Chapter 695 The Top Scholar is Assassinated
"The Ghost Core of a Ghost Marquis, the first-level cultivator in the Longevity Realm, is worth four low-grade spirit crystals."
"A third-grade thousand-character weapon halberd, worth seven low-grade spirit crystals."
"A fourth-grade magic weapon martial robe of the thousand-character level. This is more expensive than a battle weapon of the same grade. It is complicated to make, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the Frost Abyss Spider Silk used to weave it is quite difficult to find. Twenty low-grade spirit crystals!"
"One lost soul beast carriage and twelve low-grade spirit crystals."
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Dongcheng Tiange is a quiet inner courtyard surrounded by bamboo groves.
In the courtyard.
Li Weiyi took out one treasure after another from his bag and placed them in front of an elderly appraiser from Qianli Mountain.
Most of the treasures were obtained from the ancient kingdom of the Ruins of Time.
He plans to sell some of the items he doesn't need and exchange them for spirit crystals.
Lu Jingshen brought a total of five people, including an appraiser, a senior retainer of the Great Longevity Cultivation ...
Ten feet away, Lu Jingchen, Mo Duanfeng, and Xue Ding sat on the viewing platform, chatting idly.
Li Weiyi did not take out any magic artifacts that reached the sixth grade or higher.
This level of magical artifact was considered a great treasure by the Great Long Life God, who planned to leave it to the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Queens.
He wouldn't sell the thousand-year-old medicinal herbs he carried.
The appraiser frowned as he looked at the pile of various items that Li Weiyi had pulled out, which formed a small mountain: jars and pots, clothes, bundles, wood, spiritual food, and so on. He was very curious about where this successor of the Crown Prince's Daoist arts had collected so much junk.
He stroked his beard and said, "These odds and ends will be worth one low-grade spirit crystal!"
Li Weiyi was speechless, but he could tell that the other party had already offered a high price.
Only magical artifacts, talismans, golden pills, elixirs, and exotic minerals related to martial arts practitioners in the Longevity Realm can be priced in spirit crystals.
"Does Young Master Li possess any other treasures?" the steward asked with a smile.
Li Weiyi shook her head: "That's all!"
The old appraiser narrowed his eyes and suddenly spoke: "If Young Master Li sells that Blood Floating Demon Armor to Thousand Mile Mountain, Thousand Mile Mountain can offer at least three times the price of a ninth-grade thousand-character artifact."
"Five times is not out of the question," the person in charge added.
Clearly, after the battle outside the Fairy Forest of Night Demon City, the world knew of the terrifying power of the Blood Floating Demon Armor.
Chang Yujian possessed the strength to defeat four top experts single-handedly. However, because the four opponents were wearing four Blood Floating Demon Armors, even when Chang Yujian joined forces with the other four experts of the Chang family, they were still at a disadvantage.
It can be said that the "Blood Floating Demon Armor" shook the world in one battle, frightening all forces that were preparing to participate in the struggle for immortality.
Even a single set of these weapons possesses terrifying defensive capabilities; even Li Weiyi would find it difficult to penetrate them.
It also has wonderful uses such as speed and escape techniques.
If the scriptures inside the Blood Floating Demon Armor can be deciphered, disassembled, reverse-engineered, and the refining method discovered, multiple sets can be crafted, and the price will be even more extraordinary.
Li Weiyi took a deep breath, remaining calm under pressure: "Five times, I wonder what kind of price that would be?"
Seeing that there seemed to be a chance, the person in charge quickly said, "Many of the ninth-grade thousand-character artifacts are failed products of the ten-thousand-character artifacts, and their prices are extremely high, generally between five hundred and one thousand spirit crystals. The price of defensive armor is even higher, easily exceeding one thousand."
The appraiser interrupted, "If I were to appraise it, the price of five thousand low-grade spirit crystals... which is the price of the damaged swastika artifact, is negotiable."
Li Weiyi truly did not expect that Qianli Mountain would be willing to pay such a price for researching the Blood Floating Demon Armor.
It should be noted that the mid-grade elixir "Sacred Thought Star Pill" is only worth thirty spirit crystals.
Each one can help Li Weiyi, who is at the fourth level of Holy Spirit Mind Master, cultivate a Mind Power Star, saving a lot of cultivation time.
The top-grade elixir "Saint King Star Pill," which Li Wei dared not even consider, was only worth three hundred spirit crystals.
At the same time, Li Weiyi could also conclude one thing: Mr. Shu had definitely used his family's spirit crystals to gamble heavily at the Destiny Gambling House. He had staked as many as 20,000 spirit crystals on himself alone, not to mention the other martial artists he had bet on.
Upon hearing the price from afar, Mo Duanfeng and Xue Ding's eyes turned red, and they lost all interest in chatting with Lu Jingchen.
"If I had five thousand low-grade spirit crystals, I could forge the Gan Gang Blade into a prototype of a Wanzi weapon." Mo Duanfeng clenched his fist tightly.
Xue Ding said, "Calm down! The real price of the Blood Floating Demon Armor is at most two thousand spirit crystals. Thousand Mile Mountain cannot possibly buy every one at a high price."
"That's the price for one! What if it were nine that could form a nine-level pagoda? Nine Great Immortals at the sixth and seventh realms forming a nine-level pagoda would make it no problem for them to fight against Transcendent beings."
Mo Duanfeng added, "Moreover, legend has it that this thing was very likely crafted by Yu Tuonan! I think it's entirely possible that Chao Ran would wear it into battle."
"This is indeed hard to stay calm about!" Xue Ding unconsciously thought of Zhongmiao Nunnery, and his heart burned with excitement.
Li Weiyi ultimately did not sell the Blood Pagoda Demon Armor.
First of all, he is not that lacking in spirit crystals.
Secondly, the three Blood-Piercing Demon Armors can form a battle formation and a pagoda, which may be of great use in the struggle for immortality. All three are indispensable.
After all, two days later, when they went to Zhongmiao Temple to cause trouble, Li Weiyi, Mo Duanfeng, and Xue Ding all knew that it would almost certainly end in a crushing defeat, with only a very slim chance of winning.
Even if they win, whether they can obtain the Blood Floating Demon Armor remains to be seen.
In battle and through trials, Li Weiyi and Mo Duanfeng's purpose in going there was to reach the pinnacle of their abilities.
"Seven hundred and forty-six spiritual crystals."
Li Weiyi took the heavy metal rune treasure chest from the head of Qianli Mountain and immediately opened the lid to check its contents. Then, he added the spirit crystals from his personal pouch.
The amount exceeds nine hundred.
With this huge sum of money, the first thing to do is to buy two 7,000-year-old medicinal herbs to help the two Phoenix-Winged Moth Kings break through to the fourth realm.
To prevent various forces from exploiting loopholes in the rules and allowing the demon race and the dead to manipulate the outcome of the battle for immortality, there are many strict regulations.
One of the rules is that each immortal can only bring a maximum of two helpers under the age of one hundred.
It can be a mount, a strange insect, a war beast, or even a spirit.
The reason it wasn't completely banned is because there are too many forces that specialize in cultivating techniques that human cultivators must study, such as controlling corpses, controlling insects, controlling beasts, capturing demons, catching ghosts, and so on.
Banning it would be no different from suppressing these forces. This is definitely not a good thing in the long run.
In addition, the number of non-tribal helpers participating in the longevity struggle in the entire habitat is strictly controlled and cannot exceed half the number of longevity people.
After entrusting Lu Jingshen with the task of purchasing seven-thousand-year-old refined medicine and high-grade talisman paper, Li Weiyi and Mo Duanfeng left Dongcheng Tiange one after the other.
Li Weiyi used a disguise technique to quietly leave the house.
Mo Duanfeng was escorted away by the Holy Dynasty.
When the Holy Dynasty came to fetch him, they had already returned the Blood-Floating Demon Armor to Li Weiyi. They also offered to buy it, but Li Weiyi politely declined.
"Transcendental escort" and "hiding in the crowd" are two different survival methods for top young martial artists who come to participate in the Longevity Competition.
Mo Duanfeng is the top scholar of the Holy Dynasty, and apart from the Taiyin Sect, no one dares to openly harm him. His companions, Chaoran, are more than capable of handling any danger.
Li Weiyi was different. Besides the Taiyin Sect, there were also people within the Demon Kingdom who wanted him dead. Even if Liu Tianchen, the deputy sentinel commander stationed in Xiaoyao Capital, accompanied him personally, he would still be assassinated if the plan was to be.
Hiding in the shadows using disguise techniques is actually safer.
At this moment, Li Weiyi looked like a slender scholar in his thirties, walking briskly on the bustling street with his five senses fully engaged and alert to his surroundings.
"Did you know? Nanlong was in Meng Qingyuan. He severely injured Meng Quyi with a single palm strike. Even the disciples of Zhuzi Baitian couldn't stop him."
"You're exaggerating too much, aren't you? Meng Quyi has cultivated to the realm of freedom of heaven and earth, and the thirty-six chapters of the 'Book of Earth' are not something that just anyone can comprehend."
“Even Gu Zhen could not have seriously injured Meng Quyi with just one palm strike.”
"What do you know? Li Weiyi is Yu Yaozi's illegitimate son. He cultivates the Glazed Divine Light, which originates from Yu Yaozi's Glazed Spiritual Light mental power."
"How come I heard that Li Weiyi cultivates the Sixfold Burning Karma, an imperial technique of the Lingxiao Rice Sect?"
"The imperial technique of Lingxiao Rice Sect is the Three Thousand Stars Bhaga, which originates from the ancient Bhaga religion and is an unparalleled battle technique in the 'Book of Bright Stars and Stars'. It is said that the true disciples of Rice Palace have cultivated it to an extremely high level. The Six Like Burning Karma is just a great technique, which of course also originates from the 'Book of Bright Stars and Stars'."
"If Liu Ru Fen Ye can truly defeat the Zhu Zi Bai Tian, then the Ling Xiao Sheng Jing's 'Book of Bright Stars and Mornings' will likely become the fourth immortal book after the 'Immortal Canon,' 'Heavenly God Dao Diagram,' and 'Earth Book.'"
"It's true that he's an illegitimate child, why don't you believe it?"
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Various rumors and messages, true or false, exaggerated or not, spread in the streets and alleys, taverns and brothels, and sects and families in various ways.
There is never a shortage of busybodies in the world.
The more outrageous the rumor, the wider it tends to spread, because more people are interested in it.
Suddenly.
"Boom!"
The ground shook violently.
The air expanded rapidly in all directions and surged outwards.
Exclamations rang out on the street as wooden buildings collapsed and stone slabs cracked.
It looked like an earthquake!
Li Weiyi lost her balance and suddenly turned around to look into the distance, her eyes filled with horror.
Several miles away, in a city area, countless bursts of light rose up, and dust billowed outwards. A transcendent aura of magic emanated from the area, causing pedestrians on the street where Li Weiyi was located to fall to the ground repeatedly.
Throughout the entire city, the sounds of bells, wind chimes, and gongs resounded incessantly.
In the sky, figures clad in armor and golden robes flew past, each exuding a powerful aura and profound magical energy.
"They are followers of the Yin Cult."
"The top scholar of the Holy Dynasty has been assassinated!"
"The Holy Dynasty's Transcendent Realm is injured, and a Transcendent Realm member from the Taiyin Sect has come to Xiaoyao Capital, intending to eradicate the young Transcendent Realm members of the human race."
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Like a bolt from the blue, a thunderclap resounded in Li Weiyi's mind. Thinking of the scene when she parted ways with Mo Duanfeng, she was immediately filled with extreme worry.
Everyone knew that an elder member of the Taiyin Sect, whose lifespan was nearing its end, had come to Xiaoyao Capital.
But who would have thought that with a superhuman escort, they would still dare to take action?
(End of this chapter)
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