Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 201 - 191 Worth Befriending

"Additionally, I need to purchase some elixirs!"

Qin Qing raised the need to purchase elixirs.

Liu Hongxue smiled and nodded, "Master Qin, whatever elixirs you need to purchase, we will offer them to you at the most favorable prices!"

"Hmm, I need ten Gang Patterns Pills, and two more True Intent Elixirs. As for the Soul Refinement Pills and Qi Condensing Pills, give me one hundred of each!"

Qin Qing needed the Gang Patterns Pills for his own cultivation, and naturally, the True Intent Elixirs were for his master, Bai Qiuhe.

The Soul Refinement Pills and Qi Condensing Pills were for Qin Yue and Qin Shuang’s cultivation.

"Moreover, I also need a remedy that can alleviate the pain from fire poison. If it comes in the form of a pill, that’s fine too!" Qin Qing said.

"Alleviate fire poison?" Liu Hongxue pondered slightly, "The cheapest Wind Stone Powder can alleviate fire poison, but it’s best not to use it, because the side effects are too severe!"

Qin Qing nodded. When he was in Tianjue City, that was what Shuang used to alleviate the fire poison.

But Wind Stone Powder had a severe damaging effect on the skin, and it could cause significant harm to the body’s system. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

As a result, Shuang was chronically malnourished and her growth and development were clearly not on par with her peers.

However, even the cheapest Wind Stone Powder was almost unaffordable for Qin Qing at that time.

But now, things were different. With a single trip into Tianjue Forest, Qin Qing could earn hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones, enough to buy a small hill of Wind Stone Powder if he wished.

Of course, Qin Qing wouldn’t let his sister use the Wind Stone Powder with such significant side effects again.

If possible, he would give his sister nothing but the best.

"You can use Green Jade Ointment, or, a more expensive option, Qingling Pills. The price of Qingling Pills is similar to that of Soul Refinement Pills, about a hundred taels of gold, or around thirty Spirit Stones each. The effects of the Qingling Pills are much better than Green Jade Ointment, and they also nourish the body!" Liu Hongxue explained.

"Then let’s go with Qingling Pills!" Qin Qing decided without any hesitation.

"Okay!!" Liu Hongxue nodded, and added, "Actually, Master Qin, for elixirs like Qingling Pills and Gang Patterns Pills, you don’t have to purchase them. Being a Spiritual Pattern Master of the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion, you can make them here, and we will sell you the materials at the lowest prices. You can take away the elixirs you produce!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Qing nodded slightly, aware that Liu Hongxue was giving him significant consideration.

"Alright! Miss Hongxue, should there be any matters that require my services, please don’t hesitate to ask the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion!" Qin Qing offered.

Liu Hongxue beamed a smile. That was precisely what she wanted from Qin Qing.

At the very least, for now, she had preliminarily drawn Qin Qing to her side.

However, to have Qin Qing do everything for her unquestioningly was far from possible. To bind Qin Qing and herself to the same fate, her current bargaining chips were far from enough.

But Liu Hongxue was not in a hurry. Though she hadn’t known Qin Qing for long, from his standing up for Ouyang Rou and their two encounters, she could deduce that Qin Qing was a man of loyalty and commitment.

As long as she approached Qin Qing with genuine feelings, she could definitely earn his honest treatment in return.

For now, that was sufficient.

Qin Qing received all the materials delivered by the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion and paid the corresponding Spirit Stones.

Next was the commencement of alchemy.

Qin Qing didn’t want to take advantage of the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion, so when he proposed to make the elixirs, he offered to produce double the quantity. He would take his share, and the remaining pills would belong to the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion.

Both Master Chen and Liu Hongxue greatly admired Qin Qing for this gesture.

From this, it was even more certain that Qin Qing was a person worth befriending.

...

"Whew!"

He let out a long breath.

Looking at the variously sized bottles of pills next to the alchemy furnace, Qin Qing gently wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Normally, making these pills wouldn’t be so exhausting.

But there was a bit of a rush for time.

This was the last day of the year, and Qin Qing still needed to hurry back to Qiuhai Villa to reunite with everyone for the New Year’s Eve vigil.

"Qingling Pills, Qi Condensing Pills, Soul Refinement Pills, Gang Patterns Pills, all prepared!"

"I can’t refine the True Intent Elixir now. So, I directly bought two from the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion!"

The price of the True Intent Elixir was by no means cheap. You should know, a single inner core from a Golden Core Realm Explosive Flame Bear could sell for sixty thousand Spirit Stones.

True Intent Elixirs are refined using inner cores from Fourth Rank Ferocious Beasts, so you can imagine the cost. Often, a single True Intent Elixir would sell for no less than one hundred thousand Spirit Stones—and in times of material shortage, even hitting two hundred thousand wasn’t unheard of.

However, the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion still maintained a certain stock of True Intent Elixirs.

So, Liu Hongxue sold the True Intent Elixir to Qin Qing for the price of one hundred thousand Spirit Stones each.

"Two True Intent Elixirs, that’s four hundred thousand Spirit Stones!"

"As expected, high-rank elixirs are expensive!"

Qin Qing couldn’t help but sigh. The higher the cultivation realm, the more resources were consumed—it was simply burning through Spirit Stones.

For instance, a single Nascent Soul Pill would cost nearly one million Spirit Stones.

Having gathered all his purchases, Qin Qing then left the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion.

By the time he left the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion, the sky had already darkened.

Night fell, and the stars shone sparsely above.

Inside Luochuan Imperial City, the lights were brilliantly lit, as if it were still daytime.

Fireworks occasionally shot up into the night sky, bursting open all of a sudden and spreading their spectacular beauty, brightening the entire nightscape.

"New Year’s Eve has arrived, huh!" Qin Qing said softly.

New Year’s Eve is also known as Stay-Up-Late Night.

"Stay-Up-Late Night"—to stay up late and do away with the moldy luck of the year before, meaning waiting for the arrival of a new year, waiting for good things to come.

...

The Great Qian Martial Institute at this time was very serene.

The vast majority of disciples had already returned to their hometowns after the year-end assessment.

Of course, a few remained at the Great Qian Martial Institute, but most of those who stayed were also quietly undergoing closed-door cultivation.

The path of Martial Arts never lacked solitary, dedicated practitioners.

Qiuhai Villa.

In the octagonal pavilion by the lake,

Jiang Ruorong sat quietly.

The night was already enveloping her, but beside Jiang Ruorong, there was a bronze crane lamp shining its light.

Under the glow of the lamp, Jiang Ruorong’s silver hair shimmered like sand, her skin as fine as jade—it was the softest, most delicate mutton-fat jade. Beneath long lashes, a pair of exquisitely delicate eyes focused intently on a cyan robe in her hands, with her slender jade fingers diligently stitching.

Before long, Jiang Ruorong stopped.

"Huff!"

She lightly exhaled through her pouting lips.

"Finally finished. He should like it, right?"

Jiang Ruorong’s mind conjured up his figure.

At the same time, her gaze wandered into the distance, where the vague contours of the Tianjue Forest could be faintly seen.

"Can he make it back tonight?"

"He hasn’t encountered any trouble in the Tianjue Forest, has he?"

Then, Jiang Ruorong shook her head, "No, junior brother certainly won’t have any trouble..."

Just as Jiang Ruorong was lost in her own thoughts, a figure approached from the night and walked towards the entrance of Qiuhai Villa...