The essence nourishing pill had an exceptional effect! Unlike the Jade Essence pill, which suffered from an inherent flaw and only matched the Spirit Herb Pavilion’s qi-nourishing pills when refined to top-grade, the essence nourishing pill displayed remarkable potency even at the low grade. 

It was precisely because of this that the Danyuan Sect had been able to sustain the cultivation of two Foundation Establishment Initiates. Of course! With such effectiveness came a price, and that was the exorbitantly high cost. The real burden lay in one of its main ingredients.

“You mean the yuanmucao[1]!” Luo Chen asked.

Qi Yi nodded quickly. “Yes. The cost of the essence nourishing pill is high because of the yuanmucao. It’s the key ingredient and cannot be substituted. This herb is rather troublesome, and its cultivation conditions are extremely demanding. In Tianlan Immortal City, only the Li family of Qinhua River manages to grow it, which is why the price has always stayed high. Each set of raw ingredients costs twenty spirit stones!”

Upon hearing the cost, Qu Lingjun and Mi Li both couldn’t help but gasp in shock. The Jade Essence and Myriad Wonders pills they refined only cost five low-grade spirit stones per batch....