Pill Sovereign Reborn

A youth sat cross-legged on a large boulder with his eyes closed in the midst of his cultivation.    

Floating above his head was a spiraling vortex of spirit energy as streams of pure spirit energy circulated throughout his entire body. Nourishing his meridians and bones, it also continuously strengthened the Qi Vortexes within his dantian.    

This youth was Ye Lan, who had been wandering around Sky Peak Valley for more than ten days.    

Over the span of these dozen or so days, he had fought against various kinds of Demonic Beasts in the valley and increased his cultivation at an inhuman rate.    

A few days ago, he had just stepped into the peak ninth stage of the Body Tempering Realm.    

Only after several days of training since then was he already on the verge of breaking through into the next major realm.    

Thus, he selected a safe location — in this case, the cave — and prepared to take his first step into the Qi Gathering Realm from the peak ninth stage of the Body Tempering Realm in one go!    

"The Spiraling Qi Vortex of the Clear Heaven and Mighty Earth; True Myriad Laws of Yin and Yang."    

Above the large boulder, a series of shockwaves echoed like the chanting of a thousand Buddhas in Ye Lan's mind — truly a serene and dignified scene to behold.    

Following the sound of these sonorous chants, the whirling Qi Vortexes and Genuine Qi in Ye Lan's body gradually converged and merged into one.    

One could vaguely notice a beast the size of a grain appearing for a moment within the Qi Vortex.    

Wave after wave of Genuine Qi rushed into his Core Essence as it gradually increased in size. At the same time, the Genuine Qi within his core became even purer and majestic.    

After who knows how long, the Qi Vortex finally stopped spinning as the Genuine Qi condensed into a thumb-sized Core Essence.    

*Zheng~*    

Sitting atop the giant boulder, Ye Lan suddenly opened his eyes wide as a bright, pure aura lingered within.    

As he stared at another boulder in the distance, with a single wave of his hand, a wave of Genuine Qi swept out like a sharp blade and split the boulder that was three meters tall in half like jelly.    

Splitting into two pieces, the sliced surface looked as smooth as mirror.    

Releasing his Genuine Qi outwards, he brandished his palm into a sharp blade. This was only possible for someone in the Qi Gathering Realm!    

"To think that it would take more than ten days to break through from the eighth stage of the Body Tempering Realm to the first stage of the Qi Gathering Realm!"    

Despite seeing the smooth surface of the sliced boulder, Ye Lan did not appear to be excited at all. Instead of celebrating his achievement of breaking through to the next major realm, he, on the other hand, shook his head and laughed bitterly with a dissatisfied expression on his face.    

It took him around a dozen days to advance from the eighth stage of the Body Tempering Realm to the first stage of the Qi Gathering Realm.    

Such cultivation speed was simply never heard of in the Martial God Continent. Anyone who found out about his feats would, at the very least, be dumbstruck or perhaps even terrified.    

After all, in the path of cultivation, the higher one's cultivation level gets, the more difficult it would be for them to raise it.    

For an average cultivator to break through from the eighth stage of the Body Tempering Realm to the first stage of the Qi Gathering Realm...    

They would need at least two whole years to do so while those blessed with more talent would take around a year and a half.    

Even the ones considered to be martial geniuses would need at least half a month!    

On the other hand, it only took around a dozens days for Ye Lan to accomplish such a feat, so how could he still not be satisfied?    

If any other geniuses were to find out about his dissatisfaction, they would surely begin to question their very existences in this world.    

"I've already found the Black Heart Lotus and the Forgotten Fruit and obtained quite a few materials from hunting down Demonic Beasts. If I were to sell these materials at the Myriad Medicines Pavilion, I should be able to get myself a hefty sum of silver. While I'm there, I might as well purchase more spirits herbs to refine spirit pills in the future."    

"Anyways, it's about time that I finally headed back into town. I still need to refine some spirit pills and break through to the next stage as soon as possible!"    

As Ye Lan stood up and walked to the entrance of the cave, he looked up into the bright blue sky and muttered to himself.    

With that, he activated his Flashing Shadow Steps and flickered across Sky Peak Valley like the wind.    

Ever since breaking through to the Qi Gathering Realm, Ye Lan's movement speed when using the Flashing Shadow Steps had increased by several folds. Each step he took would get him as far as a hundred meters.    

When Ye Lan finally exited Sky Peak Valley, the day was already closing in on noon. Returning to Lucid Aqua Town, he walked straight in the direction of the Myriad Medicines Pavilion.    

The Myriad Medicines Pavilion.    

Ye Lan walked into the pavilion and arrived at the front counter.    

"Excuse me, sir, could you take a look and see how much these Demonic Beast materials can sell for?"    

Speaking to the old shopkeeper behind the counter, Ye Lan lifted a bag out from his pocket and placed it on the counter.    

Naturally, the old shopkeeper was stunned.    

After all, he recognized Ye Lan, who was known as the infamous trash of the Ye Family.    

Knowing that fact, he could not help but ridicule him in his mind. What kind of materials could a good-for-nothing brat like him sell?    

"Then, allow this old man to have a look!"    

The old shopkeeper said softly, with the bearing of an expert.    

As he reached out and opened the bag on the counter, dozens of egg-sized Beast Cores appeared in his sights.    

While each Beast Core had different colors and shapes, they nevertheless held a concentrated amount of spirit energy within.    

"This... This..."    

Upon seeing the magnificent collection of Beast Cores before him, the old shopkeeper's face was struck with the utmost shock.    

Having worked his this field for several decades now, how could he not be able to tell that each of these Beast Cores was harvested from Demonic Beasts in the eighth and ninth level of the Wild Beast Rank?    

Apart from them, what astonished him even further were the dozen of Beast Cores belonging to the Demonic Beasts in the Spirit Beast Rank!    

The Spirit Beast Rank!    

The Demonic Beasts of such rank was comparabel to that of the experts in the Qi Gathering Realm!    

Ye Lan, a good-for-nothing brat, was actually able to take down dozens of high-level Wild Beasts and even a dozen of Spirit Beasts in a single run? Upon witnessing such a ridiculous feat from an unexpected person, how could the old shopkeeper not be stunned?    

How baffling! To think that he had just insulted Ye Lan in his mind and wondered what kind of goods a supposed trash like him could sell....    

To his surprise, in the blink of an eye, he had been slapped hard in the face!    

Setting the Beast Cores of the Spirit Beasts aside, just the ones from the Wild Beasts could be sold at several tens of thousands of silvers!    

"Sir, what do you think? Give me a price!"    

Ye Lan smiled.    

Jolting awake from Ye Lan's exclaims, the old shopkeeper no longer held any contempt for him and decided to treat him with his utmost respect.    

"The quality of these Beast Cores are too high. You can definitely earn quite a large sum of silver by selling them. While this old man may be the shopkeeper, I certainly do not have the qualifications to discuss such a large business deal with you."    

The old shopkeeper cupped his fists with a face full of smiles as he spoke with a respecful tone.    

"In that case, I'll have to take a look elsewhere."    

Ye Lan said.    

"Wait! Little brother, although this old man is unable to discuss such a large business deal with you, it just so happens that the Seventh Guardian of my Myriad Medicines Pavilion is currently in the shop. Unlike me, he has the qualifications to discuss such deals with you."    

Seeing how Ye Lan was about to pack hig bag and leave, the old shopkeeper suddenly shouted anxiously.    

If the higher-ups learned that he had let go of such a large business deal, he would definitely be crippled, at the very least.    

How could he not be anxious about this matter?    

"Alright, I'll wait here. Go and find him."    

Ye Lan replied.    

"Great! Please wait for a moment, this old man come back with him soon!"    

Seeing how Ye Lan nodded in agreement, the old shopkeeper was overjoyed. With that, he bolted towards the back of the building and prepared to tell the Seventh Guardian about the matter.    

Judging from his hurried appearance, he seemed to think that he would accidentally let this deal go if he were one step too slow.    

After a short while, the old shopkeeper arrived back at the counter with a middle-aged man walking alongside him.    

Ye Lan recognized that middle-aged man, for he was the one who spent a lot of money to purchase all the Qi Replenishing Pills from him a while ago.    

"Little brother, are you the one selling the Beast Cores?    

Upon meeting Ye Lan, the Seventh Guardian said with a smile.    

"That's right, why don't you take a look and give me a price?"    

Ye Lan replied.    

The Seventh Guardian nodded and analyzed the dozens of Beast Core before him as his eyes flashed with a hint of astonishment.    

"These... Where did you just come from?"    

The Seventh Guardian stared at Ye Lan and asked.    

After all, he recognized Ye Lan as the infamous trash of the Ye Family.    

How could a piece of trash get hold of so many Beasts Cores of such extraordinary quality?    

"Huh? Your Myriad Medicines Pavilion wants to know the origin of the goods when doing business?"    

Ye Lan said while feigning his slight irritation.    

"Little brother, don't be angry. I was just curious."    

"Anyways, I will offer two hundred thousand silvers to purchase these Beast Cores. How about it?"    

"Three hundred thousand! Not even one or two silver less!"    

Ye Lan said decisively.    

Just the dozen of Spirit Beast Cores alone was worth as much as two hundred thousand silvers, not to mention the countless other Beast Cores of the higher-level Wild Beast Rank.    

Generally, they were worth at least three hundred thousand silvers, so it could be said that Ye Lan did not actually ask for too high of a price.    

"Alright, three hundred thousand! I'll buy them!"    

The Seventh Guardian said with a smile.    

He also knew the true value of these Beast Cores. As long as Ye Lan were to offer a price of around three hundred thousand silver, he would certainly have accepted the deal.    

With that, he ordered the old shopkeeper to bring over the three hundred thousand silver notes and hand them over to Ye Lan.    

"As expected of the Seventh Guardian of the Myriad Medicines Pavilion. I enjoy dealing with straightfoward people like you!"    

Receiving the hefty stack of thick silver notes, Ye Lan said with a smile.    

"Oh right, do you happen to sell these spirit herbs in your Myriad Medicines Pavilion?"    

Saying that, Ye Lan took out a list of spirit herbs that he needed to refine spirit pills.    

"Of course!"    

Receiving the list and looking through it, the Seventh Guardian nodded happily.    

"Give me three sets of the each spirit herbs written on the list."    

Ye Lan replied.    

"Little brother, these spirit herbs are actually quite expensive. I'm afraid you won't have enough money on hand to purchase three sets of them."    

"However, since you negotiated in such a frank and straighforward manner with me and sold the Beast Cores to my Myriad Medicines Pavilion earlier..."    

"I'll be willing to give you a large discount. Three sets of the listed spirit herbs for two hundred thousand silvers. Does that sound good?"    

"Sure."    

Ye Lan nodded his head without hesitation and decided not to bargain with him. After all, to be able to buy all those spirit herbs and still have one hundred thousand silvers left with him was already a successful bargain in itself.