Chapter 342 Baidanfangzhu
"Reporting to the master, the situation is a bit complicated. I asked for a private room in the teahouse in front. Let's go there to drink tea and talk." Xu Che said in a low voice.
Seeing Yuan Ming nodded, Xu Che led the way in front. Soon, the group came to a teahouse called "Mingyan".
"This teahouse was opened by a monk from Zhao State. This person is a tea master. He knows a method of stir-frying tea. He can stir-fry and blend different tea leaves and spiritual materials to make tea cakes with spiritual energy. Everyone, please try it." Xu Che quickly arranged tea for several people.
Yuan Ming picked up the teacup and took a sip. It was fragrant and lingering. It was indeed a rare delicacy.
King Kong picked up the teacup and drank it all. He smacked his lips, as if it was not enough. Huazhi sat aside and glanced at King Kong with some disdain. Like Zuo Qinghui, he did not touch the tea.
"Okay, tell me." Yuan Ming put down the teacup, opened a soundproof cover, and asked.
"I followed the order of the master and came to Zilei City to look for clues about the Dan-cleansing Spiritual Liquid. There was no progress in the first year. Later, I got acquainted with some cultivators in the city, followed them to participate in many exchange meetings, and went in and out of auction houses several times. Finally, I got to know the news of the Dan-cleansing Spiritual Liquid. This thing is refined by a chamber of commerce called "Bai Dan Fang" in the city. It is very precious and is only supplied to some well-known and powerful forces in the Black Wind Desert. Ordinary casual cultivators are almost unknown." Xu Che said.
"Bai Dan Fang, I seem to have heard of this name. It is famous for refining elixirs. Some of the insect pills in Xiansha City were purchased from Bai Dan Fang." Yuan Ming tapped his fingers on the table a few times and said thoughtfully.
"The master is right. Bai Dan Fang is a new force in the Black Wind Desert. It is said that it was founded more than ten years ago and is famous for refining elixirs." Xu Che said.
"Since you have found out that this chamber of commerce can refine Dan-cleansing Spiritual Liquid, have you contacted them?" Yuan Ming asked again.
"Yes, I thought that if I could buy the spirit liquid for washing pills, I wouldn't bother you to go there in person. A few days ago, I spent a lot of spirit stones and invited a monk with some reputation in Zilei City to accompany me to Baidanfang to ask for the spirit liquid for washing pills, but the shopkeeper of Baidanfang declined on the grounds that it was out of stock." Xu Che said.
"Oh, what's out of stock? I'm afraid it's an excuse." Huazhi made a shrill voice.
Huazhi's cultivation has improved a lot now, and she is only a step away from the second level. At the same time as her strength has greatly improved, her human form has become more realistic. Although she can't drink tea, she can barely make a sound.
"It may not be an excuse. If the refining of the spirit liquid for washing pills is not difficult, Baidanfang will not only do business with big forces." Yuan Ming shook his head slowly.
"Do you want me to sneak in underground and steal one or two bottles?" Huazhi said.
Xu Che's face changed slightly. Zilei City is the territory of the Five Thunder Sect, not a place where you can mess around. He was about to give advice.
"Since Baidanfang can do business with all the major forces in the Black Wind Desert, its strength should not be underestimated. Although you have the ability to escape underground, it may be difficult to get it. Let me contact the people from Baidanfang first. If we can't buy it, we will think of other ways." Yuan Ming hesitated for a moment and shook his head.
Huazhi was silent and seemed a little disappointed.
Yuan Ming told Zuo Qinghui, Huazhi, and King Kong to wait for news in the teahouse, while he and Xu Che walked towards the depths of Zilei City.
The public security in Zilei City is good in the Black Wind Desert. At least there is no chaos like that in Xiansha City, and there is no distinction between inner and outer cities. The two soon came to a tall shop deep in Zilei City. The plaque on the entrance door reads "Baidanfang".
This shop covers a large area, almost equivalent to the size of two nearby shops, with a total of five floors. The business is also very good. There are cultivators coming in and out constantly, and most of them have excited smiles on their faces.
Yuan Ming and Xu Che walked into the store. Yuan Ming's eyes were attracted by the rows of shelves of elixirs in the store. There were many kinds of elixirs on them, almost no less than the Qingmu Building of Shengye Sect.
"What elixirs do you two guests want?" A green-clothed attendant came up with a smile on his face.
Without Yuan Ming speaking, Xu Che walked forward.
After the two negotiated, the green-clothed attendant glanced at Yuan Ming and took the two inside. They soon came to the third floor of Baidanfang and saw a white-clothed scholar. The green-clothed attendant called him "Manager Huo".
"Fellow Daoist Xu, why are you here again today? I can't do anything about the matter you mentioned before. Fellow Daoist, don't waste your energy." The white-clothed scholar glanced at Yuan Ming and said to Xu Che.
"What Manager Huo said, Xu naturally understands. This is my master. I came to visit in person today. Please inform Fellow Daoist Huo to the owner of your shop, Yan Fang." Xu Che said.
"My master is not in Baidanfang today. He is out visiting friends. I'm afraid you two will have made a wasted trip." The white-clothed scholar's face turned cold, and he seemed a little unhappy with Xu Che's entanglement.
"Really? Fellow Daoist Huo, why don't you go and take a look? Your master may have returned." Yuan Ming said lightly.
The white-clothed scholar sneered in his heart after hearing this.
Zilei City is the largest city of Zhao State in the Black Wind Desert. There are countless cultivators coming here every day. As the manager of Baidanfang, he usually interacts with high-level executives of large merchants or disciples and elders of immortal sects. Xu Che and Yuan Ming are nothing. I don't know which small family in the corner actually pointed fingers at him.
He was about to make a few sarcastic remarks in a seemingly polite manner, but his eyes met Yuan Ming, and he was immediately attracted by a magnet and couldn't move away.
The white-clothed scholar felt that his whole head became numb, unable to move at all, and couldn't make any sound. He couldn't help but be terrified.
The panic thought immediately spread like a tide, increasing tenfold and a hundredfold, and instantly occupied the white-robed scholar's entire mind.
This person trembled, cried bitterly, and a wet spot on his pants quickly spread and expanded.
Xu Che saw this scene, his face remained calm, but his heart was surprised and happy.
The master is indeed infinitely powerful. This white-robed scholar is the manager of Baidanfang. Although he is a little snobbish, his cultivation is very strong. He is actually in the late stage of foundation building. It is said that he is not far from the fake pill. As a result, he was frightened by Yuan Ming's eyes and cried and lost control!
This is probably one of the rare behaviors of losing control since he entered the world of immortal cultivation.
Yuan Ming also nodded secretly. He just used illusion to control the white-robed scholar for a while, and then used the "emotional" ability to control the fear in his heart. It was the first time he used this ability on a cultivator after realizing it, and the result was quite satisfactory.
The combination of emotion and illusion doubled the power. The white-clothed scholar was not much weaker than him, but he had no power to fight back.
Yuan Ming did not continue to control the white-clothed scholar's emotions, and found a chair to sit down.
The panic in the white jade scholar's heart slowly subsided, and he regained his rationality. He was ashamed and angry, but he did not dare to attack Yuan Ming. After taking a deep look at Yuan Ming, he hurried out.
"My lord, Manager Huo is a well-known figure in Baidanfang. Although this person deserves his crime, you made him look bad, which is equivalent to indirectly hitting the face of the owner of Baidanfang. I am afraid that today's trip will be in vain." Xu Che said hesitantly.
"It doesn't matter." Yuan Ming waved his hand and didn't care.
Judging from the way Baidanfang sells the spirit liquid for washing pills, it is obvious that it is not just for exchanging spirit stones, but for using the spirit liquid for washing pills as a medium to make friends with weight.
He is just a casual cultivator, and he can't buy it through normal channels.
Yuan Ming had never expected to buy this item with spirit stones from the beginning. He and Xu Che came here today just to meet the owner of Baidanfang.
As long as he met this person, he could use further means.
"By the way, I didn't have time to ask before, who is the owner of Baidanfang? How is his cultivation?" Yuan Ming asked.
"Reporting to the master, the owner of Baidanfang is Yan Sijing, and I haven't seen him either. It is said that he is not very old and has a cultivation level of late foundation building." Xu Che said.
"Late foundation building..." Yuan Ming was stunned.
He thought that he must be at least a Jindan stage cultivator to be able to create such a big foundation of Baidanfang, but he didn't expect it to be a foundation building cultivator.
He actually had some interest in this person.
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The white-clothed scholar ran to the back hall and changed into a clean set of clothes, and his mood was slightly relieved.
"Damn it, where did that young man come from? He became like this after just looking at me. Even a Jindan stage cultivator might not be able to do this. Could that person be a Jindan stage existence? Probably not, maybe he is not far from Jindan." He was awed in his heart, and the idea of revenge that had just arisen disappeared.
The white-clothed scholar hesitated for a moment, stomped his feet suddenly, and walked towards the fourth floor.
Yuan Ming locked the white-clothed scholar with his spiritual sense. Seeing this scene, he felt relieved and retracted his spiritual sense.
It's not that he doesn't want to continue tracking, but there is a restriction on the fourth floor of Baidanfang that isolates spiritual sense. Forcible exploration may trigger the restriction to warn, which will backfire.
A white light flashed on the jade pendant hanging on the waist of the white-clothed scholar. The man passed through the restriction on the fourth floor and quickly came to the door of a side hall and knocked on the door.
"Manager Huo, what's the matter?" A crisp female voice came from the hall, like the sound of spring water, but also with majesty.
"A guest in the fake elixir stage has come to the shop. He seems to have a background and wants to buy the elixir-cleansing spirit liquid. He is accompanied by Xu Hu who came a few days ago. I dare not make a decision arbitrarily, so I come to ask the shop owner for instructions." The white-clothed scholar said with his head down.
Xu Che has enemies in the Five Thunder Sect. Although he may not meet them in the Purple Thunder City, he still gave himself a fake name for safety.
"Xu Hu? The man brought by the young master of Bailian Pavilion? I remember he is a casual cultivator." A crisp female voice asked.
"Yes, but Xu Hu called the person traveling with him the master, and his demeanor and tone were very respectful. It seems that the information we collected earlier was wrong. The two of them should come from a certain immortal cultivation family, but I am short-sighted and cannot guess their origins, so I come to ask the shop owner for instructions." The white-clothed scholar said.
"Oh, since they are the children of immortal cultivation families in the fake elixir stage, it is not easy to refuse directly. I will deal with them." The crisp voice said.
The door of the side hall opened, and a girl in light yellow clothes walked out.
This person looks to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, lively and lovely, with a pair of big eyes with clear black and white, giving people a quirky and elf-like feeling.