CHAPTER 280: LONGEVITY BUSINESS

"The Island looks much better." Shen Xu said, looking around.

Although the land was barren, it looked cleaner and brighter after the evil-swallowing cauldron sucked in all the surrounding evil qi.

"Other cultivators seem to have regained their consciousness but..." Feng Xue sighed.

In addition to their group, the other cultivators had also appeared on the island.

However, they all had white hair and their bodies were still skin and bones.

"They haven’t recovered their vitality." Yang Shi observed.

[Ayuan, do we want to sell longevity pills?] Shen Xu transmitted and Zhen Yuan narrowed his eyes before speaking.

[Longevity pills contain a lot of vitality and should help them recover. We can sell them if you want.]

Although selling longevity pills would attract trouble to themselves, Zhen Yuan wasn’t worried.

After all, his cultivation was equivalent to the early stage of the fusion realm.

Let alone the Yunshan secret realm, he would dare to sell the longevity pills in the Tianqi continent.

[Okay.] Shen Xu nodded and turned to the others.

"We are going to open a shop." He said.

Hearing this, Dongfang Jing and Chen Yi couldn’t help but be surprised.

After all, the suggestion came too suddenly and too out of the blue.

"What will we be selling?" Feng Xue asked.

"Weapons, talismans, formation disks, inscriptions, fruits, food, wine, and pills, especially the longevity pill." Shen Xu said with a mischievous smile.

"Longevity pills? Very appropriate." Dongfang Jing said but couldn’t help but worry.

"Is it okay to sell longevity pills? We are only seven and can’t hope to fend off more than a thousand cultivators."

Shen Xu sneered when he heard this and proudly looked at Zhen Yuan.

"Let alone one thousand, it won’t be a problem even if ten thousand spirit transformation realm cultivators attack us."

"Is that so?" Dongfang Jing questioned with a sceptical expression.

However, neither Zhen Yuan nor the others chose to alleviate his doubts.

Instead, they ignored him and began discussing the particulars of the shop.

Soon after, Shen Xu waved his hand and their portable shop flew into the sky, finally landing on an empty spot.

"This place will do." He muttered and turned to the others.

"Hurry up and invite our customers."

While Yang Shi, Feng Xue, Li Wenqiang, Dongfang Jing, and Chen Yi were inviting customers, Zhen Yuan turned to Shen Xu.

"Xiaoxu, do you have enough longevity pills?" He asked and the double immediately nodded.

"I have a stockpile of elixirs, including the longevity pill. It would be good if we could sell them all in the secret realm."

"How do you intend to sell them?"

"Spirit stones, spirit grasses, natural treasures, ores, ..., anything will do as long as it’s useful to us."

The first customer arrived an incense stick later.

At a glance, the man was on his last breath and was barely holding on.

"I heard I can buy a longevity pill from here?" He asked, his turbid eyes revealing a hint of hope.

"We have high-grade, top-grade, and perfect grade. Which one do you want?"

Hearing this, the man trembled and struggled to meet Shen Xu’s gaze.

"Is the fellow Daoist serious?" He asked in a low voice.

Although he was not an alchemist, he had bought many pills and knew some common sense.

From what he knew, the longevity pill was a complex elixir to refine.

In that case, how could a random shop in the secret realm offer high-grade, top-grade, and even perfect-grade pills?

Considering this, the little hope hidden in his heart was immediately extinguished.

"Aren’t you afraid of cause and effect?" The man asked in a resentful voice.

"I exchange goods for something of equal value. Why should I be afraid of cause and effect?" Shen Xu asked in a confused voice.

"Something of equal value?" The man snorted but soon glared at Shen Xu.

"A perfect grade longevity pill is priceless. What do you want for it?"

"What do you offer?"

"One million spirit stones."

Shen Xu sneered when he heard this.

Ordinarily, a low-grade longevity pill could add one hundred years to a spirit transformation realm cultivator.

However, adding one hundred years was only possible when the cultivator’s vitality was not damaged.

For a spirit transformation realm cultivator with waning vitality, a low-grade longevity pill was enough to recover half their vitality.

Similarly, a mid-grade could recover full vitality, while high-grade, top-grade, and perfect grade would not only recover the lost vitality but also increase their lifespan.

Thinking of this, Shen Xu glared at the dying man.

"One million spirit stones for a priceless pill?" He asked, his eyes filled with mockery.

Hearing this, the man frowned and sighed.

He also knew the price was too low.

However, he wasn’t stupid.

Although he was dying, he didn’t want to make it easier for the circling vultures.

Thinking of something, he suddenly perked up and stared at Shen Xu with determined eyes.

"Can I see the pill?" He asked and Shen Xu nodded.

A moment later, he retrieved a pill bottle from one of the shelves, opened it and showed it to the man.

"Have a look he said."

However, the man didn’t need to.

From the moment the shop owner opened the bottle, a refreshing fragrance floated out and filled the room.

Instantaneously, the man felt his vitality twitch, as if awakening from a deep slumber.

’It’s really a perfect grade longevity pill.’ He thought and his eyes brightened.

"I want it." He shouted and threw a storage ring.

Seeing this, Shen Xu caught the storage ring and looked inside.

’One hundred million spirit stones and a wood crystal.’ He silently shouted, barely suppressing his excitement.

As a chaos fire spiritual root cultivator, Shen Xu didn’t need the wood crystal.

However, Xiaomu was a wood-element fire and could use the wood crystal.

’Xiaomu’s cultivation hasn’t improved in a while. This wood crystal is just right to help her advance to level six.’

After the excitement, the double turned to the man.

"Daoist friend, do you need a defensive formation disk or talisman? You can use them to protect yourself while absorbing the longevity pill." He suggested.