Chapter 1180 – Scorpion Scissors
After Xu Chuniang was invited into the elegant room, she didn’t wait long before a thin old man pushed the door in.
His skin is pitch-black, looks inconspicuous, even more than the average demon race is dry, thin and short, but there is a kind of atmosphere that can not be ignored, the cultivation is like an abyss like the sea, unfathomable.
Xu Chuniang subconsciously made her body straight and tensed her mind.
Facing this old man, her heartbeat unconsciously sped up a bit, and she had a sense of danger.
This was her body’s instinctive reaction after sensing a strong person approaching.
The old man saw her nervousness and smiled faintly.
“Guests don’t need to be nervous, we are the ones who run a store and do business with peace, I heard that you have a Sand Scorpion King’s pincer here, the color is not bad?”
Hearing this, Xu Chuniang relaxed slightly, but still did not dare to be careless.
She took out the scorpion pincers she had prepared long ago and placed them on the case.
“Please take a look.”
The old man’s gaze landed on the scorpion pincers on the case, squinting his eyes as if he was scrutinizing them, and he did not speak for a long time.
Xu Chuniang was very patient, and when the old man didn’t say anything, she kept her mouth shut as well.
It was only after a long time that the old man withdrew his gaze and slowly spoke, “This Sand Scorpion King, it seems that before the scorpion pincers were removed, it suffered a considerable amount of injuries?”
Hearing this, Xu Chuniang did not show it on her face, but in her heart, she recognized the old man’s ability to identify objects.
To be able to tell from a removed scorpion pincer that the Sand Scorpion King had suffered an injury, meticulous observation and a keen and precise eye were indispensable.
“Not bad, when I encountered this Sand Scorpion King, it was wounded and the scales on its abdomen were broken, I took advantage of its serious injury and removed one of its pincers.”
The old man glanced at Xu Chuniang one more time, even if it was a severely injured Sand Scorpion King, it was still fierce.
With a cultivation at the Heavenly Demon Primordial Realm, removing one of the Sand Scorpion King’s pincers was not something anyone could do.
“Although the breaks are not quite flush, this scorpion pincer’s quality is not bad, it’s just that the Sand Scorpion King was over-injured and his body’s demonic qi flowed out severely, slightly affecting the quality of the scorpion pincer.
But overall the impact is not too great, it is still feasible to use it to create a Demon King level magic weapon.”
The old man pointed at the scorpion pincer and gestured a few times, “Cut it open along the lines in the middle of this and refine it into a Scorpion Scissors to be able to retain the power of this scorpion pincer to the greatest extent possible.
Or if you have other ideas, you can also say them, but the final product will inevitably be less powerful than the Scorpion Scissors.”
After listening to the old man’s narration, Xu Chuniang quickly made a trade-off.
“Refining other demonic weapons will cause the Scorpion Scissors to lose some of its power, so it’s better to refine it into Scorpion Scissors.”
“Alright.”
The old man took out a pen and paper and made a few hooks on the paper, drawing a rough prototype of the finished product.
Afterwards, he drew up another list underneath the finished product drawing, writing down all the materials that needed to be used in refining, and the amount of magic crystals that needed to be spent.
“This is the mold and size of the scorpion pincer after it is successfully refined, as well as the materials required and the cost, take a look and if there are no problems, deliver a fifty percent deposit and I’ll take this order.”
Xu Chuniang’s gaze skimmed over the finished drawing above and looked at the order below.
The list was a forest of dozens of magic materials, and the lowest grades were all of the Heavenly Demon Primordial Realm.
The old man spoke slowly, “If these materials, you can provide, the corresponding fees can be waived.”
Unfortunately, these refining materials were so strange that not only did Xu Chuniang not have them, some of them she had never even heard of. “I can’t provide the materials, so let’s go with the price you’ve set.”
“Alright, for ordinary Heavenly Demon Beginning Realm and Heavenly Demon Middle Realm materials, you can settle with the top-grade magic crystals, a total of two million and six hundred thousand magic crystals, I’ll take the whole amount and just charge you two million magic crystals and forget about it.
Other precious materials and labor costs, must be settled with extreme grade magic crystals, together count you six million magic crystals, six extreme grade magic crystals is enough.”
The old man quickly gave his offer after calculating the total price.
“Fifty percent deposit, you only need to pay ten thousand top-grade magic crystals, and three extreme-grade magic crystals, and when it’s time for delivery, pay the remaining balance.”
The material and labor costs alone were as high as eight million magic crystals, and that didn’t even take into account the scorpion pincers that were the main ingredient.
Adding the scorpion pincers, the final product was worth more than ten million dollars.
However, on second thought, what she wanted to build was a Demon King level magic weapon, so such a high cost was reasonable.
Xu Chuniang took out the deposit and handed it over to the old man along with the scorpion pincers.
In the past six years, she had brought the Soul Breath Vine with her to walk around the Imprisoned Sand Mountain and had reaped a lot of rewards, which gave her the courage to spend a huge amount of money to build the heavy sword and scorpion clippers.
“How much time will it take to build this Scorpion Scissors?”
The old man thought for a moment and wrote down the deed slip and handed it to her, “It must be at least twenty years.”
“Twenty years, that’s too long, I’ll be leaving during the next smoothing period.”
Xu Chuniang frowned, in another ten years or so, Prisoner Sand Mountain would see a period of smoothness.
At that time, she would follow the cultivators of the Jin Yun Merchant Caravan to leave Sand City and return to the Northern Realm.
Twenty years was too long, and by the time the Scorpion Scissors were successfully refined, I’m afraid she would have long since left Prisoner Sand Mountain.
“There is no harm, after the Scorpion Scissors are successfully refined, you can pick this up at any branch in the Northern Realm, we have our own methods to send it to you, at that time, you only need to go to the branch a month in advance to explain this matter.
But you must remember to keep the deed slip I gave you, this is the only proof when you pick it up, if you lose it, our store will not recognize it.”
Hearing the old man’s words, Xu Chuniang put her heart down.
Sure enough, the merchant houses that were able to open branches in the remote Sand City were all very powerful.
“Alright, I know, then I’ll come back for it in twenty years.”
Xu Chuniang stepped out of the smithy, her heart vaguely looking forward to what the heavy sword and scorpion pincer would look like when they were refined.
Hopefully, by then, these two finished products, would not disappoint her.
After leaving the smithy, Xu Chuniang didn’t leave the city, but instead bought two mansions in the city with a wide view and excellent location, and settled down.
The sand beasts had already begun to stir, the sand beast tide could break out at any time, and it was no longer safe to leave the city at this time.
She had been walking in the yellow sand-filled Prisoner Sand Mountain for six years, and had experienced countless battles of all sizes, so it was just the right time to take advantage of the Sand Beast Tide before it came, and recuperate for the battles to come.
For the next half a month, Xu Chuniang stayed in her newly purchased mansion and did not go out again.
Every few days, Yan Guang would report back to her with the latest news from inside and outside Sand City.
“Recently, the sand beasts near Sand City have increased significantly, and their agitation is becoming more frequent, the cultivators in the city have realized that a wave of sand beasts is coming.
The price of pills in the city, has risen by thirty percent, and I’m afraid that it will continue to rise, and without any surprises, the Sand Beast Tide will break out within five days.” (End of chapter)