Chapter 3: Buying a Sword!
Lin Mo practiced his swordplay in his courtyard.
Having obtained the Sword Heart Clarity constitution, he intended to focus on the way of the sword.
With a casual wave, he gathered fallen leaves into a pile, then used his spiritual energy to scatter them across the sky.
The wooden sword in his hand suddenly traced a sword flower, and sharp sword qi precisely struck each leaf.
Lin Mo looked at the leaves on the ground, split in half, and felt that something was missing.
“It’s beautiful, but not ruthless enough.”
In terms of power, it wasn’t bad. After all, he was using a wooden sword, and to achieve such power with the first layer of the Profound-grade Low-tier Cultivation Method ‘Sword Shattering Three Thousand’ was not too weak.
Host: Lin Mo
Bloodline: Human Race
Constitution: Sword Heart Clarity
Talent: Dual Spirit Root (Water-Wood)
Cultivation Level: Foundation Establishment Late Stage
Cultivation Techniques: Profound-grade High-tier Cultivation Method ‘Spirit Azure Art Layer 3’, Profound-grade Mid-tier Cultivation Method ‘Spring Return Art Layer 3’. Profound-grade Low-tier Cultivation Method ‘Three Thousand Sword Art Layer 1’, Yellow-grade Mid-tier Cultivation Method ‘Golden Light Shield Layer 1’.
Abilities: Culinary Skills ‘5.1’, Planting ‘1.3’, Formations ‘1.5’, Alchemy ‘1.4’, Chess ‘0.8’. Picking Soap ‘1’.
Regret: 870.
This Picking Soap ability was quite an eyesore.
[Ding, the Picking Soap ability has been shielded. Prompt: The skill has not disappeared, it will just no longer be displayed on the host’s panel.]
This System was finally being humane for once.
“System, upgrade ‘Three Thousand Sword Art’ to the third layer.”
[Ding, consumed 400 Regret, ‘Three Thousand Sword Art’ has been upgraded to the third layer.]
After the prompt sound, Lin Mo clearly felt a significant improvement in his mastery of the Three Thousand Sword Art.
He swung the wooden sword in his hand, and a sword light pierced the clouds.
Even though it was the third layer, the Profound-grade Low-tier ‘Three Thousand Sword Art’ seemed much more powerful than the Profound-grade High-tier Cultivation Method ‘Spirit Azure Art’.
And this was the power unleashed by a wooden sword…
As a sword cultivator, how could he be without a decent sword?
With this thought, Lin Mo prepared to descend the mountain.
As soon as he left Azure Bamboo Peak, an excited female voice reached his ears.
“Senior Brother, are you going out for training?”
The person who arrived was Jia Ling, the cook at the Azure Bamboo Peak canteen.
Before Lin Mo could speak, Jia Ling, the plump girl, spoke again, “Senior Brother Lin, if you’re going out for training, could you go to the Great Continent Mountain Range and bring back some ‘Spirit Beast Meat’ and ‘Spirit Herbs’ as usual?”
The Great Continent Mountain Range was home to many demonic beasts, but it also had abundant Spirit Herbs and opportunities.
There was a saying that opportunities and dangers coexist.
Therefore, the Great Continent Mountain Range was considered an extremely dangerous place.
Even the original host only ventured to the outermost edges of the Great Continent Mountain Range during past training, not daring to go deeper.
However, even from the outermost edges, one could collect a lot of Spirit Beast Meat and Spirit Herbs.
And the original host used these collected items to subsidize the disciples’ food, clothing, housing, and transportation.
As the kitchen manager, Jia Ling was happy. Whenever Lin Mo gave him the Spirit Herbs he collected, he would sell them off, making at least a hundred low-grade Spirit Stones in profit.
So, when she saw Lin Mo about to go down the mountain, she excitedly came over.
Lin Mo knew Jia Ling’s intentions clearly. He said in a flat tone, glancing at Jia Ling, “I’m not going for training, just down the mountain to buy something.”
As he said, he didn’t want to be the resentful senior disciple, serving the ungrateful white-eyed wolves of Azure Bamboo Peak.
He knew that Jia Ling often secretly prepared exquisite meals with high-quality Spirit Beast Meat for Ye Kai.
And sometimes, what he ate was much worse than that Spirit Beast Meat.
It had to be said that Ye Kai was much better at winning people’s hearts than he was.
Although Jia Ling was unhappy, Lin Mo was still the senior disciple of Azure Bamboo Peak, so she didn’t dare to show it. She just said in a low voice, “Then, Senior Brother, please be ‘careful’ when you go down the mountain to buy things!”
The emphasis on the words ‘be careful’ was a bit too strong.
Lin Mo heard it clearly.
…
When he got down the mountain, Lin Mo arrived at Cloud Stream City, the largest city near the Azure Spirit Sect.
The city was bustling with activity, with the shouts of vendors everywhere.
After wandering around the city for half a circle, Lin Mo entered a business called the ‘Treasure Pavilion’.
As soon as he entered, a woman dressed in flamboyant attire greeted him.
“Young Master, what would you like?”
The woman was attractive and well-figured.
This was also the specialty of the ‘Treasure Pavilion’. As the largest business establishment in Cloud Stream City, their attendants were all women, and they had to be good-looking and well-built. This was also why cultivators from various noble families and sects liked to visit here.
“Miss, I want to buy a sword!”
“Just call me Xiao Zi!” The girl named Xiao Zi looked at Lin Mo with a smile, “Young Master, what quality of sword are you looking for?”
Lin Mo thought for a moment. Naturally, the higher the quality of the sword, the better, but he also needed money!
He didn’t have many mid-grade Spirit Stones, and after taking advantage of the disciples of Azure Bamboo Peak, he could count them on one hand.
Of course, as the original Lin Mo, he wouldn’t have lacked money. It was just that the original owner was too kind, giving almost all the resources he could have kept for himself to the junior disciples of Azure Bamboo Peak.
Therefore, he was now penniless.
However, he had come prepared.
Taking out the fruits he had previously picked from his storage ring, Lin Mo asked, “What quality of sword can these exchange for?”
“Profound Ice Fruits!” As an attendant of the Treasure Pavilion, Xiao Zi immediately recognized the spirit fruits, “These are good things, spirit fruits of excellent quality. Are you really selling them, Young Master?”
Profound Ice Fruits were extremely rare. The Treasure Pavilion rarely saw them in years. These fruits could not only be used as medicinal ingredients but could also increase the cultivation of cultivators at or below the Golden Core stage. They were practically perfect fruits.
Lin Mo nodded, “Sell them.”
These Profound Ice Fruits were something Lin Mo had picked from the Profound Ice Trees in the Azure Bamboo Peak’s spirit fields before.
The Profound Ice Tree was something the original host had stumbled upon during his travels years ago.
It could be said that the original host’s luck was quite good.
Xiao Zi counted the number of fruits, “There are seventy-eight Profound Ice Fruits here. I’ll buy them back at one hundred mid-grade Spirit Stones each. What do you think?”
While speaking, Xiao Zi also observed Lin Mo’s reaction intentionally or unintentionally.
If he showed dissatisfaction, she would add more.
After all, such fruits were rare and hard to come by.
“Um, Young Master, if you sell the fruits to me, I can apply for a Treasure Pavilion VIP card for you, which will give you a 20% discount on all purchases in our store.”
If Yuan Li, who managed Azure Bamboo Peak, hadn’t been lazy and hadn’t watered and fertilized according to the regulations, the yield of these spirit fruits should have been over a hundred, according to past production.
Lin Mo was already quite satisfied with the price. Upon hearing that he could get a 20% discount, he was about to agree…
“Senior Sister, Senior Sister, aren’t those Profound Ice Fruits?”
“They seem to be…”
Two white figures blocked Lin Mo’s path.
A shorter girl looked at the fruits in Xiao Zi’s hand and exclaimed excitedly, “Senior Sister, they really are Profound Ice Fruits!”
The other girl was stunning in appearance and figure, her eyes shining with excitement, “Yes, they are indeed Profound Ice Fruits!”
The shorter girl saw that there was someone standing behind them and raised her eyebrows, “Why are you standing so close? It’s crowded. Don’t you know about the separation between men and women?”
“We’re going to buy something now, please move aside!”
Lin Mo twitched his lips. They were the ones who cut in, yet they were saying such unreasonable things. They were truly petulant and willful.
Before Lin Mo could speak, the shorter girl turned and completely ignored him, asking Xiao Zi, “Miss Zi, how much are these Profound Ice Fruits? We’ll take them all.”
“Um…” Xiao Zi’s expression was a bit awkward at this moment.
The other girl, whom the shorter girl called Senior Sister, also spoke, “Miss Zi, we’re old acquaintances. I know how precious these Profound Ice Fruits are, so please name your price. Money is not an issue.”
Lin Mo inwardly grumbled: What a boastful tone, saying that money is not an issue.
Xiao Zi then pointed at Lin Mo behind them, “Miss Susu, Miss Shi Yao, actually, these Profound Ice Fruits are what this Young Master intends to exchange for a sword in the store. We haven’t finalized the price yet…”
Although she said this, Xiao Zi also saw the intention of ‘agreement’ in Lin Mo’s eyes just now.
It was just a matter of saying it, a matter of the final push.
However, now that these two seemed to have offended him, the price would likely be difficult to determine…
