Collecting medicinal herbs

The hall on this floor was extremely spacious, spanning several thousand zhang in circumference, and it was bright and wide, appearing extremely luxurious.

The entire perimeter of the hall was lined with counters, displaying various Medicinal Pills; this first floor was actually a Medicinal Pill hall, filled with all kinds of Medicinal Pills.

Hundreds of women were receiving customers here, and these customers were basically all newcomers who had entered this year.

As soon as they received their points, they prepared to spend them here, because everything in the Xuantian Pavilion could be bought with points, provided, of course, that you had enough points.

Just as he entered the hall, Long Chen saw a familiar figure; he saw that kid, Guo Ran, standing in front of a counter, asking the woman inside, "What is the price for this?"

The woman glanced at that Medicinal Pill and said indifferently, "Two hundred points."

"Holy crap, that expensive?" Guo Ran couldn't help but be shocked, pointing to the Medicinal Pill next to it and asking, "Then what about this one?"

The woman glanced at Guo Ran indifferently and opened one hand, her five fingers distinct, "Five 'holy craps'."

Guo Ran was stunned, and just as he was about to say something, a silvery laughter came from behind him; he looked back and saw Long Chen and Tang Waner standing behind him, with Tang Waner laughing uncontrollably.

"Ahem, Boss, Boss Lady, why are you here?" Guo Ran asked with some embarrassment.

"You are not allowed to call me Boss Lady, call me President," Tang Waner shouted, as she clearly didn't like that title, finding it too tacky.

"Yes, yes, President Waner," Guo Ran hurriedly apologized with a smile.

"Guo Ran, how long have you been here, and how does it feel?" Long Chen asked.

Guo Ran said with a bitter Face, "Don't mention it, I've been walking around for almost two hours; the things here are too expensive, and my salary can only buy some trash Medicinal Pills."

Guo Ran had received his points early and came to spend them happily, but after coming in and taking a look, he was dumbfounded, feeling like a beggar who had run into a gold jewelry store; those few points were simply not enough for anything.

However, Guo Ran was actually quite smart; he walked around a large circle and had asked about the market price of almost all kinds of Medicinal Pills.

It wasn't long before someone was annoyed by his questions and spoke to him in that tone, and Long Chen and Tang Waner happened to see this scene.

"I originally wanted to buy a Bone-Strengthening Pill, but that thing actually costs six hundred and fifty points; my salary is simply not enough," Guo Ran said, feeling extremely angry.

He had just advanced to the Tendon-Easement Realm, and his Qi was not stable at all; if he wanted to stabilize it quickly, a Bone-Strengthening Pill was a necessity.

The Bone-Strengthening Pill was aimed at experts who had just advanced to the Tendon-Easement Realm, as it could help practitioners quickly adapt to their surging strength and allow their Realm to consolidate.

Without the support of a Bone-Strengthening Pill, a normal person would need two to three months to completely consolidate their Realm.

With a Bone-Strengthening Pill, this process could be greatly shortened, usually taking ten days to half a month to stabilize.

This greatly saved the precious time of the practitioners, so the Bone-Strengthening Pill was a necessity for this batch of newcomers.

"I spent half a day sweet-talking the guy selling the medicine, but she just wouldn't budge and wouldn't give me any discount at all; it really pissed me off," Guo Ran said indignantly.

When he said this, the woman standing at the counter became a bit unhappy, "You're wrong to say that; we are only responsible for sales and have no authority to give you a discount."

"Besides, what do you think this is? A vegetable market? Bargaining? We didn't get angry after you lingered here for so long; that is already giving you enough Face."

"You…" Guo Ran couldn't help but glare.

"Sorry, my brother here is having a bad day, so he's in a bad mood; I apologize to you on his behalf," Long Chen said with a smile.

The woman's expression improved slightly, and she smiled slightly, indicating that she was no longer Life Qi.

Long Chen then pulled the still-grumbling Guo Ran away, and Tang Waner covered her mouth and laughed, "Guo Ran, I finally understand why you two are brothers; you two are a pair of weirdos, actually coming here to haggle."

"I'm doing this to express my dissatisfaction; I want the higher-ups of the branch to hear the voices of us newcomers."

"A month's benefits aren't even enough to buy a Bone-Strengthening Pill; isn't this just messing with us?" Guo Ran was still a bit unconvinced.

"Alright, there's a reason for the branch to arrange it this way; after all, you are all members of the guild, and the guild will think of ways for you, so you don't have to worry," Tang Waner said.

"Now that everyone has advanced to the Tendon-Easement Realm, buying Bone-Strengthening Pills is imperative, and it is also the main reason I came here."

"Six hundred and fifty each; we have seventy-nine people, which requires fifty-one thousand three hundred and fifty points; good heavens, we haven't even done anything, and half of our salary is gone just like that?" Long Chen couldn't help but gasp, thinking the branch was too ruthless in collecting wealth.

Tang Waner shook her head and said, "It's not seventy-nine people, but one hundred."

"Hmm? We don't have one hundred people?" Long Chen asked, realizing only this many were left from the original one hundred.

"Each guild can recruit up to one hundred people; the vacant spots can be filled by absorbing newcomers, otherwise we will be at a great disadvantage in terms of numbers; in a while, you will come with me to the Xuantian Plaza to recruit newcomers," Tang Waner explained.

Guo Ran nodded, but Long Chen fell into deep thought; he looked around and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"There are actually Medicinal Materials for exchange here?"

Guo Ran said, "Yes, in this hall, two-thirds of the space is filled with various Medicinal Materials; the Medicinal Pill section only occupies one-third, and it seems there are only a few dozen types of Medicinal Pills."

Long Chen's heart stirred, and he walked towards the counter on the medicinal herb side; after walking a large circle, he discovered that there were actually over ten thousand types of Medicinal Materials here, which made him overjoyed.

Although he only took a rough look, he saw several types of Materials for refining Jade Balance Pills, which filled his heart with excitement.

"Waner, do you trust me?" Long Chen looked at Tang Waner very seriously.

"What silly things are you saying? How could I not trust you?" Tang Waner said, feeling a bit confused.

Long Chen smiled slightly, "That's good; I want to discuss something with you; you first lend me sixty thousand points, and within three days, I will provide you with one hundred Bone-Strengthening Pills."

Tang Waner and Guo Ran both widened their eyes and looked at Long Chen in disbelief; Guo Ran said, "Boss, you don't mean to…"

"Yes, I want to refine the Bone-Strengthening Pills myself; I just checked, and the Materials for one hundred pills only cost about eight thousand points or so; if I refine them myself, I can save a huge amount of points," Long Chen said.

"But… the Bone-Strengthening Pill is a Third Grade Medicinal Pill," Guo Ran said.

"I cannot refine Third Grade Medicinal Pills right now, so I need to buy some Materials to help me complete one thing, and then I can refine the Bone-Strengthening Pills," Long Chen said very confidently.

His current Pill Fire was not enough to refine Third Grade Medicinal Pills; the power of the Pill Fire was not enough to refine the essence from the Medicinal Materials, and it was impossible to form the pill.

However, in Long Chen's spatial ring, there was an Inner Core of a Fire Lizard Beast; as long as he absorbed the Inner Core of the Fire Lizard Beast, he would possess a Third Grade Beast Fire.

Relying on his powerful Soul Power and the vigorous Spiritual Qi within the Fengfu Star, even if he hadn't entered the Tendon-Easement Realm, refining Third Grade Medicinal Pills would not be a big problem.

Moreover, Long Chen had seen that the Bone-Strengthening Pills in the counter were all Third Grade Medium Grade, not High Grade.

Taking such Bone-Strengthening Pills would not be particularly effective; it would take at least fifteen days to completely consolidate the Realm.

Long Chen's goal was High Grade Bone-Strengthening Pills, which could allow people to consolidate their Realm in seven to ten days.

This would save several days of time; in the fierce competition of the branch, time was money; every extra day of cultivation meant an extra point of competitive strength, allowing one to obtain more resources.

Not only could it greatly increase everyone's cultivation time, but it also saved a large amount of points.

With the saved points, Long Chen could buy Materials to make Ten Thousand Beast Essence Blood; when the time came, as long as he went out to hunt Demonic Beasts, he could make Ten Thousand Beast Essence Blood on the spot and quickly improve his cultivation.

This conflict with Wu Qi of the Law Enforcement Team gave Long Chen a great sense of crisis; in the end, that strike from Wu Qi was not unleashed and was stopped by Tu Fang.

If Tu Fang hadn't come, Long Chen would only have been able to summon the Fengfu Battle Body to have a chance to block that strike.

The Fengfu Battle Body was Long Chen's strongest means, but Wu Qi had not used any battle skills from beginning to end, relying entirely on his Tendon-Easement Realm cultivation to suppress Long Chen.

Long Chen knew that if they really fought, he would be no match for Wu Qi; at the same time, Long Chen sensed a crisis from Elder Sun.

Although he didn't know why Elder Sun was targeting him, he absolutely couldn't be careless, and he certainly couldn't entrust his life to the branch's rules.

To hold his destiny in his own hands, he must have matching strength, so improving his strength was imminent.

He didn't have the Pill Formula for this kind of Bone-Strengthening Pill, but in his Soul memories, there was a better formula that could also consolidate the Realm, and the effect was even better than this one.

"You decide; I trust you," Tang Waner smiled slightly, took out her Nameplate, tapped it a few times, and touched it against Long Chen's Nameplate.

The number on Long Chen's Nameplate suddenly lit up a few times; the number, which was originally only five hundred, immediately became one hundred thousand five hundred.

"This…" Long Chen was shocked; Tang Waner had actually handed over all the guild points to him.

"Since I chose to trust you, I will trust you completely; from today on, you are the manager of the guild," Tang Waner said with a smile.

Long Chen held the jade plate, and a warm current flowed through his heart; it felt really good to be trusted; looking at the smiling Tang Waner, he was stunned for a moment.

"Ahem, Boss, at this time, should I quietly walk away?" Guo Ran asked with some embarrassment.

Tang Waner's pretty Face blushed, and she turned her Face away, but she didn't say anything.

Long Chen glared at Guo Ran and said unhappily, "You know too much."

According to the formula in his memory, Long Chen quickly found the few things he wanted; it had to be said that the branch's treasury was very well-stocked, a hundred times larger than the scale of the Alchemist Guild.

After picking out the items, he purchased a large batch of Materials for refining Bone-Strengthening Pills, which was enough to refine one hundred Bone-Strengthening Pills.

After buying these things, more than thirty thousand points flew out of the one hundred thousand points on Long Chen's Nameplate.

Just as Long Chen was about to go back and start refining the Fire Lizard Beast's Inner Core, Tang Waner pulled Long Chen back.