This time, Ou Yangming did not stare at its feathers without looking away. Instead, he noticed a sheet of skin in front of it.
It was a beast’s skin, which was not too large, but it was undoubtedly perfect as a material to refine a flying carpet.
Ou Yangming smiled bitterly because he had accidentally caused animosity between him and the vulture. He initially did not want to deal with it anymore, but this was the only stall within his visible range that sold suitable materials.
He shook his head and walked over.
The vulture was alert. It stared at Ou Yangming with a fierce look in its eyes as though it wanted to scare him away.
Nevertheless, Ou Yangming was a man that had witnessed the appearance of the dragon and the phoenix, so he would not surrender to a Venerable One’s momentum, let alone this vulture.
Ou Yangming arrived at the vulture’s stall and pointed at the beast’s skin without any hesitation. “What’s the price for this?”
The vulture was startled for a while before it scoffed coldly and answered, “100 spirit ores.”
Ou Yangming was dumbfounded. Honestly, he was not familiar with the market price here, thus he did not know how much the piece of skin was worth. Despite that, he noticed that the vulture was disdainful when it told him the price. Moreover, judging from its frivolous tone, it did not sound like it disclosed the real price.
The young fellow looked around and realized that the people nearby were smiling scornfully.
At this point, as dumb as a person was, one would know that the price was too high.
Ou Yangming cleared his throat and responded, “Brother, that doesnʼt sound like a very sincere price.”
The vulture fanned its wings a little and looked up to ask him, “How much are you offering?”
Ou Yangming twitched his mouth as he really did not know how much the item was worth. He was slightly regretful at this moment, and he thought, ‘Had I known this was going to happen, I shouldn’t have come alone; I should’ve asked Bai Zhiyi to send a disciple that’s familiar with the market to accompany me here.’
Just as he was feeling uncertain, a sonorous voice was heard. “30 spirit ores should be enough.”
Ou Yangming was struck dumb. The voice sounded rather familiar, and he could not help but laugh when he turned to look; Tian Yinghao was standing somewhere behind him.
The blacksmith from the Beast King Sect put his hands behind his back and looked coldly at the vulture.
Ou Yangming raised his eyebrows. Tian Yinghao was entirely different from the yes-man he was at the library. He stuck out his chest with bright eyes and displayed great momentum.
In terms of cultivation base only, Tian Yinghao was equivalent to a Supreme Great Ancestor from the lower realm, and he was not even a Spiritualist.
Having said that, he was wearing clothes unique to the Beast King Sect’s disciple, where a flame mark that represented a blacksmith was also embroidered on his outfit.
Inside this market, his identity as a blacksmith from the Beast King Sect had indeed given him a lot of confidence, which was why he underwent an enormous change as though he had a new lease of life.
The vulture had a cold look in its eyes, but it instantly curbed its momentum when it spotted Tian Yinghao’s clothing, as well as the flame mark on it. This was the Beast King Sect’s territory, after all, so as unruly as it was, it could not be impolite toward a blacksmith from the sect.
“Young master, 30 spirit ores are really too little—this whole sheet of skin belongs to a spirit beast!” The vulture suppressed its anger and added, “I won’t sell it if you don’t offer at least 50 spirit ores.”
Tian Yinghao went forward and bowed at Ou Yangming. “Greetings, Brother Ou.”
Ou Yangming was taken aback. “You know who I am?”
“Brother Ou, you’ve been in the library for so many days, so it’s hard not to recognize you.” Tian Yinghao smiled bitterly.
The vulture’s eyelids could not help but twitch because it obtained a lot of information from their conversation.
‘This young human, who has an ordinary outfit and was staring at me for a long time, is qualified to enter the Beast King Sect’s library for many days?’
Even though the vulture was not human, it knew what kind of a place the library was as it was a spirit beast. Given that one could enter the library for so many days and caught someone else’s attention, one must be unordinary.
All of a sudden, the vulture was anxious. ‘I didn’t accidentally offend an influential person, did I?’
Ou Yangming nodded and turned around to say to the vulture, “I’ll take this piece of skin for 50 spirit ores.”
The vulture immediately nodded and replied to him, “Okay, young master, it’s yours.”
Ou Yangming shook his wrist to retrieve one of his interspatial bags, then he counted 50 spirit ores for the vulture, which quickly accepted them and carefully placed them in a huge bag.
The bag was also sewn using a king of beast’s skin, and it looked incredibly solid.
However, Ou Yangming could tell at one glance that the fellow was embarrassingly short of money because it did not have an interspatial bag at all.
Ou Yangming accepted the beast’s skin and nodded satisfyingly after he inspected it. He took a fancy to the item because it was fresh enough, and there was also remaining killing intent on it.
The killing intent was not favorable for other people as time would be required to get rid of it. That said, the flying carpet that Ou Yangming planned to refine was extraordinary, where a bit of killing intent would not pose negative effects on it at all.
After pondering for some time, Ou Yangming blurted, “Do you happen to have feathers that have come off of your body?”
“Young master, you’re looking for fallen feathers from my sect, am I right?” The vulture asked him in return after some time.
Ou Yangming’s eyes lit up, and he answered with a smile, “Yes, that’s right.”
Any part of a bird powerhouse’s body was considered a treasure. Among them, a bird’s fallen feathers could be exceptionally useful in certain aspects. In the beginning, the Birds were unaware at all, thus they did not bother when their feathers fell.
As they became more acquainted with the Humans, they eventually knew their worth, so their fallen feathers also became one of the items that they collected.
The vulture chuckled and retrieved a big sack from a corner at its stall. As soon as it opened the sack, feathers of different colors could be seen.
“Young master, are these enough?” The vulture added proudly, “These will be all yours for 100 spirit ores.”
This time, Tian Yinghao did not say a word. Normally, a beast’s skin’s price was definite. It might fluctuate, but there would not be too much of a difference. On the other hand, feathers did not have a fixed price. They did not know how many feathers were inside the sack, so 100 spirit ores sounded like an acceptable price.
Who knew, Ou Yangming shook his head. He reached out to grab a handful of feathers from the sack, then he gently let go of them. Other than about 10 feathers, the rest drifted to mid-air and spun a few rounds before they descended to the ground.
Ou Yangming chuckled and said, “Your Excellency, I only need feathers from Spiritualists.”
The vulture blinked and responded, “A tenth of the feathers here are fallen feathers from Spiritualists. We won’t ask for much, but you must offer at least 50 spirit ores.”
“Okay, deal,” Ou Yangming uttered with a smile. He retrieved another 100 spirit ores without any delay.
The vulture accepted them carefully, then it shook its big sack. It could not help but laugh out loud when it heard the clear sounds of spirit ores knocking against each other. “I have enough now, I have enough now.”
Ou Yangming found it funny. It turned out that the vulture’s hard-earned money was going to be used to purchase something.
Curious, he asked the vulture casually, “Your Ex
cellency, what are you planning to buy?”
The vulture hesitated for a brief moment, then it glanced at Tian Yinghao’s outfit and answered as if it had made up its mind, “I’d like to buy an interspatial bag.”
Chapter 682 - An Interspatial Bag’s Worth
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“An interspatial bag?” Ou Yangming was slightly stunned. When he looked at those items laid out at the stall, he could not help but find it funny.
The vulture was a spirit beast. Judging from its aura, while it was not a middle-rank spirit beast, it was not far from being one. Even so, it did not have an interspatial bag that belonged to itself.
It had been some time since Ou Yangming entered the Spiritual Realm, and he also came across all sorts of figures and spirit beasts.
According to his observation, human cultivators or spirit beasts that arrived at the advanced level would have an interspatial bag at least.
When he previously fought the lizards to their deaths and sneak attacks on the Twelve Walkers to kill them, his rewards must not be underestimated even though the fights were dangerous.
He obtained a total of more than 20 interspatial bags from them.
Needless to say, apart from the high-rank spirit beasts, he also found interspatial bags from the middle-rank and even low-rank spirit beasts.
Nonetheless, interspatial bags were overall rare treasures in Danzhou. It was extremely rare that one could possess one in low-rank as Fat Antelope did.
Struck with a thought, Ou Yangming asked, “How many spirit ores does an interspatial bag cost roughly?”
The vulture’s look changed, and it questioned the young fellow coldly, “Why are you asking?”
Ou Yangming smiled faintly and responded, “It’s just a casual question. Is it a bad time to ask”
The calmer he sounded, the more the vulture was afraid of offending him. After all, he took out 100 spirit ores without batting an eyelid at all!
“If we want to buy an interspatial bag, we’ll normally prepare about 10,000 spirit ores,” the vulture answered after a moment of hesitation.
Ou Yangming chuckled and asked, “Oh, so you’ve collected about 10,000 spirit ores in your sack?”
The vulture was startled, and its eyes were burning with a raging fire, but it was also slightly fearful at the same time. Although this was the Beast King Sect’s territory, 10,000 spirit ores were a lump sum that could not be ignored at all. It understood very well that one should not reveal one’s wealth.
“Hmph, what are you trying to do? Don’t forget that we’re in the Beast King Sect, so you’ll regret it if you attack me here,” the vulture uttered fiercely.
Ou Yangming giggled and shook his head. “You misunderstood me—I’m not thinking about stealing from you at all.”
“Brother Ou.” Tian Yinghao suddenly approached him and said softly, “If you’d like to buy an interspatial bag, you can just buy one from the sect.” He shook his head and added, “Don’t worry, no matter which channel you decide to get it from, it won’t cost 10,000 spirit ores.”
“Oh?” Ou Yangming shifted his gaze between Tian Yinghao and the vulture.
Tian Yinghao struck his chest and assured the young fellow. “Brother Ou, don’t worry. It might not be able to buy an interspatial bag despite having 10,000 spirit ores, but it won’t be a problem for you to acquire one.”
Ou Yangming snickered and expressed, “Brother Tian, you might’ve misunderstood—I’m not a disciple from the Beast King Sect.”
Tian Yinghao laughed and replied to him, “Brother Ou, since you’re able to enter the library as you wish and has unlimited access to the book collections there, it makes no difference whether you’re a disciple from our sect or not.”
He was still clueless about Ou Yangming’s background but after the incident in the library, he was certain that the young fellow’s backing was definitely mighty beyond one’s imagination. If not, given Shui Wenliang’s status and fierce character, he would not have let go of a matter so easily after being outraged about it.
The vulture was envious as it listened to their conversation.
This was the treatment that could be enjoyed by disciples from influential sects, and it was much better than the lives of beings that struggled financially.
Who knew, Ou Yangming still waved his hand and said, “Brother Tian, thanks for your good intention.”
He turned to look at the vulture. “Hey, if you really have 10,000 spirit ores with you, how about I sell an interspatial bag to you?”
“What?”
The vulture and Tian Yinghao exclaimed at the same time. They looked at Ou Yangming in confusion.
Earlier on, Ou Yangming retrieved an interspatial bag and took out spirit ores from it. Nevertheless, having an interspatial bag and being able to sell an interspatial bag to someone else were entirely different things.
Tian Yinghao noted without any hesitation, “Brother Ou, interspatial bags can’t be obtained easily. Even for sect disciples like us, we’re only qualified to buy 1 each after making a significant contribution!”
The vulture cast a sidelong glance at him. If it was not because of the Beast King Sect, it would have ripped him into pieces already. Having said that, as bold as the vulture was, it would not dare to offend a blacksmith from the Beast King Sect here.
“Young master, do you really have an interspatial… Oh, an extra interspatial bag?” The vulture looked eagerly at Ou Yangming.
Ou Yangming grinned and casually retrieved another interspatial bag.
This was one of his spoils of war from the lizards. The interspatial bag did not have a large space as it was the smallest among all, but he had emptied it already.
The vulture took the interspatial bag and scanned it with its spiritual power. It instantly looked highly-spirited.
“Young master, no, sir, I have 10,300 over spirit ores here, and they’re all yours now. Please go ahead and count them.” The vulture handed Ou Yangming the big sack without any delay, and it held on to the interspatial bag tightly. Judging from the way it was acting, if someone tried to snatch the bag from it, it would surely risk its life to secure it.
Ou Yangming accepted the sack from the vulture. Without needing to open it at all, he finished counting the spirit ores with his mental conception.
Back in the lower realm, Ou Yangming found out how precious interspatial bags were because even the imperial family would do anything to obtain them.
However, he did not expect that interspatial bags were also incredibly precious in the Spiritual Realm. Of course, there was also a contrast between their values in the 2 realms. In the Spiritual Realm, one would stand a chance to get an interspatial bag if one accumulated enough spirit ores.
On the other hand, even if one was the wealthiest being in the lower realm, it would still be difficult for one to acquire an interspatial bag.
“Sir, can you sell this interspatial bag to me for 11,000 spirit ores?”
Just as Ou Yangming lamented, a voice was suddenly heard coming from the side.
It was a spirit tiger, which was staring at the interspatial bag in the vulture’s claws with a covetous look.
The vulture’s eyes reddened right away, and it was furious. “I bought this first, so what are you trying to do?”
Upon hearing it, the spirit tiger released his momentum; it turned out to be a middle-rank spirit beast. It uttered coldly, “This sir retrieved an interspatial bag, but he didn’t specify that he’ll sell it to you. I’m offering him more spirit ores, so why can’t I bid for it too?”
The vulture was dumbfounded. The tiger’s cultivation base was higher, but it was a bird and could escape if it was not a match for its opponent, thus it did not need to be afraid at all.
That said, without Ou Yangming’s permission, the vulture dared not escape with the interspatial bag. It twitched its wing a little then pleaded with the young fellow, “Sir, you…”
Ou Yangming sighed and thought, ‘These spirit beasts are so spineless; they’re addressing me as a sir just because of a small interspatial bag.’
It was an honorific for superiors where normally, only top-grade Spiritualists or Venerable Ones would be addressed as sirs by ordinary Spiritualists.
Nonetheless, he did not know that the spirit beasts would even willingly address him as a master for the interspatial bag.
Ou Yangming cleared his throat and said, “Brother, I promised it that it can have the interspatial bag for 10,000 spirit ores.”
The vulture was elated after hearing what he said. It quickly expressed its gratitude, “Thank you, sir, thank you, sir.”
As for the spirit tiger, it was disappointed, but it was even more indignant. Even so, it dared not go into a rage in this special place.
Following that, Ou Yangming turned around and asked Tian Yinghao softly, “Brother Tian, are 10,000 spirit ores not enough to buy an interspatial bag?”
Tian Yinghao pondered for a brief moment before he answered, “It’ll depend on their fate and luck. 10,000 spirit ores are sometimes enough, but it’s also possible that they won’t be able to get one even if they offer twice the number of ores.”
Ou Yangming was bewildered, and he was sure that there must be a reason behind it. Nevertheless, it was not the right time or place to ask about it.
“Brother Tian, are you free now? I’d like to buy you a drink—what do you think?” He invited Tian Yinghao with a smile.
Tian Yinghao was delighted, and he responded at once, “Brother Ou, since you’re a guest, I should be treating you instead.”
After seeing what Ou Yangming did in the library, Tian Yinghao dared not let him buy him a drink.
Being a disciple from the Beast King Sect, which was the local tyrant here, Tian Yinghao brought Ou Yangming to a rest stop in the ravine.
The rest stop was a villa-like restaurant. When Tian Yinghao arrived in his outfit that had a flame mark on it, he was welcomed with warm hospitality and was brought to the quietest room.
As soon as Ou Yangming sat, he cut to the chase. “Brother Tian, what’s the matter with the trades for interspatial bags?”
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