CHAPTER 296: TRADE

"You have a soul-weaving pill?" The old man asked, subconsciously standing and anxiously looking at the newcomers.

"We do." Shen Xu didn’t deny it.

Hearing this, the old man hastily walked towards the two with an excited expression.

"I am willing to exchange everything in my shop for a soul weaving pill." He declared.

Shen Xu nodded when he heard this.

This was exactly what was written in the book, and the double couldn’t help but feel excited.

"Do you have a contract?" He asked.

Although he and Zhen Yuan could easily defeat the old man, they didn’t want to get into unnecessary altercations.

"I have it." The old man said, waved his hand, and a contract flew out of his space ring.

The contract was basic, but it covered all the bases.

In addition to detailing the terms of the trade, it prevented either party from going back on their word or attacking each other within one hundred years.

After Shen Xu signed the contract, the old man also sighed, and the agreement took effect.

Seeing this, the old man nodded.

"Can I see the pill?" He asked, and Shen Xu nodded before handing over a pill bottle.

The bottle contained one pill.

However, the pill was not a low-level soul-weaving pill like the old man expected, but a top-grade one.

Most importantly, it exuded a strong fragrance and a clean aura, indicating it was newly refined.

Realising this, the old man narrowed his eyes with a thoughtful expression.

From what he knew, there were only two level seven alchemists in the Tianqi continent.

Of the two, one was a mid level seven alchemist and the other was an early level seven alchemist.

That said, neither could refine a high-grade soul-weaving pill, let alone a top-grade one.

For this reason, the old man didn’t dare to offend the two people in front of him.

After all, they had a powerful alchemist as a backer.

Thinking this way, the old man bowed with a grateful expression.

"Wu Qiangzhou will never forget this favour." He said, but Shen Xu shook his head.

"We didn’t give you something for nothing." He said.

At the same time, he waved his hand and collected everything in the shop into his storage space.

"It’s a trade, but this old man has already been waiting for three hundred years. I am grateful for your mercy."

Although he didn’t get something for nothing, Wu Qiangzhou understood that a level seven pill wasn’t so easily traded.

If taken to auction, the pill would sell more than the sum of goods in his store.

Considering that, he felt the two young people had done him a great favour.

Unfortunately, he misunderstood the situation.

Compared to what Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan were getting, a top-grade soul-weaving pill was nothing!

Thinking of this, Shen Xu felt uncomfortable and casually threw another bottle to the old man.

"Since we have decided to help, let’s help to the end." He said.

Hearing this, Wu Qiangzhou caught the bottle and readily opened it.

Inside the bottle was ten drops of soul nourishing dew.

With these drops and the soul weaving pill, his grandson would not only recover but his soul would become purer, more solid, and more powerful.

While the old man was caught in the excitement of receiving another treasure, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu slipped out of he shop and disappeared into the crowd.

Soon after, they returned to their inn room and entered the space.

"Do you think he will figure it out?" Shen Xu asked and Zhen Yuan immediately nodded.

"He is not stupid." Zhen Yuan said with a thoughtful expression.

Just now, they said they wanted to help to the end and gave ten drops of soul nourishing dew.

However, cultivators weren’t so sentimental.

Although the old man was momentarily distracted, he would soon realise that something in his shop had attracted their attention, causing them to go out of their way to give a priceless pill and the soul nourishing dew.

"I think so too." Shen Xu nodded and sighed.

"Don’t worry. He will probably feel a little regretful but he won’t cause trouble for us."

"Let’s hope so." Shen Xu said, waved his hand and a bunch of things flew out of his space ring.

"Ayuan, let’s check the loot."

As expected, most of the things were good but not useful to anyone in their group.

That said, the two uncovered five treasures.

The first was a gold element crystal.

In the original book, Shen Xu didn’t originally know about the chaos water.

What attracted him to the shop was the gold element crystal and since he happened to have a soul weaving pill, he decided to do the trade.

Unexpectedly, he not only got the crystal but also discovered a bottle of chaos water.

Thinking of this, Shen Xu frowned.

"What’s the matter?" Zhen Yuan asked.

"Book Shen Xu only got the gold element crystal and the chaos water. How come we got three extra things?"

"Our actions have changed many plot elements. Also, the timing of our visit to alchemy city is not the same as the book Shen Xu. It’s also possible that the original didn’t recognise the treasures."

Shen Xu nodded when he heard this.

"You are right." He said and put away the gold element crystal.

Although he and Zhen Yuan didn’t need the gold element crystal, Yang Shi would eventually grow a gold head and Shen Xu would contract a gold element fire.

When the time came, the gold element crystal would be useful in one way or another.

After storing the crystal, Shen Xu reached for a map.

At a glance, the map was extraordinary but neither Shen Xu nor Zhen Yuan could read the writing on it.

"Let’s put it aside for the time being. We will ask Feng Xue later." Zhen Yuan suggested and Shen Xu agreed.

After the map was a book.

The book was made of ordinary materials, had a dozen pages and each page contained a song.