Destiny is ashes

Chapter 97: The Price Difference Between the Two Worlds (1210)

“Why is it so expensive?”

Although upon careful consideration, used spiritual jade does have its uses, but if one wants to resist evil spirits, there are naturally other better materials. Why bother using a used disposable paper cup?
But the rarity of a material depends not only on the material itself, but also on the world's environment.

"Guest, do you want to buy the Void Spirit Stone?"

The clerk was enthusiastic. Although based on her experience, she didn't think the customer in front of her could afford the ethereal stone, she would never show any contempt or disdain, let alone look down on the other party.

This is not only a professional ethics, but also a lesson learned from blood.

This is a black market, and the main customers are desperate criminals who want to hide their identities. They may not have money, but that does not mean they have lost their lives!
Even though An Jing's strength might not be as high as hers, it is better to be cautious. Who knows what cards the other party has?

If you want to work hard, you should sell something bigger. Why would you offend the customers and lose your life for such a small salary?

With this thought in mind, the clerk inadvertently saw the customer in front of him take out a white, translucent jade from his arms... and then opened his eyes wide!
"Ethereal Stone?!" the clerk exclaimed in disbelief, "How could it be?"

Then, the clerk heard the customer who was hiding his appearance with a raincoat and a hat whisper, "I want to ask, do you recycle the Void Stone here?"

“What about the recycling price?”

The shop assistants at Xiaozheshan were not qualified to purchase rare materials, especially the Kongling Stone that An Jing took out, which weighed about two taels and its price was more than three thousand good merits.

One good deed equals 100 credit points, which is enough for a person to live comfortably for a day (not counting accommodation).

Without counting the commission and insurance premiums, the salary of the shop assistants at Xiaozheshan is only about 50 or 60 yuan a month, which is considered good.

Three thousand good deeds in Xuanye City is already a huge sum of money for ordinary people like them.

Soon, the person in charge arrived.

This is a woman whose face is obscured by a mosaic projection. She is wearing a light brown fur coat, has a slim figure, and has long dark gray hair that is draped behind her head and casually tied into a bun.

Although she looked like a beauty, the housekeeper behaved very capablely, and the aura around her gave people a sense of danger. An Jing frowned slightly. The smell of blood on her body was even stronger than those of the Tianyi Demon Cult. When she walked into the store, it was like a gust of cold wind, which made the clerk shiver.

Strength too.

"Sixth level of Qi Refining." The sword spirit said, with a puzzled tone: "The foundation is quite solid. Logically, you should have broken through to the middle stage of Qi Refining long ago and started to cultivate your essence and spirit, and achieve emptiness and tranquility."

“Why is it stuck at this step?”

An Jing kept the sword spirit's doubts in mind, and then dealt with the female manager.

"You want to sell?"

The female manager came to the store and asked the clerk about what happened. Then she came to An Jing, took a look at the empty spirit stone in his hand and said in a deep voice: "It is agreed in advance that our purchase price is very low - but in contrast, we don't ask anything else."

"I don't ask how you got it, or where you came from."

"Sell."

The female steward was neat and tidy, and An Jing did not hesitate: "But I don't have a chip, how can I transfer so many good deeds to me?" "Wilderness people?"

Hearing An Jing's words, the housekeeper turned her head.

Although her expression was unclear, she was clearly in a dilemma. "Large amounts of physical merit certificates need to be transferred from the headquarters... You must have come to our store to buy something? How about bartering?"

——Of course no problem!
This is what An Jing thought in his heart. What he wanted to buy most was Jie Yugang. As for whether it was a good deed or not, it didn’t matter at all. As long as he could get the resources, it was all fine.

But in order not to reveal his flaws, he hesitated for a while, as if thinking.

"Call the arbitrator."

At this moment, the female manager signaled the clerk to call the black market arbitrator over - this was a witness when high-priced goods were sold.

Just as An Jing had seen before, the black market is just illegal, because Xuan Ye City is a place where all kinds of people mix, and no one knows who is the big shot with a hidden identity, so their transactions are very formal.

When the clerk left and no one was in the store, the female manager stepped closer and whispered to An Jing, "You have a spirit stone on you."

An Jing slightly widened his eyes. If it weren't for the bamboo hat hanging down, he would definitely be discovered - this is something he must practice more in the future - but he soon reacted and said in a deep voice: "Black market rules, you don't ask about origins."

"This is not the origin. I didn't ask. I'm sure of it."

The female steward said calmly, "It's not strange for the wilderness people to find small spiritual stone veins that are not contaminated by pollution in the wilderness. The spiritual stone in your hand has only been used in the past half month, and the spiritual core inside has not completely dried up. This is completely different from the spiritual stones in our city that have been placed for half a year and are guaranteed to be 100% empty."

"I really don't ask about the origin, I just want to ask one question, do you have any unused spiritual stones?"

"I'll offer a premium privately. But you'd better hurry up, otherwise the deal will be void once everyone arrives."

An Jing was silent for a while, and the housekeeper knew that the clerk and the arbitrator would not come so soon, so she waited calmly.

An Jing was not thinking, he was communicating with the sword spirit.

"In your era, how long can a basic practitioner like me use a spiritual stone?"

An Jing asked, "I used a whole piece to open my spirit, but this is a spiritual opening, and I can feel that my spirit roots have absorbed a lot of spiritual energy, which is not normal... Generally speaking, how long can one spirit stone be used for cultivation? What's the use of the pure spiritual energy of the spirit stone?"

An Jing did not ask about the price, because the ancient Huaixu Realm where the sword spirit was located was obviously completely different from the current Tianyuan Realm. The spirit stones in this place were no longer ordinary cultivation resources, but some extremely precious strategic materials.

But even in the current Huaixu Realm, although spirit stones are rare, they are probably not valuable. At least the owner of the medicine shop carries two pieces with him.

Even if these two pieces are collected at the bottom of the box, they are not too precious, at least they are not strategic materials.

"If you have ordinary quality ones, you can get one piece per month during the Qi Refining period. The two pieces on the owner of Xuanming Manor are for practicing at any time."

The sword spirit said: "The spiritual energy in the spiritual jade is the 'primer', which assists the practitioner in absorbing the spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth and purifying it... As long as the earth veins are still there, the spiritual jade can be continuously generated. Therefore, except for high-level spiritual jade, this low-level spiritual jade is not very valuable. A practitioner in the spiritual opening stage can earn two or three spiritual stones a month, ensuring that there is still a surplus after practicing."

"Even if you are not a cultivator, if you are an ordinary wealthy family, you may be able to earn a piece of spiritual jade after working hard for half a year. After all, at that time, cultivators would occasionally use spiritual jade to pay off debts when they could not afford gold or silver. There were many spiritual jades circulating among the people."

(End of this chapter)