“But a huge amount of resources is needed to cultivate Ancestral Dragon Secret Technique! No wonder True Dragon Supreme fought battles everywhere ten thousand years ago to seize territories and to steal resources!”

Ling Xiao smiled bitterly. After successfully cultivating Ancestral Dragon Secret Technique, it was only natural for one to become fearsome, but the resources required for the cultivation of each tier were a hundred times more than its previous tier!

In order to cultivate the first tier, Legendary Dragon’s Body, not only a hundred thousand superior Spiritual Stones were needed, but various spiritual herbs were also required to refine Dragon Transformation Pill!

“I can ask Nangong Xuan for Spiritual Stones when I return to the sect, and it won’t be too hard to refine Dragon Transformation Pill since it’s only a superior spiritual pill. But a few types of spiritual herbs are harder to get. I’ll probably need to make a trip to Longevity City!”

Ling Xiao wondered.

In fact, Longevity City was closely related to Longevity Sect since it was ruled by the sect a few thousand years ago. As the sect declined, the city kept changing hands before it eventually became a main city in the Ancient Great Barrenland.

The city was the largest city within a few thousand square miles, and it represented the Ancient Great Barrenland, thus even the great sects dared not disrespect it.

Furthermore, Longevity City flourished as it was the largest city for trading, so Ling Xiao could likely find the spiritual herbs needed to refine Dragon Transformation Pill.

He left Ferocious Beast Mountain Range and headed toward the city.

A moment after he left, an uninvited guest arrived at the swampland where Ling Xiao captured the Thousand-Year Scarlet Toad.

“Who? Who killed Young Master Ma Jun?!”

It was a hawk-nosed middle-aged man dressed in a black robe. His face was dark as he was enraged upon seeing the corpses of Ma Jun and the other Indulgence Sect disciples.

“Based on the injuries… They were attacked using Lesser Titanium Punch! Lesser Titanium Punch, someone from Longevity Sect? How dare you kill Young Master Ma Jun? You must be tired of living!”

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth but was slightly afraid too. Ma Jun’s father was Elder Qi from Indulgence Sect and was the only superior pill alchemist in the sect. The middle-aged man felt chills all over his body when he thought about Elder Qi’s daunting measures.

“I’ll bring them back first, and let Seventh Elder settle this!”

Subsequently, the middle-aged man grabbed the air, seizing the bodies of Ma Jun and the other Indulgence Sect disciples using Great True Qi Hand before he flew outside the forest.

On the other hand, Ling Xiao was heading toward Longevity City without a single clue that Indulgence Sect had already begun hunting for Ma Jun’s murderer. Nevertheless, he would not have cared even if he knew.

Longevity City occupied hundreds of miles of land and had tall city walls; it was a bustling place. As soon as he arrived, Ling Xiao asked for directions to Spiritual Herb Pavilion.

Spiritual Herb Pavilion was the largest drug store in Longevity City. It stored all spiritual pills and spiritual herbs that one would expect to find. Moreover, it was said to be watched over by great pill alchemists, so Ling Xiao assumed that he could find what he needed there.

Standing tall at three-stories, Spiritual Herb Pavilion had an impressive storefront. Ling Xiao was immediately attended to by a pretty lady once he entered.

“Distinguished guest, is this your first time here? What are you looking for? We have every spiritual pill and spiritual herb that you need, and their qualities are guaranteed!”

The pretty lady gave a customary introduction.

“Everything I need? Alright, I need Dragon Transformation Grass, blood essence of a fifth stage demonic beast, Everlasting Flower, Yin Yang Vine…”

Ling Xiao smiled as he listed the spiritual herbs that he came for.

“This…”

The pretty lady was startled as she had never heard of the spiritual herbs mentioned by Ling Xiao even though he looked about her age.

‘Blood essence of a fifth stage demonic beast? Fifth stage demonic beasts are comparable to masters in Grandmaster Boundary. They’re tremendously strong, and their blood essences are extremely precious.

‘What the hell are the other spiritual herbs?’

Ling Xiao understood right away when she saw the lady’s reaction. Although the spiritual herbs were not very valuable, they were rare, thus only pill alchemists would know about them.

He replied with a smile so as to not make things difficult for her. “Go get your greatest pill alchemist, he’ll definitely know!”

“This…”

The lady felt troubled as she was dubious if the spiritual herbs listed by Ling Xiao were real, and she was afraid of being scolded if he was actually fooling her. That being said, she knew that Ling Xiao must have an unusual background if he was right.

While the lady was hesitating, a loud voice was suddenly heard.

“What high-sounding sentiments! I’ve never heard any of those spiritual herbs before, are you here to cause trouble? How dare you create a disturbance in Spiritual Herb Pavilion!”

A red-dressed lady who had a sexy figure and beautiful facial features walked down from the second floor. She stared at Ling Xiao as she found his list questionable.

“Lady Liu, you’re here!”

The pretty lady immediately greeted the red-dressed lady respectfully.

A sensation was caused because of the red-dressed lady’s appearance and Ling Xiao only found out her identity through the discussions around him.

She was Liu Piaopiao, the daughter of Longevity City’s mayor, Liu Xiongfei!

“Just because you’ve never heard of them, it doesn’t mean that the spiritual herbs don’t exist! You’re just an inferior pill alchemist, ask the old pill alchemist behind to come here. If he doesn’t know them too, Spiritual Herb Pavilion can just close down!”

Ling Xiao mentioned casually. Liu Piaopiao was quite a talented lady with the cultivation of ninth tier True Qi Boundary, and the fact that she was an inferior pill alchemist at the age of seventeen made her a genius.

Besides, pill alchemists were a group of mysterious figures that many people idolized.

“What a savage fella! Who exactly are you? Though there are many spiritual herbs in this world that I don’t know of, it doesn’t mean that you know them. I think you’re just a spy from another herb store who’s here to stir up trouble!”

Liu Piaopiao glared at Ling Xiao unpleasantly.

“Narrow-minded!” Ling Xiao sneered. He could not be bothered to argue with her.

However, Liu Piaopiao became furious upon hearing that. She yelled, “Who’s narrow-minded? Looks like I’ll have to teach you a lesson today!”

Followed by that, she folded her sleeves up and was about to charge at Ling Xiao with her True Qi.

‘She’s quite a short-tempered lady.’

Ling Xiao did not want to deal with her any longer. He looked in a certain direction in Spiritual Herb Pavilion, then smiled widely before he shouted, “The furnace is exploding! The furnace is exploding! The furnace is exploding!”

Boom!

His voice was so loud that his words echoed in Spiritual Herb Pavilion.

Boom!

A brief moment later, a deafening explosion was heard, and the pavilion shook.

Then, a white-haired elder with burnt clothes and a slightly burnt beard ran out from the inner court with an exasperated look.

“Which fella shouted that the furnace is exploding? Come out!”