Isn't This a Game? Why Are You All Cultivating for Real!

Chapter 77: Chapter 77: Star Blaze Thunder Beast

Song Jiulai still maintained a calm appearance.

It was just haggling. Being a little shameless was nothing to be embarrassed about.

"You know perfectly well no sucker is going to buy Vajra Silk for one Mid-grade Spirit Stone."

The other party gave a cold laugh. "Then you can’t treat me like a sucker to be fleeced, can you?"

"Your price is high by fifty, and I’m just short by one stone. We’re both from the Yunzhou Continent, which makes us fellow countrymen. I think a friendly discount is reasonable. I’m not trying to treat you like a sucker."

The female cultivator opened her mouth.

It was obvious that in that instant, her eyes filled with shock, scorn, and disbelief.

It was as if she were looking at a madman.

In the end, she let out an exasperated laugh. "Don’t cause trouble. One Mid-grade Spirit Stone. Take it or leave it."

Song Jiulai was silent for three seconds. "Don’t be like that. I really want this Vajra Silk. How much can you lower the price?"

Seeing that the other party was playing hardball, Song Jiulai decided to be direct and show she was very interested.

But that interest didn’t mean the other party could name any price she wanted.

The female cultivator looked at Song Jiulai for two seconds, then quoted a price: "Sixty low-grade spirit stones."

"Let’s call it the price of a new acquaintance. My name is Ma Xiaohu, what’s yours? How about fifty-five?"

The female cultivator: "..."

Perhaps not expecting Song Jiulai to be so thick-skinned, the female cultivator subscribed to the principle of "out of sight, out of mind."

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Take it!"

Song Jiulai was moved to the verge of tears. After all, Vajra Silk was a rare material. The main issue was that it had to be refined by Cultivators from the Artifact Refining Sect. She was on good terms with Su Huanli, but the mental method for crafting a Jiezidai—especially a Second-Rank Jiezidai—was a closely guarded secret.

Asking Su Huanli to buy this material for her would be very strange. Finding it in the black market now, fifty-five low-grade spirit stones was an acceptable price.

"May a good person like you have a peaceful life! You’ll definitely achieve Ascension soon!"

The Cultivation World seemed to lack such direct praise. Song Jiulai offered it so readily that the female cultivator was left strangely silent for two seconds.

She paid the fifty-five low-grade spirit stones. Trading in Liu Xian City’s black market, there was no need to fear others having crooked thoughts.

After all, this place existed with the tacit approval of Liu Xian City. Breaking the rules meant offending the Sea View Sect.

So the transaction went very smoothly.

Now that she had the Vajra Silk, the main material was secured. She could begin the process of refining a Jiezidai.

This method for refining a Jiezidai was practically a guide for Song Jiulai on how to enter the path of Artifact Refining. The things the system gave her were truly reliable and impressive.

Unlike the Medicine Sect which required a special Pill Furnace, Artifact Refining needed a type of spiritual ore as an aid.

This spiritual ore could melt these inherently extraordinary materials.

Each rank of refining required a different spiritual ore. Low-grade ones were everywhere and could be bought easily, so there was no rush now.

Song Jiulai clasped her hands behind her back and strolled through the black market like an old man out for a walk.

The black market stretched out in a long street where every Cultivator unabashedly displayed the items they wanted to sell.

All sorts of glowing materials made it look like a spirit treasure exhibition.

Furthermore, the exit of the black market was a mirror. Walking through it would automatically restore your original appearance and randomly spawn you anywhere in Liu Xian City’s accessible areas, so there was no fear of being discovered.

Just then, Song Jiulai spotted a stall.

The items displayed on it were very ordinary, just a few books.

They were books popular among mortals, not made of Jade Scrolls.

Song Jiulai’s interest was piqued. In front of this stall was also a female cultivator, one who looked a bit elderly.

She wore a black silk scarf wrapped around her head, and beneath the hood was a plain, unremarkable face.

But appearances didn’t matter in here. Song Jiulai pointed at the books and asked her, "What are you selling?"

The elderly female cultivator looked up at Song Jiulai.

Then she said, "The autobiography of the Moon Night City Lord."

Her voice was rather hoarse, as if damaged by some corrosive agent, giving her words a gravelly quality.

"Yue Xi?" Song Jiulai said in a regretful tone. "I’ve never heard of her. So, this is just an ordinary autobiography?"

The female cultivator seemed a little surprised. "You’ve never heard of Yue Xi?"

Song Jiulai shook her head. "Really haven’t. Is she a Cultivator?"

The female cultivator shook her head. "She was a mortal."

’But she must have been a very famous mortal, otherwise this female cultivator wouldn’t have this attitude.’

"I’m quite interested in this kind of mortal autobiography. How many Spirit Stones are you asking?"

The female cultivator was silent for a long while. "If you want them, one low-grade Spirit Stone. You can have all of them here."

These things were definitely not worth a low-grade Spirit Stone, but Song Jiulai loved reading these kinds of miscellaneous biographies.

Because they might contain hidden information about the Yunzhou Continent. She had little knowledge of this place, so she could just read all sorts of books and memorize what they said.

So this time, she didn’t haggle. "Alright, I’ll take them all."

There were five books in total.

She paid the Spirit Stone, and the five books entered her Jiezidai.

She continued her old-man-style stroll with her new things, while behind her, the female cultivator quietly watched Song Jiulai’s back until she disappeared from sight.

Song Jiulai finished her tour of the black market, having seen many things that made her eyes burn with desire.

For example, the Fourth-rank Fire Thunder Bamboo. The conditions for its creation were extremely harsh: a tree had to be burned by fire and then struck by natural lightning to form it.

It was said that there was a place that produced such Fire Thunder Bamboo.

Song Jiulai definitely couldn’t afford it.

That thing cost several Mid-grade Spirit Stones and was sold by the section.

There was also the Fourth-rank Divine Light Liquid, something needed for Spirit Grass. It was said that a single drop had a high probability of causing a Spirit Grass to mutate into a Fourth-rank Spiritual Grass.

In addition, all kinds of Third-Rank Elixir Pills were everywhere.

’Damn it, we’re all just Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment Cultivators, how can these people be so rich?’

’No wonder this place is called a black market for fencing stolen goods. Otherwise, who knows where all this stuff came from!’

’Were the means clean?’

’I don’t want anything that isn’t clean.’

Song Jiulai silently looked at the Jiezidai in her own Jiezidai—the one from the Cultivator she had killed.

’Sooner or later, I’ll have to open this Jiezidai.’

The more she looked at the items in the black market, the more covetous she felt. Song Jiulai could only force herself to end her trip early.

She walked through the street and passed through a giant copper mirror.

When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to her original beautiful appearance, standing on a wide street in Liu Xian City.

But just then, the originally clear sky above Liu Xian City was suddenly shrouded by an immense, dark shadow.

Song Jiulai subconsciously looked up and saw a colossal black beast in the sky, its aura powerful enough to overwhelm heaven and earth.

It resembled a lion, but its skin looked purple. Lightning flickered across its body, and a single horn grew from its forehead.

It had a pair of wings on its back, and with every flap, lightning flashed and thunder roared around it.

The giant beast only paused for a moment. With a single beat of its wings, its figure vanished along with streaks of lightning.

As soon as it appeared, the surrounding mortals and Cultivators, like NPCs with their scripts triggered, immediately let Song Jiulai know what it was.

"The ’Star Blaze Thunder Beast’ of the Li Yun Sect, the First Beast Taming Sect! Whoa, I wonder which prodigy has shown up. What a grand entrance! Shouldn’t the Li Yun Sect go directly to the Sect City? Why are they passing through here?"