Chapter 42:

Chapter 42 – Earning a Piece of Hemp

“Selling Grass Returning Dan?”

In the dark market, Chen Fei re-changed his appearance and came to a stall, asking tentatively.

“Yes, twenty-five taels a piece.” The stall owner glanced at Chen Fei and said somewhat lazily.

“So expensive.”

Chen Fei said with some surprise, two days ago Chen Fei investigated, that time it was still twenty two taels a piece, he didn’t expect that nowadays it has gone up by a crazy wave.

Before the rebels came, the market price of Grass Returning Dan was actually only ten taels a piece.

“Don’t mind if it’s too expensive, you know the situation in Pingyin County now, most of the elixirs have been turned in. It’s already not easy to have a little left over.”

Seeing that Chen Fei didn’t run away after asking, the stall owner slightly raised a little spirit to explain.

“That’s the reasoning.”

Chen Fei nodded, a hint of a smile appearing on his face as he said, “Then do you take Grass Returning Dan?”

“You want to sell it?”

The stall owner was originally reclining in his chair, but at this moment, he sat up straight at once and looked at Chen Fei, “How is the character? Forget it, the character is not important, how much quantity can you provide per day? Large quantity, price is good.”

“Twenty to thirty pills per day, still can be guaranteed.”

“Good! If you can guarantee this amount, I’ll give you this price per pill.”

The stall owner gestured, Chen Fei looked at it, shook his head slightly, and said, “You’re selling twenty-five taels, and the collection is surprisingly only fifteen taels, it’s too little.”

“Fifteen taels is quite a lot, we also have to bear a lot of it.” The stall owner hemmed and hawed.

“Cheng, then I’ll think about it.”

Chen Fei didn’t say much and smiled, intending to turn around and leave.

“Alas, don’t go, the price is negotiable.”

Seeing Chen Fei about to leave, the stall owner hurriedly stopped Chen Fei, nowadays, all the dan masters within Pingyin County were refining pills at high loads, and the ones who were able to stray outside were few and far between.

If one could acquire an additional twenty to thirty Grass Returning Dan per day, it would definitely be considered a great achievement at that time.

Chen Fei stopped, looked at the stall owner, and did not speak.

“Name a price.” Seeing Chen Fei staring at himself, the stall owner said somewhat helplessly.

“Twenty-three taels it is.”

“This price is too much.” The stall owner’s head shook like a rattle.

“The price of elixirs changes every few days, maybe in a few days, you’ll have made a profit.”

“Where are the things that keep going up, the number of people who can afford twenty-five taels is extremely small. I’m collecting it here, but I’m mainly handing it over to the main family, just in case.”

“Then how much did you say?”

“Sixteen taels, this price is quite suitable…”

Chen Fei bargained with the stall owner for a while, and finally set the purchase price at twenty taels.

Chen Fei had some pity on the surface, but in his heart, he was already happy. Previously, when the rebels did not come, Chen Fei sold the Grass Returning Pill, which was only eight taels per pill, and the herbs had to be purchased by himself.

Now the medicinal materials are provided by the Zhao family, the price of grass still Dan also soared, inside and outside the calculation, Chen Fei simply earn hemp.

In accordance with Chen Fei now the great circle of grass still Dan refining means, every day in the dark market can be sold about twenty-five, that day’s earnings is five hundred taels of silver.

Compared to the past, this directly jumped a big step.

“Pills look, there are about a hundred in total.”

Chen Fei took the pill bottle out from the package. The stall owner didn’t dare to be slow, just now, although he said that he didn’t care about the character, but if it could be better, it would definitely be more perfect.

As the cork opened, a medicinal fragrance wafted out. The stall owner carefully poured out one, looking at the smooth and rounded surface of the Grass Returning Dan, a smile could not help but appear on his face.

For this level of Grass Returning Dan, at this price, it wasn’t a loss. At that time, the main family would still have to praise him for his good eye!
“Keep this money.” The stall owner checked the quantity and made sure there were no problems. He hurriedly counted the silver and placed it in front of Chen Fei.

Two thousand taels of silver, the weight was quite thick and heavy, pressing the counter with a muffled sound.

Transactions in the dark market had always been delivered in cash silver, and silver bills were rarely used. Nowadays, because of the rebels, no one dared to use silver bills even more.

Chen Fei put the package of silver behind his back, looked at the stall owner and asked, “Light Spirit Dan, do you accept it?”

“You still have Light Spirit Pills!”

The stall owner’s eyes couldn’t help but widen, this could be too much of a surprise. The Light Spirit Pill’s market price in the past was fifteen taels, but nowadays it had long since skyrocketed.

As a result, very few martial artists today, would use Light Spirit Pills to cultivate, even at the Calcined Bone Realm, they would only use Grass Return Pills.

However, on the rebel side, the demand for Light Spirit Pills was still very strong. Sometimes, if the number of Light Spirit Pills was high enough, the number of Grass Returning Pills and Qi Blood Pills could be exempted.

“I can refine, but my techniques are average, and I don’t produce many pills. If you trust me, you guys prepare the herbs and we’ll split the bill proportionally.”

Chen Fei had prepared some Light Spirit Pill herbs on his own before, and was about to run out. Nowadays, he couldn’t buy any herbs in Pingyin County, and Chi De Feng couldn’t find any refugees to pick them.

Chen Fei could only direct his gaze towards these vendors, after all, behind these people, many of them were the families within Pingyin County.

“For one serving of herbs, offer one Light Spirit Pill, this is the bottom line.”

The stall owner looked at Chen Fei, pondered for a moment, and said, “How about this, we provide the medicinal herbs, one portion for one Light Spirit Pill for you, and at the same time give you three taels of silver for your hard work, how about that?”

“A little less, six taels, I like this number.” Chen Fei smiled.

“Success, just consider making you a friend.”

The stall owner considered for a moment and agreed. The main reason was that there were only a few dan masters in Pingyin County who were capable of refining Light Spirit Pills. Nowadays, even if they wanted to cultivate them, it was already too late, as the medicinal materials were too tight to be wasted.

A portion of herbs for a Light Spirit Pill was already not a loss. If it was in the past, this would have been a crazy profit. But nowadays, the value of medicinal herbs had skyrocketed, so one could only say that it was not bad.

“Let’s give three medicinal herbs first and come back to you tomorrow.”

“Okay, you wait a bit.”

The stall owner walked to the back hall and informed the manpower to fetch the herbs, while reporting the matter.

An incense stick later, the herbs came to Chen Fei’s hands. Chen Fei discerned the herbs and had no problems, so he arched his hand at the stall owner and directly left the dark market.

Halfway there, Chen Fei then recharged all the silver taels into the panel, and he couldn’t help but feel a lightness behind him.

The little tail did not appear, a little out of Chen Fei’s expectation. It seemed that the family behind the stall owner truly wanted to cooperate with Chen Fei. Or perhaps, it was only the first day and they weren’t in a hurry yet, wanting to take another look.

After cautiously circling around Pingyin County a few times, Chen Fei returned to his rented courtyard.

Without immediately refining pills, Chen Fei rested for a moment before taking out a secret book.

The Returning Bow Technique.

A secret book of bow techniques, such a secret book, Chen Fei had bought a total of three books from Chi De Feng, and if he wanted it again, it was already gone.

There were not many martial artists who used bows and arrows, and even fewer of them had been passed down. In the military, there are more people who use bows and arrows, but the secret books there are even harder to appear outside.

Chen Fei wanted to cultivate the bow technique, not because he felt that the sword technique was weak, but simply because he wanted to increase his own means of fighting the enemy, especially the long-range methods of injuring the enemy.

In fact, practicing concealed weapons was also good, but the distance of concealed weapons was a bit too short, Chen Fei now had accomplished body techniques, and for the foreseeable future, Chen Fei’s investment in body techniques would definitely not be low.

Thus, within a short distance, Chen Fei could completely make up for it with his own stance. On the contrary, the kind of distance is too far, or the enemy is too strong, Chen Fei is not willing to go up to a short fight, at this time, the bow and arrow will come in handy.

Another reason that prompted Chen Fei to cultivate the bow technique was that recently, Chen Fei had already cultivated all the techniques in his hands to the great circle level.

The time for inner strength cultivation was fixed, and Chen Fei couldn’t possibly refine pills all day long, not to mention that there weren’t that many herbs. Even if there were, Chen Fei wouldn’t refine them all the time.

Making money would make one happy, and panels needed silver taels. But it was all for the sake of strength, Chen Fei couldn’t possibly put the cart before the horse, thus after getting other things done again, Chen Fei had to keep his strength from stagnating.

Brushing proficiency and watching his strength get stronger little by little has become a part of Chen Fei’s life nowadays, and he can’t quit it at all.

(End of chapter)