Chapter 614: A dead man cant bury the dead (1/2)
Chapter 614: A dead man can't bury the dead
Translator: G.o.dBrandy Editor: Kurisu
”Yes, spirit stones are just fine,” Song Shuhang said firmly. He was simply too poor at this time. Aside from that spirit stone inside the silver dragon puppet—which was exhausted for the most part—he didn't even have the crumbs of a spirit stone!
Being a cultivator without even a single spirit stone made him look simply too pitiful.
Song Shuhang glanced at Daoist Priest Horizon. At this time, he had twenty blood pearls with him. With how many spirit stones could he exchange them for?
A transaction was a deal where both parties were willing to exchange. Even if one had in their hand only a piece of rotten wood, as long as they could find the right buyer—and the opposite party also liked the commodity—it was possible to sell it at a good price.
If Song Shuhang were to sell these blood pearls to other cultivators, the price he could sell them at would be low. After all, it was unlikely that the opposite party was in urgent need of these blood pearls.
These blood pearls were the result of Venerable White's experiment. Venerable White wanted to transform the body of the blood demon into something akin to spirit stones. However, the transformation wasn't too successful.
In the end, although these blood pearls indeed had the spiritual energy of the Sixth Stage rank within, the actual quant.i.ty of spiritual energy inside was comparable to only 70% of an ordinary spirit stone of the Sixth Stage. In addition, the purity of the spiritual energy inside was also inferior to that of ordinary spirit stone of the Sixth Stage. The impurities derived from the blood demon were mixed within the spiritual energy.
Therefore, a blood pearl would be only comparable to two spirit stones of the Fifth Stage after the conversion.
However, that was only under normal circ.u.mstances.
Daoist Priest Horizon needed these blood pearls urgently. In addition, it didn't seem he was someone that lacked money.
After all these calculations, Song Shuhang hoped to sell the blood pearls for five spirit stones of the Fifth Stage each!
As a result, he would obtain 100 spirit stones of the Fifth Stage rank, which were equivalent to 1000 spirit stones of the Fourth Stage rank.
For Shuhang, it was already an incredible number of spirit stones.
One had to remember that the cost for entering Great Master Profound Principle's 'Jingang Immortal Cave'—where one could try to comprehend the advanced version of the ❮Basic Buddhist Fist Technique❯ in the heart-tempering ancient well, the ❮Demon Subduing Buddhist Fist Technique❯—was six spirit stones of the Fourth Stage rank. If Shuhang had 1000 spirit stones of the Fourth Stage rank with him, he could try to comprehend the technique innumerable times!
On the other hand, he would need a whole 10,000 spirit stones of the Fifth Stage rank to learn that mysterious life-maintaining technique from Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue, the ❮Flame Subst.i.tuting Technique❯.
It was better to put off that mysterious life-maintaining technique until later. It wasn't worth it for Song Shuhang to spend so much money on it right now.
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After hearing that Song Shuhang wanted spirit stones, Daoist Priest Horizon's eyes immediately lit up.
It was great if he could use spirit stones to solve the problem!
Daoist Priest Horizon asked, ”Little friend. For how much do you want to sell them?”
Song Shuhang faintly smiled and said, ”Daoist Priest, you can try offering a price.”
Daoist Priest Horizon pondered for a while and recalled the appearance of that blood pearl.
The spiritual energy inside the blood pearl was almost comparable to that of a spirit stone of the Sixth Stage. Such being the case, should he offer a spirit stone of the Sixth Stage in return?
However, he really needed these blood pearls, and it wasn't too practical to get them with just a spirit stone of the Sixth Stage rank.
In that case... perhaps he should double the price?
”A blood pearl for two spirit stones of the Sixth Stage. What do you think?” Daoist Priest Horizon said in a grave tone.
Song Shuhang kept his calm. Daoist Priest Horizon had released the aura of a nouveau riche and directly increased by four times the price Shuhang had in mind.
Thereupon, he nodded and said, ”Deal!”
Shuhang could have probably increased the price even further if he were to go for it. After all, this was only Daoist Priest Horizon testing the waters, and it shouldn't be the limit of what he was willing to pay.
However, Song Shuhang felt that the price was already good enough. Shuhang wasn't a qualified businessman. If he were to go out to make business, he would surely suffer loss after loss!
”Deal!” Daoist Priest Horizon secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
The duo exchanged their respective items.
Twenty blood pearls were traded for forty spirit stones of the Sixth Stage, which were comparable to 400 spirit stones of the Fifth Stage or 4000 spirit stones of the Fourth Stage!
It was a deal that had left both parties satisfied.
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Daoist Priest Horizon took the twenty blood pearls and gently stroked each of them. Soon after, he turned his head toward the owner of the villa, Yu Jiaojiao, and said, ”Fellow Daoist Jiaojiao, can you lend this daoist priest a quiet room?”
Daoist Priest Horizon wanted to carry out a small experiment first and see how compatible these blood pearls were with that tribulation-transcending tailor-made magical treasure of his.
He was looking forward to trying and seeing.
”No problem. This way, Daoist Priest.” At this time, Yu Jiaojiao still had her mother's appearance due to Soft Feather's shapes.h.i.+fting brooch.
She stood up and led Daoist Priest Horizon to the most internal room of the villa. That place was rather quiet, and he wouldn't get disturbed.
”Thank you, Fellow Daoist Jiaojiao,” Daoist Priest Horizon said gratefully.
”Daoist Priest, you're welcome,” Yu Jiaojiao replied with a smile. As long as he didn't mention that matter about the 'strength imparting', they could stay on good terms!
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In the meantime, Song Shuhang put all the spirit stones in his pocket. He absolutely didn't dare to put them in his size-reducing purse. After all, that spirit stones-swallowing puppet was still in there.
According to the result of the appraisal technique, that thing was a high-quality puppet tailor-made for one of the VIP clients of the ancient Jet-Black Sect. It had many wondrous uses and needed 50,000 spirit stones of the Eighth Stage to be activated.
50,000 spirit stones of the Eighth Stage! Song Shuhang had nothing but 40 spirit stones of the Sixth Stage with him. They weren't even enough to fill the gap between that puppet's teeth. They would disappear without any traces if the puppet were to absorb them.
Song Shuhang had already decided that he would give the puppet to Senior White so the latter could disa.s.semble and research it. After all, he had no intention of wasting 50,000 spirit stones of the Eighth Stage to activate the puppet.
After putting the spirit stones away, Song Shuhang took a gift box out of his size-reducing purse. Inside the gift box was a complete set of 33 spirit beast crystals, each of them of the Second Stage rank.
Song Shuhang's const.i.tution had already strengthened until reaching the limit of the Second Stage. Such being the case, he could use the ❮Whale Swallowing Technique❯ to eat these spirit beast crystals and complete the 'innate true qi' inside his body.
Amongst the spirit beast crystals that Shuhang had already eaten were the shark, sheep, horse, donkey, and camel types.
”Today, I'll eat the bull, deer, pig, dog, and cat types of spirit beast crystals. If I eat five types of spirit beast crystals each day, I'll be able to complete the innate true qi of the ❮Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Technique❯ very quickly!” Song Shuhang muttered to himself.
Thereupon, he returned to his room and took out those five types of spirit beast crystals and used the ❮Whale Swallowing Technique❯ to eat them, starting another day of practice.
He was getting nearer and nearer to the Fourth Stage and his dream of riding a flying sword.
As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, Song Shuhang remembered that he still had that ❮Blade Dragging Technique❯ with him.
Evil thoughts, disperse!
Unless it was to save his life, he wouldn't ever use the ❮Blade Dragging Technique❯. It looked simply too stupid!
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In the meantime, in the faraway East China Sea.
After searching in the East China Sea for a long time, that l.u.s.trous scholar that had forcibly taken control of Song Shuhang's ghost spirit was finally able to find the person he was looking for.
A man dressed up as a scholar was currently running on the surface of the sea.
He had disheveled hair and incomplete clothing, and only one of the shoes he had been wearing was left.
He had a foolish smile on his face, and the fearsome immortal energy emitting from his body was creating huge ocean waves.