104: Return to Xiaoyao Sect

After receiving the Spirit Stones, he purchased the Pill Formula for the Purple Spirit Pill and the Spirit Enhancing Pill from the Four Seas Merchant Association, spending 15,000 Spirit Stones.

"How many Spirit Stones for one portion of the ingredients to refine the Purple Spirit Pill and the Spirit Enhancing Pill?"

After purchasing the Pill Formula, Zhang Qingxiao went to the counter that sold Spirit Medicine and asked the attendant.

"The ingredients to refine the Purple Spirit Pill cost fifteen Mid-Grade Spirit Stones per portion."

"The ingredients to refine the Spirit Enhancing Pill cost thirty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones per portion."

"How many portions of ingredients does Senior need?"

Seeing that Zhang Qingxiao was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, the attendant replied respectfully.

"Give me five hundred portions of ingredients for each of the two types of Medicinal Pill."

"Can you offer a discount?"

Zhang Qingxiao thought for a moment before speaking.

He would not be coming to Ancient County City often, so naturally, he had to buy more Spirit Medicine to take back at once.

If it weren't for the fact that he still needed to purchase ingredients to refine the Peiyuan Pill and the Qingling Pill, he would have bought even more.

"Since Senior is buying so many ingredients at once, I can offer a discount of five hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones."

"You only need to give me twenty-two thousand Spirit Stones."

The attendant quickly calculated the price, using his maximum discount authority to round off the five hundred fraction.

Zhang Qingxiao did not dwell on it too much.

After receiving the ingredients, he paid all the Spirit Stones.

Leaving the Four Seas Merchant Association, he rested at an inn for two days before leaving Ancient County City.

Then, he changed his appearance and returned to Ancient County City.

He ran to dozens of Spirit Medicine shops and purchased fifty portions of ingredients for refining the Qingling Pill and twenty portions for refining the Peiyuan Pill.

It was not that he did not want to buy more, but the price of the ingredients to refine these two types of Medicinal Pill was truly too high.

The remaining twenty thousand or so Spirit Stones in his Storage Pouch could only afford this much.

One portion of ingredients to refine the Qingling Pill cost two hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

One portion of ingredients to refine the Peiyuan Pill reached as high as five hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

Not only that, but many of the ingredients for refining these two types of Medicinal Pill could not be bought at many shops.

Even if they could be bought, the quantity was not large.

In order to purchase these Spirit Medicine, Zhang Qingxiao was delayed in Ancient County City for nearly a month and a half before he barely managed to gather all these ingredients.

With everything prepared and all his Spirit Stones spent, he did not continue to stay in Ancient County City.

That afternoon, he left Ancient County City and headed towards the Xiaoyao Sect at full speed.

While resting on the road, he encountered a few waves of robbers at the Qi Refinement Stage, all of whom were easily dealt with by him.

He actually gained some more Spirit Stones, Magical Artifacts, and Talismans.

This time, he did not encounter any Yao Beast above the second rank.

Having left the Xiaoyao Sect for nearly two months, he was eager to return.

It took him less than five days to return to the Xiaoyao Sect.

Zhou Yun, Li Wanqing, and Liang Qiaoer were very worried since Zhang Qingxiao had not returned for such a long time.

They hoped every day that Zhang Qingxiao would return sooner.

In the last few days, the three women even had no heart to Cultivate.

The moment they saw Zhang Qingxiao appear in the Immortal Cave, tears welled up in their eyes, and without caring about anything else, they all rushed into Zhang Qingxiao's embrace.

Zhang Qingxiao comforted them for a while and took out the gifts he had brought for the three women, which finally helped stabilize their emotions.

At dinner, unable to withstand the three women's questioning, he simply recounted his experiences over the past two months.

Although he encountered some trouble on this trip to Ancient County City, it was not dangerous.

At the same time, it also broadened his knowledge and expanded his horizons.

Although he spoke simply, the three women listened with great interest.

After dinner, Zhang Qingxiao, who had not fought for two months, had a satisfying battle for eight hundred rounds with Zhou Yun and Li Wanqing.

"Husband, you have been away for such a long time, making me, Sister Zhou Yun, and Liang Qiaoer very worried..."

"If something really happened to you, we wouldn't know what to do."

"Husband, these past few days, Sister Zhou Yun and I have discussed that we would like to have a child each..."

Li Wanqing rested her head gently on Zhang Qingxiao's arm, saying with a flushed face.

"It won't happen again in the future."

"In a couple of days, I will go buy some Magical Artifacts for long-distance communication and messaging."

"With messaging Magical Artifacts, we can communicate at any time."

"As for the matter of children, don't worry about it for now."

"Let's talk about it after you and Zhou Yun have both reached the Foundation Establishment."

Zhang Qingxiao did not want children so soon.

Every time after the battle, he would deal with the aftermath outside.

Not wanting children was mainly for the sake of Zhou Yun and Li Wanqing.

Li Wanqing was better off; her Cultivation talent was much stronger than Zhou Yun's.

Having a child, even if it delayed her Cultivation, would not have much impact.

Zhou Yun was different; her Aptitude was not good to begin with, and if she had a child, it was estimated that there would be absolutely no possibility of Foundation Establishment.

Although the chance of Foundation Establishment was very small now, it was not entirely impossible.

After all, with a large amount of Medicinal Pill, medicinal diets that could reduce drug resistance, and now the Peiyuan Pill he bought back which could improve Cultivation talent and Aptitude, all of these combined could somewhat increase the possibility of Foundation Establishment.

"Husband, I will listen to you."

Li Wanqing did not want to make Zhang Qingxiao unhappy, so she did not continue this topic but instead brought up the matter of Liang Qiaoer.

She had long seen that Liang Qiaoer liked Zhang Qingxiao, and Liang Qiaoer was not young anymore.

It would not be good to keep her by Zhang Qingxiao's side all the time without giving her a proper status.

"As for Liang Qiaoer, let's wait until she is older and her thinking is more mature."

Zhang Qingxiao shook his head after hearing this.

He could naturally see Liang Qiaoer's intentions.

It was just not the time to talk about these things yet.

Regardless, he would wait until Liang Qiaoer was over twenty years old before asking for her own opinion.

Once her thinking was mature, if she was still willing to follow him, he would not refuse.

"Then I will tell Sister Liang Qiaoer about your thoughts, Husband..."

Li Wanqing had already understood Zhang Qingxiao's meaning and said very understandingly.

After resting for a while, she actively started battling with Zhang Qingxiao again, during which she unlocked many newly learned combat techniques.

Zhang Qingxiao was naturally getting stronger the more he fought, and he only stopped until Li Wanqing was exhausted.

Resting for a night, Zhang Qingxiao, feeling refreshed, Cultivated the Barbaric Body Refining Art for one hour and practiced arts for one hour, then began to study the few Pill Formula he had bought back.

It only took him two hours to summarize all the key points, difficulties, and places where errors were prone to occur during the refining process of the Pill Formula.

Then, he went to the Pill Refining Room to conduct practical verification.

In the evening, the Li Family Foundation Establishment Cultivator came over and told him the news that Wu Gaoqi had been killed while out.

Zhang Qingxiao pretended not to know anything and asked for the specific reasons.

He learned that the Sect still did not know where Wu Gaoqi had died or who had killed him.

Having given up the investigation, he felt relieved.

After the Li Family Foundation Establishment Cultivator left, Zhang Qingxiao continued to refine Medicinal Pill.

After ten days of summarizing and inducing, he successfully refined the Purple Spirit Pill and the Spirit Enhancing Pill.

However, he did not immediately start refining the Peiyuan Pill and the Qingling Pill.

Relatively speaking, refining these two types of Medicinal Pill was much more difficult than the Spirit Enhancing Pill and the Purple Spirit Pill.

And the ingredients he bought back were not many, so he would only try to refine them after he was more proficient with the Medicinal Pill used by Foundation Establishment Cultivators.