Chapter 26

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Brother, Brother. When do we depart?” Xu Yu was sitting on a stool, as she placed her head on the round table and stared at the busy Xu Yang.

“Almost ready.” Xu Yang answered while he was throwing herbs into the ding.

“The Thousand-Treasures Pavilion wants me to put a rush in things. The Blood-Clotting Powder is well-stocked but the Refreshing Powder is almost out of stock.” Xu Yang opened the cover of the ding and a pleasant scent wafted into the air.

“Okay. There are a total of two hundred sets of Refreshing Powder in the ding. The quality is not bad too.” Xu Yang pinched a dash of the blue granular medicine powder and was satisfied.

Xu Yu happily took out the yellow paper she had cut from before and wrapped up the powdered medicine. She was energetic as Xu Yang had promised to bring her to the Thousand-Treasures Pavilion.

‘I have been entirely focused on refining medicine these two days. I almost forgot to cultivate Mystical Qi.’ Xu Yang smiled bitterly and started to count the number of his products. ‘One hundred fifty sets of Blood-Clotting Powder, five hundred sets of Refreshing Powder, and an addition of the new powdered medicine. It seems that it can fulfil the needs of the Thousand-Treasures Pavilion for a month.’

The new medicine he had refined was named the Bone-Jointing powder. It could help in recovering bone fractures quickly. It was a famous ordinary medicine in the future era.

“Phew! I have finally wrapped all of them up.” Xu Yu wiped the sheen of sweat on her nose, and it was dyed blue by the Refreshing Powder. “It’s time to go!”

Xu Yang laughed and wiped off the blue powder on her nose with a towel. He waved his hand and said, “Let’s go!”

The Thousand-Treasures Pavilion was particularly crowded that day as it was the day of the Appraisal Conference.

“Greetings, Mr. Xu Yang.” Qingyun’s eyes flashed when she saw Xu Yang who was carrying a bag of medicine that was running short on supplies. She had been worried for days as there were a lot of adventurers at the Mystical Learner stage asking for the medicine.

“These are the Blood-Clotting Powder, and these are the Refreshing Powder.” Xu Yang said as he handed two bags to her respectively.

“Oh? What are these?” Qingyun was surprised when she saw the third bag Xu Yang had taken out.

“This medicine is called the Bone-Jointing Powder. It has a miraculous effect in healing fractured bones.” Xu Yang briefly introduced the function of the Bone-Jointing Powder. He then said, “This kind of medicine would cost two Wolf Coins a packet. You can test it out as per the regulations. I will not sell it to the pavilion if it doesn’t produce the desired results.”

Qingyun smiled, and her eyes squinted. She said, “Mr. Xu is indeed a talented Alchemist. You created a new medicine in only a few days’ time. Please follow me to the inner pavilion.”

“Okay. Follow me, Xu Yu.” Xu Yang turned his head and said to his sister. He then realized that he did not have to say that to her. The timid Xu Yu had been holding tightly onto his arm right from the beginning as it was the first time she had come to Thousand-Treasures Pavilion.

Xu Yang smiled and did not pay attention to her any longer.

The Thousand-Treasures Pavilion was extra cautious when purchasing a new type of medicine. An ordinary salesperson like Qingyun was not qualified to handle such purchases. It had to be processed by Li Yurong herself in the inner pavilion.

Xu Yang was always curious about the gorgeous woman in the lake green dress. She looked weak but was she able to take on the important task of being at the best trading center in Lin Yuan City.

It was probably because her surname was Li. Xu Yang recalled another man who had protected him from the resentment of the two dojos. The man, Li Zhongxuan, said that he knew his father.

‘Li Zhongxuan is the younger brother of the governor of Lin Yuan City. He rarely shows himself in public. I don’t know whether he is related to Li Yurong.’

“We haven’t met for a few days, Mr. Xu.”

A graceful greeting woke Xu Yang from his deep thoughts. He raised his head and saw Li Yurong smiling at him.

Xu Yang noticed that there were a lot of people in noble attire in the inner pavilion this time. They were either flower-gazing or chatting in groups of three to five.

‘It is the Appraisal Conference today. No wonder it is so crowded at the inner pavilion.’ Xu Yang nodded at Li Yurong as a form of courtesy.

Qingyun rushed forward and whispered something to her. Li Yurong’s face lit up with an amazed expression, and she walked toward Xu Yang.

Xu Qingliu and Xu Zhengming, with big smiles on their faces, were trying to talk to Xu Qinggang at a corner. However, they did not know what to say as the latter had on a frosty expression.

Xu Qingliu despised the man deep down his heart. The responsibility to purchase items in the family had always been monopolized by him. However, the head surely intended to weaken his authority by sending Xu Qinggang here. Still, he had to handle it with care even though he was angry. Xu Qinggang had a respectable status in the Xu family as he was one of the sons of the head. Xu Qingliu might lose his job if Xu Qinggang complained about him to the head.

It was not the first time Xu Zhengming had participated in an Appraisal Conference. However, he was still looking around excitedly because there were a lot of beauties around.

“Look, Father!” Xu Zhengming suddenly spotted a familiar person. He was shocked and quickly pulled Xu Qingliu’s hand.

Xu Qingliu was cautiously talking to Xu Qinggang. He looked in the direction Xu Zhengming was pointing at with his son’s exclamation. He saw a teenager in clothes that were clean but covered in stitches. Such an attire stood out clearly amidst all the others present.

“What’s going on?” Xu Qingliu asked with an accusing tone. “Don’t you see that I’m talking to your Uncle Qinggang?”

“Father, he is Xu Yang.” Xu Zhengming whispered to his father as he knew that Xu Qinggang was beside him.

Xu Qingliu was surprised and glanced at Xu Yang. He lowered his voice and said, “I know. Don’t create any trouble.”

Xu Zhengming’s voice was lowered but Xu Qinggang could clearly hear it. He was shocked when he heard Xu Yang’s name. He could not help but look at that direction.

“It is not necessary to test your new medicine, Mr. Xu. I trust your capabilities and your character.”

Despite being busy with the events of the day, Li Yurong took some time to greet Xu Yang. She was the most important person at the conference. The attention of the crowd was suddenly focused on Xu Yang, whose clothes were worn out, as Li Yurong spoke to him.

“Who is that?”

“He must be an important person. Ms. Yurong greeted him personally.”

“It’s hard to say. His attire is worn out. It is even incomparable to those solo cultivators.”

Xu Yang was not affected by the whispers of the crowd. He said placidly, “Thank you so much.”

“Are you in a rush, Mr. Xu?” Li Yurong smiled as if she could read his thoughts. “The Appraisal Conference is one of the largest events in Lin Yuan City. There are a lot of treasures here. Are you sure you don’t want to stay, Mr. Xu?”

Xu Yang shook his head and said, “I can’t afford to buy a single treasure with the money that I have. Even if I stay, I would merely be on the sidelines.”

“I don’t think so. You possess the recipes for two of the most popular medicines in Lin Yuan City. You have even created another type of medicine. They could be sold at a high price if you were to sell one of them.”

‘They are finally aiming for the recipes.’ Xu Yang smiled slightly. Someone would surely discover the recipes for these ordinary medicines sooner or later. It was better for him to sell them now and earn some money.

If they were not the recipes for ordinary medicine but Spirit Elixirs, Xu Yang would not sell them to others.

In fact, the Thousand-Treasures Pavilion had passed the Blood-Clotting Powder to other Alchemists and requested that they figure out the recipe. However, there were many factors that would affect the final result such as the firepower, ratio of ingredients and duration needed. Xu Yang had also added some non-essential ingredients that were neither harmful nor useful when he was refining the medicine which made it even more difficult to figure out the exact recipe.

“Well then. I will stay back for the largest Appraisal Conference in Lin Yuan City.”