Ning Cheng suppressed the surprise in his heart and did not directly agree to Duan Gantai’s proposal to exchange the Yongwang Key, still saying, “Brother Duan, then let’s use my Mo Xiang Yi for the transmission jade talisman.”
Duan Gantai said in a dry voice, “Brother Ning is joking.”
How could he possibly place the Teleportation Jade Talisman for entering the Time Hall and the three Time Eternal Hope Keys all on Ning Cheng? Wouldn’t that be leading the wolf into the house.
Knowing that it was impossible to possess Ning Cheng’s Mo Xiang Yi for nothing, Duan Gantai simply gritted his teeth and said, “Brother Ning, I will take out two Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spirit Veins for Brother Ning in exchange for the Mo Xiang Yi wine that Brother Ning gave me.”
Ning Cheng’s tone turned cold, “Starry sky vital energy veins are good, there are plenty of those in the starry sky. Whereas I only have one pot of my Mo Xiang Yi, does Brother Duan think that orphaned items are cheaper instead?”
“Then how much does Brother Ning want?” Duan Gantai said through clenched teeth.
“There’s a twenty Star Spirit Veins, I can consider exchanging ……” Ning Cheng knew he was lionizing, wasn’t doing business about paying back what you ask for? Tens of thousands of dollars of wine on Earth could be bought for a few hundred dollars, it was just a matter of one more package and one less package.
He himself had experienced this kind of thing, clothes that cost thousands in the market, only to return the favour and be bought for a tenth of the price.
Now that Duan Gantai had offered two Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spirit Veins, he multiplied it by ten times. The big deal was that people would just return the price again.
Duan Gantai sucked in his breath, he had never expected Ning Cheng to be so lionish. Although he still had around a hundred Starry Sky Aura Veins on him, they were things that he had saved to prepare for his cultivation in the Eternal Realm. How could he possibly take out twenty of them just because of Ning Cheng’s casual words?
“Brother Ning, I don’t have that many. At most, I will give you three Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spirit Veins. Not even one more. If Brother Ning must ask me to exchange them with something I can’t take out. I will have to refrain from trading.” Duan Gantai’s tone was resolute.
When it came to bargaining in business, Duan Gantai was not even close to Ning Cheng. If Duan Gantai had bitten off more than he could chew on two Starry Sky Yuan Qi veins, Ning Cheng might have really dropped some of his own. Not only did this fellow not bite the bullet, he added one instead. Even if he was a fool, Ning Cheng knew that Duan Gantai had at least ten Starry Sky Aura veins on him. Otherwise, with Duan Gantai’s nature, there was absolutely no way he would have taken out three of them for him.
Ning Cheng once again stood up, “Since you are not willing to exchange. Then forget it, besides I have no intention of exchanging. I just don’t believe that I can’t find Man Lun the Great, Man Lun is my friend, no matter what, I have to save him out.”
As he spoke, Ning Cheng slapped his hand and sealed the Tethered God Silk in front of Duan Gantai.
Duan Gantai’s heart was in a great hurry, he could not imagine that Ning Cheng had no room for manoeuvre at all, so he had to stand up after him and say. “Brother Ning, let me tell you the truth with all my heart. I only have a total of ten Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spirit Veins. Giving you three of them is also chomping at the bit, does Brother Ning want me to pour out my family’s money?”
“Twenty Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spirit Veins, no negotiation. In addition, you will also have to give me the jade talisman for entering the Time Desolate Domain.” Ning Cheng’s words were so categorical that he believed that no one who sincerely told him the truth could trust Duan Gantai.
Duan Gantai hesitated for a full half a column before he gritted his teeth and said, “Fine, twenty is twenty, and I will give you my friend’s ten Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spirit Veins as well. If you want the transmission jade talisman, that’s fine, you can’t have the spirit veins.”
Ning Cheng’s heart sank, not half surprised by Duan Gantai’s agreement to his condition. He knew that he had fallen for it, Duan Gantai definitely had more than fifty spirit veins. With his understanding of Duan Gantai, Duan Gantai had less than fifty Starry Sky Spirit Veins, he would not make a promise of twenty Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spirit Veins in exchange.
From where did Duan Gantai get so many Starry Sky Spirit Veins? Could it be that this fellow had found a secret realm where great powers stored spirit veins?
Seeing that Ning Cheng did not say anything, Duan Gantai said once again, “Brother Ning choose the same, the spirit veins or the jade talisman? If Brother Ning insists on having both, then forgive me for not accompanying you.”
When the deal came to this place, Duan Gantai also ran out of patience.
Ning Cheng took a breath, he had originally wanted the jade talisman. That jade platform inside the Hall of Time and Light was better than twenty spirit veins. However, after thinking about it he still felt that he should choose the spirit veins, and the jade talisman was something he could use the other two keys to exchange with Duan Gantai in the future. Moreover, once he had advanced to the Eternal Realm, he might still be able to find Man Lun the Great from the Hall of Phantom Shadows.
Thinking of this, Ning Cheng took out a black Time Eternal Hope Key and said, “In that case, let’s exchange twenty Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spirit Veins.”
In his heart, Duan Gantai was also secretly disappointed, in fact he wanted Ning Cheng to exchange for a transmission jade talisman to enter the Time Desolate Domain, and he had two of them. Even if he gave one to Ning Cheng, he would not lose half a cent.
The two of them quickly finished exchanging things, Ning Cheng got twenty more Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spirit Veins, and Duan Gantai asked for his Time Eternal Hope Key back.
Only Duan Gantai himself knew clearly that he had made a huge profit. He had used the collateral of the Time Eternal Hope Key to exchange it for Mo Xieyi Wine. Through the Mo Xiang Yi Wine, he obtained countless cultivation resources and also comprehended the Mo Xiang Yi divine ability. As for the twenty Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spirit Veins given to Ning Cheng, they were not even a tenth of the resources in the Watchtower Divine Hall.
Seeing that Duan Gantai was about to leave, Ning Cheng suddenly said, “Brother Duan, how about I take another key and exchange it with Brother Duan for twenty Starry Sky Spirit Veins?”
Duan Gantai smiled heatedly, walked to the door of the room and turned back, “I can be friends with Brother Ning, so I naturally do not have any problems with my intelligence, and I believe that Brother Ning will not have any problems with his intelligence either. If Brother Ning is willing to take out the two keys he has with him and exchange them with me, I would be willing to consider it.”
To Duan Gantai, there was no difference at all between him having one Time Hall Key and having two Time Hall Keys. As long as he did not obtain three Time Hall keys, he would have to cooperate with Ning Cheng. Likewise, Ning Cheng had to cooperate with him even if he did not obtain three Time Hall Keys.
This fellow really did have a large number of Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spirit Veins, and Ning Cheng really had an urge at this moment to take out two Time Hall Keys and exchange them with Duan Gantai for another forty Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spirit Veins, and at the same time exchange that jade talisman of Duan Gantai’s for it. If that was really the case, then he would have made a huge profit.
However, Ning Cheng did not lose his senses, with Duan Gantai’s heart, his move of obviously giving the Time Hall to the other party would definitely arouse Duan Gantai’s suspicion and he would not even trade in the end.
As he watched Duan Gantai go far away, Ning Cheng was not much happy in his heart. Duan Gantai had completed the Life and Death realm, and this time, he had obviously gone to the auction for the Starry Sky Luo Chi as well. This fellow was much richer than him, and he simply could not compete with this fellow.
Only after a while did Ning Cheng then said to himself, “You don’t want my second key, I’m going to give it to you.”
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The largest planet in the Suo Yuan Star River was not the main star, Thousand Mings, but the planet Ranke.
Not only was Lanque Star the largest in the Cebuan Star River, it was also the largest planet even in the entire Jiu Jia Starry Sky. Even in the Great Sky, one cannot find three planets that are even bigger than Lanke’s Star.
Despite its immense size, there are not many resident cultivators on Planet Lanke, which is relatively few compared to the entire Cebu Star River. The reason is that not only is the gravity of Lanque far greater than that of other planets, but the spiritual energy in the starry sky here is also incredibly thin.
The reason why Planet Ranke is famous is that there is a very famous place of trial called Lake Ratchet. The lake is not so much a lake as it is a large swamp. This swamp is a little different from other places, in that there are many places in it that are all water. This is why the lake is also known as the Swamp of Thorns.
Unlike the planet where the Bone Devouring Sea is located, the planet Rancor is normally inhabitable. The only drawback is that there is a lack of aura in the stars and the gravity is a little too high.
The surface of Lake Ratchet looks ordinary, but after entering the lake, many places are surrounded by some natural formations. Some places are filled with thick fog, and even a Heavenly Realm cultivator’s divine sense can only view within a certain range.
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For many people, all of the starry sky aura of the planet Ranke seems to be concentrated in the Ratchet-Tooth Lake.
This is why the Spiny Tooth Lake has also become a good place for ordinary cultivators of the Suk Yuen Star River to try their luck. Apart from many heavenly treasures, there are also some highly valuable demonic beasts here. If one is lucky, one can even find a spiritual spring or two in the Spiny Tooth Lake and stay here for closed-door cultivation.
At this moment, in a small mound deep in the Spiny Tooth Lake, a woman in black was huddled in it. Her breath was very unstable, and she was obviously badly injured, even the wounds on her body had not healed.
On the outside of this mound, there was a concealment formation disk of a not-so-low grade. This array plate concealed all the aura from her body, otherwise, she might have been found long ago.
Among the cultivators who had come to the Spiny Tooth Lake over this period of time, I was afraid that six out of ten would know this female cultivator, for her name was Yan Ji, someone who was wanted by many guilds in the Su Yuan Xing River.
Yan Ji naturally knew how many people were looking for her now because she had killed a woman called Shangguan Man’er. In fact, it was only after she had killed Shangguan Man’er that she came to know of Shangguan Man’er’s identity. Shangguan Man’er was the beloved daughter of Shangguan Xiang, the River King of Su Yuan Star, and Shangguan Xiang doted on her immensely. Now that Shangguan Xiang’s daughter had been killed, it would be strange if he could let the murderer go.
Yan Ji had not been in the Nine Jia Stars for a day or two, so he naturally knew how powerful Shangguan Xiang was. Shangguan Xiang was at the late stage of the Life and Death realm, and was heard to be one of the most powerful Star River Kings in the Nine Jia Starry Sky. Not only that, Shangguan Xiang was also Shangguan Fei’s younger brother. And the Eternal Starry Sky Emperor of the Nine Jia Starry Sky was Shangguan Fei.
After learning this news, Yan Ji knew that she was bound to die. She fled to the depths of the Spiny Tooth Lake, and even then, she would only be able to save her little life for the time being. Having offended the Starry Sky Emperor, who else could save her, Yan Ji?
In fact, Yan Ji’s guess was correct, if Shangguan Xiang had not been away from the Suyuan Star River, Shangguan Xiang would have come to the Thorny Tooth Lake himself to look for Yan Ji, instead of just issuing a hanging kill order in the Suyuan Star River.
Taking out a Starry Sky Spirit Herb and swallowing it, Yan Ji forcibly began to heal her injuries with her luck. Since entering the starry sky, she had worked ten or even a hundred times harder than normal people. To be killed like this, she was really not willing to do so. But even if things were to happen again, she would kill that perverted Shangguan Man’er all the same.