Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 199: Exchanging Treasures

Xu Ping’an and Wu An followed Elder Song to the fifth layer.

This layer was much quieter, and the treasures were not on display.

Elder Song led Xu Ping’an into a private room, which was equipped with soundproofing and formations that prevented the intrusion of Spiritual Sense.

"Master Qin, may I ask what you are here at the Imperial City Trade Association for, to buy or to sell something?" Elder Song asked.

"Elder Song, you can simply call me Qin Feng. I am here to sell some items and also to purchase some treasures that can enhance my cultivation," said Xu Ping’an.

Wu An stood quietly beside, not uttering a word.

"I see. May I know what Master Qin wishes to sell? Our Imperial City Trade Association offers quite fair prices, you can be assured of that," Elder Song said with a smile.

Xu Ping’an did not waste words. With a wave of his hand, a pile of Spiritual Artifacts appeared in front of everyone.

Lower Grade 50 pieces, Intermediate Grade 20 pieces, High Grade 5 pieces.

Part of these came from the storerooms of the Tianlong Trade Association, and the rest from the storage rings of Shangguan Domain and Feng Daozi.

Many of Feng Daozi’s were likely his spoils from killing others.

"Are all these artifacts refined by you, Master?" Elder Song inquired after looking over the Spiritual Artifacts.

"No, they were not refined by me. I cannot speak of the origins of most of them," replied Xu Ping’an indifferently.

Elder Song nodded in understanding, not surprised in the least.

After all, many who sold Spiritual Artifacts had acquired them through killing. Did the Imperial City Trade Association really need to check the provenance of every single weapon?

"The value of a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact is around 1000 Lower Grade Spirit Stones each, so these fifty pieces total 50,000 Lower Grade Spirit Stones. An Intermediate Grade Spiritual Artifact is worth about 1000 Intermediate Grade Spirit Stones each, so twenty pieces make 20,000 Intermediate Grade Spirit Stones. High Grade Artifacts are the same, valued at 1000 High Grade Spirit Stones each, making a total of 5000 for the five pieces. What kind of Spirit Stones would you like to exchange for, Master?" asked Elder Song.

"I’ll exchange for Superior Grade Spirit Stones," answered Xu Ping’an.

"That will be 52 Superior Grade Spirit Stones and an additional 2 High Grade Spirit Stones," Elder Song calculated.

Xu Ping’an nodded in agreement. Fifty-two was a considerable amount.

Previously, he had slain the woman from the Tianlong Trade Association and obtained roughly 100 High Grade Spirit Stones from her, which equated to just one Superior Grade Spirit Stone, making this haul quite substantial.

Feng Daozi didn’t have many Spirit Stones, a total of only three Superior Grade ones.

On the other hand, there were many Superior Grade Spirit Stones in Shangguan Lingyu’s storage ring, a full 100 pieces.

"How many Spirit Stones can I get for these talismans?" asked Xu Ping’an, as he brought out a pile of talismans.

"Master, your talismans are of Intermediate and Low Grade, nothing of Superior Grade, so they are not highly priced. They are worth at most 1 Superior Grade Spirit Stone," Elder Song stated.

Xu Ping’an nodded, content with the value of one Superior Grade Spirit Stone.

"I also have some Pill Recipes and Cultivation Combat Techniques. How much would they be worth?" Xu Ping’an asked, as he took out another pile of items.

Wu An watched in astonishment; to him, all these items were treasures of significant value.

Yet to Xu Ping’an, they seemed no more important than trash as he casually discarded them aside.

This revelation shook Wu An to his core.

Elder Song was also amazed by Xu Ping’an’s wealth, which was on par with some Seventh Rank Experts, and even surpassed the majority of them.

Eventually, Elder Song completed the appraisal. Altogether, the cultivation techniques, combat skills, pill recipes and other items were valued at 10 Superior Grade Spirit Stones.

In the end, Xu Ping’an sold everything he could, and combined with his own accumulation of Spirit Stones, he had a total of 180 Superior Grade Spirit Stones.

The other Spirit Stones were all converted into 100,000 Lower Grade Spirit Stones.

Apart from the Spiritual Artifacts he needed personally, this was the entirety of Xu Ping’an’s fortune.

"Elder Song, do you have Fifth Rank Monster Cores available for sale here?" Xu Ping’an inquired.

"Yes, what kind of Attributes would the distinguished one need? Usually, one Superior Grade Spirit Stone can buy 10 Fifth Rank Monster Cores," Song Wen asked.

"Any Attribute will do. I’ll take a thousand," Xu Ping’an said directly.

Song Wen was startled on the spot.

Even Wu An began to wonder if he was hallucinating.

A thousand Fifth Rank Monster Cores?

Are you joking with me?

This implied a thousand Fifth Rank Demon Beasts!

A thousand Fifth Rank Demon Beast corpses could probably pile up into a huge mountain.

The Imperial City Trade Association couldn’t possibly produce so many Fifth Rank Monster Cores all at once.

And what do you need so many Fifth Rank Monster Cores for?

You can’t eat them.

In fact, Xu Ping’an intended to use them for consumption.

He found that the energy within the Monster Cores was the most ferocious, which made them most suitable for transforming True Yuan.

He had now completed two percent of the True Yuan transformation.

A thousand Fifth Rank Monster Cores might not even be enough for him to complete one transformation.

"Master, we can’t come up with that many Fifth Rank Monster Cores. Moreover, there are differences in quality between Fifth Rank Monster Cores, and their values vary." Song Wen said awkwardly.

"Then how many do you have?" Xu Ping’an asked.

"We have a total of three hundred and sixty, which combined are worth 40 Superior Grade Spirit Stones." Song Wen replied.

"And what about Sixth Rank Monster Cores?" Xu Ping’an asked.

"There are even fewer Sixth Rank Monster Cores, only thirty in total, averaging one Superior Grade Spirit Stone each." Song Wen said.

"I’ll take all of them, plus how much is one Fifth Rank Superior Grade Explosive Elemental Pill?" Xu Ping’an inquired.

"One Fifth Rank Superior Grade Explosive Elemental Pill is worth 10 High Grade Spirit Stones." Song Wen responded.

"Then give me a thousand." Xu Ping’an said.

Song Wen almost couldn’t hold back his urge to curse.

A thousand?

Although Explosive Elemental Pills have the effect of enhancing one’s strength, their spiritual qi is too violent to be fully absorbed.

Even a Sixth Rank Alchemist would need ten days to refine a single pill.

How long would it take to refine a thousand Fifth Rank Superior Grade Explosive Elemental Pills?

"My lord, our commerce association only has three hundred," Song Wen said awkwardly.

"Only three hundred? Is the imperial city’s commerce association really that poor?" Xu Ping’an spoke.

Song Wen’s mouth twitched at the corner, this fellow in front of him was definitely the first to call the imperial city’s commerce association poor.

But he really did want to curse; who buys medicine pills in amounts of a thousand at a time?

And Superior Grade Fifth Rank pills at that?

"Three hundred it is, then. I’ll take them all. Including the previously mentioned items, that makes a total of 100 Superior Grade Spirit Stones, right?" Xu Ping’an said.

"Yes, master," Song Wen replied, still awkward.

But in his heart, he was amazed at Xu Ping’an’s wealth.

After all, not many Seventh Rank Experts would make such a large transaction all at once.

"I wonder if your honored commerce association has any treasures that can enhance Soul Power?" Xu Ping’an asked.

"There are, generally speaking, there are two kinds of treasures that enhance Soul Power, one is the gentle kind, like the Clear Spirit Jade Liquid, which is not expensive, worth a thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones per drop. The other is rather more violent, like the Heavenly Spirit Fruit, and much more expensive, basically one Superior Grade Spirit Stone per piece, typically used by Sixth Rank Experts aiming to breakthrough to the Seventh Rank." Song Wen replied.

"You have Heavenly Spirit Fruits?" Xu Ping’an was somewhat surprised.

Heavenly Spirit Fruits are unique to the Heavenly Spirit Realm, and while not considered precious, they are still quite valuable treasures.

Unexpectedly, the imperial city’s commerce association even had Heavenly Spirit Fruits.

Not only do these fruits increase Soul Power, but they also nourish the soul, making their effects much better than those of Clear Spirit Jade Liquid.

Moreover, Heavenly Spirit Fruits are even more suitable when used in conjunction with the Heavenly Heart Treasured Tome.

"Then give me eighty Heavenly Spirit Fruits," Xu Ping’an said directly.

Once again, Song Wen’s mouth twitched.

Eighty?

Their imperial city commerce association had a total of only fifty.

Moments later, Xu Ping’an left the imperial city commerce association and returned to his own small courtyard.

This time, the harvest was substantial: 360 Fifth Rank Monster Cores, 30 Sixth Rank Monster Cores.

Three hundred Fifth Rank Superior Grade Explosive Elemental Pills.

Fifty Heavenly Spirit Fruits.

Three jin of Clear Spirit Jade Liquid, with 10,000 drops per jin.

In total, he spent 180 Superior Grade Spirit Stones, but in the end, Song Wen told Xu Ping’an that as a Superior Grade Spirit Instrument Master, he was entitled to a 20% discount.

So Xu Ping’an only paid 144 Superior Grade Spirit Stones, leaving 36 Superior Grade Spirit Stones in his possession.

Xu Ping’an was certainly satisfied with this.

Thus, he prepared to enter Closed-door Cultivation once again.