News of a Level Five Demonic Beast

"Wind Spirit Howler? Ice Snow Mantis?"

In a spacious VIP lounge of the Golden Jade Pavilion, two young men in fine robes stood respectfully below Wei Suo. One of them had gold thread embroidered along the edges of his clothes, clearly indicating a much higher status than the other youths in the Golden Jade Pavilion. This was Liu Xiang, the young man who had delivered the spirit stones from the auction to Ji Ya at the Treasure Pavilion that day.

Seeing Wei Suo take out the Wind Spirit Howler and a large pile of Ice Snow Mantises from his Treasure Pouch, Liu Xiang and the young man beside him couldn't help but show a flicker of surprise in their eyes.

"How much are these worth in low-grade spirit stones?" Wei Suo asked, sipping a cup of fine tea.

"This Wind Spirit Howler has matured and is worth five hundred low-grade spirit stones," Liu Xiang said after a careful inspection. "However, these Ice Snow Mantises, although they appear intact, are just coated with paint…"

Wei Suo broke out in a cold sweat and quickly said, "I just applied this paint casually; I wasn't trying to pass off inferior goods. Please price them as they are."

"That's not what I meant," Liu Xiang said without further ado. "The demonic cores of these Ice Snow Mantises are all present, and some parts can be used for artifact refining. They are worth a total of sixteen hundred low-grade spirit stones. Senior, what do you think?"

On the Tianxuan Continent, it was common for cultivators with lower cultivation to call those with higher cultivation "senior." Liu Xiang, who appeared to be no weaker than Wei Suo in cultivation, respectfully addressed Wei Suo as senior, showing his professionalism. Wei Suo's original calculation was that these items would fetch a good price at eighteen hundred low-grade spirit stones. Now that they could be sold for twenty-one hundred low-grade spirit stones, Wei Suo was naturally very pleased and immediately nodded, saying, "Alright."

After saying this, Wei Suo hesitated for a moment and took out a thin, transparent, red-glowing item. It was the Fire Phoenix Belly-Cover that had made Han Weiwei think he was a perverted pervert.

"Fire Phoenix Treasure Robe?" Liu Xiang's eyes flashed with surprise again. "Senior, are you entrusting the Golden Jade Pavilion to auction this item for you?"

"Not exactly," Wei Suo coughed, feeling a bit awkward. "I heard that the Golden Jade Pavilion has a Senior Zhang who is an artifact refiner and can refine artifacts for others. I want to add a layer of clothing to the outside of this Fire Phoenix Belly-Cover without affecting its efficacy. Do you think that can be done?"

"So, you want to use this treasure robe as a lining?" Liu Xiang, being very professional, didn't laugh and nodded understandingly. "This shouldn't be difficult to do. What kind of material do you want for the outer layer, and are there any special requirements?"

"Just strengthen the protective effect a bit. At least it shouldn't be easily cut, revealing the Fire Phoenix Treasure Robe inside. As for the rest, make it look ordinary, preferably like trash with no defensive capabilities." Wei Suo said.

"This guy…" As soon as Wei Suo spoke, even the professional Liu Xiang couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. It was embarrassing enough to make a female Fire Phoenix Treasure Robe into a lining, but others would make their magic robes as flashy as possible, yet he wanted it to look like trash. This was too low-key!

However, Liu Xiang immediately nodded and said, "Yes. The Golden Jade Pavilion happens to have a batch of Wufeng Mulberry Silk, which won't affect the power of the Fire Phoenix Magic Robe and can even stimulate a layer of gang wind to further enhance the defensive grade of the magic robe. Once it's finished, we'll add a layer of ordinary green silk cloth on the outside, so it should look no different from the clothes you're wearing now. As for the price, it will be around three hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones. What do you think?"

"Alright," Wei Suo nodded and asked, "How many Green Armored Beetle demonic cores do you have in stock now? How much is each one worth?"

"Green Armored Beetle demonic cores? We have fifteen in stock. Each one is worth sixty low-grade spirit stones."

"Good, then I'll take all fifteen."

"Looking at this person, he seems to be just an ordinary low-level cultivator, yet he always brings items of this caliber. At this rate of earning spirit stones, he's not even comparable to cultivators in the Circulation Realm," said another young man in fine robes who had been standing by Liu Xiang's side, watching Wei Suo's retreating figure from the entrance of the Golden Jade Pavilion. "And why would he buy so many Green Armored Beetle demonic cores at once? Is there something suspicious about this person?"

"Don't forget the rules of our Golden Jade Pavilion. No matter how suspicious he is, he is still a guest of the Golden Jade Pavilion, and it's not for us to speculate or investigate," Liu Xiang said with a hint of coldness, glancing at the young man beside him. "Besides, cultivators are often hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Some low-level cultivators may not be inferior to high-level cultivators, and some cultivators possess secret listening techniques. If he had heard what you just said, it would surely displease him. You should be more careful in the future."

"Understood." The young man beside Liu Xiang's face immediately turned serious, and he nodded.

"Damn it, I'm so poor!"

After walking out of the Golden Jade Pavilion for a distance, Wei Suo shook his head dejectedly and injected True Essence into a message jade slip in his hand.

The Wind Spirit Howler and Ice Snow Mantises sold for a total of twenty-one hundred low-grade spirit stones. Splitting it with Nangong Yuqing, Wei Suo would get over a thousand low-grade spirit stones. Adding the more than seven hundred he already had, Wei Suo would have around eighteen hundred low-grade spirit stones. However, modifying the Fire Phoenix Treasure Robe and buying fifteen Green Armored Beetle demonic cores cost a total of twelve hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones.

This left Wei Suo with only about five hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones.

Although Wei Suo had other valuable items on him now, such as the Jade Cloud Ganoderma, and the white jade box that had been tested and confirmed to be a Treasure Origin Jade Box, the Green Robe Old Man would definitely find these items very useful in the future, so Wei Suo couldn't sell them.

Five hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones was an astonishing fortune for an ordinary rogue cultivator at the fourth level of the Divine Ability Realm. However, the more he saw of the world, especially after attending an auction, the more Wei Suo realized the vast gap between himself and powerful cultivators, and the more he felt he was desperately poor.

There were simply too many things Wei Suo needed to buy now.

If the Fire Phoenix Belly-Cover's defensive power could indeed be increased as Liu Xiang had said after being modified by the Golden Jade Pavilion, it would be close to a true low-grade spirit artifact and could withstand the spells of a cultivator at the fourth level of the Circulation Realm. For Wei Suo, in terms of defense, this would be sufficient for a considerable period.

The power of the Golden Snake Lightning Art was not bad, and the golden snake lightning also had a paralyzing effect. This technique would barely suffice for Wei Suo for some time.

In terms of attack power, the Azure Water Blade's power was completely insufficient, and he could only make do with Fireball Talismans and other offensive magic talismans. However, using second-tier or higher magic talismans against enemies was too costly.

Therefore, he would definitely have to find a powerful offensive technique to cultivate in the future.

There were also some places where he couldn't reach on foot alone. He had no flying artifacts or magic treasures, let alone replica magic treasures or true magic treasures for offense.

To acquire all the items Wei Suo ideally needed for the future, let alone five hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones, he didn't know if fifty thousand would be enough.

Moreover, Wei Suo still had to prepare the materials for refining the Heaven Mending Pill. According to the Green Robe Old Man, the Heaven Mending Pill was also a consumable item like spirit stones. If Wei Suo wanted to cultivate continuously, this would be a significant expense.

"What are you looking at?"

Nangong Yuqing saw Wei Suo standing by the notice board in the northern city market from afar. When she first saw Wei Suo, she felt a little warmth in her heart because she could guess why Wei Suo was looking for her. After all, in this day and age, not many people valued other things more than a pile of cold spirit stones. However, when she walked over and saw Wei Suo's expression, Nangong Yuqing couldn't help but curse in annoyance. Because Wei Suo hadn't noticed her arrival, he was clearly sneakily ogling a red-clothed female cultivator with a large bust not far away.

"Ah? I wasn't looking at anything. When did you get here? I didn't even see you." Wei Suo's old face flushed slightly, but he put on an act as if he hadn't done anything. He quickly took out a beast skin pouch. "Those things were sold for a total of twenty-one hundred low-grade spirit stones. This originally contained two hundred and ten mid-grade spirit stones. I took one hundred and five. Count them to see if it's correct."

"I won't be in Lingyue City for the next two days. If you need anything, you can find me again in two days. I probably won't be able to see your message jade slip either." Nangong Yuqing glared at Wei Suo and put away the beast skin pouch without even looking at it.

"Not in Lingyue City for two days?" Wei Suo was slightly stunned. "What are you going to do?"

"Someone from our Tie Ce faction has found traces of a Heart Devouring Worm. However, dealing with a Heart Devouring Worm requires sufficient White Phosphorus Beast Bone Powder. We need to hunt enough White Phosphorus Beasts in the next two days," Nangong Yuqing said, looking at Wei Suo.

"Heart Devouring Worm! A level five demonic beast?!" Wei Suo gasped.

The Heart Devouring Worm was also famous on the Tianxuan Continent. This demonic beast, which looked like a large silkworm, could not only emit waves of astonishingly powerful yellow-green light rings, but its main characteristic was that its body could become invisible for extended periods. It could also extend a pointed tube from its mouth. Its greatest hobby was to stealthily approach cultivators and pierce their heavenly spirits, treating their brain marrow as an appetizer.

Only the bone powder of the White Phosphorus Beast could cause its outer skin to change and reveal its true form, preventing it from maintaining its invisible state. The White Phosphorus Beast itself was also a level four demonic beast. Ordinary cultivators would not carry White Phosphorus Beast Bone Powder. Therefore, even without a surprise attack from the Heart Devouring Worm, any powerful cultivator below the second level of the Circulation Realm who faced a Heart Devouring Worm alone would only meet death.

"Isn't that too dangerous?" Wei Suo, who had gasped, couldn't help but say to Nangong Yuqing again.

"We have made arrangements, so there shouldn't be any problems." Seeing Wei Suo worried about her, Nangong Yuqing felt a slight warmth in her heart and nodded.

Wei Suo thought about it. Tie Ce was, after all, a major power in Lingyue City, not comparable to a small rogue cultivator like himself. After nodding, Wei Suo took out two Illusionary Light Talismans and handed them to Nangong Yuqing. "Here."

"What is this?"

"These are Illusionary Light Talismans. Use them sparingly; they are troublesome to refine, and if too many are used and others find out, they won't be effective anymore," Wei Suo explained. "One can conjure thirty Ice Snow Mantises, and the other can conjure a Wind Spirit Howler, but of course, they are all fake and can only fool people."

Nangong Yuqing's lips moved, but she said nothing and accepted them.

"Here, take some Fireball Talismans too." Wei Suo was a complete miser, but for some reason, even though Nangong Yuqing was only going with members of the Tie Ce faction to hunt demonic beasts, as Nangong Yuqing was about to leave, Wei Suo couldn't help but take out a handful of Fireball Talismans and stuff them into her hand.

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