Half an hour later, Zhang Ling arrived at the Clear Breeze Tea House. Inside a hall in the tea house's backyard, Fire Dragon Shangren and Zhang Ling sat down as host and guest.
Fire Dragon Shangren chatted with him very enthusiastically. He first asked for Zhang Ling's opinion on the exchange meeting.
Then, Fire Dragon Shangren also spoke about some secret matters between Golden Core cultivators.
Zhang Ling listened with great interest, and the two of them chatted and laughed like old friends who hadn't seen each other in a long time.
After about half an hour, Fire Dragon Shangren pondered for a moment before steering the topic to himself.
At this point, Zhang Ling naturally guessed the purpose of this person. After thinking about it, besides the spiritual root and wood that he had taken out not long ago, there was nothing else on him that was worthy of Fire Dragon Shangren's attention.
As expected, after a few words of conversation, Fire Dragon Shangren asked with a sincere expression.
"Brother Zhang, I wonder if you could part with that Flame Wood for this old man."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Ling's expression first froze, then became somewhat hesitant.
After pondering for a while, Zhang Ling said with a wry smile, "Brother Fire Dragon, that Flame Wood took me a lot of effort to obtain. I almost lost my life at the time, and now I'm counting on the spiritual wood to exchange for a suitable cultivation method."
After Zhang Ling finished speaking, he smiled somewhat embarrassedly.
Fire Dragon Shangren's expression darkened when he saw this, and the corners of his mouth twitched a few times. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
"This kid is trying to fool me."
He couldn't help but curse inwardly, but he needed a suitable main material to refine a magic weapon recently.
Fire Dragon Shangren's mind raced, and he laughed and said.
"Brother Zhang, although your spiritual wood didn't come easily, the Flame Wood is different from the spiritual power you cultivate, so you can't use it. As for the cultivation method, you can look for it later, there's no rush."
"Let me, as your brother, have the Flame Wood, and you can also save the risk of selling it again. I'm willing to offer 100,000 spiritual stones."
"Oh, Brother Fire Dragon, this..."
Zhang Ling's expression was awkward, but he also smiled wryly in his heart. This old man was also a shrewd character.
Selling the Flame Wood to this person was not a problem, but the price offered by this old man was indeed quite low.
A Flame Wood of about two thousand years old would sell for at least 100,000 spiritual stones even in the market of Dao Fang City.
If it sold well, 150,000 to 160,000 spiritual stones would not be impossible.
Fire Dragon Shangren frowned slightly at Zhang Ling's expression, but then he stroked his beard.
Then, he reached into his waist, took out a thumb-sized black pendant, and waved it in front of Zhang Ling.
Zhang Ling's divine sense instantly swept over it, and he saw the black pendant clearly. It had a faint spiritual light, and seemed to be a magic tool.
Just as he was wondering, a flash of spiritual light appeared in Fire Dragon's wrinkled hand, and a jade box appeared.
With a flick of his finger, the jade box opened with a snap.
Inside was a black pendant with a similar style to the one in his hand. However, the pendant in the box was smaller than the one in Fire Dragon's hand, and looked like a piece of black jade.
"This is..."
Zhang Ling's divine sense swept over it slightly and discovered that the two jade pendants had the same style, but they looked like ordinary magic tools and were not particularly outstanding.
Could it be that this person intends to exchange this jade pendant for the Flame Wood? That's absolutely impossible.
Even the most exquisite top-grade magic tool is far less valuable than a two-thousand-year-old Flame Wood.
Zhang Ling was suspicious, wondering what this old man was doing taking out two magic tools.
Fire Dragon Shangren chuckled and pointed at the black pendant in his hand.
Immediately, the pendant, which looked like black jade, lit up with a layer of faint blue spiritual light.
As this layer of spiritual light appeared, some faint blue light spots floated around.
These light spots flickered like beautiful starlight.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling's eyes lit up, and he thought of something. He blurted out.
Heavenly Heart Stone!
Heavenly Heart Stone!
"That's right, both of these pendants are refined from Heavenly Heart Stone. Fellow Daoist should also know the value of this item."
"Although this item looks like a magic tool, the starlight it emits can prevent the turbid air in the desolate region from eroding. It can be regarded as a treasure."
"This old man's Heavenly Heart Stone pendant has been used for fifty or sixty years, and the light is dim. But the Heavenly Heart Stone in the box has not been used at all. The starlight in it can be maintained for about a hundred years. As long as you wear it on your body, you can stay in the desolate region for a hundred years without being eroded by the turbid air."
Heavenly Heart Stone is a special spiritual ore. Basically, cultivators entering and leaving the desolate region must wear this item on their bodies.
But ordinary cultivators are considered lucky to have a piece the size of a fingernail.
The output of Heavenly Heart Stone is very small, and it has always been a scarce item.
Heavenly Heart Stone is special. Once it leaves the mine, it is constantly consumed. If it is in the desolate region, the consumption speed of the starlight it contains may increase several times.
Looking at the Heavenly Heart Stone in the box, which was the size of half a palm, Zhang Ling also believed what Fire Dragon Shangren said.
Its value is probably also 80,000 to 90,000 spiritual stones.
However, this item is less valuable to high-level cultivators.
The cultivator's spiritual power itself can resist the erosion of turbid air in the desolate region. The higher the cultivation level, the smaller the effect of this item.
However, after all, this item can be used to resist turbid air, and its value will not be reduced much.
Especially for cultivators who want to go deep into the desolate region, this item is even more essential. Zhang Ling looked at the Heavenly Heart Stone jade pendant in the box, and his heart also moved.
Such a large piece is not easy to find on the market.
During this period of time, he was also looking for this item, after all, he had previously planned to go to the desolate region to practice after solving the matter of the cultivation method.
"Hehe, I knew Little Friend Zhang recognized this item. This Heavenly Heart Stone was originally prepared by this old man for his own use, but I saw Little Friend take out the Flame Wood before..."
Zhang Ling's expression naturally fell into Fire Dragon Shangren's eyes, and he kept pointing at the Heavenly Heart Stone in the box and said.
Zhang Ling frowned, but he did not immediately agree to exchange, but said.
"Although Brother Fire Dragon's Heavenly Heart Stone is of considerable value, this treasure is only useful when it arrives in the desolate region. I have just broken through to the Golden Core realm, but I plan to retreat for a period of time to consolidate my cultivation. I don't need this item."
As soon as Zhang Ling finished speaking, he saw that Fire Dragon Shangren's face was a little gloomy, and his words suddenly changed and said again.
"But if Brother Fire Dragon really needs this Flame Wood, it is also possible, but Fellow Daoist also knows that a two-thousand-year-old spiritual wood is not an ordinary material."
As Zhang Ling spoke, he also patted his storage bag, and a wooden box appeared in his hand.
With a flash of spiritual light, the box was opened by him, and inside was sealed a black and red spiritual wood about ten feet long and the thickness of an arm, covered with red stripes and exuding a strong fire spiritual power.
"Fellow Daoist, please see, this Flame Wood has been generated for at least two thousand years. It is priceless."
