Chapter 270: White Jade Void Tiger Bone
"Honoured guests, what do you need from our store?" A voice asked as soon as they entered the store.
The voice belonged to an old man with white hair and wrinkly skin.
However, his body was brimming with qi and his cultivation was not low.
"We are looking for refining materials, is it okay to look around?" Jiang Yue asked.
"We have many types of bones, tendons, skins, and other demonic beast parts. Take your time to look around."
This was exactly what Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue wanted since they didn’t know the appearance of the treasure they were looking for.
"Thank you senior." Jiang Yue said and the two began to look around.
Although ’refining materials’ was just an excuse, Jiang Yue was after all a formation master.
He required a lot of demonic beast bones to engrave formation disks.
At this time, he took the opportunity to buy more bones in preparation for the Nine Treasures secret realm that would open in a little more than a year.
"The selection here is quite good." He intoned happily.
His words weren’t perfunctory.
The store’s selection was quite diverse and Jiang Yue didn’t shy away.
Although his mastery was only at the third level, he also bought the bones of class four demonic beasts.
Unfortunately, class five demonic beasts were extremely rare and their parts were even more rare.
If they appeared, they would be sold in auctions or traded privately for specific items.
’Class four demonic beast bones are enough for now.’ Jiang Yue thought and then sneered in self-mockery.
After settling down in the Fair Plum inn, master Yang gave Jiang Yue the formation inheritance he brought from the Sea Cloud sect.
Unfortunately, the inheritance was as Jiang Yue expected.
It was only up to the third level and it was mostly incomplete.
However, Jiang Yue didn’t dislike it.
Because of it, he learned a lot and could arrange a few more class three formations.
Unfortunately, there was no way forward and his mastery could only stop at the third level.
"Don’t worry too much." Yu Nianzhen whispered when he felt Jiang Yue’s low mood.
"You are right. Worrying is useless."
Jiang Yue regained his cheerfulness and continued to look around.
Soon after, they arrived in front of the item that attracted the treasure compass.
’It’s not an egg.’ He thought and a wry smile appeared on his lips.
In cultivation novels, the protagonist always got the eggs of a legendary beast and Jiang Yue was somewhat looking forward to it.
However, his expectations were disappointed because what he got was a bone.
The bone was about fifteen centimetres long and ten centimetres wide. It was completely white and didn’t have any qi fluctuations.
"Is this the bone of a mortal beast?" Jiang Yue asked and reached out to take the bone.
"That bone was brought out from a secret realm. Although I don’t know which demonic beast it belongs to, it is certainly not from a mortal beast." The old man informed.
"Is that the case?" Jiang Yue said calmly but his heart was beating wildly.
As soon as he touched the bone, the treasure compass identified it.
From the information, the bone was the kneecap of a white jade void tiger.
Like the phoenix, the white tiger was a divine beast that could control space.
Its existence was envied by the heavens and white tigers had long gone extinct in the Cangxing world.
However, many bloodlines of the white tiger still existed in the world.
One of them was the white jade void tiger.
This bloodline lacked the combat strength of the white tiger but it inherited all the space abilities of their ancestor.
Every part of their body was a small universe and the bone in front of Jiang Yue was no different.
Most importantly, the bone was not a mere space.
It was engraved with a small universe formation that stored thousands upon thousands of formation maps.
’The world has not forsaken me.’ Jiang Yue thought and almost shed tears.
He had been stressed for a long time and couldn’t believe he had just received a pillow when he was about to fall asleep.
With the bone, his formation wouldn’t have to stop and Jiang Yue couldn’t help but be ecstatic.
Initially, he learned formations because they paired well with illusions.
However, after a period of study, he began to like formations and wanted to pursue them wholeheartedly.
Unfortunately, he had always been hindered by inheritance but his problem was now solved.
"Senior, how much is the bone?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
He felt his husband’s good mood and couldn’t help but also be happy.
This was the nature of love.
He was happy when Jiang Yue was happy and unhappy when the other was unhappy.
From the bottom of his heart, Yu Nianzhen wanted Jiang Yue to have all the best things in the world.
"Hmmm." The old man held his chin with his thumb and index finger.
He looked thoughtful but a small smile curved his lips upward.
"What do you think of ninety thousand spirit stones?" He asked.
The old man sounded unsure and Yu Nianzhen couldn’t help but look at him.
’Did he decide the price just now?’ He wondered.
However, Yu Nianzhen wasn’t short of ninety thousand spirit stones.
Even if the old man asked for ninety million spirit stones, the two would gladly pay them.
This was because the small bone was priceless.
Now that they had come across it, they were definitely not willing to let it go.
"Is the senior okay with ninety thousand spirit stones?" Jiang Yue asked.
"Ninety thousand spirit stones are fine." The old man confirmed and a radiant smile appeared on his lips.
"In that case..." Jiang Yue paid the spirit stones for the small bone and the other material he bought from the store.
"New material will arrive in our store in another ten days. Come to see if you are free."
"Thank you senior."
After that, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue hurriedly left the store.
However, they were no longer in the mood to run around looking for treasure.
Instead, they hurried back to their cave in the Fair Plum inn.
[Let’s go into the ancient palace.] Yu Nianzhen suggested.
He was assured of the cave’s defences but he had more confidence in the ancient palace.
For matters like refining such a valuable bone, Yu Nianzhen wanted Jiang Yue to do it in the ancient palace.
"Nianzhen, are you two back?" Yang Xu asked when the two entered the cave.
"Mmmh." Yu Nianzhen nodded.
"Master Yang, there are wanted posters of us all over the city." Jiang Yue said and told them everything in detail.
"It’s expected." Bing Lan said and sighed.
She and Yang Xu had already formed a Taoist contract. After the contract, her relationship with the two boys improved a lot.
Although she wasn’t as close to them as Yang Xu, it was only a matter of time.
"We are all hot potatoes but the mistress is the hottest one." Jiang Yue said and Yang Xu immediately flipped.
He threw the cup he was holding and Yu Nianzhen moved to protect Jiang Yue.
"You brat, didn’t you hear what he said? He dares to call my wife a hot potato." Yang Xu said angrily but everyone could tell that he wasn’t actually angry.
"Master Yang, we happened to get a good gourd of ice plum wine. Do you want it?" Jiang Yue stuck his head from behind Yu Nianzhen to ask.
When he heard that, Yang Xu was quite conflicted.
He wanted to accept the wine but had already made a show of being angry.
If he backed down so easily, wouldn’t he lose all his face?
While debating the pros and cons, his face was very colourful and the other three watched in interest.
In the end, Bing Lan sacrificed herself and came forward.
"It’s been a while since I drank ice plum wine. Thinking about its taste makes me feel a little nostalgic."
"What are you doing? Quickly hand over the wine." Yang Xu borrowed the steps to go down but he didn’t do it gracefully.
However, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen didn’t care.
They originally bought the wine for Yang Xu and it didn’t matter how they gave it.
"The two of you didn’t expose yourself?" Bing Lan suddenly asked.
"Don’t worry, we were careful."
"Don’t worry about them. These two are addicted to wearing masks and disguising themselves." Yang Xu said and Jiang Yue nodded.
They spent more time in disguise than with their faces exposed.
"Master, we want to go into the ancient palace for a while." Yu Nianzhen suddenly said and Jiang Yue remembered his urgent matter.
"Go." Yang Xu said and waved his hand in dismissal.
If possible, he wanted the two to stay in the ancient palace for a long time.
In that way, they would stop getting in the way of his good deeds.
