Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning-Chapter 258 - So Even Chief Disciples Can Deceive People
Chapter 258: So Even Chief Disciples Can Deceive People
Taking the pills, Jiang Hao was somewhat emotional.
Foundation Establishment pills were of no use to him, but he indeed needed to buy them.
If they were truly refined by Bai Ye himself, then they could be used as a medium for a curse.
It was just very difficult to succeed; he needed more items.
“Are they really personally refined by Senior Brother Bai Ye?”
Jiang Hao asked.
“Of course, I guarantee it with my reputation,” Ye Yaqing nodded earnestly.
“Do you have more?” Jiang Hao asked again.
“Do you have that many spirit stones? You’re only at the late stage of Foundation Establishment,” Ye Yaqing looked at him with wide eyes.
“Isn’t Junior Sister’s cultivation level not stronger than mine? If you can have pills, why can’t I have spirit stones?” Jiang Hao retorted.
For a moment, Ye Yaqing was stunned, then nodded.
“Senior Brother makes sense.”
She then took out nine more bottles of pills, “Ten bottles in total, four hundred spirit stones.”
“Do you have more?” Jiang Hao continued to ask.
“Don’t you find it strange that a Foundation Establishment Senior Brother has so many spirit stones?” Ye Yaqing inquired. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
“I’ve been saving for many years,” Jiang Hao said.
He sold spirit talismans, and many people knew about it.
Otherwise, why would the enforcers of the sect keep an eye on him every day?
It was all to make money from him.
In the eyes of others, he had a certain talent for talisman making, and such people naturally found it easy to earn spirit stones.
Talisman masters, pill refiners, forge masters, and array masters were all profitable professions.
Some had high ceilings, others had high floors.
Some had low barriers to entry, others had high barriers.
But to truly stand out, one must possess the corresponding talent.
Otherwise, something that everyone could do would not sell at all.
For example, the initial Swift Travel Talisman was priced at five for one spirit stone.
In reality, no one bought them.
It wasn’t even enough to cover the cost of materials.
“There are no more pills, but what about a damaged magical treasure? I was planning to get it repaired,” Ye Yaqing searched and took out a palm-sized shield, explaining.
“The Ruyi Mountain Shield can defend as you wish and also defend automatically. Automatic defense is severely limited, but there’s no problem with intentional defense.”
“It can withstand all Foundation Establishment attacks and even Golden Core attacks to some extent. The only pity is that it’s broken. It would cost three thousand spirit stones to repair, and in its current damaged state, the market price is two thousand five hundred.”
“So you’re saying to use it normally after buying it, it would cost five thousand five hundred?” Jiang Hao was shocked.
“Six thousand, actually, you have to pay a five hundred premium, otherwise what do I earn? But as long as Bai Ye becomes a chief disciple, you could sell it for six thousand six hundred,” Ye Yaqing reminded him.
Jiang Hao: “...”
Where would he get so many spirit stones?
But if this really belonged to Bai Ye, then it was likely his personal magical treasure.
Such an item, used as a medium, would have a higher chance of success.
However, the elixir cost four hundred, and the magical treasure cost six thousand, making the total six thousand four hundred.
To curse Bai Ye, such a huge expense was actually incurred. And this is just the beginning; the materials needed for the curse haven’t even been seen yet.
It might as well be simpler to just draw a sword.
But since both the elixir and the defensive magical treasure can be sold, in reality, it should only be a loss of the extra charged spirit stones.
Additionally, the method of calculating costs is actually incorrect; he shouldn’t need to use so many spirit stones.
“I’ll take the elixir first; I need to think about the magical treasure,” Jiang Hao said as he handed over four hundred spirit stones and continued.
“Let’s meet here tomorrow, and I can give you an answer.”
“Okay, I’ll wait for you here tomorrow.”
Ye Yaqing said with caution and joy as she accepted the spirit stones, then asked, “Do you have six thousand spirit stones?”
“It’s three thousand, and the other three thousand I might consider repairing depending on the situation,” Jiang Hao corrected.
Buying things from this Senior Sister in front of him indeed only required three thousand spirit stones.
The cost instantly plummeted.
“That’s true,” Ye Yaqing nodded.
Afterward, Jiang Hao returned to the location of the spiritual field, while Ye Yaqing continued to tend to the surrounding spiritual herbs.
......
The next day.
Jiang Hao set up a stall in the market to sell spirit talismans.
The reason he waited until today to decide whether to buy the magical treasure was to appraise it.
Because it was quite expensive, he wanted to see if it was Bai Ye’s.
If it was, he would buy it. If not, he would give up.
Of course, he needed to earn spirit stones today; if he couldn’t gather enough, he would have to try to owe her first.
Now he had one thousand three hundred spirit stones, still short of one thousand seven hundred.
This time he laid out fifteen Healing Talismans, fifteen Hundred Thousand Divine Swords Talismans, and fifteen Earth Breaking Talismans. If all were sold out, he could gather enough. But the likelihood was very low.
Unless...
“Do you have Force Repelling Talismans?” someone suddenly asked.
Jiang Hao looked up and saw a familiar face.
Recognizing the person in an instant, he shook his head slightly.
“No.”
“No?”
Duan Guan said disdainfully, “You can’t even make such a simple talisman? Is your Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivation just for show? I’ve never seen such a poor talisman maker. With a bit of talent, you don’t even know to be diligent. You’ll be eliminated sooner or later; I advise you to go back home and farm.”
After he finished speaking, he directly swept away all the spirit talismans, leaving behind two thousand two hundred and fifty spirit stones.
This left Jiang Hao dumbfounded.
The other party was harsh in words, but even harsher in purchasing spirit talismans.
Why can others have so many spirit stones?
Actually, he set up the stall this time just to wait for this Senior Brother.
He had quite a few Force Repelling Talismans, but he basically didn’t sell them.
It was to encounter the other party so that he could pick out faults.
If he could find any, he might not buy. It would be a loss.
The other party hadn’t appeared for a long time, and he felt it was about time.
Unexpectedly, he really did come.
He hoped to encounter this Senior Brother again in a few months. Or Senior Sister Leng Tian would be fine too.
......
Afterward, he once again arrived at the border of the Hundred Bones Forest and met Senior Sister Ye Yaqing.
“Senior Brother really came, have you thought it over?”
“Can I inspect the goods first?”
“Of course.”
After receiving the magical treasure, Jiang Hao performed a divine appraisal.
【Damaged Ruyi Mountain Shield: After being consecrated, it can move as one desire, as stable as a mountain, with extremely strong defensive power. It was an important magical treasure for Bai Ye during his Golden Core stage, later damaged and picked up by Ye Yaqing. Even if repaired, it’s far from its original state, waiting for a sucker to take over.】
Jiang Hao: “...”
Initially, he was somewhat pleased to find that it was indeed Bai Ye’s magical treasure, but he suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.
Sucker...
Not only did he have to be one, but he also had to be happy about it.
“I’ll buy it.”
He gritted his teeth and handed over three thousand spirit stones to her.
After deducting three thousand, only five hundred spirit stones remained.
Five hundred was actually a lot, but to him, it always seemed not enough.
“Are you sure?” Ye Yaqing was quite surprised.
“If it works out, I can still sell it for three thousand five hundred,” Jiang Hao said earnestly.
“You really like to gamble; well, good luck to you,” Ye Yaqing didn’t say much else.
Afterward, Jiang Hao bid her farewell.
Throughout the entire process, neither of them revealed their identities; they simply made the transaction.
This was better for everyone.
......
The next day.
The last day of the planting task.
Jiang Hao took some time to appraise the pills.
The first bottle was a rip-off; it wasn’t made by Bai Ye.
“I really didn’t expect that even the chief disciple would deceive people.”
He thought such a trivial matter was beneath the other party to lie about.
It seems everyone is really short on spirit stones.
“Once I finish the sect mission today, I should wait for the gathering.”
