The road is vague

Chapter 374 Gladiator Ace (Part 7)

For countless gladiators in Xinian City, becoming an ace gladiator in the arena is a lifelong dream.

But Li Mo is a person from the Great Qian Dynasty.

As a member of the Great Qian Dynasty, even if he enjoyed the most sumptuous delicacies before each gladiatorial match and received countless compliments, he could never truly embody the role of a gladiator and felt deeply humiliated.

The Qian Kingdom, also known as the Heavenly Kingdom, signifies an ideal country, and he could never forget the pride of being a citizen of the Great Qian Kingdom.

"Congratulations on successfully completing the first step of your mission."

The Faceless Man reappeared.

His dragon-human identity seemed flawless; Li Mo couldn't even tell whether the other person's true identity was a dragon-human or a human.

The so-called Blood Shell Pill was most likely refined by this person himself.

"The War God Arena is about to begin. There are over a hundred arenas in Xinian City, but only ten can be selected as high-level arenas with War God Gladiators. Based on previous years, these ten War God Gladiators are at least mid-stage mutated Little Demon Kings with rare and exotic bloodlines, or even dragon bodies. That's why I didn't think highly of you back then."

Li Mo stood up, clasped his hands in greeting, and chuckled upon hearing this.

"what about now?"

The Faceless Immortal didn't say much, but directly took out a ruler containing abundant lightning spiritual power and handed it to Li Mo.

This ruler was actually made by cutting a fish bone and then refining it with thousand-year-old thunder coral.

"The bones of the transformed lightning eel, what a pity."

In the eyes of Li Mo, a master craftsman, this kind of crafting method was a complete waste of resources. Even if it was crafted into a rudimentary magic weapon, it would not be able to fully utilize the basic properties of the materials, and at most, it would only be able to unleash 50% or 60% of the materials' power.

The faceless immortal looked surprised.

"What, you don't happen to have mastered the art of weapon crafting?"

In the Lost Continent and the surrounding seas, human cultivators who practice in the wild have no sect or lineage, making it extremely difficult to master a skill.

"Indeed, I once obtained a book on weapon crafting in an ancient tomb. I have gained considerable insights from it and dream of following the ancient methods to craft two orthodox magic treasures that have returned to the true nature. Unfortunately, I have always lacked the relevant materials."

The Faceless True Man raised an eyebrow, clearly understanding Li Mo's implication.

What materials are you still missing?

"Thousand-faced bird feathers, high-level to the sun's corner."

Li Mo originally wanted to find out some information about Zhiyangjiao from the other party.

After all, he knew that even if the Thousand-Faced Bird still existed on the Lost Continent, it was definitely not a secret that ordinary people could access. It was mostly hidden deep in remote and forbidden areas, and even the Faceless True Man would probably have difficulty obtaining relevant information.

However, upon hearing this, the Faceless Immortal suddenly revealed a strange expression.

He remained silent for a moment.

"What a coincidence! Although I have no information about the Thousand-Faced Bird Feather, I happen to know information about a Thousand-Faced Bird!"

"Oh?"

Li Mo's face lit up with surprise.

"Where is it?"

"East of Xinian City lies a Chaotic Forest. Legend has it that Chaos, one of the four ancient ferocious beasts, was severely injured here, and his blood polluted the entire forest, causing the creatures within to gradually mutate. However, it is the sacred ground of the Thousand-Faced Bird, which can transform into anything and is unaffected by Chaos's curse. It is said that more than twenty years ago, the dragon people of the Chaoge tribe spared no expense to venture deep into the forest and captured a Thousand-Faced Bird, intending to present it as a tribute at the Neon King's Spirit Transformation Ceremony!"

Li Mo was speechless with astonishment.

Xinian City will soon face two major events: one is the once-every-ten-year battle for the Holy Son, and the other is the Spirit Transformation Ceremony of the Neon King of Wansui City.

"Thank you."

Li Mo looked helpless.

After the Faceless Immortal left, Qingxiu slowly stepped forward, her jade-like fingers light and boneless, to massage and soothe Li Mo.

After closing his eyes and enjoying the moment for a while, Li Mo seemed to have made a decision.

“Go tell Afu that from today onwards, I will appear on stage once every three days.”

"Yes."

As Qingxiu slowly departed, Li Mo got up and took out the "Dark Thunder Heavenly Book" from under the bed and slowly opened it.

Black Ravens appeared.

"Respected, great, and noble master, Dark Thunder expresses his sincere respect to you. Is there anything I can do for you?"

Li Mo took out the Thunder Ruler and placed it on the Dark Thunder Heavenly Book.

Suddenly, a bolt of black lightning surged from the book, like a dark, ghostly claw, and swiftly dragged the lightning ruler into the book.

“My dear, supreme, and great master, once Dark Thunder absorbs this Thunder Spirit artifact, it can attempt to control the ancient demon's remnant bloodline at the mid-Golden Core stage, or try to integrate it with a deeper Yin Thunder secret technique for you to comprehend. I wonder in which direction you wish me to evolve?”

"Control the remnants of the great demon."

"Follow your wishes."

After the Dark Thunder Heavenly Book subsided, Li Mo put it into his robes and walked out of the arena. Although True Essence type magic treasures are extremely powerful, their biggest drawback is that they cannot be stored or stored in the body at will, making them extremely easy to be guarded against.

The dragon guards at the arena naturally knew that Li Mo had become the arena's ace gladiator, with travel permits issued by his patrons, allowing him to move freely and unimpeded throughout Xinian City. Therefore, they did not stop him.

Li Mo did not like being watched by the dragon people.

Therefore, before going out, he quickly disguised himself, putting on a raincoat and a bamboo hat to conceal his human identity.

If you're unlucky enough to encounter an inspector, simply hand over your pass to them.

Dragon people came and went on the streets, and all sorts of mountain spirits and sea monsters gathered here. Li Mo was in a daze as he stood on the city street.

Xinian City is not very large, after all, the Blood Dragon Clan has a limited population.

Compared to the human race's ten months of pregnancy, reaching adulthood at fifteen, and coming of age at twenty, the dragon race requires three years of pregnancy, reaching adulthood at sixty, and is extremely difficult to conceive, with a high risk of death in infancy.

For this reason, although Xinian City is prosperous, its actual scale is not large, at least not compared with the cities of the Great Qian Kingdom. The city implements a no-fly zone, and most people only travel on the ground. Only occasionally do high-ranking nobles travel by air.

At the same time, Li Mo noticed some strange phenomena.

Dragon people have no concept of marriage and can change partners anytime and anywhere with almost no moral pressure. They can also accept any race. The offspring born from the union of the two will perfectly inherit each other's superior bloodline. The downside is that they lose the ability to reproduce again.

These types of people are generally referred to privately as "Jiaoren" to distinguish them from other dragon people.

Various military positions are often held by Jiaoren (a type of dragon), who, despite their great strength, are unable to participate in the selection of the Holy Son.

"It's quite interesting to find out what kind of social system it is."

The streets were filled with talk of the upcoming God of War Duel Tournament, followed by the Holy Son Selection Tournament. This year's Holy Son would undoubtedly be received by the Neon King due to the Spirit Transformation Ceremony, so all the tribes were doing their utmost and using every means possible to secure this Holy Son Selection Tournament.

As Li Mo walked, he came to a shop called Donghai Pavilion.

The shopkeeper was a scorpion demon. He had already grown some wrinkles around his eyes, which extended all the way to the fine scales on his forehead. When he saw Li Mo, who was disguised and walking towards him mysteriously, he immediately greeted him with a big smile.

"What would you like, sir?"

"just looking around."

Li Mo's answer made the scorpion demon nod and follow behind him.

"Our shop is a property under the East Sea Dragon Palace, and it's also the store in Xinian City that sells the most various sea beast materials. We have all kinds of sea beast materials..."

Although the shopkeeper spoke arrogantly, the variety of marine animal materials in the shop, as well as all kinds of shells, conches, starfish, pearls, and fish bones, were countless. In addition, there were also countless materials for refining soul-giving items such as the Thousand Soul Banner and the Soul-Fixing Bell.

So he inquired about the price.

"The specific price depends on the quality of the material. For example, this blade-shaped fish bone is enough to refine a high-grade magic weapon, with a minimum price of eighty spirit stones. This vortex pearl can be used to refine a top-grade spirit pearl, with a discounted price of five hundred spirit stones. As for these living souls, they can be divided into different grades..."

Li Mo listened to the other party's offer and nodded repeatedly.

After a while.

After gaining a basic understanding of the prices of these magical artifact materials, Li Mo casually asked, "Does this shop not sell demon cores?"

The shopkeeper looked embarrassed.

“Normally, our store does sell demon cores through official channels, but with the Neon King’s Spirit Transformation Ceremony in Wansui City just around the corner, and Xinian City being the secondary capital, there are countless powerful and wealthy people vying to prepare congratulatory gifts for the Ancestor. They have already bought up all the demon cores. Even if our store’s backer is the East Sea Dragon Palace, we cannot knowingly break the law and purchase demon cores from other channels.”

At this point, the shopkeeper's eyes suddenly darted around, revealing a deep smile.

"However, I have heard that the Thousand Treasures Islands overseas seem to be under invasion by alien gods. After some time, they may send a batch of alien god demon cores as tribute. If you have any channels, you may be able to secretly try to obtain them."

Li Mo smiled slightly, neither confirming nor denying.

"Does that shop have any magic-grade sea monster materials, rare spiritual fruits, or sea stone?"

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper's eyes lit up.

"We naturally have materials for magical treasures, please go to the second floor, sir. However, if you only want to purchase rare spiritual fruits and sea stone in small quantities, we can also arrange for their delivery. But if you are planning to purchase in large quantities, you will probably have to go to a shop that specializes in selling such materials."

Half an hour later.

After leaving Donghai Pavilion, Li Mo went to other shops, comparing prices from different vendors.

However, after a day of searching, Li Mo still did not rush to stock up.

These so-called magical artifact-grade monster materials are precious in the Central Plains, but they are also commodities that can be purchased in bulk. If purchased in large quantities, the price will definitely be discounted.

In this way, the more spirit stones he can take out at once, the cheaper the price will be.

Although he had a considerable amount of spirit stones for a Golden Core cultivator, after deducting the 30,000 spirit stones needed to purchase the Sun Ship, there was little room for negotiation when it came to the spirit stones needed to purchase materials for large-scale magic treasures and demonic beasts.

that's it.

After spending half a month thoroughly researching the prices in Xinian City, Li Mo decided to begin refining Yin De Pills.

Fortunately, when he refined Yin De Dan in the Great Qian Kingdom, he still had quite a few auxiliary spiritual herbs left.

As for the main ingredient needed to refine the Yin De Pill, the Misty Demon Core, he had accumulated more than a dozen of them by killing slave gladiators of the Misty Clan during this period. They were all at the Foundation Establishment stage, so he could take out a few to refine the pill.

(End of this chapter)