Chapter 252

Chapter 252: Enamel Dragon Crystals?

As the sun dipped in the west, the crew gathered to watch the commotion, laughing and joking from time to time.

The dashing ship captain returned from the island, bringing back a lovely young girl, as delicate as a finely carved statue. Wow! She was truly beautiful, with her hair styled in a flying phoenix bun and flowing ribbons adorning her arms, looking like a character straight out of a painting. At such a young age, how outstanding she was! In a few years, wouldn’t she cause chaos in the world? Standing beside the handsome ship captain, it seemed to proclaim the term "golden boy and jade girl" to the world.

“Old hag, where’s my pearl?” Li Hui asked irritably.

“What pearl? I don’t know,” Su Qing’er shook her head vigorously, hiding her left hand behind her back. What a cheap display of intelligence!

“Ahhhh! What did you call me?” The young beauty finally reacted, yelling, “How dare you call me an old hag! I haven’t even said anything about you! Look at all that demonic energy around you!”

“She looks so young. I prefer beautiful girls who have a sense of distance. Do you know what distance is? Uh, such a sense of distance!” Li Hui glanced at the little girl’s figure.

“Bastard! Scumbag! Big bad guy! Pervert!” The little girl erupted in rage.

“You actually understood?” Li Hui was somewhat surprised; her intelligence was clearly improving! He put on a serious face and said, “Do you know how stingy your Aofeng Sect is? You want the horse to run fast but don’t want to feed it. Can’t you even take a joke?”

“I don’t care! I’m hungry and need to eat,” the little girl had a strong will, previously shouting about the pervert but now patting her belly asking for food.

Li Hui couldn’t do anything about her; the urgent business came first. Although Su Mu’er was stingy, he argued effectively, using clever words and thoughts to secure quite a few benefits.

“Qiniang, go find the sea merchant of Aofeng Sect to purchase goods based on the information provided by Longde Bank. Also, sell spirit talismans on Tianyuan Street to exchange for artifact fragments and local products. Let’s bring the alchemy back to the Grand Xuan Dynasty. Aofeng Sect’s alchemy skills are impressive, so we won’t embarrass ourselves.”

“Understood!” Huo Qiniang responded to the order and left.

With Aofeng Sect’s cooperation, the goods on hand could sell for good prices, unlike being restricted on Blue Moon Island.

After about half an hour, ten Concentrating Spirit stage cultivators shouted as they carried a large flat drum from Tianyuan Street and placed it at the bow of the ship.

This large drum was the benefit Su Mu’er had secured for Li Hui. Although it looked like a simple drum, it was actually a massive war nest for poisonous wasps with a spacious internal space.

Long Yun exclaimed in shock, “This is Aofeng Sect’s war nest drum! It bears the sect’s mark, indicating it’s an ancient nest over three hundred years old. How did it come to be transported onto the ship?”

“Setting up a match, don’t you see how handsome I am?” Li Hui casually replied, troubled as he thought: “This drum is a bit heavy. I don’t need to weigh the Wave Breaking Cone down; I need to figure out a way to reduce its weight. Otherwise, we might cut people for nothing today! We can’t not bring it along; we need this drum to support us against the monstrous sea beasts we’ll encounter on our way back to Wutu Continent!”

“With this war nest drum, you can receive even more support from the bank.” Long Yun’s words were like music to Li Hui’s ears, making the handsome ship captain feel warm and smile kindly, “Lord Long, you are teaching me well.”

Long Yun gritted his teeth, having learned about Li Hui’s personality on their journey. During his secluded cultivation, he could go long periods without seeing the light of day, and after coming out, he enjoyed joking around, eating, and drinking. However, he could quickly become very down-to-earth, almost like a waiter. Yet all of this was just a facade.

The real Li Yingjun held his own standards; though young, he was more restrained and confident than many seasoned cultivators.

With Long Yun’s help, Li Hui obtained twenty-eight Five-Color Fortune Coins and three hundred pieces of high-grade Miao Jade from the bank, a rare privilege indeed.

Five-Color Fortune Coins were more valuable than high-grade Miao Jade because they carried powers of disaster avoidance and problem-solving, and even when they lost their spiritual energy and turned to powder, they could still be made into top-quality talisman ink.

High-grade Miao Jade was equally rare, seldom used in maritime trade; however, Longde Bank, supported by Aofeng Sect, occasionally utilized Miao Jade.

Upon returning to the cabin, Li Hui pressed his fingers to his forehead and released purple crystals, and in no time, the twenty-eight Five-Color Fortune Coins and three hundred pieces of high-grade Miao Jade turned to powder.

The Treasure Cabinet Array erupted in a giant burst of light, as if a giant beast was delighting in its food.

“Is this not enough to satisfy?”

“How much spiritual energy can these purple crystals store? Is there no limit? Or do they split upon reaching their limit, for should they exist everywhere, Miao Jade would have been replaced long ago.” Li Hui felt the Fortune Ascending Talisman showed slight improvement; at least it wasn’t just a thin slice of tofu anymore.

Just after retracting the Treasure Cabinet Array, he heard someone talking at the corner of the wall: “Big bad guy, you have so many Enamel Dragon Crystals, yet you’re still chasing after my little snake pearl.”

“When did you come in?” Li Hui widened his eyes; this little girl sneaked in through the Mysterious Water Pearl and bypassed the alarm formation.

“I intended to return your pearl, but then I saw you smiling foolishly and releasing so many, so many, so many Enamel Dragon Crystals, crushing the Five-Color Fortune Coins and high-grade Miao Jade into powder,” Su Qing’er exclaimed. “Wow! This can’t be your secret, right? You’re going to kill me to silence me.”

“Hum hum hum!” Li Hui raised his hand to summon the Ice Picking Short Sword. Flames flickered violently from the blade, and he grinned maliciously, “You’re right; wash your neck clean and wait for this sword to come down.”

“Ahhhh! No! Big bad guy!” The Mysterious Water Pearl attempted to flee into the air, while gold patterns exploded from Li Hui’s body as he activated his Ideal Body at nine times the speed, grabbing the pearl and questioning, “How did you get in? Also, what are Enamel Dragon Crystals?”

“What? You really didn’t know? Just pretending to be the big bad wolf. I won’t say! I won’t tell you!” The little girl pouted, feeling proud.

“Give you a Mysterious Water Pearl, then tell me!” Li Hui was genuinely curious; from the little girl’s tone, it seemed she knew quite a lot of valuable things.

“I only want that pearl! I’ve brought loads of toxins from the sect; this is my home now,” Su Qing’er accidentally let slip her secret.

“Oh?” Li Hui was overjoyed, considering teaching this girl talismans, then bringing her back to Dalong. It should be quite fulfilling to challenge Aofeng Sect’s covering arrangements.

“Give me a hundred Enamel Dragon Crystals and I’ll tell you,” the little girl proposed conditions.

“Not a chance! I can’t take them out of the array, plus I have to invest Miao Jade to ensure their maintenance; there were only twenty pieces initially.” Li Hui revealed a bit of the truth.

“No way! It should have started with only one, and you have to consume supreme Miao Jade to split; otherwise, it will always just be one,” the little girl confirmed. “Supreme Miao Jade cannot exist in this world, and Enamel Dragon Crystals are the calamity of supreme Miao Jade. It’s said they slowly absorb spiritual energy until they split, and once they reach a hundred pieces, they sink underground emitting enamel colors, afterwards cultivating dragon veins and creating blessings!”

“Are these the origins of the dragon veins?” Li Hui was somewhat shocked.

“They can only form one type within the dragon vein, called the Land of Fortune Dragons,” the little girl said somewhat disdainfully, “I can’t believe you’re so clueless, knowing nothing at all.”

“What if someone gets them and they continue to split?” This was what Li Hui was most concerned about.

“Impossible! If more than a hundred pieces linger outside, they will dissipate,” Su Qing’er then realized and asked, “Come clean; how did you get so many Enamel Dragon Crystals?”