Chapter 318

Chapter 318: The Black Tortoise Seal

The items that Mo Lanyun took out were not bad at all; in fact, they were quite good. However, in comparison to her strength and status, they fell far short.

Fang Lie couldn’t help but frown and said, "Junior sister, with your skills, you shouldn’t only have this much, right?"

It was important to know that Mo Lanyun was in a growth phase. She often went on special adventures in paradises of the heavens, battling powerful demon beasts or searching for treasures from heaven and earth. Given the Mo family’s resources and intelligence capabilities, her haul could not possibly be so little. It should be tenfold or even a hundredfold more than this.

Upon hearing this, Mo Lanyun immediately forced a bitter smile and said, "I can’t help it! You know, my magic power is so strong that almost any demon beast I defeat turns into clear water, leaving nothing behind. So, without materials from demon beasts, I could only find some minerals and spirit herbs from their lairs. But the minerals are crucial for our Mo family and have all been taken by my father, leaving me with nothing but some lesser spirit herbs. This is all I have."

Mo Lanyun felt somewhat wronged saying this, but Fang Lie understood that it was the truth. She had already taken so many resources from her family. If she kept all her gains for herself, the elders of the Mo family would surely have objections.

Moreover, her Guan Yin water spiritual root was a bit wasteful; whatever it touched turned into rich spiritual energy water. This water was then absorbed by Mo Lanyun, transforming into the purest magic. The reason her cultivation speed was so astonishingly fast was closely related to this powerful spiritual root.

Of course, there was a trade-off; while this spiritual root accelerated her training, it also meant that during battles, she often ended up with nothing. No matter how valuable the demon beast was, once she killed it with a slap, it would be utterly gone, leaving not a single material behind.

Hearing Mo Lanyun’s complaints, both Fang Lie and Immortal Fire Cloud shared an awkward smile, slightly relieved of their previous envy of her peculiar spiritual root.

Immortal Fire Cloud began to count the spirit herbs and quickly offered some prices. The quality of the herbs was neither high nor low, so they could only be openly priced at the exhibition, lacking the qualification to enter the auction.

Mo Lanyun wanted to sell a few for pocket money, so the amount didn’t matter to her. She glanced through the numbers, thought they seemed reasonable, and nodded in agreement.

Immortal Fire Cloud gathered all the jade boxes and smiled at Fang Lie, saying, "I know of your reputation. If your items are this little, that would really be looking down on us!"

"Hey, hey~" Fang Lie chuckled and replied, "Don’t worry, I’ll definitely bring out good items; I’m just worried about whether your exhibition stand can accommodate them!"

"Oh come now~" Immortal Fire Cloud laughed, "Even though the Penglai Sword Sect isn’t as wealthy as the Mo family, we can certainly build a stand! Bring out as many treasures as you have!"

"Alrighty~" Fang Lie burst into laughter and handed over two Sumeru Bags to Immortal Fire Cloud.

As Immortal Fire Cloud casually used divine sense to scan the Sumeru Bags, his expression changed dramatically. He quickly scanned again and then exclaimed in disbelief, "No wonder Young Master Fang is so confident! You actually have thousands of items that can go to the exhibition! My goodness, how many people have you robbed?"

Upon hearing his words, Mo Lanyun gasped in shock and couldn’t help but exclaim, "Wow, you’re amazing, senior brother!"

In the past, the Penglai Sword Sect collected treasures from various family clans, and the items displayed at the exhibition could only be around ten to twenty thousand at most. However, Fang Lie this time brought a full three thousand items. Besides over a hundred pieces of sixth-rank treasures, there were also numerous materials above the sixth rank, as well as talismans and spirit pills.

If all these items were sold, Fang Lie could likely receive hundreds of thousands, or even over a million spirit pearls, comparable to a small sect’s entire resources. It was no wonder they were so shocked.

Fang Lie grinned and said, "I’m not that impressive; it’s the Man-Eating Demon Monk who is formidable. That guy’s thousand-year wealth is truly impressive; nearly all of it is here!"

"I see how it is~" Immortal Fire Cloud said enviously, "That’s amazing! Only Young Master Fang would dare to take action against him. Others wouldn’t even dream of it! Even we, having long stood aside, let him wreak havoc for a thousand years!"

The backing of the Man-Eating Demon Monk was quite powerful—he was a Semi-Immortal! Besides Fang Lie, who wasn’t afraid of death, who would dare provoke him?

Fang Lie smiled without speaking, but his pride was evident.

Seeing this, Immortal Fire Cloud shook his head wryly, with no words to say. After all, it was Fang Lie’s ability, and he couldn’t feel jealous.

Then, Immortal Fire Cloud began to assess the value of those items. After a while, he smiled and said, "I’ve pretty much estimated everything. Let me write you a list. By the way, why did you divide them into two batches and use two Sumeru Bags? Can’t you just combine the similar items? It’s a bit troublesome."

"It’s because of ownership~" Fang Lie quickly explained, "One Sumeru Bag is mine, and the other belongs to the Seven Dragon True Immortal. I hope you won’t mind the extra work!"

"Oh, I see! I understand now!" Immortal Fire Cloud nodded and began recording information in the Jade Slips.

After about a quarter of an hour, he finished recording both Sumeru Bags and handed two Jade Slips to Fang Lie with a smile, saying, "Young Master Fang is truly generous, willing to sell even sixth-rank pinnacle treasures. Even I would want to keep things like this, even if I can’t use them myself, I would gift them to my juniors."

Fang Lie accepted the Jade Slips and smiled lightly, saying, "These are all worthless trash without potential. If they were true Pseudo-Spiritual Treasures, I wouldn’t sell them; I would keep them instead. By the way, at this Grand Banquet by the Sea and Sky, will there be Pseudo-Spiritual Treasures? I really want to get some!"

Pseudo-Spiritual Treasures refer to sixth-rank treasures made from materials above the seventh rank.

In fact, generally speaking, no matter how advanced the materials used, the highest rank of treasures produced is the sixth rank unless super materials with inherent spirituality are used, which can directly forge treasures above the seventh rank.

Among sixth-rank treasures, items made from7th-rank or higher materials typically have the potential to upgrade to seventh-rank treasures. When these items are nurtured to the pinnacle sixth rank, they can potentially advance to the seventh rank and are called Pseudo-Spiritual Treasures.

Under normal circumstances, out of ten Pseudo-Spiritual Treasures, approximately one can advance to the seventh rank. However, treasures without seventh-rank materials usually require thousands of items to upgrade to seventh rank, and even then, the chances of further advancement are negligible.

For this reason, materials above the seventh rank are very valuable, sometimes even more than sixth-rank treasures.

Although Fang Lie had numerous sixth-rank treasures taken from Man-Eating Demon Monk, only a single bronze ancient mirror qualified as a Pseudo-Spiritual Treasure, which he had given to Mr. Suan Mei. The remaining sixth-rank treasures either lacked sufficient standard materials, didn’t meet the sixth-rank top-grade criteria, or hadn’t been nurtured to that level through magic. None qualified as Pseudo-Spiritual Treasures.

Currently, Fang Lie had tens of thousands of Wonderful Bodhi Fruits, each capable of endowing a sixth-rank top-grade treasure with spiritual properties to attain seventh-rank status.

Under these circumstances, Fang Lie was naturally very eager for Pseudo-Spiritual Treasures. However, they usually had only a one in ten chance to advance to seventh-rank, and in ordinary situations, very few were sold.

Even if Fang Lie offered spirit pills as a reward, he still couldn’t find one.

However, the Penglai Sword Sect’s Grand Banquet by the Sea and Sky would certainly be different; they were even selling eighth-rank treasures, so Pseudo-Spiritual Treasures should definitely be available.

Indeed, Immortal Fire Cloud smiled slightly and said, "Although Pseudo-Spiritual Treasures are rare, there will be a few at our Grand Banquet. Generally, Pseudo-Spiritual Treasures are qualified for auctions, but occasionally, they can appear at exhibitions or during gambling events. So, Young Master Fang, you can buy them yourself. With the resources you have, you could dominate the auction!"

"Haha~" Fang Lie laughed heartily, "I don’t lack anything else, even the Penglai Immortal Liquid is mine. The only thing left that attracts me is that eighth-rank treasure. Can you tell me what this eighth-rank treasure is? And what about your mysterious treasure?"

"I can’t share any details about the mysterious treasure, as I don’t have the qualification to know either. It will only be revealed at the very last moment~" Immortal Fire Cloud laughed, "But I can spill a little about the headlining eighth-rank treasure. We worked hard to persuade a declining sect to agree to sell their ancestral eighth-rank top-grade treasure, the Black Tortoise Seal!"

"It’s actually an eighth-rank top-grade treasure?" Fang Lie gasped in astonishment and exclaimed excitedly, "What a great item! I wonder what the minimum price is?"

"Not much at all, only seventy thousand spirit pearls!" Immortal Fire Cloud replied with modest pride.

"Seventy thousand spirit pearls? You call that not much?" Fang Lie grimaced, saying, "Even though I think I’ve made some money, why do I feel so poor now?"

"Oh dear, you’re overly modest~" Immortal Fire Cloud chuckled helplessly, "Such things are usually valued in financial competitions among major sects. The final selling price could even reach several million! Very few individuals could cough up such cash. Even the Thunder Tribulation Immortal would struggle to pull out that amount at will. You, with your current skill level, have such savings; that’s already impressive enough! When I was your age, I was practically begging!"