Making a few business deals to advance quickly./
"I require items and fast." Xiao Yan sat down, looking at those present. "The Xiao Family has recently done me a service."
Like providing the body for him to take the same as the previous reincarnation did for one! He was not about to tell them that, of course.
"But I would be stupid to put all my eggs in a single basket. The Mitre Family has my ear first, then the other two families in the area for now."
"Then let us get down to business first." Gu Ni passed over a book that Xiao Yan gave him earlier. At that time, Ya Fei came in wearing his Battle Dress Design. It suited her well. She moved to his side like a dutiful student. "Alchemist Liang Yu can currently provide these for sale directly."
Recovery Pill to remove different poisons and maladies plaguing a person.
Enhancing Meridian Pill to give resistance while in dangerous environments to help cultivate.
Berserk Potion to boost the physical body but also turning off the pain receptors of the one who took it.
Dragon Amassing Strength Pill to force the body to devour high levels of Protein, Calcium, Zinc, and Iron to grow muscle and bone tissue. Only survival with large quantities of food used with a strong mind to hold on during the pain process.
"We wish to purchase the Recovery Pills." Gu Ni answered directly. Five bottles were placed in front of him as he gave them a deep inspection. Take his time as this also helped sell it to the others present. Crafty seller to try to endear himself to Xiao Yan this way. "Very fragrant!"
Ingesting a single pill, Gu Ni felt refreshed and could feel the energy go through his body, helping remove his indigestion and overall gas in his body. The continuous headache he usually had from dealing with people all day vanishing as well.
"We will not be stingy!" Gu Ni took three of the bottles for purchase. "75,000 should be more than enough, yes?"
"Sure." Xiao Yan nodded. He then looked to the Ao Family member. He shook no, so the offer was to Jia Lie Be now. "How about yourself?"
"We do not have a need for that at this time." Jia Lie Be wanted it but not at the risk of losing out on the outer pills. The Mitre Family made their move again.
"Since they do not want it, may we purchase the last two bottles then?"
"Of course. Or trade for them." Xiao Yan was still in the need for some more Herbs and Seeds, which the man knew about already. With a simple gesture, Gu Ni stored them away and offered a spatial ring with a few herbs prepared. "These will do nicely."
Moving on to the Enhancing Meridian Pill, there were 20 bottles as it was the easiest to make. Mass producing because of the items available and abundance of herbs when traveling, it was best to sell at a good price.
"We will purchase 10." Gu Ni offered up. The sum of money offered over was enough to buy a small town. "Any way for us to get the formula as well?"
"Can you afford this?" Xiao Yan passed over a small paper with the terms on it. The Mitre Family in this area would have to ally themselves with him directly. Meaning they needed to provide support in various ways of course. "Take it up with whoever you need to of course."
"This.. this we can do easily." Gu Ni looked at Ya Fei who gave the smallest of gestures to agree. "Since you are Ya Fei's teacher we can defintely do this much right now."
"Good, let's continue with the selling of course."
The other two families purchased 5 Enhancing Meridian Pills. Wanting to own some before the Mitre Family started putting them on the market when they made it themselves later. They were good, but if the items were modified, they wouldn't know without buying some originals first.
'So many seeds to plant and way for development! A few elixirs to help the soul to recover is defintely nice! Just can't let them know that of course!' Thinking to himself of how difficult it was to amass resources in the previous places, it was becoming easier and easier everytime now. 'Just need to recover to restore a few places in Dark Moon City, lots of stuff there in the vaults.'
The Berserk Potion was only bought by the Ao Family. A fair price earning 50,000 altogether.
The Dragon Amassing Pill only had four bottles. The Mitre Family could only afford one at the current time. With the Ao and Jia Lie Families pooling money together to do so for a bottle. Splitting with pills going to each of them carefully.
Given the different pill lists use to make the pills, they blanched at the very notion of doing so. Several of the pills listed could only be made by top-tier Alchemists.
"Jia Lie Bi," Xiao Yan thought about the work the man was doing to get an alchemist for his family. "I heard you are looking for an alchemist for your family directly. The Alchemist Xuan Hwan, his disciple Lie Shi is a bit of a snake in the grass."
"How did you know about this?" The man was shocked of course.
"Just ear to the ground so to speak." Xiao Yan rather links the family to himself to build up work. Plus it would give him better entry into the clans to take bodies for refinement later. If things start to go bad that is. "Provide the ingredients at a good cost with some people to do some work where I need, I will make sure to do good work."
"That sounds most agreeable." Lie Bi was quite happy as negotiations with the Alchemist Lie Shi were quite unfavorable. "Do I meet you here?"
"Come over to the Xiao Clan and ask for Xiao Yan. Best not to send your son considering the problems of his character." Xiao Yan was willing to spare the man's son to cement the deal and future negotiations. "Best to stop spoiling him with danger on the horizon. The Jia Ma Empire is not as safe as you are lead to believe."
"I will see to it." The man like most have come to the conclusion that he was an Alchemist that faced hardships most likely.
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Before Departing-
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Xiao Yan was currently cultivating with every bit available to him. The cracks closing more and more with only big ones left here and there. The small ones almost all sealed up with everything used and a large influx to his reserves.
More of his Divine Sparks restoring as well tp produce deeper insights into the World around him. Having detected Ya Fei in proximity, he didn't stop what he was doing and continued to cultivate. Feeling the rush towards his skin as his wife soul stirred a little more in his Internal Space.
"Xiao Yan, how are you today?" Ya Fei closed the door and felt her body come alive. "These Flames..." it tickled against her skin in the oddest way. Comforting but also saddening a little.
"I am fine. Sit, let's talk openly." In a good mood, he didn't mind her presence. "Have you run into problems in your cultivation already?"
"Not at all. The notes help a lot actually." Ya Fei looked at the different colored flames and could see different attributes in each of them. "Fire with whats looks to be Metal in one. Fire with.. Ice in another. Can anyone do this?"
"With time, of course. Once I am healed, it becomes easier to help others." Xiao Yan moved it towards her face. Turning it into a Red Wolves that ran about. "A way to prepare yourself for it, is to not to limit the concept of qi to the taught restrictions."
"That sounds to complicated for now." She waved her hand dismissing the notion. The dou qi wolf landing on the top of her head but not burning at all. "The rumor says that the engagement with Nalan Yanran broke off, you must have a reason for doing so."
"Haha, I see. Gossip is a good weapon." Xiao Yan laughed a little. "She wanted to break it off so I obliged. The break-off gifts helped me recover some of my strength. So it worked out for me. I already have some one in my heart of hearts."
"Oh, when can I meet her?" Ya Fei was somewhat disappointed about this. 'Heart of hearts, what does that mean exactly?'
"I am making it happen as soon as possible. She is just a feisty thing though. Hopefully, she will not be upset about this Yun Lan Sect nonsense. She only cares about strong women near me and even stronger men. Very temperamental."
Humor in his voice as memory flickered through making the situation more comfortable for Ya Fei.
"With your skills, only one wife?" Ya Fei thought it odd considering his skills, most Alchemist had afew wives and concubines.
"Yup." Xiao Yan gave her a weird look. "My.. brother you could say is married to another. Most likely gonna have another one to."
If things goes as it went last time when he recovered from major soul damage, he would most likely split off another part of his soul to compensate.
"You are trustworthy enough, do not share with anyone else of course."
"You are my teacher, it would cause me trouble and endless grief to betray you."
"That is good. I have grown fond of getting to know you over the last few days." Xiao Yan created a large ball of dou qi from the surrounding flames. "The Soul, every living thing has it, and inanimate objects that bathed in massive dou-qi can gain one."
"Right."
"Just like how a container can only hold so much at one time, this is true for a soul. If the vessel is inadequate, the breakdown is almost immediate. If the soul is not bound by something like a body, it will sort of wander in place like a ghost, specter, or a shade."
The ball of dou-qi moved about in every way to what he described. Providing oral understanding and visuals went a long way.
"In a heavenly rich environment, it wouldn't be a problem. But in a small one or a limited one, the dou-qi would be consumed quickly. Leaving the soul starving and searching for a way to live. With dou-qi inside a body gone, it to will begin to break down. For dou-qi is just energy of the soul itself."
"Is this what is happening to you?" Ya Fei asked with a frown. He nodded this was the case. "What can be done to help that kind of situation? Medicine should be able to help fix the vessel, right?"
"Of course." Xiao Yan didn't have to plant many ideas into her head. She was smart and figured things out really quickly. "Pushing the body higher, tempering the soul also helps. But these all have drawbacks. Reasons to live are also a good one. Experiences to help stimulate the soul helps."
His body could defintely go higher, but the refinement process would be to painful with it and to much of a loss when he does it currently. That, of course was not going to be explained to her.
"Soul Tempering is not the easiest thing to do. One is because people are wary of others. Two, the resources are not easy to come across. Three, even if you have the resources, you would need someone capable of making it. I don't even have a recipe for that myself prepared, but that is fine."
"Haa, this is depressing." Ya Fei actually didn't want to hear anymore as she processed this. "Before I forget teacher, the Monster Cores you put up sold already. We made a good sum of money. Your cut. A fair amount of gold and some herbs since we couldn't cover it all still."
"Thanks." Storing it away, Xiao Yan pulled in the various flames. Each of them were gathering dou-qi the entire time they were out. "If you try the method to make yourself stronger with a large influx of dou-qi, make sure to have an outlet to help with it."
He didn't want the girl blowing up and taking put a portion of the country.
"I understand. If your vessel was fixed and you have an over abundance of dou qi, what happens exactly?"
"Your soul will rip a part of itself off if you have a good enough cultivation method to help. Creating another vessel to help contain you in the event you explode. Very dangerous stuff." Xiao Yan stood up and walked to the bathing area attached to the room. "Before, you didn't have hope for becoming a powerful cultivator, that is a thing of the past. I assure even if I die, you have the means to keep going forward. Be careful of who you trust."
Ya Fei bowed and left. Much to think about. She came to learn not to have more questions to ask. Thinking of her grandfather and how he could help, the young woman felt her ambitions rising once more.
Duan Jian, Long Sha, Ye Han, and Maynard sat in the other bathing tubs. Giving a simple nod to him upon entering. The medicine they were using helped to speed up their cultivation advancement.
"We were able to recover a the Fate Souls you entrusted to us." Duan Jian floated over the same as the others, a few Balls composed of several layered Inscription Patterns and Runes. "Protecting pieces of your Soul was defintely the right move back then."
"But will it work since you have changed like this?" Maynard voiced out. "Your soul has advanced to another stage with the merging of Xiao Yan Shen Yue."
"Yes, it should be fine. Most likely will have another Spiritual Clone because of it, though, but it brings us one step closer to getting back to the Time Space Library." Ingesting each of them, he felt better by the second. "Give me some time and I will have the vault opened up."
"No rush." Long Sha voiced. Everyone looked towards him. "I am not ready to fae the happier times our Fate Star's were removed. Should have done like you did and kept the Spiritual God Spark in the end."
"Let's leave this for later, the Mitre Family is ok but that doesn't mean others won't try to kill us if not careful." Ye Han was not fond of having less 1/10 of his strength. "We use to be Deities.. now an expert could just crush us easily."
Focusing solely on cultivating, the room was quiet now. Only a few movements of Dou-Qi making any type of noise in the water. The speedy recovery of their Divine Sparks was the best thing to happen besides being revived of course.
A flash of purple flame over Xiao Yan as the abundant energy of his soul sealed up the final cracks. He was whole once more, with the Internal Space bathed in abundant energy waking more of his people up from stasis.
The Spiritual Puppet Liang Yu waking up fully. It moved under the Flame Vortex Core as a piece seperated into the image of the Champions previous body. Shen Yue formed and look very much like his last appearance.