Chapter 94: Chapter 94: Treasure Pavilion
Without much delay, after arranging a few matters, Ji Chen finally left the Sword King Sect directly with Nangong Ao.
"You’ve got quite the skill, to even refine something like the Heart-Devouring Pill. If it weren’t for this pill, Lu Daoyi probably wouldn’t have willingly submitted to you." High above the mountains, as the two traveled, Nangong Ao spoke.
Ji Chen laughed at these words, "What Heart-Devouring Pill? I was just tricking him."
Nangong Ao was stunned for a moment, then also laughed.
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Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten days went by.
Bicheng.
Located in the northern part of the Cloud Domain, nestled by mountains and water, it is one of the few first-class major cities in the entire Cloud Domain.
The Ye Family is situated here.
Today, Bicheng could be described as being bustling to the extreme.
The ancestor of the Ye Family was celebrating a grand birthday, inviting countless renowned leaders from various regions to attend.
Aside from the older generation of powerful figures, many young geniuses also made their appearance in Bicheng, truly making it a gathering of talents and heroes.
This is a true grand stage, gathering an innumerable number of proud sons and heroes from the Northern Nether Nine Domains.
On regular days, Returning Ruins Realm experts, who are rarely seen in the Profound Domain, are now found everywhere within Bicheng.
Ji Chen and Nangong Ao both smoothly arrived here.
Seeing the scene of bustling crowds in the city, Ji Chen couldn’t help but be a bit surprised, "So many people, it’s much livelier than I anticipated."
"The Ye Family could barely be considered a renowned noble clan in Beiyou, as Ye Huai is having his grand birthday, naturally attracting countless forces to partake." Nangong Ao spoke.
"Barely?" Ji Chen was slightly taken aback.
Nangong Ao laughed and said, "How vast are the Nine Regions of Beiyou? The true overlords are naturally Sacred Lands like Kunlun, which have endured for millennia without decline. Compared to them, the Ye Family still falls short. Although they are descendants of Emperor Ye, after all, the ancient Emperor Ye was merely a Saint."
"Those who can truly be compared to such ancient Sacred Lands are still those ancient imperial clans."
"Ancient imperial clans?" Ji Chen squinted his eyes.
Nangong Ao nodded, "Emperors, supreme and unsurpassed, truly invincible beings in the world, their power reverberates through the ages."
"Such characters, naturally, have left behind descendants, and those so-called ancient imperial clans are families whose ancestors once produced Ancient Emperor-level experts."
"Ancient Emperor families..."
Ji Chen couldn’t help but murmur to himself. The Emperor Realm is the pinnacle of the Dao, a realm beyond the Saints, one he never reached even in his past life.
It is said that beings of this level have already transcended the constraints of the Heavenly Dao.
Throughout history, anyone who became an Emperor was truly a dragon among men, endowed with extraordinary talent!
And compared to these so-called imperial clans, the Ye Family, being merely descendants of a Saint, indeed has a significant gap, at least in terms of foundation, the ancient imperial clans could far surpass the Ye Family!
"You go wander around by yourself for now." Nangong Ao suddenly spoke.
Ji Chen was slightly startled and looked at him curiously.
Only to hear Nangong Ao say, "I have a few old friends here in Bicheng, I plan to visit their families."
His past friendships, although the people have passed on, the legacy remains, and the bloodline is still there.
Recalling old friendships, Nangong Ao naturally wanted to pay a visit now that he’s back in Bicheng.
"This jade contains a wisp of my Divine Thought. If you encounter danger, you can crush it at any time, and I will appear immediately."
After handing a piece of Cyan Jade to Ji Chen, Nangong Ao left alone, eventually disappearing into the bustling streets.
Ji Chen also began to wander around idly. The grand birthday feast of the ancestor of the Ye Family would be held the next day. By now in Bicheng, almost everyone who should come for the feast had arrived.
"I wonder if I can find the materials for the Celestial Cold Pill and Spirit Storage Pill in this Bicheng?"
He murmured to himself. The Celestial Cold Pill was to cure Master Qin Lan’s Pill Fire toxin, and it was yet short of the last medicinal material called ’Moonlight Grass.’
With these thoughts, Ji Chen soon asked passersby about the locations of a few herb-selling shops in the city.
But after several twists and turns, he couldn’t find the Moonlight Grass, and he finally arrived at the ’Treasure Pavilion.’
It’s said that this place is the largest herb-selling location in Bicheng.
Furthermore, aside from herbs, there are also elixirs and even martial techniques for sale here.
If even this Treasure Pavilion doesn’t have Moonlight Grass, then he’ll probably just have to wait for the Alchemy Master Alliance to find the materials.
"Esteemed customer, may I know what you wish to purchase?"
Just as Ji Chen entered the Treasure Pavilion, a young attendant in charge of reception came forward with a smile.
It must be said, this Treasure Pavilion is indeed extraordinary, its overall scale being much more high-end than any shop in the city.
"I need to purchase some medicinal materials." Ji Chen spoke.
"Medicinal materials..."
The young attendant nodded and then led Ji Chen to a few counters selling medicinal materials, all the while curiously sizing him up, for as far as the Treasure Pavilion was concerned, the number of martial techniques and elixirs sold daily wasn’t small, but the sale of medicinal materials was not as high as imagined.
Because this kind of thing has a limited demand, generally, only Alchemists would come to buy.
But over the years, working in the Treasure Pavilion, the young attendant had received quite a few Alchemists, most of whom were elderly, rarely seeing anyone as young as Ji Chen.
"Esteemed customer, please have a seat here and rest. Whatever medicinal materials you need, just write them down for me, and I’ll see if we have them in stock."
After bringing Ji Chen to a resting area in front of the counters, the young attendant fetched pen and paper and placed them on the table before Ji Chen.
Ji Chen didn’t hesitate, he picked up the pen and immediately wrote down the names of three medicinal materials, besides the Moonlight Grass needed for the Celestial Cold Pill, the other two were the main ingredients for the Spirit Storage Pill.
"Esteemed customer, please wait a moment."
After obtaining the list of medicinal materials from Ji Chen, the young attendant turned around and left, heading towards the counters.
Ji Chen calmly sat and waited, while his gaze surveyed the surrounding crowd.
It wasn’t hard to sense that those entering and exiting the Treasure Pavilion were mostly not simple folks, many of whom exuded remarkable auras, whether they were extraordinary in demeanor, or noble and wealthy.
The grand birthday celebration of the Ye Family’s ancestor also made the recent business at the Treasure Pavilion exceptionally booming.
Many who came here bought high-grade elixirs or martial techniques of decent levels, intending to present them as birthday gifts at the feast.
Speaking of birthday gifts, Ji Chen hadn’t prepared anything in advance for coming to Bicheng.
After all, he knew the Ye Family didn’t favor him and his father Ji Xiaotian, and at the feast, he didn’t plan to reveal his identity and offer gifts proactively.
His primary purpose for coming this time was merely to see if he could meet his mother, whom he had never seen before.