Chapter Eighty-two: Flying Cloud

  Mo Ke's eyebrows furrowed deeply, these medicinal materials, each one was worth a city, extremely precious. If he could find them, he would make a huge profit. No matter what, he had to try his best to search for them.

  Mo Ke's mouth curled up into a smile as he said, "Respected sir, the medicinal herbs you're asking for are quite rare. Our store only has two of them in stock. If you can give me some time, I'll definitely try my best to find the rest, but the price..."

  As he said this, Mo Kai began to hesitate, his eyes darting back and forth as he stared at the mask on Xia Yan's face.

  Mo Ke was able to manage the medicinal herb shop at the auction house, and his business skills were naturally not bad. He was good at observing people's expressions. However, Xia Yan wore a mask, so he couldn't figure him out, and could only try to guess from his tone of voice.

  Xia Yan nodded, he originally didn't think of buying all the medicinal materials at once either.

  "I know these prices are quite expensive, Mr. Mo Ke, how many gold coins do you think it will take to buy these medicinal materials?" Xia Yan asked with a slight movement of his eyebrows.

  After the intermediate arena challenge, Xia Yan now has an asset of about 36,000 gold coins.

  "This... heh heh, esteemed sir, I roughly calculated it just now, and we might need a total of 40,000 gold coins!" Mokai said with some trepidation.

  400,000 gold coins, no matter where you put it, is absolutely an astronomical figure.

  Even if it were the three major families of Yushui City, they wouldn't be able to casually take out 40,000 gold coins.

  Xia Yan's heart skipped a beat as he heard this. Although he had been prepared for it, the number 40,000 still shocked him.

  If it were placed on those who regard money as their life, it would be more unbearable than taking their lives.

  It's just a prescription, not alchemy, and the required medicinal materials are already so expensive. In the future, if he becomes a successful spiritual master and starts refining elixirs, it will be even more... As for the medicinal materials requested by the Holy Emperor, Xia Yan has too much helplessness in his heart.

  Xia Yan rolled her eyes!

  But thinking again, since it's a medicine for the realm of the Shocking Spirit Master, some special medicinal materials are naturally needed. If the required medicinal materials are too cheap, then one really has to suspect the efficacy of this medicine.

  "Gold coins, no problem! Mr. Mo Kei, you mentioned last time that there was an 80% discount, do you still remember?" Xia Yan's gaze shifted, his deep pupils staring at Mo Kei's face.

  When Xia Yan looked at him like this, Mo Kai's heart skipped a beat.

  If Xia Yan hadn't mentioned the discount, Mo Kai wouldn't have brought it up either. Now that Xia Yan has spoken out, he can't deny it either. With a bitter face, Mo Kai nodded heavily and dryly said: "Of course... of course..."

  "And don't even think about cheating me on the price, if I find out that your medicinal materials are more expensive than others, humph..." Xia Yan's palm moved, and a shocking airflow emitted a sharp cry flying out of the medicine shop.

  Mo Ke's eyes were about to pop out, his face suddenly turned ashen. Although he was in charge of the medicinal herbs section at the auction house, he didn't have much ability when it came to martial arts. Moreover, he also had a very small amount of courage, or rather, extremely little.

  "Don't worry, as long as you sell me the medicine at a fair price, I won't let you lose out. We'll have plenty of opportunities to cooperate in the future." Xia Yan patted him on the back and gave him a sweet date.

  Upon hearing this sentence, Mo Kai finally felt a bit relieved, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, but his heart was still racing like a drum.

  "Definitely... definitely..." Mo Kai nodded his sparse-haired head repeatedly, "That... currently there are two types of medicinal materials in stock at the pharmacy, you see... do you want to take them first or wait until next time with other medicinal materials?"

  At this time, the young and lovely girl in the pharmacy was staring at Xia Yan and Mo Kai with her big black eyes, looking curious.

  "Mr. Mo Ke, how much time do you need to prepare?" Xia Yan Zhuo asked after a moment of thought.

  Mo Ke's eyes rolled around, and after a moment of thought, he slowly said: "I'm afraid it will take at least a week. I need to gather medicinal materials from Purple Leaf City."

  From Zǐyè City to Yùshuǐ City, a round trip, an ordinary horse-drawn carriage generally takes about one week.

  Xia Yan nodded, "Alright, I'll come back for the medicine in a week. At that time, I will bring the gold coins together."

  More than 30,000 gold coins, if all were cash, would require a large box to hold them, weighing over 300 pounds of gold.

  "Alright, alright! No problem at all!" Mo Kai nodded repeatedly and bowed, with a layer of fine sweat appearing on his forehead.

  Xia Yan turned around and waved at the little girl in the medicine shop, who was still standing in a daze in front of the door.

  "Ah~"

  Xia Yan waved his arm in front of himself, and the young woman suddenly woke up with a start, looking flustered and disheveled.

  Xia Yan smiled in her heart.

  "Lan Zhi, why are you standing here doing nothing? Why aren't you going to work?" Mo Kai's face turned dark as he scolded.

  He was worried that Lan Zhi would make Xia Yan unhappy, and just now Xia Yan had casually waved his hand and sent out a wave of air, which thoroughly shocked him.

  Mo Ke's personal strength wasn't strong, but he had seen some powerful people before. He knew that even ordinary late-stage peak experts couldn't release their internal energy so easily and visibly.

  But this masked person was able to do it, his strength, may even be a spiritual master!

  Even if Mo Ke were given another dose of courage, he wouldn't dare offend someone who seemed like a spiritual master.

  "Oh! Mm-hmm!" Lan Zhi hastily nodded and turned around to continue wiping down the medicine materials on the counter with a flurry of activity.

  "Sir, don't mind it at all, the little girl is inexperienced." Mo Kai said with a dry cough, full of apology.

  Xia Yan shook his head, "Never mind, I'll leave the matter of the medicine to Mr. Mo Ke. I have something else to attend to, so I'll take my leave first!"

  Xia Yan made a fist and nodded at Mo Kai, then quickly left the auction house amidst Mo Kai's farewell cheers.

  "The hard-earned over 30,000 gold coins seem to be gone in an instant! I don't know what else I'll need to refine in the future, so I'd better accumulate even more gold coins." Xia Yan thought as he walked along the road.

  And tomorrow is the day when Xia Yan challenges the high-level champion Fei Yun.

  If Xia Yan wins, he will receive a reward of 50,000 gold coins.

  "I don't know, what's the odds of Fei Yun!" Xia Yan's heart skipped a beat.

  "The odds of Flying Cloud must be higher than 1:1, if I put all my gold coins on myself and win in the end, I can earn at least more than 30,000 gold coins. But, what if I lose... The money to buy medicine will be gone!" Xia Yan furrowed his brow.

  Xia Yan was also familiar with Fei Yun's information, knowing that Fei Yun used to be a formidable Ling Shi, meaning that even if Fei Yun was at his worst now, he could still exert 100% of his martial skills' power. In contrast, Xia Yan's "Tian Yu Shen Gun" had only merged about 80%, and the Ling Luo Sword could probably only exert about 98% of its power.

  The most important thing is that Fei Yun used to be a Ling Shi, and after countless killings, his combat experience must be very rich. If he's not careful, Xia Yan might really lose.

  Xia Yan also didn't have absolute confidence in being able to defeat Fei Yun.

  "Go ahead and push it! If I can defeat Fei Yun, plus the reward of 50,000 gold coins, I'll have at least 120,000 gold coins, which is enough for me to use for a while." Xia Yan made up his mind.