Chapter 127 – Thorn Bone
Chapter 127 – Thorn Bone
Purchasing the second grade Grieving Soul Bell from the old man, Lu Xuan looked satisfied and left the Ten Thousand Treasures Building.
This time when he came over to Wan Bao Lou, he brought in nearly six hundred Spirit Stones from the sale of the Spirit Glow Grass, exchanged two pieces of Clearly Miraculous Spirit Tea Tea Leaves for two hundred Spirit Stones, and used two hundred and thirty Spirit Stones to buy a rare Yin Soul type magic weapon, the Second Grade Grievous Soul Bell.
Up to this point, together with his previous savings, he had reached over two thousand two hundred spirit stones in his hands, and his wealth was unprecedentedly strong.
He did not intend to purchase demon beast meat and a first grade flying sword in the Ten Thousand Treasures Building.
These two things were all over the place in Sword Gate Town, especially in the stalls of casual cultivators, they were extremely common, and their prices were much cheaper than in the Wan Bao Lou.
Lu Xuan came to the green stone square and found the loose cultivator’s stall.
Hundreds of stalls were densely packed together, and Lu Xuan felt as if he had returned to the days when he used to stroll through the loose cultivator bazaar in the Lin Yang Square Market, walking briskly through the gaps between the stalls.
“How many spirit stones does this First Grade Flying Sword cost?”
He stopped in front of a stall and asked the stall owner.
The stall owner was an ordinary youth, and seeing Lu Xuan’s clothes, he instantly judged his Lu Xuan’s origin.
“This flying sword is crafted from hematite and is priced at forty spirit stones.”
“Too expensive, how about thirty spirit stones?”
Lu Xuan, who was like a fish out of water amongst the stalls, quickly found his old great skill of price cutting and cut down a large chunk in one go.
“Fellow Daoist, you’re saying that the price is too harsh, aren’t you? This flying sword is of complete character and incomparably sharp, how can you get it for thirty spirit stones.” The young stall owner helplessly laughed.
“Used flying swords, almost that price, and your flying sword just looks like it’s in good condition, in reality, many of the finer points already have damage.”
“For example, the blade is obviously thinner than the rest of the sword, so I guess it won’t take long before it breaks.”
Lu Xuan’s vision was sharp, pointing out the weak points of the flying sword at once.
“Then fellow Daoist thirty-five spirit stones to take it away.”
The young stall owner gritted his teeth and said with a pained expression.
“Thirty-two spirit stones, no more.”
“Deal!”
Lu Xuan exchanged his flying sword and continued to wander among the stalls.
Since the flying swords he bought only needed to be buried around the Sword Nurturing Gourd and didn’t need to be used additionally, he only picked out those second-hand flying swords and took them at a discounted price.
Soon, he collected ten worn out first grade flying swords and spent about three hundred spirit stones.
After the Sword Raising Gourd fertilizer was settled, Lu Xuan continued to wander among the stalls, looking for suitable demonic beast meat.
Inside the cave, the Treading Cloud Lynx as well as the Wind Falcon hatchlings had a huge appetite, so Lu Xuan purposely bought some more, and in total, he bought nearly fifty pounds of demonic beast meat, costing him more than a hundred Spirit Stones.
In this way, he still had about 1,800 spirit stones left in his hand.
“This bone is also called a Spirit Seed? It’s too absurd!”
Just as he was about to leave the lapis lazuli square, a voice suddenly caught his attention.
Hearing that there seemed to be a special Spirit Seed, Lu Xuan instantly became a little interested and came to where the voice came from.
The stall owner was a one-eyed aged cultivator with a high level Qi Practicing cultivation and a cold expression.
The person who spoke out was wearing the same Heavenly Sword Sect’s standardized vestment as Lu Xuan, with a high level Qi Practicing cultivation.
“I’ve been growing spirit plants in the Heavenly Sword Sect for so long, and I’ve never heard of such a bone-like spirit plant!”
He pointed at a thing on the stall and said with righteous indignation.
Lu Xuan followed his pointing finger and saw a mass of odd things on the stall, which at first glance looked like several slender white bones entangled together.
Each slender white bone had bone spurs extending out from both sides, looking extremely sharp.
“Fellow Daoist, please don’t get excited.”
“There is nothing strange in the world, this White Bone Spirit Seed was obtained by me from a special secret realm, and based on the scene when it was discovered, I am seventy to eighty percent certain that it is indeed a Spirit Seed.”
The one-eyed aged cultivator said coldly. “Then you’ll see if there are any fools who fall for your tricks!”
The cultivator at the high level of Qi Practicing stood up, flung his sleeves, and left.
The one-eyed aged cultivator closed his eyes and was silent.
“Fellow Daoist, can you show me this odd white bone?”
The middle-aged cultivator opened his eyes, and when he saw that Lu Xuan was wearing the Heavenly Sword Sect’s standardized vestments, a hint of hesitation flashed across his face.
Seeing that Lu Xuan’s expression was sincere and did not look like he was faking, he eventually nodded his head.
“May be.”
Lu Xuan walked over to the white bone thing and gently pinched it with his fingers, scrutinizing it carefully.
The odd white bone was grayish-white in color, and the feel of it when touched would indeed give one the feeling of holding a bone, and upon closer inspection, the slender white bone and the bone spines on both sides seemed to form a ball of tiny thorns together.
Spiritual sense into the white bone, can feel a strong vitality and spirituality.
This was relatively common amongst spiritual species.
“Fellow Daoist is so certain that this is a Spirit Seed, can you understand its grade and type?” Lu Xuan asked curiously.
“I won’t hide it from Your Excellency, I don’t know its specific type and grade either, I only know that the grade shouldn’t be low, and judging from the reaction of fellow Daoists and Fellow Daoist just now, it should be an extremely rare variety.”
The one-eyed year-old cultivator said indifferently.
“When I was trying to go deeper into the Black Abyss, I found a special secret realm, and accidentally discovered this special spirit species in the secret realm.”
“What Fellow Daoist said is somewhat believable to me, and I have no small interest in these rare and strange spirit seeds.”
“If the price is right, fellow Daoist, I can buy it and plant it to try it out.”
“How about two hundred spirit stones? Looking at the vitality inside the spirit seed, this White Bone Spirit Seed is most likely a Third Grade Spirit Seed.”
The middle-aged cultivator asked tentatively.
Lu Xuan shook his head hastily at his words.
“Fellow Daoist don’t go too far, an unknown Spirit Seed, actually asking for two hundred Spirit Stones! You know, two hundred spirit stones can almost be exchanged for a second-grade magic weapon!”
Lu Xuan feigned exasperation and was about to leave.
“Fellow Daoist stay, the price is negotiable.”
The one-eyed aged cultivator called out to Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan looked hesitant as he stopped in front of the stall and re-observed the odd white bones on the stall.
“I’m a little curious in my mind, if this white bone is really a Spirit Seed, how should it be planted? Can you let me simulate it, dig a hole and try to see if I can plant it.”
Lu Xuan asked offhandedly.
The one-eyed aged cultivator was bent on getting this odd white bone out of the way, and did not care about Lu Xuan’s slightly strange request, nodding his head.
Lu Xuan joined his fingers like swords and drummed out a pit on the ground a few times, placing the mass of slender white bones into it.
Completing the act of [Planting], Lu Xuan’s mind coalesced around the odd white bone.
A thought flashed through his mind.
[Thorn Bone, Third Grade Spiritual Plant, can be used to refine high-grade puppets, as well as certain evil magic weapons after maturity].
[Need to suck the essence of the skeleton when cultivating it.]
“Done!”
Lu Xuan was pleasantly surprised in his heart, his expression did not change as he took out the thorn bone that was shallowly buried in the pit, gently wiped away the soil on it, and casually returned it to the stall owner.
Utilizing his ability to inspect the timely status of the planted spirit plant, he clearly understood the details of the strange white bone spirit seed in front of him, and his heart was even more eager for this third grade Thorn Bone Spirit Seed.
(End of chapter)