Chapter 170 - 170 The sly Elder Zhang (1/2)

As a rank 2 silver grade alchemist who was close to the rank 3, Zhang Dingxiang immediately understood that these were top-grade rank 3 pills.

Although Zhang Dingxiang could refine even rank 4 pills, he couldn't necessarily refine top-grade rank 3 pills at will. The refinement of the pills had to be perfect, from the condition and maturity of the medicinal herbs and the extraction of their essence, all the way to the pill forming stage.

But the most important reason that made the chubby bald Elder of the 'Pale Moon guild' so excited, was that he had never seen this kind of pill before.

It looked like the man had completely forgotten proper etiquette, as he took a pill in his hand and started sniffing it, while at the same time he mumbled

''Mmm. It smells similar to a rank 4 'Blood-sucking fruit'... but the feeling it gives off is closer to that of a rank 4 'Aura qi pill'...''

Shun Long was a bit surprised, seeing a dignified silver grade alchemist, sniffing the pill without stop.

As for the reason why he decided to put the top-grade rank 3 'Blood combustion pills' for auction, there were 2 main reasons.

The first, was that he had plenty of time to refine pills, inside the foggy space that the 'Stone of Time' had provided him with. Shun Long had even guessed, that the place surrounded by fog, was a separate space inside the 'Stone of Time'.

As for the second reason, in the past half a year that he had spent cultivating inside the 'Stone of Time', his spirit stones supply had already started to run low. The more that his cultivation increased, the more qi he had to absorb to advance to the next level, which made the amount of spirit stones that he required, reach a terrifying number. Right now, although he had already advanced to the peak of rank 3 in Heaven grade, he had just a little more than 400.000 spirit stones left.

Additionally, Shun Long had also noticed, that as his cultivation advanced further and further in the Heaven grade, the effects of the 'Blood combustion pills' were becoming increasingly weaker. He estimated, that by the time that he reached the peak of rank 6 in Heaven grade, the top-grade 'Blood combustion pills' would be completely useless to him.

Looking at the middle-aged man who was sitting in front of him, Shun Long didn't get anxious as he waited for him to finish examining the pills.

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''Ahem. Young master Shun, may I ask for the name of this pill? I'm embarrassed to admit it, but even as a rank 2 silver grade alchemist, I have never heard of this pill before.''

Shun Long nodded his head at Zhang Dingxiang's words. Of course he hadn't heard of this pill before, since there wasn't any set recipe for it as far as Shun Long knew. Shun Long had created this recipe himself, so, even though it was possible that other alchemists would have also done the same and create a similar recipe, it wasn't surprising for Zhang Dingxiang to have no idea about it.

Additionally, the 'Blood Vermilion fruit' wasn't a common rank 3 medicinal herb, which made the bald middle-aged alchemist of the 'Pale Moon guild' unable to figure out, what the main herb for the creation of these pills was.

''These pills are called the 'Blood combustion pills'. As for their effects, just one of them has more than a 70% chance, of helping a peak rank 1 Heaven grade cultivator to advance to the early rank 2.''

Zhang Dingxiang's eyes widened for a bit, before he nodded his head, and with a large smile on his face he said

''Young master Shun, there is indeed an auction that our 'Pale Moon guild' is hosting near the end of this month, 5 days from now. However, since I cannot verify the effects of these pills, and our guild doesn't have a rank 3 silver grade alchemist, I will have to ask young master Shun to allow us to privately test one of them. After all, we cannot auction unknown pills that we cannot verify their effects.''

Shun Long's eyes narrowed as he understood what Zhang Dingxiang was trying to do. After all, as an alchemist himself, Shun Long clearly knew, that every alchemist above the bronze grade, was able to ascertain the effects of a pill, just by shaving off a tiny part of the pill, that wouldn't affect its overall potency.

Shaking his head, Shun Long stared at the middle-aged man in front of him, before he retrieved the 2 bottles of pills from the table, as he then said in a cold tone