Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 381: Picking Up

Chapter 381: Chapter 381: Picking Up

Shi Hao left the Li Mansion and ran to a mountain outside the city.

"Come!"

He shook his hands, and a cluster of flame condensed, purple mixed with red, emitting an incredibly dangerous aura.

"Go!" Shi Hao pushed his hands forward, and boom, the flame immediately shot out at an astonishing speed.

Boom!

The flame surged forward, and suddenly a hole appeared in front, piercing right through the mountain.

Terrifying!

Shi Hao himself took a sharp breath, amazed at the power of his strike.

This was definitely the destructive power of the Self-Observation level!

Just by integrating a single Spiritual Fire, Fire Scorches the Heavens was this terrifying. What would happen if he integrated a few more?

Thinking of this, Shi Hao couldn’t help but look forward to the Cloud Flame Fire.

"However, even the Phoenix Clan, who are naturally skilled at controlling fire, cannot merge flames indefinitely, but can only merge up to nine," Shi Hao muttered. This was something he discovered after integrating the Sunfire.

"Luckily, the Flame Runes I’ve merged can be replaced; otherwise, the first Mortal Fire Rune I merged would have been a huge blunder."

Moreover, even though the Sunfire is powerful now, it might not always be so.

Thus, this skill is developmental, not only because Shi Hao’s power can increase and the types of flames he integrates can improve, but also because the flames can be replaced, continuously upgrading to higher levels.

Right now, Shi Hao didn’t need to think too much. He just had to merge up to nine flames, and then replace them with higher-tier Spiritual Fires as he encountered them.

"Having achieved the first level of the Immortal Heaven Technique, to what extent has my combat power reached now?"

Shi Hao only knew that he had become stronger, and not by a small margin, but this needed to be tested in real combat.

"Let’s go back and get the Cloud Flame Fire first!"

Shi Hao returned to Seven Elixirs City, but did not immediately go back to the Li Mansion, instead wandering around.

This was the Sacred Land in every Pill Master’s heart, where everything revolved around Elixirs, and many buildings were even shaped like Pill Furnaces.

However, this was after all the Eastern Fire Continent where the martial arts level was the lowest among the Four Continents, and Alchemy Dao was the same, without many Elixirs that caught Shi Hao’s eye.

If the finished Elixirs didn’t impress, what about the raw materials?

Shi Hao went to the herbal market to try his luck, seeing if he could find a bargain.

Walking around and searching, but the traders here were experienced, and finding a bargain was easier said than done.

Actually, Shi Hao wasn’t necessarily looking for a bargain; he didn’t mind spending Spirit Stones to buy Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, but the Spiritual Medicines that could immediately enhance cultivation were extremely rare and virtually priceless.

Generally, one would have to try their luck at an auction.

Just as Shi Hao was about to leave disappointed, he suddenly paused, his gaze catching a glimpse of red.

That was Red Lotus Herb!

Sss, such a large plant, and even somewhat purple-tinted, it must be over a hundred years old.

Red Lotus Herb could be used to refine the Red Lotus Three Flowers Pill, which, although not as immediately impactful as Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, was still considerably significant for enhancement of cultivation.

Especially a hundred-year-old one, it qualified as a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure.

What was key?

This Red Lotus Herb was actually placed among the Purple Cloud Grass!

What is Purple Cloud Grass?

A very low-end herb, used for refining one-star pills.

Shi Hao immediately realized that the vendor had mistaken this Red Lotus Herb for Purple Cloud Grass.

Why?

Because the hundred-year-old Red Lotus Herbs were large, almost comparable to the Purple Cloud Grass, and they were even a deep purplish-red, which made them look even more similar.

Perhaps, even the Herb Trader had no idea and sold them in confusion, and the person who bought them was just as confused, treating them as Purple Cloud Grass.

What a steal!

Shi Hao was a bit excited, if this was at an auction house, he might not have been able to get his hands on it.

Now, he had just picked up a bargain.

He walked over and scooped up a lot of Purple Cloud Grass, with the Red Lotus Herb among them, "Weigh me a pound."

"Sure thing!" the stall owner was naturally overjoyed, because the Purple Cloud Grass was usually enough in doses of two or three liang, and here someone was asking for a pound at once—what a big customer.

Soon, the deal was closed for a piece of Spirit Stone.

Shi Hao took the packaged bundle of herbs, just as he was about to leave, he saw a hand pressing forward.

"I’ll give ten Spirit Stones for that bundle of Purple Cloud Grass, how about it?" a voice also rang out.

Shi Hao turned to look and saw a handsome young man with shockingly pale skin, too delicate for his own good, even his voice was somewhat effeminate.

He decisively shook his head, "Not selling!"

What’s going on?

The stall owner was somewhat dumbfounded; this pretty boy was offering ten Spirit Stones for a pack of Purple Cloud Grass worth at most one Spirit Stone. This was already incredibly unbelievable, but even more outrageous was that Shi Hao had actually refused.

After a moment of shock, he quickly said, "Young man, I have more Purple Cloud Grass here. You can have as much as you want, and it’s cheaper too, just five Spirit Stones per pound!"

This was a sucker not to be missed.

The pretty face just stared at the bundle in Shi Hao’s hands, saying, "I can add more Spirit Stones, twenty, how does that sound?"

He finally looked up, and upon seeing Shi Hao’s extremely handsome face, his own face even blushed, his eyes turning coquettish and watery.

Shi Hao gasped, could this person perhaps be oriented differently?

He quickly stated firmly, "Not selling!"

Joking aside, inside there was a hundred-year-old Red Lotus Herb, not to mention twenty Spirit Stones, even two thousand wouldn’t be enough to exchange for it.

The young man’s interest seemed to have shifted from the herbs to Shi Hao, staring at him as if he had discovered a new continent.

Shi Hao felt somewhat creeped out, really wanted to punch him, but, after all, the other was just staring, and had not posed a threat, wouldn’t it be inappropriate to do so?

"Ahem!" Just then, another young man walked out; he wasn’t effeminate at all, he said to the stall owner, "You’ve been tricked! There was a hundred-year-old Red Lotus Herb mixed in there."

What!

Upon hearing this, the stall owner immediately understood, no wonder Shi Hao bought it so readily, and this pretty boy was willing to up the price to twenty Spirit Stones—it was all for that hundred-year-old Red Lotus Herb!

What was the value of a hundred-year-old Red Lotus Herb?

In an auction house, he would have earned at least five thousand Spirit Stones.

Five thousand Spirit Stones!

Even though he could sell a pound of Purple Cloud Grass for one Spirit Stone, weren’t there costs involved?

So what he could earn was actually very limited, but not the Red Lotus Herb; he had acquired it at the price of Purple Cloud Grass, those five thousand Spirit Stones were pure profit.

Pure profit!

One could say, he wouldn’t have to worry for the rest of his life, he could just lay back and eat.

Therefore, he immediately jumped in front of Shi Hao and threw down a Spirit Stone, "I’m not selling anymore, give me back my stuff!"

Hehe, can it really work like that?

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