After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 149: Encountering an Acquaintance While Purchasing the Taiyi Xuanying Stone

After leaving the Myriad Pill Workshop, Ye Xiaobai sold his excess Youth Preservation Pills for several hundred thousand spirit stones. Combined with the spirit stones he had accumulated before, Ye Xiaobai's net worth is now greater than that of a Core Formation stage cultivator.

After that, Ye Xiaobai began to search for Taiyi Xuanying Stones everywhere.

After asking several shop owners, Ye Xiaobai felt he had no hope left and could only try his luck at an auction house.

"Sigh," Ye Xiaobai sighed helplessly.

Looking up unintentionally, Ye Xiaobai spotted a shop called Qizhen Pavilion. He decided to take one last look; if he still couldn't find it, he would have to go to the auction.

Having made up his mind, Ye Xiaobai walked into the Treasure Pavilion with firm steps.

As soon as you enter the shop, a delicate fragrance wafts over you. The first thing that catches your eye is a small incense burner on the spacious counter, from which wisps of smoke rise. So that's where the fragrance comes from.

The incense burning in the burner was made of light yellow sandalwood, a material commonly used by cultivators. This incense has a calming effect and is usually used by cultivators during meditation to help them quickly enter a meditative state. Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper lit it while reading.

There weren't many customers in the shop; only the waiter was attending to them, while the shopkeeper sat in a grand chair next to the counter, engrossed in reading a book.

"Cough cough!" Ye Xiaobai coughed a few times to try and attract the shopkeeper's attention, but the shopkeeper seemed not to hear him, did not raise his head, and continued to quietly press the book.

The waiter glanced at the shopkeeper, and seeing no response, immediately ran to Ye Xiaobai's side and respectfully inquired, "Fellow Daoist, what would you like to buy? Weapons? Formations? Or spirit herbs?..."

Before the waiter could finish speaking, another customer, who had just been discussing weapons with him, complained impatiently, "Waiter, what are you doing? I was still negotiating the price of weapons with you. Why are you going to serve other people?"

Upon hearing this, the waiter's heart tightened. He then said to Ye Xiaobai, "Fellow Daoist, take a break!" before running off to continue communicating with the customer.

Ye Xiaobai was speechless. The shop was short-staffed, and the manager was leisurely reading a book. No wonder business was bad.

"Shopkeeper!" Ye Xiaobai walked directly to the shopkeeper and shouted loudly, not caring about anything else. After all, he was there to spend money, and it would be too impolite to leave a customer waiting like this.

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper frowned slightly. He first placed the book on the counter without putting it away, seemingly intending to continue reading it later. Then, he looked up at Ye Xiaobai with a hint of displeasure and said, "Fellow Daoist, there's no need to speak so loudly. I'm not deaf! What treasure do you want to buy?"

Ye Xiaobai was immediately embarrassed; had he spoken a little too loudly?

After the thought flashed through his mind for a moment, Ye Xiaobai regained his normal voice and asked, "Shopkeeper, do you have any Taiyi Xuanying Stones here?"

Upon hearing the words "Taiyi Xuanying Stone," the shopkeeper was startled, but his anger quickly turned to joy as he calmly asked, "Fellow Daoist, you wish to buy Taiyi Xuanying Stone?"

"Yes!"

"That's quite a coincidence. Just a few days ago, our shop received a Taiyi Xuanying Stone the size of a baby's fist. It's not cheap, though..." The shopkeeper said, glancing at Ye Xiaobai. Seeing that he was only wearing a low-grade, ordinary gray robe, he couldn't help but doubt his strength.

To be honest, Ye Xiaobai hadn't considered buying a high-grade robe before; he was just wearing the low-grade robe issued by the sect, which certainly didn't make him look like a wealthy cultivator.

Ignoring the shopkeeper's gaze, Ye Xiaobai calmly said, "Let me take a look first. Spirit stones are no problem!" After saying that, he patted the storage bag at his waist.

Ye Xiaobai had indeed obtained a storage ring before, but it still contained Lu Qingteng's soul imprint. He had been refining it for a long time but had not yet opened it. However, it would be able to be opened in less than a month. Therefore, Ye Xiaobai could only continue to use the storage bag for the time being.

Seeing Ye Xiaobai's confident demeanor, the shopkeeper had no choice but to believe him for the time being, and soon took out the Taiyi Xuanying Stone.

Upon seeing the bluish-white stone, Ye Xiaobai quickly recognized it as the stone he was looking for.

Afterwards, Ye Xiaobai took it in his hand and injected spiritual power to confirm it again. As spiritual power was continuously injected, the surface of the Taiyi Xuanying Stone emitted a white glow.

This is the Taiyi Xuanying Stone. Ye Xiaobai has completely confirmed that there is nothing wrong with this stone. The next step is to discuss the price.

Ye Xiaobai first placed the stone on the counter, then asked casually, "It is indeed a Taiyi Xuanying Stone, is there no problem? May I ask how many spirit stones the shopkeeper wishes to purchase?"

Seeing that Ye Xiaobai skillfully examined the stones, the shopkeeper realized he was no novice. He could only think of making a smaller profit and said, "Not expensive, not expensive at all. Only 300,000 spirit stones!"

Ye Xiaobai was startled upon hearing this. He knew that Taiyi Xuan Ying Stone was not cheap, but he did not expect it to be this expensive.

Fortunately, Ye Xiaobai had done a detailed investigation beforehand and had a certain understanding of the market price of Taiyi Xuanying Stone; otherwise, he would definitely have been ripped off by the shopkeeper.

Based on the size and quality of the stone, this Taiyi Xuanying Stone is worth about 200,000 spirit stones, so Ye Xiaobai naturally wouldn't waste money.

Following the principle of haggling down to half the price, Ye Xiaobai directly called out, "Boss, this Taiyi Xuanying Stone is of average quality, how about 150,000 spirit stones?"

Upon hearing Ye Xiaobai's offer, the shopkeeper cursed inwardly, "This brat is really ruthless! He cut the price in half!"

However, the price of a transaction is negotiable, and the shopkeeper then said with a sad face, "Fellow Daoist, look carefully, this Taiyi Xuanying Stone is of excellent quality. If I sell it to you for 300,000 spirit stones, you will definitely make a fortune!"

After saying that, he didn't forget to ask Ye Xiaobai to take a closer look, and Ye Xiaobai could only take the stone and continue to examine it.

After a moment, Ye Xiaobai couldn't help but speak again: "The quality is indeed not bad, but it's still more than 300,000 spirit stones, right? Shopkeeper, if you give me a discount, I'll buy it directly!"

"Alright, since you're so eager to buy, I'll give you a discount. How about 280,000 spirit stones? That'll save you 20,000 spirit stones, so you can still buy quite a lot more!" The shopkeeper knew that 300,000 was indeed a bit high, so he took the initiative to lower the price.

Finally, after much back and forth between Ye Xiaobai and the shopkeeper, a price of 200,000 spirit stones was agreed upon. Just as Ye Xiaobai was about to take out the spirit stones and then take the Taiyi Xuanying Stone to complete the transaction, an unexpected voice temporarily interrupted the deal.

"Fellow Daoist, wait! May I have this Taiyi Xuanying Stone?" It was a clear female cultivator's voice. Although her back was to Ye Xiaobai, Ye Xiaobai guessed that she must be a beautiful female cultivator.

Before Ye Xiaobai could even turn around, he smelled that familiar fragrance—the scent of the rosy osmanthus.

It turned out to be an old acquaintance.