Half a month later.
Song Wen sat cross-legged on a low couch in the tavern, turning an Image-Recording Stone over in his hand.
A beam of light burst from the Image-Recording Stone, forming an image before him.
In the image, a gaunt-faced man stood suspended in midair. Fifteen spirit fruits that appeared to be Azure Glazed Fruits floated before him, along with a flame as deathly white as dry bones.
The man was none other than the Blood Skeleton Lord.
"Gou Jun, you've seen them. Everything you want is here. You can decide when and where we trade, but make it soon. I have no desire to wait." The Blood Skeleton Lord's lips moved within the image, his voice cold and hard.
Ten days earlier, Song Wen had obtained this Image-Recording Stone from a branch of the Myriad Affairs House. He had already watched its contents many times.
Just as the Blood Skeleton Lord could not determine whether the Life-Restoring Fruit was genuine from an Image-Recording Stone's images, Song Wen could not determine whether the Azure Glazed Fruits and Great Yin Netherfire in this recording were genuine either.
Song Wen casually put the Image-Recording Stone into his storage ring, his brow furrowing.
For now, Song Wen had no intention of considering whether the Blood Skeleton Lord sincerely wished to trade. What puzzled him was that a full half month had passed, yet the Blood Skeleton Lord was the only person who had contacted him about a trade.
Were none of the Divine Blood Sect's other Mahayana-stage cultivators interested in the Life-Restoring Fruit?
Just then, Song Wen sensed a communication Jade Slip trembling faintly inside his storage ring.
He took it out and checked it. The message was from the Blood Skeleton Lord.
``` [Gou Jun, you received the Image-Recording Stone,