Immortal Cultivation: Starting as a Fortune Cultivator - Chapter 24

Arriving at the market again, Ye Qingxuan was already familiar with the route.

When he reached the area near Hong Miaomiao’s previous stall, he found her already waiting there. Next to her was a rather handsome young man, about her age.

Of course, compared to him, Ye Qingxuan, the guy was still just a tad less good-looking.

Ye Qingxuan was quite confident about his looks in this life. However, it seemed like most people in this world weren’t bad-looking either.

At the same time, Hong Miaomiao spotted Ye Qingxuan and waved excitedly, calling out:
“Junior Brother, over here!”

Ye Qingxuan walked up and gave a slight bow:
“Apologies for making you wait, Senior Sister.”

Hearing the term ‘Senior Sister,’ Hong Miaomiao grinned, shaking her head with her eyes narrowed in delight:
“It’s no trouble! We just arrived ourselves a short while ago!”

The young man beside her, however, upon seeing Hong Miaomiao’s attitude towards Ye Qingxuan, immediately glared at him and let out a displeased “Hmph!”

Seeing the young man’s obvious jealousy, Ye Qingxuan wasn’t bothered. Instead, he smiled and asked Hong Miaomiao:
“Senior Sister, who might this Senior Brother be?”

After all, within the Profound Heaven Sect, as long as someone’s cultivation wasn’t outrageously high, calling them ‘Senior Brother’ was always safe. Who asked him to be a recent newcomer with low cultivation?

Hearing Ye Qingxuan’s question, Hong Miaomiao became uncharacteristically shy and said softly:
“His name is Bai Qingyun. He’s my… Dao Companion.”

Upon hearing Hong Miaomiao introduce him, Bai Qingyun shot a proud, sidelong glance at Ye Qingxuan.

Ye Qingxuan felt a bit surprised inwardly. He hadn’t expected Hong Miaomiao to have settled on a Dao Companion at such a young age?
But, that wasn’t really any of his business.

Noticing Bai Qingyun’s little action, Hong Miaomiao directly glared at him.

Bai Qingyun flinched, cleared his throat trying to appear composed, and said to Ye Qingxuan with a smile:
“Junior Brother Ye, if you ever need anything in the future, you can come to me. If I can help, I definitely will!”

The underlying meaning was: ‘From now on, if you have matters, just find me, your Senior Brother. Don’t go looking for your Senior Sister all the time.’

Frankly, the main reason for his hostility was that he felt an unprecedented sense of threat from Ye Qingxuan’s looks!

In response to Bai Qingyun’s words, Ye Qingxuan readily agreed:
“Then I’ll trouble Senior Brother Bai in the future.”

When it came to potential troubles arising from trivial matters like this, Ye Qingxuan preferred to avoid them if possible!
Since it didn’t involve his interests, why put up a strong front for no reason?
Such meaningless entanglements would only hinder his cultivation progress.

As long as it didn’t obstruct his Dao, he could be accommodating about other, less significant conflicts of pride!
Of course, those who pushed their luck were a different story!

Seeing that Ye Qingxuan knew his place, Bai Qingyun’s expression softened slightly, and he didn’t make things difficult for him further. After all, this was a junior brother his Dao Companion had befriended.

“Junior Brother, how many Qi Increasing Pills did you say you have?” Hong Miaomiao asked Ye Qingxuan, simultaneously shooting Bai Qingyun a warning look to behave.

Hearing her question, Ye Qingxuan instinctively glanced at the bustling stalls around them and hesitated slightly.

Noticing this, Bai Qingyun spoke up:
“It’s crowded and noisy here. Let’s find a more secluded spot.”

Having said that, he took Hong Miaomiao’s hand and headed in a certain direction, giving Ye Qingxuan a look to follow.

Jealousy was one thing, but proper business shouldn’t be delayed.
Although Bai Qingyun felt such caution was unnecessary within the sect’s market, since Ye Qingxuan had concerns, he would humor him.
Besides, he was the one who had insisted on tagging along to help. For Hong Miaomiao’s sake, he couldn’t mess things up.

Once the three reached a relatively secluded spot, Bai Qingyun cast a spell, instantly isolating their conversation from the outside world.

Then, he said calmly:
“Speak. How many Qi Increasing Pills do you have?”

“Senior Brother, what’s your buying price?” Ye Qingxuan didn’t state the quantity directly but inquired about the price first.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan ask about the price, Bai Qingyun and Hong Miaomiao exchanged a glance. Bai Qingyun quoted the price they had already discussed:
“If the quantity isn’t large, we can buy them at the market price of twelve low-grade spirit stones per pill, as a gesture of support for you, Junior Brother.

If the quantity is large, then we’ll offer ten low-grade spirit stones per pill. What do you think, Junior Brother Ye?”

If the quantity was small, Bai Qingyun and Hong Miaomiao could use them for their own cultivation, essentially doing Ye Qingxuan a small favor.
But if the quantity was too large for just the two of them to consume, they would have to resell them and naturally needed to earn a margin.

Hearing the price offered by the couple, Ye Qingxuan knew Hong Miaomiao wanted to look out for him.

After a moment’s thought, Ye Qingxuan decided to increase the share he originally intended for Hong Miaomiao:
“Senior Brother Bai, Senior Sister Hong, I have one thousand Qi Increasing Pills. I’ll sell them to you for nine low-grade spirit stones each!”

Originally, Ye Qingxuan had only planned to give Hong Miaomiao a share of five hundred pills.

“What? So many?” Hong Miaomiao couldn’t help but exclaim upon hearing the number.

Even Bai Qingyun beside her, though he remained silent, revealed shock in his eyes.

Qi Increasing Pills were top-grade first-grade pills with excellent cultivation-boosting effects, making them highly sought after by Qi Refining cultivators. Consequently, the turnover rate for these pills was very high.
Therefore, being able to produce one thousand Qi Increasing Pills at once in the Qi Refining realm was an incredible feat.

“You’re really sure about selling them to us for nine spirit stones? Qi Increasing Pills are in high demand on the market. Don’t blame us later for not reminding you?” Bai Qingyun, though tempted to agree immediately, glanced at Hong Miaomiao and still reminded Ye Qingxuan that the pills wouldn’t be hard to sell.

Hong Miaomiao also came to her senses and urgently advised:
“Yes, Junior Brother! Selling them to us for ten low-grade spirit stones each is fine!”

While she wanted to earn spirit stones, she didn’t want to take advantage of her junior brother.

Although disciples of the Profound Heaven Sect had many ways to earn spirit stones, their expenses were equally high.
One thousand Qi Increasing Pills, bought at ten spirit stones each, would net the two a profit of two thousand low-grade spirit stones—enough for Bai Qingyun and Hong Miaomiao to purchase quite a few cultivation resources.

“Senior Brother Bai, Senior Sister Hong, let’s settle on nine low-grade spirit stones per pill. That’s the same buying price the Hundred Treasures Pavilion offers.” Ye Qingxuan smiled at Hong Miaomiao’s persuasion but didn’t agree to change the price.

Hearing this, Hong Miaomiao still hesitated slightly:
“But…”

The Hundred Treasures Pavilion was the Hundred Treasures Pavilion. Their buying price was nine spirit stones because their operating costs were high—Hong Miaomiao understood this perfectly well.

“Alright, it’s settled then!” Seeing Hong Miaomiao’s continued hesitation, Ye Qingxuan directly finalized the price.

If others respect me an inch, I will respect them a yard. Ye Qingxuan didn’t have many friends. Whoever treated him sincerely would receive his sincerity in return!
A difference of one low-grade spirit stone per pill was a drop in the bucket for Ye Qingxuan, utterly insignificant.

Since Hong Miaomiao and Bai Qingyun were considerate towards him, he naturally didn’t mind conceding this tiny portion of profit to them.