Immortality and cultivation begin with alchemy and accounting.

When he came out again, Steward Huang had a cloak and a scroll in his hands.

"This is the Spirit Concealment Cloak you requested, fellow Daoist. This notebook contains tips on spell refining and usage, for your reference." Steward Huang handed the cloak and notebook to Bai Xuanjing.

"Take this magical artifact back with you and wear it to activate its effects. However, it is still a magical artifact, so refining it will enhance its effects and make it easier to control."

Bai Xuanjing took it and put it into her storage bag.

"Besides the Spirit Concealment Cloak, our guild also has some excellent talisman pens, inks, and paper. If you need them, you can come and purchase them," Manager Huang continued, promoting the items.

Bai Xuanjing shook his head. "My master said that my foundation is not solid enough, and he will only let me learn talisman drawing after two years. I don't need talisman brushes for the time being, but my master still has talisman paper and ink."

Manager Huang chuckled inwardly, thinking disdainfully, "He really is a virgin. I only said one sentence, and he revealed all his secrets."

He felt he had figured out Bai Xuanjing's background quite well!

However, on the surface, Manager Huang still maintained a smiling expression.

Having finished shopping, Bai Xuanjing took his leave.

After leaving the Jing'an Chamber of Commerce, Bai Xuanjing turned left and right, entered a secluded corner of an alley, and changed into the Hidden Spirit Cloak.

After purchasing the Invisibility Cloak, Bai Xuanjing's storage bag was completely empty.

He first chose a medium-sized herbal medicine shop and went inside.

"Shopkeeper, do you buy spiritual herbs here?" Bai Xuanjing tapped on the counter, appearing completely at ease.

Because of the concealment cloak, others could not see his expression.

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Seeing Bai Xuanjing's attire, he immediately took it seriously and said with a smile, "That depends on what kind of spiritual herbs you're selling, fellow Daoist!"

Without wasting any words, Bai Xuanjing took out all fifty-odd spiritual herbs from his storage bag as a reward and placed them on the counter.

The shopkeeper's gaze sharpened.

Although these medicinal herbs are all of the lowest grade, their quality is top-notch.

His shop wasn't very big, and since Bai Xuanjing had concealed his figure and cultivation level with the Hidden Spirit Cloak, he couldn't tell his true strength, so he didn't dare to haggle.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Bai Xuanjing left the pharmacy.

In addition, his storage bag contained 137 low-grade spirit stones.

"I thought that after coming to the market, I would have a good amount of spirit stones, talismans and elixirs, but I didn't expect that after buying a spirit concealment cloak, I would have very little left!" Bai Xuanjing sighed.

After a moment's thought, Bai Xuanjing set his sights on another medicine shop.

Now that he has the Cloak of Concealment, he has fewer concerns. As long as he doesn't make too conspicuous moves, there shouldn't be any major problems.

With this thought in mind, Bai Xuanjing entered the medicine shop.

Among the four medicine shops, Bai Xuanjing sold twenty bottles of Yellow Jade Pills in batches, earning four hundred and sixty low-grade spirit stones.

As a result, Bai Xuanjing immediately felt that her storage bag was much fuller.

"The Azure Water Pill requires six spiritual ingredients: the essence of the Azure Water Python's flesh and blood, the Hidden Spirit Flower, the Hundred-Leaf Grass..."

Bai Xuanjing silently recited the mantra, then his figure moved continuously between the various shops.

First-grade mid-level pill materials are much rarer than first-grade low-level materials.

However, in the Bai family's territory, it was not difficult to gather all the ingredients for these pills.

After all, the Azure Water Pill is one of the Bai family's signature products, so the raw materials naturally became a key part of the Bai family's medicinal herb industry.

However, it is not easy to find suitable materials in the open sea.

There were several medicinal herbs that Bai Xuanjing had to search through several pharmacies to find.

It took Bai Xuanjing almost an hour to stop at the intersection.

"The materials for a mid-grade first-tier pill are indeed expensive. One serving is worth twenty-four low-grade spirit stones, which is comparable to the purchase price of a low-grade first-tier pill!"

Bai Xuanjing felt somewhat emotional.

Besides the medicinal materials, there are also the costs of alchemy furnaces, earth fire, etc., and considering the success rate, the actual cost of Azure Water Pills will be even higher!

Of course, its value will also be higher.

A bottle of mid-grade Tier 1 Azure Water Pill can sell for over sixty low-grade spirit stones!

As long as one's alchemy skills meet the minimum requirements, it remains a highly profitable industry.

However, the sunk costs in the early stages of alchemy are quite high.

This is why alchemists are rarely seen among independent cultivators.

Moreover, the medicinal materials outside the Bai family's premises are much more expensive than those inside.

After all, the Bai family has its own medicinal herb industry, including medicinal herb cultivation and overseas medicinal herb sourcing.

Some affiliated families also help with the collection.

The cost of purchasing these commonly used medicinal herbs within the Bai family is extremely low.

"I bought fifteen sets of pill-making materials, and I still have more than two hundred and thirty low-grade spirit stones left," Bai Xuanjing thought to himself.

By this calculation, the number of spirit stones in the storage bag has actually increased by about half again compared to when he first arrived at the market.

"I originally wanted to buy a storage bag with a capacity of ten squares, but I didn't expect it to sell for two hundred low-grade spirit stones in Jing'an Market. I'll go back to my family to buy it." Bai Xuanjing shook his head.

There are less than six months left until the clan meeting.

He will then have to rush back to his family.

After using up the alchemy materials, the storage bag had more than enough, so there was no rush.

After taking a few steps, Bai Xuanjing stopped in front of a stall.

The stall was run by an elderly cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

The monk had a withered appearance and yellow teeth, and was spitting as he bargained with another monk.

Bai Xuanjing's gaze fell on a scroll of notes on the stall.

"Corpse Puppet Pill, Grade 1, low to mid-grade, worth 320 low-grade spirit stones."

"A manual on a mid-grade first-tier pill, and it's even a type of pill I've never heard of before?" Bai Xuanjing's heart stirred, and an idea formed in his mind.

As a family of alchemists, the Bai family possesses a vast collection of pill formulas. Even those that are not frequently used are collected into the family treasury as family reserves.

When Bai family disciples encounter suitable pill formulas while traveling, they can advance the money to purchase them first. After returning to the family and handing them over, the family will reimburse them at the original price and give them some contribution points as a reward.

Thinking of this, Bai Xuanjing reached out.

The old man at the stall was quick-witted and nimble-fingered.

Seeing that Bai Xuanjing was interested, he lowered the price by some spirit stones and hurriedly sold a broken first-grade low-level magic weapon to the cultivator who had been bargaining earlier, thus getting rid of him.

Then he chuckled, "Fellow Daoist, could it be that you've taken a fancy to the Corpse Puppet Pill formula?"

While they were talking, they didn't stop Bai Xuanjing from looking through it.

However, upon touching the pill manual, Bai Xuanjing discovered that the manual was sealed by a restriction, and only the first few pages could be viewed.

This is a common tactic, and Bai Xuanjing is used to it.

Just reading the first few pages of the introduction was enough for him to understand what this Corpse Puppet Pill was.

"This Corpse Puppet Pill is the prized possession of a small demonic sect called the Corpse Puppet Sect in the Guanmo Sea."

A demonic cultivator from their sect, for reasons unknown, came to our Vast Ocean Sea and was vanquished by me in defense of the righteous path. This Corpse Puppet Pill was obtained from him!

The old man kindly explained, making no attempt to conceal the origin of the elixir formula.