Nine Lives: Unbeatable Dragon Blood

Chapter 30 Deal

Lu Ping saw some high-grade elixirs at all levels of the Blood Refining stage, including thick blood elixirs. He was overjoyed and asked the clerk, "Bro, how much are thick blood elixirs?"

The clerk looked at the list and said, "Each thick blood elixir needs four contribution values. There are ten of them in a bottle. I can give you a discount, so you can get a bottle of them with thirty-five contribution values."

Lu Ping couldn't help but say, "It's a little expensive. Four contribution values can be exchanged for almost twelve spiritual stones. The effect of thick blood elixirs is only twice that of fine blood elixirs. One fine blood elixir only costs about four spiritual stones in the market."

The clerk spread out his hands and said, "Sir, you know, a thing is valued if it is rare. Thick blood elixirs are sold in bottles here. Besides, we have to guard against our sect and pull strings for selling these elixirs. All these need spiritual stones!"

Lu Ping looked at the half-smile on the clerk's face and knew that although there seemed to be some truth in what he said, he was more likely lying. Maybe this was a means of accumulating wealth that had been tacitly approved by their sect.

But at the time, Lu Ping was in urgent need of thick blood elixirs, so he had to compromise. He looked at the remaining twenty contribution values, thought for a moment, took out a jade box from his storage bag, handed it to the clerk, and said, "Take a look at this. How many contribution values can this Empty Grass exchange for?"

Lu Ping got this spiritual herb on Xuanqi Island. He only knew that this Empty Grass was a spiritual herb for refining elixirs at the Blood Dissolving stage, but he didn't know what elixirs were refined by it. There was no explanation about it on the jade slip given to him by Immortal Senior Liu.

The clerk opened the jade box and looked at the spiritual herb inside and a magic weapon connected to a jade slip on the counter. The magic weapon was a small device for ordinary people to check the contents of the jade slip.

After carefully identifying it, the clerk said, "It's really a five-hundred-year-old Empty Grass. It's an indispensable spiritual herb for refining black jade elixirs that are used for cultivation at the Blood Dissolving stage. According to the exchange ratio of our sect, I can give you fifteen contribution values."

With the previous twenty contribution values, Lu Ping happened to have enough contribution values for a bottle of thick blood elixirs. He suddenly thought of something and said, "If it were a spiritual herb for refining blood dissolving elixirs, how many spiritual stones can be exchanged for it?"

The clerk's eyes lit up, and he said, "You have the spiritual herbs for refining blood dissolving elixirs? One of them can be exchanged for thirty-five contribution values, and our sect purchases them without limitation. No matter how many such spiritual herbs you have, we'll take them all. If you have more than four of them, the fifth one could be exchanged for forty contribution values, and so can the rest!"

Looking at the expectation on the clerk's face, Lu Ping secretly called him a profiteer. He was not stupid, so he shook his head and said, "How can I be that lucky? I was just wondering."

The clerk looked disappointed. Lu Ping took out his nameplate and said, "I can only buy a bottle of thick blood elixirs for the time being."

The clerk looked at Lu Ping's regretful look, chuckled, and said, "Sir, you can also buy elixirs with spiritual stones."

Hearing this, Lu Ping was delighted. He paid too much attention to the elixirs and forgot to try this way, so he hurriedly asked, "How many spiritual stones do you take for elixirs?"

Seeing Lu Ping's eager look, the clerk knew that he might be a big customer, so he said, "Sir, please wait for a moment. I'll get the lord of our pavilion here."

The clerk entered the back part of the pavilion. After a while, he followed a middle-aged cultivator back.

The clerk said, "This is the lord of our pavilion. His surname is Xu."

From the powerful fluctuations of spiritual strength surrounding this man when he appeared, Lu Ping knew that he was a cultivator at the Blood Dissolving stage, so he hurriedly went forward to greet him, "I'm Lu Ping, nice to see you, Immortal Senior Xu."

Lord Xu smiled and said directly, "Little bro, you want to buy thick blood elixirs?"

Lu Ping said, "Yes. What is the price of thick blood elixirs? If it's appropriate, I'd like to buy them here in the future."

Lord Xu said unhurriedly, "We take 110 spiritual stones for a thick blood elixir. How many do you want to buy?"

Ordinary cultivators at the Blood Refining stage had inadequate spiritual stones and lacked cultivation resources. Even disciples in their sect could hardly have enough supply of ordinary elixirs, let alone those relatively advanced elixirs. However, disciples with a strong background often didn't need to buy them here. Therefore, Lord Xu just came out to receive Lu Ping for the sake of his duty.

Lu Ping saw that Lord Xu didn't show much interest in his words. He just thought that it was because the expert at the Blood Dissolving stage didn't think much of his purchase, but he still said respectfully, "I need three bottles of thick blood elixirs every month. I have a task of our sect and only have a break every three months. Therefore, I need to buy nine bottles of thick blood elixirs each time and I'll come here for that every three months."

Lord Xu was surprised when he heard this. Then, he looked at Lu Ping seriously and said, "You are not an ordinary person, but the quantity of these elixirs is limited, and most of them have been ordered. I can only provide you with two bottles of thick blood elixirs every month, six bottles in three months. As for the other three bottles you want, I'm afraid I can't provide them for you."

Lu Ping felt it was a pity when he heard this. When he was about to say it was okay, he remembered something, so he asked, "Do you have muddy blood elixirs?"

Lord Xu was also stunned, "Yes, we have." He pondered for a moment, and then said, "It is a little difficult to provide them for you, but because that you will be our regular customer and your purchase is large, I will try my best to provide one bottle of them for you each month, but you will get one less bottle of thick blood elixirs each month."

Lu Ping was overjoyed when he heard that they had muddy blood elixirs, and then he hurriedly thanked Lord Xu.

Lord Xu was pleased that he made a big deal, saying, "Except that you will exchange contribution values for a bottle of thick blood elixirs, we'll take 180 spiritual stones for a bottle of muddy blood elixirs, so 540 spiritual stones for three bottles of muddy blood elixirs. Plus 330 spiritual stones for three bottles of thick blood elixirs, the total cost to you is 860 spiritual stones. We'll take 850 spiritual stones."

After Lu Ping thanked Lord Xu, the clerk reacted quickly and handed three bottles of thick blood elixirs and three bottles of muddy blood elixirs to Lu Ping in a while.

After Lu Ping paid for the spiritual stones, he looked at the jade slip and the magic weapon that was used by the clerk to identify spiritual herbs at the counter, and said, "After I go out for the travel, I might make some gains. However, I'm young and not knowledgeable enough, and I don't know many spiritual herbs. Can I have a copy of your jade slip? I can pay spiritual stones for that."

Lord Xu laughed and said, "The jade slips prepared by our sect for the disciples at the Blood Refining stage are indeed primitive, but they could inspire the disciples to explore and supplement them with their own strength. It doesn't matter. Just copy it and remember to exchange the spiritual herbs you get for contribution values in our pavilion. Our pavilion will definitely offer a fair price."

Lu Ping repeatedly said "Sure", and then left the Elixirs Selling Pavilion.

Looking at Lu Ping who was walking away, the clerk whispered, "Mr. Six, now, we are short of a large supply of elixirs. It is difficult to make up for it in the short term. What should we do when the cultivators who have ordered them to ask us about it?"

Hearing this, Lord Xu said casually, "How dare they! Those individual cultivators only have dozens of spiritual stones every month. When they buy three or five elixirs, they are distressed and haggle over the price. Making such a big deal is less troublesome than dealing with them."

The clerk recalled that the cultivators who were usually aloof bargained with him, an ordinary person, for a long time for a few spiritual stones with gentle and nice words. He couldn't help but shudder.

Lord Xu took out a list, casually pointed to a few names, and said to the clerk, "When these people come, tell them that the alchemy furnace of our alchemists has exploded and that the supply of elixirs has been suspended. If they are not satisfied, drive them out directly!"