Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
All the demons peeked curiously. After they observed it carefully, they realized that this green ball did not show any extraordinary qualities. It was just an ordinary fruit.
Nothing else? What a disappointment.
When the group of demons curled their lips, they saw the tiger demon in a Daoist robe tremble greatly while its vision became blurry. Its red tongue licked its lips from time to time while saliva was dripping from the edge of its mouth.
“Hey? Brother Tiger, are you okay?” asked the demons who were close to the tiger demon doubtfully.
The tiger demon ignored them and staggered towards Li Ang before it swallowed and asked, “How much are you selling this fruit for?”
Li Ang closed the wooden box. “Any precious treasures will do.”
The tiger demon reached into his robe sleeves and fished out a long, transparent rope that looked like a skipping rope.
“The brown-cheeked red deer tendon!” A demon recognized it and couldn’t help shouting out. “This deer tendon is tough and full of elasticity. No blade or fire can break it. It’s a good material for mortals to craft a ballista with. In ancient times, Itinerant Cultivators also used it as a belt.”
Li Ang nodded his head and put away the deer tendon before handing the wooden box to the tiger demon.
The tiger demon opened the wooden box and its nose flared. After smelling the catnip for a few times, it swallowed and reluctantly closed the wooden box. He had a premonition that this fruit could simply help him get closer to attaining the Zen and bring great benefits to his cultivation when he was meditating.
Hanging Sword for Ten Thousand Miles, who had witnessed Li Ang use the catnip bought from Taobao to exchange it for an extraordinary item, opened his mouth wide and asked Li Ang softly, “Aren’t only 20 items allowed in the inventory? How could you bear to use one inventory slot to put a common item like the catnip?”
“Indeed, only 20 items can be placed in the inventory. However, what I bought from Taobao was a lucky bag worth 500 yuan that could hold various daily necessities. There was a comb, toothpaste, a toothbrush, shampoo, snacks, a razor, a lighter, dog food, and catnip.”
Li Ang explained softly, “There are a lot of items in such a lucky bag, and the things inside are strange and weird. You don’t know which quest you will be using the item for. The entire lucky bag is considered one item by the system, so it has the right value to be in the inventory.”
There was such a thing?
Hanging Swords for Ten Thousand Miles stared at Li Ang, feeling dumbstruck. Little did he know that in order to test the system’s limit in the past, Li Ang had made a lot of effort to formulate a strict experimental procedure and plan a scientific test form.
The lucky bag bought from Taobao was considered one item. He had placed a lot of items into it, but they couldn’t be recognized by the system as the same item. This inexplicable system judgment method was also a major feature of the game.
After the deal with the tiger demon, the atmosphere became livelier.
Then, Li Ang exchanged a 400-yuan water opium pipe for a fire rat fur of the rat demon that had a temperature-controlling system.
The 24-yuan Dalin Clindamycin Phosphate Gel and Acne Ointment were exchanged for a piece of green fatal plague skin from the plague demon, and the 56-yuan Mentholatum Relieving Fatigue Eye Drop was exchanged for a 2-meter-long backbone from the cyclops.
The other players of the quest team witnessed Li Ang exchange a huge pile of Taobao items for all sorts of strange items from the demons. It seemed as though they were hearing various stores selling their items with a big loudspeaker.
“This is the largest water opium pipe factory in Jiangsu, Wenzhou. Nanjiang has gone bankrupt. B*stard boss Huang He led a life of dissipation and owed a debt of 350 million yuan. He then took his sister-in-law and ran away. We had no options, so we could only take the water opium pipe for the wages. It was only 20 yuan instead of the usual 200 to 300. You won’t suffer a loss or get deceived if you buy it for 99 yuan!”
“The prices are marked down for clearance and the items are sold at a large discount. On the last day, the prices are marked down so much that it feels like losing one’s shirt!”
One transaction was completed after another. In Li Ang’s opinion, the special items exchanged for cheap Taobao items could be sold to the in-game shop for precious Game Credits.
As for the demons, the trash in their hands couldn’t be refined into Dharma treasures at all.
They would gain from them if they could exchange them for overseas specialties such as a water opium pipe with special purposes like helping them focus their mind and boost their cultivation.
Both trade parties were very happy, which was the most important factor.
When the bartering transaction reached its end, Li Ang saw that various ‘trash’ had filled his backpack. He lamented that this way of earning money was faster than buying and selling.
At that moment, a gust of wind blew and the candle flame in the Hall of Great Strength suddenly swayed. The group of demons and the candle’s shadow on the wall were twisted and deformed.
Thud, thud, thud.
The brisk, dense footsteps gradually approached. Four spirit figures carried the sedan chair lightly from the distant tree shadow.
The sedan chair was huge and had a golden roof on all sides. There were also pretty, magnificent black-and-red curtains around the chair.
The four people carrying the sedan chair were not very well-dressed. They were wearing blood-red tops and they had pale faces, fangs, long ears, red noses, and moistened lips. They overall looked kind of strange.
The figure walking in front of the sedan chair was wearing a spotless white robe, and its face was paler than its clothes.
Li Ang’s pupils shrank sharply. According to his Spiritual Sense, the four people carrying the sedan chair and the figure walking in front were all ghosts. They were mournful ghosts filled with extreme resentment, bad luck, and Yin Qi. The possessive ghosts he encountered there were much more powerful than the one in the school parking lot.
The fierce, mournful ghosts carrying the sedan chair were enough to wreak havoc. How about the one inside the sedan chair?
“He’s here!”
The ghost in white shouted. It kicked the floor with its cloth shoes and lightly flew up before landing outside the Hall of Great Strength.
The two ghosts carrying the sedan chair from the front did not fly but walked slowly up a flight of steps. The one in the back extended his arms to raise the sedan chair over its shoulder in order to maintain the sedan chair’s balance.
The chair slowly stopped by the door of the Hall of Great Strength and all the demons’ eyes focused on the curtains of the chair.
The person’s ordinary cloth shoe stepped out from behind the curtain before his leg emerged. Then, an immortal-like, amiable-looking old Daoist with snow-white hair appeared.
“It’s him! It’s him!” Chai Cuiqiao shouted sternly inside Li Ang’s body. “He’s monk Dao Zhi!”
Swoosh!
Most of the demons stood up. Then, the old Daoist exchanged greetings with everyone and bowed with his hands in front of him.
“Long time no see, Grand Master Dao Zhi. Your power has improved again. We are ashamed of our inferiority.”
“Knowing somebody by his reputation is not as good as meeting him in person. You’re much better in person! My hopes have been fulfilled today!”
“Grand Master Dao Zhi’s powers are endless. May you be blessed with a long life.”
Many demons did not have a high cultural level. Thus, they were very rough and straightforward when exchanging greetings. They bowed with their hands in front of them and started bootlicking. Anyway, they were all thick-skinned demons. If they could drink wine by sucking up to someone, why not do so?
Grand Master Dao Zhi, who was surrounded by them, chuckled and stroked his beard before shaking his robe. “Everyone, please do not call me Dao Zhi in the future. My name is Wang Guan now.”
“Daoist Priest Wang Guan’s powers are endless. May you be blessed with a long life.”
“Daoist Priest Wang Guan is formidable and domineering. I am willing to accept that!”