Ning Cheng’s tone turned cold, “Although Starry Sky Essence Qi Spiritual Veins are good items, one could find many in the starry skies. But I only had a few jars of None-to-depend-on Wine, which I gave to you. Brother Duan, did you truly think that you could exchange a rare item with cheap goods?”
“Then how much does Brother Ning want?” Duan Gantai said while gritting his teeth.
“If you can give me 20 Starry Sky Spiritual Veins, I can consider doing the exchange….” Ning Cheng understood that he had pounced on a big opportunity.
Wasn’t doing business asking and collecting payment?
On Earth, a wealthy person could easily spend tens of thousands of dollars on good quality wine. So why would such a person worry if a bottle cost a bit more or less?
He had also experienced the reverse of this situation many times in the past. Among the thousands of clothes on the market, he would always bargain on the price and ultimately buy it at one-tenth of its original price.
Since Duan Gantai proposed two Starry Sky Essence Qi Spiritual Veins, so Ning Cheng decided to multiply it by ten times. In any case, although a big deal, everyone would propose a counter-offer.
Duan Gantai took in a deep breath. He didn’t expect Ning Cheng to demand such a significant price. Although he still had a hundred or so Starry Sky Essence Qi Spiritual Veins on him, it was something he had put aside for cultivation in the Eternal Realm. How could he take out twenty just because Ning Cheng said so?
“Brother Ning, I don’t have that much. I can only give you up to three Starry Sky Essence Qi Spirit Veins, nothing more. If Brother Ning wants to ask me to exchange something that I don’t have, I wouldn’t have any other choice but to stop the exchange.” Duan Gantai spoke with a very decisive tone.
When it came to bargaining, Duan Gantai’s street smarts wasn’t much worse compared to Ning Cheng. If Duan Gantai had held strong on two Starry Sky Essence Qi Spirit Vein, Ning Cheng might have thought of dropping the asking price a bit. But this fellow didn’t bite but added one. Even if turned into a fool, Ning Cheng understood that Duan Gantai had at least ten Starry Sky Essence Qi Spirit Vein. Otherwise, with Duan Gantai’s character, he would never revise the offer to three.
Ning Cheng stood up again, “Since you’re not willing to exchange, then let’s forget it. Besides, I’m not planning to trade anyway. I don’t believe I can’t find Striking Order Heavenly Emperor on my own. In any case, since Striking Order is my friend, I will have to help him out anyway.”
While taking, Ning Cheng touched his hand and sealed the Connecting Spirit Vein in front of Duan Gantai.
Duan Gantai felt anxious. He never thought that Ning Cheng wouldn’t leave any room for manoeuvre. At this point, he had to stand up and say, “Brother Ning, to tell you the truth, I only have ten Starry Sky Essence Qi Spirit Veins in total. Giving you three is already me taking a loss. Does Brother Ning want to take away everything from me?”
“Twenty Starry Sky Essence Qi Spiritual Veins, no negotiations. Also, you will give me the jade talisman to enter Time Wilderness.” Ning Cheng spoke with a firm tone. Regardless of if those words had some truth to it, he would never believe Duan Gantai.
Duan Gantai hesitated for a half-an-incense stick of time before he bit down and said, “Okay, twenty is twenty. I can give you ten Starry Sky Essence Qi Veins right away. However, if you want the Transfer Jade Talisman too, then you can’t have the rest of the spirit veins.”
Ning Cheng’s heart sank. He wasn’t surprised by Duan Gantai’s agreement to his condition. Rather, he understood that this fellow had fooled him. Most likely, Duan Gantai had more than fifty spirit veins. Based on his understanding of Duan Gantai, if he had less than fifty Starry Sky Spirit Veins, he would never agree to give away twenty.
Where did Duan Gantai get so many Starry Sky Essence Qi Spirit Veins? Did he find a mystic realm capable of storing many spiritual veins?
Seeing Ning Cheng not speaking, Duan Gantai spoke up once again, “Brother Ning, what do you choose. Spiritual Veins or the jade talisman? If Brother Ning insists on both, then let’s forget about it.”
When the deal reached this point, Duan Gantai also lost all patience.
Ning Cheng took in a deep breath. He wanted the jade talisman. In any case, the jade platform in the Temple of Time contained much more Spirit Qi compared to twenty spirit veins. However, after thinking about it, he still felt that he should choose the spirit veins. As for the jade talisman, he could use the other two keys to exchange with Duan Gantai in the future. As long as he advanced to the Eternal Realm, he would have a better chance of finding Striking Order Heavenly Emperor from the Ancient Shadow Temple.
Thinking of this, Ning Cheng took out the black Perpetual Moon Time Key and said, “In that case, let’s exchange 20 Starry Sky Essence Qi Spirit Veins for this.”
Duan Gantai felt secretly disappointed on hearing those words. He wanted Ning Cheng to choose the Time Wilderness’ Transfer Jade Talisman. In any case, he had two of those jade talismans. Even if he gave one to Ning Cheng, he wouldn’t have lost anything.
The two quickly exchanged things, Ning Cheng received 20 Starry Sky Essence Qi Spirit Veins. At the same time, Duan Gantai got his original black Perpetual Moon Time Key.
Only Duan Gantai knew that he had made a profit. He used the Perpetual Moon Time Key as a mortgage for the None-to-depend-on Wine. Then, using the None-to-depend-on Wine, he obtained near-infinite cultivation resources and also comprehended the None-to-depend-on Spirit Technique. As for the ‘loss’ of 20 Starry Sky Essence Qi Spirit Veins to Ning Cheng, it wasn’t even one-tenth of the resources he obtained from the Guardian Shrine.
Seeing Duan Gantai about to leave, Ning Cheng suddenly said. “Brother Duan, how about I give you another Perpetual Moon Time Key in exchange for 20 more Starry Sky Spirit Veins?”
Duan Gantai smiled before walking to the door of the room before speaking up. “Since I can talk to Brother Ning, then I naturally have no issues with my intelligence. I believe that Brother Ning also doesn’t have any problems with your intelligence. If Brother Ning can take out the two keys to exchange them with me, I might consider it.”
For Duan Gantai, it didn’t make any difference if he had one key to the Temple of Time or two. As long as he didn’t have all the three keys to the Temple of Time, he would have to cooperate with Ning Cheng. Similarly, if Ning Cheng didn’t have the three keys to the Temple of Time, he would also need to work with him.
It looks like this bastard has a lot of Starry Sky Essence Qi Spirit Veins
. Ning Cheng felt an urge to take out the two keys of the Temple of Time and exchange it for Duan Gantai’s 40 Starry Sky Essence Qi Spirit Veins. At the same time, he could even use the opportunity to swap Duan Gantai’s jade talisman. If he could do that, he would make a lot of profit.
However, Ning Cheng didn’t lose his rationality. With Duan Gantai’s scheming personality, if he made any move to give up both keys to the Temple of Time, it would immediately raise Duan Gantai’s suspicion. If that happened, Duan Gantai wouldn’t trade no matter what happened.
Watching Duan Gantai leave, Ning Cheng didn’t feel too happy about it. Duan Gantai had already reached the full-circle of Life and Death Realm. So, for him to show interest in the auction indicated that he wanted the Starry Sky Radish Grass. This fellow most likely had a much larger stash of wealth, which meant that he couldn’t compete with this fellow right off the bat during the auction.
After a while, Ning Cheng said to himself, “Even if you don’t want my two keys, I will give it to you.”
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Thousand Cry Star was the primary star of Night Essence Celestial River. But the title of the biggest star in the celestial river still belonged to Orchid Restraining Star.
Moreover, Orchid Restraining Star wasn’t only the largest in Night Essence Celestial River. It was also the biggest star in the entire Nine Jewels Starry Sky. Even if one looked throughout the whole Culmination Grand Starry S
ky, one wouldn’t find more than three stars larger than the Orchid Restraining Star.
However, despite Orchid Restraining Star’s size, it did not have many resident cultivators. Even compared to the rest of the stars within Night Essence Celestial River, it only had a small portion of native cultivators. It wasn’t because of Orchid Restraining Star’s high gravity but because of the extremely sparse Starry Sky Spirit Qi.
Moreover, Orchid Restraining Star also had another more important reason for its fame. The Thorn Tooth Lake. The Thorn Tooth Lake was more of a swamp than a lake. But it was also a little different from regular swamps one would find in other places. Moreover, one would find many areas inside that contained patches of pure water. For this reason, Thorn Tooth Lake had another name, the Thorn Tooth Marsh.
Thorn Tooth Lake occupied nearly two-thirds of Orchid Restraining Star. But unlike the star containing the Devouring Bone Sea, one wouldn’t have any problems in living within Orchid Restraining Star. The only drawback, if any, was that this star had high gravity and scarce Starry Sky Spirit Qi.
Thorn Tooth Lake looked ordinary on the surface. But if one entered the Thorn Tooth Lake, one would find many places inside covered with natural array formations. Some sites also contained dense fog, which even Heaven Seated cultivator’s spiritual consciousness couldn’t fully penetrate.
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At the same time, despite the scarce Spirit Qi, most of Orchid Restraining Star’s Starry Sky Spirit Qi gathered within Thorn Tooth Lake.
Therefore, Thorn Tooth Lake eventually became a fairly popular place within Night Essence Celestial River for ordinary cultivators to train and hone their skills. Besides, one would also find a lot of heavenly woods and earthly treasures, and even some high-value demonic beasts inside the lake. With luck, one could even find one or two Spirit Springs within Thorn Tooth Lake, allowing people to stay here in secluded cultivation.
At this time, in a small mound deep in the Thorn Tooth Lake, a black-robed woman lay curled up with an unstable aura. From the looks of it, she seemed to have suffered a severe injury, even the physical wound on her body hadn’t closed up.
Outside the mound, she had placed a very low-grade Concealment Array Disc, which concealed her body’s aura. Otherwise, people would have found her a long time ago.
Despite hiding within Thorn Tooth Lake, six out of ten cultivators roaming this lake knew the identity of this woman. That’s because she was Yan Ji, a person wanted by several trade unions within Night Essence Celestial River.
Yan Ji naturally knew why many people outside wanted to find her. That’s because she killed a woman named Shangguan Man’er. She didn’t realise the identity of Shangguan Man’er until after she killed her. The most beloved daughter of Night Essence Celestial River King, Shangguan Xiang. Moreover, not only did Shangguan Xiang love her very deeply, but he also pampered her like a spoiled princess. Since she killed Shangguan Xiang’s daughter, it would be strange if he let her off.
Yan Ji wasn’t someone new to Nine Jewels Starry Sky. She naturally knew about Shangguan Xiang’s power and influence. Shangguan Xiang was a late-stage Life and Death expert and rumoured to be the strongest Celestial River King within Nine Jewels Starry Sky. Moreover, Shangguan Xiang was also the younger brother of Shangguan Fei, Nine Jewels Starry Sky’s Eternal Starry Sky Emperor.
After uncovering that information, Yan Ji understood that this person wouldn’t rest until she died. Therefore, she immediately fled to the depths of Thorn Tooth Lake. Even so, Yan Ji knew that it would only buy her some time. Since she offended a close relative of a Starry Sky Emperor, who would even dare to stand up for her?
Yan Ji guessed it correctly. If Shangguan Xiang weren’t currently in Night Essence Celestial River, he would have personally come to Thorn Tooth Lake to look for Yan Ji. He wouldn’t just issue a wanted poster in Night Essence Celestial River.
Taking out a starry sky spirit grass and scarfing it down, Yan Ji forcibly began to heal her wounds. Since entering the starry skies, she had worked ten times, no a hundred times, harder than anyone else. As such, Yan Ji didn’t feel willing enough to die in such a manner. But even if she had to do it all over again, she would have still killed that perverted Shangguan Man’er.
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As more and more cultivators passed by the mound, Yan Ji understood that she couldn’t stay here for long. If she didn’t quickly move from this place, someone would eventually discover her.
After taking out a simple Appearance Changing Mask and putting it on, Yan Ji carefully removed the Concealment Array Disc. She knew that the Appearance Changing Mask was of a low grade, so someone with higher cultivation would eventually see through it.
Yan Ji had just put away the Concealment Array Disc and hadn’t brought out a flight-type weapon when a black ray of light suddenly shot towards her. Yan Ji risked her life all year round, which meant that she had developed a habit of keeping vigilant to any changes around her. This habit had even transformed into a second nature now that she was a wanted person.
The moment just before that black ray of light slammed into Yan Ji, Yan Ji reacted and immediately brought out a defensive shield.
“Bang….” The black ray of light then exploded on Yan Ji’s defensive shield. However, the powerful counter-shock formed by the celestial essence contained in the attack pushed Yan Ji back. The already-badly wounded Yan Ji also spat out a mouthful of blood.
Yan Ji’s vigilance and swift action allowed her to escape disaster temporarily. But it also allowed her to see the person who attacked her, a male cultivator at the late-stage Undead Realm.
“Haha, I guessed that you hid somewhere around here, you are this Si Long’s great opportunity….” As this male cultivator spoke, he also raised his hands. He unleashed a circular net about a few hundred feet in diameter.
This large net sealed every inch of space within its range. If not for Yan Ji’s injuries, she could have escaped this weapon’s encirclement easily. Unfortunately, Yan Ji had severe injuries, so even if she wanted to run away, it would prove almost impossible.
Yan Ji understood that if she couldn’t escape this net’s encirclement, suicide might turn out to be the best-case scenario. Caught by this bastard, nothing good would ever happen to her.
But Yan Ji also felt desperation welling up inside of her. Although she had managed to bring out her weapon, the Thousand Mile Chart, she didn’t have the strength to activate it. Her spiritual consciousness and celestial essence had almost hit rock bottom, and her injuries were just too severe.
Seeing the net about to close in on her, Yan Ji sighed and decided to commit suicide.
But before her hand made contact with her forehead, the male cultivator attacking Yan Ji suddenly screamed. The next moment, this person fell into the swamp below, before bursting like a clump of blisters.
Without the male cultivator’s control, the net suddenly lost all its power, even the spacial suppression also weakened. It allowed Yan Ji to escape from the clutches of the net closing in on her. The next moment, the net shrank to less than a tenth of its original size and landed in front of Yan Ji.
A female cultivator in a grey robe suddenly appeared out of thin air. She raised her hand and grabbed at a bamboo arrow that had suddenly shot out from the swamp with a ring attached to it. The bamboo arrow paused over her open palm, and she immediately put it away.
Only then did Yan Ji understand that this grey-robed woman had shot that male cultivator with the bamboo arrow. Although she didn’t know the purpose of this grey-robed woman, Yan Ji still said, “Thank you for saving me.”
At this moment, she also saw several flight-type weapons flying towards them from a distance. Seeing that, the grey-robed woman suddenly sa
id to Yan Ji, “If you continue to stay in Thorn Tooth Lake, you will die. Someone gave the order to seal the Orchid Restraining Star, so you can’t get out at all.”
“Do we know each other?” Yan Ji stared at this female cultivator and asked in doubt.
If she knew her, why would she help her? Wouldn’t it be the best just to catch her and turn her in for the reward?
Although Yan Ji didn’t know what the compensation for her capture was, she knew that it wouldn’t be too low.
But she also understood the implications.
How could an ordinary person comprehend the wealth of a Celestial River King? Comparing her life to the wealth of a Celestial River King, one couldn’t even put the two on the same scale.
The grey-robed woman nodded, “Yes, we know each other. Besides, only I can save you from this situation. Thorn Tooth Lake has a place, and apart from me, even Shangguan Xiang, who you hate to the core, wouldn’t find it.”
“How do you know that I have a vendetta against Shangguan Xiang?” Yan Ji stared at the grey-robed woman with a little more caution. She believed that even if Shangguan Xiang wanted to capture her, Shangguan Xiang would never reveal the reason.
The grey-robed woman calmly spoke up, “Because I was cultivating in Thorn Tooth Lake when I saw you kill Shangguan Man’er. I only gave you a suggestion; if you don’t want to come with me, then I’ll leave first.”
Yan Ji agreed after a moment of silence and said, “Okay, I’ll come with you.”
She knew that even if she didn’t leave with this grey-robed woman, she couldn’t escape her either. Besides, if she wanted to kill her, she wouldn’t go about it in such a roundabout manner.
The grew-robed woman seemed to know that Yan Ji would agree. She stepped forward and grabbed Yan Ji’s hand before speaking, “Don’t move, I have a Transfer Talisman, which can immediately teleport the two of us away.”
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