Chapter Thirty-Seven: Purchasing the Soul-Sealing Orb

  "I'll take this small Pei Yuan Dan!" Guo Fei handed over twenty soul crystals. Because the stall owner was very cold and didn't haggle at all, Guo Fei had observed him for a long time and knew his personality, so he didn't need to waste his breath.

  He put away the soul crystal and handed the bottle to Guo Fei.

  "Excuse me, is there any special way to take this medicine?" Guo Fei asked subconsciously, after all, he was a "novice", and if he didn't ask clearly, such an expensive thing would be wasted.

  "Hmm. You're the first person to buy Dan medicine and ask how to take it, not bad. Some people think that buying Dan medicine is enough, just throw it into their stomach and they're done, but that's a big mistake. As a Dan refining master, every single grain of Dan medicine contains our heart and soul, making it produce the greatest effect is our greatest wish."

  "When taking Dan medicine, you have to pay attention to the timing. To achieve maximum absorption, this type of Dan medicine should be taken after nightfall. According to the human body's circulation rules, at this time, most people are resting, and all functions have stopped. The medicinal energy can be fully concentrated without any waste or dispersion, and it will all be used to transform the physique." This person seemed no longer indifferent, and explained with great enthusiasm.

  "Thank you!" Guo Fei said politely.

  "This is 'Bì Dú Dān', also a first-class elixir, can prevent poisonous insects from attacking, even the poison of demonic beasts at the level of Yao Bing can be resolved. Do you want one? Ten Skull Soul Crystals."

  "So enthusiastic, it turns out you still want to continue selling!" Guo Fei suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart, wondering if he had been deceived just now.

  "Let me take another look!" Guo Fei stood up and left.

  A small stall, nothing else, just a dozen or so crystal balls. The crystal balls next to a white light-emitting crystal ball reflected five-colored lights. These crystal balls were engraved with mysterious symbols that looked very unusual. The crystals in this world all had different uses, such as the crystal ball that sealed "Law Seeds" in Guo Fei's symbol space, which made him very suspicious.

  "What's the use of this crystal ball? How much does it sell for?" Guo Fei leaned over and pointed at a certain way.

  "Seal Soul Crystal Ball, a must-have item for demon hunters. Buy one now. If that day you happen to kill a demon beast that has cultivated its beastly soul, if you don't have this crystal ball, it would be a great loss." The man looked at Guo Fei and saw he was a newbie, so he tempted him.

  Demon hunters, Guo Fei had heard from Jin Datong and others that these people traveled through the mountains, rivers, and forests of the mainland, either alone or in groups, making a living by hunting demon beasts, selling demon pets, and beast spirits.

  It can be heard from the mouths of Jin Datong and others that they have an extraordinary reverence for this kind of person, calling them "Youxia". According to Guo Fei's understanding, the honorific title of "Youxia" is because the harm caused by the demon beasts to the human race is extremely great, and these demon hunters gain it by eliminating the disaster. Moreover, Youxia does not only refer to demon hunters, from Jin Datong and others' mouths, humans also call ghost hunters and demon hunters as Youxia.

  Jin Datong had also wanted to be a wandering swordsman, but his skills were too low, so he gave up. Guo Fei, when he first heard the word "wandering swordsman", had also fantasized about it for a while, being a wandering swordsman, wielding a sword and traveling the world, what a wonderful dream.

  "How exactly does it work?" At this time, everyone didn't know each other, and Guo Fei couldn't bear to lose face, so he asked like a shameless student.

  "Have you used a spell?" The man looked at Guo Fei for a moment and suddenly became somewhat impatient.

  "Hmm!" Guo Fei nodded.

  "This is equivalent to the use of talismans. However, this Sealing Orb can only seal the beast spirits of demonic beasts below the level of a Demon Guard, within a range of five meters. If you want to seal the beast spirit of a Demon General or above, you need to use this." The man picked up another crystal ball from the stall.

  "What is this crystal ball?" Guo Fei pointed at another one with golden runes carved on it.

  "Soul-sealing orb! Ghost guards with lower cultivation can be sealed inside. Although catching ghosts is taboo, on the black market of the mainland, ghost cultivators are also very valuable. If you're not buying, don't ask too many questions!" The stall owner was getting a bit impatient and waved his hand.

  "Hehe." Guo Fei smiled lightly, feeling a bit awkward. After some thought, he decided to buy a Soul-Sealing Ball. After all, when wandering in the Ghost Realm, one never knew when they might catch a ghost tribe cultivator and seal them inside, perhaps even exchanging it for some money.

  "Soul Orb, I'll take it. How many Soul Crystals?" Guo Fei pointed and asked.

  "Ten Skull Crystals!" The man's face lit up with joy, his voice no longer indifferent.

  Guo Fei took out ten skull soul crystals from the space of the military symbol, handed them to this person, and took away the sealed soul ball. He grasped the fist-sized sealed soul ball, shrank it into the wide sleeve, and stored it in the space of the military symbol.

  After wandering around for a long time, Guo Fei was very disappointed and did not find the desired Ming Tie or Han Tie. At the end of the passage, in the last stone cave, which had already penetrated deep into the mountain belly. Guo Fei was about to return when he found that there was a stall inside the dark stone cave, which was not lit up. Two people were sitting next to the stall, with two bundles of long guns placed beside them.

  Guo Fei took a closer look, and this long spear was exactly the same as the one used by the ghost tribe cavalry on the Black Wall battlefield. It was all black, emitting a thick and gloomy aura. The two of them kept a distance from where the spear was, probably because they disliked such an atmosphere.

  Guo Fei took a closer look at the two men and suddenly understood that they were from the Imperial Guard. It was clear what had happened: the Imperial Guard had captured the Ghost Tribe's spears, but when they returned, they couldn't use them. These two men had secretly taken some out and were selling them on the black market. From their clothing, it could be seen that although they wore mainland warrior attire on the outside, the clothes underneath were clearly military uniforms, likely those of a quartermaster or something similar.

  "How much for these two bundles of long guns?" Guo Fei walked closer to take a look, the two bundles of guns had at least nearly a hundred pieces, judging from the straw beside them, it was estimated that they were hidden inside and transported over.

  "Not selling separately, two bundles for 200 gold coins!" The two of them looked up and saw that a customer had arrived, so they immediately stood up and said.

  "It's too expensive. I'm a blacksmith, and this gun is not bad in terms of material. I'll go back and prepare to re-melt it. If you sell it at such a high price, I'll lose money." Guo Fei sighed and pretended to leave.

  "Alas!" Another person lightly poked this person from below and made a face.

  "One hundred and twenty gold coins, non-negotiable!"

  "One hundred gold coins, and the deal is done!" Guo Fei said, holding out one finger.

  "Good! It's settled!" The man said in a harsh tone.

  Guo Fei quickly took out a hundred gold coins and handed them to the two men, who hastily left. The two men were nervous, fearing that Guo Fei would discover the cold aura emanating from the gun and refuse it.

  Guo Fei looked around and found that this was already the end of the passage, with no one coming, so he put the two bundles of guns into the military symbol space.

  These guns are all made of dark iron, but his two undead soldiers use swords. It seems that they need to be remade or let the two change to guns. Guo Fei thought, continuing forward.

  According to the young man's information, the black market would disperse before dawn. Guo Fei calculated the time and felt that it was about time to leave.

  Along the winding tunnel, Guo Fei turned into another unexplored passage and walked out from there.

  As he walked into a wider area of the passageway, Guo Fei was drawn to a small iron cage. Inside the cage was a white little fox with its ankle bound by an iron chain that had deeply embedded itself into the flesh, causing blood and pus to ooze out, possibly due to rotting and inflammation, and white pus flowed out.

  Guo Fei's heart trembled, and a hint of reluctance emerged. It wasn't that Guo Fei was soft-hearted, but this fox looked too much like the white fox dog he had raised in his past life. Before his parents' divorce, his mother had specially bought him a fox dog to keep him company before she left for distant lands.

  Unfortunately, the fox dog was driven out by his stepmother and was crushed to pieces by a car on the street. Guo Fei didn't eat or drink for two days because of this and cried for two days. Although it has been a long time, the pain in my heart still feels like a sharp stab when I think about it now.

  "How much for this little creature?" Guo Fei walked over and asked the big man sitting beside him.

  "Haha, this is no ordinary beast, it's a demonic beast that has been cultivated for 200 years. If we raise it for another decade or so, who knows, maybe it'll produce a demon pellet. A single demon pellet is extremely valuable, you know. We're demon hunters, roaming the four seas, and since we can't raise it ourselves, we'll let you have it cheap."

  "How much?" Guo Fei was taken aback and took a closer look, but it seemed that there was nothing special about the beast, except for its eyes being relatively lively.