Eternal Life: I Can Sell Everything

Chapter 246: Chapter 242: The Golden Belt of Murder and Arson

At night, Song Ciwan sat cross-legged at home. Since it was not yet Midnight, she decided to use up the day’s three remaining exchange opportunities.

She exchanged the flesh and blood from the corpses of the three robbers, receiving three Jade Blood Stones in return.

Jade Blood Stones could be used for Body Refining and were excellent for strengthening one’s Qi Blood.

However, now that Song Ciwan had cultivated the Body of Impermanence, Jade Blood Stones were not of much use to her.

Including those from some Cultivator corpses she had exchanged previously, Song Ciwan now possessed a total of twenty-six Jade Blood Stones: eight at the Two-star Level and eighteen at the Three-star Level.

Song Ciwan planned to sell them all when she got the chance, trading them for Primordial Pearls or other cultivation resources.

After Midnight, her exchange opportunities reset. Song Ciwan then began to exchange the Death Qi that the three robbers had released upon their deaths, one by one.

[You have exchanged Death Qi (from the death of an Early-Stage Qi Refining Cultivator, weighing two jin and one tael) and obtained the Marvel, the Life and Death Mirror.]

Life and Death Mirror: A Three-star Level Marvel that specializes in capturing the spirits of the recently deceased. After they are tamed and undergo Refinement, they can be compelled to do your bidding.

Note: The Life and Death Mirror can currently hold only one spirit. If the spirit perishes, the mirror will shatter along with it.

’This...’ Song Ciwan had worried about what she would do if the enemies she killed turned into spirits or wraiths. Although she later learned the Great Derivation Birth Skill, which allowed her to detect Soul Bodies and pull them out by the roots, the Life and Death Mirror was something else entirely.

’It’s a professional at handling spirits!’

[You have exchanged Death Qi (from the death of a Mid-Stage Qi Refining Cultivator, weighing three jin and two taels) and obtained the Marvel, the Star-Breaking Cone.]

Star-Breaking Cone: A Three-star Level Marvel that can be used three times. It possesses extreme speed and can kill an enemy in an instant.

[You have exchanged Death Qi (from the death of an Innate Second Transformation Opening Realm Martial Artist, weighing three jin and six taels) and obtained three Talismans: Thick Earth Protection Talismans.]

Thick Earth Protection Talisman: A Three-star Level Talisman with extremely strong defensive capabilities.

Song Ciwan looked at the two new Marvels and three Talismans she had obtained, falling into a moment of deep thought.

’No wonder they say killing and arson are the path to riches. When I think about it, among all the types of qi I’ve exchanged with the Heaven and Earth Scale, besides the "Qi Over Five Jin" from masters, it’s the Death Qi from a kill that yields the best items.’

For a moment, she didn’t know what to make of it.

But the gains from these kills didn’t stop there. Aside from the three bundles of human desires she had yet to exchange, the Sea of Fury Stone she carried had also accumulated a significant amount of Anger and Hatred Qi from the three men’s final moments.

With this Sea of Fury Stone, the power of Song Ciwan’s Hate Sea Sword Talisman was bound to increase significantly.

Furthermore, the three men had just come from the Seven Treasures Tower. They were carrying various Talismans, Magical Artifacts, and Storage Items, as well as a considerable number of Primordial Pearls.

All of these items were absorbed into the Heaven and Earth Scale. Storage Items like the Storage Talisman could likely be exchanged for an Escape Talisman, but Song Ciwan was in no hurry to do so.

She still had over twenty Escape Talismans accumulated from previous kills, so for now, she would naturally save her exchange opportunities for other things.

For example... the Primordial Pearls!

This was the first time Song Ciwan had taken such a large quantity of Primordial Pearls into the Heaven and Earth Scale. After a careful count, the pearls the three men had been carrying amounted to a grand total of 5,617!

With this many Primordial Pearls, Song Ciwan received new feedback from the Heaven and Earth Scale.

She... could now consume Primordial Pearls when exchanging human desires to specify, to a certain degree, the type of Cultivation Technique she would receive.

This was somewhat similar to Gao Xiaolang’s "Qi Over Five Jin," but with subtle differences.

The most important difference was that Gao Xiaolang’s "Qi Over Five Jin" had been unrestricted. The Great Derivation Birth Skill she had obtained through it was not only complete, but the skill itself was of an incredibly high Level—a Qimen Daoist Skill of Celestial Level or higher, completely incomparable to Low Level Daoist Skills like the Blazing Flame Technique or the Qi Absorption Technique.

However, the ability to specify a type of technique by consuming Primordial Pearls was limited by the Cultivation Level of the individual who had provided the "human desires."

For example, if Song Ciwan exchanged a bundle of human desires from a Mid-Stage Qi Refining Cultivator and consumed a certain number of Primordial Pearls, she could specify at least one Profound Level Daoist Technique, or another Cultivation Technique of the same Level.

However, she could not obtain anything higher than the Profound Level.

By the same logic, if the provider of the "human desires" only had a Cultivation at the Qi Transformation Stage, then no matter how many Primordial Pearls Song Ciwan consumed, she could at most specify a Yellow Level Daoist Technique or another Cultivation Technique of the same Level.

The upside was that the more Primordial Pearls she consumed, the more complete the resulting Cultivation Technique would be.

This was unlike before, when her exchanges would often yield only the first one or two layers of a technique, making it very difficult to obtain the subsequent parts.

’So, can I use Primordial Pearls and "human desires" to complete my existing, partial Cultivation Techniques?’

That was also possible, but the same rule applied: the Level of the Cultivation Technique she could complete was still limited by the Cultivation of the individual who provided the "human desires."

For instance, if she wanted to obtain the Third Layer of the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting by consuming Primordial Pearls and exchanging the "human desires" from a Mid-Stage Qi Refining Cultivator—well, she could forget about it. It was impossible.

But if the provider of the "human desires" had a Cultivation that reached the Divinity Transformation Stage, or was a Small City Level anomaly like Gao Xiaolang, or any other being of an equivalent Level, then she could obtain the Third Layer of the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting!

As this realization dawned on her, a wave of indescribable exhilaration washed over Song Ciwan.

She could feel her connection to the Heaven and Earth Scale deepening. Although the Scale couldn’t speak, had no Artifact Spirit, and came with no instruction manual, new functions were slowly unlocking as her mastery over it grew.

This was undoubtedly a great thing, and Song Ciwan was thrilled.

She decided to strike while the iron was hot, immediately trying to consume Primordial Pearls and exchange a bundle of human desires from the Mid-Stage Qi Refining Cultivator.

[You have consumed fifty Primordial Pearls and exchanged human desires (the hatred, fury, and resentment of a Mid-Stage Qi Refining Cultivator, weighing two jin and three taels) to obtain a specified Cultivation Technique: the complete remainder of the Blazing Flame Technique.]

’So, the complete remainder of the Blazing Flame Technique is worth fifty Primordial Pearls to the Heaven and Earth Scale!’

’Is that a lot or a little?’

Compared to the total number of Primordial Pearls she had acquired over the last two days, it was undoubtedly a small price.

But that wasn’t the right way to measure the value of Primordial Pearls. The real question was, if she were to take fifty Primordial Pearls to the Seven Treasures Tower, what kind of Cultivation Technique could she buy?

She didn’t know about the techniques at the Seven Treasures Tower, but she knew that on Sanpo Street, fifty Primordial Pearls could probably buy the First Layer of a Basic Daoist Skill.

’Techniques are not passed down lightly. Magic is just that expensive!’

But with the Heaven and Earth Scale, fifty Primordial Pearls plus a bundle of human desires from a Mid-Stage Qi Refining Cultivator could get her the complete Blazing Flame Technique.

She had to admit, that was an excellent deal.

However, there was one more detail to keep in mind: the "human desires" used in combination with Primordial Pearls to obtain the remainder of a Cultivation Technique had to be the *first* such offering from any given individual.

After that first time, that person’s human desires could only be exchanged for cultivation time.

This rule could not be changed, even with the addition of Primordial Pearls.

’No matter,’ she thought. She still had two "fresh" bundles of human desires she had yet to exchange. ’What should I choose for my next two opportunities?’