Body Tempering alone was far from enough.
He needed to be strengthened in other ways. Therefore, he took out the 27 pills he had obtained previously. Among these 27 pills, five were healing pills, and the remaining 22 were all pills that could increase various aspects.
Although the quality was not very high, there were many of them.
Xiao Shi felt that by accumulating a large number of pills, his strength could also increase greatly. He immediately began to consume these pills one by one.
After consuming all 22 pills, he could clearly feel that he had become stronger in all aspects. If it was just one or two pills, perhaps the improvement would not be too obvious. However, as the number of pills he swallowed increased, his improvement also became greater and greater.
This made him realize that the path of improving through a large number of pills was definitely feasible.
Apart from pills, he still had 16 Martial Entry-Level weapons, five cultivation technique manuals, and 32 materials.
The materials could cooperate with the Dust Seal and were quite useful.
Although the secret manuals were relatively poor yellow-rank secret manuals and unranked secret manuals, Xiao Shi was also prepared to choose two of the five secret manuals to cultivate.
These two secret manuals were used for combat. They were a saber technique manual and a sword technique manual.
Although this was not a top secret manual, it could more or less let him understand some saber and sword techniques. It was more conducive to battle.
Compared to materials and cultivation technique manuals, the 16 Martial Entry-Level weapons were not very useful. One weapon was usually enough. At most, he would reserve two more. It would only collect dust when there are too many.
Apart from these weapons, Xiao Shi also had many miscellaneous things that he could not use. These things would not be of much use in his hands. It was best to sell them or exchange them for other useful items.
For example, pills!
That night, Xiao Shi, who was dressed in black and wearing a hood, appeared in the Treasure Pavilion in the city. This was also the largest shop in Golden Cloud City. Apart from selling various items here, there would also be purchases of various items.
Usually, no matter if the night patroller sold or bought items, they would choose to do it in the Night Patrol Division. Not only was it convenient, but the price would also be higher than the shops outside.
However, Xiao Shi could not choose to sell it in the Night Patrol Division. After all, there would be a record of selling in the Night Patrol Division. If he was noticed, he would not be able to explain where these items came from.
He could only choose to sell it in the shops in the city. However, even if he was selling in the shops in the city, he had also disguised himself and covered his face.
The Treasure Pavilion was not surprised by such a person. They faced all kinds of customers every day. Such guests who were unwilling to reveal their identities could often be seen. At this moment, the person in charge of receiving Xiao Shi was a middle-aged man with a mustache. He looked very smart.
After knowing that Xiao Shi was here to sell items, he immediately found two professionals in charge of appraising the value of the item.
"There are fewer people."
Xiao Shi glanced at them.
"Hmm?"
Under the puzzled gaze of the mustached middle-aged man, Xiao Shi took out 14 Martial Entry-Level weapons. They were all placed on the counter.
The mustached middle-aged man's eyes lit up. He realized that this was a big client! His attitude became even more polite. He hurriedly found more professional appraisers to appraise these Martial Entry-Level weapons.
"The quality is excellent, the craftsmanship is exquisite, and there are no flaws. This is the Martial Entry-Level weapon with the highest specifications!"
Soon, these professional appraisers gave their evaluations.
The mustached middle-aged man was shocked. If it was just a Martial Entry-Level weapon, he would not be surprised. However, every weapon the other party took out was actually a Martial Entry-Level weapon of the highest standard, which shocked him.
He subconsciously felt that the guest in front of him might be an extremely outstanding blacksmith.
"We're prepared to buy these Martial Entry-Level weapons at 2,000 Wu coins each. What do you think, sir?" The mustached middle-aged man asked.
Two thousand Wu coins? Xiao Shi thought for a moment. This price was relatively fair. After all, it was impossible for these shops to sell at the price of the Night Patrol Division.
"Sure, but I want to barter for it." Xiao Shi said.
"Alright, what do you want to exchange for?" The mustached middle-aged man maintained his smile.
"Pills."
This time, Xiao Shi was prepared to exchange these excess items on him for medicinal pills that could increase his strength. He was prepared to take the path of accumulating strength through a large number of pills.
The middle-aged man with the mustache hurriedly handed over the list of medicinal pills in their shop. It contained the quality and price of every pill. Soon, Xiao Shi saw that among these pills, the highest quality was only a perfect-grade pill. There were no peerless-grade pills. Moreover, there was only one perfect-grade medicinal pill in total. It was very expensive.
It was almost treated as the treasure of the shop.
Although the 14 Martial Entry-Level weapons Xiao Shi took out could be exchanged for this perfect-grade medicinal pill, it was not enough to exchange for more medicinal pills.
Therefore, he took out five or six items from his bag that he had no use for.
He had exchanged for nearly 40 pills in one go.
Then, after leaving the Treasure Pavilion, he went to another shop. He continued to sell items in another shop in exchange for pills.
Just like that, on this night, Xiao Shi kept entering and leaving the many shops in Golden Cloud City. He had exchanged more than a hundred pills from more than ten shops in a row! Even after exchanging for so many medicinal pills, he still had a lot of extra Martial Entry-Level items.
Xiao Shi was not in a hurry to sell them all. He would prepare to go elsewhere to exchange for pills in a few days.
Now that he had returned to his room, he first carried out the seventh Body Tempering. With the success of the seventh Body Tempering, his body and blood qi were greatly strengthened again. When he tried to release the blood qi in his body, the red tiger head formed from blood qi was much more condensed than before. It was clearer and more domineering.
"I wonder what changes will happen after nine Body Temperings?"
Xiao Shi had a faint guess. Perhaps after nine Body Temperings, a third realm would appear! Of course, this was only his guess. The exact situation would only be known when he reached the ninth Body Tempering.
At this moment, after completing the Body Tempering, Xiao Shi began to swallow the hundred or so pills in his hand. Although most of these pills were not of high quality, he believed that quantitative change would bring about a qualitative change!
After consuming these pills one after another, his qi, blood, and body were greatly strengthened again.
Xiao Shi understood. 𝒩ewW 𝒏ovels upd𝒂tes on nov/𝒆l/b(i)𝒏(.)com
Although he was not the strongest Martial Entry-Level in this world at the current stage, it was probably very difficult for any Martial Entry-Level martial artist in the entire Seven Star Province to contend with him.