Southeast of Tianyu City, Black Jade Street

"Good morning, Uncle Mang!" Yang Guang came to the meat bun stall early in the morning.

"This boy... Coming so early to the peddler street today? Is there anything you need to do here today?" Uncle Mang continued with what he was doing as he replies to Yang Guang's greeting.

But Yang Guang did not continue with their conversation. He steps forward and helps the old man to move the ten bamboo-made trays on top of the steaming pot, and start putting in the meat buns for it to be heated up.

The stove took about fifteen minutes for the water to start boiling. Once the water reaches its boiling temperature, the steam of hot air started to penetrate the bamboo-made tray one by one until it comes out from the lid.

"Uncle made two mushroom meat patties. Sit down and eat with this old man." Uncle Mang twist opens a bamboo container and revealed two palm-size patties with some mushroom bits mixed inside. Next, he took out two bowls made from a reddish clay and splits the dish evenly between him and Yang Guang.

"Thank you, uncle." Yang Guang gave Uncle Mang a respectful bow to thank him for the morning meal.

"This old man is the one to say thank you instead. My business is getting better because of the Stone Rabbit meat you bring. If it keeps getting busy and busier, uncle going to need somebody to help me to manage the store." Uncle Mang replied as he tapped his hand on one of the seats.

The two of them enjoyed the meat and mushroom patty as they chatted for a bit. After knowing that this youngster is going to the Black Jade Street later, Uncle Mang advised him to stay away from stalls with too many people.

"Sorry, uncle. I had to lie to you because I'm hiding a small secret with me." after bidding farewell to him, Yang Guang made his way quickly to the Black Jade Street. Although he did mention his intention to purchase some Azure Jade Grass seed, he did not talk about his next motive.

As one of the busiest streets in Tianyu City, Black Jade Street is well-known for the black bricks used to construct their building and the foundation of the road. The only color to be seen here is on the clothing of the visitors and the skin color of the peddlers.

There are more than a hundred peddlers along the street, all with their own merchandise. Some of them were selling mineral and ores mine from nearby Mineral Veins, and some of them are selling weaponry and body armor.

But more than half of the stalls mainly deal with one type of product.

Herbs.

Various kinds of herb.

From those used to tend wounds to those for sickness and such, most of the stalls here sell them. Of course, some general goods like the Azure Jade Grass and its seed can also be found easily here.

"Boy! Are you here for medicine? Come and purchase this Phoenix Bloom Flower. It can heal all minor and major illnesses except sexual disease. It'll cost you only three Soul Jades."

"Come here! Top grade profound Azure Jade Grass! Each of them is sold for three Soul Jades!"

"We buy all kinds of herb! You can exchange them into Azure Soul Pill if you bring us enough herbs!"

Peddlers and traders shout with all their might to grab one or two more business to their store. As for some quieter one, they're either having useless merchandise or wasn't looking forward to promoting the business.

"Phoenix Bloom Flower... My yet to born little brother can spout bullshit better than yours!" Yang Guang laughed in his mind about what the peddler just said.

"Profound Azure Jade Grass... A sevenfold Azure Soul Pill is sold for twelve Soul Jades. But a fresh one before the process can be only sold for a Soul Jade each. Selling that for 3 Soul Jades can only be heard in a scammer market like this Black Jade Street." Yang Guang shakes his head as he walks past the stall.

"And that Azure Soul Pill... Did they dye the pill with coloring? The color itself is far from how my Azure Soul Pill looks." as a person with three Azure Soul Pill in his stash, Yang Guang can be said to be a proper owner with experience!

"Eh!" something caught his attention as he scans the merchandise.

"Mister, how much for that bag of seeds?" Yang Guang spotted the small woven sack with around ten to fifteen Azure Jade Grass seeds. But at the same time, he positioned his bum closer to the next stall, where a stack of Azure Jade Grass is nicely placed at a corner.

"There are fifteen seeds inside. Three Soul Jades. No bargaining." the owner of this stall answered. From the way he looks, he's more likely a person here not for business, but gathering information.

"Are you sure, mister?"

"I'll buy it if you add that seeds along." Yang Guang took his Soul Keeping Jade out and waved it in front of the owner.

"Take it. That's just some lousy Blood Fruit Seeds." the owner took his Soul Keeping Jade out. After tapping their card for a transaction, Yang Guang left the stall with a sack of fifteen Azure Jade Grass and about ten Blood Fruit Plant's seeds.

He sneakily patted his waist, and the voice of a pellet rolling around some container makes him happier.

"How about we continue to shop?"

...

"Hahaha! How can five Soul Jades get me so many stuffs?" Yang Guang returned to his broken hut with a sack about the size of an adult head.

Inside the sack is twenty seeds for Azure Jade Grass, ten seeds for Blood Fruit Plant, three pieces of a mineral vein with some Brown Jade Steel, and a Xueli Fruit.

But only the Blood Fruit Plant can be grown in his greenhouse. As for the Xueli Fruit and mineral vein with a little Brown Jade Steel inside, they can be used for something different.

Next, Yang Guang removes the Jade Container wrapped inside his sash.

"Kring... Kring!" it was a little heavier than usual. When he turned the bottle upside down, four Azure Soul Pills fall into his hand, shining brilliantly in a sky bluish color.

"YES!" although this is a small little trick played by Yang Guang, the successful gave him much more confidence than before.

...

"Useless!" a worker got slapped right on his face for delivering an entire chest of half-dried, low-quality Azure Jade Grass into his Alchemist Workshop. Although the herbs are still usable to an extent, the work to separates the essence of Soul Qi is much more complicated than before.

It was like trying to compare the differences between a fresh fruit to a piece of sun-dried snacks. Both still contain the same flavor, but different in consistency and juices.