194、Exchange conditions

  The stranger didn't know that the other party was making an outrageous demand. But they had a transmission array in hand, so they were fearless. She stared at Wei Hao Lan and said the next price: "Two thousand spirit stones."

  Wei Hao Lan's gaze finally moved, but he didn't immediately agree. Instead, he smiled at Mo Tian Ge and praised: "Ye Dao has a good temperament, borrowing 2,000 spirit stones to use the transmission array is indeed a grand gesture."

  Mo Tian Ge looked at her with a faint tone: "Isn't it that Wei Zhuang's sect leader doesn't look highly on you?"

  Wei Hao Lan saw that she had an unpleasant expression, but still smiled and said: "Where, I am the leader of a sect, but our Bi Xuan Pavilion is just a small sect. Two thousand spirit stones, to be honest, I couldn't even take it out. However, this transaction for the sect, isn't very cost-effective."

  Moye Song raised an eyebrow: "Does the leader of the Wei faction think that it's only worth it if I spend all my family's wealth to use the transmission array just once?"

  "I don't dare." Wei Hao Lan still smiled slightly, speaking unhurriedly. "However, as a disciple of the great sect, Ye Dao You's family is probably very wealthy, not something our small sect can compare to. Two thousand spirit stones, I'm afraid Ye Dao You wouldn't even consider it worth looking at."

  Two thousand spirit stones, for a great sect elite disciple like her, is indeed nothing. Not to mention that she is now the personal disciple of Jinghe Daojun, with a status not inferior to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, even someone like Luofeng Xue back in the day, as a favored disciple of a Nascent Soul cultivator, could also afford to spend several thousand spirit stones.

  This Wei Hao Lan is indeed a master of one style, although the Bi Xuan Pavilion isn't some big sect, she's still familiar with the family backgrounds of even the disciples from the major sects.

  Moy Tian Ge somewhat regretted being so frank about his sect, but then he thought that if it weren't for the Xuan Qing Sect backing him up, the other side might have demanded even more.

  "Let's not beat around the bush," she thought for a moment, then said directly, "We're not merchants, haggling is really not interesting. You'd better just name a price, as long as I can afford it, there won't be any nonsense."

  "Good!" Wei Hao Lan seemed to be waiting for this sentence, and he clapped his hands. Smiling, "Ye Dao You is a straightforward person, since that's the case, I also can't decline anymore."

  After a pause, Wei Hao Lan did not directly name a price, but instead slowly said: "I wonder if Brother Ye knows what kind of situation my Bi Xuan Pavilion is in here by the seaside?"

  Mo Tian Ge nodded: "I've arrived here and roughly understood some things. Your esteemed sect is the only one by the seaside, and it also controls the only transmission array leading to the outside world. It can be said that you are in a monopoly position."

  "Not bad, a unique and outstanding one." Wei Hao Lan said this with a proud expression, but after finishing the sentence, she sighed, "However, behind being uniquely outstanding, there are many hidden dangers!"

  Mo Tian Ge didn't understand: "Your sect has cultivators who have formed their golden cores and are stationed here, yet there aren't any powerful enemies nearby. The cultivators by the coast all belong to your sect as well, where is the hidden danger?"

  Wei Hao Lan smiled bitterly: "Ye Dao You doesn't know. Although Bi Xuan Ge is developing smoothly, Lin Hai is just this big, the spiritual vein is not top-notch, and resources are scarce. Even without strong enemies, it's hard to become a major power."

  This point is also clear in the heart of Mo Tian Ge, one of the seven major sects, Zheng Fa Zong, is also facing this problem. The size of the region is a fundamental problem that restricts the development of the sect. Except for migration, there is no solution.

  But from another perspective, with the unique geography of Linhai, Bixuan Pavilion doesn't have to worry about anything if it doesn't overreach itself. With exclusive resources, the entire Linhai is their domain, and even if there are few people, they can still cultivate a few cultivators; recruiting disciples is easy, all the cultivators in Linhai are eager to join Bixuan Pavilion, male cultivators included; with people and wealth, as long as no mistakes are made, the sect will develop steadily, which means that under the current scale, being the leader of Bixuan Pavilion is the easiest.

  Kong Xiangyun didn't react, so Wei Haolan continued: "Of course, our Bi Xuan Pavilion was originally just a place for a group of unfortunate women to settle down, given by the founder. We didn't think about developing into a large sect like those big sects, or cultivating many high-ranking disciples. However, no matter what, my Bi Xuan Pavilion needs to be passed down, and there are some things that can't be left out."

  "So what? What does the Sect Leader want to exchange with me?" She wasn't a fool, and Wei Hao Ran's words were definitely meant to trade for something from her, perhaps elixirs or magical instruments.

  Seeing that she understood what he meant, Wei Hao Lan didn't beat around the bush and said straightforwardly: "Ye Dao You comes from Kunwu, Kunwu is rich in cultivation resources. If it's about dan materials and such, Ye Dao You doesn't lack them."

  A stranger singer held a teacup, smiled and said: "Wei Zhuangmen's words, I don't dare to agree with. All cultivators, elixir materials, none are not lacking. Now it's not like the ancient times, spiritual objects everywhere, although Kunwu has rich resources, but can't compare to having too many people."

  "It's true, but compared to us by the sea, it's much better." Wei Hao Lan didn't feel displeased. Looking at Mo Tian Ge, he said seriously, "Ye Dao You, although we don't have many spiritual stones, we can still find spiritual stone veins by the sea. However, the sea and Kun Wu have been isolated for too long, and although we also send disciples to learn outside, our level of alchemy and artifact refinement has always been declining, and resources are scarce... Ye Dao You, if you want to use the transmission array, you can exchange it with dan Yao materials or alchemy and artifact refinement techniques."

  To this end, Wei Hao Lan finally quoted a real price. After putting out her trump card, she stared at Mo Tian Ge, although the initiative was in her own hands, but she also had an urgent need for these things.

  After hearing this, Mo Tian Ge put down his teacup and lightly tapped his fingers on the table, as if in thought.

  Looking at her like this, Wei Hao Lan asked another question: "These are still acceptable for Ye Dao You, right?"

  Mo Tian Ge glanced at her and nodded: "Wei Zhuang Men, I like being straightforward, so let's just be direct. As for the materials for refining equipment, I don't have many on me, probably not enough to exchange with you. My standard of refining equipment is also average, there's nothing much I can teach. However, as for dan Yao, I do have some on me, and this time out, I've also found some spiritual herbs. Additionally, I'll take out some ordinary dan formulas, it's just whether Wei Zhuang Men will be satisfied or not."

  Wei Hao Lan's face lit up with joy: "It seems that Ye Dao You is well-versed in the art of alchemy. To be honest, ordinary spiritual herbs and pill formulas, we can also obtain, but the technique of alchemy is indeed not easy to learn. If Ye Dao You can teach our sect's disciples how to refine pills, I will take care of the transmission fee myself. Additionally, if Ye Dao You has high-grade medicinal pills, we are willing to exchange them for Donghai's specialty products."

  "Is that so?" Mochen Ge's heart skipped a beat. "I actually know some alchemy, it's just whether or not Wei Zhangmen will be satisfied."

  "Wei Hao Lan smiled: 'Satisfied or not, try it and you'll know.'"

  After thinking for a moment, Mo Tian Ge nodded: "Good."

  It was roughly agreed upon, and Mo Tian Ge followed Wei Hao Lan to the alchemy room of Bi Xuan Pavilion.

  Although Bi Xuan Ge is a small sect, the alchemy room is not small, occupying an entire large hall. Mo Tian Ge entered the alchemy building and saw that there were about seven or eight pill furnaces inside. In front of each furnace, several female disciples were busy at work, while some lower-level male cultivators assisted them.

  She took a glance, these female disciples who were refining the elixir were all in the Qi Refining stage. Looking at their elixir refinement techniques, they were all quite clumsy. Even the better ones could only barely refine the Foundation Building First Stage Elixir and Cultivate Yuan Elixir.

  Moy Tian Ge shook his head secretly, no wonder Wei Hao Lan was so anxious. With such a level of alchemy, it's not even worthy of a sect with over a thousand disciples. I estimate that the failure rate of refining foundation pills is very high, and the foundation pill only has Pei Yuan Dan. It's already difficult for disciples to build their foundation, and it's even harder to cultivate after building it.

  As soon as the two entered the alchemy room, a disciple immediately came forward and said: "Master."

  Wei Hao Lan nodded and asked: "Is your uncle Xia Shi here?"

  The disciple replied: "Return to the sect, Xia Shibo is currently in the inner chamber refining elixirs."

  "Has it started?"

  "Not yet." After a moment's thought, the disciple added, "If Master wants to see Shixiong now, it's still possible. He is in the Huodan furnace and will start alchemy soon."

  Wei Hao Lan nodded and said to Mo Tian Ge, "Ye Dao You, my junior sister Xia Qing is the number one alchemy expert in our sect. She's currently refining a batch of Yuan Condensing Pills. Let's go take a look."

  Yingyuan Dan is the foundational dan yao taken by cultivators who have formed their dan. According to Wei Haoran's explanation, this Xia Qing should be a female foundation-building cultivator, and being able to refine dan yao at the stage of forming her dan is already quite impressive. It seems that she had underestimated Bi Xuan Pavilion earlier; a dan-refining master of this caliber should barely be able to support a mid-sized sect like Bi Xuan Pavilion.

  However, Mo Tian Ge's alchemy skills were no longer what they used to be. With the abundance of spiritual herbs in the Void Sky Realm, she had become complacent and her alchemy skills had risen sharply. Refining the Yuan Condensing Pill was now very easy for her.

  Two people walked through the hall and entered a separate alchemy room.

  This alchemy room is very spacious, with only one large alchemy furnace, but there are no fewer than the cultivators in the outer hall who are busy.

  Mó Tiān Gē discovered that this alchemy furnace was different from the ones in the outer hall, where alchemy disciples used their dantian true fire to catalyze, but instead drew upon the earth's fire as the elixir fire, and what's more, the earth's fire was very pure.

  Further inside, behind a large alchemy furnace, a female cultivator with slightly disheveled hair was intently calculating the quantity of materials, her expression focused and solemn, as if even the sky falling wouldn't make her raise her head to take another look.

  Mó Tiān Gē was somewhat surprised, this female cultivator, unexpectedly still in the foundation building stage, could it be that Wèi Hǎo Lán's junior sister Shuā Qīng? With such an appearance, she indeed looked like a dan-refining madwoman, and even when two foundation-building cultivators entered, she didn't raise her head to take a look.

  "Yè Dào Yǒu," Wèi Hào Lán said with a helpless expression to Mò Tiān Gē, "This is my junior sister Xiǎ Qīng. Once she starts refining her elixir, she becomes completely oblivious to the world around her. Don't be alarmed."

  Mo Tian Ge smiled slightly: "I think your junior sister is quite admirable. People who focus on doing one thing are all admirable."

  Compared to those foolish female cultivators from Kunwu who only know how to show off their clothes and jewelry, she prefers the female cultivators in Bixuan Pavilion. Like Wei Haolan, who is clever and capable, planning for the future of the sect. Or like Xia Qing in front of her, who is wholeheartedly devoted to alchemy, even forgetting to take care of herself.

  I've seen many female cultivators who don't strive to improve, and I pity their misfortune while also resenting their lack of ambition. Why do female cultivators have a low status in the cultivation world? Sometimes, one's status isn't given by others, but rather earned by oneself. If they don't know how to work hard or strive for more, then no matter what position is given to them, crying and complaining won't accomplish anything. Haven't you seen that there are still female cultivators who can form a primordial infant and have the final say? Therefore, it's not that female cultivators have a low status, but rather that high-ranking female cultivators are too rare.