Chu Ning hadn't planned to buy so much because he didn't have that many Spirit Crystals on him. Initially, he had spent a hundred Spirit Crystals to break through to the Nascent Soul and only had a little over sixty left.
However, when he inquired at the shop, he found out that the shop allowed loans, and after he showed his Mount Dan Sect's Identity Token, the shop gave him a credit line of a thousand Spirit Crystals.
In the words of the shopkeeper, an alchemist who could participate in the newcomer competition was indeed worth that much.
Chu Ning understood the implication—if he didn't have Spirit Crystals to repay the shop, then he would repay with elixirs. Compared to Spirit Crystals, the shop seemed more interested in elixirs.
"A twelve-fold odd, that's fifteen thousand six hundred Spirit Crystals, also considered a huge sum."
Not long after Chu Ning left the shop, Yun Anlan received a report.