Mo Wuji and Shen Lian swept away a table full of food in the shocked gaze of the restaurant waiter before leaving amidst the waiter's admiration.

This waiter had seen men who could eat, but he had never seen a woman who could eat so much. Being able to eat was one thing, but the key was that this woman's beauty was something he had never seen before. Such a beautiful woman devouring food was truly a bit of a subversion of his senses.

"Senior Sister Shen, now that you're full, why don't you head back first? I need to take care of some things." Mo Wuji was eager to get rid of Shen Lian and buy medicinal herbs and alchemy equipment as soon as possible.

When Shen Lian first met Mo Wuji, she was still a bit reserved, but now that they were discussing cultivation and eating together, they had become familiar. That bit of reserve had been thrown to the four winds by Shen Lian. "I have nothing to do back home. I was planning to go for a stroll anyway. What are you planning to buy? Maybe I can give you some suggestions."

Seeing that he couldn't shake this tail off, Mo Wuji had no choice but to say, "I'm planning to buy some alchemy equipment. What are you going to do with me?"

"You want to buy a pill furnace? You haven't even started cultivating, how can you buy a pill furnace?" Shen Lian asked in surprise subconsciously.

Mo Wuji explained, "I'm not buying a pill furnace. I just want to buy some ordinary alchemy equipment to see if I can go down the alchemist's path. You also know that my aptitude isn't good. If I can become an alchemist, even if I can't cultivate in the future, I can still make a living with my identity as an alchemist."

Shen Lian nodded sympathetically. "What you said isn't wrong, but there's no future in being an alchemist. If you're going to learn, learn to be a pill refiner."

Mo Wuji snorted, "Pill refiner? Will you teach me? If you're willing to teach me, I wouldn't mind learning pill refining."

Shen Lian said awkwardly, "Pill refining requires too much investment, and you can't cultivate. You should just learn to be an alchemist."

Her father was a pill refiner, how could she not know how difficult it was to learn pill refining?

Seeming to feel that her previous suggestion was a bit unrealistic, Shen Lian added after speaking, "The best place for pill furnaces in the entire Changluo City is the Star River Pill Pavilion. Not only are the pills top-notch there, but the pill furnaces for refining pills are also the best. However, I suggest you go to the Luo Hai Merchant Building. Although the pill furnaces at the Luo Hai Merchant Building are not as good as the Star River Pill Pavilion, the alchemy equipment is the best in the entire Star River Empire."

"Let's go to the Luo Hai Merchant Building." Mo Wuji said without hesitation.

He wasn't refining pills anyway, and besides, he was familiar with the Luo Hai Merchant Building.

……

"Sir, what are you looking to buy this time? I guarantee to recommend the lowest price and best quality items to you." After arriving at the Luo Hai Merchant Building, Mo Wuji directly found the waiter who had sold him the Mortal Immortal Art last time.

"Do you have any immortal-grade alchemy equipment, like the Mortal Immortal Art I bought last time, an absolutely top-notch item?" Mo Wuji patted the waiter on the shoulder and said.

The waiter immediately became embarrassed. He had tricked Mo Wuji with the Mortal Immortal Art, and now that Mo Wuji was bringing it up, he was clearly reminding him not to trick him again with the same kind of thing.

"Pfft..." A crisp laugh came from the side, clearly because she couldn't help but laugh after hearing Mo Wuji say that the Mortal Immortal Art was excellent. An elementary Qi training method that could be seen everywhere, it was one thing for a merchant to exaggerate it as the Mortal Immortal Art as a sales tactic, but to describe it as an absolutely top-notch item was too much to bear.

Mo Wuji turned his head and saw two women, one of whom he recognized, it was Qu Wan'er, whom he had met on the boat. He didn't expect to meet her again here.

"So it's Senior Sister Qu. Thank you for resolving the trouble on the boat last time." Mo Wuji cupped his fists gratefully in greeting.

Qu Wan'er said a little awkwardly, "Sorry, my friend didn't mean to laugh just now."

Obviously, the one who laughed was Qu Wan'er's friend. After Qu Wan'er finished speaking, she subconsciously glanced at Shen Lian beside Mo Wuji.

Shen Lian looked like someone who had cultivated. She didn't quite understand why Shen Lian, who had cultivated, would be with someone like Mo Wuji, who only had mortal roots.

Mo Wuji waved his hand, "It's okay, to this senior sister, maybe that's just a basic Qi training method. To someone like me who has never been exposed to cultivation, that's a supreme Mortal Immortal Art, a technique that can make a mortal immortal. Just think of me as someone who hasn't seen the world."

This time, even Qu Wan'er, who was usually cold and aloof, couldn't help but want to laugh.

"This sir, I really do have a set of alchemy equipment that you want to buy, called Eternal Evergreen. This is not like the Mortal Immortal Art, it is truly called Eternal Evergreen. It was transported from a very distant country, but because very few people in Changluo use machines to make medicine, it has been idle here. The grade of this set of alchemy equipment is definitely several times better than the alchemy equipment here, and the extracted medicinal liquid is also extremely pure." The waiter said quickly when he saw Mo Wuji looking at him again.

"How much?" Mo Wuji asked straightforwardly. He had bought low-level machine equipment in Chengyu Country, which cost around one or two thousand gold coins. Even if this was much better, he could afford it if the price increased tenfold.

"Thirty-seven thousand gold coins..."

The waiter's words were like a basin of cold water poured on Mo Wuji's head, making Mo Wuji cold from head to toe. He had less than thirty thousand gold coins on him, and thirty-seven thousand gold coins was not even enough for the change.

"Um, I have a Twin-Leaf Flame Grass here, do you accept it?" Mo Wuji asked with a glimmer of hope.

He estimated that the value of the Twin-Leaf Flame Grass was far less than the Bright Eye Fruit, but he really had no other choice and could only try his luck.

"Ah, you have a Twin-Leaf Flame Grass? Can you sell it to me? I'll give you forty thousand gold coins." Qu Wan'er suddenly exclaimed in surprise from the side.

"You want a Twin-Leaf Flame Grass?" Mo Wuji asked in confusion.

Qu Wan'er nodded, "Yes, I really need a Twin-Leaf Flame Grass, here are forty thousand gold notes."

After speaking, Qu Wan'er took out four ten thousand gold notes before Mo Wuji could say anything. All four gold notes were from the Luo Hai Merchant Building, so there was no problem exchanging them for gold coins here.

Mo Wuji quickly took out a wooden box from his arms and handed it to Qu Wan'er, while saying, "Thank you, Senior Sister."

"I should be thanking you, I'm leaving, farewell." Qu Wan'er grabbed the wooden box, pulled the woman beside her, and quickly walked out of the merchant building.

Mo Wuji handed the four gold notes, which were still warm, to the waiter, "Please help me move that best set of alchemy equipment here."

The waiter didn't expect to complete a not-so-small order so easily. He quickly took the gold notes and said respectfully, "Please wait a moment, sir, I will bring that set of alchemy equipment here soon."

After the waiter left, Shen Lian said, "I think something is strange. Although the Twin-Leaf Flame Grass is rare, it is not worth so much money at all. The Senior Sister Qu you know seems to mainly cultivate water-based techniques, why would she offer such a high price to buy your Twin-Leaf Flame Grass?"

Mo Wuji said lightly, "No need for you to explain."

In fact, when Qu Wan'er said that she urgently needed the Twin-Leaf Flame Grass, Mo Wuji knew that she was lying. Qu Wan'er was not good at lying, and her expression didn't match her state of mind at all. However, since Qu Wan'er had already said so, it would be impolite to refuse. Regardless of why the other party was helping him, Mo Wuji accepted it, and he would remember this favor.

……

"Wan'er, you don't have any ideas about that kid, do you? I know you also want the Twin-Leaf Flame Grass, but why give him forty thousand gold coins?" After leaving the Luo Hai Merchant Building, the woman beside Qu Wan'er asked in surprise.

Qu Wan'er said lightly, "He's just a person with mortal roots."

Hearing that Mo Wuji only had mortal roots, Qu Wan'er's companion knew that Qu Wan'er definitely wasn't attracted to him. She looked at Qu Wan'er with some suspicion.

Qu Wan'er continued, "Although he is only a mortal, that kind of indomitable will is something I have only seen once in my life. Under that kind of lightning strike, even cultivators would have retreated long ago, but he desperately refused to retreat. He was knocked back by the lightning arcs of the Lightning Crocodile again and again, and then charged up again and again, finally killing two Lightning Crocodiles with his mortal flesh and blood."

"So what? Just a brute."

Qu Wan'er shook her head, "If he was really just a brute, then he wouldn't have killed two Lightning Crocodiles. That shows that he knows his limits, he knew that when fighting with injuries, the Lightning Crocodile would die before him. It's a pity, he's just a mortal..."

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