Battle Through The Heavens Book 1

Chapter 54 Raising Money

Of course, saying that he would be able to eat Qi Gathering Pills like candy was a somewhat boastful claim. However, given the skills of Yao Lao, with enough materials, helping Xiao Yan refine tens of Qi Gathering Pills was not a problem.

However, even with all the boastful claims of Yao Lao, Xiao Yao had no time to feel any excitement. With each and every required material uttered by Yao Lao, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel his heart sink lower and lower.

"Tomorrow, prepare for me four 50 year old Inky Leaf Lotus flowers, two Ripened Snake Venom Fruits, one bundle of 20 year old Spirit Gathering Grass and a Rank 2 Water Attribute Magic Stone," Came Yao Lao's indifferent voice and when he saw Xiao Yan's stiff and distant look, he couldn't help but be startled. "What's the matter?"

"50 year old Inky Leaf Lotus? Flowers that age are sold for 3.000 gold coins and that's just for a single blossom! Ripened Snake Venom Fruit? That's considered one of the top lower grade alchemy ingredients, even the pharmacies don't carry them, it would have to be through sheer luck if one were to ever obtain one and at the very least 8.000 gold coins would be needed to buy just one. And the 20 year old Spirit Gather Grass? Dear god, I have only heard of this item appearing in auctions only once and the starting price was at 10.500 gold! Even the Rank 2 Water Attribute Magic Stone, the cheapest of all the materials, would require at least 2.000 gold pieces." Xiao Yan's wiped his sweaty brow and painfully let out a groan, "These ingredients alone would cost me around 50.000. Where in the world would I get such a large sum of money?"

"Eh..." On hearing Xiao Yan whine, Yao Lao just rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders mockingly, "Obtaining those ingredients is your problem. It has nothing to do with me; I will only be in charge of refining the ingredients."

"Dammit. The cost for everything is going to be way too high. If I'm really going to eat Gathering Qi Powder like candy, I'm afraid that even the Xiao Clan's wealth would be unable to cover the costs." Scolding himself, Xiao Yan fingered the green card he had hidden under the pillow with some regret. Helplessly, he said, "I only have 10,000 gold left from selling the Foundation Elixir, nowhere near enough to buy the ingredients you need."

Yao Lao laughed while leisurely sitting down onto a chair; showing that the matter of obtaining the ingredients was of no concern to him.

Kneading his head, Xiao Yan grimaced in pain as he continued his line of thought, "First, I'll just use this money to buy ingredients for the Foundation Elixir. Then I'll just sell that at the Auction House; otherwise, I'll never get enough money."

Yao Lao gave a smug nod. For him, refining something as low-grade as the Foundation Elixir was nothing strenuous. Letting out a short breath, Xiao Yan flopped back onto his bed and bitterly laughed, "Being poor is extremely annoying..."

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The next morning, Xiao Yan secretly slipped away from the clan to Wu Tan City's pharmacies and bought all of the materials needed for the Foundation Elixir. Afterwards, Xiao Yan searched for a tavern in an isolated area and entered.

Because he would be selling the elixirs for other people to use, he could let Yao Lao mix the ingredients together without a single care. So, just like last time, Xiao Yan bought the cheapest and lowest quality materials.

Because he desperately needed money, Xiao Yan bought enough materials to make 7 Foundation Elixirs, which which had completely drained the green card of money.

While waiting for Yao Lao to refine the ingredients, Xiao Yan began to flick the green card around his hands. Absentmindedly shaking his head, Xiao Yan came to realize that he had once again returned to his original poverty stricken state.