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nChapter 42: The First Bucket of Gold

nTranslator: Daoist6fubtiW

nSeeing her tribesmen acting as if they had never seen the world, Luo Li felt even more embarrassed in front of Chen Daoxuan.

n“Cough cough!”

nShe couldn’t help but cough softly, but the honest merfolk didn’t care about guessing the princess’s intentions. At this moment, all they could think about was the weapons in front of them.

n“Your Highness, if we can have these weapons, 1 don’t know how many casualties our clansmen can avoid in the battle with the Demon Ape Tribe.”

nA male merman took a flying sword and injected a strand of demonic power into it as he muttered.

nUpon hearing this, Luo Li’s heart was burning. She looked at Chen Daoxuan and said, “Human cultivators, are these all the weapons you’ve made?”

n“Yeah, this is too little. It’s not enough to split!”

n“Yeah, too little!”

nThe other mermen echoed.

n” IVLiss Luo, please forgive us. The time you proposed is too short. It’s only two months. We don’t have enough time for the raw materials of the spirit ores or the refining of the magic tools, so that’s all we have for the time being.”

nChen Daoxuan shook his head and said regretfully.

n“Spirit ore?”

nLuo Li seemed to have thought of something. She took a piece of ore that radiated spirituality from one of her mermen and said, “Is this the kind of spirit you’re talking about?”

n“Yes!”

nChen Daoxuan’s heart skipped a beat when he saw the spirit ore in Luo Li’s hand. It was a second-grade spirit ore, Tenth Water Pure Gold.

nThe underwater world of the Infinite Star Sea was too rich!

nUnfortunately, the human race was a landrace and could not survive in the deep sea. Otherwise, why would the Qian Yuan Sword Sect attack the Yun Nation? They would have broken through the underwater world of the Infinite Star Sea long ago.

nLooking at Spiritual Ore in Luo Li’s hand, Chen Daoxuan could not help but have the urge to explore the underwater world of the Infinite Star Sea.

nHowever, when he thought about how he had to cultivate the second-tier water escape technique to the great success realm at the very least to head to the deep sea world, he gave up.

nIt was not easy to cultivate the second-tier water escape technique to the great success realm. This meant that the cultivator had to at least reach the foundation establishment realm. Moreover, he had to be a senior foundation establishment cultivator, not the kind that had just broken through.

nCultivators could only cultivate all kinds of escape techniques when they reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

nAt that time, the flying speed of the cultivators would soar by a large margin. Familiar escape techniques such as the rainbow light and sword kinesis flight were ail skills that only Foundation Establishment Cultivators could use.

nHowever, ordinary Refinement Stage cultivators could only ride the wind, and their speed was ten times slower than the speed of the Foundation Building Stage cultivators.

nLuo Li was not stupid. She knew that the spirit ore in Chen Daoxuan’s hand was of extraordinary value when she saw the look in his eyes.

n“How much would you pay for this spirit ore if I trade it with your Chen family?” she asked.

nThe market price of Level Two spirit ores in Guang ‘an Prefecture was generally ten times higher than that of Level One spirit ores. The Tenth Water Adamantine in Luo Li’s hands was one of the most expensive types of Level Two spirit ores.

nIts price was several times that of ordinary Level Two Spirit Ores.

nAccording to Chen Daoxuan’s knowledge, in the Guang ‘an Prefecture’s spirit ore market, the price of Tenth Water Adamant was about 150 spirit stones per catty.

nMoreover, there was often no market for such spirit ores. One had to place an order with the seller in advance or auction them off at the auction house.

nAlthough the reserves of Level Two Spiritual Ores were still abundant in the Infinite Star Sea and the Celestial Cloud Continent, they were almost controlled by the sects and the Great Immortal Clans. It was difficult for small families and itinerant cultivators to have channels to buy them.

nThis situation was even worse in Guang ‘an Prefecture.

nAs far as Chen Daoxuan knew, only the Zhou family, Yang family, Wu family, and a few other large families controlled a Grade 2 spirit ore vein.

nThis kind of resource was not even available to the average new Foundation Building clan.

nIn Guang ‘an Prefecture, it was not a big deal for a small family or a group of itinerant cultivators to have one or two Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

nAfter all, many cultivators from small families and itinerant cultivators could rely on their battle achievements in the Yun Nation to obtain enough resources to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm if they were lucky.

nHowever, it was not so easy to become a Foundation Building clan with generations of Foundation Building cultivators.

nThe family’s cultivation technique inheritance, a spiritual vein above level two, all kinds of precious resources, a lucrative family business, a huge family population, and other conditions were all indispensable.

nOf course.

nThese families ‘foundations had nothing to do with the Chen family of Shuanghu Island.

nIf there was one thing that the Chen family could barely meet the standard, it would be the lucrative family business.

nAlthough the magic tool factory built by Chen Daoxuan outside Changping County didn’t seem large enough at the moment, in terms of potential, it was worthy of the word ‘lucrative.’

nChen Daoxuan didn’t say anything.

nLuo Li could not help but lean closer and asked, “Human cultivators, how much are these spirit ores worth?”

nPerhaps it was because they were a little closer, but Chen Daoxuan could smell a faint fragrance coming from Luo Li’s body.

nHearing Luo Li’s question, Chen Daoxuan came back to his senses and cupped his hands. “I’m sorry, Miss Luo Li. I didn’t expect you to be able to take out such precious spirit ores. 1 lost my composure for a moment.”

n” The spirit ore in your hand is a Grade 2 spirit ore, Tenth Water Pure Gold. It costs about 100 spirit stones per catty.”

nThe one in your hand …”

nChen Daoxuan took the Tenth Water Adamantine ore from Luo Li’s hands and weighed it up. He said,” This piece of Tenth Water Adamantine is quite heavy. It weighs about ten pounds.”

nHearing this, Luo Li’s eyes lit up.” You’re saying that this spirit ore can buy two of these weapons?”

nShe pointed at the Scarlet Shadow Flying Sword and said in surprise.

n“That’s right.”

nChen Daoxuan nodded.

nHearing this answer, Luo Li was filled with joy.

nThe spirit or in her hand was mined by the merfolk clan from a mineral vein on the demon ape mountain.

nHowever, before the merfolk could mine much, they were chased out of the mine by the water demon ape.

nAlthough Luo Li kept saying that the flying swords refined by Chen Daoxuan were cheap, in reality, the Mermen Clan did not have many Spiritual Stones in stock.

nThe reason why they were in such a tight spot was that the merfolk had hurriedly evacuated from the sea area near the Spiritual Shell Island and did not have many spirit stones with them.

nAfter all, spirit stones were not of much use to the merfolk clan.

nEven though the Merman Race also needed spiritual energy to cultivate, the spiritual energy in the spirit stones was not even a drop in the bucket compared to the huge amount of spiritual energy the Merman Race needed to cultivate.

nThe merfolk clan naturally would not bring along much useless ‘trash’ during migration.

nThe only spirit stones left in the Merman Race’s hands were because the Merman Race’s Patriarch had the foresight and knew that spirit stones seemed to be very important to the human race, so he ordered his clansmen to bring a portion.

nThe mermen caressed the weapons in their hands and could not help but be grateful for the tribe leader’s foresight.

nChen Daoxuan looked at Luo Li’s blushing face and her excited expression. He muttered, “Miss Luo, regarding the cooperation between our two races, I have a small suggestion.”

nLuo Li was in a good mood at the moment. She raised her small hand that was as smooth as jade and said, “Tell me.”

n“I don’t know much about the deep sea world, and the merfolk race doesn’t seem to know much about our human world. Why don’t 1 give you a map of the more precious ores and spirit herbs in our human world?

n“If you find anything in the deep sea world, you can trade with my race. Of course, we can discuss the exact price when the time comes.

nIn short, we won’t let your merfolk clan suffer a loss.”

nLuo Li seemed to have a good impression of Chen Daoxuan. She smiled and said, “Where’s the illustrated manual?”

nChen Daoxuan took out a jade slip from his storage bag and handed it over.

nLuo Li took the jade slip and stuffed it under the two spiritual shells in front of her chest. Chen Daoxuan turned his head away slightly.

nLuo Li did not mind. She clapped her hands and said, “Alright!”

n” Mm,” Chen Daoxuan said with a smile,” In that case, you can count your weapons.”

n” It’s just 128 weapons. There’s no need to count them.” Luo Li pursed her lips.” You’re afraid that the merfolk will deceive you, so you want to count the Spiritual Stones, right?”

nLuo Li waved her little hand as she spoke.

nThe mermen lifted the huge scallops and opened them, allowing Chen Daoxuan to count the spirit stones inside.

nChen Daoxuan scanned the area with his divine sense and said, “Miss Luo, you’ve misunderstood. How can 1 doubt the integrity of the merfolk clan? ”

nWith that, he rolled up his sleeves and used his zhenqi to put all the spirit stones into his storage bag until it was full..

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