Chapter 462: Chapter 460: Transaction (Seeking Subscription)_1
This trade fair meant Fang Xi had gathered nearly all the required materials through several transactions.
However, with many Transformed Great Demons converging here, opportunities for fair trade were rare.
Naturally, Fang Xi wanted to shear as much wool as he could.
At this moment, the pieces of Monster Text and the beast skin book he’d obtained from the Green Horn Puppet in Tianwei City of the Western Desert emerged in his mind.
He was particularly interested in the Monster Clan’s script, especially that silver bird-like text.
"Hehe, Sir wishes to learn Monster Text?"
A tall figure enveloped in earthen-yellow Demon Qi spoke slowly, "I could teach, but I wonder what the tuition fee might be... Hehe..."
Feng Shisan, holding her arms, didn’t pay any attention to this matter, seemingly lost in her own world.
For the Monster Clan, their script wasn’t something that needed to be kept secret.
In fact, some Nascent Soul old monsters had learned this script, either by studying on their own or through serendipitous opportunities.
Selling it to one more person wasn’t a big deal; the key was the price!
Fang Xi smiled slightly and brushed his hand over his Storage Ring.
Several jade boxes and vials appeared, and upon opening them, there were herbs with a strange fragrance.
In the jade vials were several remaining ’Separation and Union Pills’ that Fang Xi had consumed. Although these pills were intended for Human Cultivators, they would likely also be suitable for the Monster Clan.
Perhaps because of their stronger physiques, they could tolerate more pill toxins than the human race...
"Hmm? Is that a Lightning Strike Core?"
The Transformed Great Demon cloaked in earthen-yellow Demon Qi saw an unusual Spirit Medicine resembling a walnut, with thunder arcs flashing on its surface, inside one of Fang Xi’s jade boxes, and his eyes shone brilliantly, "Indeed, the Mortal Realm has many treasures hard to find in the Monster World!"
He reached out his large hand, seemingly unable to help wanting to touch it.
Slap!
Yet, Fang Xi slapped his hand down on the jade box, "Since you wish to trade, Sir, shouldn’t you also show some sincerity?"
"Naturally..."
The Transformed Great Demon laughed heartily, releasing a jade slip from his hand, "This jade slip has the commonly used tens of thousands of Monster Texts with corresponding translations to your human language... With your intelligence, you should be able to learn them quickly."
Fang Xi took the jade slip and swept it with his Divine Consciousness, seeing many Monster Texts.
He had seen some of these on the fragments of Monster Texts.
Now he translated a few sentences and didn’t find any incongruities; evidently, the demon hadn’t deceived him.
"Please!"
He handed the jade box containing the Lightning Strike Core to the Transformed Great Demon, who inspected it in his hands and, very satisfied, stuffed it into his storage bracelet.
Just as the Transformed Great Demon was about to leave, Fang Xi suddenly spoke up, "Wait a moment!"
"What? Is there something else, Sir?"
A crimson gaze emerged from behind the Demon Qi, carrying traces of wild, brutal intent.
Clearly, even if they could sit down to negotiate and trade... a Great Demon was still a Great Demon!
"No worries, the Monster Texts you’ve provided seem to be only the most basic ones... I have also come across silver texts that soar like birds. I wonder if you recognize them?"
Fang Xi’s eyes flashed as he spoke.
The Transformed Great Demon had given him the common, dark green Monster Text.
The silver texts seen in the last few pages of the beast skin book weren’t covered at all.
"Hehe... Human, are you referring to the ’Phoenix Seal Script’ by any chance?!"
The Transformed Demon Clan member laughed coldly several times, "That script is created by our Monster Clan’s ancestor—the True Spirit Phoenix—comprehending the Way of the Void and manifesting it through its form, specifically to teach our Monster Clan. You also wish to learn?"
"Phoenix Seal Script?!"
Fang Xi thought to himself, "The Way of the Void?"
"Sir is mistaken!"
The Unfettered Duke seemed to recall something and laughed, "Dragon Chapter and Phoenix Seal, although indeed Monster Clan scripts, both the Way of the Void and the Way of Light and Time have always been there... Even the Great Powers of the human race have comprehended them; it’s just that the ’Phoenix Seal Script’ is more famous. Mistakes were made, but that was that... The Demon Clan too has displayed their Void Force, revealing the ’Phoenix Seal Script’, but they call it the ’Sky Demon Text’. It’s all different paths leading to the same destination within the three thousand Dao..."
"The Unfettered Duke is not wrong... but when it comes to the Void Force, our Clan’s Phoenix Seal Script is still the most exquisite," said Feng Shisan coldly, who had been watching indifferently all this while. "Human Cultivator, I advise you to abandon this wishful thinking... Only the Heavenly Phoenix Clan can be taught the Phoenix Seal Script, and we absolutely do not share it outside our clan."
The implication was that the Transformed Great Demon who traded with Fang Xi wouldn’t know it either...
"I see..."
Fang Xi pondered for a moment.
However, for him, the ’Phoenix Seal Script’ involved the Void and was key to further developing his cheater ability of the ’Treasures of All Heavens’. It was something he couldn’t afford to give up.
He looked at Feng Shisan, "Then I wonder if... you would be willing to make a trade with me?"
"Hehe, do you want me to teach you the ’Phoenix Seal Script’?" Feng Shisan’s face showed a trace of mockery. "No..."
Just as she was about to mock the presumptuous Human Nascent Soul Cultivator, Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness Transmission rang in her ear, "Creation Spirit Liquid... do you still want it?"
"What? You actually have such a divine object? No, I don’t believe it!"
Feng Shisan’s face flickered slightly as she replied with her own Divine Consciousness Transmission.
Amidst the assembly of Nascent Soul old monsters, apart from Nangong Li, no one knew what Fang Xi had said that made the proud Heavenly Phoenix abruptly keep quiet, but they could imagine that it must be an item of extreme value, perhaps even one listed in the inventory that Feng Shisan had previously provided!
For a moment, countless gazes were focused on Fang Xi.
Fortunately, he had already concealed his "Resented Spirit Trace"; otherwise, there might have been troubles ahead.
After all, he was not much focused on maintaining the facade of "Yun Jiezi" anymore. Should his identity be exposed, he might very well be traced all the way to Jade Island.
"To prove it is quite simple... however, not all that I have on hand is Creation Spirit Liquid,"
Fang Xi said with a slight smile, tossing over a Sky Green Bottle.
Feng Shisan caught it, and naturally, it was empty...
"You’re toying with me... Wait!"
With his Divine Consciousness, he carefully examined it, and his expression gradually became emotionally charged, "Inside this bottle, it seems to have contained some kind of Spiritual Liquid. Judging by the remaining scent... At least, it must contain some part of the diluted Creation Spirit Liquid. Unexpectedly... such a high-grade Spiritual Object indeed remains in the Mortal Realm?"
It seemed that even though Feng Shisan had ranked Creation Spirit Liquid at the top of the list, he had never thought that he could obtain such a Supreme Treasure.
His gaze towards Fang Xi became extremely cautious, "Sir, if you have such Spirit Liquid, I am willing to trade with the ’Phoenix Origin Pill’, ’Five Elements Ring’, and ’Heavenly Spider Inner Dan’ mentioned earlier!"
"Creation Spirit Liquid is an object of the Immortal Realm, and while the Spirit Liquid in my possession has been diluted, it has also been refined with Three Lights Divine Water and Thousand Year Spirit Milk... It’s absolutely very precious."
Fang Xi continued with Divine Consciousness Transmission, "Sir, these are far from enough!"
"It seems you still can’t let go of ’Phoenix Seal Script’..."
Feng Shisan’s eyes shimmered with dangerous radiance, but after casting a glance at the nearby Unfettered Duke, he forcibly endured it, "The ’Phoenix Seal Script’ cannot be preserved on ordinary paper... do you mean that I still have to spend time teaching you?"
"That’s your problem. If you cannot satisfy me, then we simply won’t conduct a trade,"
Fang Xi said unflappably.
Feng Shisan fell silent for a while, then asked via Divine Consciousness Transmission, "How much of that Spirit Liquid do you have in your hands?"
"Three drops!"
Light flickered in Fang Xi’s eyes as he replied.
"That’s too little, if we are to trade, for the ’Phoenix Seal Script’, three drops of Spirit Liquid is my bottom line!" Feng Shisan said.
"Plus those three treasures!"
Fang Xi naturally wasn’t going to be courteous with the Monster Clan, what bottom line? That’s something to be broken and trampled over!
The two sides went back and forth, and eventually decided to each verify the goods first.
Fang Xi pulled out a Sky Green Bottle containing a drop of Nine Heavens Purified Spirit Water, while Feng Shisan, sneering, pulled out a Soul Lamp!
Inside the Soul Lamp was a Cultivator’s soul, experiencing the agony of being slowly burned by flames...
The oil in the lamp, however, kept it clinging to its last thread of vitality.
This eerie and horrifying sight made many Demon Path Cultivators present slightly change their expressions.
"Soul Pointing Lamp..."
Fang Xi murmured, it was a notorious torture in the Cultivation World, many cultivators would prefer their souls to be scattered than to be subjected to centuries of torment.
"Indeed, this Nascent Soul’s Divine Soul comes from the last time a Higher Realm was descended upon, a prize captured by our Heavenly Phoenix Clan... This person claimed to be from the Primitive Devil Door, a Demon Path Nascent Soul, captured by our clan, soul ripped and spirit refined, dispelling the Nascent Soul, leaving only a wisp of a Divine Soul in the Soul Pointing Lamp. Such a long time has passed... given the weakness of his Divine Soul, even a Core Formation Cultivator could easily perform soul searching now."
A Nascent Soul Cultivator’s Nascent Soul is inherently resistant to many soul-art techniques, making it difficult to be soul searched, the same goes for tier-four Monster beasts!
The fact that the Monster Clan had accomplished this was enough to horrify many Nascent Soul Cultivators present.
Feng Shisan smiled coldly, "The Primitive Devil Door this person came from is also quite substantial, having learned a portion of ’Phoenix Seal Script’. Elder Qing specifically refined his Divine Soul, preserving this snippet of memory, so it can be used for future learning by our clan..."
His words, though spoken cheerfully, sent shivers down the spines of all the Cultivators present.
The shock in Fang Xi’s heart was even greater than that of the other Nascent Soul old monsters.
This was the first time he had heard the great name "Primitive Devil Door" from someone else.
"Very well then!"
Suppressing the confusion in his heart, Fang Xi tossed the Sky Green Bottle he was holding to Feng Shisan.
Feng Shisan uncorked the bottle, took a faint sniff, and muttered, "Indeed, that Nine Heavens..."
It appeared that he somehow recognized ’Nine Heavens Pure Flower Water’.
And looking at the single drop of Spirit Liquid, he lifted his hand and passed the Soul Lamp over.
Fang Xi received it and performed the Soul Searching Skill.
The memories of this Divine Soul had long turned blank due to the prolonged torture.
Only the memories of learning ’Silver Seal Script’ were preserved.
But the ’Silver Seal Script’ was exceedingly complex, Fang Xi could only understand a part of it; he would need to perform multiple soul searches and study in person to possibly grasp it gradually.
’Clearly, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan had refined this Nascent Soul old demon’s Divine Soul into a teaching instrument, how vicious and malicious!’ Fang Xi exhaled a breath of impure Qi, "Indeed, it is Phoenix Seal Script!"
"Since you insist so strongly..." Feng Shisan, seemingly having second thoughts, conceded, "Out of those three items, you may pick any two... how about that for a trade?"
’It seems that Nine Heavens Purified Spirit Water is very important to the Heavenly Phoenix Clan...’
’By doing this, am I not aiding my enemy too much? I hope that one day in the future, this evil fruit won’t fall upon my head...’
Fang Xi pondered to himself, then said, "Agreed!"