Today she decided to go for a walk in the imperial city. She wanted to start learning alchemy. For that, she needed to buy a large number of herbs. There were not many herbs in her Space. She also needed an alchemy furnace. She was currently unable to use the alchemy furnace in her Space. Xiao ling told her that she needed to be at least in the middle stage of the foundation establishment to be able to contract it.
Pedestrians were walking on both sides of the prosperous Street. The sound of hawkers could be heard all around. There were several shops on both sides from where many customers could be seen going in and out. There were also several carriages passing through the Street. Feng Yue passed through one of the streets toward the Xingyue auction house.
Xingyue auction house was the largest auction house in the entire eastern region. It had a branch in every country. At the entrance of the auction house, there were two guards with the cultivation of eight levels of Qi refining. When she entered inside, Feng Yue was dazed by the glow of the light. Night pearls were decorated everywhere on the roof. And walls and tiles were made of precious materials.
"I guess the boss behind this auction house is a local tyrant." Feng Yue thought.
Soon she saw a fat man walking toward her. He was the shopkeeper of this auction house. Shopkeeper asked her politely:
"Sir, do you need anything?"
Before leaving the general's mansion, she changed her appearance and put on men's clothes. No one could recognize her as the young Miss of the General's Manor.
Feng Yue handed him a list and asked:
"Do you have these herbs?"
The shopkeeper took the list and checked. Most of them were common herbs. He replied:
"Sir, we have all these herbs. Please wait a moment."
He handed the list to a waiter and asked him to gather all these herbs.
"Do you have an alchemy furnace?" Feng Yue asked the shopkeeper.
"We do have some, but they are on the second floor. If you don't mind, I can take you there." Saying this shopkeeper waited for her reply.
"Okay, show me the way."
The shopkeeper gestured for her to follow him and walked toward the second floor.
On the second floor, Feng Yue saw various weapons decorated on the shelves. Other than weapons there were cultivation techniques and combat skills. Fang Yue only looked at them briefly. The shopkeeper directly took her to the furnace area. Furnaces here were arranged in a row. Most of the furnaces here were of low quality. She pointed to one of the furnaces and said:
"How much is this for?"
"Oh, this is the cheapest of them all. Ten thousand gold coins only."
"What?"
You know it was in gold coins, not silver. She didn't expect pill furnaces were so expensive.
"Ok, I'll take it." Feng Yue replied.
She also browsed other weapons on the selves. She wanted a decent weapon for her use. Xiao ling told her that there was an ancient sword sealed behind the second door, but to open that door, she needed the cultivation of at least the middle stage of the foundation establishment, the same as needed to contract the cauldron. Before that, she decided to buy a weapon from here. She explored weapons on the selves. There were various types of weapons there like daggers, whips, sabers, machetes, etc. She preferred swords compared to others. Her gaze fell on a sword lying in a corner.
"How much is this sword?" Feng Yue pointed to that sword.
"Oh, this one. This is the only level 3 spirit weapon in our auction house. It's only fifteen thousand gold coins. Although it's a bit pricey, money shouldn't be a problem for the noble guest." The shopkeeper replied while flattering her.
Level three spirit weapons could be considered rare in this barren eastern region. Artificers were even rarer than pill refiners. There were very few level-three artificers. So although it was expensive, she still decided to buy it. Feng Yue said to shopkeeper:
"Well, I want it as well."
Shopkeeper asked a servant to carry those two things. After that, they left the second floor.
On the counter, a servant was waiting for them with the herbs. The servant handed the herbs and the list to the shopkeeper and said:
"Sir, I have gathered them all. Please check."
The shopkeeper took the herbs along with the list and examined them.
"Everything is fine."
"Sir, these are the things you have bought. The price of these herbs is five hundred and sixty-eight gold coins. The cost of the alchemy cauldron and the sword together amounted to twenty-five thousand five hundred and sixty-eight gold coins."
Feng Yue took the money from her space ring and handed it to the shopkeeper. After that, she put those things in her space. The shopkeeper confirmed the number of gold coins and replied:
"Do you need anything else?"
Fang Yue suddenly remembered that she wanted to auction off some pills to earn some money. She looked at the shopkeeper and asked:
"Does your auction house accept pills?"
"Our auction house accepts all kinds of things. But if you want to auction pills, they must be at least second grade. If you wish, I can take you to our alchemist for evaluation of the pills." Saying this shopkeeper took her to a room behind the counter. Above the door of the room, there was a small plaque with the words "Pill appraisal room" written on it. They entered the room, but there was no one there. Shopkeeper asked her to sit on a chair and said:
"Please wait a moment. Our alchemist will arrive in a while." Then he left the room. While waiting for someone to arrive, Fang Yue drank tea.
"Creak!"
The sound of the door opening was heard, and soon an old man entered the room. He sat on the chair in front of her and introduced himself to Feng Yue:
"Esteemed guest, I am Qu leng. Sorry for the delay."
"Can you show me the pills?"
"No problem."
Feng Yue took out two jade bottles from her space and put them on the table.
The Qu leng opened the bottle, and a faint medicinal fragrance wafted out. From the smell, he could guess that the pills in the bottles were extraordinary. When he saw two round pills lying inside, he was stunned.
"This, This is..."
"Ice cloud pill. It is a level-three detoxification pill."
"And another bottle contains Xisui pill. It can cut marrow and remove impurities." Feng Yue's voice was heard in his ears.
Seeing the pills inside, he was astonished. Level three pills were considered rare in this region. There were very few level-three alchemists. What amazed him, even more, was the Xisui pills. There were very few such pills in the entire eastern region, which could enhance the talent. And these were level three pills with ninety-nine percent purity, which was even rarer.
He regained his composure and asked:
"This guest, Do you want to auction these pills in our auction house or sell us directly? We can give you three times the market price."
"Auction." Feng Yue only said one word.
She had previously planned to sell the pills directly, but she did not expect such high prices for third-grade pills in Wuchen Country. Level three pills were the lowest quality pills in her space, so she couldn't take out lower-quality pills.
"Well, I understand." Qu leng replied.