Chapter 80: Blackhearted Shopkeeper

Fourth-grade spiritual herbs are treasures worth a hundred thousand top-quality spiritual stones, while a third-grade replenishing pill is at most worth ten thousand top-quality spiritual stones.
Only super-grade items can be compared to fourth-grade spiritual herbs.
可现在能够炼出极品丹药的灵丹师都极少，超品的就更不用说了。
青年为了救妹妹，竟然不惜拿价值十万上品灵石的四级灵药，换一枚三级补灵丹。
Everyone thinks this guy is a fool; if he just sold the spirit medicine, how many Level 3 Spirit Recovery Pills could he exchange for?!
However, the people around seem to forget that Level 3 pills are in high demand, and even if you have spirit stones, it doesn't mean you can easily obtain them.
```htmlThe girl on the young man's back was already on the brink of death, and it seemed like she wouldn't survive much longer. The young man didn’t have time to exchange anything.
Otherwise, how could he bear to take out the fourth-grade elixir he had risked his life to obtain and trade it away? He looked like he had rushed over in a hurry.```
Just to see if he could exchange for the pills he wanted at the largest pharmacy in this market.
The pharmacy owner saw the spiritual herbs in the young man's hand, and a glint of greed flashed in his eyes. He glanced at the youth and said coldly, "Hand over the herbs, and I will give you the pills..."
The young man hesitated as he looked at the shopkeeper, gripping the spiritual medicine a bit tighter. The shopkeeper's expression made him a little worried.
“You take the medicine first, and I will hand over the goods.” The young man said to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper's eyes flickered with a strange light upon hearing this. As his gaze shifted, he rummaged through his belongings, and then took out a porcelain bottle and handed it over.
The young man, unsuspecting, hurried to take the medicine bottle. However, the shopkeeper retracted the bottle, glancing at the spiritual medicine in the young man's hand.
The young man quickly reacted and handed the elixir to the shopkeeper. He grabbed the porcelain bottle and was about to give the medicine to his sister.
However, the moment the pill was poured out, his expression changed drastically. The pill in his hand was indeed a Spirit-Replenishing Pill, but the pill pattern was only at the second level, and the quality of the pill's essence was also only at the second level.
In other words, the elixir in his hand is a second-level Recovery Pill, and it is only of medium quality. This is far from the third-level Recovery Pill he sought.
“Shopkeeper, did you make a mistake? I wanted a third-level Recovery Pill, why did you give me a second-level Recovery Pill? I already have second-level Recovery Pills that are of higher quality than yours, which are completely ineffective for my sister's injury. Shopkeeper, could you please help me exchange it?”
The young man anxiously looked at the shopkeeper and said.
He thought the shopkeeper might have gotten it wrong. His voice carried a hint of pleading.
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper's expression instantly darkened, and he coldly shouted at the young man:
“Kid, do you really think you can be tough with me?! You clearly said you wanted to exchange for a secondary healing pill, and I gave you a bottle. Now, you want to increase the price on the spot. Is there such reasoning? Do you really think our Duan Family Apothecary is a place where you can act tough? I advise you to get out right now, or don't blame me for being rude.”
As soon as he spoke, the young man was stunned in place. He looked at the shopkeeper, his eyes revealing a sense of disbelief.
But soon, he realized he had been tricked by the other party. In order to cheat him out of his fourth-grade spiritual herb, the other party had brazenly lied.
The people around saw this scene and quickly looked at the young man with faces full of pity, all shaking their heads.
The Duan family has been domineering in Shangqianfang City for a long time; anyone who survives in Shangqianfang City knows that the Duan family is dark-hearted and has dirty hands.
Relying on the convenience of being the leader of the Qianfang City, he often blackmails those rogue cultivators. Even the elixirs they sell are of extremely poor quality.
However, within a radius of a thousand miles, there is only this one market; the surrounding families and rogue cultivators have to rely on the elixirs from this market.
Even knowing the Duan family's dark heart, one can only endure it.
The loose cultivator in front of me is probably visiting Shangqianfang City for the first time; otherwise, he definitely wouldn't bring a fourth-grade spirit herb to the Duan family's pharmacy to exchange for pills.
“You... I clearly said to exchange a fourth-level spiritual herb for a third-level healing pill. How can you wrongfully accuse me... Give me back my spiritual herb, I don't want to trade anymore!”
The young man, hearing this, looked at the shopkeeper with grief and anger, reaching out to snatch back his spiritual herb.
However, just as he reached out, the shopkeeper struck him with a palm to the chest, sending him flying backwards.
The shopkeeper's cultivation level was at the fifth stage of Transcendence, while the young man's cultivation level was only at the third stage of Transcendence, making him no match for the shopkeeper at all.
眼看着青年就要摔倒在地，他背上的女孩也会被他压得伤上加伤。青年费尽力气，将身体转了个方向。
他自己整个人重重的摔倒在地，而她背上的妹妹，因他的保护，倒是没有受多大的伤害。
“Brother, we don't need the elixir anymore... I don't want the healing pills either... Let's go...”
The girl on the young man's back, seeing her brother injured, said to him with tears streaming down her face, her voice filled with a plea.
As a loose cultivator, she knows the difficulties of being one. It's already quite hard for her to have struggled to survive until now.
She not only has to worry about being blackmailed and betrayed by others, but also has to prevent herself from getting injured. Because, once seriously injured, the healing elixirs needed are not something they can afford.
Moreover, once you provoke someone you can't afford to offend, you could lose your life at any moment. The siblings have struggled to survive for a long time and have become accustomed to the darkness of human nature.
If it weren't for her urgent need for a third-level healing pill to sustain her life force, her brother wouldn't have taken the risk to come over and exchange for the healing pill.
She is already very clear about the situation in front of her; the spirit medicine is unattainable now, and if she continues to entangle herself, her brother might lose his life.
She is already dying, and she doesn’t want her brother to be implicated and die here because of her.
“No way, the elixir is your only hope to exchange for the recovery pill. As long as it can help sustain your life force for a while longer, brother will definitely be able to save you. He will definitely be able to.”
The young man's voice revealed a fierce determination as he got back on his feet, turning to look at the shopkeeper, a resolute glint in his eyes.
Even knowing he was no match for the other party, he was hell-bent on retrieving that precious herb.
Because, apart from that spiritual herb, he had nothing else to exchange for the Level 3 Spirit Recovery Pill.
He set his sister aside, leaning against something, and turned around to coldly gaze at the shopkeeper, his aura surging dramatically.
He pushed his true essence to the extreme, and even though he was only at the third level of Transcendence, he was ready to risk it all.
The pharmacy manager looked at him with contempt, and two fourth-level Transcendence attendants quickly approached from around.
Under the pressure of three against one, the young man had no advantage in strength or numbers. The people around watched him with pity and shook their heads.
“No! Brother... let's... go... brother...” The girl shouted to her brother with great difficulty upon seeing this scene.
The young man's eyes welled up with tears, reflecting deep sorrow and indignation. As a wandering cultivator, is it really destined for him to live such a miserable life?