212: Chapter 202 212: Chapter 202 They had come to meet as friends, so he could only respond in kind.
Right now, he wasn’t lacking Spirit Stones; what he lacked were friends.
“Alright, I won’t stand on ceremony with the money.” Jiang Tang accepted the Storage Bag of money and then took out two small Storage Bags from the various bottles and jars in his space, filling one with twenty Pills, which included two types; ten of each, and they were precisely the Vitality Pills and Nourishing Soul Pills they wanted.
“Here are ten bottles each of Vitality Pills and Nourishing Soul Pills; please accept them with my compliments.
I won’t say much about the importance of Pills, but do be on guard when you go out.”
Luo Yaxuan took the Storage Bags, probed them with his spiritual power, and found that all the Pills inside were indeed top-quality.
Furthermore, with as many as twenty bottles, he had only expected that the Spirit Stones in his hand could be exchanged for a few Pills.
He never imagined that Jiang Tang would be so generous.
Filled with gratitude, he said to Jiang Tang, “Thank you, Immortal Elder Jiang Tang.
On behalf of my family, I thank you.”
Lai Jianlin also received an unexpected benefit and expressed his gratitude, saying, “Thank you, Immortal Elder Jiang Tang.
Lai has gratefulness in his heart.
In the future, whenever there’s a need for Lai Jianlin, just say the word.
I also represent my family in thanking you.”
“Ah, we can now consider ourselves friends, so let’s make progress together in the future!” Jiang Tang had the intention of bringing these two into his fold, and though he wasn’t exceptionally perceptive, he could tell that these two were worth befriending.
But to him, it was just a matter of needing time to make these things, whereas friends were indispensable.
He needed more friends to support each other in the future.
“Good, let’s progress together.”
“To progress together…”
In their hearts, Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin both knew that their abilities were not yet sufficient.
For Jiang Tang to acknowledge them as friends, that was a sign of his esteem for them.
Jiang Tang brewed tea for them, and all three of them couldn’t stop praising its taste when they drank his tea.
Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin exchanged glances, thinking that they had seen a lot after entering the Immortal Sect and had gained much insight.
However, they hadn’t expected that this trip to Immortal Venerable City and their encounter with Jiang Tang would reveal so many treasures.
What else was there that they didn’t know about?
With a sip of tea, they could feel the tea rich with Spiritual Energy turn into Spiritual Energy flowing in their bodies, giving them a sense of their barriers loosening a little.
Thinking of the Pills in their possession, they felt a bit restless and shifted in their seats.
Lai Jianlin, belonging to such a major family, also had an impulse that day to quickly consume the Pills and elevate his cultivation.
Luo Yaxuan, a gentleman as stable as a rock and gentle as water, became excited in that moment.
After all, even with great self-control, a young man could have a momentary lapse.
With his powerful spiritual power, Jiang Tang certainly noticed the emotional fluctuations of Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin, but he did not expose them.
It wasn’t that he wanted to make fun of them, but rather that it was rare for them to be together, so chatting more would increase the friends’ comradery.
“Jiang Tang, I think they are eager to improve their cultivation.
Let’s allow them to leave first!
Let’s talk about the plans for what comes next,” Su Chang’an observed, understanding their desire to become stronger because he had been eager to consume Pills and enhance his cultivation before as well.
“Right, you can go ahead if you have things to do!” Jiang Tang said with a smile, waving his hand at them.
“In that case, let us take our leave.”
“We’ll meet again in the future,” Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin said in unison as they stood up and gave a bow with clasped hands.
“Goodbye,” Jiang Tang waved once more, watching their departing figures and casting a thread of spiritual power onto them.
After the two people left, Su Chang’an waved his sleeve and a stream of spiritual power closed the door.
“Lord Qianchen, Let’s hear your opinion!”
“Jiang Tang, I didn’t care much about businesses before, but the pills you’re selling now are just too useful.
Shouldn’t we consider opening a branch somewhere else?”
“Oh, Let’s hear the grand idea of Lord Qianchen.” Jiang Tang thought of doing business too when he saw the gentle Su Chang’an; a silent smile formed in his heart.
No one is free from desires, how could a person who wants to become stronger be desireless?
“Jiang Tang, how about we open a branch in the Imperial City?
We’d mainly sell the stuff you produce—pills, Spirit Grass, and Spirit Rice.”
“Hmm, that’s possible, but I need the storage bags you had people buy for me before.” Jiang Tang felt inclined to agree since there was money to be made.
He needed a strong financial backing for the Saint Sect he wanted to establish in the future.
Money would be essential for recruiting and purchasing horses.
“This time, I had my clan make a batch of storage bags that can hold more items, fulfilling your requirement to carry more Spirit Rice.” Su Chang’an’s eyes burned with intensity as he looked at Jiang Tang, knowing it was not as others thought, merely going out and buying so many items.
Jiang Tang might have been getting by with no actual land elsewhere for cultivating food, Spirit Grass, or creating pills.
Yet he returned from an ordeal still able to supply the store with so much Spirit Rice, Spirit Grass, and pills.
Besides having a storage bag and a storage ring, it was impossible to carry so much.
Jiang Tang must have a secret.
Su Chang’an trusted his friend, and although he profited from it, he chose to play dumb, allowing Jiang Tang to keep producing things.
What he hadn’t considered was the possibility of a space; after all, these were notions far from what he had heard and thought.
In the Cultivation World, no one possessed a space; maybe someone who ascended ten thousand years ago had one, and possibly the powerful Immortals who created spaces before the era of the Desolate Ancients had them.
Jiang Tang took the storage bags and stored them in his space, then filled several storage bags with rice from the space, as if tidying it up.
His spiritual power then saw Eryao and Green Ox harvesting Spirit Rice and Spirit Grass.
In the Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space, harvests happened every few days; they never lacked for Spirit Rice or Spirit Grass.
His own space was ready for a harvest, too.
He was racing against time, practicing alchemy and cultivation without wasting a moment, busier than a spinning top.
He filled some storage bags with the bottles and jars from the space, too.
Previously, Jiang Tang had considered having people buy jade bottles, because his pill production was fast, producing many pills in one batch, and he used the bottles to hold only one pill each for auctioning.
For gifts or store sales, he would fill the bottles with a bit more.
Having so many bottles made was troublesome, but last time when he swam in the lake in the Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space, he found a type of jade stone that was perfect for making bottles, better than the quality of what he could buy outside.
He delegated the task of making these jade bottles to Eryao.
As long as he continued his alchemy, there would be bottles for the pills.
“Lord Qianchen, I leave the pills and items to you.
I am too busy; it seems I need to go into seclusion again.”
Jiang Tang set the storage bags filled with items on the table, responding to Su Chang’an’s surprised gaze with a mere smile.
“Jiang Tang, are you a magician?
You truly are a treasure, Lord Qianchen is lucky to have met you.” Su Chang’an couldn’t help but speak what was on his mind.
“Ah, Lord Qianchen, I should say that meeting you was my fortune.
To come across you when I was at my weakest, and now that I have the capability, let’s work together to go even further.
As for anything else, let’s keep it a secret for now.” Jiang Tang responded to Su Chang’an’s starry gaze, choosing to conceal the truth for his own protection.