Chapter 17: The Nourishing Spirit Pill and the Sky-Covering Array

Song Zhiyou turned in shock.

She saw a burly cultivator holding a pill bottle steady in his hand.

As soon as the words “Nourishing Spirit Pill” were heard, the cultivators who had been idly wandering surged toward him, scrambling over one another.

Song Zhiyou: “???”

After squeezing out of the encirclement, Song Zhiyou still couldn’t snap out of it. Even when Song Qingyao spoke to her, she remained dazed.

Song Qingyao waved a hand in front of her face when she saw that Song Zhiyou wasn’t responding.

Once she came back to her senses, Song Qingyao leaned in and whispered in her ear.

“This is a new pill launched by the Qingmu Hall in our Heyang City. If you spend over fifteen thousand spirit stones there, they give you one for free. It’s said to be painstakingly created by the super-grade alchemist Master Mu You.”

“They say this pill has no pill toxicity and its effects are excellent. Using it to support junior family members in their cultivation can double the results with half the effort.”

“My mother said that our Song family used to purchase everything from Huichun Hall, but because of this pill, we’ve now switched to cooperating with Qingmu Hall.”

“She also said she would give me three of these Nourishing Spirit Pills once she got them…”

But she had left.

Song Qingyao felt a bit regretful.

Song Zhiyou was stunned.

Shopkeeper Bai, a swindler… no, a fortune.

The new generation is always the power that a family values most.

The Nourishing Spirit Pill was enough to allow the most outstanding geniuses in the family to maintain an extremely high cultivation speed while avoiding the backlash of pill toxicity.

It accelerated the growth of geniuses at the fastest rate.

Song Zhiyou even considered whether she should also get some Nourishing Spirit Pills to sell on this hidden market.

But in the end, she temporarily gave up.

She was only at the sixth layer of Qi Refining, and she hadn’t disguised herself when entering the hidden market. Making a move rashly would easily invite trouble.

Song Zhiyou looked at Song Qingyao’s regretful expression. “Don’t regret it. I’ll give you some in a few days.”

Song Qingyao nodded perfunctorily, thinking that Song Zhiyou was seriously ill.

She even thought about pulling back the medical cultivator they had just seen to examine her.

The two walked around for a while longer, until Song Zhiyou finally saw a stall full of formation discs.

She stepped forward quickly, her eyes falling on the array of large and small formation discs, momentarily dazzled.

The stall owner was an old man with graying hair, his spiritual energy dense—at least for Song Zhiyou, he seemed unfathomable.

“Senior, do you have a protective formation that can conceal aura?”

The old man slowly opened his eyes.

“Yes. The Eight Trigrams Sky-Covering Array. Once the disc is activated, no aura leaks out.”

“There are two types. One lasts for three days after activation, costing one hundred spirit stones.”

“The other can sustain the array indefinitely with spirit stones, costing two thousand spirit stones.”

“Senior, I want the durable one, but may I test its effect?”

One of the uses of the Jade Nectar Lotus was to place it in a cultivation space to nourish the spirit.

Moreover, the Jade Nectar Lotus could only produce jade nectar while growing.

Once she entered the sect, she would need the Sky-Covering Array first.

The old man merely gave a cold “Mm.”

Song Zhiyou didn’t mind. After fumbling around for a bit, she successfully activated the formation disc.

A transparent protective array appeared, covering an area roughly the size of a room.

Song Zhiyou pulled out a herb called Poof Grass, covered her nose with one hand, and casually shook it. A strong stench wafted from the grass.

Song Qingyao’s face changed drastically. She tried to cover her nose but it was too late. “Blergh!”

Even the perpetually calm old man couldn’t help but look over at Song Zhiyou, his mouth twitching.

Poof Grass—true to its name.

As soon as you shook it vigorously, it emitted a strange, foul odor like a fart.

Song Zhiyou, completely unbothered, asked Song Qingyao, who had already run out of the array’s range, “Xiao Qi, can you smell it out there?”

Song Qingyao was too busy retching to answer at first. After a while, she weakly waved her hand at Song Zhiyou.

Song Zhiyou tested it several more times. Seeing that there was no problem, she put away the formation disc.

As she approached, she noticed that the old man had instinctively moved farther away from her.

Song Zhiyou: “…”

“Senior, this treasure is fated for me, but unfortunately my spirit stones are not… Would you be willing to part with it for five hundred?” Song Zhiyou asked, a little embarrassed.

“…Get lost!”

Song Zhiyou didn’t leave. She shook the Poof Grass casually two or three times.

“How about three hundred? Is three hundred okay? Junior truly wants it.”

The old man’s face was completely dark. “Eighteen hundred! Put that broken thing away!”

Song Zhiyou beamed. “Yes, sir.”

She immediately stopped, transferred one thousand eight hundred spirit stones to the old man’s storage pouch, took the formation disc, all in one smooth motion.

Song Qingyao stared blankly as Song Zhiyou casually spent a huge sum of one thousand eight hundred spirit stones, falling into self-doubt.

She didn’t snap out of it until Song Zhiyou dragged her away.

“Song Xiao Liu, you bought a formation disc for eighteen hundred just like that?… What do you need this disc for? No, wait—you actually have that many spirit stones!”

Song Zhiyou shared her experience. “See, wasn’t that thirty spirit stones earned back? And I still gained a hundred and seventy.”

Song Qingyao completely lost the will to ask what Song Zhiyou intended to do with the formation disc. Her mind was full of only one thought…

So this was what Song Zhiyou meant by ‘earning it back’?

Next, the two simply window-shopped on the hidden market.

Song Zhiyou didn’t see anything particularly attractive that she could afford, and some things she simply couldn’t afford.

Song Qingyao couldn’t afford anything at all.

On their way back, the spot where Nourishing Spirit Pills had been sold was now empty.

Only a few stall owners were still chattering about how one Nourishing Spirit Pill had eventually been sold for a high price of two thousand spirit stones…

Leaving the hidden market, Song Zhiyou pulled Song Qingyao to a restaurant.

Come to think of it, Song Zhiyou hadn’t eaten properly all day, and her stomach was growling with hunger.

Upon learning that Song Zhiyou was treating, Song Qingyao’s eyes lit up. She decisively abandoned the idea of green vegetables and ordered a portion of Firebird Egg Fried Spirit Rice.

Song Zhiyou couldn’t bear to see that. She ordered two full portions of Firebird Egg Fried Spirit Rice.

As they wolfed down their food, a commotion came from outside the restaurant.

A large group of people was bustling around a young man, heading toward the restaurant.

Surrounded by a crowd of flatterers, the young man had rosy lips, white teeth, handsome features, and a striking red robe.

His voice carried a note of displeasure and arrogance.

“Who the hell took the number one token? Still no news?”

“Calm down, young master. We’re already looking for it. If necessary, we’ll block the gate of Fengling Dojo tomorrow morning. We’re sure to find the person!”

“Yes, young master, please don’t let this matter ruin your health.”

Several attendants spoke at once, dripping with sycophancy.

The young man snorted coldly, still looking unhappy.

The group marched toward the private rooms upstairs, but the young man’s voice still echoed in the air.

Just as he was passing by Song Zhiyou’s table, she raised her hand and stopped him.

“Daoist friend, are you looking for the number one wooden token from the sect selection?”

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