474 Medicine Capital

Just as the final battle in the valley started and quickly ended, Chen Yiming stepped into a plain. After traveling for 10,000 kilometers, he arrived at an ancient city. It was the Medicine Capital.

Outside the Medicine Capital, all kinds of medicinal herbs appeared in fields in the distance. The fragrance of medicinal herbs was so strong that it filled the air. Some medicinal herbs of unknown species emitted a strange glow on the surface, and one could tell at a glance that they were extraordinary.

In addition, every field was guarded by a team day and night. Strangers were not allowed to approach them.

“Oh, even the insects were carefully nurtured?”

Chen Yiming saw an earthworm-like bug the size of a thumb burrowing through the soil under the command of a man.

On second thought, could he make use of this?

The humans from the blue planet were different from those villages. How many people were there in the villages? It was impossible to force everyone to cultivate day and night forever.

Even if most people benefited from the cultivation environment in the abandoned world, after improving by leaps and bounds for a period of time, they would reach a new bottleneck.

Every industry had its own specialties, and society had its own division of labor. For example, for the fields of medicinal herbs in front of him, the people who maintained it, the people who nurtured the insects, and so on were all very suitable channels for distribution of labor.

“The extreme west of the south mountain range is surrounded by mountains to begin with. There’s nothing there except for large mountains.”

“As for the countless villages in the mountains, an important source of income is to pick precious wild herbs that they sell to the Medicine Capital.”

“Of the billions of people from the blue planet, although the proportion above the warrior realm is only a small portion, it won’t stay stagnant in the future.”

“The village is limited by its population. The mountains are part of the geography, and they lack the corresponding technology. They don’t have the conditions to create a man-made field to grow medicinal herbs, but this isn’t a problem for the humans from the blue planet.”

At this thought, Chen Yiming could already foresee that after the humans from the blue planet slowly exited from the secret realm, they would start to manage the mountainous land.

Soon, Chen Yiming arrived at the entrance of the Medicine Capital. Green vines covered the city wall, turning the ancient city into a green city.

When he walked into the ancient city, it was very lively inside. The streets were filled with shops and vendors selling all kinds of spiritual pills and medicine, but he did not know their quality.

This was an open area similar to a free market. There were no guards at the city gate, and people could enter at will without verifying their identities.

However, Chen Yiming’s arrival still caused a commotion.

Actually, there was already a rumor going that the Medicine Capital was one of the few places he might go to based on the direction he went in when he left the small city in the wilderness.

Chen Yiming didn’t think much of it. It wasn’t that easy to kill him now.

It was definitely impossible if it was just one immortal at the level of the heavenly immortal realm or a god at the star evolution realm to come. If two or three of them came, they could just fight it out. Even if he could not win in the end, he could still use the space anchor to escape.

With his spatial ability, unless others were prepared, they would not dare to provoke him easily. For example, the Heavenly Immortal Tong Tian was such a case.

Soon, as he walked along a lively street, he saw an ancient tree in a courtyard at the side of the street. Its bark was so dry that it had cracked.

“So many people are queuing up outside the courtyard?”

Chen Yiming looked away from the ancient tree and turned to look at the crowd waiting by the roadside.

There was only a finger’s gap between them, and the men and women did not mind. It was as if they were afraid that if the gap was too wide, someone would take the opportunity to cut the queue.

“Could it be that there’s something special about this ancient tree?”

Chen Yiming looked at the ancient tree again. The parts of the ancient tree that was above the high walls of the courtyard exuded an ancient aura.

In addition, there were leaves that were green, yellow, and withered. The green ones emitted a dense aura of life, the yellow ones flowed with a crystalline glow, and the dry ones emitted a fragrance.

The ancient tree should be a species of the mutant plants, but not all of them had a high cultivation value.

Not long after.

Chen Yiming learned the truth about this ancient tree from the casual conversations of the passers-by.

It turned out that this ancient tree belonged to a faction called the Danxia Sect. The three types of leaves each had their own uses. The green one was similar to a healing medicine, and the yellow one was a good ingredient for refining pills.

When the withered leaves were held in one’s mouth, one would enter the will projection of the ancient tree. The most direct effect was to calm people down.

It seemed that the original intention of these people who were queuing up was to buy the withered leaves to save themselves in case they were about to go berserk during their cultivation.

In essence, they were borrowing the will projection from the withered leaves to forcefully interrupt their impulse. The side effect of trying to forcefully break through was that it was very easy to affect one’s own will.

“I wonder if it can be transplanted?”

After understanding the functions of the three types of leaves from the ancient tree, Chen Yiming had the intention to buy the tree.

The secret realm in the otherworld could be used as a secret cultivation base for the humans from the blue planet in the future. If this ancient tree could be transplanted there, it would be very useful.

As for the price, that should not be a big problem. He could sell some of the divine artifacts he had obtained from the battles and persuade them with his sincerity. He believed that the Danxia Sect would definitely not reject him.

At this thought, Chen Yiming waved his hand, and a withered leaf from the ancient tree appeared in his hand.

However, before he could study it carefully, cries of surprise rang out.

“This person is really bold.”

“How dare you touch the three-colored divine tree of the Danxia Sect?”

“The last person who stole the leaves had three of his legs broken and the grass has already grown three feet tall around his grave.”

Not everyone recognized Chen Yiming, and his face turned red. However, he was thick-skinned. If they negotiated slowly, the Danxia Sect might end up giving it to him generously, but he didn’t have the time to waste on negotiations.

A god at the level of the star evolution realm.

No, a god at the jade star realm who could suppress a Heavenly Immortal would spend a lot of time cultivating every day. How could he waste time? Wasting time was wasting his talent.

Therefore, Chen Yiming chose to ignore it and put the withered leaf in his mouth.

“Eh? That’s something.”

His consciousness seemed to have descended into a dead world. He looked at the scattered green dots at the end of the horizon. Otherwise, it was just a wasteland, and no sound could be heard. Other than him, there were no other living creatures.

Just as he was about to exit from this place, he instantly understood something.

“A world with a flower, a cycle of life and death, a new life in a dead world. Isn’t that a divine power I’m seeing?”

Chen Yiming snapped out of his daze. He suddenly felt that this ancient tree wasn’t that simple. Perhaps even the Danxia Sect didn’t know that it had a hidden effect of helping one comprehend the divine power.

In his excitement, he selectively ignored the fact that as long as one’s talent was strong enough, they would be able to learn something from everything they saw. Such people were also called the chosen ones.

The chosen ones referred to people that the heavens had personally chosen. If they lacked anything, they would automatically be delivered to their door. Cultivation was as easy as eating and drinking.

Most of the time, these people would not be able to sense the bottleneck that ordinary people could not overcome. To them, it was very easy to make progress. Since it was easy, how could they consider it a bottleneck?

At this moment, Chen Yiming was seeing an illusion. If it was any one of the billions of humans from the blue planet, they would definitely be affected by the will projection after having the withered leaves in their mouths, and end up crying.

In serious cases, the side effects of the withered leaves were enough to make one give up on martial arts and live a carefree life, completely immersed in the dead memories.

“The Medicine Capital is really a good place.”

Chen Yiming expressed his thoughts, causing the people in the queue to treat him like a fool.

At this moment, the door to the courtyard where the ancient tree was located was pushed open with a bang. A furious young man walked out.

The young man had delicate features and was a disciple of the Danxia Sect. He was currently stationed outside in the courtyard to guard the ancient tree and sell the fallen withered leaves.

Withered leaves fell from the treetops. They could be preserved for a short period of time at no cost, but the price to pay for keeping them for a long time did not match their value.

Therefore, the courtyard door would be opened every day to sell all the withered leaves that had fallen naturally to the ground last night. As for the Danxia Sect, if they needed it urgently, they could pick the leaves from the tree at any time. There was no conflict.

“You…”

When the words reached his mouth, he could not say a single word.

After all, the Danxia Sect was not like those independent cultivators who were queuing up. The biggest flaw of independent cultivators was their lack of access to information.

Many times, because the independent cultivators had been immersed in their cultivation, they did not pay attention to what was happening in the outside world.

At this moment, the young man clearly remembered that not long ago, the Danxia Sect had held an emergency meeting, and they had emphasized that Chen Yiming might come to the Medicine Capital.

He did not expect him to really come here. As soon as he arrived, he came to a courtyard belonging to the Danxia Sect. This was difficult to deal with. A mere disciple could not make the decision when faced with such a situation.

Chen Yiming glanced at the young man and knew that the matter was settled.

And the situation was exactly like that.

Soon, the young man invited Chen Yiming into the courtyard. He even announced to the people queuing outside that they were closed for the day.

…

More than an hour later, Chen Yiming walked out of the courtyard with three withered leaves that the young man had given him on behalf of the Danxia Sect.

As for the matter of purchasing the ancient tree, he had naturally not mentioned it. The ancient tree was the treasure of the Danxia Sect. Unless there was a serious accident, it was impossible for them to sell it.

The young man had invited him to interact with the Danxia Sect, but Chen Yiming had rejected him. There was nothing much to talk about with a faction that only had a god at the jade star realm presiding over them.

Soon, Chen Yiming left the courtyard and walked along the street for a distance. He entered an extremely imposing medicinal hall with two golden lions at the entrance.

“Sir, do you want to buy pills or refine pills? Our Lion Heart Hall has many pills refined by masters. We also provide alchemy equipment and venues for practicing alchemy.”

A beautiful woman greeted him.

Her appearance was very attractive, and her skin was fair and smooth. Her long legs were revealed from the top of her thighs through the slit of her dress. In addition, her cultivation level was not low. She was a god at the star condensation realm.

“I’m here to buy medicinal pills.”

As Chen Yiming spoke, he swept his gaze across her body and roughly figured out her rough sizes. He was experienced in this aspect, and his strength gave him courage to do this. Immortals and gods could do as they liked.

The beautiful woman was a little stunned.

She didn’t know Chen Yiming, but the Lion Heart Hall had been established in the Medicine Capital, so they naturally had a powerful backing. Therefore, such customers were rare.

Of course, he was just taking advantage of the situation. The beautiful woman did not lower herself to the level of arguing with the customers, unless they made a move on her. However, she no longer provided her service for him.

Soon, Chen Yiming wandered around the Lion Heart Hall.

The Lion Heart Hall was one of the 12 medicinal halls in the medicine capital. The medicinal pills sold were usually of high quality, and they were often used by those at the level of gods, or to help one break through to the star condensation realm.

Although there were gods everywhere in the abandoned world, on average, most of the living creatures were below the level of gods.

Medicine halls like the Lion Heart Hall usually did not have many customers. Unless they explicitly refused, the beautiful woman would take the initiative to follow them around and introduce the various medicinal pills along the way.

In short, it was all to sell as many pills as possible.

“Heaven Combining Pill?”

Chen Yiming noticed a type of medicinal pill placed in a corner of the counter. From the description at the side, it was used to help one enter the state where one combined with the heavens.

The combination of man with the heavens was actually the fusion of one’s spirit with the environment. If one could block out all the interference, it could increase the probability of resonating with the power of nature.

“No wonder it was placed in a corner. Perhaps it’s a defective product produced during the pill refinement process, or it’s made from excess materials and scraps.”

Chen Yiming thought about it and understood its value.

The Heaven Combining Pill was targeted at the lowest level of the supernatural realm. Under normal circumstances, such a pill should not be able to reach the counter of the Lion Heart Hall.

However, it was exactly what Chen Yiming wanted. He didn’t need the help of medicinal pills, but the Heaven Combining Pill was suitable for the humans from the blue planet.

If he could obtain a large number of Heaven Combining Pills, the number of martial masters from the blue planet would increase exponentially in a short period of time. Their overall cultivation level would increase qualitatively.

Not long after.

Chen Yiming returned to the payment counter at the entrance of Lion Heart Hall.

An old man in green clothes was sitting there. His face was expressionless, and he had an obvious air of arrogance. This was very normal. The Lion Heart Hall was one of the 12 medicine halls in the Medicine Capital, and had a special status.

The beautiful woman didn’t have a good impression of Chen Yiming as a customer. There were still signs of anger on her face, so she didn’t intend to say anything else to him.

“How much is the Heaven Combining Pill?”

Chen Yiming went straight to the point.

When the old man in green clothes heard this, he frowned. It was not that he did not intend to sell it, but he instantly thought of the Lion Heart Hall’s supply of medicinal herbs.

In the extreme west of the south mountain range, a conflict had broken out in the mountains. It was the war between the village and the small town of humans from the blue planet.

The factions that were purchasing the herbs in the mountains were the most affected by this. Although they did not know the whole story, they knew very well that if the conflict spread, it would affect the villagers’ gathering of the herbs in the mountains.

Due to a series of chain reactions, in order to maintain the balance, the Lion Heart Hall still had to continue selling goods, so they naturally took down some high-quality pills and replaced them with some low-quality pills.

The Heaven Combining Pill had been put on the shelves under such circumstances. Otherwise, Chen Yiming wouldn’t have seen the Heaven Combining Pill in the Lion Heart Hall.

Chen Yiming didn’t know what the old man was thinking. He thought that he didn’t want to sell it anymore.

Seeing this, the beautiful woman had no choice but to answer for him reluctantly. “Because of the price, our Lion Heart Hall doesn’t sell the Heaven Combining Pills individually. Instead, we sell them in batches of 10 bottles with 10 pills each.”

Chen Yiming nodded.

The beautiful woman extended a finger and continued, â??If you want to use essence energy to make the payment, a piece of essence energy as thick as a strand of hair that is as long as a section of a finger can be exchanged for 10 Heaven Combining Pills.â?

This was only a rough estimate. There would be precise equipment to calculate the amount of essence energy, and it was possible that it was worth 9, 10 or 11 pills.

Chen Yiming naturally didn’t have any essence energy to pay the bill. He didn’t even have enough for himself.

The beautiful woman also understood that very few people were willing to exchange their essence energy for medicinal pills. In fact, they were not even willing to use the unopened source ores. She changed the topic and continued,

“Other than the Hidden Dragon Coins, our Lion Heart Hall also accepts trades using divine artifacts, divine medicine, secret techniques, and so on.”

“However, we can only perform the trade at 90% of the market price. After all, we still need to earn a certain amount of profit.”

Chen Yiming could understand this reason. If it was an urgent situation, it was impossible to make use of the full value of the items. The medicinal hall wasn’t forcing them to buy the medicines or sell their goods to them.

Customers who were unwilling to barter and also could not fork out enough hidden dragon coins could still raise money from the auction house and other channels, but the time it would take was uncertain.

Some high-level and high-quality medicinal pills would be gone if they missed the chance to buy them. The medicinal hall could not predict how the stockpile would be affected by various factors.

Soon, just as Chen Yiming was about to take out a few divine artifacts to be appraised by the Lion Heart Hall, the old man in green clothes coughed and said, “Young man, something has happened in the mountains in the far west. Many medicinal pills might be out of stock in a few days.”

Chen Yiming nodded again.

No one knew better than him what had happened. Indeed, the conflict involved dozens of villages and would affect even the villages that were further away.

With a wave of his hand, a cauldron that could be used to refine pills immediately returned to its original size of nearly three meters and fell to the ground with a bang.

The cauldron had four handles, and there were patterns of strange dire beasts on the surface. When one focused their attention on them, it was as if they were alive and could pounce out at any moment.

He had obtained this from the treasure vault of rule of Heaven Suppressing City. Chen Yiming thought that a faction like the Lion Heart Hall that specialized in the business of making pills should be able to offer a good price for it. This way, he would have more room for negotiation.

If he relied on force to snatch what he wanted every time, his reputation would really be ruined. Unless necessary, as an existence who had killed a heavenly immortal before, he was unwilling to do that.

“What!”

“What!”

The moment the cauldron fell to the ground, the old man and the beautiful woman gasped and held their breaths.

The two of them had thought that Chen Yiming was a poor fellow. After all, he had taken a fancy to the Heaven Combining Pill. These pills were usually sold in large batches and would not be sold at the counter of the Lion Heart Hall.

It had to be known that even if the Lion Heart Hall exchanged the Heaven Combining Pills with the cauldron at the full market price, they would still make a huge profit.

This was the same as exchanging small change for notes. After leaving this door, there was a 99% chance that no one would want the Heaven Combining Pills, but this cauldron would attract the attention of others.

Chen Yiming smiled and took in the change in their expressions.

Clearly, this cauldron collected by the ruler of Heaven Suppressing City had a certain value. At the same time, as experts from the Lion Heart Hall, they would definitely know its true worth.

This way, how could they make a trade for it at 90% of the market price?

They had to make a trade at a premium. After all, there were billions of humans from the blue planet. Even if he cleared out the stock of the Lion Heart Hall, they probably wouldn’t be able to provide enough Heaven Combining Pills for him.

Chen Yiming wasn’t afraid of being targeted by evil people if he revealed such a precious treasure. Until now, he was the only one who had targeted others, and others had never succeeded in targeting him.