Chapter Seventy Taking Advantage

  The second day.

  The two of them arrived at the Lingbao Pavilion early, but unfortunately, after wandering around for a whole day, they didn't find any valuable spiritual treasures. A few pieces that Ji Changkong thought were not bad had obvious fluctuations in their yuan force, and the sellers quoted extremely high prices, with other connoisseurs also competing to buy them, so he felt it wasn't worth it and didn't make another move.

  At the end of the day, the two returned empty-handed.

  At night, Ji Changkong stroked his fingers, constantly thinking about what the ten small insects were used for and why they would suddenly become energetic after sucking their own blood. Every time he circulated his yuanqi, they would immediately come out of his fingers and fly wildly in the room.

  The original force was still, and the ten small bugs were dormant in the fingers, with only a faint life fluctuation. Unless it was someone like Ji Changkong who was extremely sensitive to the breath of life, no one would have noticed that there were ten tiny creatures existing within the fingers.

  Ten small flying insects, at night did not continue to suck the fresh blood of Ji Changkong. When the yuan force rotated towards the finger, ten small flying insects came out and flew around for a while before burrowing back into the finger, which made Ji Changkong secretly relieved.

  If ten small insects sucked his blood every time, he was really afraid that he couldn't bear it.

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  The third day.

  The two of them arrived at the Lingbao Pavilion early in the morning again, continuing their actions from the previous two days, wandering aimlessly inside the hall, searching for spiritual treasures that would be useful to them.

  At noon.

  With eyes narrowed, Ji Changkong, who had been talking and laughing in a low voice with Bai Qingya, suddenly stopped his body in a deserted area, his eyes fell on a small dagger on the ground, and asked the seller: "This dagger, is it for exchange or sale?"

  The seller was a young man of only fifteen or sixteen years old, who should have just started cultivating for not long, with weak fluctuations in his internal yuan force, and only had one Yuan Tian boundary.

  The young man looked up at the vast sky and said indifferently: "Ten top-grade yuan stones, no haggling!"

  "This dagger isn't anything special, and you dare to sell it for ten top-grade yuan stones? You're still young, but your heart is quite black!" Bai Qingya shook her head with a smile, gently pulled Ji Changkong, and said: "Let's go, we'll take a look somewhere else."

  "Hmph! Another ignorant person!" The young man said with a cold expression, disdainfully.

  Bai Qingya didn't argue with him, just smiled and said nothing, urging Ji Changkong to hurry up. Having had the experience of buying jade hairpins before, she was afraid that Ji Changkong would be cheated again and become a scapegoat.

  "Why not wait until tomorrow and take it to the Lingbao Temple for sale? This dagger is extraordinary, after the Lingbao Pavilion appraises it, they will definitely give a considerable price." Ji Changkong asked in a strange tone without hurrying to leave.

  When the young man heard Ji Changkong's words, he really looked at Ji Changkong, stared at him in surprise, and immediately turned pale. He lowered his head and said, "The Lingbao Pavilion appraises spiritual treasures and requires the payment of some yuan stones. To sell them to the Lingbao Hall, you also need to pay yuan stones. I don't have any yuan stones to give them."

  "Is that so..."

  The girl let out a soft sigh, hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "I only have fifty top-grade yuan stones on me. Buying your dagger at this price would be taking advantage of you, will you sell or not? I'm helpless, I only have fifty top-grade yuan stones on me, so that's all I can offer."

  "Are you crazy?" Bai Qingya saw him quote such a high price and obviously panicked, pulling Ji Changkong to scold.

  The young man only asked for the top-grade spirit stone, but not only did he not haggle, he even added forty more top-grade spirit stones and said that he had gotten a great deal. Who buys things like this?

  "I'll add another piece of Black Jade Yuanjing! However, even so, you're still at a loss." Ji Changkong didn't look at Bai Qingya and continued to raise the price.

  The young man's eyes lit up, and he was clearly moved. However, he didn't hastily agree, but instead hesitated for a moment before saying: "I can give you the item first because I'm currently in urgent need of yuan stones. However, when I have enough yuan stones in the future, you must promise to let me redeem it back!"

  "Go!"

  He nodded, took out the fifty yuan stone that Old Master Jia had given to the Ji family from his mustard seed bag, and also took out a black jade yuan crystal. He placed them in front of the young man and said: "My name is Ji Changkong. If you can find me, I will exchange this dagger with you again!"

  He thought for a moment, then took out another jar of Huo Long Shao and several spiritual medicines, pushing them together in front of the young man, saying: "These few things are considered my extra gift to you, just consider it as the price I paid for keeping this dagger!"

  The young man carefully picked up the things in front of him, looked around cautiously, and when he saw that no one had noticed this side, he whispered: "Ji Changkong, I remember you." Standing up, he said thank you in an even lower voice, then rushed into the crowd and disappeared in a flash.

  "Good heavens, I really don't know what to say to you. The jade hairpin the day before yesterday, even if it was a top-grade yuan stone, could be bought for just one block, but this dagger, how can you set such a high price?" Bai Qingya's breath caught in her throat as she stamped her foot anxiously.

  Sheathing the dagger into her boot, Ji Changkong sneered, "Bai Jie, I took advantage of him and he's right, you really don't know how to appreciate things!"

  "You! You rascal!" Bai Qingya glared at him with a scowl, then smiled again: "Forget it, forget it. Since you're so wealthy and generous, I'll just consider it charity on your part. But even if it is charity, there's no need to be so extravagant... it really hurts the heart..."

  "Alright, alright." Ji Changkong comforted her for a few sentences, then strolled with her until dusk before disappearing into the crowd and leaving Lingbao Pavilion.

  As soon as they left the Lingbao Pavilion, Ji Changkong's face changed slightly, and he suddenly said in a low voice, "Bai Jie, be careful, someone is following us."

  Bai Qingya was startled and looked around hastily, but after searching for a long time, she didn't find any suspicious person. She asked in doubt: "Changkong, who is following us?"

  "Wait, don't rush back to the hotel just yet, let's take a stroll around." Ji Changkong whispered, pulling her into the center of a group of heavenly warriors. They waited until they reached a corner, then he quickly grabbed Bai Qingya's wrist and rushed out of the corner.

  At the end of the alley, a white figure with a white ferocious mask stood quietly in the shadow of the wall corner. A pair of icy eyes focused on Ji Changkong's body and said, "Young brother, last time I invited you, but couldn't invite you to move. Today I came personally, how about it? Will you give me face?"

  "Poison Dragon Pool is full of ferocious beasts, if you want to go, go yourself, what do you need me for?" Ji Changkong casually brushed it off and quickly made eye contact with Bai Qingya, signaling her to retreat outside.

  "Impossible! Would a fierce beast be honest?" White Shadow sneered, seeing Ji Changkong seemingly stalling for time. He growled, "Looks like little brother is unwilling, no choice, I can only take action and ask for it myself, don't blame me!"

  As soon as the words were spoken, the white figure flashed and suddenly disappeared in the shadow of the wall corner. The next moment, a loud rumbling sound came from underfoot, and a pair of pale large hands stretched out from underground, grabbing towards Ji Changkong's wrist.

  The five elements are dominated by earth, with eyes, body and hands combined as one. The body and hands move swiftly like lightning, a perfect combination of the six harmonies!

  Master!

  Ji Changkong's face changed in an instant, and without thinking, he fiercely stabbed down with the dagger grasped in his hand.

  An ordinary dagger suddenly shone with a brilliant silver light, threads of glory gathering like mercury, forming a dazzling beam of silver light that burst out from the tip of the dagger.

  Boom!

  A loud, deafening crash, a surging power rushed along the dagger, and Ji Changkong's right arm holding the dagger was numb and aching with a dull pain.

  That pale giant hand stretching out from underground was struck by a flash of silver light and hastily withdrew back into the ground.

  Waaah! Waaaah! Waaaaaah!

  The index finger of the left hand wailed like a ghost, and ten small insects suddenly flew out from between the fingers, flying wildly and pouncing on the pale large hand that was just being withdrawn.

  "Woguo chong!"

  A terrified cry came from underground, and the pale big hand dared not to come out again. The thick soil was turned over, covering his pale big hand completely.

  Ten small flying insects, like flies smelling blood, kept flying around that place and wouldn't leave.

  "Hurry up!"

  White clear elegant urgent drink.

  Turning back, Ji Changkong tightly grasped the dagger that had just been purchased at a high price, and together with Bai Qingya, they exited the alley. In a short while, they returned to the bustling main street.

  Waaah! Waaaahhhh!

  Ten small flying insects, I don't know where they came from, flew back one by one into the ring on his left index finger.

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