Ch 729: The Boundless Merchant Guild
Li Hanzhou, having returned to his temporary residence, was unaware of the amusing events triggered by his hasty departure.
“Qin Luotian is very attentive to me. This place is probably not somewhere an ordinary person is qualified to live in.” Li Hanzhou walked through the bamboo forest where spiritual energy gathered, looking at the lotus blossoms in the sparkling pond, his tense mind from the Nine Realms Mountain Trial finally relaxing.
“Right now, my senior brother’s whereabouts are unknown. The Son of Heaven’s Mansion is indeed a good place to leverage.”
“Qin Luotian also harbors no ill will toward me. Since he wants me to challenge Nine Realms Mountain, then I will do my best to pass.”
“One will not truly die within Nine Realms Mountain. This is also an excellent opportunity for tempering. Great Terror Between Life and Death is the easiest time to break through.”
“The only thing that worries me is that Moon Howling Old Ancestor. I don’t know if he truly fell. If he’s not dead, he will definitely come for revenge.”
Li Hanzhou sat in the gazebo for a while. After finishing the cooling tea brought by the maidservant, he left the Son of Heaven’s Mansion through a side gate.
He has already cultivated the 《Sun Moon Demonic God Diagram》 to the near-completion stage of the Second Level, but to break through to the Third Level, he needs to purchase numerous Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to refine his physical body.
Li Hanzhou had just arrived in Tongtian City and was unfamiliar with the city’s layout. Fortunately, he had ample time and strolled along the streets, entering any suitable shops he encountered.
Unfortunately, the materials Li Hanzhou needed were all extraordinary. After wandering for a long time, he only bought two items.
Finally, a shopkeeper reminded him to check out the Boundless Merchant Guild.
As the most famous merchant guild on the entire Boundless Continent, the Boundless Merchant Guild not only sells the most complete range of things, but its underlying power is also unfathomable. Wherever its branch is located in any city, it will occupy the best location.
“Buying an entire street in the center of Tongtian City to open shops, the Boundless Merchant Guild is so ostentatious. I’m afraid their things won’t be cheap.” Li Hanzhou secretly sighed in his heart, but his expression remained calm as he strode into the shop.
A nimble waiter immediately ran over and invited Li Hanzhou into a private room:
“Sir Guest, please come in and sit. I’ll bring you some tea.”
“Mm.” Li Hanzhou, visiting for the first time, didn’t know the rules here, so he let the waiter arrange things.
“The decoration and furnishings in this shop are extremely luxurious, almost openly displaying their wealth. What is the background of this Boundless Merchant Guild? They are so confident, no one dares to touch them?”
Li Hanzhou was a little puzzled, but he wasn’t interested in investigating such matters.
“Sir Guest, the tea is here. If you have any needs, please write them down on paper.” The waiter prepared pen and ink on the table, then bowed and left, leaving Li Hanzhou alone in the room.
“This way of selling things is quite novel. They don’t display what they sell, only asking the customer what they want to buy. Doesn’t this mean that whatever you want is available at the Boundless Merchant Guild?”
Li Hanzhou didn’t touch the tea on the table. He picked up the pen and paper and carefully wrote down: Heaven Refining Constant Sand, Purple Jade, Starlight Stone, Leaves of the Gods…
After writing, Li Hanzhou folded the paper and put it in an envelope. The waiter waiting outside came in holding a stone box, carefully placing the letter inside: “Sir Guest, this box is made of Deep Rock hidden deep underground, which can completely isolate detection from cultivators below the Divine Transformation Stage. Only you and our shopkeeper will know what you want to buy.”
“Thank you.” Li Hanzhou calmly extended his Divine Soul, only able to sense a letter inside the stone box, but the specific contents were unknown.
“To protect the confidentiality of the customer’s transaction, they actually use this kind of prop. This Boundless Merchant Guild is truly extravagant.”
Li Hanzhou wasn’t worried that he wouldn’t be able to buy the things he needed here. Instead, he was a little worried that he didn’t have enough Spirit Stones.
“Whether it’s to pass the Sixth Floor of Nine Realms Mountain or to improve my strength, the 《Sun Moon Demonic God Diagram》 needs to break through to the Third Level.”
“I must obtain these Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. If my Spirit Stones are truly insufficient… should I borrow from Qin Luotian? No, that’s not appropriate. I need to find other ways to make up the difference.”
Li Hanzhou closed his eyes, his fingers tapping lightly on the table, pondering his methods for acquiring Spirit Stones.
“Oh, how could I forget, the old fellow left me a storage bag!” Li Hanzhou suddenly remembered that Li Qingfeng had told him that he had a storage bag deposited at the Divine Palace Money House, which would probably contain many Spirit Stones.
“If the Spirit Stones I brought are not enough, I will pay the deposit first, then go to the Divine Palace Money House.”
Knock knock knock!
A knock came from the door. Li Hanzhou immediately composed himself and said in a deep voice: “Come in.”
This time, it was not the previous waiter who entered the room, but the slightly overweight shopkeeper.
Li Hanzhou glanced up at him, holding the teacup on the table and gently stroking it: “What’s wrong? Does your Boundless Merchant Guild not have what I want?”
“The Boundless Merchant Guild has everything. Sir Guest, we have no shortage of the things you want.” The shopkeeper sized up Li Hanzhou, a smile on his face: “Sir Guest, although the other Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures you want are rare, I still often see them. Only… the Leaves of the Gods.”
“I want three. Don’t you have enough?” Li Hanzhou frowned, also feeling that things were troublesome. If the Boundless Merchant Guild didn’t have Leaves of the Gods, other places in Tongtian City wouldn’t either.
The shopkeeper remained silent, lowering his head. After a moment, he raised his head again: “These Leaves of the Gods are each incredibly full of life. They can not only heal the White Bones and revive the dead but are also supreme treasures for Body Refinement. One is enough to allow one to be reborn, reshaping their meridians.”
“So what? The shopkeeper personally came here not just to point this out to me, right?”
“That’s not it.” The shopkeeper said somewhat helplessly: “Because these Leaves of the Gods are currently priceless, it’s not easy for us to get a few. In the past, one Leaf of the Gods only cost around eighty Top-grade Spirit Stones, but the higher-ups’ request is that a Leaf of the Gods now costs one hundred Top-grade Spirit Stones. So, Sir Guest, would you like to wait? Perhaps the price will come down after a while.”
“One hundred?”
Li Hanzhou gasped.
He knew that Leaves of the Gods were expensive, but he didn’t expect the price to be so high.
But wait?
Wait until when?
The price of such treasures probably won’t drop that easily. Maybe if he doesn’t buy it, someone else will buy it the next moment.
But this price…
Three hundred Top-grade Spirit Stones!
The Spirit Stones he had on him, those obtained from Ye Qingya, and those from the storage bags he had taken from others recently, didn’t add up to three hundred Top-grade Spirit Stones.
“Sir Guest, what do you think?” The shopkeeper asked cautiously.
Three hundred Top-grade Spirit Stones.
Ordinary people probably couldn’t afford it.
“I’ll take them. Give me a moment.” Li Hanzhou decided to take out the Old Daoist Priest’s storage bag, which certainly contained Spirit Stones.
He must buy these Leaves of the Gods.
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