Chapter 3: Nightmare Spider

  It's no wonder that Chen Taizhong asked this, although he wasn't very clear about what kind of realm a first-rate high-grade elixir corresponds to, but the prices for other first-rate high-grade medicinal materials were usually in the tens or hundreds of spiritual coins per stalk.

  And these ten Lianyang fruits only cost three Ling stones, it feels like buying cabbage on Earth, three dollars for ten catties.

  The staff finally felt something was off and turned their head to size him up with a glance, "You're not someone who just flew in, are you?"

  "Just arrived," Chen Taizhong replied with a shrug of his hands, quite naturally, and he didn't expect to deceive the other party either.

  "Liuyang fruit is indeed a high-grade product, it can be paired with second-grade spiritual materials for medicine, what kind of high-grade product is that?" The staff's face sank, "The elixir that is effective on sixth-level wandering immortals, and is guarded by ninth-level wild beasts... the reason why it can't be sold at a high price is because it's an auxiliary spiritual medicine."

  Chen Taizhong wanted to ask again, but seeing that the other party had already shown a hesitant expression, he didn't bother anymore. He raised one finger, "One last question... where can I find Lieyang fruit?"

  You're kidding me? The staff member slipped on a clove of garlic underfoot and nearly fell over, but thinking about it, the other party had just flown up, so it's all right.

  He slowly replied, "We can't provide a specific location, but the person who posted the task has information, however... you need to pay a deposit to get it."

  "Why?" Chen Taizhong was stunned, "I'm helping him pick Lieyang fruit."

  "If you were to pick the Lethal Sun Fruit, wouldn't that mean your mission failed?" The staff member flipped his eyelids, "So you need to pay a deposit and also prepare a Shadow Stone as evidence... In this case, even if your mission fails, the deposit can be refunded."

  "This is really annoying," Chen Taizhong muttered, he couldn't say that the other party's words were unreasonable, but now, he was penniless. "I don't have any spirit stones... how much deposit do I need to pay?"

  "Two pieces of Ling Stone will do, and the Lieyang Fruit can't be sold for a higher price. We're just responsible to our customers," the staff replied indifferently. "Deposit four pieces of Ling Stone, and I can lend you one piece of Liuying Stone."

  "I'll go earn some spirit stones first," Chen Taizhong sighed, turned around and walked out of the courtyard.

  The staff looked at his back and snorted: Ascenders from the lower realm, the immortal realm is not so easy to mix!

  Chen Taizhong walked out of the courtyard and continued on for a while, discovering a market. The market was bustling with activity, selling all sorts of things, and many people were placing their goods directly on the ground to hawk them.

  He walked around the market, but didn't find anyone selling spiders similar to the one he had killed, so he couldn't estimate a price. However, things having come this far, he had to sell the spider and exchange it for some spirit stones.

  He looked around and found a corner with some empty space, so he walked over, casually used a Wind Rolling Technique to clear the ground, and then sat down.

  He had just touched out some spider silk on the ground, and two immortals appeared in front of him, staring at him with piercing eyes. "You're sitting here, are you setting up a stall?"

  Chen Taizhong subconsciously glanced at the sleeves of the two men, didn't see a red armband, nor did he see the words "Urban Management Inspection", but this momentum, he was very familiar with, and couldn't help but let out a cold hum, "I'm tired from walking, can't I just sit down for a bit?"

  "I hope you're just tired from walking," the other party replied coldly. "Let me remind you, setting up a stall here requires a fee, at least one spirit stone per day, or your goods won't be collected."

  "I'm not going to sit here and wait for nothing!" Chen Taizhong angrily stood up, the goods hadn't been sold yet, but he had to hand over the spirit stone - what's wrong with this, I don't even have a single spirit stone.

  "Whether you sit or not, that's your business. You're grinning from ear to ear, what do you want to do?" The two immortals glared at him with anger, and one of them even sent out a divine sense.

  However, Chen's spiritual strength was far superior to that of an ordinary first-level Youxian, and he only slightly hesitated before withstanding it.

  "You really think you're a city administrator," Chen Taizhong muttered under his breath and got up to leave.

  He was quite unfamiliar with the city he had ascended to, and he wanted to buy a map, but thinking that this also required spirit stones, he didn't even ask - there was no money in his pocket.

  He wandered aimlessly on the street, unaware of how long he had been walking, until he saw the sun setting in the west and suddenly noticed a pawnshop in front of him.

  The text here is similar to the Chinese language on Earth, with many traditional characters and variant characters. Looking at a single character may not be understood, but when connected together, it's not a big problem.

  But such a big "dang" character, swaying back and forth in the wind, he can't possibly not see it.

  The middle-aged shopkeeper of the pawnshop didn't say a word when he came in, this was a matter of who begged whom.

  Chen Taizhong was a rough and careless person. He pulled out a ball of spider silk from his sleeve, and directly threw it onto the counter, "Take this."

  The middle-aged man picked it up and looked at it, furrowing his brow and asking, "What is this?"

  "You're 'the pawnshop under the sky', can't you see what this is?" Chen Taizhong sneered.

  "The world is just a yellow boundary, inside and outside the boundary, there are many things I don't know," The shopkeeper didn't buy his story, he simply replied expressionlessly, "Tell me what this is... Don't let me misjudge its value."

  "A spider's web," Chen Taizhong replied helplessly. When under someone else's eaves, who dares not lower their head?

  "You should have said so earlier, I thought it was something with a mysterious formula," the shopkeeper snorted, raising his hand to touch the white silk fabric. "It's just raw material."

  He stretched out his hand and pulled twice, stunned for a moment, then increased his strength to pull twice more, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

  He hesitated for a moment, his hand trembling slightly as if he still wanted to pull back, but finally spoke slowly, "Unknown spider silk, two spirits... dead words, two spirits five."

  "Alive," Chen Taizhong thought that this spider silk was worth more than two ling five, he probably had ten times as much of this kind of spider silk, but it was a big bundle, not separated, if he could complete the task, he wanted to redeem this bundle as a sample.

  After receiving the ticket and two pieces of spiritual stone, he turned around and left, almost colliding with two men at the door.

  At this moment, Chen Taizhong already knew that in the fairy world, it was a pragmatic theory. He flashed his body and quickened his pace to leave.

  Two men came in, one young and one middle-aged. The young man slapped a piece of paper on the counter, "Redemption, High-ranking Law Enforcement Spirit Ring."

  "Hold on," said the middle-aged man, who happened to see that the shopkeeper was packing a box of white spider silk, and spoke in a low voice, "Can I take a look at this thing?"

  "It's a live pawn," the shopkeeper smiled and replied, which was a polite refusal - dead pawns were nothing to worry about, other customers could take a look, but live pawns were not allowed, who would be responsible if they got damaged?

  However, rules are dead and people are alive. A middle-aged man spoke expressionlessly, "I am from the Zheng family of Beidu, a member of the Qingshi branch of the Tianxia Business Alliance. The Second Master Wili has met me before, please ask him about it."

  "Is it the Zheng family of Beiyuan, the Blood Sand Marquis?" The shopkeeper was taken aback and asked in surprise.

  "Besides Xue Shaohou, who dares to claim the Zheng family?" The middle-aged man replied proudly, and scolded again, "Don't you go ask for instructions?"

  "Willy hasn't been to Qing Shi recently," the shopkeeper's sweat came down, thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and handed the box out of the counter, "Please take a look... it's best not to use your hands."

  Qingshi City is not within the sphere of influence of the Blood Sand Marquis, but the Zheng family is notorious for being difficult to deal with and ruthless in their actions, with extremely strong combat capabilities, making them a force that ordinary people do not dare to provoke lightly.

  The middle-aged man didn't make a move, he just quietly looked at it for a while, his eyes scanning back and forth, before nodding, "Put it away... was this thing given by that young man earlier?"

  "That's right," said the shopkeeper with a nod, "Can Mr. Zheng recognize what this is?"

  "It feels like a spider's silk," the middle-aged man smiled slightly and then asked in return, "Don't you recognize it?"

  "Some guesses," said the shopkeeper, who didn't want to say more. Although Xue Sha Hou was formidable, as a merchant alliance that traveled all over the world doing business, they naturally had their own backing.

  But thinking again, these are probably underestimated items. If they were really good, he could also negotiate with the young man to buy them at a high price, and in this way, he would have made a great contribution to the business alliance.

  Anyway, now things are in his hands, so he slowly retracted and tried another sentence, "I think it's like spider silk."

  "Ah," the middle-aged man nodded slightly, "Alright, I'm here to accompany my nephew to redeem the Soul Ring. Go get it."

  Young man is Zheng family's junior, named Zheng Zito. This time he came to Qing Shi area with friends to practice, in the process of hunting wild beasts, his friend accidentally got poisoned by a strange toxin. The antidote pills carried on him were useless, so in order to seek a divine medicine, he reluctantly pawned off the magical artifact "Soul Binding Ring" that he had been carrying with him.

  After redeeming the Linghuan, neither of them spoke, and they turned to leave the pawnshop. After walking for a long time, Zheng Zita finally asked, "Third Uncle, is that silk... very valuable?"

  "It's not just about the spirit stone," the middle-aged man sighed and shook his head, "it can also be exchanged for merits, it's merits."

  "What is it after all?" The young man furrowed his brow, this thing called merit, was truly hard to come by, except for exchanging a large amount of spirit stones, only those who made outstanding contributions could obtain it.

  To greatly obtain achievements, there is and can only be one choice, which is on a large-scale battlefield.

  The middle-aged man didn't answer directly, but instead said slowly, "I was just attracted by that thing earlier, and I felt a fluctuation in the isolated space. After careful consideration, it's indeed the case. The shopkeeper also said this is spider silk... Do you understand?"

  The young man walked a few steps in silence, then suddenly took a deep breath of cool air, "Third Uncle said, cleanliness...?"

  "That's right, it's the Clean Spider," the middle-aged man glanced around before answering in a low voice, "Flying Nightmare Spider, Third Uncle wouldn't have been able to confirm it if he hadn't participated in the Territorial War."

  "How could such a strategic resource end up in someone's hands?" Zheng Zita took a deep breath, the Flying Ascension Nether Spider was renowned throughout the immortal realm, but those who had truly seen it were extremely rare.

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