Chapter Thirty-Six: A String of Buddhist Beads

  Jiang Nan was shocked again, and secretly cursed. Huī Jiǎo had been tempered by the Douluo Sacred Fire for many years, and was very familiar with its aura. And this sacred fire was hidden in his brow!

  "Brother Jiang, do you know this gentleman?" Su Huan also felt a bit surprised and asked with a smile.

  Jiang Nan shook his head, and that grey serpent's gaze grew increasingly sharp. Suddenly, he stretched out a thin, long palm and reached for Jiang Nan.

  "What do you mean by this, senior?"

  In the midst of Jiangnan's chest cavity, a sudden wave of surging sound emerged. The true energy and aura burst out from his body, transforming into the "River Flowing Stone Unmoving" move. His body was as still as a boulder, while his true energy and aura surged like a great river. Immediately after, another dragon's roar echoed from within his chest cavity. The true energy and aura transformed into a mighty river, making a loud whooshing sound, transforming into a ferocious and sinister dragon coiled around his body, its jaws wide open, claws dancing in the air, heading towards Hui Jiao's withered and bony hand!

  That grey python's fingers lightly plucked, and the Jiangnan move shattered with a loud crash. His true energy along with his protective aura was utterly unable to withstand even one blow in front of the grey python!

  "Hmm, so you're practicing a martial art that observes and imitates the changes of the python dragon. No wonder I sense a familiar aura. Your style's transformations and movements have quite a connection to mine."

  The killing intent in that grey wolf-like eyes dissipated, and he returned to normal, sitting down calmly, muttering to himself: "I'm now like a startled bird, looking at everyone as if they're thieves... Damned thief, eating bear's heart and leopard's gall, daring to steal my treasure, don't let me catch you..."

  Jiang Nan let out a breath of relief, standing there with an innocent face. He had used the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist to counter Gray Jiao's attack in order to divert his attention, and fortunately, he hadn't noticed the Douluo Divine Flame on his forehead.

  He glanced at the stall of the gray snake, and saw that on the stall were placed some night pearls the size of chicken eggs and several pieces of ore the size of fists emitting a metallic luster.

  "What a pity! When I stole the divine fire of Cuotuo, I forgot to take down two night pearls." Jiangnan thought of this and felt a pang of regret.

  Su Hu's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he hastily pulled him back, turning to leave. In a low voice, he said: "Zi Chuan, this person's strength is absolutely above that of the strongest God Wheel. Even I couldn't see through his depth, so it's best not to provoke him!"

  Yue Ling'er followed up, looked at Hui Jiao in surprise, and asked doubtfully: "Zi Chuan, the man who just clashed with you, do you want me to drive him out of the city?"

  "Rush to build the first strong man of Wuguo out of the city? If this gray jiao is angry and starts killing, I'm afraid that Medicine King City will be erased from the world!"

  Jiang Nan's face looked strange, he shook his head and said in a low voice: "Young lady, I have a great fortune to share with you. Have someone buy the few pieces of ore on his stall, it will definitely be a profitable deal."

  Yue Ling'er beckoned lightly, and an old woman immediately walked up to her. Yue Ling'er instructed: "Housekeeper Fang, go buy those few pieces of ore from that stall, no matter what, you must get them in hand!"

  But in a moment, the housekeeper's hands were empty, his forehead was sweating profusely, and he panted heavily: "Young lady, those broken stones are ridiculously expensive. The shopkeeper must have gone mad, asking for a godly elixir right off the bat, one elixir per stone! If this deal loses money, I'm afraid His Highness will skin me alive...

  "Everything is up to you. You're carrying my token, go and bring back five Spirit-grade Soul Pellets."

  Yue Ling'er handed over the token, took a look at Jiang Nan, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous in her heart. The divine elixir of the Spirit Communication level was a treasure of the Medicine King's Mansion, with an annual output of less than ten pills, and three had to be contributed to the imperial court. Even if it were her father Yue Shitian, he wouldn't easily use these spirit elixirs for cultivation.

  Su Huan also showed some emotion, apparently knowing the value of a divine elixir of this level.

  Jiang Nan smiled and said, "Don't worry, milord. This transaction is absolutely worth it. If you make a huge profit, I hope you can send me a copy of the Medicine King's Manor's divine-level pill formula, along with ten sets of medicinal materials."

  "Jiang Gongzi, so it was your idea," the housekeeper sneered. "You have no idea how expensive the divine-level spirit pills of our Medicine King Manor are. The price is enough to scare people to death. If those few broken stones aren't worth the value of the spirit pills, Jiang Gongzi, how will you take responsibility?"

  Jiang Nan smiled faintly and said: "If it's not worth it, I'll stay in the Medicine King's Mansion and refine a year's worth of spiritual elixir for the Medicine King's Mansion."

  "Are you refining the Spirit Dan for me in the Medicine King's Manor for a whole year?"

  The housekeeper's eyes widened slightly, and he sneered: "Young Master Jiang, you've only been in the Medicine King's Manor for a few days, yet you've caused a string of troubles, killing six or seven people, offending the Shuoyan Manor and the Second Prince. I'm afraid our Medicine King's Manor can't even afford to keep such a great god like you..."

  As soon as she finished speaking, Yue Ling'er's eyes lit up and she smiled: "Good, it's settled then. Zi Chuan, you can't go back on your word! Housekeeper, buy those few pieces of ore and have them sent to the Imperial Treasury's Treasure Pavilion for my uncle to appraise."

  The housekeeper had no choice but to head towards the Medicine King's residence, muttering to himself: "This little brat has made a bet with me, clearly intending to swindle food and drink from my Medicine King's residence for an entire year, and even asked my Medicine King's residence to save his life. The young mistress actually agreed to it, could it be that she has taken a liking to this pretty face?"

  She didn't know Jiangnan's alchemy methods, but Yue Ling'er knew them very clearly. Even if Jiangnan only understood how to refine low-grade elixirs for nourishing the body and cultivating the spirit, in a year he could refine enough spiritual elixirs to make the Medicine King's Manor rich enough to rival a country. It was an absolutely worthwhile deal!

  But if it were a high-level spiritual elixir from Jiangnan, Yue Ling'er would laugh out loud even in her sleep!

  The three of them continued to move forward, and by now, Jiang Nan no longer dared to underestimate the miscellaneous street of the Wan Shang Conference. Compared to other commercial streets, this was truly a place where dragons and tigers hid, after all, among those big merchants, there were no strong people who had reached the level of divine wheels or even achieved divinity!

  "Maybe I can really find something good..."

  Jiang Nan didn't get excited, and instead browsed around. Although he found some pretty good treasures, they were often in the hands of strong people who asked for extremely high prices, which were outrageous and not very useful to him.

  "Huh? Such pure water elemental power..."

  Jiang Nan suddenly felt a breath of air coming from the front that was in opposition to the Douluo Divine Flame on his brow, and his heart moved slightly. The Douluo Divine Flame contained infinite Fire Elemental Energy, and what opposed it would certainly be Water Elemental Energy!

  He possesses the Douluo Divine Flame, so he can sense the aura of the Water Elemental Origin.

  "Could it be the Nectar of the Yellow Spring?"

  In the south, his heart was racing with excitement, and he hastily walked up to see a stall in front of him. A robust man was enthusiastically promoting his goods to passersby, shouting: "Freshly baked divine formula, divine wheel-level kung fu, ancient heavenly god-founded martial arts, only three thousand two silver coins for sale!"

  Jiang Nan swept his gaze over the stall, and all he saw was a messy array of over a dozen ancient books that had been made to look old with soy sauce, as well as many small trinkets that were nothing more than miscellaneous items like needles, threads, pins, minerals, and animal bones.

  That pure and unadulterated Water-type aura is coming from these miscellaneous items!

  "Sir, let's take a look at this secret book!"

  The stall owner's eyes lit up when he saw Jiang Nan, Su Huai and Yue Ling'er, and he smiled: "Freshly baked secret books! These secret books were discovered by me in a godly cave, and I got them after going through thousands of hardships. They are genuine!"

  Yue Ling'er burst out laughing and said: "Zi Chuan, this person is talking nonsense, it's definitely fake, no need to look at it."

  "Let's not be too quick to judge, maybe this store really does have something good."

  In the south, he crouched down and pushed aside the miscellaneous objects, looking around in all directions, but still couldn't find the treasure that contained the water element's energy. He couldn't help but frown slightly. He had clearly sensed that there was indeed something emitting a strong water element aura, but after carefully searching, he still couldn't find the treasure that contained the Yellow Spring Divine Water.

  "Could it be this string of Buddhist beads?"

  His eyebrows slightly furrowed, his gaze fell on a string of Buddhist beads, this string of Buddhist beads had eighteen jade beads, each jade bead was the size of a small finger tip, delicate and elegant. Among them, one bead was particularly peculiar, as if there was a drop of water in the bead, that intense water element force was emanating from this bead, resonating with the Kunlun fire in his brow.

  Jiang Nan gently picked up the Buddhist rosary, and as soon as he did, his heart was shocked - although the rosary was small, its weight was extremely astonishing, weighing at least 300-400 kilograms!

  "The young master indeed has good eyesight!"

  The robust stall owner's face was solemn, and he raised his thumb in admiration, saying: "Young master, you've picked out the best treasure from my stall at a glance. To be honest, this string of Buddhist beads weighs as much as 370 catties, made from the most precious Wan Nian Han Yu jade, refined by the great Buddha himself for over three hundred years..."

  "How much?" Jiang Nan interrupted him and asked.

  The shopkeeper smiled and said: "It's not expensive, just 100,000 taels of silver."

  Yue Ling'er's eyebrows inverted and she scolded: "A million taels of silver, why don't you go rob it?"

  "One hundred thousand taels of silver is not expensive."

  Jiang Nan hesitated for a moment, then smiled at Yue Ling'er and said: "Princess, I don't have any silver notes on me. Would you please help me exchange some cash? I'll trade one hundred of my Ten-Percent Replenishing Elixir pills for it."

  "Do you have 100% Ginseng?"

  The stall owner's eyes lit up, his breathing suddenly became urgent, and he repeatedly rubbed his hands, saying: "This young master, you will give the Buqi Dan directly to Lao Er, this string of pearls is yours!"

  The value of Buqi Dan is extremely high, more than ten times that of Yiqi Dan, and it's a rare commodity. The Buqi Dan produced by the Medicine King's Manor is often bought up by wealthy families, leaving only a small amount to circulate in the market, and even those are mostly inferior products with 70% or 80% efficacy. As for the top-grade Buqi Dan, smaller forces can't even dream of getting their hands on it.

  Those 100 pieces of Qi-replenishing pellets, as soon as they change hands, can be sold at an even higher price, making a huge profit!

  Jiang Nan also knew the reason, but the Bao Qi Dan was easy to refine and he took out 100 Bao Qi Dans and handed them over to the stall owner. He then took the Buddhist rosary in his hand and finally put down a big stone in his heart.

  Yue Ling'er stuck out her tongue and laughed: "Zi Chuan, I thought only I would squander the family fortune, but it turns out you're not much better than me."

  Su Huai's eyes sparkled as he smiled and said, "Young Master, Brother Zi Chuan's eyesight is extraordinary, it's indeed not a loss. This string of Buddhist beads weighs 370 catties, it's really possible that it's a good treasure. If it's true, then even 100,000 taels of silver wouldn't be expensive. What surprised Xiao Wang was that he didn't expect Brother Zi Chuan to have such astonishing wealth, taking out 100,000 taels of silver without batting an eyelid, truly rich and extravagant!

  Jiang Nan blinked his eyes, and a bitter smile spread across his face: "The Fourth Prince must not have expected that I live in the poor district of Qi Wang City, where my family often can't even afford to cook... who would have thought it's not about being wealthy and arrogant... for now, under everyone's watchful eyes, it's not the time to take out the divine water from the Buddhist beads, but rather wait until I return to Yao Wang Fu."