I Am Overlord c1-962

by Translator: Pokka; Author: 我本纯洁 (I Am Pure); Licensed From: Migu

  Nevertheless, just from this tiny lightning bone, traces of the natural purple lightning energy could be found. This so-called natural purple lightning energy was a sort of innate lightning energy.

  The current Xiang Shaoyun had yet to discover the actual function of the lightning bone, but after reaching the Transformation Realm, he would gain the inner gaze ability. He could then start controlling the lightning bone and gain an even more terrifying power.

  Done with meditating, Xiang Shaoyun stood up. With an elated expression, he muttered to himself, "It has been a month. Time to pay the Hall of Limits another visit. Or maybe I should go out on a trip instead. Hiding indoors all the time will only stunt the growth of my combat prowess."

  After telling Elder Zhen Peng that he was leaving, Xiang Shaoyun started making his preparation to visit the town with Little White. With Wu Fuxiang's death, the Wu Clan was now shrouded in fear. It was unlikely that they would try anything against him.

  "Young master, please allow me to come with you. I don't want to see you in danger ever again," Elder Zhen Peng said.

  Xiang Shaoyun hesitated slightly before saying, "Fine, we'll go together. In any case, I only wanted to take a breather outside."

  And since Elder Zhen Peng was already going with him, Xiang Shaoyun decided to invite Xia Liuhui along as well. But right after they left, their departure was noticed. Shortly after, a pigeon was sent flying toward a certain direction.

  Chapter 82: Black Gold

  Wu Town was considered a middle-tier town within the Cloud Margin City's territory. Despite being a middle-tier town, it had a large population. The market was always crowded with all sorts of people. Ordinary citizens, traveling merchants, cultivators, and many other types of people filled the market with hustle and bustle.

  "Boss, I thought you were a cultivation addict. Why do you have the time to bring me out?" Xia Liuhui asked.

  "Cultivating is something that needs to be done a step at a time. It is pointless to spend all the time cultivating. Occasional breaks might very well help you grow instead," Xiang Shaoyun said.

  "Is that so?" Xia Liuhui couldn't really get what Xiang Shaoyun was saying.

  On the other hand, Elder Zhen Peng behind them seemed to have realized something. "Perhaps I have been spending too much time in seclusion. I should have taken the time to experience the emotions of the mundane world. That way, I will be able to further improve my mental state."

  Xiang Shaoyun strolled around aimlessly as he was really out here only to take a breather with no specific goal in mind. But they hadn't even been in town for long before Elder Zhen Peng spoke using voice transmission, "Young master, I think someone is tailing us."

  Xiang Shaoyun frowned, Is the Wu Clan still not giving up?

  At this thought, he slowed down before whispering to Elder Zhen Peng, "Just pretend we haven’t realized yet. Let's see what they want first. We'll take care of them later."

  "Yes, young master." Elder Zhen Peng nodded.

  After strolling through the market, they arrived at a distribution center. When Xiang Shaoyun saw that there were a lot of cultivators here, he squeezed into the crowd.

  Here, a large number of stalls could be found. Even Astral Realm and Transformation Realm cultivators could be seen selling items. A large variety of items were being sold, such as medicines, herbs, precious ores, and rare treasures.

  "Wow, there are so many things here!" Xia Liuhui cried out in surprise.

  "Let's go. If you see anything you want, just let me know. Your boss will buy it for you!" Xiang Shaoyun offered generously.

  "Hehe, thank you in advance, boss, "Xia Liuhui said as he rubbed his hands gleefully.

  Xiang Shaoyun also started browsing through the stalls.

  Although there really weren't many nice things being sold in a small town like this, it was still a nice place to stroll around while trying to figure out the goal of the people following them.

  With Elder Zhen Peng present, he really wasn't worried that the Wu Clan would be able to do anything to him. Thus, Xiang Shaoyun browsed the stalls and strolled around in a completely relaxed mood.

  There were many goods being sold, but very few of them were actually things Xiang Shaoyun really needed. After all, he was backed by the Martial Hall Palace now, and he could directly take what he needed from them. What this market had was incomparable to what the Martial Hall Palace had to offer.

  "Huh? It's an agave! Too bad it's only half a stalk, so the medical efficacy is about 70 or 80 percent reduced," Xiang Shaoyun muttered as he crouched down before a stall and looked at a dragon-shaped vine.

  Agave was a high-grade spirit medicine capable of greatly strengthening one's physical flesh. There was only half an agave here, and from how it looked, someone had probably gnawed off the other half. Thus, its medical efficacy had dropped greatly.

  "How much for this?" Xiang Shaoyun asked the stall owner.

  The stall owner answered nonchalantly, "Twenty low-grade spirit crystals."

  "But normal low-grade spirit medicines are only worth about five spirit crystals. Your agave only has the medical efficacy comparable to a low-grade spirit medicine. I don't think anyone will buy it at 20 spirit crystals," Xiang Shaoyun said as he shook his head. He wasn't some spendthrift fool.

  Xiang Shaoyun was about to leave when his gaze landed on a piece of pitch-black stone. At the sight of that stone, a trace of astonishment surfaced in his eyes.

  "Fifteen spirit crystals. Take it or leave it," said the stall owner.

  "I can agree with the price if this stone is included as well," Xiang Shaoyun said as he weighed the pitch-black stone in his hand.

  The stall owner hesitated slightly but eventually relented. "Deal."

  Xiang Shaoyun quickly paid the stall owner and kept the agave and black stone away.

  I did not expect to see black gold here. Haha, I got lucky! Xiang Shaoyun thought gleefully.

  Ordinary people would have no idea what this black stone was. But Xiang Shaoyun was a knowledgeable person who only needed a single glance to know that this was in fact a piece of black gold.

  The black gold was a top-tier refining material. It was incomparably hard, and a tiny bit of it was enough to increase the quality of even a king weapon. It was a top quality material in the eyes of many blacksmiths. A black gold of this size was in fact worth at least 500 high-grade spirit crystals. Xiang Shaoyun had only spent 15 low-grade spirit crystals for it. It was as good as getting it for free.

  Xiang Shaoyun had no plans of selling this black gold, however. He planned to use it to cultivate his own fate weapon. Although the black gold was not really the perfect material he had in mind, in his current situation, he would have to settle for it. He would first use it to create an early form of his weapon. In the future when he obtained better materials, he could then further improve his weapon.

  Generally speaking, to cultivate one's own fate weapon, one needed to first reach an extremely high cultivation level and have an astral cosmos sea. Xiang Shaoyun had already formed an astral cosmos sea when he was only an Astral Realm cultivator. Since he had met the main requirement to form a fate weapon, he could start cultivating it much earlier than most people could.

  After buying the agave and the black gold, Xiang Shaoyun directly kept them into his astral cosmos sea. With that, it would be hard for others to even know he had something like that in his possession. He continued strolling around when Little White suddenly meowed anxiously. After meowing, he ran toward a certain stall before Xiang Shaoyun could react.

  "Little White, stand right there!" Xiang Shaoyun commanded. But he was still too slow. Little White was already at the stall and had a certain object in his mouth. The owner of the stall was obviously not an ordinary person. He sent his energy out his body, and with a wave of his palm, he sent Little White flying away.

  "Where did this animal come from? You're trying to steal from me?" The stall owner was actually a Transformation Realm cultivator. His abi
lity to send his energy outside his body made him look quite impressive.

  "Little White!" Xiang Shaoyun cried out before dashing toward Little White.

  Fortunately, Little White wasn't injured. After shaking his head, he stood back up and was about to pounce the stall again, but Xiang Shaoyun grabbed him and lifted him up.

  "Stop messing around. Just tell me if you want anything," Xiang Shaoyun scolded.

  After being scolded, Little White showed a wronged expression and pointed at the stall with his paw.

  "Kid, take your pet away. If you keep messing around with me, I won't let you off so lightly anymore," the stall owner threatened.

  "Is that so?" said Elder Zhen Peng as he appeared behind Xiang Shaoyun. Just as he was about to suppress the stall owner with his presence, Xiang Shaoyun waved his hand and said, "Little White was the one at fault. We don't have to be offended by this." He then clasped his hand and saluted the stall owner and said, "My apologies. Seems like my pet has taken a liking to something you're selling. May I have a look at what it is?"

  Chapter 83: Even More Shameless Than Robbing

  "Sure," said the stall owner with fear in his eyes as he stole a glance at Elder Zhen Peng.

  Although Elder Zhen Peng had yet to release his presence earlier, the stall owner had a feeling that this was a scary person.

  Xiang Shaoyun nodded and asked Little White, "So what do you want?"

  Little White meowed before running to the stall. He longingly pointed at something that looked like a beast tooth.

  Xiang Shaoyun glanced at the tooth and asked, "How much for this?"

  "This is a king-tier tiger tooth. It won't be cheap. You need at least 100 low-grade spirit crystals for it," said the stall owner.

  "If it is really a king-tier tiger tooth, this price is indeed rather cheap. But this tiger tooth is already partially destroyed. It is not worth that much. I will take it for 50 low-grade spirit crystals," Xiang Shaoyun bargained.

  The stall owner shook his head. "No, at least 90 spirit crystals. I won't be selling it for any cheaper."

  The stall owner judged that Xiang Shaoyun was a young master visiting the town. It was likely that this young master was quite wealthy. Thus, the stall owner had no qualms with charging Xiang Shaoyun a high price.

  He was sure Xiang Shaoyun was a young master because not even himself was actually sure that this tiger tooth was actually a king-tier tooth yet Xiang Shaoyun knew what it was. It was something the stall owner had only gotten by fluke.

  "No, still too expensive. If you are really trying to sell it, I'll take it for 60 spirit crystals. Otherwise, forget it." Xiang Shaoyun shook his head.

  The stall owner hesitated slightly before offering, "Final offer, 80 spirit crystals."

  "Fine, 80 it is then." Xiang Shaoyun couldn't be bothered to continue bargaining.

  Right this moment, an arrogant voice rang out, "I'll take this tiger tooth for 100 low-grade spirit crystals."

  When Xiang Shaoyun turned around, he saw a young man coming over mounted on a ferocious-looking beast. He was surrounded by a group of underlings, and each of them was also riding a demonic beast. As a whole the group looked quite impressive.

  The young man was dressed in a gorgeous outfit, and he carried himself with boundless arrogance. He was evidently an extremely conceited person. The young man was at the late stage of the Astral Realm. To reach this cultivation level at this age, his cultivation talent was quite good. Apart from that, he also had Transformation Realm cultivators among his group of underlings. Looking at the soot and dust on them, it was quite clear they were not locals and had also traveled here from afar.

  "Eighty spirit crystals, here." Xiang Shaoyun ignored the young man and tossed over a sack of spirit crystals before reaching out to grab the tiger tooth. These were the spirit crystals he had looted from Wu Fuxiang. He had in fact obtained over 10,000 spirit crystals there, and he had a few hundred of them stored in his astral cosmos sea at all time.

  Wu Fuxiang was the previous head of the Wu Town, and thus, he was a very wealthy person.

  "Wait a minute. Did you not hear me? I'm taking the tiger tooth," the young man said unhappily. He then spoke to the stall owner, "Are you deaf? I am offering 100 spirit crystals, a higher price than what he offered."

  The stall owner appeared rather annoyed with the young man. But in order to earn more money, he still decided to stop Xiang Shaoyun. He said, "That's right. The highest bidder wins all. But since you're here first, if you can match his price, I'll still sell it to you."

  Xiang Shaoyun narrowed his eyes and said, "Are you sure?"

  "Yes!" the stall owner said.

  "Kid, f*ck off if you can't afford it," the young man berated Xiang Shaoyun.

  Xiang Shaoyun turned and looked at the young man before saying, "Where did this dog come from? Why is he barking non-stop here?"

  "Bastard! Teach him a lesson!" the young man commanded furiously.

  Right after the young man said that, Elder Zhen Peng stepped forth while a terrifying pressure rippled out of him.

  "Piss off!" Elder Zhen Peng berated. He was not speaking loudly, but his tone of voice, which left no room for discussion, still made him sound rather imposing. The young man and his underlings could now sense that Elder Zhen Peng was a King Realm cultivator. Their faces turned unsightly at that realization.

  "Young Master Wen, this is a King Realm cultivator. We need to leave," an old man whispered.

  "A King? There is a King in a small town like this?" the young man muttered in indignation.

  After a slight hesitation, he glared at Xiang Shaoyun and said, "I, Wen Jinrui, will remember this. I will be sure to take good care of you guys when you visit the Cloud Margin City in the future."

  Then, they all left. The stall owner was completely stunned by what he saw. He originally planned to get himself more profit, but it seemed like his decision had now come back to bite him.

  "This tiger tooth is now mine," Xiang Shaoyun glanced at the stall owner and said.

  "Yes, yes, take it. Free of charge," the stall owner offered the tiger tooth respectfully.

  This young man had a King by his side. If the King was angered, he could kill the stall owner with only a wave of his hand. How would the stall owner still dare to accept payment for the tiger tooth?

  "I am not a robber," Xiang Shaoyun said.

  "No, no, that is not robbing. This is me paying my respects to the most respected young master." The stall owner waved his hands repeatedly. Inwardly, he was thinking to himself that he would take even 50 spirit crystals at this point.

  "Take this. I don't intend to owe anyone anything," Xiang Shaoyun said with a magnanimous expression as he picked one spirit crystal out of the pouch before passing it to the stall owner.

  Then, Xiang Shaoyun turned and started walking toward Xia Liuhui with the tiger tooth in hand. Staring at the single spirit crystal on his palm, the stall owner felt like crying. Inwardly, he was wailing without stop, This is even more shameless than robbing!

  Meanwhile, Xia Liuhui was busy browsing a stall opened by a young woman. But in truth, he was only pretending while stealing glances at the young woman.

  "Kid, are you done staring? If you're not done, go back home and gawk at your mom instead," the young woman shouted impatiently.

  This young woman wasn't an exceptionally beautiful woman, but she had a mature charm to her that was extremely alluring for inexperienced youngsters like Xia Liuhui.

  Caught gawking, Xia Liuhui blushed as he continued with his act and pointed at a random item, "I want to buy that."

  "This is a low-grade spirit medicine, the blue chamomile fruit, with a price of 10 spirit crystals. Can you even afford it?" the young woman asked with contempt.

  "I-I..." Xia Liuhui stuttered, not knowing what to say.

  He would be able to afford 10 gold coins, but he wouldn't be able to afford 10 spirit crystals even if he had to prostitute himself.

  "Just piss off alrea
dy. Trying to take advantage of me? Why don't you go look at yourself in the mirror," the young woman said with a look of disgust on her face.

  "Deal. Pack the blue chamomile fruit for my brother," Xiang Shaoyun walked over and interjected. As he spoke, 10 spirit crystals appeared in his palm as he handed them to Xia Liuhui.

  "B-boss!" Xia Liuhui was extremely touched by this gesture.

  "Take it. In the future, if you want to gawk at women, just gawk openly and bravely. What is there to be embarrassed off? If you are capable enough, you can get any woman you want!" Xiang Shaoyun said before staring straight at the young woman. His invasive gaze caused the young woman to quickly lower her head. Her heart started thumping rapidly while her face blushed as she thought, This young man...there is a certain charm to him!

  Before the young woman had even recovered from her thoughts, Xia Liuhui had already left with Xiang Shaoyun after leaving behind the spirit crystals.

  Chapter 84: Kill

  "Old Peng, are they still tailing us?" Xiang Shaoyun asked.

  Elder Zhen Peng nodded. "Yes. They have been tailing us all this time. I think they are waiting for an opening before making their move."

  "Since they are waiting for an opening, let's give them an opening. Elder Zhen Peng, leave with Xia Liuhui first. Let's see if I am their actual target. When they show themselves, we can then deal with all of them at once," Xiang Shaoyun said.

  "Boss, what if I leave alone?" Xia Liuhui said.

  "No, the two of you need to leave together. If Old Peng stays, they won't dare to try anything," Xiang Shaoyun said.

  Elder Zhen Peng agreed with that line of thought. Thus, he nodded and left with Xia Liuhui.

  "If it's still the Wu Clan, perhaps it's time to erase them from the Wu Town," Xiang Shaoyun muttered with a ruthless glint in his eyes.

  Xiang Shaoyun headed toward the less populated area of the town with Little White. He even increased the speed of his steps. The people tailing him immediately passed on a message to the others before quickly running after him. He headed outside the town at a moderate speed, one that was just enough for the people following him to keep up.