''A rank 6 'five-elents grass'? The sa 'five-elents grass that's used to concoct a rank 6 'five-elents awakening pill'?'' Wan Zu asked, his voice laced with shock as he stared at Shun Long.
Shun Long nodded his head, causing the look on Wan Zu's face to turn even more serious.
Shun Long wasn't surprised by Wan Zu's reaction since he already knew that obtaining the 'five-elents grass' from him today wasn't going to be easy.
Even if Wan Zu had more than one stalk of 'five-elents grass', Shun Long understood that Wan Zu may be unwilling to sell it to him regardless.
After all, this was an extrely rare rank 6 dicinal herb that wasn't for sale in any shop within the Holy city. Shun Long had searched the entire Holy city, but not even the White tiger chamber of comrce had a 'five-elents grass' on its third floor. As for whether they had one on the fourth floor, Shun Long didn't know, since the fourth floor was restricted to peak level Dao Kings and above.
Shaking his head, Wan Zu looked at Shun Long and said with a serious look on his face
''Brother Shun Long, what you are asking for is very difficult even for . A single stalk of rank 6 'five-elents grass' is extrely rare in our Golden Treasures Hall.
The 'five-elents grass' is one of the 2 main dicinal herbs needed to concoct the rank 6 'five-elents awakening pill'. As an alchemist yourself, I am sure that you, brother Shun, also understand the value of a 'five-elents awakening pill'. Even in our Holy sect, there is no other pill that can allow soone to strengthen their physique other than the 'five-elents awakening pill'!
However, the success rate of refining a single batch of 'five-elents awakening pills' is less than 20 percent. Even powerful star-rank alchemists are rumored to have only 40 percent success rate when they refine it.
Although our Golden Treasures Hall does indeed have 2 stalks of 'five-elents grass' right now, only the peak rank 3 gold-grade alchemists working in the 'Refinent Hall' in the inner court are allowed to purchase them. Thus, brother Shun, I apologize but I cannot sell even a single stalk to you.''
Wan Zu had an apologetic look on his face as he looked at Shun Long and shook his head.
He already knew that the 'five-elents grass' that Shun Long was looking for was one of the 2 main rank 6 dicinal herbs that an alchemist needed to refine the 'five-elents awakening pill', but even in the Holy sect, that was an extrely rare pill.
How could Wan Zu just sell it to Shun Long just because he was asking for it?
Since the Holy sect only had a limited number of stalks of 'five-elents grass', they would only allow the alchemists working in the Refinent Hall to purchase them, as the 'five-elents awakening pills' would then belong to the sect.
Shun Long understood this as well, not needing Wan Zu to explain it to him.
He had already heard that any alchemist who wanted to earn sect points, could concoct pills for the Holy sect in the Refinent Hall and sell them directly to the sect.
Of course, working for the Refinent Hall had its own advantages as well, since those alchemists wouldn't have to pay any fees to use the rooms inside the Refinent Hall while they make use of the 2 earth flas inside the sect, and they would also gain priority when they purchase certain ingredients from the Holy sect as well, such as this 'five-elents grass' that Shun Long wanted.
However, Shun Long didn't even consider becoming a mber of the 'Refinent Hall' before he rejected the idea.
Although the alchemists of the 'Refinent Hall' had their own advantages, they would be strictly monitored by the sect as well every ti they concocted their pills, in case they tried to hide the pills they concocted and sell them off privately.
It was only natural that the Holy sect wouldn't allow sothing like that.
However, when they are being monitored, it would not only expose their alchemy techniques for other experienced alchemists to see and learn from it, but certain pill recipes that they had painstakingly obtained would be viewed by others as well!
This was why many alchemists would consider it seriously before they joined the 'Refinent Hall'.
Although Shun Long wasn't worried too much about others trying to steal his pill recipes, he was planning to use the Refinent Hall more than once in the future, and that would definitely risk him exposing the secret of his herb garden.
If he joined the Refinent Hall and the other alchemists overseeing his pill concoction noticed that Shun Long had suddenly started to produce endless amounts of the sa ingredients every ti he refined so pill, they would naturally start getting suspicious.
In his heart, Shun Long valued the herb garden just as much, if not even more than the Heaven Swallowing vine.
After taking a look at Bai Longtian, Xie Xingyi, and Jiang Chen, who were all sitting around him, Shun Long simply smiled, before he turned his attention towards the white-robed Dao King sitting opposite to him.
No matter what, Shun Long couldn't just let this opportunity go. He already had Jiang Chen and the others search for the 'five-elents grass' in almost every single one of the 10 largest cities in the Holy sect's territory in the past 5 months, but they hadn't found anything.
This was why Shun Long had resorted coming to the Golden Treasures Hall today.
With a serious look in his eyes, he then waved his hand, causing a white-colored flower and a dark-red tree branch to appear on the table in front of him, imdiately attracting not just Wan Zu's, but even Liu i's and the rest's attention.
''A rank 6 'white petal flower'? And... is this a 'heart branch' from a rank 6 'Red Parasol tree'? Brother Shun, what do you an by this?''
Wan Zu stared at the 2 items that had appeared on the table in front of him with a surprised look in his eyes, before he turned his attention towards Shun Long.
He had already guessed what Shun Long was intending which made him even more surprised.
''Senior Wan Zu, I'm willing to trade both this 'white petal flower' and the heart branch from the 'Red Parasol Tree' for a stalk of your 'five-elents grass'. I assu you already know the value of these items so I hope you won't try to haggle with . This is already my bottom line today. Even though the 'white petal flower' is slightly inferior when compared with a stalk of 'five-elents grass', the heart branch from the 'Red Parasol Tree' is worth just as much.''
Wan Zu instantly fell silent as his eyes stared at Shun Long seriously without responding straight away.
As a Dao King and the person responsible for the first floor of the Golden Treasures Hall, how could he not recognize the 2 items that Shun Long had taken out?
It was easy for Wan Zu to guess that Shun Long really needed the 'five-elents grass', otherwise he wouldn't have taken out both of those dicinal herbs to exchange for it.
After all, just the heart branch from the 'Red Parasol Tree' was at the sa level as the 'five-elents grass' that Shun Long wanted.
Although the rank 6 'white petal flower' was the other main dicinal herb that an alchemist needed to concoct the 'five-elents awakening pill', it was still considered a relatively common rank 6 dicinal herb and was much easier to find compared to the 'five-elents grass'.
But if Shun Long was willing to exchange both of those dicinal herbs for a single stalk, that was a completely different matter.
Of course, Shun Long clearly knew that in Wan Zu's eyes he was making a loss from this trade, but unless he offered sothing like this, it was very likely that Wan Zu would still refuse to trade with him if he just took out the heart branch from the 'Red Parasol Tree' instead.
After all, the Holy sect had a much vaster network compared to Shun Long, and they could find practically any rank 6 dicinal herb, as long as they were willing to pay the price for it.
Wan Zu remained silent as he seriously observed the yellow-robed young man in front of him, before he finally spoke a few monts later
''Young master Shun, since you are so determined, it would truly be rude of to refuse. Please wait here.''
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