“But isn’t your Hundred Spirits Pavilion specifically dealing in prohibited drugs from the Western Region? If you don’t sell these illegal things, what else can you sell?”
“?…?”
Hearing this, the young girl under the red vine mask twitched her lips again.
She really wanted to take off her mask right now, then pounce on Yino in one swift move, straddle him, and thoroughly interrogate this brat about where he got this insider information that only old hands in the black market would know.
But obviously, Xinyao couldn’t do that. At least for now, she couldn’t let Yino know her true identity.
“It’s not that I won’t sell to you.”
“It’s just that, Young Master, you’re only at the Qi Refinement stage. With your cultivating stage, if you take the Nine Revolutions Soul Tempering Pill, I’m afraid you’d die on the spot!”
“If you were to die from taking the pill here in my pavilion, how could I explain that to your aunt?”
After some consideration, Xinyao finally came up with a decent reason for refusal.
Seeing Yino’s disappointed face, she smiled coyly and said gently:
“How about this, Young Master? I have some Foundation Establishment Pills, Qi Gathering Pills, Spirit Condensing Pills… Of course, the Hundred Spirits Pavilion also sells some cultivation methods and mental techniques that can assist you in the Foundation Establishment stage!”
“But I’m already at the Foundation Establishment stage, what use are these things to me?”
Yino raised an eyebrow, looking disdainfully at the beginner’s package in the red-robed young woman’s hand.
He sighed, feeling helpless:
“Madam Pavilion Master, I’m almost at the peak of Foundation Establishment.”
“If that’s not possible, you could give me some Core Formation stage pills, and maybe some cultivation methods for stages above Core Formation as well.”
By the end, Yino had almost lost all hope in the Hundred Spirits Pavilion.
He had already looted the Deer Shrine in Snow Village clean, how could he lack these most basic pills?
Honestly, Yino felt that if he went back to Wuji Sect to ask Yuyan, she could probably bring him a whole box of these basic auxiliary pills from the alchemy room.
“You… you’re already at Foundation Establishment?”
Suddenly, the red-robed young woman behind the curtain sat up straight again.
Under that red vine mask, the young woman’s pale golden phoenix eyes widened slightly in surprise, only now noticing the spiritual energy fluctuations from Yino that far exceeded the Foundation Establishment stage. Let alone Qi Refinement…
His Foundation Establishment stage spiritual energy fluctuations were almost comparable to someone at Core Formation!
Clearly, in just half a month since they last met, Yino had already shown the aura of someone approaching Core Formation!
“Is it not obvious?”
Yino held his forehead, and with increasing confusion, even his gaze towards the red-robed young woman became suspicious.
After all, the Hundred Spirits Pavilion Master he saw today was far different from the image in the original game of a cold, flirtatious bad woman who always had a smile on her lips and often teased her customers.
-Was it possible that I had encountered a fake one?-
Meanwhile, Xinyao also seemed to feel the decreasing respect in the young man’s eyes towards her. She quickly narrowed her eyes coldly, intentionally raising her aura of authority a few notches. As the Hundred Spirits Pavilion Master who could do prohibited drug business in Western Province City, Xinyao’s cultivation was naturally deep and hidden.
She had been worried that Yino was only at Qi Refinement stage, and that if she unleashed her full pressure at the start, the little guy would lose his composure. But now it seemed that Xinyao had severely underestimated her little nephew!
Even though she had raised him from childhood, this boy actually had one face in front of her and another behind her back. All these years, he had been pretending to be a cultivation waste and a prodigal young master!
Moreover, Xinyao now seriously suspected that Yino’s previous frequent visits to the Phoenix Pavilion and gambling dens were not to watch pretty sisters dance, but purely to make contact with the underground black market and gather intelligence… Otherwise, how could Yino possibly know about the Nine Revolutions Soul Tempering Pills?
Over the years, the Hundred Spirits Pavilion had always operated on a referral system, with strict screening standards for each new customer.
Information about the Hundred Spirits Pavilion was impossible to know unless one was a veteran of the black market, and even knowledgeable old hands wouldn’t easily reveal the secrets of the Hundred Spirits Pavilion without a hefty consultation fee as a bribe!
“Core Formation stage cultivation methods and pills are not impossible, it’s just a matter of my say-so.”
Xinyao said lightly, casually snapping her fingers. A black-clad woman emerged from the corner, carrying an exquisite tray with a gold-threaded storage ring on it.
The black-clad woman placed the tray in front of Yino, who couldn’t help but look up at her.
“Hmph…”
The masked woman narrowed her cold eyes.
She brought her fingers together in front of her chest, lightly snorted, and transformed into hundreds of purple-winged butterflies, disappearing instantly before Yino’s eyes.
Yino blinked, bent down to pick up the exquisite storage ring from the tray, and checked the quantity of pills inside.
But soon, Yino’s eyes widened, shocked by the mountain of bottled pills piled up in the ring.
These pills not only far exceeded the purity of those from Wuji Sect’s alchemy room, but they also came in a wide variety. There were not only cultivation pills but also various types for replenishing qi, blood, muscle strengthening, bone fortifying… even a complete set medicine tonics for nourishing essence and invigorating yang!
However, unlike the Western Region’s prohibited drugs that the Hundred Spirits Pavilion usually sold, the effects of these pills the Pavilion Master gave Yino weren’t very potent. Instead, they were gentle in nature, belonging to the category of Eastern medicine used for long-term body nourishment.
“Well, are you satisfied with my gesture?”
Seeing the young man’s shocked expression, the red-robed woman on the high platform curled her vermilion lips with some pride.
“This is too much, it’s almost enough for me to eat as meals for the next year!”
Yino swallowed, marveling from the bottom of his heart.
“I’m glad you like it.”
“After all, you’re the little one that my friend specially cared for. Consider these pills as a welcome gift for your first visit to the Hundred Spirits Pavilion. I believe we’ll have many more opportunities to cooperate in the future.”
At the end, Xinyao snorted coldly, leaning back on the long bench, scrutinizing Yino below with a playful tone.
“Thank you, Pavilion Master…”
Yino was already kneeling at the young woman’s feet, so to express his gratitude, he could only lower his head and brow once more. Explore more stories with
But just as he was about to accept the storage ring, the red-robed woman on the high platform playfully moved her jade foot, producing a pleasant silver bell sound.
At the same time, she met Yino’s surprised gaze and spoke coldly from her high position–
“However, Yino.”
“Before you accept this welcome gift, I’m quite curious, how many bottle of favor do you plan to leave in exchange?”
With these words, the entire hall fell into silence.
Yino gently pursed his lips, hesitated for a long time, and finally took out a Bottle of favor from his bosom.
“One… one bottle?”
Xinyao’s lips twitched.
But before she could clench her small fists, trembling with anger, Yino opened the bottle cap and carefully took out a single Paper Vine.
“One?”
Xinyao blinked, curiously speaking out, her previously indignant heart immediately feeling much more at ease.
Knowing the value of this welcome gift, Yino said in a low voice with some guilt:
“My aunt told me that this one Paper Vine represents a favor the Pavilion Master owes her.”
“If my aunt didn’t lie to me…”
“Then I think this one Paper Vine should be enough for the cost of meeting you, Pavilion Master.”
As his words fell, he saw the red-robed young woman on the high platform slightly stunned.
Yino took a deep breath, speaking humbly once again:
“Of course, the ultimate value of this is still for you to decide…”
“If you’re truly not satisfied, Pavilion Master, please consider it as an investment in me! Although I don’t have much to show for myself at the moment, when I achieve something in my cultivation in the future, I won’t rely on my aunt’s connections anymore.”
“At that time, I will definitely bring stakes that satisfy the Pavilion Master and personally return to Western Province City to meet with you!”