Chapter 19: Supreme Spirit
Ke Huan was the initiator of this small exchange gathering, so naturally he began first, and no one objected. “Then I shall start, to throw a brick to attract jade.”
“What I want is simple…”
Ke Huan stood up, lightly tapping his hand with spiritual energy, and some text and patterns formed in the air, appearing to be patterns of seeds and herbs.
“Seeds of any rare herbs, or seedlings that have not yet bloomed.”
“These that I have drawn are all acceptable, but if there are rare spiritual herb seeds not listed here, you may also offer them for trade.”
Green Pine Wood, Sinking Water Peach…
Among the eight or nine types of spiritual grass and herb seeds drawn, Song Yan, due to his previous pill refining, happened to recognize two of them.
These were indeed all very rare spiritual herbs and plants that could be used for pill refining.
However, their growth periods were long, and seeds and buds were not valuable, so rarely would anyone trade such things.
If they were to be used in the furnace for pill refining, they needed to be at least several decades old, or even nearly a hundred years old.
Why did Ke Huan want these spiritual herb seeds? To plant them himself?
Refine pills ten years later, a hundred years later?
The room fell into silence, no one spoke.
As if he had expected this, Ke Huan showed no obvious sign of disappointment, and was about to end his turn.
“Uh… wait a moment, Brother Ke.”
Zhou Jiasheng on the side seemed to have hesitated for a long time before finally speaking.
“What you drew on this chart… is it this?”
He looked carefully for a while, then somewhat uncertainly took out a small ice-blue flower from his Qiankun bag.
Ke Huan’s eyes lit up, and he repeatedly confirmed: “Fellow Daoist Zhou, this Cold Jade Flower of yours is indeed a seedling of the Cold Jade Fruit.”
“I can offer ten spirit stones to buy it, or if you want something of similar value to exchange with me.”
Zhou Jiasheng laughed heartily: “That day I just thought it looked nice and picked it casually, I didn’t expect this little flower to be worth a few spirit stones.”
“Fellow Daoist Ke, if you have Yellow Sprout Pills, use them to exchange, if not, bring spirit stones, and I’ll go buy pills myself.”
Yellow Sprout Pills were a relatively mainstream type of pill for increasing spiritual energy for Qi Refining Stage cultivators, suitable from early to late Qi Refining Stage.
For Zhou Jiasheng, this was completely unexpected wealth.
“Yes, yes.”
Ke Huan was overjoyed, hurriedly took out a bottle of Yellow Sprout Pills, and the two completed the exchange under everyone’s witness.
The first trader had gained something, and the atmosphere in the room became much more lively.
Zhou Jiasheng wanted to sell a low-grade defensive magical artifact in exchange for some pills for cultivating spiritual energy.
Although Song Yan was somewhat interested, after hesitating, Fellow Daoist Rong seized the opportunity first.
In the end, the two reached a deal.
What Lin Xiaoyu wanted to sell was a talisman, but this talisman had an odd appearance, and she herself couldn’t explain its function.
Everyone was a rogue cultivator, with few cultivation resources to begin with, and certainly wouldn’t waste spirit stones on something whose usefulness was unknown.
In the end, no trade was successful.
Finally, it was Song Yan’s turn.
“What I want to sell is a bottle of special pills, and two Yin Puppet Rebirth Nails.”
Before coming to the night market, Song Yan thought it over repeatedly, and did not bring the pill formula, instead burning it with a finger of spiritual fire.
This pill was truly too evil.
He considered himself not a great philanthropist, but this pill was truly evil, and if the formula fell into the hands of those with ill intentions, causing killing and creating karma, he would inevitably bear the consequences.
It was better to be safe and just sell these pills.
“…”
Before Song Yan could start introducing the pills, everyone in the room was startled by the Yin Puppet Rebirth Nails.
Ke Huan remained calm: “Fellow Daoist Tong, you are…”
“Nothing much, I went down the mountain and killed a demonic cultivator, and took these from him.”
“Hiss—”
Demonic cultivator!
Song Yan spoke calmly, but everyone felt a chill, and the looks they gave this white wolf mask gained a bit more awe.
If they knew that the three demonic cultivators were only at the third level of Qi Refining Stage at most, they would wonder what to think.
“This bottle of pills is called Spirit Transformation Blood Pills, they are demonic sect pills, and their effect is…”
“They can allow ordinary people without spiritual root aptitude to grow special meridians within their bodies, and thus have the opportunity to cultivate to the third level of Qi Refining Stage.”
“What?!”
“Is this true?!”
Everyone exclaimed in shock.
Indeed, this thing was probably one of the most special items at this exchange gathering.
Come to think of it, those in this world with spiritual root aptitude naturally did not need such things, but cultivators always had families and blood relatives.
The absence of spiritual roots was the norm.
In theory, if one could produce a continuous supply of Spirit Transformation Blood Pills, one could forcibly create a small Qi Refining family with an average strength of the third level of Qi Refining Stage.
Before Song Yan could state his price, Ke Huan was already impatient.
“I wonder if Fellow Daoist Tong has the formula for this pill?”
“Yes…” Song Yan first nodded, but then changed his tone: “However, the materials needed for this pill and its refinement method are too evil, so the formula has been destroyed by me.”
A flash of barely noticeable regret passed through Ke Huan’s eyes, and he quickly said: “Brother Tong is righteous.”
Song Yan continued: “…These Yin Puppet Rebirth Nails, I believe I need not introduce them further. What I want, any of these three will do.”
“First is spirit stones, take them all, twenty-five spirit stones will suffice.”
“Second is pills, like Yellow Sprout Pills, then three bottles are needed.”
“Third is Supreme Spirit items, or any information about them.”
Supreme Spirit items?
The other five looked at each other, especially Wu Huaguo and Rong Xiaofeng, who saw a trace of surprise in each other’s eyes.
“Regardless of the attribute, any Supreme Spirit item will do.”
These Supreme Spirit items actually covered a wide range.
For example, the more common Supreme Spirit Wood Essence, Supreme Spirit Fire, each also had different types.
Some of these Supreme Spirit items were actually not too precious, otherwise Song Yan wouldn’t be making such an exorbitant demand here.
If it was just a small amount or precise information, then it was worth about twenty spirit stones.
The Spirit Transformation Chapter mentioned that Supreme Spirit items could be used to refine and strengthen the Sword Dao seed.
Even if he didn’t plan to disperse his cultivation to plant the sword in the future, Supreme Spirit items had other uses, so it wouldn’t be a loss.
Since he was already here, Song Yan wanted to try his luck.
The three options he proposed, each was actually acceptable.
“…”
The room was silent for a moment, several people seemed to be considering their offers, Song Yan’s expression was calm, facing Ke Huan.
Ke Huan was indeed tempted, and was about to offer twenty-five spirit stones, but was beaten to it by Rong Xiaofeng.
“We husband and wife offer three bottles of Yellow Sprout Pills.”
“Huh?”
Even Song Yan was surprised.
Of the three conditions he proposed, twenty-five spirit stones was the normal price.
Information about Supreme Spirit items was a bit of a bargain, after all it was just related information.
These three bottles of Yellow Sprout Pills were worth about thirty spirit stones, which was obviously a bit of a loss.
“However, after this gathering, my husband and wife would like to speak privately with Fellow Daoist Tong, would that be acceptable?”
“…”
Song Yan looked at Ke Huan, he didn’t know the rules, so it was better to ask the host,
Ke Huan smiled and nodded: “As long as both parties are willing, then it’s naturally fine, I Ke cannot manage such distant matters.”
“Good.”
The transaction was completed, and it could be said that Song Yan had gotten a great bargain.
What the couple Rong Xiaofeng and Wu Huaguo wanted to sell was a set of paired mother-child flying blades, also a low-grade magical artifact, worth about fifteen or sixteen spirit stones, and was finally exchanged by Lin Xiaoyu for a Purple Flame Talisman of similar value.
Song Yan couldn’t help but question life.
Why did all these rogue cultivators seem more prosperous than him?