781 Rise, Phoenix! (1/2)
Although Wang Baole didn't completely know what Zhuo Yixian was thinking, he knew some parts of it. Combining that with his understanding of Zhuo Yixian, he made an estimated judgment in his heart.
He narrowed his eyes, pondered, and said, ”I'm not selling!”
His voice floated out of his cave abode and landed in the ears of the three people and one donkey outside. The donkey's ears twitched, and a glint flashed between Little Wu's eyes. Only Zhuo Yixian and the female cultivator had changes in their expressions.
The former was nervous, while unhappiness appeared in the latter's eyes. Staring at the cave abode's gate with furrowed brows, her voice turned icy.
”Fellow Daoist Long Nanzi, I really do like your pet. Please sell it to me. I will give you one Icy Heart Fruit in exchange!”
When Wang Baole, who was constantly aware of the outside world, heard that she was offering an Icy Heart Fruit, his eyes lit up slightly. When he was buying materials several days ago, he had seen this Icy Heart Fruit, which was exclusive to the Ice Phoenix Legion.
The tree of this fruit came from an alien civilization. After the Ice Phoenix Legion pillaged said civilization, they planted the tree within the legion's restricted area. The tree produced fruit once every century, producing around 1000 fruits every time. The number of fruits produced wasn't considered small, but it was definitely not a huge number either. Hence, it still carried a respectable price. When added to medicine, it could increase the effectiveness of said medicine.
If one consumed it directly, it had an obvious impact on stabilizing one's cultivation. They were very rare, so even Wang Baole was interested.
”I've taken care of this pet for many years, and we both can't bear to leave each other, so… forget it.” After a moment, Wang Baole's sigh spread out of the cave abode. When the sound landed in the donkey's ears, it whinnied, and Little Wu, who was beside it, quickly went to help it straighten its fur with his eyes showing a strange enthusiasm.
Meanwhile, Zhuo Yixian was feeling indignant. If he weren't afraid to speak, he would definitely have told the female cultivator beside him that he was bought by Long Nanzi not long ago and definitely could bear leaving him.
”Two Icy Heart Fruits!” Fairy Ling You's younger sister raised her eyebrows. Even if she knew Wang Baole was lying, she was too lazy to argue with him and directly raised her bid.
Wang Baole's eyes lit up. As he continued speaking, he didn't hide the sound of him inhaling.
”Well… although I spent a huge amount of money on buying this pet initially and feeding it with the finest food every day to cause it to become so extraordinarily handsome, this definitely has nothing to do with the price. It's the bond between us, we…”
”Four Icy Heart Fruits!” The female cultivator was slightly annoyed.
”Our bond can't be…”
”Ten Icy Heart Fruits. Long Nanzi, this is already an exorbitant price. If you still don't sell, I'm calling it off!” The female cultivator interrupted Wang Baole and spoke with decisiveness, her words bringing with them hints of a threat.
Wang Baole's heartbeat quickened. He had already nodded thousands of times in his heart, but to achieve mutual agreement, he still acted like he had to deliberate and finally agreed to the deal reluctantly.
Hearing Wang Baole's agreement, Zhuo Yixian heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. While he was secretly cheering, the female cultivator rapidly completed the deal, completed the transaction with Wang Baole, and left with Zhuo Yixian.
Little Wu, who had seen the whole transaction firsthand, walked directly to where Zhuo Yixian was previously and spit, his face full of disdain.
”What a fool. How good is it to be with Daddy. Even though we were just guarding the gate, at least he was treated in the same way Daddy treats me. But now, he's really going to become a pet for someone else. What a fool. Don't you agree, Second Master?” While speaking, he didn't forget to keep straightening the donkey's fur.
Seemingly because his technique was impeccable, the donkey was so comfortable it even wagged its tail a few times and agreed with a hee-haw.
Ignoring the two clowns left outside his door, Wang Baole kept one of the Icy Heart Fruits he received for himself and sold the other 9 away in exchange for a large amount of materials. He then started refining the thirteenth level of the Heaven Shaking Divine Justice Shield.
Using his previous method, it wasn't difficult for Wang Baole to reach the thirteenth level, and he quickly did so. As the reflection of up to 130% formed, the value of the treasure also shot up.
He didn't stop there. After gathering sufficient resources, Wang Baole achieved a huge breakthrough in his refining and jumped up to level seventeen from level thirteen!
The level seventeen Heaven Shaking Divine Justice Shield was basically formed by combining nearly 20,000 level seven Divine Justice Shields. Its power had already reached 170% reflection. Even if a true Spirit Immortal were to meet this, they would probably be in trouble too. And if they weren't careful, there was a huge possibility of disaster caused by the backlash.