Chapter 14 – The Iron-Tailed Scorpion
Chapter 14 – Iron Tail Scorpion
“This child has good intentions, if not, I wouldn’t have to open up to Fellow Daoist Shen.”
Qin Qing sighed.
It was a good thing that Qin Tianhe wanted to help share the pressure, but he was just too young to be fooled.
“Fellow Daoist Shen, I’ll only borrow ten spirit stones, the worm eggs are mortgaged to you, and within half a year, I’ll definitely pay back the spirit stones.”
Qin Qing took out a yellow wooden box and handed it to Shen Long.
Ten spirit stones was not a small amount for the previous Shen Long, and it was nothing now, but he did not want to expose his fortune.
“What if you can’t pay it back!”
Shen Long said with a frown.
“If you don’t get it on yet, the bug eggs will be yours, Tianhe purchased them with thirty spirit stones.”
Qin Qing said.
“Fellow Daoist Qin, ten spirit stones a piece can’t hatch an insect egg, do you think I’m that stupid?”
Shen Long showed a displeased look.
Qin Qing thought about it and said, “How about this! I will definitely return the spirit stones, this worm egg will be sent to you, if it can hatch, it will definitely be able to make a big profit.”
He went around selling the bug egg, but there were people willing to buy it, the highest bid was two spirit stones, the bug egg hadn’t hatched, so who knew what kind of spirit bug it was.
If it was an ordinary spirit bug, it would be hard to sell.
Shen Long frowned and showed a thoughtful face, right now ten spirit stones was not a big amount for him, but he didn’t want to act too relaxed.
“Fellow Daoist Shen, I really don’t have a way out, if you help me today, I can also help you in the future when you can’t turnover.”
Qin Qing pleaded.
“Alright! Return it to me earlier.”
Shen Long took out ten spirit stones and handed them to Qin Qing.
“Many thanks, fellow Daoist Shen, many thanks.”
Qin Qing handed the wooden box to Shen Long.
Shen Long opened the wooden box, there was a yellow insect egg inside, he put away the wooden box, opened the door and walked out.
“Don’t think about going into the mountains alone to hunt demonic beasts, if you die, no one will take care of your grandson.”
Shen Long’s voice came from outside.
“Many thanks, fellow Daoist Shen.”
Qin Qing said gratefully, looking at the green-colored vines in the sand pit with a look of approval.
“Tianhe is still very diligent in his cultivation, I hope he can go farther in the Immortal Path!”
Qin Qing said to himself.
As long as Qin Tianhe could go farther in the Immortal Path, it didn’t matter if he suffered even more.
After leaving the Martial Arts Garden, Shen Long walked towards the bottom of the mountain.
He came to the green stone square where the scattered cultivators set up their stalls and wandered around.
After a while, a familiar woman’s voice entered his ears, “Fellow Daoist Shen, want to buy spirit wine?”
Shen Long looked along the source of the voice and saw Huang Xiu Yun, with some wine jugs on the stall.
The stall on Huang Xiu Yun’s left hand side had some first-order talisman seals on it, and the stall owner was a slender red-skirted girl with a palm-sized black birthmark on the left side of her face.
Shen Long would wander here every once in a while and recognized the red-skirted girl.
The red-skirted girl’s name was Ye Yushang, and her sister’s name was Ye Yuqing, who was a first-order talisman maker.
Ye Yuqing was in charge of refining first-order talisman seals, and Ye Yushang was in charge of selling them, and the selling price was a bit cheaper compared to talisman seal stores, and it was very popular with the majority of casual cultivators, but they only sold some first-order talisman seals for a very long time, not in large quantities, so the Chen Family, the Li Family, and the Han Family didn’t care about it.
Shen Long shook his head and said, “Not for now.”
He thought of something and casually asked, “Fairy Huang, have the insect eggs you purchased hatched yet?”
Huang Xiu Yun had purchased two insect eggs of Snow Crystal Spider, and Shen Long suspected that they were Snow Wing Ice Centipedes, but he had no evidence.
“Hey, don’t mention it, it’s been half a year, it hasn’t hatched yet, grandmother said I was cheated.”
Huang Xiu Yun sighed.
One hundred spirit stones was not a big amount for them, they could earn it back by selling more spirit wine.
“That’s not necessarily true, if the Snow Crystal Spider hatches, it can definitely make a big profit.”
Ye Yushang said.
Her relationship with Huang Xiu Yun was not bad, and she chatted with Huang Xiu Yun when she had no business.
Shen Long nodded, chatted for a few moments, and walked towards the distance.
He loitered around the square and didn’t have much to gain, left the verdant stone square and walked towards Thousand Bamboo Peak.
When he passed a fork in the road, Chen Yishan and a delicate-looking white-skirted girl walked head-on. The white dress girl’s skin was snowy, her eyes were as clear as water, and she had a white spirit animal bag tied around her waist, with a cultivation of the eighth level of Qi Refining.
“Fairy Chu, the Hundred Spirit Pavilion is the only spirit beast store in the marketplace, it may have the spirit beast you want.”
Chen Yishan said enthusiastically.
“Then I’ll trouble fellow Daoist Chen to lead the way.”
The white-skirted girl spoke, her voice sweet.
“It’s not troublesome, it’s just a matter of raising my hand.”
Chen Yishan’s face was full of smiles as he led the way for the white-skirted maiden.
Shen Long didn’t think much about it, quickened his pace and returned to the residence.
He took out the insect eggs given by Qin Qing and carefully observed them, not recognizing what kind of spirit insect’s eggs they were.
There were specialties in the art, and in the eyes of amateurs, insect eggs were all similar.
Shen Long took out a green-colored jade slip and pasted it on his brow.
The jade slip recorded the Spirit Insects of Heaven and Earth Strange Insects List, and after a small half quarter of an hour, he removed the jade slip and frowned slightly.
There were too many types of spirit insects in the Immortal Cultivation World, and there were too many spirit insects whose eggs were yellow, and there was no way for him to identify the origin of this egg.
Shen Long took out the Royal Spirit Tower and injected his mana, the Royal Spirit Tower immediately lit up with a blinding blue light, and a powerful suction force appeared out of thin air and pushed him into the Royal Spirit Tower.
Shen Long stood next to the pool, took out the insect egg and put it into the pool.
He came to the demonic insect pattern that bore dozens of heads, placed his hands on top of the demonic insect pattern, and injected mana.
The mana in his body flowed rapidly, and the eyes of the demonic insect lit up.
Shen Long looked towards the pool and saw that the pool lit up with a blue light.
Soon, his face paled and he withdrew his palms, took out two spirit stones, and drew in spiritual qi to restore his mana.
He came to the side of the pool, and with a sweep of his eyes, he saw a foot-large yellow scorpion with a grayish-white tail that was high and ready to attack.
“Iron-tailed Scorpion!”
Shen Long was filled with disappointment.
Iron-tailed Scorpion was an earth system spirit insect, usually diving into the ground to hide, usually using its tail stinger to injure the enemy, this was an ordinary spirit insect, Shen Long had hunted demonic beasts for many years and had killed some Iron-tailed Scorpions.
There are many kinds of spirit scorpions on the list of heaven and earth strange insects, among them, the earth rock scorpion and the iron tail scorpion are both earth system demon scorpions, the difference is that the earth rock scorpion is good at hiding, and the tail stinger contains a strange poison, the iron tail scorpion’s tail stinger is non-toxic, and the two are worlds apart.
The Hundred Spirit Pavilion also has the Iron Tail Scorpion for sale, ten spirit stones each.
In this way, this Iron Tail Scorpion was not easy to sell.
Even if Qin Qing didn’t return the spirit stone, Shen Long wouldn’t lose.
Shen Long left the Royal Spirit Tower, sat down on his knees, and practiced cultivation.
Seven days passed, and on this day, Shen Long walked out from the stone house, intending to go to the martial arts garden to practice his spells.
“Fellow Daoist Shen, Fellow Daoist Xu is calling us over.”
Qin Qing walked up to him and said with a smile.
Shen Long nodded and arrived at the Green Bamboo Courtyard with Qin Qing.
In addition to the four Xu Lei people, there were also Ye Yushang and Ye Yuqing.
“Fairy Ye, why are you guys here too?”
Shen Long casually asked, it seemed that the Ye Yushang sisters had also joined their demon hunting team.
“Fellow Daoist Shen, you guys know each other?”
Xu Lei said doubtfully.
“I’ve bought something with Fairy Ye.”
Shen Long explained.
Xu Lei came to a realization and said, “Introducing everyone, these two Fairy Ye are our new teammates.”
“Fellow Daoist Xu, aren’t their cultivation levels a bit low?”
Qin Qing said with a frown.
Ye Yushang and Ye Yuyi were both at the fifth level of Qi Refining, which would make there five fifth level Qi Refiners in the team.
“Fairy Ye is a talisman maker and has spirit beasts, her strength is not weak.”
Xu Lei explained.
Hearing this, Qin Qing’s face slowed down.
“Everyone can buy talisman seals from me and count on you being cheaper.”
Ye Yuqing said with a smile.
(End of chapter)