After following the scent and arriving in front of the strange ball, the three seniors looked at the treasure curiously. They were truly interested in what could attract the senses of the greedy dragoness.
"What is this?"
There was no nametag, the only mark shown being [Natural Treasure].
Yan Huang was the owner of this place, but clearly, he didn't know of all the treasures being sold. Looking at the ball of earth with greenery and rivers, he shook his head. "No idea. Let me call someone."
Ao Xianlan and Tatyana were also confused, neither of them knowing what it was. Tatyana asked Yasenia. "Why did you detect it among all the treasures?"
Yasenia answered with an unsure expression. "Familiarity."
"Hm?" Tatyana showed a puzzled expression. "Do you have earth and water natural treasures? Perhaps it is because of that."
Yasenia shook her head. "While I do have an Earth and Water Natural Treasure, they are both tied down to my garden. Even then, I am sure that this sense is not because of those two treasures."
Ao Xianlan asked, baffled by her comment. "How many Natural Treasures do you have?"
Yasenia glanced into her World Storage Treasure. "Hm… I have 12."
"Twelve!?"
Yan Huang and Ao Xianlan were startled. With their wealth, they possessed more than twelve, but hearing that Yasenia had managed to collect twelve in a bit longer than a century was more than exceptional.
"Did you rob a world or something? Where did you get so many?"
Yasenia looked at Tatyana and spoke. "Mom gave me five of those at one time after she made a mysterious trip. The others, I collected them slowly. While I have twelve of them, I only connected to one, though."
The [Celestial Pearl] was the only [Natural Treasure] Yasenia ever connected with. The rest were in her storage treasure, collecting dust.
Ao Xianlan snorted. "And you call yourself poor? Do you know the value of Natural Treasures, little one? If anyone else asks you, never answer truthfully! At most, say that you have three of them. And that's if you want to flaunt wealth. Any more than three and you will be robbed blind."
Tatyana nodded and stretched her hand. Two men and a woman nearby flew toward her, slamming onto the ground before her. "You've never heard anything here. If you ever speak of it, I'll erase your entire bloodline and all that you hold dear from existence. Now, answer, am I clear?"
The three quickly nodded their heads, their hearts trembling with horror. They were High-Level Transcendence cultivators! How could this woman treat them as if they were some chickens on the side that she could pick up at any moment!?
Tatyana looked down and sighed. "Two of you have resentment in your eyes. Since you don't appreciate my rare kindness, [Die]."
The woman and man vanished, while the remaining man almost pissed his pants in fear. 'L-Law Creator!'
Yan Huang and Ao Xianlan didn't stop Tatyana. Even if she didn't move, they would've made sure that these three never spoke of what they had heard. This time, it was curiosity that killed the cat!
After throwing the man out of the building through a window, Tatyana walked to Yasenia's side and hugged her arm. Seeing how her Little Treasure looked at the two Spatial Rings that fell onto the ground, Tatyana clicked her tongue playfully. "Find yours later. These two are mine."
Yasenia pouted, and Tatyana kissed her delicious-looking pouty lips.
"Lord! Sorry for the delay! I had to cross several cities, and it took a little while to arrive."
As Yasenia pondered whether to plant a thousand kisses on Tatyana's beautiful face, a man's hurried voice interrupted her. She looked away, prompting a dissatisfied tsk from the woman who got her kisses denied.
The man who arrived had a very uncommon appearance. In the cultivation world, beautiful women and handsome men were aplenty. The higher the realm, the more perfected people became. So, even if someone started as a physically ugly person, they would become a decently attractive person by the time they reached the immortal realms and were reborn through the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation.
The exceptions were those who practiced unusual techniques.
But the man in front of Yasenia was a large-bellied man with a short stature and somewhat of a greasy face. His hair was not short; it could even be described as lush, but the gleam of the hair didn't come from cleanliness but oil.
The unkempt beard, which only grew a few sparse hairs, didn't help the man's looks in the slightest.
Yan Huang instantly noticed the disbelief in Yasenia's eyes, but he also noticed that there was no disgust. Only curiosity and shock at seeing him. This actually earned a few points in Yan Huang's and even the pot-bellied man's heart.
The man didn't know who the shorter dragon woman was, but the moment he entered the room, his eyes almost gravitated toward the peerless, alluring dragon beauty. 'Such a beautiful woman! The other two are not any worse than her as well… Are they Lord Yan's new wives?'
He approved of them since none of the three showed disgust at his looks. Yan Huang smiled at him. "No need for formalities. We've known each other for a few tens of thousands of years."
The pot-bellied man laughed heartily. "Even then, there must be a sense of politeness so that we don't blur lines, Lord Yan! Tell me, since you called me specially, it must be something important, right?"
Yan Huang shook his head with a smile. "Not quite. Tell me everything you know about this item."
The man turned to look at the item on the shelf and pondered.
Meanwhile, Yasenia kept staring at him, wanting to ask but feeling that it was rude. Even her current staring was clearly beyond a certain line, but she couldn't help her curiosity.
The man noticed and laughed. Now that he was close, he could sense the boundless aura of vitality in Yasenia's body. Clearly, this gorgeous woman was a cub!
"Curious about my looks?"
The man smiled and asked. Yasenia was not pretentious and nodded honestly. That made him smile wider. Honest curiosity didn't bother him at all. "It's a bit of a long story, but I can summarize it for you in one line."
Yasenia asked. "What line?"
The man shrugged. "My wife likes my looks from when I was a mortal!"
Yasenia was first stunned and then burst into pleasant laughter. Seeing her laughing expression was like witnessing the blooming of a thousand flowers. Everyone in the shop couldn't help but pause what they were doing to look at the picturesque beauty's laughter.
"I see." Yasenia smiled. "I am sure that your wife is a great woman."
The man harrumphed. "A grumpy great woman! Always asking me to do this and that. Really, there is no end."
While he said that, his tone didn't have a single hint of dissatisfaction. "What's your name, young dragon?"
"Yasenia Dravory."
"Great! You are clearly someone with great character. In the future, if you visit our [Sky Treasure Trove Merchant] and are being bullied, just say that you have Pang Zhanzhu's backing!"
Yasenia blinked at his name. "Pang Zhanzhu? Fatty Pearl?"
The man scratched his face. When he did so, Yasenia noticed that the "greasiness" was just illusory. He was actually perfectly clean. 'The wife has some… unique taste.'
"I was born round, so my mother back then called me as such. I suffered a bit because of that name, but it was also because of it that I found my wife. So, I am happy with it."
Yasenia chuckled. "I am glad, then."
The man then seriously looked at the Natural Treasure and nodded. "I remember. This item is truly unremarkable. While it has the rank of a Six Star Supreme Ranked Treasure, it doesn't function as a proper Natural Treasure."
Yasenia tilted her head. "What do you mean?"
Pang Zhanzhu sighed. "While it is clearly a Natural Treasure, it doesn't grow in strength. Some experts looked at it deeply for a while, and they realized that this is just a fragment of a whole. Many years have passed since it fractured, so this part has become a valuable treasure in its own right. However, most of the uniqueness of the Natural Treasures is impossible to show with it."
Yasenia looked at it with a strange look. Then, she turned to look at Tatyana, only to notice the woman staring at her face intently. She blinked. "Um. What's wrong?"
Tatyana didn't even blink. "Nothing. Just staring at my beautiful Little Treasure."
Accustomed to her mother's antics, Yasenia asked. "Have you heard what he said?"
"No. I was too distracted by your laughing face."
Yasenia didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Listen to him first, then keep staring, okay? I think we found something quite interesting."
Tatyana moved her eyes away reluctantly and looked at the man coldly. "Speak. I want to continue staring."
Pang Zhanzhu was more than accustomed to the eccentric behaviors of different cultivators, so he didn't even twitch at Tatyana's extreme mood swing!
Instead, he answered professionally and repeated what he said. Tatyana blinked and turned to stare at Yasenia. "Clearly it's part of Kali's treasure. Let's get it and search for others."
Yasenia sighed and nodded with a smile, kissing her nose. "We'll take this one then. What's the name?"
Pang Zhanzhu smiled. "[Rivers and Forest Earth Natural Treasure]. We'll pack it up for you shortly, Miss Dravory."
Yan Huang shook his head. "No need, let her get it. She is here to pick three free treasures either way."
"Oh! Excuse me if I overstepped, but is this her dowry?"
All four tilted their heads, confused, and looked at the man. Tatyana asked, her tone carrying a hint of hidden danger. "Dowry? Of whom?"
Pang Zhanzhu was far from being slow-witted. 'Ah. It seems that I overthought things.'
He smiled and shook his head. "I was mistaken. Let's continue, and I'll help Miss Yasenia with the explanations of treasures she finds interesting."
That single sentence dispelled the awkwardness, marvelling Yasenia. 'Such a simple yet effective way to calm everyone. Truly praiseworthy.'
Their group walked around the shop for two days straight. Surrounded by treasures, Yasenia was like a fish in the ocean. She went from one to another, asking Pang Zhanzhu to explain different treasures.
Eventually, she took two treasures that would help her greatly!
The first was called [Moon and Sun Swallowing Cultivation Mat]. It was a Nine Star Supreme Ranked Treasure that she could use to accelerate her cultivation speed by 50%!
"Fifty percent, really?"
"Really."
Yasenia looked between Pang Zhanzhu and the gorgeous cultivation mat a few times. "I don't like to brag, but my energy absorption is much higher than normal people's. Are you 100% sure that it's 50%?"
Pang Zhanzhu chuckled, his large belly bouncing a little. "Its previous owner was a Fourth Level Law Creator. Do you think you can absorb more than someone like that?"
Yasenia was silent. "Touché. I'll get it."
She dripped a few drops of blood, and the mat went straight into her dantian instead of the World Storage Treasure. Pang Zhanzhu was also a Seventh Realm cultivator, so all four seniors noticed the strange disappearance of the treasure.
Clearly, she had not stored it in her dantian normally. Of course, the strangeness was fleeting, so all of them but Tatyana just shook their heads.
For the final treasure, Yasenia decided to get a [One Hour Life Protecting Pill]. It was a pill that, once taken, would make Yasenia impervious to all damage and forces for an hour straight against cultivators one entire realm above her. The limit was, according to the person who concocted it, Level 6 Demigods. Level 7 Demigods and above would be able to slowly break the shell, reducing the one-hour duration. Yasenia looked at the seniors and spoke seriously. "One never has enough life-saving treasures."
Tatyana looked at Yasenia doubtfully. "You won't be reluctant to use it until it finally loses its effectiveness, right? You have a few teleportation talismans that are now not good enough, among many other lower-level Life Saving Treasures you hoarded into uselessness."
Yasenia didn't answer. She couldn't promise anything!
The other seniors felt their lips twitching.