165 Qi Storing Pill (1/2)

Xue Wei and Hei Gou rushed back to the inn where they quickly closed the door behind them and sat down on the floor.

They took out the four jade slips they had bought from the Golden Chambers. ”We spent the majority of our money this time to buy these compendiums and clothes,” Xue Wei said, sighing as he realized that the path ahead of them was an expensive one.

To buy clothes suitable for their cultivation base would become even more expensive in the future. To purchase resources would also be an expense that they could not afford with their current wealth.

”If you kill a few more experts in this tournament, and if you manage to become the champion, or just get into the top three, then we will become rich!” Hei Gou laughed, but Xue Wei shook his head.

”Even this wealth will only get us so far,” he said dejectedly. ”We will need spirit fruits, spirit pills, and various other items to assist our cultivation base if we wish to stay competitive. They are all expensive, and we will end up paying a high price for these items. Eventually, even this amount of wealth will prove insufficient to sustain us on our path of cultivation.”

Hei Gou seemed to understand that Xue Wei was speaking the truth. ”So we need you to win first place in this tournament if we want to be able to live a peaceful life – for a short time at least.” He sighed. Xue Wei nodded.

”I will do anything that I can to win the first place!” Xue Wei said with great conviction and clenched his fist.

”But first let us see what we've earned today. We can't afford to not use the things that I procure after a battle. We don't have much time to raise our strength, after all!” he said, and placed the jade slip with the compendium of magical herbs on his forehead.

He then infused a bit of his Qi into the jade slip to activate it. As he had expected, a stream of information went straight into his brain, branding itself inside so that he would now remember every single herb that was described in the compendium.

He then took a look at the herbs that were placed in the bag and started sorting them. The ones that were meant for the recovery of one's physical body went to one pile, those that strengthened one's physical strength to another. Those that restored Qi to a third pile and those that increased one's base Qi to a fourth. Finally, there was one herb that increased one's soul's strength, which went to a pile for itself.

In total, there were twenty-three herbs. A single one of those that increased one's soul strength, six that restored Qi, three that increased one's physical strength, four that increased one's physical strength, and finally nine that increased one's base Qi.

This was quite a big haul, not to mention that there were also the spiritual fruits that Xue Wei had not even taken a look at yet.

Apart from the spiritual fruits and the herbs, there were also pills. Pills were ranked according to the cultivator stage they were meant for, like the pills made for Ordinary Warriors, for Earth Warriors, Sky Warriors, and so on.

Furthermore, the pills were also split into low, middle, and high grade purities.

Xue Wei picked up the jade slip with the recording of all contemporary pills and pressed it to his forehead before even more information etched its way into his mind.

Xue Wei had thought that the stronger a scent the pill exuded, the higher the purity the pill had, but he discovered that he had been completely mistaken about this. A high grade pill leaked no scent, as all the medicinal properties were locked within the pill, and there was no way for it to disperse until consumed.

If it was incredibly fragrant, then it was a low grade pill; if it had a bit of a scent, it was a middle grade purity pill.

The pills in front of Xue Wei and Hei Gou almost all had some smell, some more than others. There was only one pill without any scent at all, and this pill had been stored in a jade vial of its own.

It was clear that the dead expert had not had the heart to part with it. There were quite a lot of low grade pills, but Xue Wei had no intention of consuming them, neither had Hei Gou.

Both of them were aware that their Qi was incredibly pure. If they ate pills with low purity, it would damage their foundation and maybe even cause Qi deviation later on in their cultivation life.

Still, Xue Wei did not dispose of the pills. Even if they were filled with impurities, they could be sold for at least a few coins.

Were it back in the Heping Kingdom, then they could have sold them for quite a fortune because pills were rare, especially those for the Sky Warrior rank, but this was closer to the center of the continent so they were not worth as much.

Still, he should be able to get a bit of coin from it. And at the same time, he had a feeling that maybe they could come in handy one day.

After putting the low grade pills back into the storage ring, he looked at the middle grade pills and sighed. ”With our purity, if we take a middle ranked pill, it will end up with us lowering the quality of our Qi, unless we somehow find a way to purify it later on.” Xue Wei shook his head, and even though he was regretting it, he quickly placed the middle ranked pills into the storage ring as well.

Although it was tempting to use them, he was not willing to sacrifice the purity of his Qi, and he knew that Hei Gou would agree with him.