Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect, Angels and Rakshasa Return

Chapter 172 - The Unscrupulous Merchant Qian Lingyun

"You, you, you..."

"One hundred and fifty million? Why don't you just rob us?" Ning Tian's face darkened instantly. She roared, "Even a monarch wouldn't easily allocate that price, and you just casually throw it out like that!"

"Hmph, as far as I know, Star Luo City recently auctioned off the embryo of a 100,000-year-old soul beast, and the final transaction price was 150 million gold soul coins." Qian Lingyun leaned back in her chair and explained calmly, "A 100,000-year-old soul ring or soul bone can sell for such an astronomical price."

"This immortal herb of mine can help your martial soul break through the seventh ring barrier and reach the ninth ring that Ning Rongrong had ten thousand years ago! For you, its effect is far greater than that of a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast embryo. You think it's too expensive, but I think I'm getting ripped off!"

"Fine, if you don't want to buy it, I'll go find the Star Luo Royal Family. They'll definitely be happy to pay this price."

After speaking, Qian Lingyun put away the jade box and got up to leave.

"Wait a minute."

Before she could even count to three in her mind, she heard Ning Tian plead in a voice. Qian Lingyun stood there expressionless, secretly pleased, and said: "Little brat, I can't handle you."

Then, Qian Lingyun pretended to be embarrassed and sat back down.

"How much money can you mobilize right now? Or rather, how much money do you have?" Qian Lingyun chuckled.

"My entire net worth, plus the fixed ancestral assets that I can control, and even if I can borrow or scrape together what I can, is at most only thirty-five million. The remaining one hundred and fifteen million... I..."

At this moment, Ning Tian, ​​who was always generous, finally realized her poverty, but she couldn't bear to let go of the immortal items brought by Qian Lingyun.

After all, that was her greatest hope; with it, no one could shake her position as the young sect leader.

"It's alright, I can accept other deals." A hint of coldness flashed in Qian Lingyun's eyes, but her face still wore a gentle smile that made people feel like they were bathed in a spring breeze.

"What deal?" Ning Tian asked hurriedly, as if grasping at a straw.

"Your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is a large and powerful family with many members, isn't it?" Qian Lingyun said leisurely.

"What do you mean?" Ning Tian's expression changed, and he looked at Qian Lingyun warily, unable to help but let go of her hand and take a few steps back.

"To be honest, I'm not short of money."

"Then what are you lacking?" Ning Tian asked.

"I've recently become very interested in martial spirit research. I'm lacking experimental materials."

There were only two people in the room, so Qian Lingyun simply stopped pretending and said directly, "Let me give you a price! A direct disciple of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School who inherits the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, one million each; a branch disciple, five hundred thousand each."

"As long as you give me a hundred direct disciples and a hundred branch disciples, and let me bleed them dry, I'll give you this immortal item for free."

"Don't miss this opportunity, or you'll never get another one!"

"Your request is really excessive. I am the young sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School! How can I sell my clansmen to you?" Ning Tian slammed his fist on the table in anger, expressing his dissatisfaction to Qian Lingyun.

"The young sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, how ironic!" Qian Lingyun comfortably sat down on the table behind her.

By observing Ning Tian's constantly changing expressions, she understood that Ning Tian was actually moved, but he was just too proud to admit it.

"Of course, I can also find a way to round it down to zero!" Qian Lingyun's lips parted slightly, but to Ning Tian it sounded like the whisper of a devil. Yet she still subconsciously asked, "What way?"

"As far as I know, Shrek Academy has quite a few students expelled every year. And when you enroll, there is a student roster. You just need to get me the student roster and information for the past ten years..." Qian Lingyun said, raising her left hand to offer her price: "I'll give you a discount of fifty million."

"Fifty million..." This price is indeed not low, and Ning Tian exclaimed in surprise!

However, she also had to admit that this thing was very risky, since such things were kept in the Shrek Academy archives and guarded by powerful individuals.

"But this isn't something a student like me can get my hands on!" Ning Tian said, looking troubled and shaking his head helplessly. "Are there any other methods?"

"That's all." Qian Lingyun stood up, put away the jade box, and handed over the teapot on the table. "Considering our relationship, I'll compromise again. I can actually do without the people. One pot of blood from a direct disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, 100,000 gold soul coins, and 50,000 for a branch disciple. You can also bring them over directly for blood collection."

"What do you need so much blood for?" Ning Tian weighed the teapot in his hand, his heart skipped a beat, and he asked in confusion. Qian Lingyun just smiled without answering, thinking to herself, "Can I tell you that I recently read in a book that you can achieve the effect of switching martial souls by washing someone's blood?"

"Alright, go and prepare. I'll save the immortal herb for you. We'll meet again in five years, at the next Soul Master Competition."

"The Soul Master Competition five years from now... Isn't that in the Sun Moon Empire? Wait a minute..." Before Ning Tian could finish speaking, Qian Lingyun had already disappeared from the room, leaving Ning Tian standing alone, hesitant to speak.

"Five years to prepare?!" Ning Tian plopped down in a chair, looking up at the ceiling. For some reason, she felt that today was incredibly long.

After the initial ecstasy of seeing the Star Luo Spirit Pearl came heartache and exhaustion.

Of course, Qian Lingyun was unaware of Ning Tian's heartache and exhaustion, and even if she knew, she wouldn't care.

Doing business is all about mutual consent and mutual benefit. If the terms can't be agreed upon, then there's no point in even discussing the deal.

Upon returning to the Undead Demiplane, Qian Lingyun was surprised to find that she was much more adept at entering and exiting it. Now, she didn't even need to chant any spells; as long as she had a thought, she would be automatically teleported to the Undead Demiplane.

It has to be said that this is an improvement that even Electrolux almost praised.

Finding Tang Ya unconscious, she roughly shook her awake. Taking advantage of her confused state, a hazy purple light flashed in Qian Lingyun's dark red eyes. Yes, she was going to use illusion magic to get something for nothing.

Under the influence of the Other Shore of Dreams, when Tang Ya opened her eyes, she found herself standing in the courtyard of the former Tang Clan site in Tian Dou City, with three or four young disciples standing in front of her.

In the illusion, Tang Ya subconsciously thought she was recruiting disciples. She walked up to the non-existent disciples, flipped her wrist, and produced a book from who-knows-where, handing it to them while smiling at the empty space in front of her.

"My dear disciple, this is a copy of our Tang Clan's Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. It contains the unique skills of our Tang Clan."

"Among them, the Mysterious Heaven Technique is the most basic technique; meditating with it will definitely accelerate your cultivation speed. Your cultivation level is still shallow, so switching to the Mysterious Heaven Technique will not have any negative impact."

"Besides the Mysterious Heaven Skill, the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record also records five other unique skills: the Jade Hand for hand training, the Purple Demon Eye for eye training, the Crane-Controlling and Dragon-Capturing technique for grappling, the Ghost Shadow Tracking technique for lightness, and the method of using hidden weapons, the Hundred Solutions to Hidden Weapons. Our Tang Clan is most famous for hidden weapons, but you must build a solid foundation before you can begin practicing them. What you need to do now is start practicing the first five unique skills, and I will teach you hidden weapons later."

"Then I shall accept it without hesitation." Qian Lingyun flashed and took the Xuan Tian Treasure Record from Tang Ya's hand. After casually flipping through it, she put it into her storage soul tool.

As for Tang Ya... it might not be right to kick someone away after they took something from her. Let her have a good dream and then go back to sleep!

(End of this chapter)