Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 490 Soul Rebound

Chapter 490: Chapter 490 Soul Rebound

Heading toward the Treasure Pavilion was an elder with white hair, wearing a white robe, his complexion rosy and full of vigor, clear-minded and spirited. It was this very elder who had just shouted out an offer of 1,000 Gold Coins to purchase the Black Pearl.

Hearing that elderly voice, Shi Feng also turned his head, his gaze landing on the old man. This old man’s Martial Arts Cultivation wasn’t very high, merely at the Three-star Martial Spirit Level, but this old man’s Soul Power had reached the Venerable-Level Realm, a Seventh-stage Alchemist!

Shi Feng recognized the old man’s status.

However, this old man, as he looked around, nobody recognized his identity. Like Shi Feng himself, he probably wasn’t from this city either.

Afterward, the old man came to the side of Qiao Chang, the store owner of the Treasure Pavilion, and said to Qiao Chang with an indifferent expression, "1,000 Gold Coins, go get that Black Pearl for me."

"Ah! Sure! Sure! I’ll go right away!" Upon hearing 1,000 Gold Coins, Qiao Chang immediately became overjoyed. He had acquired the Black Pearl for just 200 Gold Coins, and now to think he could actually sell it for 1,000 Gold Coins, making a clear profit of 800, how could he not be happy?

"Wait a moment!" Just then, Shi Feng spoke up, blocking Qiao Chang and looking toward the old man, said, "That Black Pearl was something I had my eye on first! If you want to buy it, have you asked for my permission?"

"Hmm?" Hearing Shi Feng’s words, the old man furrowed his brows and looked back at Shi Feng with an unhappy expression, saying, "You offered 300 Gold Coins, and I offered 1,000 Gold Coins. The higher price gets the item, and since it’s still in the store owner’s possession, it’s for the store owner to decide who to sell it to. There’s no such nonsense about who came first."

After speaking to Shi Feng, the old man then turned his head toward Qiao Chang in the store and said, "Am I right?"

"Right! Right!" Hearing the old man’s words, Qiao Chang nodded repeatedly and said, "In business, we sell to the person who offers the higher price."

Upon hearing Qiao Chang’s words, the old man nodded in satisfaction and then looked toward Shi Feng again, saying arrogantly, "Did you hear that?"

"Hmph! 1,000 Gold Coins?" Shi Feng snorted coldly and said, "I offer 1,000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones! Bring that Black Pearl to me!"

"What! 1,000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones!"

"Is it really true? Could this Black Pearl really be extraordinary? But no matter how I look at it, it seems to be just an ordinary black pearl, worth no more than a few hundred Gold Coins. There’s nothing special about it!"

As soon as Shi Feng spoke, the crowd of onlookers around him immediately buzzed like a pot boiling over.

Gold Coins were generally in circulation among ordinary people, but Primordial Stones were different. They were not only essential for Martial Artist’s cultivation but also more rare than gold. If converted, 1 Lower Grade Primordial Stone would be equivalent to 100 Gold Coins.

1,000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones would be equivalent to 100,000 Gold Coins!

When they heard Shi Feng’s words, not only Qiao Chang but also Li Gao, the middle-aged man who had found the Black Pearl, were stunned!

1,000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones!

"Qiao Chang, give me back that Black Pearl! I’ll return your 200 Gold Coins! Otherwise, I’m going to fight you for it!" Li Gao quickly came to his senses, his face filled with urgency as he yelled at Qiao Chang.

Lower Grade Primordial Stones, ah, 100,000 Gold Coins—for him, an ordinary citizen, this was enough to live a life without worries about food and clothing.

"Wait!" Qiao Chang was much calmer than Li Gao, his merchant’s intuition telling him that this Black Pearl was definitely no ordinary item.

Qiao Chang smelled the opportunity to make a large profit.

Then, with a gleam in his eye, Qiao Chang looked towards Shi Feng and the elderly man, saying, "Gentlemen, as I’ve just mentioned, the highest offer will take it. Whoever of you offers the most, I will sell the Black Pearl to."

"2000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones!" the elder spoke up.

After the elder finished his statement, he snorted at Shi Feng with a "Humph!", glaring furiously at him and threateningly said, "Boy, I’m giving you one more chance, if you continue to be blind to what’s good for you, I will certainly make you regret everything you’re doing right now!"

Hearing the elder’s words, Shi Feng’s face chilled, and he said to the elder, "This young master has hated threats all his life, especially those from a dying old fool like you."

Then, Shi Feng coldly stated, "3000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones!"

"Ah! 3000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones! It’s reached 3000! What... what kind of treasure is this Black Pearl, exactly!"

"Aaaaah!" the middle-aged man, upon hearing Shi Feng’s bid, went almost mad. To think he’d sold it for a mere 200 Gold Coins to this cunning merchant, Qiao Chang.

"Qiao Chang, if you return the Black Pearl to me, I am willing to give up my life and take yours first! We can both die for all I care!" Li Gao’s eyes were bloodshot, his face twisted into a ferocious snarl as he threatened Qiao Chang viciously.

For 3000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones, there was nothing he wouldn’t dare do!

Seeing Li Gao’s state, Qiao Chang knew that for 3000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones, should he witness with his own eyes the handover of those stones, it was very likely Li Gao would go through with his threat.

Money can grind the mill; money can drive people mad! How many crimes have been committed over this evil thing called money.

The irrational Li Gao didn’t realize that if it hadn’t been for Qiao Chang purchasing his Black Pearl, and if it hadn’t been displayed in Qiao Chang’s store, the Black Pearl would never have been bid up to 3000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones.

"Humph!" Qiao Chang coldly snorted to himself, already deciding silently that if Li Gao dared to act presumptuously, he would teach him a lesson, letting him throw around his weight in the store for so long, as if he could bully a merchant easily!

"Humph!" At that moment, the elder, hearing Shi Feng raise his bid despite the threat, could not help but let out an angry snort. Fixing his gaze on Shi Feng, he mobilized his Soul Power and in an instant, launched a Soul Attack towards Shi Feng.

"Hmm?" Shi Feng’s soul was incredibly sensitive; the moment the elder activated his Soul Power, Shi Feng sensed the Soul Attack coming at him and, with a low shout in his heart, "Soul Rebound!"

Soul Rebound, was a technique where Shi Feng used his Soul Power to gather a mysterious force, repelling the opponent’s Soul Attack back at them. Under absolute suppression of the soul, the stronger the Soul Attack launched at him, the more devastating the attack his own soul would suffer during the rebound.

"Ah?" Sensing something wrong with his Soul Attack, the elder’s expression changed dramatically, and following that, he clutched his head with "Ah!" A pained scream burst from his mouth, and then his body collapsed to the ground, thrashing about nonstop as if struck by epilepsy!