IOAFD - 1152. A Little Money Grubber

“We won?” King Huo Tu emerged from his hiding place and gawked at the scene. His eyes were about to pop out.

“Long live Queen Jasmine!” Yu Guanyuang shouted as he leaped out of the lake, splashing water everywhere.

Chen Wentian waved his hands over the sword master’s remains, collecting the dying soul as well as the scattered items.

“It’s finally over,” Jasmine said as she flew up beside him.

She was exhausted so he quickly hugged her, letting her rest her weary head against his chest. He held her close, rubbing her drooping fox ears comfortingly. She sighed and snuggled against him, almost forgetting that they were not alone.

Chen Wentian could feel Tiantian’s eyes on him. He reluctantly let go of Jasmine and flew to Tiantian, “How are the suppression arrays? I think I destroyed the spiritual imprint completely but I can’t be sure.”

“Two strands of spiritual energy escaped your last attack. They might have been able to escape our suppression arrays but I took care of them before it got to that.”

It was his turn to let out a sigh and he quickly hugged Tiantian before she could react, “Thank you, we couldn’t have done this without you.”

“Hey! Stop it!” Tiantian complained loudly, trying to push him away.

Chen Wentian let go, knowing it was too early to do anything else. But he felt that she didn’t resist as hard as she could have. It was a good sign.

“What about Chen Mo?” Jasmine asked.

“It’s alright. He can’t be killed so easily,” He said out loud and then spoke to her alone using his spiritual voice, “His soul is fine, he just used up all of this spiritual energy in that moment to block the attack. It will take some time to rebuild his shadow body to the Spirit King Realm, but since his soul had already reached the Spirit King Realm, it is only a matter of time.”

She was relieved, “Good, that’s good.”

He appreciated her concern and rubbed her ears some more, “Alright, let’s heal our wounds and recover our energy first. We can’t stay here for too long.”

He took out six high-quality spirit replenishing pills, effective for Spirit Kings, and distributed them. As for healing, each beast had their ways and preferences.

Queen Sundew was the most eye-catching as she simply molted, producing a new exoskeleton with no visible wounds. She only had to expend her substantial life energy and vitality. She also distributed a special healing sap to the others. It was produced by the giant tree. She collected the sap and fermented it beneath the roots for over ten years, creating a potent healing salve.

Chen Wentian sat in meditation, letting the pill and healing sap take effect. Although he didn’t suffer too many wounds, he had exhausted all three Spirit King souls as well as most of the Spirit Lord souls. This was the most difficult battle he had experienced since becoming an immortal.

It was far more difficult than the fight with Abbotess Liang. She had already fought the abbotesses of the Virtuous Order and had been heavily wounded. All of her life-saving treasures had been used up.

It was far more dangerous than the fight with the Beast God Sanctum and the beast kings. They were poor grassroots cultivators and uncivilized beasts. Aside from the strength of their fists and claws, there were no other surprises.

Even the fight with Tiantian wasn’t so stressful because it wasn’t a matter of life or death. If he couldn’t beat Tiantian, he could still run away. But they had revealed all of their secrets to Luo Ming in this underground chamber. If he managed to get away, one could imagine the consequences.

“Sundew, Huo Tu, you two need to work on your fighting ability,” Jasmine said after everyone had mostly recovered, “After we go back, I will train you.”

“Yes, Miss Jasmine.”

“Yes, Miss Jasmine.”

“My Queen!” The merlion shouted, “Please train me too!”

Jasmine agreed, causing Yu Guanyuang to shower her with praise.

Tiantian, who was annoyed by this scene, went to Chen Wentian, “What about the spoils? Come on, let’s take a look.”

Chen Wentian took out the items which were a sword and a camouflaging spatial bag. The sword’s design was very fancy, with an ornate handle lined with shiny scales and gems and a carved hilt made of bone. The blade was engraved with fine patterns and characters in a special encryption. Although it was only a Spirit Lord Realm weapon, it exuded the unmistakable divine aura of dragons.

“Nice sword,” Tiantian said.

“It is quite nice. How much would something like this cost?” Chen Wentian asked.

She replied, “An ordinary Spirit Lord Realm item can cost ten kilograms of orange spiritual crystal. One with special traits, such as divine beast energy, can be five times as much.”

He nodded. This price was in line with the Shangyang Sky Slippers which were around fifty kilograms of orange spiritual crystal in the Martial Brilliance Continent.

“I like this sword. How about I give you twenty kilograms of orange spiritual crystal as compensation?”

She heard the amount and her tail started to wag, “Twenty kilograms? Are you sure? I’ll be fine with just ten.”

“No, no. Although I brought more people, you were the biggest contributor. Twenty is fair.”

Her tail wagged more energetically, “Alright, alright. Let’s take a look at what is inside his spatial bag.”

Chen Wentian took out everything. There were a lot of items including books, talismans, pills, and spiritual instruments. It was too much to deal with right now so they focused on the expensive things.

“This is a portable teleportation stele,” Tiantian said, hefting the large black crystal, “It can form a small teleportation and connect to the closest point in the teleportation array network. It can also tunnel through space suppression. This is a great treasure but not useful for me.”

“How much is it?” He asked.

“Probably around a hundred kilograms of orange spiritual crystal but nobody will sell it to you even if you had the money. You're lucky. Just give me forty kilograms as compensation.”

As she said this, her tail wagged so much that even her butt started twisting side to side.

Chen Wentian’s smile widened. He didn’t expect this heavenly dog to be so interested in spiritual crystals.

“That’s a lot. I don’t have so much. This Luo Ming only had around ten kilograms of orange spiritual crystal worth of money on him. And this is all I have, which should be worth another ten kilograms.”

He gave all the money to Tiantian, almost laughing as he watched her tail spin around in circles.

“Fine, you had better have the rest of my money soon or else I will come to your sect to settle the debt!”

He laughed, “Alright, that’s a promise.”

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