Wang Qiuyue rolled her eyes and shot Bai Wei a vicious glare before speaking to Song Wen.
"Extreme Yin, since Bai Wei has asked, I'll help you this once. But purchasing spiritual materials from the treasury requires a large amount of spirit stones in addition to merit points, and you'll have to cover that. Also, you must compensate me for the merit points I spend at a rate of ten superior spirit stones per point."
"Fellow Daoist Wang, I will remember this kindness." Delight spread across Song Wen's face. With a turn of his hand, he produced a storage ring and handed it to Wang Qiuyue. "These are all the spirit stones I can offer at present. Will they be enough?"
Wang Qiuyue took the storage ring. After inspecting its contents, a flicker of surprise crossed her face.
"Ha! A full million superior spirit stones. You certainly have deep pockets."
"I've emptied my coffers," Song Wen said.
Song Wen was not lying. He had fewer than a hundred thousand superior spirit stones left on him.
He could produce so many spirit stones at once only because he had killed Jian Xiao, Wei Gu, Wu Bo, and Wu Shandie in succession, and all four had possessed considerable wealth.
Wang Qiuyue did not respond. Instead, she took the jade slip from Bai Wei.
"Let me first see what spiritual treasures you need. If they're too precious, this million spirit stones might not be enough."
After examining the jade slip, she continued.
"The spirit stones should suffice. But the sect treasury definitely has none of this 'Thunder Hou blood.' You'll have to find another way."
"Fellow Daoist Bai, Fellow Daoist Wang, do either of you know where I can find a Thunder Hou?" Song Wen asked.
Bai Wei shook her head. "A Thunder