C37 Spirit Concentrating Grass

One hundred taels?

When he said these words, Jing Yunxiao felt that it was an insult to the Purplish Gold Ore.

If one really wanted to estimate the price of this piece of Purplish Gold Ore, it would at least cost several tens of thousands of taels, or even over a million.

Therefore, a hundred taels was almost the lowest price that Jing Yunxiao could force himself to offer. Otherwise, he could say fifty, ten, or even just one tael.

As expected, after the hawker heard Jing Yunxiao's reply, a big smile blossomed on the hawker’s face. He thought that he would definitely go and pick up more stones later - maybe he could get rich and successful by selling these. But he seemed to be afraid that Jing Yunxiao would go back on his words, so he did his best to control his facial expression, and said: "Sir, since you’re in an urgent need, I will just sell it to you. Otherwise 100 taels is way too cheap.”

Jing Yunxiao nodded. He gave the hawker 100 taels and took possession of the Purplish Gold Ore as soon as possible, as if he was afraid that it would disappear any minute.

"As long as I refine this Purplish Gold Ore, my cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds probably in less than three days."

As Jing Yunxiao left the stall, he was secretly delighted.

"Sir, do come back next time when you need something. I'll definitely give you the biggest discount!"

The hawker was so happy that he almost laughed to death.

"What an idiot. He spent a hundred taels to buy such a crappy stone."

But right at this moment, an extremely unpleasant voice suddenly reached Jing Yunxiao's ears.

Jing Yunxiao raised his head, only to see two young figures blocking in front of him. One of them was very tall, but was as thin as a rail. The other was very short, and as fat as a pig. Both of their cultivation levels were not low - at least at or higher than the Third Level of Qi Martial Stage.

The one who spoke was the tall and thin guy.

"Kid, we brothers also have many of these stones. Let me give you a discount - one for 50 taels, I’ll sell them all to you. What do you say?”

The fat and short guy continued to speak. He was also holding a few stones in his hands. However, those stones were genuinely ordinary stones.

Seeing that, Jing Yunxiao immediately understood their intention.

Presumably, they thought that the reason Jing Yunxiao bought the stone was because he was afraid of that stall owner so he was forced to buy it. After all, the stall owner was at the First Level of Qi Martial Stage, and judging from Jing Yunxiao’s current aura, he was only at the Ninth Level of Arterial Circulation Stage.

And now, they wanted to play the same trick - to intimidate Jing Yunxiao again and therefore extort some money from him.

This made Jing Yunxiao a little angry.

Do I look so easy to bully?

However, since he had just arrived, he didn’t want to have troubles, or even have a fight in the city, which would attract others’ attention. Therefore, he did not show any anger on his face. Instead, he gave a light laugh and replied: "Alright, I have enough money to waste. If you two dumb-asses can catch up with me within ten minutes, I will buy all your stones.”

Two dumb-asses?

The word made the faces of these two men darken.

"What a puny cultivator of only Arterial Circulation Stage! Not to even mention ten minutes, I can easily track you down within few breaths ... ”

Before the tall and thin guy finished his sentence, he and the fat and short guy only felt a cool breeze passed by them. When they finally realized what had happened, they discovered that the brat who was nothing in their eyes just now had already gone.

What the hell was this?

Both of them were stupefied.

"Where have that brat gone? His speed … ”

They looked around, but couldn’t even see Jing Yunxiao's shadow.

They never would have thought that a brat of Arterial Circulation Stage would actually have such a fast speed.

"How dare he insult me! He’d better never show up again or I’ll kill him.”

The tall and thin guy was very angry.

It’s not just that he was insulted by a little brat of Arterial Circulation Stage. The even more infuriating fact was that, after the insult, the brat had escaped from them. More intolerantly, their plan to rip Jing Yunxiao off had also fallen through.

Since he had left far enough to avoid the sight of those two ugly men, Jing Yunxiao withdrew his Nine Serenities Stunning Step.

Although his current cultivation was only at Ninth Level of Arterial Circulation Stage, his strength was not at all inferior to a cultivator at Fourth Level of Qi Martial Stage. He could now even fight against a Fifth-level cultivator. Therefore, it was quite easy for him to get rid of two cultivators at around only Third Level of Qi Martial Stage.

"Hey brat, didn't you promise to buy me spirit medicine to nourish my soul? After such a long time you just bought such a crappy stone? And you're so proud of it? "

Bing Ling's dissatisfied voice came out from the sword.

After these few days getting along with each other, Jing Yunxiao understood that he could communicate with Bing Ling via their souls. And such communication could not be sensed by people around them who were not powerful enough.

"What do you know, little girl? Don't worry. Since you're mine, I will definitely buy the spirit medicine for you."

Jing Yunxiao replied indifferently.

"Who the hell is yours?"

Bing Ling was even more unhappy. However, because she had lost a large amount of her soul energy due to the journey, she did not further argue with Jing Yunxiao. Instead, she snorted coldly: "Hmph, I have already sensed a high-quality Soul Accumulating Spirit Medicine around here. If you can buy it for me, the medicine can help maintain the abundance of my soul energy for at least ten days. Buy it or not, now it’s up to you.”

Ten days, this was not a short period of time. Previously, one Soul-supporting Fruit could only help maintain for eight hours. If it could help her maintain for ten days, that would mean that Jing Yunxiao only needed to buy three of them and that would be enough for Bing Ling to maintain her soul energy for a whole month, which could also save Jing Yunxiao from the trouble to look for more Soul Accumulating Spirit Medicine.

Following Bing Ling's instructions, Jing Yunxiao quickly arrived at a shop not far away. This shop specialized in selling spirit medicines, and the various spirit medicines made Jing Yunxiao's eyes go blurry.

However, Jing Yunxiao only had one goal in his mind, so it didn't take him long to find the spirit medicine Bing Ling was talking about.

Soul Condensing Grass.

Spirit medicine could be divided into nine grades.

For example, the Sky Spirit Earth Fruits that Jing Yunxiao found in the Myriad Demon Mountain Range were all at least grade-four spirit medicine. The Soul-supporting Fruit that he found in the Treasure Pavilion in Jing Family was a grade-two spirit medicine. But the Soul Condensing Grass here was of even higher grade — a grade-five spirit medicine.

The higher the grade, the higher the price. A single Soul Condensing Grass would cost a total of 19,000 taels.

Seeing this price, Jing Yunxiao was on the verge of a breakdown.

Before he left the Jing Family, Jing Yufeng had given him a total of 20,000 taels. To the entire Jing Family, this was more than half of their wealth. He never thought that in the Great Desolate Ancient City, he could actually barely purchase only one Soul Condensing Grass with all his money.

Jing Yunxiao had planned to buy at least three of them previously, but now it seemed that his plan had completely fell through.

"Buy it, I want it."

When Bing Ling saw the Soul Condensing Grass, she became totally infatuated with it.

Jing Yunxiao had no choice but to go ahead and buy one.

Firstly, this was to satisfy Bing Ling. Secondly, as long as Bing Ling's soul energy remained in abundance, it would undoubtedly be safer for him as well.

Spending 19,000 taels to buy ten days of safety and peace was still worth it.

However, after he paid the money, Jing Yunxiao became a total pauper. He had only a few hundred taels left, which was barely enough to afford almost anything in the Great Desolate Ancient City. Moreover, how was he going to get the spirit medicines for Bing Ling for the rest 20 days? What about the medicinal ingredients he planned to buy to heal his grandfather’s inner bruises?

Thinking about it, Jing Yunxiao's face turned bitter.

On the other hand, Bing Ling was beaming with joy. She impatiently started to absorb the Soul Condensing Grass, not caring about Jing Yunxiao at all.

Just as he was worrying, a shout suddenly came from not too far away. "Hey everybody! Martial cultivator! Here I have a lucrative mission for you! Come and have a look!”