On a small street in Tiantong City, a pill shop quietly opened for business.
Xiao Fei sat behind the counter of the small shop, engrossed in an ancient book.
As he read, inexhaustible spiritual energy from heaven and earth actively surged into his body. Then, the "Hun Yuan Gong" automatically circulated, refining this spiritual energy into primordial mana.
With his current aptitude, his cultivation was progressing every moment. He estimated that in a few hundred more years, he would be able to cultivate to the middle stage of Nascent Soul.
A few hundred years seemed long, but for a Nascent Soul expert, it was a very short time.
Most people might not even advance a small step in one or two thousand years.
Huang Feifei was leisurely organizing the spiritual pills and herbs on the shelves in the shop. As long as she was by Xiao Fei's side, she felt a sense of peace in her heart.
Because her beauty was too astonishing, she always wore a veil to reduce the attention she received.
However, her understanding of human nature was still not deep enough. The more she concealed herself, the more curiosity she aroused in others.
Fortunately, Xiao Fei was also present in the shop, letting people know that this flower was already taken, dispelling most of the dark thoughts and leaving them only with sighs of regret.
They felt like a beautiful flower had been placed on cow dung.
"Feifei, don't always be idle. If you have time, seize the opportunity to cultivate!
Look at me, I'm diligently cultivating even while reading!"
"Young Master's teachings are correct. I will go cultivate now!"
Huang Feifei responded obediently, but she still brewed a pot of nourishing tea for Xiao Fei before preparing to leave.
"Wait a moment. I have a bottle of spiritual spring water here that is very helpful for comprehending laws. Take it and try drinking it."
Xiao Fei took out a large bottle of Enlightenment Spring Water and casually tossed it to Huang Feifei.
Huang Feifei had been in the Nascent Soul stage for quite some time, yet she had not been able to comprehend laws.
This was not because Huang Feifei's aptitude was too poor, but rather because Nascent Soul cultivators were generally like this.
At most, they could only touch the threshold of laws.
It was extremely rare for someone like Xiao Fei to comprehend laws at the Nascent Soul stage.
"Thank you, Young Master!"
Huang Feifei took the large bottle and walked towards the back of the shop.
After Huang Feifei left, Xiao Fei stood up and took out several bottles of pills he had refined from his embrace, placing them on the shelves.
Tiantong City was an ancient city that had existed since ancient times. It had gone through countless years and countless changes of owners, but the city had endured the ravages of time and remained preserved.
Millions of cultivators resided in the city, along with countless mortals who were affiliated with cultivators.
Perhaps it was because a Jianmu had once grown here that the environment around Tiantong City was particularly suitable for the growth of various spiritual herbs and spiritual woods.
The spiritual herbs produced in Tiantong City were very famous throughout the Central Continent.
Many merchants from other regions came here, selling various spiritual medicinal materials to Tiantong City.
"Excuse me, fellow Daoist, can one refine pills here?"
At this moment, a young-looking cultivator walked in from the entrance.
"That's right, we can refine them. We guarantee a success rate of thirty percent. If it's less than thirty percent, we will compensate according to the price."
Xiao Fei guaranteed with great confidence.
"To be honest, fellow Daoist, this pill is extremely important to me. I'm waiting for this pill to save my life."
As the young man said this, he felt a little uneasy because he had already been rejected by several shops.
"If the refinement fails, I hope you can compensate me with longevity pills of equivalent value!"
"I need to see your pill formula and spiritual herbs first before I can decide whether to agree."
Xiao Fei did not actually have any longevity-enhancing spiritual herbs yet. If the refinement failed, he would not be able to afford the compensation.
"Fellow Daoist, please take a look!"
The young man said, taking out a jade slip and presenting it to Xiao Fei.
Xiao Fei took the jade slip and probed it with his divine sense.
When he saw one of the medicinal ingredients, he was stunned.
"Fellow Daoist, your pill formula contains a spiritual herb called Jianmu. Can you show it to me for inspection?"
The Jianmu in Tiantong City was merely a legend from ancient times; no one had ever truly seen the actual object.
He was now a little suspicious that this young man was trying to trick him with a piece of spiritual wood.
"There must be a misunderstanding. This Jianmu is not that Jianmu.
This is a local specialty, a type of ore with wood-like textures on its surface, which has some benefits for extending life."
As the young man spoke, he took out a jade box. When the box was opened, there was a piece of ore about the size of a finger inside.
Xiao Fei took the small piece of ore into his hand. It was long and slender, about half a finger thick and an inch long.
It had many patterns resembling wood grain on it.
Carefully sensing its medicinal properties, Xiao Fei analyzed that this item did indeed have some effect on prolonging life.
He then compared it with the pill formula and other spiritual herbs, carefully deliberating and judging. He already had a plan in mind.
"No problem, I can refine it!"
"Thank you, fellow Daoist. When can I collect the pills?"
"In three days!"
The two of them drew up a written agreement as proof, and the young man took his leave.
After receiving the spiritual herbs and the pill formula, Xiao Fei threw a puppet next to the counter.
Then, he entered the space and took out the piece of ore called Jianmu, examined it carefully for a while, and began refining the pill.
"Disperse!"
As Xiao Fei circulated the laws of dispersal, the ore in his hand decomposed at an extremely slow pace.
However, decomposing this piece of ore today proved to be extremely difficult, something Xiao Fei had never experienced since comprehending the laws of dispersal.
But as the saying goes, perseverance prevails.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed in the space. By this time, the piece of ore in Xiao Fei's hand had finally been successfully decomposed.
The moment the ore was completely decomposed, a small green light spot flew out from it.
After being decomposed from the ore, the small green light spot was about to be absorbed into the land of the space.
Xiao Fei quickly snatched the light spot.
According to his estimation, the main component in the ore that contributed to prolonging life should be this green light spot.
If it escaped, he wouldn't be able to refine this batch of pills.
However, he was also a little surprised. Besides absorbing spirit stones, the space had never actively absorbed anything else.
The main ingredient in this pill formula was this piece of ore. The subsequent refining process was much simpler.
In the space, it only took a few hours to complete the pill refinement.
This was the first time refining, and he had no experience. This batch only yielded six pills, and he could keep three for himself.
When the agreed-upon three-day deadline arrived, the young man visited again.
Xiao Fei handed a jade box to the young man.
"There are three pills in total. Fellow Daoist, please inspect them."
The young man opened the jade box and his expression became a little excited when he saw the three pills inside.
"Thank you, fellow Daoist!"
"You're welcome, fellow Daoist. I have one more thing to ask. Do you still have this type of ore?"
Xiao Fei was now very curious about that ore and wanted to get some more to let the space absorb and try.
He was even eagerly anticipating what reactions the space might have after absorbing that light spot.
"I'm sorry, I only have this one piece.
Although Jianmu is a specialty ore of Tiantong City, after countless years of excavation and mining, it is now extremely rare."
"That small piece last time was also obtained at a great cost."