The Legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai

After leaving that stall, Gu Yueyao, who had been holding back for a long time, finally seized the opportunity to speak, and said with a look of pain mixed with resentment.

"..."

Liang Shanbo was somewhat bewildered, not understanding what was wrong with this young lady now. He was buying his spiritual herbs; what did that have to do with the Spiritual Herb Sect? He wasn't anyone from the Spiritual Herb Sect. Besides, these things weren't expensive; he only paid three spirit stones, which was practically nothing to him.

Although he knew the old lady meant well, Liang Shanbo couldn't help but say, "Then why are you only telling me now? You could have persuaded me when I was buying it."

"I... I was just trying to save face for you. Besides, those things weren't that expensive. And didn't you tell me before that I should just stand quietly next to you and not cause you any trouble?"

Gu Yueyao was both angry and a little aggrieved. She had been so considerate of him, yet he was so clueless about romance.

"..."

It seemed he had indeed made such a request to others. Liang Shanbo chuckled awkwardly, touched his nose, and said, "Well, actually, I wasn't just buying randomly. Can't you see what treasures are hidden among those spiritual herbs on his stall?"

"baby?"

Gu Yueyao was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Aren't they all just first or second-grade spiritual herbs?"

Upon hearing this, Liang Shanbo gently tapped Gu Yueyao's head. She responded as if she'd been stepped on, "Ouch! Why did you tap my head?"

Liang Shanbo said, "You're supposed to be the young master of the Spirit Medicine Sect, yet you couldn't even tell that there were two level-nine spirit herbs among that pile of spirit herbs."

"A level nine spiritual herb?"

Gu Yueyao was taken aback again, thinking to herself: No way? Then she gave a soft "humph," somewhat disbelieving: "What level nine spiritual herb? You're lying to me again."

Liang Shanbo rolled his eyes and said irritably, "How am I lying to you again? Among that pile of first and second-grade spiritual herbs, there are definitely two ninth-grade Immortal Burning Grasses."

"Grass jelly? What is grass jelly?"

"Never heard of it? It's the Fire Flame Grass."

"I haven't heard of it either."

"..."

"What are the uses of this Fire Grass?"

"It can be used to refine the Exploding Spirit Golden Pill and the Exploding Infant Pill, and is the main ingredient for many kinds of powerful pills."

"What are the Exploding Spirit Golden Pill and Exploding Infant Pill?"

"The Exploding Spirit Golden Pill allows Golden Core cultivators to break through three minor realms unconditionally, while the Exploding Infant Pill allows Nascent Soul cultivators to break through one minor realm unconditionally," Liang Shanbo explained patiently.

"...That amazing?!"

Gu Yueyao couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement; she had never heard of such a miraculous pill before.

“Nonsense, if it weren’t that powerful, would I, Lord Liang, even bother with his pile of first and second-grade spiritual herbs?” Liang Shanbo said, “Just one of these two Fire Flame Grasses alone would fetch tens of millions of mid-grade spirit stones at an auction. If it were refined into a pill and auctioned off, it would cost hundreds of millions of mid-grade spirit stones.”

Finally, Liang Shanbo couldn't help but gently pinch Gu Yueyao's nose and said in a heartwarming tone, "Silly girl, do you still think I made a bad deal?"

"It's not a loss."

Gu Yueyao's cheeks flushed slightly, revealing a hint of shyness, but she quickly concealed it.

"Of course, when have I ever lost out in my business? So, it was right of me to tell you to stand there and watch without saying a word." Liang Shanbo said smugly.

Gu Yueyao nodded knowingly, thinking to herself: Indeed, this guy not only bought two priceless level nine spirit herbs for less than 30,000 low-grade spirit stones, but more importantly, he also found out where these level nine spirit herbs came from. He not only made a profit on this deal, he made a fortune.

"Lord, how do you know so much? Besides being a level ten array master, you're also a master of herbs and alchemy, aren't you?"

The longer Gu Yueyao spent with this guy, the more she realized how precious he was. He could spot a level-nine spiritual herb at a glance, and it was the kind of herb she had never even heard of before; he mentioned several powerful pills, all of which she had never heard of.

Gu Yueyao secretly vowed in her heart that she must drag this guy onto the Spirit Medicine Sect's pirate ship. With him, the Spirit Medicine Sect's rise to power would be just around the corner.

Liang Shanbo nodded in agreement: "Although I am an alchemist, I do not possess any special fire, so as things stand, I am not yet one."

"So, if I give you a strange fire, you'll be an alchemist?"

"You can say that."

"What grade of pills can you refine?"

"This..." Liang Shanbo looked up at the horizon, stroked his chin and pondered for three seconds. He then turned back to look at Gu Yueyao and said, "Although my alchemy skills are not as good as my array skills, if you give me a strange fire, I think I should be able to refine a quasi-immortal grade pill."

"cough cough"

Gu Yueyao almost choked to death, and couldn't help but shout in her heart: Big brother, you just obtained the strange fire and you've already become a tenth-grade alchemist. Can you please stop being so heaven-defying and terrifying?

This guy doesn't have a different kind of fire, which means he hasn't refined pills yet. How could he refine quasi-immortal grade pills after he has a different kind of fire?

Who believes?

She didn't believe it anyway.

Gu Yueyao glared at Liang Shanbo with an expression that said, "You're lying to me again," and then said nothing more. However, although she didn't believe Liang Shanbo's words, she did remember them.

It's just a strange fire; her grandfather has one.

Liang Shanbo had no idea that his words would cause a fire at the Lingyao Sect.

"Hmm? The butterfly jade pendant is trembling slightly, what's going on?"

Not far from the stall where he bought the spirit herbs, Liang Shanbo sensed a slight tremor emanating from the butterfly jade pendant in the world of light. This tremor was mixed with a hint of excitement; indeed, the butterfly jade pendant was excited.

The butterfly jade pendant trembled with excitement, causing Liang Shanbo to stop and check if any new function had been activated within it.

"No function is activated. So why is the butterfly jade pendant trembling with excitement? Could something be causing it to react?"

Liang Shanbo frowned slightly, analyzing in his mind again: "He wasn't excited before, but only started to get excited after arriving here. If that's the case, then the thing that excited the butterfly jade pendant should be up ahead."

In Liang Shanbo's view, anything that could excite the Butterfly Jade Pendant must be extraordinary, because the Butterfly Jade Pendant itself is a heaven-defying treasure, and very few things can excite it.

"what happened?"

Seeing Liang Shanbo suddenly stop and start walking, sometimes frowning and sometimes relaxing, looking somewhat preoccupied, Gu Yueyao couldn't help but ask.

"It's nothing. You just need to follow me and watch quietly."

Liang Shanbo couldn't explain the matter of the butterfly jade pendant, nor did he want to; it was probably a secret limited to him and Zhu Yingtai.

Seeing that Liang Shanbo didn't want to talk about it, Gu Yueyao didn't ask any more questions, but she became unusually well-behaved.

She knew that Liang Shanbo was in trouble.