Chapter 167: A Thousand-Year Soul Bone Only Gives One Foundation-Building Pill?
Qian Daoliu looked at the unruly old Dragon Yu Yuanzhen and smiled coldly. The pressure of a Rank 99 Ultimate Douluo immediately descended upon Yu Yuanzhen.
"I can't move anymore," Yu Yuanzhen thought to himself, looking at Qian Daoliu, who still had a smile on his face. He was greatly surprised, but he also felt a chill from that smile.
"You come to my Spirit Hall now to ask for medicinal pills, and you still have this attitude? Am I giving you too much face?" Qian Daoliu looked at Yu Yuanzhen with an unfriendly tone, his body emitting faint golden light.
"Cough, cough—let's talk this over, High Priest. Don't be anxious. We came with sincerity this time." Yu Yuanzhen immediately calmed down, feeling just how terrifying Qian Daoliu was.
Strictly speaking, Qian Daoliu should be from the same era as him, though he was slightly younger.
In that era, Qian Daoliu was undoubtedly a prodigy, making a stir across the entire continent just like Tang Chen.
However, he later secluded himself in Spirit Hall, not bothering with worldly affairs, which made Yu Yuanzhen forget how mighty Qian Daoliu really was.
Now, being suppressed by the pressure of an Ultimate Douluo, Yu Yuanzhen instantly became obedient.
He was merely a Rank 95 Peak Titled Douluo, and with the full enhancement of Dragon Transformation, he could exert the strength of a Rank 96 Peak. But even so, he was as tiny as an ant in front of Qian Daoliu.
"Oh? What sincerity? Show it to me." Qian Daoliu then retracted his pressure.
Seriously, did they really think that after so many years of not taking action, his personality had improved? It seemed like any random person could challenge him now.
Didn't he need some face?
Yu Yuanzhen steadied himself, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked, "High Priest, I heard that your Spirit Hall recently developed two medicinal pills, the Foundation Establishment Pill and the Spirit Ascension Pill, which respectively enhance innate talent and soul power. Is that true?"
"It's true. Do you want them? Then it depends on what your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is prepared to exchange for them," Qian Daoliu said unhurriedly.
Yu Yuanzhen tentatively asked, "How about I use a thousand-year soul bone to exchange for five of each of these medicinal pills, High Priest? What do you think?"
As he spoke, Yu Yuanzhen took out a right arm soul bone glowing with a faint blue light from his Soul Guidance Device. This was a lightning-attribute soul bone of about six thousand years.
Don't underestimate this six-thousand-year right arm soul bone. In Yu Yuanzhen's opinion, the price he was offering was already quite high.
Soul bones were extremely rare in this era.
If this soul bone were auctioned, it could sell for at least three million gold coins!
And this was one of the few soul bones in their family, originally reserved for outstanding young disciples in the future, but now it could only be used to exchange for medicinal pills.
The Spirit Empire had vast resources, so they certainly wouldn't be interested in gold coins. Besides, Yu Yuanzhen couldn't think of anything else that would appeal to them.
And it wasn't that Yu Yuanzhen was unwilling to offer a more advanced soul bone, but there were no soul bones over ten thousand years in the family treasury.
If there were, he would have absorbed them long ago.
He himself only had three soul bones.
As for Yu Luomian and the others following Yu Yuanzhen, they didn't dare to move at all, fearing that Qian Daoliu might get displeased and annihilate them.
Under the full pressure of an Ultimate Douluo, they would simply be crushed into minced meat.
But Yu Yuanzhen never expected that Qian Daoliu would glance at the soul bone as if it were trash, shaking his head in disappointment. "Is this the sincerity of your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan? A mere six-thousand-year soul bone—do you think my Spirit Hall doesn't have any?"
"It seems you still don't understand the true value of the Foundation Establishment Pill and the Spirit Ascension Pill to a Soul Master."
"If the Foundation Establishment Pill could only increase a Soul Master's soul power by one level below Innate Rank 2, then your soul bone would be enough. But the Foundation Establishment Pill is equally effective for Innate Rank 9 Soul Masters. Do you still think this soul bone is enough to exchange for five Foundation Establishment Pills and five Spirit Ascension Pills?"
Yu Yuanzhen thought about it, secretly feeling that Qian Daoliu was making an exorbitant demand.
But if it were him, he might also think the same way.
After all, refining such medicinal pills definitely required extremely good materials. The Spirit Empire had been slow to sell medicinal pills to the outside world, simply because the pills they refined were not even enough for themselves, let alone selling them to others.
Yu Yuanzhen's face darkened, and he said in a low voice, "Then how many Foundation Establishment Pills can this one soul bone be exchanged for?"
Qian Daoliu was silent for a moment, then raised a finger. "Barely one."
"What!"
Yu Yuanzhen's expression changed drastically, and he roared, "High Priest, don't go too far!"
Yu Yuanzhen felt that Qian Daoliu was just making an exorbitant demand!
But Qian Daoliu said unhurriedly, "What's the use of shouting so loudly? If you don't want it, you can leave! And what I'm telling you is still fair!"
"Think about the effect of the Foundation Establishment Pill yourself. It can improve a Soul Master's basic cultivation speed, allowing them to strive for higher realms."
"And your six-thousand-year soul bone, after a Soul Master absorbs it, can also provide some improvement in cultivation speed and physique, along with a Soul Bone skill. But compared to the Foundation Establishment Pill, it's still a bit weaker."
"A Soul Master of your level should know that thousand-year Soul Bone Skills are useless in the late stage—unless they are support-type soul skills—but no one can say for sure."
"However, the Foundation Establishment Pill raises a Soul Master's upper limit. For example, if a Soul Master's highest realm is Soul King, after taking the Pill, they could advance to Soul Emperor or even Soul Saint. The two additional Soul Skills are much more valuable than your single soul bone!"
"It's only out of consideration for your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and because this soul bone is a right arm bone—which increases its value—that I'm giving you some face. One Foundation Establishment Pill is already quite a lot."
"Next time you come, unless you bring a ten-thousand-year soul bone to exchange, don't even think about it." Qian Daoliu's expression was that of a shrewd merchant.
Yu Yuanzhen: …
Although he felt Qian Daoliu was taking advantage of the situation, listening to his reasoning did make some sense.
While the example Qian Daoliu gave also required resources during growth, overall, it did seem stronger than a thousand-year soul bone...
Damn it!
"Alright, one it is!" Yu Yuanzhen said through gritted teeth.
At the same time, he felt bitter. If he only exchanged for one, then this Foundation Establishment Pill might not necessarily be used by Xiaogang.
If this soul bone were his own, then it would be easy to say.
But this soul bone belonged to the family treasury, so who would receive the Foundation Establishment Pill would still need to be decided in a meeting.
"Oh, by the way, if your clan doesn't have a ten-thousand-year soul bone, it's fine. The Dragon Transformation secret method is also acceptable. If you can provide my Spirit Hall with a copy of the Dragon Transformation secret method for research, then we can give you five Foundation Establishment Pills and five Spirit Ascension Pills."
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