Chapter 2503 — Another Spirit Beast Inner Core

The Heaven Rank cultivator drew a deep breath, carefully accepting the small bottle from Wei Zhao's hand. He opened it, and instantly delight lit up his face! Yes—he could feel the powerful water-attribute energy contained within the little bottle!

This was exactly what he had dreamed of for so long. His hands trembled with excitement—he had finally found it! With this, he could alter the attributes of divine weapons and sharp blades!

Suppressing the urge to snatch it outright, the Heaven Rank cultivator carefully sealed the cap and set it upon the tea table. "Since you have laid out your conditions, I shall speak plainly in return. My goods are all here. You may take any single item, along with the blood of the earth-attribute Heaven Rank spirit beast!"

So saying, the Heaven Rank cultivator opened a bundle and placed it before Wei Zhao; the small bottle containing the earth-attribute Heaven Rank spirit beast's blood was among them! It was not that the Heaven Rank cultivator did not wish to seize Wei Zhao's belongings—rather, the very purpose of the cultivators' market was to guarantee fair and just trade. If anything went wrong, the Cultivators' Merchant Guild would certainly investigate and hold him accountable. Though he was a Heaven Rank expert, the Guild still had even more formidable Heaven Rank experts within its ranks!

Moreover, the thing he had sought for years had at last appeared, and he had no desire to invite complications. The earth-attribute Heaven Rank spirit beast's blood was, in any case, of little use to him—a taste of chicken ribs, no more. Trading it away was trading it away.

In truth, even had he wished to seize it, Wei Zhao would not have feared him. Wei Zhao had dared to come, so naturally he was confident of withdrawing unscathed.

"A spirit beast inner core?" Wei Zhao looked with some astonishment at the round, gleaming bead among the Heaven Rank expert's bundle. "How surprising," he said.

"Oh? You want this thing?" The Heaven Rank cultivator glanced at Wei Zhao, somewhat taken aback, then said, "That is the inner core of that earth-attribute Heaven Rank spirit beast. When I found it, it had just been slain by a rival spirit beast. I collected a bottle of its blood, and took out its inner core along the way."

"So you only collected one bottle of blood? What about the rest?" Wei Zhao asked with some regret.

"By the time that rival spirit beast killed it, its blood had nearly run dry. I barely managed to collect a small bottle." The Heaven Rank cultivator cast Wei Zhao a glance and smiled bitterly. "Or do you think I would not have brought back more? Besides, there was nothing else special on its body..."

"I see." Wei Zhao nodded. "Then I will take this inner core and that bottle of earth-attribute Heaven Rank spirit beast's blood."

"Good—a deal!" the Heaven Rank cultivator agreed readily. The inner core was equally useless to him.

"Good." Wei Zhao picked up the small bottle and the inner core, and rose to his feet together with Han Xiaopo. "Since the trade is complete, we shall be going!"

"I won't see you out." The Heaven Rank cultivator nodded, then impatiently picked up the bottle of turtle-saliva ice crystals Wei Zhao had traded him and began studying it with unconcealed eagerness.

Wei Zhao smiled, left the room with Han Xiaopo, and headed toward where their own room was located...

"Boss, you traded for this to give to... that cold little girl?" Han Xiaopo was rather surprised by Wei Zhao's conduct, not quite understanding why he would do such a thing.

"Mm." Wei Zhao nodded. "He wants this thing to cure someone else's illness... And besides..."

At this point, Wei Zhao's heart suddenly skipped a beat! Yang Qiqi was seeking medicine to cure Little Nine—Little Nine? A certain person came to Wei Zhao's mind!

Could it be her? The Hacker Princess? Thinking of Yang Qiqi's identity—an assassin of Butterfly Castle—and the Hacker Princess was also of Butterfly Castle, also bore the childhood name Little Nine, and was likewise afflicted with illness... Could Yang Qiqi truly be seeking medicine for her?

The more he thought, the more Wei Zhao felt this possibility to be very high; otherwise the coincidence was simply too great... In that case, he was not merely helping Yang Qiqi, but helping an old acquaintance of his own! And at the thought of the Hacker Princess, Wei Zhao felt a faint headache coming on...

He had not been in touch with her for a long while. If he made contact again, would she be angry? After some thought, Wei Zhao dismissed the notion of calling her to interrogate her thoroughly. Whether it was her or not, he had merely gained one more reason to help Yang Qiqi.

"I see... But boss, your heart is truly too kind. Just for this, you would give away the earth-attribute Heaven Rank spirit beast's blood to that cold little girl for nothing..." Han Xiaopo said with genuine feeling.

"You brat—you profit and then play the innocent. So I can be good to you and help you level up, but I can't give someone else a little something?" Wei Zhao laughed.

"Haha, of course not..." Han Xiaopo was at once somewhat embarrassed.

"Let's go, back to rest. There's likely nothing more to do today," Wei Zhao said.

The night passed without a word. Early the next morning, Wei Zhao found Han Xiaopo and Yu Xiaoke waiting at the door of his room, neatly dressed, along with a thoroughly haggard Yang Qiqi whose eyes were somewhat red. Clearly Yang Qiqi had not slept well all night. Before Wei Zhao came out of his room, Yang Qiqi had been glaring at Yu Xiaoke the whole time—if looks could kill, Yu Xiaoke would by now have been dead on the spot.

But Yu Xiaoke paid Yang Qiqi no heed whatsoever. Though she felt a measure of sympathy for her, Yu Xiaoke was not a magnanimous person either. This little chit thought she could steal Wei Zhao's things and still have right on her side? So Yu Xiaoke did not even glance at her, leaving Yang Qiqi's glares utterly wasted, without the slightest effect.

Finding no outlet for her feelings, Yang Qiqi could only turn her grief-stricken, indignant gaze upon Wei Zhao—but Wei Zhao seemed to see nothing as well. He nodded to Han Xiaopo and asked, "What time does the auction begin?"

"Nine o'clock. Shall we go eat something first?" Han Xiaopo asked.

"All right," Wei Zhao said.

Yang Qiqi did not know that Wei Zhao had in fact deliberately let her steal the blue crystal. At this moment she still believed her deed had been exposed. Though Wei Zhao had said nothing, Yang Qiqi knew her chances were slim—and she herself did not know why she was following at Wei Zhao's side.

Was it to await another chance to steal the blue crystal? Or to kill Wei Zhao and avenge the humiliation he had dealt her? Yang Qiqi felt her mind a muddled, congealed mess, and she followed Wei Zhao to the dining hall like a walking corpse.

Wei Zhao ordered four breakfasts. Yang Qiqi sat there and refused nothing, eating her own portion, yet remaining silent and sparing of words as before.

Han Xiaopo did not call attention to it either. Though he knew Wei Zhao had already traded for the very thing Yang Qiqi needed, if Wei Zhao said nothing, Han Xiaopo naturally would not be the one to blab—he assumed Wei Zhao meant to teach Yang Qiqi a lesson.

In truth, Wei Zhao had no intention of teaching Yang Qiqi a lesson at all. It was simply that with Yu Xiaoke present, Wei Zhao felt awkward being too kind to Yang Qiqi!

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