Primordial Treasure Mirror

After agreeing to Su Yang's request, Zheng Yuan left directly.

Su Yang stayed in the guest room, waiting for Zheng Yuan's news.

He continued his daily alchemy and spiritual practice as usual.

At the same time, it creates the supreme Chunhua Pill for consumption.

In the past two days, he has taken ten more top-grade Chunhua Pills, and the tender sprout on his head has grown a little more.

At this moment, the tender sprout already vaguely resembled a seedling.

Su Yang occasionally experiences some unusual sensations, but they are so faint that if he weren't so perceptive, he would probably mistake them for illusions.

By the evening of the second day.

Zheng Yuan returned to the guest room.

He arrived with a smile on his face, which made Su Yang feel slightly relieved.

Clearly, Zheng Yuan brought good news this time.

Su Yang went to greet him, and Zheng Yuan smiled and said to him:

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, you're in luck. One of my close senior disciples recently wanted to replace his alchemy furnace. When he heard that you had a top-grade alchemy furnace for sale, he immediately agreed to take a look."

Su Yang's eyes lit up, and he took out the alchemy furnace, saying:

"I wonder if your senior brother intends to come and see it in person, or if you could act as an intermediary and bring the alchemy furnace to him?"

Zheng Yuan replied:

"I'm afraid Senior Brother Qian is too busy to come to you in person, so I'll have to take the alchemy furnace with me. But don't worry, Senior Brother Qian is very wealthy and will definitely not let you suffer any losses."

Su Yang waved his hand casually:

"I trust you, fellow Daoist. Please take this alchemy furnace."

Zheng Yuan waved his hand to put away the alchemy furnace, then asked:

"There's one more thing. I wonder what Fellow Daoist Jiang's price range is for this alchemy furnace? I'd like to negotiate with Senior Brother Qian."

Su Yang thought for a moment and quoted a relatively low price:

"Anything over 12,000 spirit stones will suffice."

Zheng Yuan patted his chest:

"Fellow Daoist is truly kind-hearted. I will do my best to help you get a higher price."

Zheng Yuan then left.

Day two.

Zheng Yuan is back.

He handed a storage bag to Su Yang and said with his head held high:

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, Fellow Daoist Qian really liked your alchemy furnace. I helped you bargain, and we finally got 13,500 low-grade spirit stones, which are all here."

This price exceeded Su Yang's expectations.

Su Yang couldn't help but smile. He took the storage bag, probed it with his divine sense, counted out five hundred spirit stones, and handed them to Zheng Yuan.

Upon seeing this, Zheng Yuan's expression changed, his brows furrowed, and he said with displeasure:

"Fellow Daoist, what does this mean?"

Su Yang's expression was sincere:

"Fellow Daoist has gone to great lengths for me, so I should naturally offer some thanks."

Zheng Yuan shook his head and refused:

"You have done me a favor, so it is only right that I do something small for you. There is no need for any reward. Fellow Daoist Jiang, please don't do such things in the future."

Seeing his firm refusal, Su Yang had no choice but to take back the spirit stones, but his intention to reciprocate did not disappear.

Unable to give away the spirit stones, Su Yang decided to send Zheng Yuan a top-grade pill before leaving.

He considered that while the value of a first-grade top-quality pill wasn't particularly expensive, it would still be quite useful to Zheng Yuan, making it a decent gift.

Su Yang didn't bring up the matter of reciprocity again. Instead, he used his divine sense to count out seven thousand spirit stones, put the rest into another storage bag, and then handed the storage bag containing seven thousand low-grade spirit stones to Zheng Yuan.

"These are the spirit stones I wish to purchase for the inheritance. Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist."

To tell the truth.

Su Yang then discovered a downside to low-grade spirit stones: when the amount was large, it became quite troublesome.

Even using one's divine sense will take a certain amount of time.

"It would be better if we settled the payment with mid-grade spirit stones."

Su Yang couldn't help but think.

However, he also knew it was impossible.

In theory, one mid-grade spirit stone is equal to one hundred low-grade spirit stones.

In reality, the value of one mid-grade spirit stone is much greater than that of one hundred low-grade spirit stones, roughly between one hundred and ten and one hundred and twenty low-grade spirit stones.

Therefore, in transactions that can be conducted using low-grade spirit stones, cultivators mostly still use low-grade spirit stones.

Special circumstances will only occur when the transaction is explicitly conducted using medium-grade or high-grade spirit stones.

Hearing that Su Yang was buying spirit stones for inheritance, Zheng Yuan accepted them without hesitation.

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Jiang, leave it to me. I will bring the inheritance to you by evening at the latest."

He watched Zheng Yuan leave.

Su Yang carefully put away the storage bag containing the remaining spirit stones and began to take the pills.

After refining five top-grade Chunhua Pills.

The new shoots on his head have grown a bit more.

Furthermore, Su Yang could clearly sense that the tender sprout would tremble from time to time, indicating that it was about to undergo a significant change.

Afterwards, Su Yang began refining pills and cultivating his spiritual practice.

They were also quite looking forward to Zheng Yuan's arrival.

However, despite his anticipation, he wasn't in a hurry.

The spirit stones have been handed over to Zheng Yuan; the rest depends on how Zheng Yuan and that alchemist Zhao negotiate.

It was afternoon.

Zheng Yuan has arrived.

Hearing the voice from outside, Su Yang opened the door with some anticipation.

Then Zheng Yuan was seen standing outside the door.

Su Yang quickly invited him in, his eyes fixed on Zheng Yuan.

Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly noticed that Zheng Yuan's expression was a little off.

Previously, Zheng Yuan had helped him with tasks, and after successfully completing them, he was always very excited, with an air of having fulfilled his mission.

However, Zheng Yuan was frowning, his lips were slightly pursed, and his face was full of dissatisfaction and indignation. He looked like he hadn't calmed down yet.

Su Yang was slightly taken aback, his heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but ask:

"What's wrong, Fellow Daoist Zheng? Could it be that Alchemist Zhao has changed his mind and failed to purchase the inheritance?"

Zheng Yuan shook his head, flipped his hand, took out a jade slip, and handed it to Su Yang:

"The inheritance has been acquired, fellow Daoist, please take it."

Su Yang took the jade slip, scanned it with his divine sense, and the six large characters "Zhao Family Alchemy Miscellany" appeared in his mind.

He glanced at it briefly and found that it was indeed a complete first-order alchemist's inheritance.

After withdrawing his divine sense, Su Yang was even more puzzled:

"Now that you've acquired the inheritance, why are you acting this way? Have you encountered some trouble?"

Zheng Yuan sat in his chair, slammed his hand heavily on the table, and said through gritted teeth:

"It's all because of that bastard Wang An."

"I had already reached an agreement a few days ago, and I can simply take the spirit stones today."

"Who would have thought that Wang An somehow got wind of my plan to purchase a legacy for my fellow Daoist, and then he approached Master Zhao Dan."

"He told Master Zhao that you were a rogue cultivator from out of town, of unknown origin and of questionable character, and that selling the inheritance to you might damage his reputation. Not only that, he also made veiled threats, implying that selling the inheritance to you would be tantamount to going against him."

Su Yang frowned, a sense of dissatisfaction rising within him towards Wang An, and asked curiously:

"Did that Alchemist Zhao disrespect Wang An?"

Zheng Yuan sneered:

"Wang An is taking himself too seriously. Although Master Zhao is unwilling to offend an inner disciple, it doesn't mean he's afraid of Wang An."

"Master Zhao has been at Shenyao Mountain for so many years and has a lot of connections. In addition, my master was kind to him back then, so he naturally won't go back on his word because of Wang An's words."