Chapter 66
Chapter 66
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 66
Chapter Title: Calamity Dispelling Pill, Storage Pouch
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A quarter of an hour later.
Chen Jianghe walked out of the Spirit Talisman Shop with thirty-three spirit stones and fifteen grains of spirit sand in his hand.
After deducting the six spirit stones for costs, his profit was twenty-seven spirit stones.
However, of the nine Water Arrow Talismans sold, seven were ones he had drawn before his deal with Talisman Master Chu Lang.
Therefore, he had to subtract five spirit stones from the twenty-seven spirit stones of net profit, and only the remainder would be split with Talisman Master Chu Lang.
From the twenty-two spirit stones, he would get a share of eleven.
Afterward, he went to the materials shop and bought three boxes of spirit ink and fifty sheets of premium yellow paper, spending four spirit stones.
The peach wood talisman brush could still be used for nearly three hundred more times, so there was no rush to buy a new one.
Chen Jianghe calculated the spirit stones he had on hand. After setting aside the eleven spirit stones for Talisman Master Chu Lang, he was left with forty-eight spirit stones and one hundred twenty-two grains of spirit sand.
"It's still early before my meeting with Talisman Master Chu. I'll go to the Spirit Pill Shop first and ask about the Calamity Dispelling Pill."
Chen Jianghe walked towards the Spirit Pill Shop across the river canal. Seeing the construction materials piled up in front, it was obvious that the Spirit Pill Shop was also moving.
The Mirror Moon Pavilion was the Yun Clan's comprehensive emporium; shops for spirit talismans, spirit pills, magical artifacts, puppets, and more would all be moved inside.
As for the original shops, they would be renovated and leased out to other cultivator clans.
"Excuse me, how can I make an appointment to buy a Calamity Dispelling Pill?"
Chen Jianghe asked gently, looking at the charming matronly shopkeeper.
"Mirror Moon Market City is about to open to the entire Tiannan region, so we are no longer accepting appointments for Calamity Dispelling Pills."
Several years had passed, and the matronly shopkeeper's makeup was much thicker, concealing the freckles and wrinkles that had gradually appeared.
She no longer held the same disdain she once had for those without spirit roots who couldn't cultivate.
Whenever she saw the unchanging faces of cultivators, who looked the same year after year, she felt a pang of envy.
"However, once Mirror Moon Market City opens, Calamity Dispelling Pills will be supplied in large quantities. You won't need an appointment to buy them."
Hearing this, Chen Jianghe nodded. Although the Calamity Dispelling Pill was a rare spirit pill, it wasn't exceedingly difficult to refine.
If a market city couldn't even supply Calamity Dispelling Pills, it would be no different from Qiyun Market City.
"May I ask how much a Calamity Dispelling Pill costs?" Chen Jianghe asked awkwardly.
He only knew that the Calamity Dispelling Pill helped cultivators break through the bottleneck to the late Qi Refining stage, but he had no idea of its actual price in spirit stones.
"The Calamity Dispelling Pill is a high-grade spirit pill and a miraculous pill for breaking through bottlenecks, so it's quite expensive. Sixty spirit stones each."
"That expensive!"
A flash of shock crossed Chen Jianghe's eyes.
A mid-grade Spirit Accumulating Pill was only five spirit stones. How could the price of a Calamity Dispelling Pill suddenly jump to sixty?
The price gap was just too wide!
Walking out of the Spirit Pill Shop, he felt that his spirit stones were still insufficient. Fortunately, he didn't need a Calamity Dispelling Pill right now; otherwise, he truly couldn't afford one.
He hadn't come to the Spirit Pill Shop to buy pills this time, but simply to inquire about the price of the Calamity Dispelling Pill.
He still had one Spirit Accumulating Pill, which he planned to take around June or July of the following year.
Next, he went to the medicinal herb shop, spent four spirit stones to buy a Spirit Nurturing Flower for Xiao Hei, and then headed to the Magical Artifact Shop.
Entering the Magical Artifact Shop, he found it wasn't as he had imagined, with a dazzling array of magical artifacts on display for cultivators to choose from.
Not a single magical artifact was displayed.
The empty counters weren't even made of crystal, suggesting they were merely for show.
"Fellow Daoist, what are you looking to buy?"
"An offensive artifact, or a defensive one?"
A chubby young man dressed in silk with a golden cloud embroidered on his chest, about 1.7 meters tall and quite heavyset, approached him with a cheerful smile.
"A cultivator?"
Chen Jianghe looked at the portly shopkeeper who approached him. He could feel fluctuations of magical power from the man, who was clearly a cultivator.
This was the first time he had seen a cultivator working as a shopkeeper in a Yun Clan business. Judging by the fluctuations of his magical aura, he was likely a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator.
"I would like to inquire about the price of a storage pouch," Chen Jianghe said, cupping his hands.
"The price of a storage pouch varies depending on its spatial capacity. Currently, our shop only has pouches ranging from one to ten cubic meters."
The chubby young shopkeeper didn't immediately quote the price for the lowest-tier storage pouch. Instead, he listed the available sizes, allowing Chen Jianghe to choose which one to ask about.
This tactfully avoided the potential embarrassment of a customer being short on funds.
"May I ask the price of a one-cubic-meter storage pouch?"
One cubic meter was about the size of a household washing machine, which was more than enough for his current needs.
"One hundred spirit stones. However, the price may sometimes be higher, though never by more than thirty percent."
The shopkeeper of the Magical Artifact Shop glanced at Chen Jianghe and then added.
"The Yun Clan has a rule: all clan guest elders and senior Fishery Farmers are entitled to a five-percent discount on magical artifacts."
"Uh, I'll think about it."
"No problem. We welcome you to visit again, Fellow Daoist."
Chen Jianghe scurried out of the Magical Artifact Shop, lamenting inwardly that it was truly not a place for low-level cultivators.
He had expected storage pouches to be expensive, but not *this* expensive.
A single one-cubic-meter storage pouch cost a hundred spirit stones, and its price could even increase with market demand.
Forget a five-percent discount; even if it were a massive one, he still couldn't afford it right now.
But he had to admit, the Yun Clan treated its workhorses quite well, offering a five-percent discount on magical artifacts.
This was probably a first in the Tiannan region.
"The Yun Clan really values Daniu!"
Chen Jianghe remembered that Yu Daniu had a storage pouch. He just didn't know if it was a gift from the clan or if he was using his wife's.
"It seems that until my talisman skills reach the mid-grade of the first tier, it will be difficult to shed the label of a low-level cultivator. I can completely forget about magical artifacts, especially special ones like storage pouches."
After buying the Spirit Nurturing Flower, he only had forty-four spirit stones left. Unless the Yun Clan sold it to him for forty-four percent of the price, but how could they stay in business then?
Besides, Yu Daniu had sent him a letter two months ago, telling him to save up spirit stones and avoid unnecessary expenses.
This was why he hadn't bought more Spirit Accumulating Pills or Spirit Nurturing Flowers.
Yu Daniu's letter mentioned that when Mirror Moon Market City opened and the Hall of a Hundred Treasures was inaugurated, there would be a significant opportunity.
But the prerequisite was to have enough spirit stones on hand.
He left the main street of the clock tower and headed towards the Rain-Listening Pavilion near the residential area. It was a long corridor next to the river, with several pavilions for listening to the rain and enjoying the view. The scenery was pleasant.
The meeting place Chen Jianghe had arranged with Talisman Master Chu Lang was the Rain-Listening Pavilion in the corridor. The appointed time was a quarter past one in the afternoon. Since it was almost time, he planned to arrive early to wait, as Talisman Master Chu Lang was, after all, a high-grade Talisman Master.
He was a senior in the cultivation world and held a certain status in the Yun Clan, far beyond what a senior Fishery Farmer like himself could compare to.
But when he arrived at the Rain-Listening Pavilion, he was surprised to see that Talisman Master Chu Lang was already there, engrossed in a quiet conversation with an elegantly dressed old man.
He walked into the corridor, and when he was about thirty feet from the pavilion, he called out, "Talisman Master Chu."