.. "~~" (Second update)
"Let me see what this is!" a voice suddenly said from the crowd. Li Xiaoya was just about to speak when that voice rang out and a figure flashed into view. A thin old man with a goatee flew out of the crowd. With a grasp of his hand, the pitch-black stone in the young female cultivator's hand flew into his own. Clearly, quite a few other cultivators had the same idea, but once they saw the old man's cultivation, none dared say a word. He was actually at the mid Golden Core stage.
"Spirit Old Freak!" someone in the crowd exclaimed quietly.
"Shh! What are you shouting for?" another person snapped at that cultivator. Footsteps followed, as though the two cultivators had run away.
"Hmph!" Naturally, the thin, goateed Spirit Old Freak had heard them too. He snorted, then golden light suddenly flashed through his eyes as he examined the pitch-black stone in his hand. A trace of shock appeared on his face, and he began turning it over and over. After a short while, he suddenly asked the girl, "Tsk! Little girl! Where did you get this stone?"
"S-Senior! Give that back to me. I need it to get a Thousand-Spirit Jade Fruit!" the girl replied, suddenly reaching for the stone.
"Tsk! Little girl! Isn't this just an ordinary stone? You actually want to trade it for a treasure like a Thousand-Spirit Jade Fruit?" Spirit Old Freak's face took on a mocking look, but his eyes remained fixed on the girl as he smacked his lips and spoke.
Is it really just an ordinary stone? the surrounding cultivators wondered, and Li Xiaoya thought the same. But the girl screamed, shouting, "It's not an ordinary stone! My master paid for it with his life!"
"Heh!