Chapter 49: Purchasing the Demon Soul

  In the late afternoon, Su Che followed Lei Xiao to the 'Wu Hua Peak' of the Tian Xuan Sect.

  Wu Hua Peak is not one of the top ten main peaks, but it is the most popular trading place within the Tian Xuan Sect. From Golden Dan elders to outer sect disciples, everyone likes to come here to buy and sell items and exchange treasures.

  Lei Xiao's elder is a high-ranking official of Mowu Peak, so he brought Su Che here.

  When they reached the middle of the mountain, Lei Xiao said: "There are two advantages to internal transactions within the sect. First, the goods are genuine and the price is fair, so there's little chance of being cheated; second, it's safe, no one dares to rob others within the sect."

  Su Che smiled and said, "It's not that I'm afraid of losing out, what I'm most afraid of is that just as I've bought something, someone will be eyeing me from behind, waiting to ambush me...just like that time in the Yin Wind Gorge."

  "Rest assured, this is our own mountain gate's territory. I don't know how many Golden Dan period, or even Nascent Soul period ancestors are stationed here, how could we allow such a thing to happen."

  "That's good." Su Che nodded lightly.

  The height of Wuhua Peak was far from being as exaggerated as the top ten main peaks, and it only took half a time to climb to the top. Su Che, of course, came here for the first time and looked around curiously.

  The top of the peak is also extremely open, and the central area is a circular square. Many people set up stalls to sell goods here, and some stall owners are even inner door disciples with two silver threads on their collars.

  There are more than a dozen large shops built around the square, all of which are public industries of the Tianxuan Sect. The main purpose is not for profit, but to facilitate the buying and selling of goods by disciples.

  "If you want to buy a good knife, go to the store." Lei smiled and said in a low voice: "Most of the stalls are elimination goods. Think about it, who would be willing to sell really good stuff? Of course, nothing is absolute. To find good goods, not only do you need to test your eyesight, but also spend some effort."

  Su Che looked around and said with curiosity: "It's still early, let's take a look at these stalls first. If we can't find anything good, then we'll go to the shops to buy."

  "You go ahead and take your time. Lei smiled, pointing to a distant store: "My elder is working as the manager of that store, I'll go keep him company for a bit, you can find me there later."

  Su Che nodded in agreement and started wandering off alone.

  Just as Lei Xiao said, the buyers and sellers here are all fellow disciples of the Tianxuan Sect, so the overall atmosphere makes people feel very relaxed and natural, like walking on the main street of their hometown of Cai Shi Town, giving Su Che a sense of security and belonging.

  "It's not necessarily about buying something, just wandering around like this is quite interesting."

  Su Che's mindset at this moment was more in line with his apparent age, completely showing a childlike curiosity, looking at everything with great interest.

  After wandering around for more than an hour, Su Che just looked at the excitement and didn't buy anything. He didn't even ask about the price of a single item. This was because he had self-awareness. Not only was his cultivation low, but his knowledge was also shallow. If there wasn't someone who understood the situation around to offer their opinion, he shouldn't be buying things randomly.

  As they walked, Lao Hei suddenly shouted from the Xian prison: "Master, someone over there is selling the souls of demonic beasts. That thing seems to be beneficial to me, let's go take a look."

  Following Lao Hei's guidance, Su Che arrived in front of a stall, the owner was an outer sect disciple in the later stage of Qi refining. Looking at him, his actual age should be over 50 years old, which can explain that his cultivation talent is extremely ordinary, and it is possible that he will end his life without being able to build his foundation, let alone obtain the identity of an inner sect disciple.

  Su Che made a bow and pointed at some black jade pendants on the stall, asking: "Senior brother, may I take a look at these Soul-Capturing Pendants?"

  "Take a look, no need to be so polite." The stall owner's tone and expression seemed somewhat lazy, giving people a sense of listlessness.

  Su Che picked up a Soul Capturing Card, carefully sensing it with his spiritual energy, and immediately determined that the card contained the sealed soul of a wolf-type demon beast. The surface of the card was engraved with the words "Moon Swallowing Silver Wolf" and had an annotation explaining that it was a mid-tier level one demon beast, equivalent in strength to a human cultivator at the middle stage of Qi Refining.

  Some masters, after killing the demon beast, will use special techniques to seal the demon beast's soul into similar talismans, which can also be sold as a kind of demon beast material.

  Lao Hei said that these evil spirits might be beneficial to him, and Su Che would certainly attach great importance to it. It had been determined earlier that Lao Hei couldn't cultivate any skills, so his method of increasing his strength must be extremely special, requiring Su Che's help in exploring and trying.

  "Senior brother, what price are these demon souls?" Su Che asked in a gentle voice.

  The image of a lazy owner slowly replied, "All the goods here are first-class demon souls. Among them, the primary ones require two spirit stones, the intermediate ones require four spirit stones, and the advanced ones require eight spirit stones."

  Su Zhe calculated in his heart: "A first-class primary-stage demon beast, buying one alive would cost around a dozen or so spirit stones. Just buying the demon soul would require two spirit stones, which seems to be somewhat expensive..."

  "In the demon prison, Old Black drooled and shouted: 'Expensive! Expensive! Master, you must haggle with him fiercely! I think this thing is very useful to me, we should buy more.'"

  Su Che thought to himself: "Why don't I buy one or two first to try them out, and if they're really useful, it's not too late to buy more."

  "No need, master, this thing is not expensive, buying it all won't cost much money." Lao Hei was drooling, with a greedy look on his face: "I can already feel it, these demon souls are extremely delicious!"

  "Alright, even if it's just to satisfy your cravings, buying them all won't be a loss." Su Che said with a smile in his heart.

  "Thanks to the master's favor, Lao Hei is so touched." Lao Hei pinched his neck and disguised his voice with a gentle tone, unaware that this feeling made people even more chilled.

  Su Che was startled by him and couldn't help but shiver, which led to a misunderstanding from the stall owner opposite. The stall owner smiled and said: "Young master, no need to react so greatly, do you feel that the price is not satisfactory? You can speak directly, why are you trembling?"

  Su Che faintly smiled, and said with a hint of embarrassment: "To be honest, brother, I had intended to buy all these demonic souls from you, but unfortunately the price is too high, higher than I expected."

  "Do you want to buy all these evil spirits?" The stall owner frowned and asked: "What do you want so many evil spirits for?"

  "Sorry, big brother, this is private and I'd rather not explain." Su Che's face turned cold as he thought to himself, "You're just doing business selling things, why do you need to ask so many questions?"

  "Don't get me wrong..." The stall owner also realized that his question was a bit inappropriate, and explained: "Young master, I'm just kindly reminding you that our Tianxuan Sect is after all an orthodox immortal sect, not a demonic sect. We don't allow the practice of soul-devouring techniques."

  Su Che only then realized that he had misunderstood the other party, and they were actually kind-hearted. He quickly explained: "Senior brother, rest assured, I need the demon soul for another purpose, absolutely not to cultivate demonic powers."

  "That's good." The stall owner looked Su Che up and down, nodded in praise: "Fifteen years old with a bone age that has already reached the second layer of Qi cultivation. Work hard, you have hope to enter the inner sect before the age of twenty."

  "Thank you for your kind words, brother. I will definitely work hard." Su Che bowed his hands in respect.

  "Alright, since you're going to take everything, I'll give you a 50% discount." The stall owner waved his hand and said decisively: "Half price, sell it all to you!"

  Su Che was just about to nod in agreement, but then he heard Lao Hei shouting: "Master, don't fall for his trick! He agreed so readily, this price must still be negotiable."

  "That's enough, this price is fine." Su Che thought to himself: "I don't care about those few spirit stones, I just want a comfortable and pleasant purchase."

  Like this, the twelve 'Soul Cards' on the stall were all bought by Su Che for thirty-seven spirit stones. For an ordinary outer disciple, more than thirty spirit stones would be equivalent to three months of monthly allowance, but for Su Che, it was nothing. After all, there were already over a thousand spirit stones in the Qiankun bag, and after a few days, Linglong would give himself two thousand spirit stones as a reward for completely curing that Flowing Cloud Golden Lotus...

  "After that, the stall owner said: 'Little Shixiong, in our little circle, more than a dozen brothers are good at hunting and capturing demonic beasts. It's not a big deal to get twenty or so first-class demonic souls every month. In the future, if you need demonic souls again, just send me a message.'"

  As they spoke, the stall owner handed over a message token with his name, Guo Cai.

  "Guo Cai." Su Che remembered the name in his heart, and who knows, maybe he would need to find him again later. As long as those ghostly spirits were beneficial to Lao Hei, no matter how many spirit stones he spent, it wouldn't be a waste.

  A dozen or so 'Soul Capturing Cards' seemed to have been put into Su Che's Qian Kun bag, but in reality they had entered the Xian prison. Lao Hei casually picked up a black jade card and brought it to his nose, greedily taking a deep breath, and muttered with a satisfied tone: "Good flavor, good flavor, it must be very delicious!"

  Su Che was eager to know what effect those evil spirits had on Lao Hei, but this was the first time he had tried such a thing and couldn't rush him. All he could do was be patient and wait for his next move.

  Let him follow his feelings.

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