Chapter 153 - The Underworld Meal, Hidden-winged Cicada
"Thanks to Junior Brother Lu's concern, it went smoothly overall."
"There was just a small accident in the middle. There was an evil sect behind the evil spirit in the city of scattered cultivators, but the evil cultivators attracted were dealt with by me and several senior brothers and sisters."
"Two people were injured, but fortunately they were not serious. In addition to the mission reward, we also gained a lot, so the minor injuries were worth it."
Xu Shaoze replied with a smile on his resolute face.
"There are evil cultivators behind the evil spirit? That's really dangerous, but fortunately you are all fine."
Lu Xuan sighed.
"Danger and opportunity often coexist. It is their appearance that allows us to gain extra benefits."
"In addition, this experience of fighting for a glimmer of life in a desperate fight can also further improve one's cultivation."
Lu Xuan's eyes showed a trace of envy at the right time.
"I really envy you, Senior Brother Xu, for having such a rich and colorful experience, clearing out evil spirits, killing evil cultivators, and thus obtaining various cultivation resources."
"Unlike me, who is naturally cautious and only dares to stay in the sect, planting spiritual plants, and raising spiritual beasts."
"Getting various treasures as rewards."
Of course, the last sentence was Lu Xuan's inner supplement, showing his envy in front of Xu Shaoze.
The two chatted for a while, and Xu Shaoze said goodbye and left.
Lu Xuan returned to the house, had dinner, practiced for a while, and went to sleep in his clothes.
The next day, after taking care of the spiritual fields and plants, Lu Xuan came to Jianmen Town.
Under the giant sword that was a hundred feet high, there was a wide bluestone square.
The square was very lively, with many cultivators setting up stalls on it.
Among these cultivators, there were outer disciples of the Tianjian Sect, as well as vassals of disciples of the sect with extraordinary backgrounds, and more were casual cultivators who came here because of their reputation or who had come in by chance.
Lu Xuan walked slowly among the many stalls, carefully searching for his target.
The main reason he came out this time was to inspect and plant the three kinds of evil spirit plants in the rented courtyard, and to see if there were any nutrients they needed, the eggs needed by the black insect vine, and of course, it would be best if he could come across an unknown high-grade spirit seed.
The three kinds of underworld spirit plants require resentful souls, bones, and fresh eyeballs respectively.
Bones and fresh eyeballs are relatively easy to deal with, and can be obtained from the bodies of monsters.
Resentful souls are the most difficult. After all, Jianmen Town is not far from the Tianjian Sect, and no evil cultivators dare to come here to take a look. Those who come and go are all upright, at least on the surface.
"Excuse me, fellow Taoist, where did this monster come from?"
Lu Xuan said, pointing to a complete monster corpse on the stall.
The corpse is relatively well preserved, and you can see the prototype of a leopard. There are purple lines on the animal skin, and the blood on the wound has just coagulated not long ago, which shows how fresh the corpse is.
"This is a first-class demon beast, the purple cloud leopard. It is extremely fast. I set up a trap with my fellow cultivators and caught one. It's a pity that it was already seriously injured and dying when it was caught."
The stall owner was a slightly fat young man. Seeing Lu Xuan's attire of an outer sect disciple of the Tianjian Sect, his expression was startled and he hurriedly replied.
"A first-class demon beast, the purple cloud leopard."
Lu Xuan nodded gently. As the Hundred Eyes Strange Tree grows, its demand for pupils is also increasing. Fortunately, it is still in the early stages of growth, and the pupils of a first-class demon beast are enough.
"I want the entire skeleton of this purple cloud leopard, and its pair of pupils. Daoist friend, please name a price."
Lu Xuan said calmly.
"The entire skeleton and the pupils?"
The slightly plump young man was stunned at first, then he was delighted.
Lu Xuan's request made him feel strange at first, but he was immediately surprised.
After all, the most valuable things in the corpse of the purple cloud leopard are the skin, blood and monster meat. The bones are slightly less valuable, and the eyeballs are even more valuable.
Only for some special and rare monsters, the pupils are the most valuable materials on their bodies.
"If you want, you can take the bones and eyeballs of the purple cloud leopard for twenty spirit stones."
He said to Lu Xuan tentatively. In previous contacts, the cultivators of the Tianjian Sect have always been generous, so he raised the price slightly, but he didn't dare to be too obvious. After all, the gap in status is too big, and he is afraid of causing trouble.
"Twenty spirit stones?" Lu Xuan's expression turned cold.
"Fellow Daoist, do you think I don't know the price of materials?"
"This purple cloud leopard is only a first-grade monster. The total cost of all materials is at most 60 spirit stones, and the bones are the less valuable part."
"As for the eyeballs, they are not very useful at all. I just have this hobby of collecting."
"Ten spirit stones."
Although he currently has more than 1,800 spirit stones, Lu Xuan cut the
price in half based on the idea of saving as much as possible. After some bargaining, Lu Xuan finally got the bones and pupils of the purple cloud leopard for 12 spirit stones.
After getting it, he continued to stroll around the stalls. During this time, he also found a second-grade monster skeleton with most of its body, and finally bought it for 30 spirit stones.
"The last three-grade barbarian armored ox skeleton was enough for Thorn Bone to absorb for a long time. Now I bought two fresh skeletons, which can be regarded as a little snack for it."
"Unfortunately, the spiritual plants in the yard only need resentful souls, bones, and pupils. When can we get some other underworld spiritual plants?"
"When the time comes, blood, meat, bones, souls, hair, etc. will all be used, without missing a single one, to make a set meal for the underworld."
Lu Xuan couldn't help thinking in his heart. He did not continue to buy monster skeletons, but concentrated on searching for fresh pupils.
The intact monster corpses brought to Jianmen Town are relatively rare, and Lu Xuan's luck is average, so he couldn't continue to find fresh eyeballs. Fortunately, he found a special stall. The
stall owner is a young man with a sinister face. There are some strange things on the stall, including strange insect corpses soaked in various liquids, rare materials obtained from monster insects, and some strange-shaped insect eggs.
"Fellow Daoist, how much do you sell these eggs of the cloven winged cicada for?"
Lu Xuan pointed to a branch. Seven or eight eggs the size of a little fingertip could be found between the branches. The eggs were slender and pale white, and at first glance looked like grains of
spiritual rice. He had seen this type of eggs in the Insect Classic, which could hatch a first-grade demon insect, the cloven winged cicada, which was a demon insect that shed its skin and shell, just in line with the needs of the black insect vine.
"Twenty spiritual stones."
The gloomy-looking stall owner looked up at Lu Xuan, somewhat surprised at his knowledge of the eggs of the cloven winged cicada, and replied in a cold voice.
"Fifteen spiritual stones, take this branch, what do you think, fellow Daoist?"
The gloomy young man did not speak, shook his head, and closed his eyes.
"Eighteen spiritual stones, this price is already very fair. If you don't agree, then I can only give up. Anyway, it's only seven or eight first-grade demon insect eggs."
Lu Xuan kept testing the young man's bottom line.
"Okay."
The gloomy young man opened his eyes and nodded in agreement.
(End of this chapter)