"I can trade with you, but I want three Mahayana Stage bean soldiers. This is an immortal talisman, not some ordinary thing," Ximen Yao bargained.
Shi Yue smiled. "Two at most. I want a defensive immortal talisman. Take it or leave it."
Immortal talismans were indeed precious, but that was only by the standards of ordinary cultivators. The Ximen Family had deep foundations and had surely accumulated quite a few.
Ximen Yao furrowed her brows. The Ximen Family's treasury didn't have many immortal talismans left. Trading a defensive immortal talisman for two Mahayana Stage bean soldiers was a loss in terms of value. However, Mahayana Stage bean soldiers were in high demand for the Ximen Family. Two of them would greatly increase the family's strength.
The Ximen Family had deep foundations and naturally possessed plenty of bean soldiers, but they had no Mahayana Stage ones. The main issue was that the raw materials were hard to come by. Acquiring a single spirit bean took tens of thousands of years, and one mistake during the refinement process would render all their efforts useless.
Shi Yue had failed many times before he finally succeeded.
"Fellow Daoist Shi, this is an immortal talisman, and a defensive one at that. Even a Houtian Immortal Artifact would have a hard time breaking through its defenses. Add ten Body Integration Realm bean soldiers," Ximen Yao continued to bargain.
Ximen Yao was asking for the moon, and Shi Yue naturally couldn't agree.
"If Madam Ximen isn't willing, then forget it. I'll approach Fellow Daoist Ye instead." Shi Yue's tone cooled.
Business was business. He wasn't limited to trading with Ximen Yao.
Ximen Yao knew Shi Yue was retreating in order to advance, but there was nothing she could do about it. After all, the Ximen Family urgently