Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The Thousand-Treasures Pavilion.
Xu Yang walked into the hall. A woman in a splendid attire’s eyes lit up when she saw him. She excused herself and left the guest whom she was servicing and walked straight to him.
“What do you need today, Mr. Xu?”
Xu Yang recognized the woman, Qing Yun, as she was the one in charge of selling the Red Dragon Root the day before. He said, “I have refined some ordinary elixirs and want to sell them here.”
Qing Yun smiled and said, “No problem. Sis Yurong has informed us about purchasing Mr. Xu’s medicine as per market price whenever you come.”
It was a quite good treatment to purchase as per market price. Xu Yang was prepared for the price reduction knowing that the Thousand-Treasures Pavilion had to earn money after all.
Xu Yang shook his head. Qing Yun saw his reaction and thought that he wanted to raise the price, relying on the preference that the Young Officer had given him. She felt slightly disgruntled.
“The medicine that I have brought with me is a new type of medicine. As far as I know, the medicine hasn’t appeared in the market before.” Xu Yang said lightly. “I need your pavilion to identify its value for me.”
“A new medicine?” Qing Yun gasped. An Alchemist Master who could create a new medicine formula had to be an Alchemist Grandmaster, even if he was only creating an ordinary elixir.
It was important to know that there were differences in the medicinal properties of medicine. A slight change in firepower, time, and weight would cause the refining process to fail. Therefore, most of the Alchemist Masters would follow the recipe step by step to prevent mistakes and loss of precious herbs in producing elixirs. However, an Alchemist Grandmaster was able to take the opportunity to configure new medicine based on pharmacology and plenty of experiments.
“What is the function of the new medicine you have made, Mr. Xu?” asked Qing Yun.
“It is a kind of medicinal powder. Its function is hemostasis and it can form scabs to prevent ulcers on wounds.” Xu Yang said placidly. “I call it the Blood-Clotting Powder.”
Qing Yun’s eyes brightened. Medicine that had the ability to heal wounds had a good market. She bowed and said, “Please follow me, Mr. Xu.”
Following the pretty Qing Yun, Xu Yang’s eyes inadvertently swept over her wide hips. It was swaying to and fro as she walked slowly. There were indeed a lot of beauties at the Thousand-Treasures Pavilion.
Qing Yun opened the second inner door and led Xu Yang into the inner pavilion.
There was a huge difference inside compared to the narrow indoor environment that Xu Yang expected. The inner pavilion was actually built in an open environment. In the shade of the peach pink and green willow trees, a curved cobblestone path extended far into a distance. The center was a large pond with a diameter of more than twenty feet where a man-made mountain was erected. From time to time, a small stream of water fell from the top of the mountain, splashing onto the rocks at the bottom, forming water droplets like thousands of pearls.
‘What a beautiful view. It’s not like a trading center at all. It’s like a manor.’ Xu Yang took a deep breath and felt a sense of relaxation in his chest.
“Mr. Xu, we meet again,” a gentle female voice sounded softly. “I heard that you have brought a new medicine this time which is called the Blood-Clotting Powder. May I know how powerful it is?”
Xu Yang regained his senses and looked at the beauty in front of him.
It was a woman who was dressed in a lake green long dress and had a slim and charming figure. However, she had a noble temperament that made people behave appropriately. This woman was Li Yurong, the manager of the Thousand-Treasures Pavilion whom Xu Yang had met the day before.
Xu Yang had always been direct when at work. He directly reported the medicinal power and the functions seeing Li Yurong’s straightforward attitude.
“Slight injuries will coagulate within one breath and scabs will be formed in three breaths. Moderate injuries will coagulate within two breaths and scabs will be formed in ten breaths. As for severe injuries, it depends on the situation.”
“What!” Qingyun exclaimed. She knew that she had let her surprise slip and she covered her mouth. Her eyes were wide open as she was very surprised.
There were no ordinary hemostasis medicines on the market. Some elixirs had hemostasis effects but the price was high. For example, the Grade-2 spirit elixir Flesh-Growing Blood-Living Elixir was sold at several Leopard Coins each. However, its hemostasis function was not even as effective as what Xu Yang had described for his Blood-Clotting Powder.
Li Yurong was obviously shocked by the medicinal properties but she quickly regained her composure as she was the manager of the Thousand-Treasure Pavilion. She said with a smile. “Mr. Xu, I still need to do some tests before it can be acquired. It is a rule that I can’t bypass.”
Xu Yang nodded and asked, “If the medicine has passed the test, what price will the Thousand-Treasures Pavilion pay for it?”
Li Yurong said, “As long as the medicine has the eight effects that Mr. Xu has mentioned, the Thousand-Treasures Pavilion is willing to buy it at the price of two packets for three Wolf Coins.”
Xu Yang was satisfied as the price they quoted was fifty percent more than his expectations. He placed the medicinal packets wrapped in the piece of clothing down, and went to the hall of the outer pavilion to purchase herbs used in producing the Blood-Clotting Powder.
The efficiency of the Thousand-Treasures Pavilion was extremely high. Qing Yun walked out with a smile and handed a purse to Xu Yang after a few moments. “You may check the amount, Mr. Xu.”
“No need.” Xu Yang shook his head, and started moving around, casually waltzing about in the hall.
The outer hall took up a large area and was divided into several large areas such as the Elixir area and the Mystical Armor area. What surprised Xu Yang was that there were Mystical Scriptures and Mystical Techniques on the shelves.
The scriptures for cultivating Mystical Power could be divided into six levels: Scripture, Classic, Collection, Set, Scroll, and Secret according to their power. Xu Yang’s Zhenwu’s Eight Sceneries Scripture was considered a divine scripture which could help the Mystical Cultivator to cultivate until the realm of a Mystical Emperor and to even higher levels. The Xu family’s main practice was the Seven Radiant Secret, which could only cultivate up to the realm of a Mystical Grandmaster.
Mystical Techniques were different from Mystical Scriptures. Mystical Scriptures were the foundation and Mystical Techniques were the branches and leaves. Mystical Scriptures were used to absorb Mystical Energy to temper the body while Mystical Techniques were mainly used for combat.
Mystical Techniques could be divided into four ranks. They were Sacred, Divine, Earth, and Mortal. The Mystical Techniques placed here were all of the lower tier of the Mortal rank. As for the Mystical Scriptures here, there were only those at the lowest level, Tips. Moreover, they were incomplete pages. Xu Yang soon lost interest after having seen a few of them.
Qing Yun followed him silently. She could guess the reason when she saw Xu Yang showing disappointment. She smiled slightly. “You can go to the inner pavilion if you need any Mystical Scriptures or Mystical Techniques, Mr. Xu. Those placed at the outer pavilion are all the lowest level Mystical Scriptures and they would surely not suit your preference.” At this point, Qing Yun lowered her voice and said, “There are Earth-rank Mystical Techniques in the inner pavilion.”
Her sweet fragrance wafted around him. He was not affected and moved aside. He said, “Thank you.”
There were uncountable incredible techniques and secret scrolls of the later generations in his mind. He was not attracted by those Earth-rank Mystical Techniques. However, he knew the preciousness of Mystical Techniques in this golden age. The Thousand-Treasure Pavilion had shown their strength as they could offer Earth-rank Mystical Techniques.
Xu Yang walked through the Mystical Stones area, the Elixirs area, and the Mystical Armor area, and finally stopped in a remote area.
Looking around, there were no signboards on the items placed here. Several items were slightly broken.
Qing Yun who had just taken the initiative to approach Xu Yang but was rejected, not only did not feel angry but had improved her perception toward Xu Yang. She smiled and said, “This is the Hidden Treasure area. Many unidentifiable and undefined objects will be placed in this area. Buyers can probably find something good here.”
Xu Yang nodded and looked at the area with interest. This was equivalent to buying the goods on the street stalls in Liberty Street. If you had keen eyesight, you would be able to identify the treasures. This was commonly known as the act of finding a good bargain.
It was ten times harder to find a good bargain at the Thousand-Treasures Pavilion than at Liberty Street.
Broken pieces of Mystical Armor, engraved with patterns which were hard to decipher, wooden boards that looked like runes, hollow and peculiar stones… Even for Xu Yang who had the keen eyesight of one who came from ten thousand years later, it was still hard to understand the mystery inside.
Suddenly, something caught Xu Yang’s eyes. He leaned down and picked up a peculiar stone in front of him.
The peculiar stone was about one square foot. It had been cut open and the incision was smooth and flat. In the middle of the stone, there was a faint red trace as if it came from a part of a picture.
Stroking the bumps on the back of the strange stone and feeling its rough body, Xu Yang gently asked, “Where did this stone come from?”
Qing Yun was a little curious as to why Xu Yang was interested in this drab-looking stone, and she replied, “This was obtained from a Mystical Stone mine. It was still a whole stone at that time. Someone bought it at a high price and cut it open. The result was the stone hollow and the appearance of this red trace.”
Looking at Xu Yang’s expression, Qing Yun said in surprise, “Mr. Xu, are you going to buy it?” She lowered her voice and said, “This stone has been verified by many appraisers and there is no Mystical Energy so it is not valuable.”
Xu Yang smiled slightly, “Thank you for your reminder.” He handed the stone over and said, “Please help me to wrap it up.”
Qing Yun frowned as her kind reminder was ignored. She felt a little annoyed and she stopped talking. She proceeded to wrap the stone and said lightly, “This peculiar stone is priced at twenty Wolf Coins.”
Xu Yang was not bothered by her attitude and paid without blinking his eyes. Suddenly, a voice came from his side, “I’m buying this stone.”
The two of them turned back and saw a tall teenager wearing a green robe and a seven-color emblem on his chest, showing his identity as a member of the Xu family.
The situation was rather hilarious. He had only bought things twice from the Thousand-Treasures Pavilion and the members of the Xu family were here to bother him each time. Could it be that the Xu family and Xu Yang were born to repel each other?
“My apologies, this stone has already been sold to Mr. Xu Yang.” Qing Yun bowed and saluted.
The tall teenager smiled and said with certainty, “I was rude for not introducing myself, my name is Xu Zhengming. Now, can this stone be sold to me?”
Xu Yang knew who he was. Xu Zhengming was a talented teenager of the Xu family. He had already entered Mystical Warrior stage at a young age. His cultivation was totally different from that of Xu Zhengfei and Xu Zhengzha’s. Their differences in cultivation was like heaven and earth. Moreover, Xu Zhengming’s father, Xu Qingliu, played a decisive role in the Xu family. He often participated in the Appraisal Conference of the Thousand-Treasures Pavilion. Qing Yun had seen him no less than ten times.
After Xu Zhengming introduced himself, he looked at Xu Yang. He thought that Xu Yang who had been cast out by the family would definitely give him the peculiar stone to please him as he was a direct descendant of the Xu family.
Qing Yun looked at Xu Yang for his opinion. She thought that Xu Yang would hand over the peculiar stone as a token of peace. After all, Xu Zhengming was famous and he was an outstanding person in the third generation of the Xu family.
“I know your name,” Xu Yang said calmly, “However, this peculiar stone belongs to me. First come, first serve. This is the rule of the Thousand-Treasures Pavilion.”
Xu Zhengming’s complexion changed little by little. The face that once had a smile turned pale. “Do you know who I am? Do you know what you are talking about?”