Volume 2 Dragon Bird Chapter 16: Killer Move
"Master Mo, do you trust these two people so easily? Just hand over such a huge amount of spirit stones to them? Aren't you afraid that they will be tempted by the money and escape, or even betray us?" Fashui asked puzzledly inside the villa.
The other two people had the same doubt.
Master Mo had a calm expression and spoke in a gentle tone, "These two people look young, yet they have such a high level of cultivation and such an extraordinary demeanor. They are obviously outstanding disciples of famous sects. You should have been able to see that they were not short of spiritual stones. The huge amount of spiritual stones in your eyes is not a big deal to them, but it is definitely not to the point where they would betray their trust for this. Moreover, they have also expressed their intention to use our power to find someone. How could they escape if they haven't found the person yet? As for betraying us, we haven't revealed too much information. If he wanted to betray us, he would have betrayed us when he found the three of you. Why would he wait until now?"
Mo Yan's eyes gleamed, and he said in a deep voice: "The most important thing is that wanting to obtain this cold spirit fire is equivalent to gambling. Asking the members of the Dragon Slayer to go to the store to buy it is gambling with the lives of the brothers. Compared with this, letting them help to buy it will only result in the loss of a batch of spirit stones at most. What is there to hesitate about? For me, it is not difficult to earn spirit stones!"
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In the market town of Jiaolong City, inside the Wanbao Tower.
Wanbaolou is the shop opened by the Poseidon Sect, and it is also the most imposing shop in this market.
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"That's all?" King Rat West looked at the two-story wooden building in front of him with some disinterest, and said, "Compared with the Great Xia Company, this is far inferior."
"Daxia Trading Company is the largest trading company in the human territory. This is just a shop opened by a small sect. How can it be compared with it?" Lu Qingshan was not surprised and stepped into the building.
But Zang Xiaojian on the side was in sharp contrast to the calmness and disdain of the man and the mouse. As soon as she entered Wanbao Tower, she began to look around at the objects and furnishings in the shop, her eyes sparkling, full of curiosity and novelty.
Could it be that this little girl had been locked up in some deep forest or mountain before?
Lu Qingshan recalled that when he first entered Jiaolong City, Zang Xiaojian also looked like he was entering the city for the first time. He looked around and couldn't help but guess secretly.
Compared with Daxia Trading Company, Wanbaolou is not only inferior in style, but also extremely backward in terms of hospitality.
It was a long time after Lu Qingshan came in that a servant came up to greet him belatedly.
"I heard that your building has a cold spirit fire seed. I wonder if it is still there. If it is, can I see it?" Lu Qingshan asked straight to the point.
Upon hearing this, the servant's originally somewhat lazy expression suddenly became serious, "My dear guest, the Frost Spirit Fire Seed is still in our shop and has not been sold. However, the Frost Spirit Fire Seed is one of the treasures of our shop. If you want to buy it, I can't make the decision. I need to ask the shopkeeper. Please wait for a moment."
Lu Qing smiled and said, "I understand."
The servant hurriedly walked into the shop.
"Could this be a trick?" Zang Xiaojian pulled Lu Qingshan's sleeve, somewhat suspicious.
"Let's see the situation first." Lu Qingshan said in a deep voice.
Seeing that Lu Qingshan looked confident, Zang Xiaojian somehow subconsciously felt at ease.
A long time passed.
The shopkeeper of Wanbaolou appeared slowly, holding a jade box made of black ice in his hand, with a talisman pasted on the jade box.
"Is this the young man who wants to see the cold spirit fire?" asked the shopkeeper.
"Yes." Lu Qingshan said with a smile.
The shopkeeper of Wanbao Tower walked up to Lu Qingshan and Zang Xiaojian, took off the talisman on the jade box, opened the jade box in front of the two of them, and showed what was inside.
A faint blue light flashed.
Inside the jade box, there was a dark blue seed that looked extremely mysterious, with faint ripples on its surface like clear sea water, and an extremely gentle aura. Who would have thought that this was a seed that could give rise to something as violent as strange fire?
Lu Qingshan was no stranger to the cold spirit fire. In the game, strange fire has always been one of the hardest hit areas for fire-attribute mages to spend money on. He had seen many different kinds of strange fire.
As the Cold Spirit Fire is a relatively low-end exotic fire, there are many players who possess this type of fire.
Lu Qingshan released his divine sense and probed towards the cold spiritual fire.
Ten feet away from the fire, he felt an extremely suffocating burning heat, as if it was going to burn his consciousness to ashes.
Lu Qingshan quickly retracted his divine sense, and after confirming the authenticity of the Cold Spirit Fire, he asked, "How much is this Cold Spirit Fire?"
The shopkeeper's eyes flashed with a strange light, and he explained: "I believe that you also know how precious the exotic fire is. So, although the Cold Spirit Exotic Fire is not on the list of exotic fires, no matter what, as an exotic fire, its price will definitely not be low."
Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, "Of course."
"Fifty fifth-grade spirit stones, and we will not accept lower-grade spirit stones in exchange. You can only pay with fifth-grade spirit stones." The shopkeeper of Wanbao Tower reported an astonishing number.
This is a huge sum of money that a small or medium-sized cultivation family may not be able to afford even if they put all their efforts into it.
But Lu Qingshan remained calm and handed over a storage bag filled with the spiritual stones given by Master Mo. "Please inspect it, shopkeeper."
The shopkeeper of Wanbao Building took the storage bag, confirmed the number of spirit stones, nodded slightly, and handed the jade box and the talisman to Lu Qingshan. "This is a fire suppression talisman. The cold spirit fire may seem gentle, but it is actually extremely unstable. Therefore, it needs to be placed in a jade box made of black ice, and a spirit talisman is used to suppress its violent power. These two are extra gifts, so you don't need to pay more spirit stones."
Lu Qingshan took the jade box and the fire-suppressing talisman and said, "Thank you, shopkeeper."
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After Lu Qingshan left Wanbao Tower with the Cold Spirit Fire, the owner of Wanbao Tower, who had been calm just now, immediately became serious. He quickly took out a kite from his storage ring, attached a message, and threw it out.
The kite seemed to come alive in the sky, transforming into a faint stream of light and quickly flying away, heading straight for the Sea God Sect.
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The three monks turned into blue lights and flashed through the air. Suddenly, one of the blue lights seemed to sense something and asked in surprise, "What is this?"
The blue light paused and stopped, revealing a figure inside.
It was the Jindan cultivator Han Lang Zhenren who was on his way back to the sect after presiding over the sacrificial ceremony. He controlled his spiritual power to transform it into a big hand, and grabbed the void next to him, and a stream of light was caught by him.
It was a kite.
"It's an urgent spiritual message sent to the sect by Wanbao Tower. Could something have happened?" A hint of doubt flashed through Master Hanlang's mind as he received the information on the kite.
"The Cold Spirit Fire has been sold, and the buyers are two foreign monks who just arrived on the island five days ago." This concise sentence made a dangerous light flash in Master Hanlang's eyes.
He recalled the day when he was promoted to the Golden Core stage and the sect master told him some secrets of the sect.
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"Do you know that in recent decades, some monks on the island have secretly organized a force to be hostile to our sect, called the Dragon Slaying Sword?" The sect leader had a cold look on his face.
"I've heard about it." This is not a big secret. Even ordinary people have heard about it. It is even more impossible for Master Hanlang not to know about it. "Why doesn't the sect find them out and eliminate them?"
"They act very secretly. Although we are trying our best to find out their identities, we have not gained much so far. However, we did find out a piece of news." The leader of the Sea God Sect said gloomily, "There is a top refiner in the Dragon Slaying Sword, known as 'Master Mo', who is providing a huge amount of spirit stones for the Dragon Slaying Sword."
"Top weapon refiner?" Master Han Lang exclaimed.
The top weapon refiners have always been highly respected and welcomed by cultivators. They have a noble status and are also the richest group of people.
"Yes," the leader of the Sea God Sect nodded, "If we can eliminate this Master Mo, it will undoubtedly cut off an arm of the Dragon Slaying Sword. So we specially put the Cold Spirit Fire Seed, which is a treasure for weapon refiners, for sale in the Wanbao Building to entice Master Mo to buy it."
"Are you planning to take it when Master Mo buys this fire?" asked Master Hanlang.
"No," the Sea God Sect's leader shook his head. "Dragon Slayer is cautious and won't be so reckless. Master Mo is of noble status, and it is very unlikely that he would personally come out to purchase the spirit seeds. It would be too presumptuous to want to take him down in this way. If we act rashly, we will either alert the enemy or just catch a small fish. Therefore, we did not set any traps in the process of selling the cold spirit fire seeds."
"Then?" Master Hanlang seemed to have guessed something.
“But I can assert that, given how much weapon refiners pay attention to exotic fire seeds, Master Mo will find ways to get this Cold Spirit Fire seed in his possession no matter what. As for the process, I am too lazy to delve into it. As long as the Cold Spirit Fire seed ends up in Master Mo’s hands, it’s fine, because the real killer move is hidden in this Cold Spirit Fire seed!” The Sea God Sect’s leader was filled with murderous intent.
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"It went smoother than expected," Zang Xiaojian wrinkled his nose and raised a question, "Isn't it a bit too smooth?"
"Yes," Lu Qingshan agreed, "Even if Wanbaolou has found out the origins of us, the outsiders, and doesn't doubt our identities, the Cold Spirit Fire should be the bait that the Sea God Sect left for 'Master Mo'. How could they let other small shrimps eat it so easily?"
"Unless my guess is wrong, this cold spirit fire is not a bait for Master Mo, or..."
“Perhaps the means arranged by the Sea God Sect are not in the Wanbao Tower, but in other places!” Zang Xiaojian understood immediately and grasped Lu Qingshan’s meaning in an instant.
"Where is that?" The King of Western Rat said he understood, but was still very confused.
Lu Qingshan and Zang Xiaojian looked at each other and said in unison: "Cold Spirit Fire."
