Chapter 277: We Can Talk
“Song Jiulai……”
Lin Qian murmured, “As expected……”
She just hadn’t expected that the other party was the Sect Master of the Longevity Sect.
After she met Song Jiulai back then, she hadn’t seen her again.
However, calculating the time, it had only been a few months.
Lin Qian had heard of the Longevity Sect’s reputation now. Their disciples sold a lot of spirit materials and demonic beast materials at the Peach Blossom Sect, saying that their sect members were very fond of hunting demonic beasts for training.
Lin Qian didn’t think much of it. Song Jiulai hadn’t mentioned she was the Sect Master, nor had she concealed any information.
With other Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters present, she didn’t mention that she knew Song Jiulai.
The group followed the Flying Sparrow Sect disciples up the mountain, seeing several hurried Longevity Sect disciples along the way.
Because Wang’an County had changed its architecture, mortals no longer lived near the Flying Sparrow Sect’s mountain, making it difficult to see mortals on the way to the Flying Sparrow Sect.
Of course, no one paid attention to this issue.
It was just that after those disciples hurried past, Lin Qian heard her Senior Brothers and Sisters ask the Flying Sparrow Sect disciple in surprise, “Isn’t the Longevity Sect your affiliated sect? Do so many of their disciples have Late Qi Condensation Stage cultivation now?”
After all, for a small sect, such a gap of a minor cultivation stage was significant.
The Flying Sparrow Sect disciple glanced at her meaningfully and simply replied, “Mm.”
Let alone Late Qi Condensation Stage.
They even had Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators now!
Comparable to the Old Sect Master of the Longevity Sect at that time.
Moreover, the current Sect Master was even more mysterious, rarely appearing, and her cultivation level was unknown.
They went up the Flying Sparrow Sect mountain to collect this batch of custom-made Magic Treasures.
The leading Senior Sister from the Peach Blossom Sect, Luo Xinyao, asked Steward Tang, “Steward Tang, for the Tier 2 Pills next month, we’ll deliver them a few days later. If you still need some Tier 3 Pills……”
Before she could finish, she saw Steward Tang’s expression turn hesitant.
Luo Xinyao immediately changed her words, “Steward Tang, is that not possible? If you’re in a hurry, then we’ll speed things up… The main reason is that the harvest of Spirit Herbs hasn’t been very good recently.”
“No.” Steward Tang chuckled awkwardly. “We might… not need to order Pills anymore in the future.”
Because of the Longevity Sect’s existence, they had so many Tier 1 and Tier 2 Pills that they could even sell them to their own Flying Sparrow Sect members at wholesale prices.
In that case, there was even less reason to buy Pills from the Peach Blossom Sect.
After all, Spirit Stones were very precious for small sects.
But Luo Xinyao’s expression immediately changed upon hearing this, and she asked anxiously, “Why?”
The transactions with the Flying Sparrow Sect had always been relatively stable. This was the main source of income for small sects. If the Flying Sparrow Sect no longer needed them, who would they sell their excess Pills to?
They needed to have an income of Spirit Stones!
Steward Tang also felt helpless and could only tell her the truth, “We can acquire Pills at a cheaper price, so we don’t need Pills from other sects much anymore.”
Luo Xinyao’s eyes widened, “How is that possible? Our Peach Blossom Sect’s prices are already very reasonable. Even the medicine halls at the foot of the mountain couldn’t be cheaper than us. How much cheaper could they possibly be?”
The Peach Blossom Sect was a Medicine Sect, and they had already pushed the production of Tier 1 and Tier 2 Pills to the limit.
Any cheaper would be a definite loss.
They worked hard to cultivate Spirit Herbs; they couldn’t possibly not earn anything at all, right?
Steward Tang couldn’t tell them the truth. For the Longevity Sect and the Flying Sparrow Sect, since they started large-scale cultivation of Tier 1 and Tier 2 Spirit Herbs, the Pills were practically given away for free.
Moreover, the Flying Sparrow Sect even split the profits fifty-fifty with the Longevity Sect.
The Flying Sparrow Sect was not skilled in refining Pills. The Longevity Sect was responsible for processing the harvested Spirit Herbs. They charged a small handling fee, but the Flying Sparrow Sect also became rich. In less than two months, they had experienced the benefits of changing their Spirit Herb cultivation.
This was only the first month; in the future, Pills would only accumulate further, and the Flying Sparrow Sect would even have to find ways to sell them.
Otherwise, how could the Longevity Sect still give them to the Flying Sparrow Sect disciples for free every month?
With such great benefits, the Flying Sparrow Sect disciples signed so readily and were even less likely to reveal any information.
Steward Tang understood the difficulties of their Medicine Sect. Different sects relied on such cooperation for a reasonable cycle. If they withdrew, the Peach Blossom Sect would inevitably suffer losses.
After hesitating, Steward Tang could only say, “How about I try to ask the Liuyun Sect and the Netherworld Sect for you?”
There was only one Medicine Sect nearby, the Peach Blossom Sect, so its business was not a concern.
But Luo Xinyao’s expression worsened.
Recently, for some reason, even the Liuyun Sect’s demand for Pills had weakened.
Moreover, relatively speaking, the Flying Sparrow Sect was the closest to the Peach Blossom Sect, making travel less strenuous.
Just then, two Late Qi Condensation Stage disciples from the Flying Sparrow Sect arrived.
They respectfully said, “Steward Tang, Senior Sister Chen said that the Pills for Cave Demon Valley are to be collected from you, right?”
Steward Tang nodded, looked at the two disciples, and took out twenty Qi Replenishing Pills and Blood Replenishing Pills from his Mustard Seed Bag. “Which type do you want?”
The two disciples each took five, dividing them equally.
Steward Tang then said, “For the rest, once you reach Cave Demon Valley, there will be disciples there to distribute them. You will then receive them by pressing your handprint, understand?”
This was to prevent disciples from taking the Pills and not going to Cave Demon Valley, defrauding the sect’s assets.
At this low level, only this method could be used.
One-third of the promised triple Pills would be issued first, and the remaining two-thirds would be distributed by other disciples upon arrival at Cave Demon Valley.
The two disciples nodded, took the Pills, and left with excited expressions.
Tier 2 Pills were effective for late-stage replenishment. If used sparingly, these Pills could allow them to stay in Cave Demon Valley for ten to half a month without rest.
The Peach Blossom Sect disciples watching this were dumbfounded.
After a long while, Luo Xinyao spoke with a dry throat, “Your sect gives so many Tier 2 Pills to disciples?”
Steward Tang sighed, “Yes. As long as they are willing to go out for training, our Late Qi Condensation Stage disciples can receive at least thirty Tier 2 Pills per month for one outing. Even if they don’t go out, they can receive ten Pills for free each month within the sect. Now do you understand why we don’t buy medicine?”
Their own consumption was so high that the quantity of Pills from the Peach Blossom Sect was insignificant.
These words made the eyes of the Peach Blossom Sect disciples turn red.
Given for free?
How could that be!
They were from the Artifact Refining Sect.
Their own disciples at the Peach Blossom Sect didn’t even have this treatment.
They might have dozens of Pills on them, but those were all accumulated by themselves. Receiving such a quantity every month was like a dream.
Luo Xinyao stammered, “Steward Tang, where do you buy these Pills from?”
At what incredibly cheap price?
“Junior Sister, you want to know?”
From behind, Chen Miaomiao suddenly appeared silently. She hooked her lips and smiled charmingly, “We can chat.”
