Chapter 6: Transactions

  Ye Ming has already picked a lot of flower buds at this moment. Now it's neither possible to retreat nor advance, so he might as well be lazy and continue picking!

  Kong Dongling had wanted to leave, but seeing the youth wandering in the poisonous vines, he reminded him: 'Be careful, those Lihuo poisonous vines are toxic!'

  Yesheng paused for a moment, glanced back faintly, and thought to himself: Big sister, who doesn't know that the Fire Poison Vine is highly toxic?

  Although I knew where the vine flower bud was through the map, in the process of picking it, he still had to be careful. If he wasn't careful and got stained with fire crystal, then just sit under a big tree and wait for death.

  "This guy..."

  Seeing that young man still moving forward, Kong Dongling's eyebrows slightly furrowed, she kindly reminded him, but that young man was really too arrogant!

  "Kong Shi Mei, mind your own business, he's just a small role after all. If he wants to seek death, then let him be. Besides, I'd like to see what it looks like when he's surrounded by Huo Jing." Jing Yi Yue's pretty face actually had some schadenfreude on it.

  Facing this situation, she neither dissuades nor sets out to harm, after all, as an inner sect disciple, generally wouldn't take some low-cultivation disciples seriously.

  "Hey, even if we're not afraid of the Fire Poison Ivy, you take one more step forward and the consequences will be troublesome!" Kong Dongling hesitated for a moment, then persuaded him once again.

  "Be quiet!"

  But as soon as she finished speaking, an impatient voice came from the front, and it seemed that Kong Dongling's persuasion had disturbed him instead.

  This time, Kong Dongling's beautiful eyes also rose with anger, and then she didn't care about it anymore. Of course, on the surface, she didn't care about it, but her big eyes kept staring at that young man!

  Ye Ming's face was cautious, and he didn't dare to be distracted. However, the white-clothed girl's constant reminders made him unable to focus. But under his own words, the white-clothed girl also quieted down.

  "It's a good thing the diagram marked the location of the flower buds, otherwise it would be hard to get close! " Ye Ming moved slowly, his left hand grasping the Ling Grass, squeezing out the juice and occasionally dripping it into the vines. Every time, a flower bud would fall down!

  These flower buds are basically invisible to the naked eye if there isn't a picture or record indicating their location.

  As Ye Ming stepped closer and closer to Kuroki Ren, the two girls from the other side started watching quietly at first, but gradually became surprised as well, and by the end, their mouths were even agape.

  Especially Jing Yiyue, she even opened her beautiful eyes wide, and the disdain on her face began to disappear without a trace, her complexion was as if she had seen a ghost.

  "Gu Le Chang Lao once said that the black lotus with the fire poison vine must be avoided at all costs, otherwise it's easy to get infected with the fire poison. Unless one reaches the Ling Yun realm, they will surely die. But that young man actually walked closer and closer..."

  Kong Dongling stared at the boy who seemed to have divine assistance, his mind buzzing with thoughts, and for a moment, he even doubted Dan Fu Xiu Changlao, the respected and esteemed elder of Gan Ting Academy!

  What the elder said doesn't seem entirely right either!

  In an instant, Ye Ming got closer and closer to Hei Mokuren. The vines wrapped around Hei Mokuren had three larger flower buds. From the records of the ancient scrolls, Ye Ming knew that these three flowers were the core of the Lihuo Duiteng!

  After a moment of silence, Ye Ming dripped the juice of the Aggregating Spirit Grass onto the flower, and instantly one-third of the withered vines surrounding them withered away.

  "It's true, these three flowers are the core. If one withers, the surrounding vines will wither by half. If all three flowers wither, the surrounding vines will disappear!"

  Ye Ming nodded slightly, his left hand stretched out, passing over the surface of the black wood lotus, carefully touching the black wood lotus while turning his back to the two people behind him, and opened the picture record.

  One product of the spiritual plant, Black Lotus, has fire and wood attributes. It can be used to refine several types of elixirs, but its flower petals are the best material for refining low-grade spiritual symbols. Danfengxiu loves it the most, but the place where it grows always has the poisonous vine of separation by fire accompanying it.

  The picture scroll recorded very detailed information, Ye Ming understood it all at once and shook his head. This Hei Mu Lian was of little use to himself, and could only be used to exchange for yuan stones.

  Outside the empty land, two girls were already in a daze. In their eyes, one-third of the vines on the empty land had withered!

  "Kokoro and Dokuro no longer coexist, if you remove Dokuro, Kokoro will wither away... but that guy, he actually drove out Dokuro, and Kokoro is not affected at all." Kuu Tōru said in disbelief.

  She finally understood that the young man was not afraid of those flames and poisons, but rather had the ability to drive away the Fire Poison Ivy.

  "Hey, I underestimated you, it seems like you can get rid of the Poison Ivy. Get rid of the remaining vines on that Black Wood Lotus and I'll take that lotus!" Jing Yiyu smiled after being surprised, but her words were somewhat piercing and forceful.

  It feels like Ye Ming picking black lotus for her, which is a matter of course!

  Ye Ming furrowed his brow, too lazy to care about it.

  "Are you deaf? Do you know who I am?"

  Seeing the young man's obvious disregard, Jing Yiyu felt a surge of anger in her heart. Normally, not to mention assessing disciples, even inner sect disciples would show respect when seeing her, but this young man who was only at the second stage of spiritual energy was too arrogant.

  The arrogant tone made Ye Ming's eyebrows furrow even more, and he said coldly: "Hei Mù Lián is right there, if you dare to take it, no one will compete with you for it. If you don't dare, then stop making a fuss. Besides, don't put on airs in front of me, who do you think you are? I'm not interested in knowing!"

  The words fell, and Ye Ming also stopped picking the black wood lotus, slowly retreating. The meaning was clear: I don't need the black wood lotus, but you can't have it either!

  "You..."

  The scenery relied on the jade-like silver teeth, from childhood to adulthood, this was the first person who dared to speak to himself in such a way, and yet this person was just an examiner of disciples.

  "Alright, Shifu Jie, our goal is to get rid of the Fire Poison Ivy. Since we're asking for someone's help, let's be more polite!"

  Kong Dongling opened his mouth to stop him: "This junior brother, if you can help me pick the black wood lotus, I owe you a favor, and I am a Dan Fu Xiu. When we return to Gan Tang Academy, I can also help you refine some elixirs!"

  Her voice was much more polite, of course, also somewhat helpless. It had been a while since they entered the misty forest. Kuroki Ren had seen several, but they were all entwined by the Fire Poison Ivy. Rarely would she meet such a strange young man, so she wouldn't give up this opportunity.

  Upon hearing this, Ye Ming thought for a moment and said: "Forget about the human sentiment, as for the elixir, I think I don't lack it either. Let's be practical, you can trade with me. If you can bring out something that moves my heart, then I'll help you pick that Black Wood Lotus!"

  He had a good impression of this white-clothed girl, so he didn't refuse her outright either.

  Jing Yuli immediately sneered: 'Do you really think you're a big shot? Transaction? Do you have the qualifications for that?'

  "It's sick!"

  Ye Ming shook his head slightly and left the vine land again, looking a bit like he was scattering in all directions.

  "Are you looking for trouble?"

  Jing Yiyu's anger suddenly boiled over.

  "Older sister Jing!"

  Kong Dongling opened his mouth slightly, his voice carrying a hint of dissatisfaction.

  It was hard enough to calm down that young man, but Jing Yi Yu had to go and provoke him again. Little did he know, Hei Mu Lian was useless against Jing Yi Yu, but extremely useful against himself!

  Although the young man's cultivation was not high, relying on his ability to pick Black Wood Lotus, he already had enough capital to call the shots. It is worth knowing that the price of Black Wood Lotus in Wangyue City was at least thirty low-grade yuan stones.

  Moreover, Hei Mu Lian is a material for refining Ling Fu symbols and is a consumable item that will always be in high demand.

  "This younger brother of mine, I'm apologizing on behalf of my elder sister!"

  Kong Dongling slightly raised his hand: "I don't have many yuan stones on me now, and you also don't want the dan medicine. The remaining items are just the Wu Xiu's 'Baili Fist' spiritual techniques!"

  As he retreated, Ye Ming's eyes lit up.

  Lingqi, this is an indispensable thing for cultivators. It is divided into four levels: Tian, Di, Xuan, and Huang. Each level is further divided into three sub-levels: initial, intermediate, and advanced. The higher the level, the greater the power. As for Taoist, Danfu, and Jianxiu, their specialized attack methods are also collectively referred to as Lingqi.

  "Alright, I'll take the Hundred Raging Fists' spiritual technique, but it's still a bit lacking!" Ye Ming said slowly.

  Kong Dongling nodded: "This Hundred Fury Fist was what I got when I helped someone refine the elixir, apart from this, I only have three pieces of low-grade yuan stone on me. Otherwise, you can pick the Black Wood Lotus first, and I'll give you more compensation afterwards."

  Ye Ming shook his head: "No need, these two things are enough!"

  Although he had a feeling that this Black Wood Lotus could be exchanged for more yuan stones, it was ultimately something that would be given after the fact, and he didn't believe in hindsight!

  Kong Dongling smiled with joy, and immediately threw the traded item to Ye Ming. She muttered to herself, among the four great cultivators, everyone said that Danfeng Master's status was the highest, but now it seems not to be the case!

  Even the most powerful Dan Fu masters can't refine elixirs without spiritual plants. Those who can find spiritual plants seem to have a higher status than Dan Fu masters!

  Yemeng took over the object thrown by Kong Dongling, glanced at it roughly, put it into the Qiankun bag, and then carefully walked towards Hei Muliang.

  Of course, in this process, Jing Yiyu and Kong Dongling looked at each other carefully, but no matter how big their eyes were, they couldn't see the outcome after all.

  Ye Ming walked east and west, from time to time dripping some sap from the vines, but no matter how he walked, not a single bit of the fire poison stained him.

  "This matter must be told to the teacher..."

  Kong Dongling was intrigued by this unconventional matter and hoped to collaborate with the young man for a long time.