On the path to immortality, I can see destiny.

"If you want to buy pills, that's no problem."

When Zhao Fan heard Su San say this, he knew what Su San wanted to say and immediately agreed.

If the Su family is willing to buy my alchemy, it will save me a lot of trouble.

Beside him, Su Ziyan looked at his third uncle with some confusion, but did not say anything.

"If you agree, that would be wonderful."

"I am willing to buy at a reasonable price. As long as you have it, I will take it all."

Seeing Zhao Fan's attitude, Su San nodded in satisfaction. This young man, though naive, possessed a certain sense of chivalry.

As for haggling, Su San was too lazy to argue. Besides, even if they bought at the fair price, they would still make a profit.

After all, cultivation pills are priceless and hard to find. If Zhao Fan could provide them steadily every month, whether they were first-grade or mid-grade, they would be extremely useful to their family.

"But your family should have alchemists, right? Why are you buying pills from me?"

Zhao Fan didn't care about the price. He had originally wanted to give a discount of one spirit stone per bottle of pills, but since Su San had said so, he figured he might as well take advantage of the deal.

He just couldn't understand why a cultivation family would lack pills, since his master said that there were many and strong alchemists in the cultivation family.

"Fellow Daoist, you jest. Our Su family is merely a small clan; how could we possibly afford to support an alchemist?"

"This is also the current situation of many small families. Most small cultivation families choose talismans or the cultivation of spiritual herbs as their means of passing down the various arts of cultivation."

Seeing Zhao Fan's doubts, Su San offered a brief explanation.

"Because these methods of inheritance are relatively inexpensive, such as talismans, they are quick to learn, require little investment, have a large market, and are suitable for most independent cultivators and small families to learn."

"Generally, one can start learning talismans in the early stages of Qi Refining. If one's talent is not bad, one can start generating income with an investment of only ten or twenty spirit stones."

"Planting spiritual herbs is an option that only family members can choose. Generally, only with the power of a family can one occupy a treasure land with spiritual veins, and only a treasure land with spiritual veins can be cultivated into spiritual fields."

"Our Su family, for example, occupies a mid-grade first-order spiritual vein."

"On this spiritual vein, we have only managed to cultivate four spiritual fields, covering an area of ​​about five or six acres."

"By learning some spells to summon clouds and rain, and some basic knowledge of spiritual herbs, those clansmen with lower cultivation levels can cultivate spiritual fields and have a fixed output every year."

"As for alchemy, it can be considered one of the most expensive skills in the cultivation world."

"Unless one is exceptionally gifted, alchemy requires a large quantity of spiritual herbs to produce."

"Take the Qingling Pill as an example. We actually know the formula for this kind of pill. There is also the Yunling Pill, which is of an even lower grade, and we know the formula for that as well."

"However, what's the point? With our family's strength, we've already done our best to preserve one spiritual vein. Where would we find extra spirit stones to train alchemists?"

After Su San's explanation, Zhao Fan realized that the young people from those families he admired were actually quite poor.

However, when I think back to when I first started learning alchemy, it did take me a long time to learn, and with the help of an alchemy manual given to me by my master, I was only able to barely manage to refine one batch after more than twenty attempts.

He was often scolded by his master for being hopeless and incapable of being carved.

He didn't have much of a concept of spirit stones before, but now that he thinks about it, he must have wasted one or two hundred spirit stones when he was refining medicine.

"Indeed, alchemy truly requires a large amount of spirit stones to produce results."

Zhao Fan empathized and nodded in agreement with Su San's words.

"Therefore, I hope you will take good care of me in the future. I will go to Yulin Mountain Market every month. If you want to sell pills then, you can come to me at any time."

Su San looked at Zhao Fan and spoke solemnly, not forgetting to promote his family's products after he finished speaking.

"Also, if you need talismans or elixirs, please let us know. Our Su family has all the common talismans and elixirs available on the market."

When it came to elixirs, Zhao Fan also became more interested.

"If the Su family has any herbs for the Qingling Pill, they can sell them to me; I will buy them at a fair price."

Just then, Zhao Fan suddenly noticed something unusual. In his eyes, the air currents became turbulent again, and a large amount of air currents began to converge towards a barren mountain.

Somewhere in the desolate mountains, a vortex of air had formed, which was clearly visible to Zhao Fan.

Zhao Fan was overjoyed, knowing there must be something good here. He wanted to tell Su San to stop, but quickly realized that it was best not to let others know about his amazing treasure-hunting ability.

Having silently memorized this place, Zhao Fan withdrew his gaze, inwardly lamenting that he shouldn't have taken the flying boat.

"What's wrong? Is there something unusual about that mountain?"

Su San noticed that Zhao Fan was staring intently at the barren mountain and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"It's nothing, I just thought I saw those two robbers from before."

Zhao Fan casually made up an excuse to cover up his unusual behavior.

Su San nodded silently, then seemed to remember something and spoke again.

"By the way, do you know who those two robbers were? If you do, you can go to Yulin Mountain and find the market owner. If you were robbed near Yulin Mountain, he will give you an explanation."

This matter can be considered an unwritten rule in Yulin Mountain.

The cultivation world is a dog-eat-dog world, and robbery is a common occurrence everywhere, including in the Yulin Mountain area.

However, the brothel owners still care about their reputation, so if they commit robbery in private and do it cleanly, the brothel owners naturally won't bother with it.

If things aren't done cleanly enough, he'll definitely have to resolve the matter and uphold justice for the robbed.

This way, he can both make a name for himself and maintain the reputation of Yulin Mountain as a safe place.

Zhao Fan never expected there to be such a solution. He immediately clasped his hands in thanks and secretly planned to file a complaint next time he went to the market.

The flying boat was very fast, and since his cave dwelling was not far from the starting point, it arrived near Zhao Fan's cave dwelling in less than half an hour.

Upon seeing the familiar scenery, Zhao Fan took the initiative to ask Su San to stop.

"Fellow Daoist, I have arrived. Please let me down."

Looking at the desolate mountains around him, with no trace of a cave, Su San's lips curled up slightly, and he nodded gently.

As the flying boat landed, Zhao Fan jumped off, clasped his hands in thanks to the two men, and then stepped into the dense forest.

Watching Zhao Fan's departing figure, Su Ziyan finally spoke the question she had been holding back for a long time.

"Third Uncle, what's the point of you cooperating with him? He might just be refined into a human pill by that Thousand Cliff Daoist tomorrow."

Su San looked at the dim spirit stone in the groove of the flying boat and spoke softly.

"If he dies, we'll only lose one spirit stone. If he hadn't died, we would have had another stable channel to buy pills for the next few years or even longer."