Chapter 40: The Giant Blade

  The young man at the stall, seeing Ye Chen's puzzled expression, secretly laughed to himself: Haha, great! I've been waiting all day and finally someone has come to buy something! I must take advantage of him!

  The young man hastily put on a serious face and said to Ye Chen, "Brother, good eyesight. This herb is extremely rare and precious Snow Flower Grass. Not only does it look beautiful like snowflakes, but eating it will also have the effect of refreshing one's mind and spirit. Originally, I didn't plan to sell it, but since you and I are destined to meet, I'll make an exception for you. If you really want it, I'll let it go!"

  "Oh, this is great?" Ye Chen couldn't help but smile inwardly, his face however was full of surprise as he said: "Brother, how much does this sell for?"

  The young man pretended to be deep in thought, and after a moment, he looked at the snowflake grass with some reluctance. He then turned to Ye Chen and said, "Alright, I won't ask for much from you either. How about ten taels of gold?"

  "Ten taels!" Ye Chen couldn't help but exclaim: "What do you take me for! Let me tell you, who in our sect has that much money?! Forget it, forget it, I don't want it anymore!"

  Although everyone is a cultivator, for these lowest-level cultivators who live at the bottom, money is still an indispensable thing.

  Then, Ye Chen immediately stood up and prepared to leave. In fact, Ye Chen wasn't really concerned about the money, but he had already seen through the young man's thoughts and knew that the young man would definitely call him back. Otherwise, Ye Chen wouldn't have left at all. Not to mention ten taels of gold, even if it was a 'Strong Body Pill', he would agree immediately.

  The young man saw Ye Chen stand up, turn around and leave, his face suddenly anxious, he quickly stepped forward to hold Ye Chen back, with a smile on his face: "Brother, don't be in a hurry, let's discuss the price!"

  Ye Chen pretended to be somewhat unwilling, reluctantly turned around and looked at the young man, saying: "One or two, sell it if you want, otherwise I'll leave!"

  "One or two!" The young man's face turned pale and he hesitated, but in his heart, he was secretly delighted. After all, this Snow Flower Grass, let alone one or two jin of gold, even if it were given away for free, others would probably still be reluctant to take it.

  Ye Chen secretly laughed and ignored the young man, turning around to leave directly.

  "Wait!" The young man hastily pulled Ye Chen, with a "I'm at a loss" expression, took a deep breath and said to Ye Chen: "Alright! However, brother, you must remember that I only sold it to you because I felt we had a connection. If it were someone else, even if they offered 10 taels, or 100 taels, or 1,000 taels, I wouldn't have sold it!"

  The young man handed Ye Chen a Snowflake Grass while talking, picking it up from the stall.

  Ye Chen smiled slightly and also took out a few gold coins from his pocket, handed them to the young man, and then thanked him perfunctorily before turning around and leaving.

  The young man looked at Ye Chen's departing back, 'haha' laughed and muttered to himself: "This fool, if every day there are such fools coming to my place, I will make a big profit!" Then, he hummed a little tune.

  Ye Chen walked out of another exit, took out the Snowflake Grass from his bosom and looked at it for a while. He smiled slightly and muttered to himself: "Not to mention one or two taels, I would definitely want it even if it's one hundred taels!"

  "Haha!"

  Yechen burst out laughing and looked towards other stalls, hoping to find the last medicinal ingredient, a snake gall from a Qingwen Mang beast. As for the morning dew, it was just the dew collected every morning, so there was no need to search for it.

  Ye Chen continued to wander in the night market, his eyes constantly scanning for any sign of Qingwen Mang's snake gall, but after searching the entire night market, he didn't see anything related to Qingwen Mang.

  Ye Chen let out a light sigh and muttered to himself: "Now it's just this last medicinal ingredient that's missing, where is it?!"

  After a sigh, Ye Chen made up his mind: since there wasn't any, he would go hunting himself!

  Ye Chen wandered around for a while and came to the only store in the night market that sold weapons, which was also where the sect had planted their people!

  Ye Chen walked in slowly, the shop was not too big, there was no assistant, only an old man sitting there, lazily closing his eyes and taking a short rest.

  Ye Chen had been here once, buying a weapon, but it was damaged during a mission, and at that time, he had just returned and his cultivation was abolished by Xue Feng. So, he hadn't come back since then. However, he still knew the prices of the weapons inside very well. Some cheap ones could be bought with gold and silver, while some better ones required elixirs to exchange for. But these were nothing to Ye Chen, who still had ten 'Strong Body Elixirs' in his hand.

  The old man inside glanced at Ye Chen who came in and said lazily without even getting up, "Take what you want yourself, and come pay me after you're done!"

  The old man saw at a glance from Ye Chen's pace that Ye Chen was only between the third and fourth levels of the Fragmented Body, and he definitely wouldn't have any money, so he didn't even bother to get up to greet him.

  Ye Chen smiled slightly and didn't mind, strolling beside the weapons. A moment later, Ye Chen shook his head slightly, revealing a look of dissatisfaction.

  Ye Chen is preparing to go hunt and kill a demon beast, this is also Ye Chen's first time going alone, so Ye Chen still wants to buy a powerful weapon, you know having a powerful weapon can greatly increase one's combat power.

  In general, the classification of weapons is the same as others, ranging from first-class to ninth-class, and above that are heavenly artifacts and divine instruments.

  Ye Chen turned around and walked towards the old man, stopping in front of him. He then took out two "Strong Body Pills" from his bosom and placed them in front of the old man.

  The old man took the Dan medicine and looked at it, his face slightly surprised as he stared at Ye Chen. He hadn't expected that this young man with a low cultivation level would possess the "Strong Body Pill". The old man slowly stood up, deeply gazing at Ye Chen, and softly said: "Follow me inside!"

  Ye Chen smiled slightly and followed the old man closely, walking towards the back of the store.

  The old man brought Ye Chen into a small room. The room was not very big, and there was a strange smell, probably because no one had entered for a long time.

  The old man stretched out his hand and patted the wall, and the weapons hanging on the wall, which were covered with dust, revealed their original appearance.

  The old man glanced at Ye Chen and said softly: "Go pick one!"

  Ye Chen nodded respectfully and immediately rushed to the wall to start selecting his weapons.

  The old man looked at Ye Chen and explained, "All the weapons here are first-class, and the price is two 'Strong Body Pills' each. You can choose one at will. If you want a higher level, I don't have any here."

  Ye Chen listened to the old man's explanation and nodded in agreement. He then fell into deep thought, no longer paying attention to the old man.

  Sword? No good, too soft and emphasizes technique, not suitable for me; Whip? No good, a woman's plaything; Long spear? No good, not powerful enough; Big hammer, staff, Fang Tianhua halberd... and so on, Ye Chen shook his head one after another, until his eyes finally landed on a giant knife, revealing a delighted smile.

  The knife, the king of weapons, plus Ye Chen himself liked the ferocity of knives, so he was more fond of this giant knife.

  The giant sword is indeed a giant sword, about 1.7 meters long and 40 cm wide, but it doesn't affect its sharpness. The entire body is as black as ink, while other places are dull and unremarkable, without any eye-catching features.

  Ye Chen slowly took it down, and unexpectedly almost dropped it to the ground. Ye Chen exclaimed: "So heavy!"

  The old man smiled slightly: "This weapon is from the inner gate, originally picked up from the back mountain. After inspection, it only has a first-class weapon level, but it's quite heavy, weighing as much as 300 catties. Ordinary people won't choose it, so they put it here for sale!"

  "Three hundred catties!" Ye Chen couldn't help but feel a slight surprise, but in his heart he was delighted: three hundred catties, with my strength to match, this one knife chop down, if it doesn't kill you it will crush you!

  Ye Chen nodded subconsciously, his hand gently stroking the giant knife, then looked up at the old man and said respectfully: "This one!"

  Of course, Ye Chen finally made up his mind to choose it because the size of this weapon was just right when his right hand turned into a dragon claw.

  However, Ye Chen also felt at the same time, and didn't know why, that this giant sword seemed to be born for him.

  At the moment Ye Chen said "it's just it", a faint red glow flashed on the blade of the giant knife, and then returned to normal, as if a divine weapon that had been sleeping for thousands of years finally met its master.

  Of course, this fleeting flash did not attract the attention of Ye Chen and Lao Zhai.

  Soon, Ye Chen also inquired about the news of Qingwen Mang from the old man and learned that this demon beast was not on Lianyun Mountain, but might be found on a mountain range south of Lianyun Mountain.

  Of course, the old man was shocked to hear that Ye Chen had asked about the demon beast. He hadn't expected that Ye Chen, a cultivator with only three layers of body refinement, would have the idea of hunting demon beasts. To know that a first-rate demon beast's strength is absolutely not something Ye Chen can withstand, and it can even rival a six or seven-layered body-refined cultivator. As for the Qingwen Mang that Ye Chen had asked about, it was actually a strong first-rate demon beast whose strength could rival an eight-layered body-refined cultivator.

  Ye Chen left the weapon shop and took advantage of the night to go down the mountain. For him, time was tight now, he couldn't afford to waste a single second. He had to quickly hunt down the Qingwen Mang and obtain its snake gall, so that he could quickly refine the 'Mang Blood Pill' to enhance his strength.

  In the darkness, Ye Chen ran quickly, that heavy three-hundred-catty giant knife, Ye Chen did not put it on his back, but instead held it tightly with both hands, constantly swinging it around, every time he swung it, Ye Chen felt his strength increase a bit...

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  (The book has been published for eighteen days and is nearly 120,000 words long, never having missed an update. Mo Ran doesn't know if he'll have the chance to make it onto the new releases chart. Yesterday, he couldn't help but satisfy his curiosity and take a look. His name wasn't on the overall charts, but it was on the fantasy charts - at nineteenth place! Mo Ran knows that "The Strongest God" probably can't make it to the top, but he still wants to give it a try. A man must not yield without a fight! Even in death, one must die with honor! Brothers, please reward me with some recommendations and collections!)

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