Ice Mist Fruit and Cold Jade

"However, this Azure Jade Talisman is fitted with a restriction by the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion when it's sold. Only the buyer can read its contents," Nangong Yuqing said with a smile, looking at Wei Suo. She took an Azure Jade Talisman from Wei Suo's hand. After channeling some True Essence into it, the Tai Chi pattern on the talisman emitted a layer of green light, forming a small green light shield that protected the talisman within.

"There's a restriction too?" Wei Suo looked dejectedly at the Azure Jade Talisman in Nangong Yuqing's hand. "Is there any way to break it?"

Nangong Yuqing replied, "As far as I know, in Lingyue City, no one besides the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion's own people can break this kind of restriction. However, if you sell this intact Azure Jade Talisman back to the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, you can get two Low-grade Spirit Stones for it."

"Damn, that's highway robbery!" Wei Suo couldn't help but curse. A good spell technique is often incredibly valuable. Wei Suo's Azure Water Blade technique is now worth about twenty Low-grade Spirit Stones. It's precisely because spell techniques are so valuable, and also because if others clearly understand his own techniques, he would be even more vulnerable outside. That's why Wei Suo only knows Azure Water Blade, a technique with somewhat disappointing power. Yet, the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion only gives two Low-grade Spirit Stones for recycling these Azure Jade Talismans, which is practically daylight robbery.

"What's this one?" Wei Suo looked at the remaining torn piece of cloth. He couldn't help but think it looked like a fragment of a map, but the material was very peculiar. Having learned from his previous experience, Wei Suo didn't dare to guess randomly and directly asked Nangong Yuqing. He was afraid that if this thing looked like a map but turned out to be a talisman or something, he would be even more embarrassed.

But what almost made Wei Suo fall to the ground was that after Nangong Yuqing glanced at the item, she said, "This should be a map fragment from a region in the Outer Sky Demonic Beast Wasteland, but I don't recognize the ancient script or the illustrations on it."

Damn it, so it really is a map fragment.

Wei Suo felt speechless. He felt that this made him seem even more unworldly and more embarrassed. However, just getting so many good things from Lin Daoyi was enough to excite Wei Suo.

"It seems there are cultivators among the rations of these Ice Silk Spiders. Why don't we thoroughly check them first and see if there's anything good?" Wei Suo's gaze quickly shifted to the cultivator's corpse hanging on the cliff face, a faint light emanating from its chest.

Nangong Yuqing and the others had no objections to Wei Suo's suggestion. For anyone, after killing the demonic beasts in their lair, they would naturally search the entire lair thoroughly.

Wei Suo was the first to go to the cultivator. It was his first time killing someone, so he was still a bit uneasy about looking at Lin Daoyi, whom he had killed. But in front of the temptation of Spirit Stones, he wasn't that afraid of this cultivator killed by the Ice Silk Spiders. The silk of the Ice Silk Spiders was very tough; he estimated that even his Azure Water Blade might not be able to cut through it. Fortunately, the silk sacs in which the Ice Silk Spiders hung these corpses were not tightly bound, so it didn't hinder Wei Suo's search.

Carefully parting the clothes of the unfortunate cultivator, which were stiff from the cold of the spider silk, a bottle of Qi Replenishing Powder immediately slid down. Then, Wei Suo saw a first-tier Fire Rain Talisman, crimson in color, with many tadpole-like runes, and a white jade box.

The light Wei Suo had seen earlier was emitted by this white jade box. However, to Wei Suo's great surprise, this jade box, which had no patterns and only a smooth surface and inner wall, was completely empty.

Wei Suo, somewhat disappointed, searched the cultivator's other areas. But this cultivator seemed to be even poorer than Wei Suo had been before. Besides these items, he had nothing else on him, not even a single Low-grade Spirit Stone.

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the four of them had searched the entire cave. Besides the cultivator Wei Suo had focused on, there were two other unfortunate low-level cultivators killed by the Ice Silk Spiders in the cave. However, these two unfortunate low-level cultivators were either truly poor, or they had used up some of their belongings fighting the Ice Silk Spiders before being killed. In any case, from these two unfortunate cultivators, they only found a total of four Low-grade Spirit Stones, a few Moonlight Grass worth two Low-grade Spirit Stones, and a scroll containing a spell technique.

The yellowish parchment spell scroll recorded an ordinary Wind Blade technique, which was even worse than Wei Suo's Azure Water Blade. Wei Suo only glanced at it before putting it down, not even having the interest to cultivate it.

The three Ice Silk Spiders, two Gray Rock Snakes, the items plundered from Lin Daoyi, and these subsequently found items were all piled together. The next step was how to distribute them.

"How about we divide the Spirit Stones first, and then we sell these things and divide the proceeds?" Wei Suo's eyes couldn't help but gleam at the thought of the value of these items. After all, the three Ice Silk Spiders and two Gray Rock Snakes alone were worth over two hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones. Coupled with the Spirit Stones on Lin Daoyi and others, and items like Qi Replenishing Powder and Qi Replenishing Pills, the total exceeded two hundred and sixty Low-grade Spirit Stones. For ordinary rogue cultivators, this was already a windfall, let alone items like the Wind Lord Treasure Talisman that could still be used a few times. Dividing the proceeds after selling everything seemed like the fairest way.

However, when Wei Suo said this, the cave, which had been bustling with the excitement of searching for items, fell into a brief silence.

"Divide equally?" Ye Xiaozheng looked at Ye Guowei, somewhat stunned, and repeated the words in disbelief.

"No way? Are they three planning to gang up on me?" Wei Suo's heart leaped.

"If it weren't for you, all of us would have died at Lin Daoyi's hands. It was our poor judgment that almost implicated you, yet you still want to divide these things equally with us. I, Ye Xiaozheng, consider you a true friend. You also used so many Fireball Talismans earlier. How can we divide these things equally with you? We came here for the Ice Silk Spiders, so at most, we'll take one Ice Silk Spider." However, what Ye Xiaozheng said next with great seriousness stunned Wei Suo.

This big guy is truly honest! So he wasn't planning to betray them, he just wanted to take one Ice Silk Spider?

Friends like this are always welcome!

"I'm only here to accept a commission. We've already agreed on a price of forty Low-grade Spirit Stones. Regardless of how many items Tie Ce ultimately obtains, I only need forty Low-grade Spirit Stones." While Wei Suo was stunned, Nangong Yuqing also said to Wei Suo.

"They're all good people!" Wei Suo was almost moved to tears. He felt that agreeing immediately would make him seem too greedy, so Wei Suo pretended to hesitate, "This... this... this doesn't seem right."

"Alright. If Brother Wei feels it's really inappropriate, besides us taking one Ice Silk Spider and Nangong Yuqing getting her forty Low-grade Spirit Stones, we'll split this unexpected Ice Mist Fruit and the surrounding Cold Jade. After all, the Ice Mist Fruit can be used to refine spirit pills with fire-element Demonic Cores, and it also greatly increases the success rate of breaking through from the Fifth Level of Sea of Consciousness Realm to the Circulation Realm." Ye Xiaozheng nodded and said.

"I..." Wei Suo wished he could slap himself. He knew Ye Xiaozheng was such an upright person, why did he still need to pretend to be polite? Wei Suo felt like crying but had no tears. He couldn't take back his words, so he could only pretend to view Spirit Stones as dirt, prioritizing friendship over Spirit Stones, and reluctantly said, "Alright."

After saying "Alright," Wei Suo turned to Nangong Yuqing with hope, expecting the hot, long-legged beauty to say that her Tie Ce people keep their word and only need forty Low-grade Spirit Stones. That her share should go to Wei Suo, and if Wei Suo insisted on giving it to her, she would turn against him. But to Wei Suo's dismay, Nangong Yuqing smiled slightly, "If it's a gift from a friend... a friend's gift, then it's fine. It wouldn't violate Tie Ce's rules."

Wei Suo, Nangong Yuqing, Ye Guowei, and Ye Xiaozheng stood together before the Ice Mist Fruit.

The dark green, fern-like branches and leaves had a jade-like luster, and the four fruits, resembling small tangerines, emitted a faint white icy mist, making the spiritual grass look as if it were shrouded in clouds and fog.

Perhaps because the Demonic Cores of the three Ice Silk Spiders had not yet reached the stage of advancement, they had been guarding the Ice Mist Fruit without consuming it, thus benefiting Wei Suo and the other three.

When cultivators at the peak of the Fifth Level of Sea of Consciousness Realm break through to the Circulation Realm, if they miscontrol the True Essence impacting the acupoints, it's easy to cause the body's Blood Essence to flow too quickly, leading to a rapid increase in body temperature. This can, at best, damage the cultivator's bodily functions, and at worst, cause qi deviation and self-immolation of the physical body.

The Ice Mist Fruit can not only dissolve some of the fire poison in fire-element Demonic Cores but also has the effect of curbing the rapid flow of a cultivator's Blood Essence. When attempting to break through to the Circulation Realm, taking an Ice Mist Fruit beforehand would make the breakthrough much safer.

Ice Mist Fruit is not common. Often, it's available but impossible to find. If needed at that time, it might not be found immediately. Being able to keep one on hand now is naturally excellent for a Sea of Consciousness Realm cultivator like Wei Suo, who will eventually attempt to break through to the Circulation Realm.

In addition, Ice Mist Fruit always grows on Cold Jade. Where there is Ice Mist Fruit, there is always Cold Jade.

Cold Jade of sufficient size and grade can not only be used to refine talismans and magic artifacts but can even be used to refine Magic Treasures!

Now, it all depends on how large and what quality the Cold Jade within this cliff face is.