After just resting for a day, Mo Wuji left his residence the next day and headed to Luo Hai Merchant House.
There was still a month or so before the Leaping Immortal Sect Assembly, Mo Wuji decided to first go and take a look at the cultivation technique he aspired for. It didn’t matter if he couldn’t afford it, it was okay to go in and take a look, right?
As for refining the Vein Opening Pill, Mo Wuji was in no hurry. The main reason was that he was the one who refined the Vein Opening Medicinal Liquid, and without the lightning arcs here to quench his meridians, he wouldn’t be able to open them up.
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Unlike the opulent Tian Luo Restaurant, Luo Hai Merchant Building was a little more ancient. Two stone sculptures of unknown beasts were placed on both sides of the entrance of Luo Hai Merchant Building, looking with a bit of intimidation.
There were many people coming in and out of the spacious gate, and Mo Wuji followed the crowd into the gate before smelling a strong scent of medicine.
The ground floor hall was filled with all sorts of pills, which were neatly placed inside clean and transparent glass cabinets with an unobstructed view. The names, functions and grades of the various pills were all labelled out, and some of the pills were even labelled out with the dan master who made the pills and the main spirit herbs used.
Mo Wuji had also browsed through the various pill shops in Raozhou, and he only realised at this moment that compared to the pills here, the pills in those pill shops in Raozhou could only be called pills at best.
There was a fellow standing and waiting in front of every counter, and as long as the guest did not ask for a price, they usually just stood there and did not move. Once the guest slightly revealed some needs, they would immediately welcome up to introduce and recommend for the guest.
This was appreciated by Mo Wuji, what he hated the most was when he entered a shopping mall, and before revealing what he was purchasing, the salesman posted up all sorts of enquiries, not allowing you any time to take a closer look at it at all.
After turning round, Mo Wuji did not purchase any pills. The only things he could use here were the various healing elixirs, and the cheapest of these healing elixirs were above hundreds of gold coins. It was estimated that the effects were only about the same as his penicillin.
Seeing these prices, Mo Wuji had an even clearer understanding of penicillin’s epochal nature. When penicillin was truly mass-produced, at most, it would only buy a few silver coins, or even copper coins. Compared to this healing elixir that could easily cost hundreds and thousands of gold coins, it was a world of difference.
Mo Wuji turned to the first floor, which was still filled with pills, and looking at the packaging and appearance, that grade was obviously much higher. Mo Wuji didn’t continue to look, he couldn’t afford it even if he looked.
On the third floor Mo Wuji finally saw the gongfu and he immediately pounced on it.
“Nandu Qi Practising Skill, Ordinary Human Grade Feats, priced at 8,000 contribution points or 1 million gold coins. Longevity Walking Qi Scroll, Fine Human Grade technique, priced at fifty thousand contribution points or six million gold coins. Whirlwind Power Fist, Fine Human Grade Technique, priced at seventy-six thousand contribution points or eight million gold coins ……”
Mo Wuji turned round and the more he looked, the colder his heart became. All the gold coins he had on him combined were still not enough to purchase one cover of the worst Qi Practising Skill.
“May I ask what my friend needs?” Seeing Mo Wuji stand up and look up with some changes in his eyes, the mate standing on the side hurriedly greeted him.
Mo Wuji hurriedly retracted his wandering state and forced a smile as he asked, “May I ask, why are all the human grade gongfu here? Is there a difference between fine and ordinary human grade gongfu?”
As soon as the mate heard Mo Wuji’s words, he knew that this business would not be done today. How could someone who couldn’t even figure out the level of a gongfu come to buy a gongfu?
Luckily, the mate hadn’t been here for long and was still very patient as he explained, “The gongfu in question is divided into three grades, Heaven, Earth and Human, and the Heavenly Grade is naturally the highest. Each level is further divided into ordinary level, fine level and precious level. Earth level gongfu are too high, we don’t have them here.”
The mate still had words left unsaid, not to mention earth level gongfu, even if it was human level rare gongfu, he didn’t have a few of them here.
“So the highest gongfu is the Heaven Grade gongfu.” Mo Wuji subconsciously muttered to himself, thinking to himself that if the Heaven Grade Feats were to be exchanged with gold coins, he didn’t know how many gold coins it would take. It was estimated that the gold coins of a planet combined wouldn’t necessarily be able to be exchanged, right?
The fellow seemed to be trying to show off his knowledge as he let out a heckle and said, “Generally, the merchant building’s gong methods are divided by heaven and earth, in fact, I’ve also heard that there are immortal level gong methods above the heaven level gong methods, which are the ones that are truly everlasting and undead.”
Mo Wuji doubtfully pointed a finger at the Eternal Life Xing Qi Scroll and asked, “Could it be that in this gongfu cultivated is not immortal?”
The mate was patient, “This gong method is just named Longevity Walking Qi, and in fact, it is also just a means of cultivation to absorb the spiritual qi of the heavens and earth and quench the body. Longevity can of course live forever, but the longevity that I’m talking about is being able to live for a long, long time, how to say it ……”
The mate thought for half a day but couldn’t find a suitable example, finally it made him remember something, pointing to a gongfu at the corner and said to Mo Wuji, “Like that gongfu ……”
Mo Wuji hurriedly went over to have a look, “Immortal Mortal Technique ……”
Mo Wuji was shocked in his heart, what an arrogant name, a mortal wants to be immortal?
Almost immediately, Mo Wuji landed his eyes on that pricing, 1,000 contribution points or 110,000 gold coins ……
“How come it’s so cheap?” Mo Wuji was off the cuff.
The mate smiled and said, “You’ll know why it’s so cheap if you take a look at the level of this gongfu.”
Mo Wuji was like the first time he saw a beautiful girl that he was attracted to, and then that girl even sat beside him, smelling the body fragrance of the beautiful girl beside him, his heart was thumping and his entire body was restless.
“Immortal Mortal Technique, Human Grade Ordinary Technique ……” Seeing this, Mo Wuji asked in a shocked voice, “How is this possible?”
It wasn’t right, even if it was a Human Grade Ordinary Merit Technique, it wouldn’t be this cheap.
When the mate saw Mo Wuji’s stunned look, he suddenly thought that as long as he fooled around a few more times, this guy might just shell out the money and buy the technique.
Just as the mate was about to word his words to encourage Mo Wuji to buy it, a gentle voice came from him, ”This merit law is everywhere on the streets, the one sold here is considered the most expensive. A normal ground stall or small shop can sell it for an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 gold coins or even 10,000 gold coins. This was because by cultivating this gong method, one could only cultivate up to the ninth level of Pulse Expansion, and then one would have to replace the gong method. Moreover, expanding the spirit complex with this gong method was very tough. On top of that, cultivating this gong method to the ninth level of Pulse Expansion costs several times more cultivation resources and effort than cultivating other gong methods to the ninth level of Pulse Expansion.”
The one who spoke was a middle-aged man of medium stature with a smile on his face. This middle-aged man’s words were like a bucket of cold water being poured over Mo Wuji’s head. He thought that he had suddenly picked up a leak, but it turned out that this was a merit law that was sold all over the streets.
“Many thanks to this big brother for pointing it out.” Even though he was disappointed beyond belief inside, Mo Wuji still clasped his fists and gave a thank you.
The mate said with some embarrassment, “Although the streets are full of this kind of gongfu, the gongfu we have here will definitely not lack pounds. Many of the Immortal Mortal Techniques on the ground stalls are missing a lot of content and are crude things. Just this gongfu, I sell more than ten copies every month, I’m definitely not lying.”
That middle-aged man nodded instead, “Luo Hai Merchant House’s reputation is still there, that I do believe.”
