
Wuuusssh's.
Liuzhi and Jiaojiao clearly felt a strong wind as one of the voracious tentacles passed through them.
However, Liuzhi and Jiaojiao felt no pain in their bodies. Both of them wondered where the tentacles went.
The two looked up and found the tentacle tip hovering just inches above their heads.
The black-colored object remained motionless and finally fell down to befall the two. Reflexively, Jiaojiao pushed Liuzhi who was hugging him.
Buums.
Fortunately, the two immediately left. From the sound alone, the tentacles weighed tens of kilograms.
"Jiao 'er!" said Liuzhi hurrying to check on Jiaojiao.
"Ah Liu!" jiaojiao said letting Liuzhi examine his body. Usually the girl is embarrassed when Liuzhi gets too close to her and tries to avoid her by making a fuss.
But he did it while still in the East Ufuk Valley. After traveling together, Jiaojiao is now more able to be honest with his feelings.
"Sorry, I got carried away so that it almost hurt you, um, I'll take care of the carcass of the greedy one. If you guys are done, just say it," Lu Yiming said sighing. It's good to be young..
LIuzhi and Jiaojiao did not hear Lu Yiming's words and continued to be in their world for a while.
After that the two decided to immediately make pills and start selling. Their top priority right now is indeed seeking income.
Liuzhi and Jiaojiao agreed to tell Lu Yiming their identities but kept secret who their teacher was.
"Senior Lu's. Thank you for bringing us here. In fact, we are the Alchemists and herbs that we picked up for our own use" Liuzhi said.
"Alchemy Expert?! Did ya? Unexpectedly, they were this close," Lu Yiming said pretending.
Liuzhi observed Lu Yiming's expression that didn't seem as shocked as it looked. What did Jiaojiao say was true?
"Just calm. No one can defeat me in this world because I am actually from Baihu, Zhongjian" Lu Yiming said. Lu Yiming stated his origin because Liuzhi and Jiaojiao had also told him his true identity.
"really? Do you have anything to do with the Jian clan?" liuzhi said enthusiastically.
"Are you a "Baihu"?" jiaojiao said curiously. Jiaojiao observed Lu Yiming from head to toe but found no resemblance to a Baihu.
There were no white tiger ears, cat whiskers or white tiger tails on Lu Yiming. Lu Yiming shook his head.
"No. I am not a Baihu but I am from the Jian clan branch," Lu Yiming said issuing his identity which was a milky white square-shaped jade.
On the right and left side of the jade surface there are scratches resembling scratches. There is chi that only exists in a Baihu.
That way, Liuzhi and Jiaojiao were increasingly convinced that Lu Yiming's identity was genuine. No one could forge the identity issued from a great clan like the Jian clan.
"Woah," said Liuzhi and Jiaojiao simultaneously. The two observed the jade in admiration.
"Alright then, we'll just start before our invitation comes," Liuzhi said.
Before leaving, both of them had gathered herbs, enough to make life pills, internal pills, body pills and cultivation pills.
These herbs are stored in special dimensional sacs. True, an Alchemist is required to have two dimensional sacs where one dimensional pouch is used to store tools and materials to make pills.
"Is it safe here?" liuzhi asked Lu Yiming. Lu Yiming nodded.
"Have.the blood of the greedy will make the spirit beasts around here afraid. And our invitation arrived in about an hour" Lu Yiming added.
The Alchemy Process itself was able to attract the attention of the surrounding cultivators therefore Liuzhi and Jiaojiao chose this voracious landmass as their first choice.
Without further ado, Liuzhi and Jiaojiao took out their respective cauldrons. At first glance, the cauldron belonging to Liuzhi and Jiaojiao looked like it was made of gold, when it was actually made of bronze.
The bronze can resemble the color of gold because it has special characteristics that are able to support Alchemists making pills using the bronze-based cauldron.
Lu Yiming observed the two 'bosses' who were struggling with the cauldron and the herbal plants hovering around them.
Lu Yiming remained vigilant in case any cultivators passed through this area. His eyes swept up to several hundred meters while occasionally noticing Liuzhi and Jiaojiao.
Twenty minutes later, both of them seemed happy despite being covered in sweat. Lu Yiming stared at the life pills made by Liuzhi and the cultivation pills made by Jiaojiao.
It seemed like the two had split the task in order to be able to concoct an assortment of pills. Lu Yiming was curious about the quality of the pills so he approached the two.
"Oh? One high quality life pill, three medium quality life pills?" lu Yiming said in disbelief.
The cultivation pills made by Jiaojiao were included in the good category even though they were still of low quality.
"Hmph, if my stomach is full, of course I can make a better pill!" liuzhi said proudly.
"Ah Liu, I'm hungry," said Jiaojiao. His face looked a little pale so Liuzhi told Jiaojiao to rest.
During that one hour, Liuzhi managed to concoct four life pills, four internal pills and four body pills.
"Sorry, I'm really tired so I can only produce one medium quality pill" Liuzhi said listlessly.
"What did you say? This pill will sell for a high price! It's a little drink," Lu Yiming said giving his mist springs to Liuzhi. Jiaojiao had been given it just now.
"Um, this, you wouldn't assume we owe you a few drops of mist springs would you?" liuzhi said hesitantly. Jiaojiao looked at Lu Yiming suspiciously.
"Ahahaha, of course not. Am I a stingy person?" said Lu Yiming. After all, after this, his two bosses would earn quite a lot of money and he would get a few more bottles of mist springs.
Consider it an investment with high interest. Lu Yiming let out his best business smile to appease the two teenage bosses.
"Oh yeah, do you think we're selling these pills through an auction house or not?" ask Liuzhi.
"It's best that you leave it to me because selling a few bottles of pills at a time is very dangerous" Lu Yiming replied honestly.
"Gosh, what better one first? What if you get hurt?" jiaojiao said worriedly. If Lu Yiming was injured, who would be their bodyguard?
"Hmm, okay. Here, I entrust to you," said Liuzhi handing over some porcelain bottles to Lu Yiming.
"I'll make sure I sell it at a high price. Oh yes, you guys can borrow the spirit beast core to me. Use it to rent a room and have lunch. Stay in the room until I come to you, just leave your name to the receptionist" Lu Yiming said.
Liuzhi and Jiaojiao's mouths opened looking at the extremely fat pouch that Lu Yiming had just removed from his dimensional pouch. Liuzhi received the pouch while weighing it.
Unexpectedly, their bodyguards were rich! the bag felt heavy and dense, until it almost erupted. Liuzhi and Jiaojiao smiled awkwardly at having to borrow Lu Yiming's spirit beast core.
A few minutes later, a gondola approached them. Liuzhi and Jiaojiao had cleaned up the equipment and the remaining unused materials and did not forget to remove the smell of the herbal plants so that no one was suspicious.
The gondola floated a few meters above them then floated down after close. A forty-year-old man and his seventeen-year-old son operate the gondola.
"Ah, apparently you managed to survive on this island," said the middle-aged man.
"Ens. Thank you for picking us up" Lu Yiming said.
"You have paid me, of course I will stay here even if you have become fertilizer for the trees on this island" said the man.
Lu Yiming helped Liuzhi and Jiaojiao up then sat quietly without taking heart of what the man said.
In the land of Chou, people were used to seeing someone he had just known a moment ago in a lifeless state if the person was not careful. So the man was just saying the facts.
Liuzhi, Jiaojiao and Lu Yiming arrived at the center of the capital Chou four hours later. The closer to the capital the trees get higher and shady. The gondola flies at a high enough height.
The gondola floated down towards the terminal just below it, through several tree branches.
The more it went down, the less sunlight was visible, making the atmosphere of the capital very somber.
Jiaojiao observed the situation around him with a frown, he did not like it very much here. So somber, so serious and nothing fun to see.
Just look at those tall and burly uncles with faces so tense. They look so emotional that they are nudged just a little they must have pulled out their weapons.
Liuzhi noticed Jiaojiao's gloomy gaze on the gondola not far from their right side. The gondola was filled with cultivators with serious faces.
"Don't look at him for long" whispered Liuzhi. Jiaojiao immediately pretended to look up when one of the uncles looked back at him. Almost only!
After the gondola lands, the three exit the terminal together and then separate.
(the land surrounding the mainland/capital)
Liuzhi and Jiaojiao immediately went to lunch while Lu Yiming went towards the auction house.
Liuzhi and Jiaojiao walked very carefully so as not to bump into anyone along the way.
Jiaojiao imitated Liuzhi who kept staring down the namuun but was careful not to bump into anyone.
There's nothing to look at anyway. On Jiaojiao's right and left there were only cultivators and cultivators who were full of intimidation.
Liuzhi finally chose a simple restaurant located in front of the inn that was rarely a visitor.
The restaurant only has four wooden tables in its grounds and four private rooms on the second floor. Liuzhi chose to sit in the courtyard alone.
"Jeez, to drink alone we have to spend 20 medium-sized spirit beast cores," Jiaojiao said.
Is it okay to do, even though Chou country does not lack water, but ready to drink black water?
The price Liuzhi and Jiaojiao had brought was one bottle of mist spring water. Liuzhi could only eat food in silence.
The cost of living in this country is very expensive. They can't wait to get out of the country. Liuzhi and Jiaojiao wished Lu Yiming a successful mission.
...
In front of the auction house.
Lu Yiming was showing his fake identity to the guards and waiting for his turn to meet one of the auction house brokers.
(illustration of auction house)
Although the queue snaked, with their strong bodies, all those who were queuing in front of the auction house remained patiently waiting to enter the auction house.
An hour later, Lu Yiming was guided to one of the private rooms between the pagodas.
"Good day, how can I help you?" said the broker politely and allowed Lu Yiming to sit down.
"I want to auction off some pill bottles," Lu Yiming said flatly.
The broker who was pouring fog springs in a cup of glass until it was unconscious that the contents spilled everywhere while the person who drove Lu Yiming to hit the door.
"I'm sorry? You mean, the pills made by the Alchemist?" said the broker still spilling the mist springs all over the table.
Lu Yiming grimaced to see the broker was wasting the spirit beast core onto the table just like that.
Lu Yiming's hand grabbed a teapot filled with mist from the broker and then drank the contents directly from the teapot.
The broker did not care about Lu Yiming's actions and immediately ordered the person who had just hit the door to immediately call someone. It might be his boss.
"Oh, your esteemed Alchemist is about to sell you what pills?" the broker said smiling as sweetly as possible.
Lu Yiming felt like he was going to vomit seeing the fake smile of the broker. Especially when he felt the movement of a group of people outside his private room.
It turned out that this auction house was quite sneaky as it surrounded the person who was about to sell pills. Lu Yiming put the empty teapot to the table tight until the teapot cracked and then finished the jian.
"I'm not an Alchemist. And I don't like it when my privacy is compromised. Get the people waiting outside, including those hiding in the ceiling to get out of here before I tear this room apart and look for another auction house!" yiming Lu.