Clan Cultivation: The Ye Clan

The red robes made Ye Zhenzhen's skin appear even whiter.

When the boss saw Ye Zhenzhen come out, he immediately praised her to the skies.

Ye Zhenzhen waved her hand and left the robe shop.

I walked briskly towards the street market in the south of the city.

Fifteen minutes later, Ye Zhenzhen stood at the entrance of the street market, watching the flow of people coming and going.

People came and went, and the crowd surged.

Ye Zhenzhen went straight in, thinking, "No rush, let's browse some items."

He strode inside. They sold all sorts of things, but the most common items were medicinal herbs.

Every few days, Ye Zhenzhen would ask at each stall to see if they had any poisonous snake stings.

An hour later, they hadn't found the snake thorn, but they had bought quite a few other miscellaneous items.

Soon, all the stall owners here knew that a beautiful young girl in a red robe was looking for a kind of elixir called "Snake Sting".

An hour later, Ye Zhenzhen randomly found a stall owner and asked where to rent a stall.

After receiving confirmation, Ye Zhenzhen went to the stall rental office at the street market.

The person guarding the rental office was a kind-looking old man.

"Senior, I'd like to rent a stall. Are there any vacancies available right now?"

Seeing that Ye Zhenzhen was well-behaved and polite, the old man kindly asked a few more questions, "Yes, what kind of seat would you like, young lady?"

Ye Zhenzhen frowned, as if thinking, "Are there price differences depending on the location?"

"No, it's all one spirit stone rental fee, but you have to come early to grab a good spot."

“Our city lord is very supportive of street vending, so he never makes things difficult for vendors in this regard.”

"Then I'd like to trouble you, senior, to see if there are any good spots available. This is my first time here, so I'm not very familiar with the situation." After saying this, Ye Zhenzhen took out 5 spirit stones and secretly slipped them to the old man.

The old man glanced at Ye Zhenzhen, smiled, and accepted the offer. "Then I'll look for it," he said, and began to work on his hands.

He said, "Young lady, since this is your first time here, I'll say a few more words."

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhenzhen stared intently at the old man, wondering if there were some unspoken rules here.

The old man continued, "If you're selling spiritual herbs and medicines, I don't recommend setting up a stall. Go directly to the Medicine Alliance; the prices are slightly lower, but still fair."

"The Medicine Alliance? What place is that?"

"The Medicine Alliance is an organization of families specializing in spiritual herbs. They can find many rare spiritual herbs there. They not only cultivate their own spiritual herbs, but also collect rare spiritual herbs from independent cultivators."

At this point, the old man leaned closer and said, "It is said that the rarer something is, the more valuable it is."

Seeing the old man's furtive movements, Ye Zhenzhen smiled and asked, "Are their spiritual herbs all supplied to the Pill Alliance?"

"Yes and no. Most of them are supplied to the Pill Alliance, but the Pill Alliance is quite powerful, and the price of spiritual herbs from the Medicine Alliance has been suppressed to a very low level. There are probably quite a few problems in this."

It seems like the relationship between these two alliances isn't very good!

Ye Zhenzhen continued to ask, "I heard that a pill-making competition will be held in six months. Is that true?"

The old man looked at Ye Zhenzhen and asked, "Are you planning to participate? Are you an alchemist?"

Ye Zhenzhen directly denied it, "No, I came here to find a spiritual medicine called 'Snake Sting'. I heard that there is a pill-making competition here, so I thought I'd try my luck."

"A venomous snake sting, and a detoxifying pill?"

"Senior is amazing!" Ye Zhenzhen quickly bowed to the old man. "It is the Detoxification Pill. My friend has been assassinated and urgently needs the Detoxification Pill to save his life. If you have any relevant information, please do not hesitate to share it with me."

The old man saw Ye Zhenzhen's body arching down and lifted her up.

"There's no need for that. There aren't many people who can refine these third-tier pills, but there are two alchemists in the Pill Alliance who can: Master Yi and Master Su. However, these two are really hard to invite."

"I'd like to hear the details." Ye Zhenzhen took out another 5 spirit stones and handed them over.

The old man accepted it without ceremony and continued, "In the past, when requesting pills, there were three portions of spiritual herbs. One portion was used to make the pill, and the rest was paid to the alchemist."

"I don't know when it happened, but the rules of alchemy changed. Now, five portions of spiritual herbs are needed to make one pill, and you also need to pay a certain amount of money. That's considered low. There are more cases where it takes seven or even ten portions of herbs."

"Alas, it's because the requirements of the Pill Alliance are becoming increasingly demanding that the talents in the Medicine Alliance can't stand it anymore. They want to train their own alchemists. After the two sides negotiated, the Medicine Alliance organized this Pill Dao Competition."

Ye Zhenzhen frowned. "Are you implying that this competition is more than just an exchange on alchemy?"

The old man nodded. "Yes, if you have an alchemist in your family, you can give it a try. I heard that the first place winner can make one request. That way, whether it's a venomous snake sting or a detoxifying pill, it'll be a piece of cake."

Ye Zhenzhen frowned deeply. "I think this method is the most difficult."

The old man laughed heartily as he looked at Ye Zhenzhen's little expression.

"Here you are, position C75. Go."

Ye Zhenzhen picked up the sign, bowed to the old man, and left.

As soon as she left, Ye Zhenzhen explained the details to Ye Zhenwen and told him to go and visit the Medicine Alliance.

Ye Zhenzhen quickly found her place, took out a table, spread a red cloth on it, and then took out a rocking chair and placed it next to her.

Each of them took out one of their unused first- or second-tier pills, talismans, or magical artifacts and placed them on the table.

Hang a sign outside: Foundation Establishment Pill for Poisonous Snake Sting, only one available, first come, first served!

With everything ready, Ye Zhenzhen lay back in the rocking chair, leisurely fanning herself.

I bought this fan on a whim while browsing the market just now, and now I feel it was a really worthwhile purchase.

Street stalls are places where goods are placed directly on the ground.

Ye Zhenzhen's outrageous move instantly widened the eyes of everyone around her.

It wasn't until the stall owner opposite Ye Zhenzhen saw clearly what Ye Zhenzhen's sign said that he was shocked and asked, "Fellow Daoist, are you telling the truth?"

Ye Zhenzhen turned her head, opened one eye, and glanced at the person who spoke. "Really."

Then close your eyes again and rest.

That man's words instantly attracted the attention of those around him.

What words?

Everyone crowded around Ye Zhenzhen's table, and several people became excited as they looked at the words written on the sign.

This is a Foundation Establishment Pill!

One of them mustered up his courage and asked, "Fellow Daoist, do you really have Foundation Establishment Pills? Are you trying to fool me?"

As soon as he said that, several people behind him chimed in, "Yeah, really?"

"Yes, let's take it out and have a look."

"Yes, yes!"

"..."

Ye Zhenzhen grabbed the fan that was covering her face, turned her head and glanced at the people whose eyes were darting around. So quickly, the prey was caught?