The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 950

Chapter 950: Chapter 947: Slip of the Tongue Chapter 950: Chapter 947: Slip of the Tongue “`

Shen Luo followed Liu Feixu into the central shop and discovered that there weren't many people inside, most of them were disciples from Daughter Village, with a small number from the Demon Race of Pansi Cave.

Seeing the two enter, a young girl not far into adulthood immediately bounced over to greet them, calling out “Sister Liu” to Liu Feixu before sizing up Shen Luo with a look full of suspicion.

“I am Shen Luo, currently a guest in the village,” Shen Luo greeted the girl proactively.

“I know who you are, Sister Liu, why did you bring him here?” the girl asked Liu Feixu eagerly.

“It's all right; Granny has allowed him to come to the shop. Just treat him normally,” Liu Feixu said, patting the girl's head.

“Okay then, what are you looking to buy?” the girl asked bluntly.

Shen Luo furrowed his brows, rubbed his chin, and started looking over the rows of wooden shelves at the back of the room, only to see them densely packed with various bottles, each labelled with its own name.

After looking for a while, his eyes began to blur; he had never even heard of most of the things listed there.

“Girl, do you have any spirit grass that can extend one's lifespan?” Shen Luo asked.

The girl paused for a moment, a look of surprise spreading across her face.

“Elixirs will do too,” added Shen Luo, seeing her reaction.

The girl's gaze shifted to Liu Feixu, seeking guidance.

Liu Feixu said nothing, but silently shook her head.

“Most who come to Daughter Village are looking to buy poisons or hidden weapons that kill without a trace. You're the first one to ask for spiritual medicine that extends life,” the girl couldn't help but say with a disdainful look.

“We use poison to counter poison here, and have some that can cure various rare poisons of the world, but as for those that increase lifespan, we truly do not have them,” Liu Feixu spoke up.

“What about herbs like the Nine Brahmanic Lotus, even ones less effective will do,” Shen Luo persisted, unwilling to give up.

Looking at him as if he were a fool, the girl couldn't help but blurt out, “The Nine Brahmanic Lotus, is that a spiritual medicine? That grows in the Nine Brahm…”

“Little Deer.” Liu Feixu chided her softly, cutting the girl off mid-sentence.

“That… That is an elixir; even if we in Daughter Village had it, we wouldn't sell it,” the girl spoke, sticking out her tongue.

Shen Luo's eyes flickered as he immediately caught the slip in the girl's words, the Nine Brahm… Realm.

It seemed that the Nine Brahmanic Lotus did not grow in ordinary places like the Jade Medicine Garden within the village but must be in some unique secret realm. The question was, where could it be?

In the past few days, to avoid drawing attention, he hadn't wandered around the village much himself but had sent Gu insects to scout every nook and cranny, of course, avoiding any places guarded by high-ranking cultivators.

“What mischievous plan are you concocting now?” Liu Feixu interrupted Shen Luo's train of thought.

“Oh… nothing much. I was wondering if you have a kind of spiritual material called 'Moon Star Child'?” In his haste, Shen Luo came up with an excuse on the spot.

The Moon Star Child was not just any material; it was precisely the last spiritual material he needed to refine the Earth-Attracting Thunder Talisman, which he had been searching for a long time without success. Now, he had subconsciously mentioned it.

“We have that,” the girl responded after a brief consideration, straightforwardly.

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Shen Luo didn't react at first, but soon his eyes brightened, and he looked at the young girl and asked, “What did you say?”

“Didn't you ask if we have Moon Star Child? Our shop has it in stock.” The young girl was surprised at Shen Luo's reaction.

“Where is it?” Shen Luo was overjoyed.

“Come with me.” The young girl glanced at Shen Luo and walked towards the shelves behind her.

Before long, the young girl returned to Shen Luo's side, extended her hand with a transparent crystal bottle inside of which were four or five thumb-sized black crystal stones.

Shen Luo examined them and saw that the surface of the crystal stones faintly showed a layer of flowing water-like patterns, each with three white spots, neither big nor small, at their centers like stars in the night sky.

“Not bad, these really are Moon Star Child. How much are they selling for?” Shen Luo nodded approvingly.

“Two hundred immortal jade,” the young girl quickly quoted a price.

“Isn't this just refining material for talismans, why so expensive?” Shen Luo couldn't help but express his surprise.

“Who says Moon Star Child can only be used for talismans? This is also an important auxiliary material for many artifact refinings. It's always been in high demand here,” the young girl immediately retorted upon hearing his words.

“Even so, isn't that price a bit of a rip-off? Miss Liu, I've just helped out, you can't just stand by and watch me get slaughtered.” Shen Luo directly sought help from Liu Feixu.

“Don't look at me, I don't have any say in the shop's business. How the prices are set is beyond my control,” Liu Feixu said, although she was saying this, her eyes subtly hinted at the young girl.

“Fine, since you helped Sister Liu, I'll take one hundred and fifty immortal jade for the Moon Star Child,” the young girl, getting the message, immediately whispered the offer.

Upon hearing this, Shen Luo knew that the Moon Star Child's real value should be around one hundred immortal jade, but he also didn't feel it was right to negotiate further.

“Alright, then thank you, girl,” he said.

He promptly took out one hundred and fifty immortal jade and handed them to the young girl, successfully exchanging them for a small bottle of Moon Star Child.

The quantity of these Moon Star Child indeed wasn't much, but when making talismans, they needed to be ground into a powder and mixed with other materials to make talisman ink, so they wouldn't be used up too quickly. For now, it was enough for his use.

“Besides Moon Star Child, do you need anything else? Our Daughter Village's shop is best known for poison. The poisons we concoct are difficult to counteract outside,” the young girl began her sales pitch again.

Poison? Shen Luo hadn't really paid much attention at first, but hearing her mention it, he asked again, “Won't the effect of poisons be limited against high-ranking cultivators?”

“That depends on the poison. Our Daughter Village's poisons are not afraid of any Vajra Indestructible Divine Skills you cultivate. Even if you seal your Qiao acupoints and temporarily prohibit your five senses, you'd still struggle to resist,” the young girl said with a smirk.

“There's poison like that? Even if it's mixed with the Heaven and Earth Aura, sealing my Qiao acupoints should be able to block it somewhat, right?” Shen Luo frowned.

“Some poisons can be transmitted just by the fluctuation of the Divine Sense. You might seal your Qiao acupoints, but can you really not have any emotional fluctuations?” the young girl laughed lightly, covering her mouth.

“Just emotional fluctuations can lead to being afflicted? Isn't that invincible?” Shen Luo clearly didn't believe it.

“Of course not, silently and lethally putting someone in a fatal situation is something only a few secret, non-disclosed poisons of our sect can accomplish, and they require the combination of our Daughter Village Cultivation Technique to be used. The ones we can sell, which can poison someone through emotional inducement, are very few, and their potency isn't too strong. But in a life and death fight, sometimes a very small advantage can lead to the reversal of the outcome. Don't you agree?” the young girl explained with an air of experience.

Upon hearing this, Shen Luo nodded silently.

“Since that's the case, which of these poisons are for sale?” After a moment, Shen Luo asked again.