Chapter 40: Wind Spirit Fruit

  "Go take a look at the high-grade medicinal materials." Since DeNox looked down on the finished medicines here, Xiao Chen also didn't bother to look and left the area of finished medicines.

  The area of high-end medicinal materials has even fewer people strolling around.

  Every material on sale is worth a lot of money.

  It's like the Purple Blood Stain Mushroom that Xiao Chen had been dreaming of, and even lost his life in the Black Blood Swamp for it. Here, it's available for sale, and can greatly enhance one's meditation ability. A small piece of mushroom leaf is worth 5,000 gold coins.

  Not long after they left, Xiao Chen still saw a Huo Yun Ling fruit, only half the size of the one he gave to Xue Wei, but it was priced at 3,000 gold coins here.

  These are just ordinary because they grow naturally.

  If it's materials obtained from some demons, it's even more expensive, with some demon eyeballs, hearts, and teeth being worth tens of thousands of gold coins.

  "What is this, so expensive!"

  Xiao Chen saw a dull yellow, irregular crystal block the size of a longan fruit. Inside the crystal block, from time to time, a yellow mouse-like shadow would appear, marked with 150,000 gold coins. He couldn't help but secretly sigh, it was equivalent to his entire family's assets being poured in, and still not enough.

  "Master, this is a magic core, the most precious part of a magical beast. This one should be from a first-tier earth-type magical beast, the Rockmouse. Judging by the size and quality of the magic core, it's likely that the Rockmouse had just evolved into a magical beast when it was hunted down, so the quality of the magic core is quite ordinary. That's why it's being sold at such a cheap price." Dreknox explained.

  Average quality? Cheap?

  Xiao Chen's mouth twitched, with a hint of depression.

  A couple of things here and there would be enough to bankrupt him.

  "The stuff here is passable, better than those garbage potions at least, even if they are all outdated seconds. Barely enough to brew some mid-grade potions." Denox commented casually, exuding an air of wealth and arrogance.

  Xiao Chen had no opinion on De Knox's boastful attitude, because he himself was a reckless person.

  Now De Knox is his servant, under him, just wantonly overbearing.

  "Let's go, let's keep looking, see if there are any Wind Spirit Fruits," said Xiao Chen, his eyes scanning the surroundings, one by one.

  "Well, there is one over there."

  After a long while, Xiao Chen finally saw that a fist-sized fruit with a bright green color was placed in a jade box. The entire fruit was translucent and had a pale gray cloud pattern on its surface that appeared and disappeared from time to time. At the end of the fruit, there were two green leaves.

  "Let me see this Wind Spirit Fruit," said Xiao Chen to the sales clerk behind the counter.

  The salesman eyed Xiao Chen suspiciously, and indeed his clothes were of poor quality, just a magic apprentice's robe with several scratches on it, not looking like a powerful buyer at all.

  He took out the fruit and said indifferently, "This Wind Spirit Fruit was just picked from the Crazy Wind Valley and transported here. As you can see, the leaves are very fresh, it's over a hundred years old, extremely valuable, priced at 20,000 gold coins, no bargaining."

  20,000 gold coins?

  Xiao Chen's eyebrows slightly furrowed, the Fire Cloud Spirit Fruit was just priced at 3,000 gold coins earlier. This Wind Spirit Fruit looks good in quality, but 20,000 gold coins is a bit too much of a difference.

  He frowned, and the salesperson's face became even colder, with a hint of mockery in the corner of his eyes.

  "Master, this Wind Spirit Fruit is not bad, the year is good and it's very fresh. Although 20,000 gold coins are a bit expensive, it's still within reason. The four major law system spirit fruits, Fire Cloud Spirit Fruit, Wind Spirit Fruit, Earth Spirit Fruit, Water Spirit Fruit, are the most sought-after innate spirit fruits for low-level law jobs. They're usually priceless and highly speculative, so buying it for 20,000 gold coins isn't a bad deal."

  "If the master's money is not enough, the old servant can take action, secretly controlling this guy's mind, ensuring that he can be taken down without spending a single penny. And to think that this guy dared to look down on the master! After the transaction, the old servant can turn him into an idiot." De Knox said with a gloomy tone.

  Jiuxing Fashi is indeed Jiuxing Fashi, even if it's just a residual soul, this method still exists. Xiao Chen recalled the method Dehnoks used to control Feilan and knew that what he said was true.

  "Never mind," Xiao Chen shook his head, stopping De Knox: "Doing it this way, the target is too conspicuous. Even if you do it stealthily, you'll still leave behind some clues. With such a large business alliance, it's impossible that there isn't at least one high-ranking mage keeping watch. It's not worth taking unnecessary risks for just a bit of gold."

  Moreover, Xiao Chen is cold and arrogant, but not cruel or perverted. Others may look down on him in their hearts, but he won't stoop to making them idiots.

  Xiao Chen was just about to reach out and take down the Wind Spirit Fruit.

  Suddenly, a soft and gentle voice came: "Feng Ling Guo!"

  A couple walked slowly towards them, attracting many gazes as they went.

  This couple, the man is exceptionally handsome and the woman is breathtakingly beautiful, both are extraordinary individuals with noble qualities, even a blind person can tell that they are of high social status.

  "Prince Colin and Princess Jelena." The salesperson recognized them at a glance, a fawning smile spreading across his face.

  "Colin, Jarrow Snow. It's them."

  "He is the second prince of the Kingdom of Komo, and she is the little princess of the Kingdom of Jialuo. Who would have thought that they would end up together? Could it be that the Kingdom of Komo and the Kingdom of Jialuo are going to form an alliance through marriage? This is a major event, we must send someone to report back to our country." The second floor was not crowded, but those present were all high-ranking individuals with extraordinary vision, and they couldn't help but whisper to each other as they recognized the couple.

  Jialuo Xue's figure was slender and elegant, with a noble temperament. Her long, pale blue hair was coiled at the back of her head, topped with a pair of exquisite silver wings made from secret silver, opening and closing as if they were about to take flight at any moment.

  Her eyes widened as she looked at the Wind Spirit Fruit on the counter, and an excited expression appeared: "It's really Wind Spirit Fruit, and it's of such good quality. I've been to seven or eight shops today and couldn't find any, but unexpectedly found it here."

  "Snow, it seems you're quite lucky." A head of dazzling golden hair, with a face as handsome as a classical stone carving, Prince Collin stood beside Gallo Snow, smiling faintly.

  He took out a crystal card and placed it on the counter, saying to the sales clerk, "Tork, deduct whatever amount you want, I'll take this Wind Spirit Fruit."

  "Alright, alright, the Wind Spirit Fruit is priced at 20,000 gold coins. However, Prince Colinte, you hold a B-level VIP crystal card of our Merchant Alliance, which can be discounted by 80%. I'll collect 16,000 gold coins from you, and I'll process it for you right away." Torque said with a bow, stretching out his hand to take the crystal card.

  Just then, a hand reached out and closed the jade box containing the Wind Spirit Fruit, grasping it in his hand.

  "I think you've got something wrong. This Wind Spirit Fruit was the one I had my eyes on first." A calm and collected voice sounded in everyone's ears.

  Everyone at this time, just noticed Xiao Chen who had been standing by the side all along.

  Casually sweeping a glance at Xiao Chen's attire, Colin's eyes flashed with a hint of amusement, looking at Xiao Chen with an "interesting" gaze.

  "This... young magic apprentice, the Wind Spirit Fruit is worth 20,000 gold coins. Are you sure you want to buy it?"

  The four words "Magic Apprentice" were bitten very heavily, with a strong sarcastic tone.

  Xiao Chen was too lazy to bother with him and reached into his pocket.

  Collin's face turned gloomy, could it be that this unremarkable young man was actually able to produce 20,000 gold coins? If Feng Lingguo were to be bought out from under Jialuo Xue's nose, not only would it be a huge loss of face, but also possibly ruin the progress he had made in pursuing Jialuo Xue. Their first outing together, going shopping and strolling around, would leave a terrible impression, and afterwards, forget about having any chance of winning her over.

  Colin suddenly remembered a rule of the Merchant Alliance, and sneered: "Torque, your Castro Merchant Alliance has cardholder priority. I hold an honorary crystal card of your alliance, so this Wind Spirit Fruit should naturally be sold to me first."

  "That's right, Prince Colint. Don't worry, the Wind Spirit Fruit will definitely be sold to you." After finishing speaking, Toko indifferently turned to Xiao Chen and said: "Sir, I'm very sorry, but Prince Colint holds our Merchant Alliance's VIP Crystal Card, so... this Wind Spirit Fruit must be given to Prince Colint..."

  Before he could finish speaking, a pale blue crystal card was slapped onto the counter.

  Xiao Chen said impatiently: "Hurry up and pay."

  "You..." Tok just wanted to make a move, suddenly, the corner of his eye caught that light blue crystal card, his face changed drastically, rubbed his eyes, looked carefully, and confirmed without a doubt.

  He emerged with a more fawning expression than when facing Colin, stretched out both hands and reverently picked up the card.

  He bowed deeply and said respectfully: "Mr. Xiao Chen, please wait a moment, I will serve you immediately."