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"What's the quoted price for this sixth-grade Purple Zoysia?" Yuwen Tuo asked.
Sixth-grade would have to do; it was better than nothing.
Moreover, this wasn't without its benefits. If it were ninth-grade Purple Zoysia, although its medicinal power would be very strong, because it was too strong, it would already be approaching the level of an immortal herb. In the future, even if Yuwen Tuo obtained a true immortal herb, its medicinal effects would clash with the ninth-grade Purple Zoysia.
Even if Yuwen Tuo's body could withstand the two medicinal powers, it would inevitably lead to the mutual cancellation of their effects.
A sixth-grade one wouldn't have this problem. By then, the medicinal power of this Purple Zoysia would probably have been completely absorbed by Yuwen Tuo.
The guide said, "Two million gold soul coins."
"Alright, bought!" Yuwen Tuo said decisively, not bothering to haggle with her. The items in the Treasure Gathering Pavilion were indeed worth their quoted prices, so there was nothing to haggle about.
Including the soul bone from earlier, Yuwen Tuo spent eight million gold soul coins in one go. Now he only had one million one hundred thousand left.
The shopping guide lady hadn't expected that mere students would be so wealthy. With such a major customer, she immediately became much more enthusiastic.
At this moment, Yuwen Tuo noticed something: a crystal that appeared black. It was dull and lusterless, and its surface was uneven. Compared to the soul bone and the sixth-grade Purple Zoysia just now, its appearance was like heaven and earth.
Noticing Yuwen Tuo's gaze fixed on the black object, Xiao Xiao asked doubtfully, "Tuo Tuo, what's that? Do you want to buy this?"
This thing was dark and unassuming; it didn't look like a treasure at all.
But since it was placed together with those medicinal herbs, it meant that this was also something that could be used medicinally.
The shopping guide lady hurriedly introduced, "Young lady, this is Thousand-Year Whale Gelatin. Whale gelatin is a special substance produced in the brains of whale-type soul beasts. It has a very good nourishing effect on soul masters, can strengthen the body, and enhance the endurance of muscles, bones, and meridians. This whale gelatin was acquired by our pavilion. According to the seller, it came from a Thousand-Year Demon Whale. However, generally speaking, Thousand-Year Whale Gelatin should be golden yellow and priced highly. Such a large piece of whale gelatin would be enough to cause a soul master's body to undergo a complete transformation. Unfortunately, the color of this piece of whale gelatin is black. According to our pavilion's judgment, it should have been weathered for a certain period, thus causing it to deteriorate. Although it can still be used, its quality has inevitably decreased."
"You two, the price of this Thousand-Year Whale Gelatin is not expensive, only six thousand gold soul coins. Since you two esteemed guests have already spent eight million gold soul coins with us, according to the rules, you can be upgraded to VIP customers. Except for certain top-tier treasures, everything else can be discounted by twenty percent, so it will only cost four thousand eight hundred gold soul coins."
She seemed very eager to sell this Thousand-Year Whale Gelatin, because this item had been in their Treasure Gathering Pavilion for a long time, but no one valued Thousand-Year Whale Gelatin of such poor quality.
Those in the know were aware that true Thousand-Year Whale Gelatin was golden yellow and translucent, like crystal; that was truly high-quality whale gelatin.
The problem was, that had to be true Thousand-Year Whale Gelatin.
Yuwen Tuo remembered. This piece wasn't Thousand-Year Whale Gelatin at all; it was genuine Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Gelatin. It was just that whale gelatin of this quality was truly rare, and even the Treasure Gathering Pavilion didn't know much about it.
Thus, this treasure had been overlooked. Later, Huo Yuhao managed to pick it up with the help of the Skydream Iceworm.
After consuming the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Gelatin, Huo Yuhao completely made up for the shortcomings of his childhood malnutrition, and his physique greatly improved.
"Buy it too!" Yuwen Tuo said decisively.
The market price of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Gelatin might be far less than soul bones, but compared to soul bones, it was even more priceless due to its rarity.
Four thousand eight hundred gold soul coins – this was practically no different from being given it for free.
By consuming this together with the sixth-grade Purple Zoysia, Yuwen Tuo was confident he could replenish the soul power lost in the past few days, and even take a step further. It could also strengthen his physique again, thereby increasing the limit of the next soul ring he could bear.
The shopping guide lady was overjoyed; this unwanted hot potato was finally sold.
After buying the soul bone and medicinal herbs, Yuwen Tuo still had nearly one million one hundred thousand gold soul coins left.
The shopping guide lady suggested they go look at the soul tools area. After all, they had bought so many things, and carrying them all by hand would be too conspicuous.
The two of them thought about it and agreed. It was indeed inconvenient not to have a storage-type soul tool.
In this era, storage-type soul tools were just the most common type of soul tool, no longer as precious as they were ten thousand years ago.
After all, ten thousand years ago, it was due to the loss of soul tool manufacturing techniques that things were rare and therefore valuable.
But now, even replicas of Tang San's Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges could be made. Excluding those nominal minor nobles who only had titles, this item had long been popularized among true nobles.
Yuwen Tuo spent one hundred thousand gold soul coins and bought two storage-type soul tools. One was a jade bracelet type, which he put on Xiao Xiao's wrist. The other was a sachet modeled after Dugu Bo's Ruyi Hundred Treasure Pouch back then, which Yuwen Tuo tied to his waist.
Xiao Xiao's bracelet soul tool had a very large storage space, but it was a vacuum environment and couldn't store living things. Yuwen Tuo's Hundred Treasure Pouch, however, had only half the space of Xiao Xiao's but could store living things. The two each had their pros and cons.
Yuwen Tuo also wanted to look at combat-type soul tools, but as expected, they were very scarce here.
There were no high-rank fixed-array soul cannons, and Yuwen Tuo couldn't even buy a sword-type close-combat soul tool he wanted for his disciple.
The shopping guide lady apologized, "I'm truly sorry, esteemed guests. Combat-type soul tools are very precious, especially high-quality ones. Unless it's the day of the Treasure Appreciation Fair, they rarely appear normally. If you two don't mind, we have two defensive-type soul tools here, ranked at sixth-tier, which are already the most precious ones we have."
"Defensive type? Alright, let me see them." Yuwen Tuo still wanted attack-type more, but he suddenly thought of something and decided to buy this sixth-rank defensive soul tool.
"Yes!" The shopping guide lady quickly led the two to where the sixth-rank defensive soul tool was displayed. It was on a clothes hanger; a sea-blue inner armor was hanging there.
The shopping guide lady introduced, "Esteemed guests, the name of this inner armor is 'Tide.' This is a display piece. Our Treasure Gathering Pavilion currently has two genuine pieces, both crafted by an eighth-rank soul engineer. The inner armor is extremely stretchable and can fit people of any body type. It can be activated by soul power to deploy a Tide Shield. Attacks below Soul Sage level will find it very difficult to break through. The quoted price is five hundred thousand gold soul coins. With your VIP privileges, you can get a twenty percent discount, so it will only cost four hundred thousand."
The value of soul tools was very extreme. Soul tools below third-rank cost a few thousand gold soul coins. Fourth-rank ones started at tens of thousands, fifth-rank could go up to a hundred thousand, and sixth-rank ones were around three to four hundred thousand. But the Tide Inner Armor in front of them was made by an eighth-rank soul engineer, so five hundred thousand was not excessive.
As for seventh-rank and above, they might cost over a million. Eighth and ninth-rank ones were priceless with no market; they could possibly only be bought at major auction houses. Yuwen Tuo remembered that the eighth-rank soul tool, Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Saber, that Dai Yueheng later obtained, had a final transaction price as high as one million five hundred and sixty thousand gold soul coins.
"Deal! I'll take both pieces." Without another word, Yuwen Tuo spent another eight hundred thousand.
Not long after, the two walked out of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion. The shopping guide lady's face was blooming with a joyful smile. After all, she had sold over eight million worth of goods in one go today. The commission from this would be enough for her to live on for a lifetime.
"Thank you for your patronage! Please walk slowly, you two, mind the steps. You must come again often!"
At this moment, she was even more attentive to the two of them than to her own parents.
Xiao Xiao looked at the gold soul coin card in her hand and sighed. This Treasure Gathering Pavilion was truly a money pit.
When they arrived, she and Yuwen Tuo were a wealthy family with a huge sum of nine million one hundred thousand.
Unexpectedly, after just one visit, they were now just a moderately well-off family with less than two hundred thousand gold soul coins remaining.
She couldn't help but think that this fellow Yuwen Tuo was too extravagant. So much money gone, and he didn't even bat an eye. He didn't even think of leaving a bit more property for their future son to marry with.
Yuwen Tuo, of course, didn't know Xiao Xiao's grumbling thoughts. He, on the other hand, felt that this trip was very worthwhile.
In this world where strength was paramount, wasn't the reason money was valuable precisely because it could be converted into strength?
Besides, wealth squandered will come again. When they became stronger in the future, there would be plenty of people sending them money.