Shopkeeper looked at Lin Chen again.

After pondering for a while, he nodded:

“Ah, well… then 25 Spirit Stones a bottle it is!”

After saying that, the Fat Shopkeeper took out a small bag of Spirit Stones, counted them on the spot, and handed them to Lin Chen.

Lin Chen nodded slightly, took the Spirit Stones, and handed over the Qi Blood Pills.

He thought for a moment and asked:

“Shopkeeper, do you have herbal ingredients for sale?”

“I need a batch of Red Blood Flowers and Qi-Nourishing Grass over three years old…”

The Fat Shopkeeper’s eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he quickly nodded:

“Of course! How much do you need, fellow Daoist?”

…

When Lin Chen left the Spirit Medicine Pavilion, his Storage Bag contained dozens of various Spiritual Medicines.

These Spiritual Medicines cost him nearly a hundred Spirit Stones.

The reason he did this was because he saw that Huang Xin was sincere and didn’t want him to be wronged by that Fat Shopkeeper.

Lin Chen bought a batch of herbal ingredients, which gave the Fat Shopkeeper a profit and would stop him from troubling Huang Xin further.

Of course, this batch of herbs was also very important to him.

Enough for Lin Chen to refine another twenty batches of Qi Blood Pills and Qi Nourishing Pills.

“I still have over a hundred Spirit Stones in hand… might as well check the Array Shop and see if I can buy a miniature Spirit Gathering Array.”

Thinking of this, Lin Chen walked towards the inside of the Marketplace.

Passing by a gambling house, he saw many cultivators gathered outside, it was quite lively.

“Didn’t expect people of cultivation to be so fond of gambling?”

Lin Chen was just curious to take a look, then prepared to leave.

The bets between cultivators are certainly not mundane things.

Often, it’s about Spirit Stones, pills, or even Magical Treasures.

Many gambling-addicted cultivators just want to win Spirit Stones without working hard, relying on gambling…

Lin Chen had little interest in this and sped up his pace to leave when suddenly a shout came from outside the gambling house.

“Jing Xiao’Er! You won so much today! Maybe you’re cheating!” Several ferocious cultivators rushed out of the gambling house, threatening him.

The one named Jing Xiao’Er was a medium-height young cultivator, looking somewhat frail.

But he had a rogue aura and wasn’t afraid of facing several robust cultivators at all, cursing:

“You’re talking nonsense! Today, I’ve just had good luck!”

“What… you only allow me to lose money, and don’t allow me to win?”

“Under the foot of Changchun Mountain… you dare to act against me, an Inner Sect disciple?”

Lin Chen’s footsteps paused slightly upon witnessing this.

As he approached, he saw the Inner Sect disciple attire on Jing Xiao’Er, and his heart was even more certain.

After a little thought, Lin Chen still headed to the front of the gambling house.

“Is it you? Senior Brother Jing…”

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