Truly worth two million!
Hearing Yun Qi’s words, Ye Xuan’s interest was piqued. He looked at the crystal, “What’s this?”
Yun Qi said, “This is a Mysterious Crystal, the hardest known material. It comes from the Extreme Cold Star Domain. A piece like this takes billions of years to form!”
Ye Xuan asked, “What’s the Extreme Cold Star Domain?”
Yun Qi smiled, “A very, very cold world. There’s a super beautiful woman there, the Cold Emperor, absolutely stunning!”
Ye Xuan instinctively said, “As beautiful as you?”
Yun Qi paused, then asked, “Am I beautiful?”
Ye Xuan nodded.
He wasn’t lying. Yun Qi was indeed very attractive.
Seeing Ye Xuan nod, Yun Qi smiled slightly, “You’re not bad-looking either!”
At that moment, the old man nearby suddenly said, “Are you here to buy something or to flirt?”
Yun Qi glanced at the old man, then said, “Two million?”
The old man said calmly, “Not a single dao crystal less!”
Yun Qi asked, “Can you go any lower?”
The old man said, “Young lady, this is a Mysterious Crystal, the hardest thing in the world today. Miss this chance, and you won’t find another!”
Ye Xuan suddenly said, “Boss, you’re exaggerating!”
The old man looked at Ye Xuan. Ye Xuan said, “You claim this is the hardest thing in the world?”
The old man looked at Ye Xuan, “It is!”
Ye Xuan shook his head, “I’ve seen something harder than this!”
The old man sneered, “Young man, don’t be flashy!”
Ye Xuan said earnestly, “I’ve really seen something harder!”
The old man stared at Ye Xuan, “If you can show me something harder, I’ll give you this Mysterious Crystal for free!”
Ye Xuan suddenly drew his Qingxuan Sword and struck the Mysterious Crystal.
Crack!
The crystal split instantly!
Seeing this, the old man was stunned.
Ye Xuan looked at him, “Do you keep your word?”
The old man’s face turned extremely grim. He looked at the sword in Ye Xuan’s hand, “Your… your sword…”
Ye Xuan extended his right hand.
The old man was silent.
Ye Xuan smiled, “You’re not going to back out, are you?”
The old man said, “You’re quite cunning! I admit defeat!”
With that, he opened his palm, and the Mysterious Crystal flew to Ye Xuan. Then, he packed up to leave.
At that moment, Ye Xuan suddenly smiled, “I’ll buy this!”
He flicked his finger, and a storage ring flew to the old man.
Inside the ring were exactly two million dao crystals.
The old man was stunned, “You…”
Ye Xuan smiled, “I didn’t mean to cheat you. I just wanted to show you that this Mysterious Crystal isn’t the hardest thing in the world!”
He turned to Yun Qi, “Let’s go!”
Yun Qi nodded.
They left.
The old man looked at the storage ring in his hand. After a long silence, he looked at Ye Xuan and Yun Qi in the distance, “That sword… truly terrifying!”
…
Outside, Yun Qi suddenly asked, “Why did you buy it?”
Ye Xuan said, “This can be used to forge a battle armor!”
Yun Qi smiled, “Indeed. But if you want to forge armor, one piece is too little. You’d need more. These are hard to come by, though!”
Ye Xuan nodded slightly, about to speak when a figure suddenly shot into the sky in the distance.
Yun Qi and Ye Xuan looked at the figure. At that moment, a bolt of lightning tore through the sky.
Swoosh!
The figure was instantly obliterated by the lightning.
Erased!
Yun Qi shook her head slightly, “Some people always try to challenge the rules here!”
Ye Xuan said, “Robbery?”
Yun Qi nodded, “Yes!”
As she spoke, she led Ye Xuan into a larger shop. Upon entering, a black-robed old man approached, smiling, “Miss Yun Qi!”
Yun Qi nodded slightly, “Have you prepared the things I asked for?”
The old man quickly said, “Everything’s ready!”
He handed her a storage ring.
Yun Qi checked it, nodded slightly after a moment, and handed the old man a storage ring.
The old man glanced at the dao crystals inside, took the ring, and said, “Does Miss Yun Qi need anything else?”
Yun Qi looked around, then shook her head, “Not for now!”
The old man smiled, “Alright. If you need anything, just let me know!”
Yun Qi nodded, then turned to Ye Xuan, “Let’s go!”
They turned to leave.
Yun Qi led Ye Xuan towards the end of the street.
She suddenly sighed softly, “I’m poor again!”
Ye Xuan smiled, “What did you buy?”
Yun Qi said, “Some special materials for forging divine items!”
Ye Xuan said, “Can you forge me a battle armor?”
It just occurred to him that Yun Qi was a master forger.
Yun Qi shook her head, “Your body is too strong. You don’t need armor. Besides, one Mysterious Crystal can’t make a super armor. You’d need at least a hundred. A hundred pieces…”
She shook her head again, “You can’t buy that many outside. Unless you rob the Cold Emperor in the Extreme Cold Star Domain!”
Ye Xuan smiled, “Alright then!”
Yun Qi said, “Let me take you to the biggest shop here!”
Ye Xuan smiled, “The biggest?”
Yun Qi nodded, “Yes. The treasures there are the real deal!”
She glanced at Ye Xuan, “The treasures there start at ten million dao crystals, and they don’t haggle!”
Hearing this, Ye Xuan’s interest was piqued.
Money?
He had so much money he didn’t know how to spend it!
Soon, Yun Qi led Ye Xuan to a very luxurious shop, the largest and most extravagant in the market.
Dao Assembly!
That was the shop’s name.
Yun Qi led Ye Xuan inside. As they entered, a stunningly beautiful woman in white approached, smiling slightly, “What do you two need?”
Yun Qi said, “We’ll browse ourselves!”
The woman in white smiled, “Alright!”
She stepped aside.
Yun Qi turned to Ye Xuan, “This place has many categories: divine items, rare herbs, pills, runes, techniques, supernatural powers, martial skills… It’s very comprehensive!”
Ye Xuan nodded, “Let’s start with divine items!”
Yun Qi nodded and led him to one side.
Ye Xuan glanced around. The shop was indeed massive, with six floors.
Yun Qi took him to the second floor, the woman in white following with a faint smile.
Since Yun Qi said they wanted to browse, she didn’t disturb them.
Some customers preferred to look on their own.
On the second floor, Ye Xuan noticed nearly a hundred light pillars, each containing a box.
Divine items!
Ye Xuan suddenly turned to the woman in white, “What’s the best divine item here?”
She quickly stepped forward, smiling, “Follow me, sir!”
She led them to a central purple light pillar. Ye Xuan saw it contained a box.
The woman pointed at it, “The Great Dao Ring! Forged by the Dao Sect. When used in combat, it can restrain even a Heavenly End Realm expert, though it has a time limit. It can bind a Heavenly End Realm expert for at least three breaths, during which they can’t use any power, like an ordinary person!”
Hearing this, Ye Xuan was stunned, “That powerful?”
The woman smiled, “Yes!”
Ye Xuan looked at Yun Qi, who shrugged, “I don’t know!”
Ye Xuan turned to the woman, “Can I try it first?”
The woman nodded, “Yes!”
She chanted a few incantations, and the light pillar vanished. The box floated out. She opened her palm, the box opened, and a black ring with intricate black runes floated out.
The woman looked at Ye Xuan, “Would you like to try it yourself, sir?”
Ye Xuan nodded, “Yes!”
The woman activated the Great Dao Ring. Instantly, it turned into a black light and enveloped Ye Xuan. As it did, he found all his powers were indeed unusable.
Even his sword intent couldn’t be activated!
He was genuinely shocked.
But soon, the ring vanished, and his powers returned.
The woman smiled, “What do you think, sir?”
Ye Xuan nodded slightly, “This thing is quite good!”
The woman nodded, “Priced at one hundred fifty million dao crystals!”
One hundred fifty million!
Even Ye Xuan was shocked. That was a lot. Even some major powers might not have that many dao crystals on hand.
The woman looked at Ye Xuan, smiling, “Do you want it, sir?”
Ye Xuan thought for a moment, then asked, “Can you offer a discount?”
The woman shook her head, “Our shop has fixed prices, no discounts!”
Ye Xuan was about to say more when Yun Qi suddenly said, “Let me see it!”
The woman glanced at Yun Qi, then handed her the Great Dao Ring.
She wasn’t worried about Yun Qi stealing it.
No one dared to try anything here.
Yun Qi examined the ring for a moment, then returned it to the woman, “We’ll think about it!”
The woman took the ring, smiling, “Alright!”
She placed it back in its spot.
Yun Qi turned to Ye Xuan, “Let’s go!”
She turned to leave.
Ye Xuan said nothing and followed.
Outside the shop, Yun Qi turned to Ye Xuan, “I can forge that thing!”
Ye Xuan was stunned.
Yun Qi said earnestly, “They’re selling it for one hundred fifty million. I’ll only ask for one hundred million. Give me one hundred million, and I’ll make you an identical one, with the same functions!”
Ye Xuan was silent.
Yun Qi asked, “Afraid I’ll scam you?”
Ye Xuan nodded honestly.
Yun Qi said seriously, “I’m joking. When I’m not broke, I never scam anyone!”
Ye Xuan, “…”
