NOVEL NEXT Chapter 146: Thunder Palm
Translator: Cinder Translations
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Lei Tianyu gazed gently at Kou Chang.
“Junior Sister Kou, do you need anything else?” Lei Tianyu asked softly, as if afraid that raising his voice slightly might leave an unfavorable impression on Kou Chang.
Kou Chang replied in a sweet, delicate voice, “Thank you, Brother Lei, but no more for now. You've already spent over a thousand spirit stones on me today. I feel quite bad about it. When I have spirit stones, I will definitely repay you, along with the thirteen thousand two hundred and eleven spirit stones I owe you from before.”
Lei Tianyu repeatedly waved his hand and said anxiously, “Junior Sister Kou, don’t say that. With our relationship, those mere ten thousand spirit stones are nothing.”
After chatting a bit more, Kou Chang mounted the Azure Bull and was about to leave.
Suddenly, Lei Tianyu called out loudly, “Junior Sister Kou, in half an hour, at the auction in the market, there will be three Foundation Establishment Pills. I will definitely bid for one for you, to help you establish your foundation sooner.”
The Azure Bull had already lifted a few meters off the ground. Hearing Lei Tianyu’s words, Kou Chang abruptly stopped the Azure Bull from ascending further, turned her head, and smiled like a blooming flower.
Her smile was enchanting!
“Really? Thank you, Brother Lei. Your kindness makes me feel so grateful.”
As if suddenly realizing something, Kou Chang’s face turned shyly red.
She lightly bit her red lips, her voice as soft as a whisper, her head lowered in embarrassment, as if trying to bury her beautiful face in her full chest.
“If Brother Lei really manages to get the Foundation Establishment Pill, I will promise you anything.”
With that, Kou Chang, like an immortal fairy, soared up on the Azure Bull and quickly disappeared into the blue sky.
Watching Kou Chang disappear into the horizon, Lei Tianyu reluctantly withdrew his gaze.
Then he took to his sword and flew away, not knowing where to.
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Song Wen walked deeper into the market, found a quiet corner, and after changing his appearance, entered a spell store.
The store had a large sign hanging above the door with the words “Lei Family Treasure Spell Pavilion” written in big characters.
The store covered more than an acre of land and had a dozen or so attractive maidservants waiting for customers. These maidservants were not highly skilled, all at the early stage of Qi Refining.
“Senior, what would you like to buy?” One of the maidservants approached with a practiced smile.
At this moment, Song Wen’s disguised appearance was that of a Qi Refining Stage Four loose cultivator, as the Thunder Palm technique required a cultivator at least at the fourth stage of Qi Refining to practice.
“Do you have Thunder Palm?”
The maidservant smiled, “The Lei family is known for its thunder techniques. Naturally, we have Thunder Palm for sale in our store.”
“How much for it?”
“Fifty low-grade spirit stones.”
Song Wen looked at the maidservant with some disbelief.
Thunder Palm being sold so cheaply!
Due to the rarity of those who can cultivate thunder techniques and the low prevalence of various thunder techniques compared to more common ones like flying techniques or fireballs, the Lei family’s pricing of Thunder Palm was far below Song Wen’s expectations.
Confirming that the maidservant was not mistaken, Song Wen handed over fifty spirit stones and said, “I’d like one.”
“Certainly, Senior. Please wait a moment.” The maidservant took the spirit stones, gave a charming smile, and then turned and walked toward the counter in the middle of the store.
Moments later, the maidservant returned with a jade slip and a soul contract.
“Senior, this is the soul contract. Please take a look. If there are no issues, sign the soul contract, and the transaction will be completed.”
Song Wen carefully examined the soul contract and confirmed that it was a standard type used by spell shops. After also checking the jade slip and verifying that the technique was indeed correct, he signed the soul contract with the maidservant's polite assistance and left the store.
As he walked away, his expression gradually darkened.
The jade slip he had just bought contained a foundation establishment period cultivator’s spiritual mark. This made Song Wen's impression of the Lei family and their so-called righteous cultivator shops even worse. To think that even something worth only fifty spirit stones had been tampered with—how brazen could the Lei family be?
Was the Lei family planning to mark every cultivator who bought techniques from their store?
Song Wen spent nearly an hour wandering around the market, making sure no one was following him before quietly erasing the spiritual mark on the jade slip.
Finding a secluded spot, he removed his disguise and reverted to his appearance in his thirties before heading home.
As he reached the gate of his courtyard and was about to push the door open, a burly figure appeared in the corner of his eye.
“Master Zhang, would you like to buy some fresh beast meat?” the burly man asked.
This burly man was Sun Daxiong, Song Wen’s neighbor.
True to his name, Sun Daxiong was tall and strong, with powerful limbs. He was a Qi Refining Stage Seven cultivator who lived by hunting beasts.
Sun Daxiong also had a daughter, who, unlike her father’s imposing figure and rugged appearance, was delicate and beautiful. At just seventeen, she was strikingly attractive and well-known on the street for her beauty.
“What kind of beast meat?” Song Wen asked.
Song Wen had little interest in beast meat. He occasionally bought some from Sun Daxiong merely to avoid suspicion, as he was not keen on consuming beast blood. The blood of beasts was usually very potent, often surpassing cultivators of the same stage, but after Song Wen consumed it, the blood transformed into something less effective than that of cultivators of the same stage, which made him lose interest in beast meat.
Seeing that Song Wen was disinterested but did not outright refuse, Sun Daxiong quickly continued.
“It’s spirit fox meat, comparable to a mid-Qi Refining spirit fox. One pound of meat only costs one spirit stone. Master Zhang, you won’t find mid-Qi Refining beast meat cheaper anywhere else.”
Song Wen couldn’t help but think, as expected, every time Sun Daxiong actively promotes beast meat, it’s always subpar.
Good quality beast meat is sold at high prices in market restaurants. The spirit fox’s valuable part is its skin; its meat is foul and sour, extremely unpleasant. Only those who can’t afford better or need a lot of beast meat for some reason, such as body refining cultivators, would buy it.
“I’m not buying. I’m low on spirit stones lately and can barely pay my rent.”
Song Wen firmly refused and then pushed open the door, walking inside and closing the courtyard gate without giving Sun Daxiong any face.
He didn’t lack spirit stones and didn’t want to easily make enemies, but Sun Daxiong had tried to sell him garbage beast meat several times, treating him like a fool.
Unperturbed by Song Wen’s rejection, Sun Daxiong turned and knocked on the door of another neighbor.
A spirit fox has over twenty pounds of meat, and since his daughter couldn’t stand the smell of spirit fox meat and he himself was tired of it, and since no one was buying it in the market, he had to try to sell it to neighbors. Even if he sold a pound for half a spirit stone, it would still bring in a few spirit stones, enough to cover a month’s rent with some left over.
His daughter’s cultivation talent was good. She had just broken through to Qi Refining Stage Four two months ago and needed more cultivation resources.
A few days ago, she mentioned wanting to try cultivating thunder techniques, but Sun Daxiong had been short of spirit stones at the time and couldn’t afford Thunder Palm for her.
However, he had recently hunted a spirit fox with pure white fur, and its skin was intact. He had finally gathered enough spirit stones to buy Thunder Palm for his daughter.
Behind Sun Daxiong, the courtyard door suddenly opened, and a young and beautiful face peered out.
Seeing her father’s repeated attempts to sell spirit fox meat to the neighbors, Sun Ru shook her head in helplessness.
Spirit fox meat was notoriously bad and not cheap. Who would want to buy it?
Only Master Zhang from next door, who was new to the area and had been tricked a couple of times by her father.
(End of the Chapter)
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