Asura Continent

Su Jianguo was slightly startled. He had already sensed that Lu Yang's cultivation base was only at the great circle of the late Foundation Establishment stage. There weren't many people at this cultivation level in the South Sea, and there weren't many either. They weren't particularly strong cultivators. Normally speaking, a cultivator like this wouldn't have many Immortal companions, but why were there so many in Lu Yang's group? There were at least ten of them.

But thinking about it in the blink of an eye, Su Jianguo understood. Lu Yang was not an ordinary cultivator, and he had priceless Face Preserving Pill. There were many pill refiners in the Southern Sea, and there were only a handful of high quality ones. Every single one of them was a target for the strong to win over, and even if they couldn't be won over, ordinary cultivators wouldn't offend them.

No matter how strong a cultivator was, they would need to consume pills to raise their cultivation. The higher the cultivation level, the more required it was. Cultivators generally cultivated all year round, so they had no time to refine pills. Even refining pills might not succeed, which resulted in the cultivators being able to collect the herbs and seek out the help of alchemists. Those powerful alchemists all had friends and experts.

In this way, a surge of strength gushed forth. No one dared to find trouble with an apothecary, and as long as an apothecary ascended to greater heights, their friends and experts would immediately come to their aid. Whoever offended an apothecary would be courting death. That's exactly the case. Not only are apothecaries wealthy, they also have a bunch of wives. Su Jianguo had heard that apothecaries had quite a few wives, but this was the first time he saw an apothecary with more than ten wives like Lu Yang.

However, the number of wives Lu Yang had had had had nothing to do with Su Jianguo. He was a businessman, everything was in the interests of profit. Since Third Uncle took away their Face Preserving Pill, he must take out something of equal value. Hearing Lu Yang's request, Su Jianguo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Fellow Taoist, I have something I want to ask. I don't know if I should ask."

Lu Yang's brows twitched. He knew what the other party wanted to ask and said, "Speak your mind."

"Fellow should be an apothecary, right?" Even though Su Jianguo had guessed that Lu Yang was an apothecary, he wasn't certain of his identity.

Lu Yang nodded his head noncommittally and didn't answer directly.

Su Jianguo had obviously confirmed Lu Yang's nod, which meant that he was indeed an alchemist. He then asked, "Fellow, you are such a powerful alchemist, you should be able to concoct Spirit Formation Pills. Why?"

Lu Yang looked at Su Jianguo indifferently and said, "Did I say that just now? The concocting of the Spirit Formation Pill was simple, but the ingredients needed to be collected. "Since you can tell that the Face Preserving Pill is made by me, you should know how busy my rank of an alchemist is. Can I help them refine pills everyday?"

Su Jianguo suddenly understood. Indeed, it was just as Lu Yang had said. Those powerful alchemists needed to refine pills for the strong. Furthermore, after successfully refining the pills, not only would they be able to befriend the strong cultivators, they would also be able to get a lot of help. Relatively speaking, refining a Spirit Formation Pill didn't have much benefit. If it was really like that, then Su Jianguo would understand Lu Yang's method.

These thoughts flashed through Su Jianguo's mind, causing him to feel a lingering fear. Fortunately, they did not attack Lu Yang earlier. If they really did fight, the consequences would be unimaginable. Once Lu Yang uses a secret technique to escape, then ascend to a higher level and let those experts make their move, he would probably be unable to continue opening the Eight Treasures Pavilion.

Thinking about this, Su Jianguo's attitude towards Lu Yang became even more respectful. He quickly calculated the value of the Spirit Formation Pills. No matter how he put it, these Spirit Formation Pills couldn't compare to the Face Preserving Pill. Su Jianguo thought that he had earned a lot. After some thought, he clasped his fists and said, "Fellow cultivator, can I provide you these Spirit Forming Pills? Do you need anything else?"

Lu Yang wasn't an insatiable person. He felt that what he took was enough and shook his head: "No need, if I need to concoct pills and gather herbs in the future and then come back here to buy, I hope fellow cultivator can give me the lowest price."

Su Jianguo immediately guaranteed, "Fellow cultivator, please be at ease. From today onwards, you are an honored guest of the Eight Treasures Pavilion. As long as you come into the store and ask for Manager Su, I will personally receive you. "In the future, everything in the store will be sold at a 20% discount. If you sell the ingredients, the store will also accept them at a slightly higher price on the market."

"This is our store's VIP jade tablet, please accept it." Su Jianguo was very good at doing business. He divided the cultivators that came to purchase into different grades and ranks. They had different identities, status, and had different treatment. This way, those powerful and wealthy cultivators would come here. This was because they could experience a different treatment within the Eight Treasures Pavilion.

Lu Yang glanced at the jade token, put it away in his storage pouch and asked, "When can I get those pills?"

"Fellow Daoist, please wait a moment. I'll have someone go get it right away." Su Jianguo stood up and sent out a sound transmitting talisman. A moment later, a shop assistant ran over.

When Little Li saw the scene in front of her, she was stunned for a moment before clasping her hands together. "Manager, what orders do you have?"

"Go to the fourth floor and get nine different types of Spirit Formation Pills, then send them here. Hurry up, do you hear me?" Su Jianguo's expression was solemn, and he said with an commanding tone.

Little Li was even more surprised. He originally thought that Lu Yang would be killed by the shopkeeper, but he never thought that not only did he not die, he even became a VIP guest of the Eight Treasures Pavilion. The thing that surprised him the most was that the shopkeeper actually wanted him to take nine different types of Spirit Formation Pills. He knew clearly in his heart that the storage rings of these pills could be called terrifying.

However, Little Li was just a shop assistant. No matter how suspicious he was, he dared not ask and quickly ran to the fourth floor. In a secret room on the fourth floor, there were countless wooden shelves, and on each of the shelves, there was a label with the name of the pill written on it. Little Li quickly took out the pill and walked down the stairs.

Don't look at how many pills there are in the dark room. This shop assistant can freely enter, but not a single shop assistant would dare to secretly hide them. This was because the experts of the Su Clan would release a strand of spiritual sense in the dark room. As long as they saw a cultivator's secret stash, the result could be imagined. There was once a cultivator who secretly took out a Foundation Establishment Pill. After discovering it, Manager Su immediately abolished his cultivation and chased him out of Heavenly Cloud Island.

Xiao Li walked in front of Su Jianguo and placed the eight boxes of pills onto the table, saying, "Shopkeeper, all the pills that you wanted are here."

Su Jianguo glanced at the medicine box and his brows twitched. He said in a low voice, "Didn't I ask you to take a Spirit Formation Pill with nine different attributes? Why did you only take out eight? "

"Manager, the electric attribute Spirit Forming Pill was sold a month ago. The store is already sold." Little Plum answered.

Su Jianguo was silent for a while. Then, he looked at Lu Yang and said, "Fellow, I am truly sorry. Other than the electric type Spirit Formation Pill, the other elixirs are all here. What do you think?"

"It doesn't matter if there's less. Do you have any medicinal herbs here?" Lu Yang asked.

Su Jianguo looked at Little Li and the latter replied, "We do have medicinal ingredients, but the Rank 3 electric beast cores have also been sold out, so …"

Lu Yang smiled wryly in his heart, but didn't think too much about it. He waved his hand and said: "Forget it, I'll go fight Rank 3 Demonic Beasts myself later on! Do you know where there are a lot of electric demon beasts? "

When he said this, the two of them were stunned. Su Jianguo hurriedly said, "Fellow, electric type beasts are different from the other demonic beasts. It can be said that amongst the nine demonic beasts, they are the ones with the strongest abilities. The rest of the attribute demon beasts can be found in the South Sea's islands. The lower level demon beasts can be seen even in the outer regions. The electric attribute demon beasts are different. Only the South Sea can see them. "

"Sea of the South Sea?" This was the first time Lu Yang had heard of this place, so he asked subconsciously, "Do you know where it is?"

The two were stunned once again. They looked at Lu Yang with great astonishment. Su Jianguo said, "Fellow cultivator, is this your first time in the South Sea? Or have you been concocting pills in seclusion all these years?"

Lu Yang knew that these people were suspicious of his identity and smiled indifferently: "I was not a cultivator from the South Sea before and was invited here to refine pills for a senior a few decades ago. After the pill was successfully refined, many cultivators came to find me. "To be honest, this is the first time I've left my cave abode to go to the Heavenly Cloud Island."

Lu Yang's words were half true and half false, to the point that no one would be able to tell the loophole in his words. Naturally, they would no longer doubt his identity.

The two of them came to a realization and Su Jianguo laughed, "So that's how it is! "Looks like Fellow Daoist is refining a lot of medicinal pills every day. I wonder how Fellow Daoist is refining the medicinal pills?"

Lu Yang's brows twitched. He knew that Su Jianguo still had some doubts, so he said, "Fellow Daoist, you think that my cultivation is too low, so it's difficult for me to refine medicinal pills all day?"

Su Jianguo was also a smart person. He clearly had doubts in his heart, but he didn't say it out loud. Instead, he said, "Fellow, you're mistaken. "My cultivation is higher than yours, so I can't practice alchemy all day, so I want to ask you for your advice. If this is a secret, then forget it."

"Actually, this isn't a secret. It's just that I'm very lucky." Lu Yang hesitated for a moment, then patted the storage bag at his waist and took out a petal of a fire lotus, as well as an Extreme Fire Stone. "Fellow should be familiar with these things. They can provide an enormous amount of flame power. I can rely on them to refine a large amount of pills."

Su Jianguo's expression tightened as he looked at Lu Yang with slight envy and sighed, "So that's how it is. Fellow is truly lucky. You even managed to obtain a heavenly material like this."

Xiao Li did not see the reason and could not help but ask, "Manager, how can those tiny red petals be so magical?"

"Send out your divine sense and feel the spiritual energy in the petals." Su Jianguo said seriously.

The moment Little Li's divine sense landed on the petal, he felt a boundless fire spirit energy. He sucked in a breath of cold air and cried out involuntarily, "What a powerful fire spirit energy."

"Don't look at this tiny petal, it's extremely rare. This is the legendary flame flower, also known as the fire lotus." Su Jianguo was truly worthy of being a pill master. He said slowly, "It is said that the Blazing Flame Flower nurtured deep within the magma. It grew 3,000 years ago, bloomed 3,000 years ago, and produced 3,000 years of results.

Little Li was stunned. He said dumbfoundedly, "Oh god! Isn't such a treasure rare in the world? "

"Indeed, it is a rare sight in the world. Without a Nascent Soul stage cultivation, it is impossible to obtain it." Su Jianguo did not doubt how Lu Yang obtained it. His thoughts were simple: Lu Yang must have made friends with a Nascent Soul Stage expert and they were on good terms. That was why the other party gave him such a valuable treasure.

Lu Yang collected the petals of the fire lotus and immediately asked: "Manager, can you now tell me where this Southern Sea is?"

Su Jianguo clasped his hands in apology, "Fellow Daoist Lu, I asked a bit too many questions just now. I hope that you do not take it to heart."

"It is quite normal for fellow Daoist to suspect." Lu Yang waved his hand and said indifferently, "If it was me, driven by curiosity, I might have also asked for the details."

Hearing this, Su Jianguo's old face reddened, and he went straight to the point, "The Sea of the South Sea is very mysterious. There are many people who know about it, but the number of cultivators that have been there can be counted on one hand … …"