"Buzzz~"
Within his sea of consciousness, the Origin Cauldron trembled faintly, breathing out azure radiance that spilled beyond it. It had reacted.
It could absorb this!
A trace of delight immediately appeared on Lin Changheng's face beneath his bamboo hat, but he still said, "The essence blood is genuine enough, but this thunderous baleful intent is rather frightening..."
He rolled the drop of essence blood back into the bottle. A patch of lightning-scorched blackness had appeared on the pad of his finger, and even the flesh had split.
"This..."
Although the young attendant could not figure out what Lin Changheng meant, seeing that he had not left and was merely finding "faults," he knew the issue was probably still the price.
"Since you're a valued customer, I can lower the unit price by another spirit stone. That's the most I'm authorized to offer."
"If you're still dissatisfied and would like to negotiate further, you'll have to wait for our shopkeeper to return. He's out attending to something at the moment."
Hearing this, Lin Changheng naturally knew that was about as far as he could go. Since the item was useful to him, he also feared that a long night would bring too many dreams.
Besides, he had bargained the price down somewhat. It was acceptable.
After a brief silence, he nodded slightly under the young attendant's somewhat anxious gaze.
"Very well. Please wait a moment, honored customer. I'll fetch it right away."
Delighted to have secured the sale, the young attendant hurried off to retrieve the essence blood.
Once the entire transaction was complete, Lin Changheng wound through the Market Ward, taking turn after turn before changing back into his original clothes and restoring his true appearance.
*Now that I've obtained the wood-element [Mystic Spirit Essence Blood], the [Lantern Grass