Chapter 293: Trade Fair Area
After parting with Xiao Ming, Xiao Yi Xian directly took Qing Ling to search for the so-called trade fair area in the Pill Tower.
Fortunately, it wasn't difficult to find. They soon arrived at a gate with a sign indicating it.
As they entered, a spacious and cool corridor greeted them, filled with the sounds of bustling activity. Xiao Yi Xian led Qing Ling through the corridor, scanning her surroundings as they walked.
Ahead of them was an extremely spacious hall, filled with many neatly arranged stone platforms that resembled vendor stalls. Behind these platforms, some people who looked like stall owners were sitting cross-legged, giving off a lazy vibe that did not seem like typical business people. Of course, they were not...
The spacious hall was mostly populated by alchemists, many of whom were of high tiers, including some in the seventh tier, indicating that the quality of the trade fair area in the Pill Tower's headquarters was indeed good.
The Alchemists strolled around the spacious hall, stopping occasionally in front of stone platforms to examine the displayed items carefully. If they found something of interest, they would pause and negotiate with the stall owner.
Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Ling's arrival did not attract much attention.
They scoured the different stalls, each displaying various strange and curious things.
However, due to their profession, most of the items for sale were related to alchemy, such as pill recipes, medicinal cauldrons, and medicinal herbs.
After a thorough search, Xiao Yi Xian found many useful medicinal herbs but had to pay a hefty price to obtain them.
In this kind of trade fair area, gold coins didn't hold much value. After all, which alchemist present wasn't a rich person with money to burn? Gold coins were just a meaningless number to them.
Only goods were exchanged here. Fortunately, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Ling had plenty of valuable items on them, such as the storage rings of captured beasts like Yao Yun and others, which Xiao Ming had given them without taking much for himself.
In addition, he also left behind some good Dou Techniques that they could practice. Combined with their own accumulation, they could be considered as qualified small wealthy women.
After spending some time browsing, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Ling were about to leave the trade fair area. Just as they were about to leave and wait for Xiao Ming at the entrance, Xiao Yi Xian noticed a jade stone platform in the north corner. A faint chill emanated from the platform and spread out, lowering the temperature considerably.
On the jade platform, there were scattered herbs, scrolls, and even pills, which didn't look like ordinary items.
Xiao Ming had changed his badge, and although there were still seven stars on it, the color of the seventh star was no different from the others. It was evident that he had passed the incredibly strict testing of the Pill Tower and had become a high-grade seventh-tier Alchemist.
It was quite unbelievable that Xiao Ming had passed the rigorous testing of the Pill Tower without ever having refined a single high seventh-tier pill before.
This was a story that no one would believe if it were told.
As Xiao Ming wandered around the trade fair area, everyone who saw him had their pupils shrink in shock.
"Am I seeing things? A high-grade seventh-tier Alchemist?"
"One, two, three, four, six, seven, seven stars! You are not blind; he really is a high-grade seventh-tier Alchemist!"
*Gasp*
Wherever Xiao Ming passed, there was a sound of inhaling cold air.
The fact that he was a high-grade seventh-tier Alchemist wasn't enough to make them so amazed, considering that even eighth-tier Alchemists were seen here. Rather, it was his youthful appearance that stunned onlookers, he looked like he was not even twenty years old.
They had never seen such a prodigy before.
Some older men with gray beards secretly covered up their once-proud badges, as Xiao Ming's appearance dealt them a heavy blow.
Ignoring the stares and whispers around him, Xiao Ming spotted Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and a faint smile appeared on his face as he walked towards them.
"Why are you two standing here so quietly? Have you found everything you needed?" he asked.
"We've found everything I need to mix into a poisonous potion. It should be enough to help me cultivate until the six-star Dou Ancestor. Oh, by the way, we found the Snow Bone Ginseng you were looking for. But he is asking for a high price..." Xiao Yi Xian explained.
"Oh?" Xiao Ming followed her gesture towards the direction of the Snow Bone Ginseng.
