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Chapter 110: Essence Blood Vein

Chapter 110: Chapter 110: Essence Blood Vein

The salesperson pondered for a moment before leading Wang Zijia to a container. He pointed to the merchandise inside and introduced it to Wang Zijia. "If Senior Brother doesn’t mind the consumption of essence blood, this is the most suitable for you!"

With these words, he opened a light screen, and its detailed information was revealed to Wang Zijia.

Item: Blood Cicada Molting

Level: Secondary Lower-Class Talisman (Fake)

Category: One-time Special Talisman

Growth: Can grow (Requires long-term blood essence nurturing)

Function: Can block a fatal injury once, the specific strength depends on the situation. Full-frequency exemption for the Child Stage, Sacrificial Wine Stage depends on the intensity of the attack and the nurturing process.

Price: Five thousand magic money.

Remarks: The Martial Uncle of the Sacrificial Wine spent three years to find the Blood Silkworm Shedding, wanted to refine a second-grade peak special defensive artifact Golden Cicada Shield, but due to various reasons the refining failed, so it was changed into this talisman.

Despite being a single-use utensil, as long as there is sufficient essence blood and proper nurturing, it is theoretically able to reach a second-grade peak and it is not impossible to survive from a Perfected person’s hand.

Looking at the introduction, Wang Zijia’s face lit up. He meticulously inspected the talisman inside the container.

It appeared like a young cicada that had not yet molted, its whole body was blood red, translucent, and brilliant, looking life-like, with a jade-like clarity.

It seemed entirely carved out of top-grade blood crystal, quite exquisite, with runes accompanied by spiritual light flowing on it, which was quite extraordinary.

Wang Zijia examined it for a long while before saying, "No rush, let’s look at the others."

Seeing this, the salesperson brother continued showing Wang Zijia around. As they browsed, Wang Zijia finally understood why the Essence Blood Vein has the reputation of costing an arm and a leg for thirty years.

A second-grade low-level magic artifact is mostly priced around two or three thousand in sects, but here in this store, even the junk costs three to five thousand, and lifesaving items easily cost seven or eight thousand. If it is a superior magic artifact, it is priced by the tens of thousands.

Wang Zijia even saw a top-grade magical artifact, priced at an astonishing 288,000, enough to buy a third-class spiritual device used by a Perfected person, simply outrageous!

They really corner each customer and don’t expect any repeat business!

After browsing for a while, Wang Zijia found out that this salesperson was indeed very competent. The most suitable for him was indeed the first one he looked at. The other items were either too pricey or not suitable.

"Are there any second-grade talismans, like blood escape techniques?" Wang Zijia, who didn’t immediately decide, asked.

"Yes, this is our main item, just like the paper kite from the Qifu Faction." The salesperson looked at the paper kite on Wang Zijia’s shoulder, explaining as such.

With these words, he led Wang Zijia to the talisman container area, and gave Wang Zijia a step-by-step introduction.

There was a pile of random items such as the Blood Essence Escape Talisman, Primal Essence Shield Talisman, each one consuming mana only equalling two first-class advanced level talismans.

But they all required a lot of the body’s energy, and would cost three to five drops of essence blood to activate each talisman, which was unlikely to be replenished in three to five years. It was obvious how pitiful they were.

Aside from the drawback of being life-consuming that was not considered a drawback, there was another fatal flaw, and that was their high price.

Second-grade talismans were still within the suppression range of the sects, usually costing hundreds or a few hundred magic money each. A child could reluctantly afford to buy one, of course, whether you have enough mana to stimulate the talisman was another matter.

But for the second-grade talismans available here, Wang Zijia didn’t see any priced lower than a thousand magic money each. If these items weren’t super difficult to sell, with only one or two sold every three to five years, Wang Zijia would be considering going into the Essence Blood Talisman way after becoming a Sacrificial Wine.

After a while, Wang Zijia selected his items.

One second grade fine blood essence Escape Talisman, for escaping;

One second grade Blood Essence Explosion Talisman, for erupting;

One second grade Blood Essence Crystal Spirit Needle Talisman, for attacking;

A Blood Cicada Molting Faux Artifact, a life-saver;

After selecting his items, the salesperson led Wang Zijia to the checkout counter.

"The total comes to eight thousand five hundred Fa money, do you have a position in the sect, senior brother?" the cashier asked Wang Zijia with a smile as they proceeded to the final payment.

Although Wang Zijia was tempted by the 10% discount, he decided it was best to keep such matters private. If anyone tried to mess with him, his purchases would essentially be wasted; after all, a trump card should be kept a secret. Once revealed, it becomes merely a tactic!

"No, I’ll just pay in Fa money!" Wang Zijia casually tossed two boxes of Fa money onto the counter, not using his sect identity card for the transaction.

The cashier seemed to have expected this. Without hesitation, they counted the money. After confirming the payment was correct, they settled the account with Wang Zijia.

The eager salesperson saw Wang Zijia out the door. Once on the street, Wang Zijia subconsciously patted his pocket.

Fa Money: 5775

He still needed to visit the Pill Institute Branch to purchase a large batch of elixirs!

"Why can’t I ever seem to save enough money? I’ve picked clean the life savings of several old cultivators and it’s still not enough. Those who labor so hard must be so miserable!!!"

Looking back at the group of store clerks, Wang Zijia gave a wry smile, shook his head, and left the district. He climbed onto his paper kite and once again soared into the sky.

Afterwards, Wang Zijia spent the better part of the day visiting three different Alchemy Branches. He purchased a total of seven hundred Explosive Spirit Pills, costing him four thousand nine hundred Fa money.

Dao cultivation: 91 years (27321/30000)

Spiritual Roots: Special Earth Blood Spiritual Root (Lower Grade 35432/50000)

Fa Money: 875

Looking at his completely drained wallet, Wang Zijia’s recent illusion of being rich was instantly shattered.

But after consuming this batch of elixirs, he would probably be a genuine peak Child Stage cultivator. His Spiritual Roots could reach the Medium Grade level, satisfying the prerequisite for the promotion to Sacrificial Wine.

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After a busy day, Wang Zijia returned to the Biyi Court. Xiang Feifei had already finished work and had been waiting for him for a while.

"Did you skip work again?" Xiang Feifei asked, seeing Wang Zijia dismount from the paper kite.

"Yup!" Wang Zijia showed an awkward expression. Working at the same ’company’ as his wife had its downside; the chances of getting caught skipping work were much higher than getting caught by the boss.

Xiang Feifei moved her lips as if wanting to say something but stopped herself.

"Let’s eat, let’s eat!" Wang Zijia quickly diverted the topic and walked into the house.

"I might need to be away for a while soon." During dinner, Wang Zijia suddenly spoke up.

Xiang Feifei paused mid-bite and looked at Wang Zijia with a probing gaze, not saying a word.

"I’m planning to take on a task." Wang Zijia hesitated for a moment but decided not to hide anything and spoke truthfully.

"A task?" Xiang Feifei first looked confused, then quickly said, "Did you get someone to set up a garrison task for you again?"

Wang Zijia shook his head and said, "No, I’m going to take on a task that has been ranked by the Task Hall."

"What rank is the task?" Xiang Feifei asked, her expression changing slightly.

Any task rated by the Task Hall was not going to be simple, even the lowest-ranked D Grade ones.