Chapter 73 - Wind Blade (1/2)

After he'd accidentally learned the Heaven-grade technique from the third floor, Yuan walked downstairs with a guilty expression on his face.

”What's the matter? You don't look so good.”

The guards noticed his expression and decided to speak to him, wondering if something unpleasant had happened during his meeting with their Master.

”Uhh… I was just wondering how much this technique would cost if I were to buy it…” Yuan showed them the Demon Sealing Technique.

”The Demon Sealing Technique, huh? That's one of the rarest and more powerful techniques one can find in this store, and it's even a Heaven-grade technique, so it'll be quite costly.”

Yuan immediately began sweating profusely after hearing the guards' words.

”If I recall correctly, this technique should be worth around 300,000,000 gold coins…”

”300,000,000 gold coins?!?!?!?!??!?!” Yuan cried out loud, nearly collapsing from fright.

If the Demon Sealing Technique is really worth three hundred million gold coins, he wouldn't be able to buy this technique even if he'd borrowed all of Xiao Hua's money, and it would require him to sell about 10 Heaven-grade treasures to have enough money for the purchase.

'300 million gold coins… it's impossible… I cannot pay for this…' Yuan thought to himself.

While it pains him to even think about it, he'll have to skip this purchase even if it is considered theft that he learned the technique without paying for it.

'I'm sorry, Yu Rou… Even though it was by accident and it's only a game, your brother has committed a crime and is now a criminal…' he sighed inwardly.

”A-Are you sure you're okay…?” The guards asked him again, as they were confident that something was bothering him.

”No, I'm fine, really…” Yuan sighed as he turned around and began walking back upstairs.

”Where are you going, fellow Daoist?” The guard asked.

”To return this technique— I cannot afford it,” he responded in a pitiful voice.

The guards exchanged looks with each other before laughing out loud, ”Hahaha! Is that what you were worried about? Then you don't have to worry, since you don't have to pay for that technique.”

”What?” Yuan immediately stopped walking to look at the guards with his eyes wide with disbelief.

”W-What do you mean I don't have to pay for it?” he asked them.

”I guess our senior sister forgot to tell you about this, but those who qualified to step onto the third floor are allowed to take one cultivation technique for free.”

”...Are you serious?” Yuan looked at them with a doubtful gaze.

Who in their right mind would give away something worth three hundred million gold coins for free?

”Why would we lie to you? If you don't believe us, you can ask our senior sister or whoever is at the reception,” said one of the guards. ”Though, they'll just tell you the same thing.”

”Thank god!” Yuan suddenly released a deep sigh of relief, feeling like he'd narrowly escaped punishment after doing something bad.

”Even though it's for free, you need to make sure to check it out at the reception.” The guards then warned him.

”I will! Thank you!”

Yuan left the place shortly later to look for Yu Rou and Xiao Hua.

”How large is this place...?” Yuan was at loss for words after realizing just how much larger the first and second floor was compared to the third floor.

And after walking around for a solid half an hour, Yuan was finally able to reunite with Yu Rou and Xiao Hua on the second floor.

”Brother! You're back!” Yu Rou said to him.

”Sorry for leaving you two like that,” he said.

”Brother Tian, you… are you okay?” Xiao Hua was looking at him with her eyes as wide as saucers.

Yuan had only been gone for an hour at most, yet there was something vastly different about him!

”Hm? Yes, I am. Why are you asking?”

”There's something different about you…” she said.

”Oh, that's because I just removed all of the impurities in my body!” he said with an innocent smile on his face.

”You what?!” Xiao Hua exclaimed.

Cultivators can only start discharging the impurities within their body after entering the Spirit Grandmaster realm, and it usually requires years of effort before they can remove all of the purities within their body! However, Yuan had only been gone for an hour and he somehow managed to remove all of the impurities within his body?!

There is only one treasure in this world that she knows of that could possibly achieve such a miracle— the Translucent Dew of Flawlessness!