In less than half an hour, a six-section Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo was laid before Xu Yi. He snatched it up and examined it closely. The stalk was just over three feet long, translucent as jade and perfectly straight, with faint lightning patterns coursing over its surface. Its joints were sharply defined, and it had grown a complete six sections. The seventh was just about to sprout when the stalk had been cut off.
"To obtain this, I begged favors from every old acquaintance I could think of and promised them a great deal. The price was beyond what any Beast Core could measure. I only hope Mr. Xue is satisfied."
Shi Erli couldn't help lamenting.
To get this six-section Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo, he had indeed offered up an enormous benefit: thirty percent of the profits from Gong Xian's twelve gambling houses for ten years.
Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo was hard to come by. Even in the Savage Wilderness Realm, stalks with four or more sections were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
A six-section stalk like this was a priceless treasure that could only be found by chance.
At first, Shi Erli had sought to buy one through his connections. He'd offered a sky-high price, but nobody had even paid him any mind.
With no other choice, he'd put up as a reward two-tenths of the future profits from Gong Xian's twelve gambling houses.
Only then had someone taken the bait. But after a round of haggling, Shi Erli's offer had been more than doubled before they reached an agreement.
Xu Yi put away the Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo and clasped his fists toward Shi Erli. "Brother Shi, thanks for all your effort. I'll remember this kindness to the very depths of