The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

When Xiao Ha heard her confident tone, he knew that she was not bragging and must really know Crescent City well.

So I started to get close to her.

"Fellow Daoist, besides the beauty pills, what other pills do you have?"

She was not going to buy the beauty pills. It was just like buying cosmetics from a roadside stall. Can you expect it to be any good stuff?

The female cultivator pointed at several medicinal pills and introduced them, "There are Yuan Pei Dan, Ni Ji Dan, and Yang Shen Dan."

"Then, what are the functions of these pills?" Xiao Han asked again.

Although one can probably guess the purpose of these pills by hearing their names, she still wants to communicate more with them.

The female cultivator said, "Peeling Yuan Dan is for strengthening the body's foundation and replenishing the vital energy. It's usually used when the body has suffered an injury that may have damaged the foundation, to strengthen the body and replenish the vital energy. Sheng Ji Dan is a more advanced pill than Sheng Ji Powder, and Yang Shen Dan is a pill for treating damage to the spirit and soul."

Before Xiao Han could say anything, the old cultivator who owned the stall next to the female cultivator couldn't help but say, "These pills are so effective, they must be expensive. I'm afraid it will be difficult to sell them if you set up a stall here."

The female cultivator said a little embarrassedly: "These are all low-grade yellow-grade pills, which can only heal very minor injuries."

She spent the first ten years learning to make alchemy, only being able to identify medicinal herbs, memorize their properties, and know how to prepare them, helping the alchemist. Only after ten years could she begin to learn how to make the simplest powders and pills.

She had studied alchemy for twenty years, but now she could only refine some low-grade yellow-grade pills. In New Moon City, there were many alchemists who could refine low-grade yellow-grade pills, so she had no advantage at all. Besides this skill, she had no other way to make money.

After all, if she, a beautiful female cultivator who has always been protected by her mother, has never really suffered any hardship, goes out hunting or does other rough work, it is very likely that even her bones will be gnawed away by others.

Therefore, after being in danger several times, she had to make up her mind to leave Xinyue City and come to live in Zixiao City on the outskirts of the fairy mountain, where the living pressure is less and the safety performance is relatively much higher.

At the very least, here, I can support myself with my little skills.

In reality, she wasn't lying. She had indeed taken a beauty pill, which was the reason for her youthfulness. However, the pill she took was a low-grade Xuan-level beauty pill worth tens of thousands of spirit stones. The beauty pill she was selling was the lowest-grade Huang-level beauty pill. The effect after taking it was merely better than nothing.

But she relied on her face as a living signboard and really made a lot of money by selling beauty pills in Zixiao City.

After all, the effectiveness of this kind of elixir cannot be seen in three to five years. Which female cultivator, nourished by spiritual energy, can see obvious signs of aging in her appearance in three to five years?

Only after the age of sixty, the Qi and blood of female cultivators begin to gradually decline, and their appearance will gradually undergo obvious changes, just like that of ordinary people.

Xiao Han is not interested in beauty pills, but he is still interested in nourishing essence pills and nourishing spirit pills.

He immediately asked, "How much are Peiyuan Pills and Yangshen Pills?"

Seeing that the other party wasn't planning on buying her most profitable beauty pills, but wanted other pills, she thought it was still a small business, so she immediately said, "Peeling Essence Pills are forty spirit stones each, and the price of Nourishing Spirit Pills is the same. A course of treatment for both of these pills requires three pills, and they can cure minor damage to the foundation and soul. If you want to buy, since we're all here together, I'll charge you only one hundred spirit stones for three pills. How about that?"

Seeing Xiao Han still hesitating, she continued, "Don't worry, the pill is fine. You can take it to any alchemist for identification. How about this, I'll teach you how to identify pills, so that you won't be cheated when you buy pills at the market in the future."

Hearing her say this, the old monk stall owner next to her, the stall owner on the other side of Xiao Han, and the stall owner a little further away who was idle and listening to their conversation, all pricked up their ears and cast their eyes over.

The female cultivator picked up the pill bottle, poured out a light yellow pill the size of a little fingernail, and began to explain.

"The lower grade yellow elixir is the lowest grade. You only need to look at the spirit and color of the elixir. If the elixir itself has spirit and the color is bright and not dull, it basically meets the standard of the lower grade yellow elixir.

Generally speaking, besides being easy to refine, the most fundamental advantage of lower-grade yellow-level elixirs is that the herbs used are very common and of low value. Therefore, their price is naturally not too high, usually only a few dozen spirit stones per pill.

The cheapest ones are available for a few spirit stones. Of course, there are even cheaper muscle-growing powders and those liquid ones that don’t even have a grade, so I won’t talk about them.”

Having said this, she glanced around and saw that everyone was listening attentively. Even two monks who were strolling around the market stopped to listen, so she spoke even more excitedly.

"A mid-grade yellow elixir is actually an improvement on the medicinal properties of a low-grade elixir. Because of its higher efficacy, its aura and color are naturally much stronger than those of a low-grade elixir."

In order to give everyone a more intuitive understanding, she also took out a yellow-grade mid-grade pill and placed it together with the low-grade pills for everyone to compare and see.

As expected, there is no harm without comparison.

Originally, everyone thought the lower-grade yellow elixir had a very nice color and aura. But when compared with the mid-grade yellow elixir, the lower-grade elixir immediately looked dull.

"As for the top-grade yellow-grade elixirs, I don't have any. Those kinds of elixirs generally don't appear in the market, so it doesn't matter if you can't identify them. After all, elixir shops won't sell fake medicine for the sake of their reputation.

Besides, you will recognize the middle-grade yellow rank ones. With it as a comparison, if you put a high-grade elixir next to it, you will be able to tell immediately whether it is a higher grade or not."

Xiao Han thought about the Xiao Huan Dan and Po Zhan Dan he had eaten, both of which were top-grade yellow-level pills. The spiritual charm of the pills was indeed incomparable to the low-grade and medium-grade pills in front of him.

Thinking of the Soul Cleansing Pill with danwen, he asked again, "What level of pill is that pill with danwen?"

The female cultivator said, "That depends on what kind of Danwen it is. Generally speaking, Xuan-grade elixirs also have Danwen, which is a pale white circle on the elixir. Most people also call it Danwen. But strictly speaking, only those with various patterns are true Danwen. And those kinds of elixirs usually have supernatural powers, so the Heavenly Dao will leave its mark on the elixir."

Xiao Han thought of the two soul-cleansing pills he had taken, and the faint auspicious cloud patterns on them, and nodded secretly.

It seems that this pretty female cultivator who owns the stall is really good at what she does.

Then buy some Peiyuan Dan and Yangshen Dan and keep them with you just in case.