Yan Chihuo asked in astonishment, "What? Are these red Ten Thousand Treasures Money difficult to come by?"
The old man surnamed He smiled. "Senior, you do not know this: Cloud Clear Hall issues only a limited number of these red Ten Thousand Treasures Money. Thus, there is an unwritten rule in the Crimson Blood Desert—only rare treasures are traded with red Ten Thousand Treasures Money. Under normal circumstances, red Ten Thousand Treasures Money rarely appears. Some people in the Crimson Blood Desert have never even seen one."
Seeing that Daoist Gu said nothing, Yan Chihuo knew the old man surnamed He was speaking the truth. "So that's how it is. Fine, we have a deal."
The old man surnamed He laughed heartily. "Senior is forthright! Someone, bring the Ten Thousand Treasures Money for Senior."
Before long, a Body Tempering Stage clerk entered, carrying a tray. On it sat one cylinder and eleven crescent-shaped columns. The cylinder was blue, while the crescent-shaped columns were yellow. The blue cylinder was not even half as long as the yellow crescent-shaped columns.
Yan Chihuo examined them closely and discovered that all twelve columns were formed from stacked crystal pieces. Each of the eleven crescent-shaped columns consisted of a hundred crescent-shaped crystal pieces, while the cylinder consisted of thirty-six round crystal pieces. He thought to himself, These must be the Ten Thousand Treasures Money.
The old man surnamed He smiled. "These are Senior's Ten Thousand Treasures Money. Please inspect them."
Yan Chihuo first picked up one of the blue round crystal pieces. Though it resembled a coin from the mortal world, it was shrouded in a faint radiance, like clouds and mist. Looking closer, he saw within it an extremely strange Forbidden Cloud Pattern.
Yan Chihuo set down the blue Ten Thousand Treasures Money, then