Xu Fan gazed at the bottles of elixirs, his eyes inadvertently betraying a hint of shock.

Previously, Xu Fan had rarely come into contact with elixirs—not because they were scarce, but because Xu Fan's level at the time wasn't high enough!

Now, seeing this array of elixirs, even Xu Fan couldn't help but gasp; the depth of the Hidden World Families was vividly demonstrated with just a random glance!

"Hello, are you here to sign up as an alchemist apprentice, or do you want to buy elixirs?"

The speaker was a beautiful young woman. Although she spoke politely, her demeanor when looking at Xu Fan carried an undertone of pride—an ingrained arrogance.

Beside the counter, there was an old man propping his head, dozing off. He only glanced at Xu Fan once before losing interest and continuing to nap.

Such a large counter, yet only two people were there, which couldn't help but make Xu Fan click his tongue in wonder. However, considering that the prices of these elixirs were beyond the reach of ordinary people, resulting in sparsely few visitors, and that the old man seemed terrifyingly powerful enough to handle any potential dangers alone, Xu Fan was reassured.

At this moment, Xu Fan politely replied, "We'll just take a look around first."

The names of the elixirs were listed below the bottles, along with a brief description of their functions, and were clearly priced, making the points abundantly clear. Hence, Xu Fan didn't need the young lady to assist him.

Xu Fan looked over at the elixirs on the counter, feeling increasingly alarmed as he continued to observe.

Among thousands of elixirs, the cheapest required over a hundred points and had no effect on cultivation, offering strange functions like Beauty Enhancement Pills, Slimming Pills, and so on.

Elixirs with a slight impact on cultivation, such as Soul Condensing Pills and Gathering Spirit Pills that help calm one's mind, were priced at three to four hundred points each!

As for the more powerful ones like the Spirit Gathering Pill, or those with some therapeutic effect like Blood Dispersing Powder, the prices scaled yet another level, requiring over a thousand points each!

Over a thousand points was just one tier, and beyond this tier, there were countless unconventional elixirs that seemed utterly useless at first glance, yet were exorbitantly expensive—elixirs like Water Repellent Pill, Fire Repellent Pill, Turtle Breath Pill, etc., all demanding three to four thousand points for a single one!

The most expensive few elixirs were placed prominently in the center; their bottles looked extraordinarily luxurious and special, including the life-saving Soul Returning Pill and the Realm Breaking Pill for breaking through realms. Each one cost over ten thousand points, leaving Xu Fan astonished.

It's noteworthy that one point exchanged for RMB was at a least ten thousand or even hundred thousand ratio, and it was only occasionally open with many restrictions to purchase points, meaning these few elixirs could fetch tens of billions if sold outside!

Xu Fan glanced through the thousand kinds of elixirs briskly, marveling at this cultivation world—realizing that what he'd previously seen was but the tip of the iceberg.

Among these thousand elixirs, Xu Fan, judging by his current purchasing power, laid his eyes on an elixir, the Mind Shielding Pill.

Currently, Xu Fan's power was restricted by his realm, and items like the Spirit Gathering Pill had little effect on him anymore. Life-saving elixirs, on the other hand, felt rather useless; Xu Fan knew that if he were defeated, it would be because the power difference was too significant, and gaining another life would only mean dying one more time.

Besides, he couldn't afford such elixirs at present.

The Mind Shielding Pill was undoubtedly expensive, costing twenty-five hundred points for a single one, but Xu Fan was intrigued by its effect—its ability to expand Divine Sense and make it stronger.

In the cultivation world Xu Fan was familiar with, very few people cultivated Divine Sense; it seemed everyone underestimated it. After all, Divine Sense was only used for detection and didn't require much training to be sufficiently strong. What's truly contested in battles is still the physical strength and spiritual power realm.

However, Xu Fan thought simply: Spiritual Power is a kind of strength, and Divine Sense is also a kind. Xu Fan's spiritual power was already at a bottleneck, with little room for improvement by spending more time training. However, Divine Sense had tremendous room for growth.

Xu Fan didn't intend to make significant achievements in Divine Sense, merely wishing to refine his power to a more perfect state.

Just as Xu Fan was about to ask the pretty lady a question, she spoke first, "Are you buying or not? If not, hurry up and leave."

This pretty lady was named Lin Hong, an apprentice at the Elixir Pharmacy.

Alchemists preferred tranquility, so naturally, they didn't want to be disturbed, and Lin Hong was worried about her assessment a month from now. Seeing Xu Fan and Li Tao lingering about only made her more irritated.

Apprentices in alchemy paid numerous points and consumed copious resources to learn the methods of crafting some elixirs. Whether in alchemy or artifact refining, they all must participate in examinations after a month.

If an apprentice could craft elixirs of decent grade, they would have the chance to continue learning alongside alchemists or artifact refiners, and outstanding apprentices might even be specially trained. Conversely, those who couldn't craft or had poor grades naturally lost the opportunity.

As for Lin Hong, despite spending over half a year, she still failed to craft elixirs, always missing the mark by just a tiny bit.

Now, Lin Hong vented her anger towards Xu Fan and Li Tao, "Not kicking you both out directly has already given you enough face, but you just don't know what's good for you. Don't you know yourselves well enough to know if you can afford it?"

Lin Hong's voice carried a sharp tone. Xu Fan and the dozing old man both furrowed their brows, though the old man quickly resumed his nap, seemingly finding sleep more important than dealing with such trivial matters.

Li Tao, on the other hand, smiled awkwardly, repeatedly apologizing, "Sorry, we'll leave right away."

Seeing Li Tao's demeanor, Lin Hong grew more certain that the two couldn't afford any elixirs and were merely there to look around, which only fueled her anger further.

"Is 'sorry' all you have? Slap yourself ten times! Then roll out of the Elixir Pharmacy!"

"Can't you recognize your own status? Just because you piggybacked on a Hidden Family through the base, you think you're someone important?"

Clearly, Lin Hong mistook them for ordinary students, speaking without giving them any face.

Lin Hong, able to spend considerable points and resources to enter the Elixir Pharmacy as an apprentice, naturally had a high status as the Lin Family's favored child, so she looked down on the two entirely.

Upon hearing Lin Hong's words, Xu Fan's expression finally turned icy.

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