Chapter 262: Unexpected Harvest, Ancient Celestial Treasure

Chapter 262: Unexpected Harvest, Ancient Celestial Treasure

Wanhua Tower.

"Master Jiang!"

The green-skirted maiden, Lu Yi, revealed a bright smile upon seeing Jiang Ning.

"Miss Lu Yi!" Jiang Ning also smiled and greeted her.

A moment later, Lu Yi asked, "Master Jiang, please have some tea first! What brings you to Wanhua Tower today?"

Jiang Ning took out a gold brick from his pocket. It was the golden box from earlier, which he had shaped into a brick with his bare hands. The golden box had previously contained the Divine Elephant of the Flesh and Blood God, an object of immense power. The box had also been filled with a hundred spirit blood, a crucial material for helping a fourth-rank peak warrior achieve the realm of a Grandmaster.

If he were to openly bring out the golden box, it could attract unwanted attention. By shaping it into a gold brick, no one would be able to recognize its original form.

Lu Yi took the gold brick from Jiang Ning, examined it briefly, and then placed it respectfully on the table in front of him. "Master Jiang, please wait for a moment while I go get the scales."

"Wait!" Jiang Ning suddenly spoke up.

Lu Yi stopped and turned to face him. Jiang Ning said, "Don't refer to yourself as a slave in front of me!"

Lu Yi was taken aback, then explained, "I was bought by Wanhua Tower and, as a servant, it's only natural for me to address myself as a slave."

Jiang Ning shook his head. "You don't have to do that in front of me. Do you want to buy back your freedom?"

Lu Yi nodded eagerly. "I do, but I don't have the qualifications to do so, even though I've prepared the money."

Jiang Ning smiled. "I'll speak with Pavilion Lord Lin about it later, alright?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yi immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Ning, thanking him profusely. Jiang Ning lifted his hand, and an invisible force helped Lu Yi to her feet.

"Don't mention it," Jiang Ning said with a smile. "It's just a small favor."

Lu Yi left the VIP room, leaving Jiang Ning to his thoughts. He couldn't help but think of a joke: if a man saves a woman's life and she likes him, she'll repay him with her body; but if she doesn't like him, she'll repay him by being his servant in the next life.

Meanwhile, Lin Qingyi heard Lu Yi's report and looked surprised. After a moment of contemplation, she instructed Lu Yi to attend to Jiang Ning properly.

As Lu Yi left, Lin Qingyi shook her head, thinking to herself, "Unless necessary, it's best not to meet this young man. Last time, my behavior was somewhat unbecoming."

Later, in the VIP room, Lu Yi weighed the gold brick and announced, "Master Jiang, this gold brick weighs twenty-one taels and seven liang."

Jiang Ning nodded. The gold brick was equivalent to twenty-one thousand seven hundred taels of silver. With the source energy points he had obtained from buying the Blood Lotus earlier, this amount of silver would be enough to increase his source energy points to over five hundred.

However, after examining the Blood Lotus boxes Lu Yi presented, Jiang Ning couldn't help but sigh. The most valuable one was only a sixty-year-old Blood Lotus, which had cost him one thousand five hundred taels of silver. The others were of even lower quality and wouldn't be of much help to him.

"Are you dissatisfied, Master Jiang?" Lu Yi asked cautiously.

Jiang Ning replied, "It's not enough. I want to exchange the gold brick for similar heavenly materials, whether it's earth ginseng, wild ginseng, or anything else."

Lu Yi nodded and went to fetch Manager Han. Under Han's guidance, Jiang Ning purchased most of the heavenly materials from the mountains and waters, but he still had money left. The truly valuable items were all over a hundred years old, like the hundred-year-old Blood Lotus he had bought earlier, which was worth five thousand taels of silver.

As Jiang Ning looked disappointed, Han asked, "Master Jiang, are you not satisfied?"

Jiang Ning nodded: "That's it! Could it be that there is no more stock in the pavilion?"

Han Hongmei immediately nodded: "Last time, when Lord Jiang went on a large purchase spree, he bought about seventy or eighty percent of the pavilion's stock! Then, due to the establishment of the inspection office, many martial scholars came to the pavilion, driving the sales of the pavilion up few months, rising ten percent compared to last year!"

At this, Jiang Ning suddenly understood, feeling a slight sigh in his heart.

He didn't expect that the stock of Wanhua Tower would be so scarce, unable to meet even his demand now._

At this moment, he also realized, a small Place was a Small place.

After all, a county town was just a county.

town.

The resources of a county town were farly to meet his current needs.

Just like when he wanted to three pills for the Sixth Rank Martial Path, the Wanhua Tower here had no stock at all, He needed to to resort to the Lin Qing Yi sect to purchase them from elsewhere.

It was foreseeable that if he were to step into the Fifth stage, it would be even more challenging to obtain the necessary external aids in Luoshui County.

And now, he roughly estimated, he had spent over ten thousand taels of silver on the recent shopping spree alone.

"Still not enough!" He muttered to himself.

At this moment, a flash of inspiration crossed his mind, reminding him of the previous purchase of the Crimson Flame Ruby Fruit.

Back then, when he tasted it, the Crimson flame ruby fruit did not bring him much benefit.

But upon reflection, it at least provided him with many essence Energy Points.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning spoke: "Manager Han!"

"Lord Jiang, what do you need?" Han Hong_mei asked.

Jiang Ning said, "Is there anything similar to the Crimson Flame Ruby fruit from the ancient times in the pavilion?"

"Are you looking for Spirit plants needed for the Immortal Path?" Han Hong_mei inquired.

"Right!" Jiang ning nodded.

"These items we call Celestial Treasures, which are required for the journey on the Immortal Path. We can try to find them!"

"No problem!" Jiang ning nodded.

After a moment,

Han Hong_mei appeared before Jiang Ning again.

"Lord Jiang, indeed I found several Celestial treasures, but they are a bit pricey."

Jiang ning listened, "Tell me more."

Han Hong_mei began, "The first celestial treasure is a spirit herb, known as Starlight grass. The age is unknown, but it has absorbed countless starlight, hence its name."

"The price for this item is ten thousand taels of silver."

"The second celestial treasure is Miao Yan Spirit Fruit. According to ancient records, this item contains the extreme essences of water and fire, and it would be of great help to those practicing water and fire attributes during the ancient times."

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"The third celestial treasure is the Heart of Ten Thousand Trees, containing the wood attribute spirit essence, as recorded in ancient texts."

"The fourth celestial Treasure is the Five Elemental Spirit Fruits, representing the metal attribute Jin the Jin Flame fruit."

the Golden Absolution Spirit Fruit."

the Wood attribute spirit fruit is the Azure wood spirit fruit, the Water attribute spirit fruit is the Flame Flame Spirit fruit, and the soil earth fruit the Fire element fruit is ten thousand yuan, and the soil practice the water."

And the Earth of the Earth attribute spirit fruit, representing the Earth attribute spirit Fruit."

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the price for these Cele items.

"These Cele items are the Fire Element: 'Inferior Flame Spirit Fruit.'

"According to ancient Texts, these items could Alter the Constitution of Ancient Practitioners, Making Them More Harmonious with the Five Elements."

"Unfortunately, the Heavenly Earth's Environment Has Changed Dramatically from the Ancient Times, Making These Celestial Treasures, which Were Extremely Valuable in the Ancient Times, Only Serve as Flavoring Agents Today, with No practical use other than that."

Hearing Han Hongmei's explanation, Jiangning nodded.

understood the last part of her words.

Then, he opened his mouth and asked, "Does Manager Han know the reason for the great changes in the world?"

Han Hong Mei smiled and shook her head, "How could I possibly know such a secret? But I did hear a theory that the Heavenly Spirit Mechanism has dissipated, leading to these changes."

The dissipation of the Heavenly Spirit Mechanism?

Jiang Ning contemplated silently in his heart.

Then he looked at Han Hong Mei, "Manager Han, I want to buy the Miao Yan Spirit Fruit."

"Good!" Han Hong Mei nodded immediately, "I'll go and get it for Lord Jiang right away."

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A moment later.

Jiang Ning stepped out of the Wanhua Tower's main entrance.

On the rooftop.

Lin Qingyi watched Jiang Ning's back, "You have a kind heart!"

A smile curved on her lips.

Jiang Ning had just come to see her with a simple request, which was to free Lu Yi from her bondage.

Facing Jiang Ning's request, she naturally agreed without hesitation.

Without even taking the redemption fee that Lu Yi had prepared, she directly asked Manager Han to bring Lu Yi's bondage contract, and she destroyed it on the spot.

As for the original contract stored in the government office, she only needed to send someone to inform them.

After that.

Jiang Ning was seen entering the carriage.

Lin Qingyi slowly withdrew her gaze, and her eyes fell on Lu Yi, who was standing by her side.

"Little Lu Yi, now that you've regained your freedom, do you have any plans for the future?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yi knelt down with a thud in front of Lin Qingyi.

"Pavilion Lord, I still want to continue serving the Pavilion."

"You are no longer a servant, so you don't need to call yourself a slave anymore," Lin Qingyi said calmly.

"Yes!" Lu Yi knelt before Lin Qingyi, slightly bowing her head.

"Lift your head!" Lin Qingyi looked at Lu Yi, who was kneeling before her, and suddenly spoke.

Hearing this, Lu Yi slowly raised her head, looking at Lin Qingyi with a hint of fear.

"Your face is quite delicate!" A smile gradually appeared on Lin Qingyi's lips.

The next moment.

She said, "Do you want to follow Jiang Ning and keep an eye on him?"

"Pavilion Lord, I..."

"Speak the truth!" Lin Qingyi spoke again.

"I do!" Lu Yi nodded slowly.

"How about this!" Lin Qingyi said slowly, "Jiang Ning currently has no one to take care of his daily life, and you've just regained your freedom. Go find him and ask him to take you in! Take good care of him so that he won't waste time on mundane tasks. Do you understand?"

Hearing Lin Qingyi's firm tone, Lu Yi immediately lowered her head, "Yes, Pavilion Lord!"

In an instant, she knelt on the ground, hesitated for a moment, and then looked up at Lin Qingyi, "Pavilion Lord, do you want me to follow Master Jiang and monitor him? I..."

Seeing Lu Yi's expression, which seemed like she wanted to say something but stopped, Lin Qingyi couldn't help but smile.

"What are you thinking?"

"You just need to take care of him wholeheartedly, attend to his daily life, and prepare his meals."

"But remember, you must not have any thoughts or actions that overstep your boundaries. Do you understand?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yi nodded again, "Yes, Pavilion Lord!"

On the other side.

Jiang Ning sat in the carriage.

The snow on the road had already been cleared and melted, and the carriage carried him smoothly towards his home.

Sitting in the carriage, a jade box suddenly appeared in his hand.

Inside the jade box was the celestial treasure he had just purchased, the Miao Yan Spirit Fruit.

It was worth ten thousand taels of silver.

Even with a twenty percent discount, it still cost him eight thousand taels of silver.

Today's expenses were so high that even selling the gold brick made from the golden box wouldn't cover it.

He even had to dig into his previous savings, significantly reducing his wealth.

All he had left now was a few thousand taels of silver.

However, he was satisfied with today's purchase.

The Miao Yan Spirit Fruit, this celestial treasure, had him quite excited.

Based on the feedback from the previous consumption of the Crimson Flame Ruby Fruit, celestial treasures could provide him with many essence energy points.

Compared to ordinary heavenly treasures, celestial treasures might offer even more essence energy points.

"Perhaps, there will be other gains too!" Jiang Ning thought silently, recalling Han Hong Mei's words from earlier.

The next moment.

He opened the jade box, which had been sealed with jade liquid, and successfully opened it.

Instantly, a fruity fragrance filled the air.

Before his eyes appeared a fruit the size of an ordinary potato.

Half of it was red, and the other half was blue.

The two colors seemed like two intertwining vortices.

"According to Han Hong Mei, this fruit contains the extreme spirit essences of water and fire, which is extremely beneficial for cultivators from ancient times who cultivated the water and fire attributes."

"I wonder if it will have any additional benefits for me now."

Jiang Ning couldn't help but think of the high-level martial art he was currently practicing, the Water-Fire True Energy.

According to his understanding, the Water-Fire True Energy was a high-level martial art derived from the ancient Immortal Path cultivation method, the Water-Fire Manual.

"If it works, then I must get my hands on five Elemental Spiritfruits!"

(End of Chapter)

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