Global Lords: Me and My Calabash Kiddos

But these design maps worth millions of Celestial Dao Coins—Yi Tian feels embarrassed to bring them out.

The Large Castle Design Map is pretty valuable, but it’s nowhere near the level of the Basic City Building Order Design Map or the Royal Palace Design Map.

The rest—Royal Palace Design Map, Medium-sized City Building Order Design Map, Junior Dragon Ascension Platform Design Map—Yi Tian won’t sell.

Large Manor Design Map, Small Garden Community Design Map, Restaurant Design Map. All are buildings Yi Tian plans to construct, so he won’t sell them either.

"Add three pieces of Enlightenment Tea, and I’ll trade with you!" Ninth Shop proposed another condition.

Enlightenment Tea is a huge draw for Qi Refiners, even Ninth Shop wants some.

"[Specialized Enlightenment Tea], two pieces have the effect of three. I only have two."

Yi Tian uploaded info about the Specialized Enlightenment Tea.

"Deal!" Ninth Shop agreed.

Specialized Enlightenment Tea, medicinal effect boosted by 50%. Each Unity of Heaven and Man session lasts longer and the insights gained are different.

If it were in the auction house, two pieces of Specialized Enlightenment Tea would sell for more than three pieces of fresh Enlightenment Tea.

"By the way, where did you get your Fighting Mastery LV.5 Cultivation Bead and Elemental Blood Bead?" Yi Tian shamelessly asked Ninth Shop.

"Celestial Dao Treasure Chest!"

Ninth Shop’s tight-lipped style made Yi Tian think he was being brushed off.

Strangers like this, Yi Tian didn’t feel comfortable asking more.

"Are you an Alchemist?" His attention shifted to another deal.

Inside the Ninth Shop, pills are all sold by the bottle. Just the cultivation pills alone, there are a dozen kinds, some can be taken back-to-back.

"I know a bit about alchemy," Ninth Shop answered.

"Sell me some pills, I’ll pay in Celestial Dao Coins," Yi Tian thought to himself—he’s a big customer, surely there’s an exception!

Since he’s an Alchemist, as long as he has some Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, alchemy should be a piece of cake.

Right now, treasures above A-level are hard to find, but B-level and below can still be acquired.

"All items in this shop, it’s item-for-item only. No exceptions!" Ninth Shop was blunt.

So stubborn!

Yi Tian rummaged through his little warehouse again and said to Ninth Shop, "Two drops of Celestial Dao Essence for 300 B-level cultivation enhancing pills."

After flipping through everything, Yi Tian awkwardly realized it’s either not valuable enough, or it’s something he just can’t sell.

Only the last two drops of Celestial Dao Essence were presentable.

Yi Tian did the math between Celestial Dao Essence and B-level pills and decided the trade was fair.

Recently at personal auctions, a Lord sold Celestial Dao Essence for a sky-high 450 million.

B-level cultivation enhancement pills also show up at auctions, about 3 million Celestial Dao Coins apiece.

"Hate to disappoint you—alchemy takes time, you know. I only have 260 B-level pills that boost three-dimensional stats and spiritual power; you already traded for ten of them," Ninth Shop said to Yi Tian.

"Give me 50 healing pills then." Yi Tian wasn’t about to lose out.

"Two hundred and fifty cultivation pills, twenty healing pills! The value of Celestial Dao Essence fluctuates, don’t judge by your own perspective," Ninth Shop countered.

"Thirty!" Yi Tian insisted, figuring every extra pill counts.

"No can do, deal’s off!" Ninth Shop wouldn’t budge.

"Fine! Since you might be a woman, and I’m a man, I’ll take a step back." Yi Tian reluctantly agreed.

"[Basic City Building Order Design Map*3][Royal Palace Design Map*3][Celestial Dao Essence*3][Super Castle Design Map*1] for [Thunder Bead*2][Flame Bead*2][S-level Brave Blood Pearl*1][Fighting Mastery LV.5 Cultivation Bead*1][B-level Cultivation Enhancement Pill*260][B-level Healing Pill*20]."

Yi Tian got everything ready and sent out the exchange list.

Ninth Shop confirmed, and the trade went through!

"Wealthiest in the World, let me remind you—taking too many pills breeds pill poison. Even if you have Heavenly and Earthly Treasures to cure it, your potential will always be affected," Ninth Shop only warned Yi Tian after the trade.

"Thanks for the heads up! My potential was never high to begin with. I’m an ordinary guy, no big ambitions. Just reaching A-level is enough for me!"

Yi Tian replied, totally laid-back.

It’s precisely because of this that Yi Tian wants to hold back his cultivation and rely on training to reach A-level—instead of just taking pills.

Pill effects surpass Spirit Fruits, but the price isn’t much higher. The main issue is pill poison and loss of potential.

Yi Tian has the Five Elements Divine Body, so he’s way more tolerant of pills than other living creatures.

Spirit Fruit is hailed as a "Heaven and Earth Pill", with zero side effects when consumed. Cultivators go crazy for them.

The Calabash Sisters, after taking pills, still have divine-level potential—as long as the pill poison is cleansed, they’re fine.

"Is Wealthiest in the World really that kind of person?" Ninth Shop asked, like it was a rhetorical question.

"Yep! Your shop’s fantastic—I’ll be a regular!" Yi Tian praised the Ninth Shop to high heaven.

Not much more chit-chat; Yi Tian left the Ninth Shop, keeping an eye on it at the same time.

Yi Tian started paying serious attention to the store system, searching for shops similar to the Ninth Shop.

Stores everywhere—you can usually tell what a shop does just by its slogan or its name.

After half an hour of searching, Yi Tian found nothing. He had no choice but to close the store system.

Under the Yellow Lantern Flower, Yi Tian sorted out these 260 B-level cultivation enhancement pills.

Pills for three-dimensional stat boosts, a total of 132. Mostly +10 Strength, +10 Physique, and +10 Physique, +10 Agility, or +10 Strength, +10 Agility.

The remaining 128 pills all boost spiritual power, each pill gives +20 Spiritual Power.

Yi Tian did the math—Big Child needs thirty-nine pills to push three-dimensional stats up by 1,000.

Third Child needs forty-two pills to push three-dimensional stats up to 1,000.