kvmb Chapter 473 - 295: Ominous Starlight (Part 2)
Chapter 473 - 295: Ominous Starlight (Part 2)
’The variety of supplies I can buy has really increased!’
What surprised Zou Feng the most was that he could finally browse and purchase the truly high-grade Exotic Poisons from within the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect.
Of course, this wasn’t a privilege every Inner Sect Disciple had.
It was because Zou Feng had received the Celestial Dao Cauldron’s recognition during his breakthrough.
Specifically, the Celestial Dao Cauldron acknowledged him as a Poison Cultivator with both strength and potential, which was why it had specially granted him permission to purchase poisons and Poison Pills.
However, when it came to buying Exotic Poisons, Zou Feng knew he couldn’t just buy them randomly. He needed to make targeted purchases.
For example, the Five Poison Holy Lotus Skill he majored in was still based on the "Five Poison Creatures."
He had previously been rewarded with the Centipede Monster’s poison by the Undying Master. He had used it when breaking through to the Spiritual Energy Realm, and the effects were remarkable.
"Five Poison Holy Lotus Skill (Extraordinary to Saint) Progress: 38%"
It had jumped by more than ten percentage points in one go.
Zou Feng estimated that if he could gather more Exotic Poisons on the same level as the Centipede Monster’s...
...then getting the Five Poison Holy Lotus Skill to the "Unity of Heaven and Man" realm in a short time would be far from just empty talk.
Therefore, Zou Feng’s browsing naturally focused on the other "four poisons."
And wouldn’t you know it, after a bit of searching, he really did find Exotic Poisons for sale that were on the same level as the Centipede Monster and belonged to the other "four poisons."
Twining Silk Soul Poison: Sourced from the toxic creature, the Phantom Shadow Spider. When used properly, it has the power to imprison the soul...
Sky Toad’s Gold-Etching Water: Sourced from the toxic creature, the Three-Eyed Sky Toad...
Beauty’s Ruin: Sourced from the toxic creature, the Nether Abyss King Scorpion...
Aside from a comparable Snake Poison, the other three poisons were all available for purchase.
But when Zou Feng saw the prices, the corner of his mouth couldn’t help but twitch.
After placing first in the monthly exam, receiving a reward of 30,000 Immortal Fate, and collecting numerous congratulatory gifts, Zou Feng had thought he could be considered newly rich.
But now that his new purchasing permissions were unlocked, he realized his little bit of money was nothing at all.
Each of the three Exotic Poisons he planned to buy was priced at nearly 10,000 Immortal Fate.
But on second thought, it wasn’t too outrageous.
Take the Centipede Monster, for example. Even after its most potent Poison Gland had been removed, it still took several hundred Outer Disciples working together to kill it.
Therefore, toxic creatures of a similar level were definitely extremely difficult to capture.
An Exotic Poison of this caliber certainly wouldn’t be cheap.
The problem was, Zou Feng had already spent over 10,000 Immortal Fate to ensure he was in peak condition for his breakthrough to the Spiritual Energy Realm.
He only had a little over 10,000 left, which wasn’t nearly enough to buy all three Exotic Poisons at once.
Huh?
Just as Zou Feng was feeling frustrated, he suddenly noticed a discount displayed below the purchase price.
’Under what circumstances could there be a discount?’
Zou Feng read the discount description and finally understood. It turned out this discount was a special perk arranged just for him.
It wasn’t that these Exotic Poisons were normally on sale.
As a prodigy who had been "congratulated by the ringing of the Celestial Dao Cauldron’s bells," how could the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect not arrange some privileges for him?
Because Zou Feng had triggered the Celestial Dao Cauldron to ring three times during his breakthrough, he was entitled to a 30% discount when purchasing Exotic Poisons.
An Exotic Poison that originally cost 10,000 Immortal Fate would now only cost him 7,000.
’So the size of the discount is related to the number of times the Celestial Dao Cauldron’s bells ring?’
’Doesn’t that mean if someone could make the Celestial Dao Cauldron ring its celebratory bells nine times, they’d receive an incredible 90% discount?’
Zou Feng made a point to ask Qiu Lan about this.
The answer he received was that this was indeed the case.
Although Qiu Lan didn’t know the specific benefits given to prodigies who caused the Celestial Dao Cauldron’s bells to ring, she had heard that in the past, there had indeed been instances of more than three bells ringing when an Outer Disciple from the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect broke through.
A hundred years ago, there was even an instance of nine bell chimes.
However, Qiu Lan didn’t know who this "nine-chime master" was, or whether they were still in the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect.
With that, Zou Feng no longer hesitated. He decided to buy them quickly while he still could.
He knew that these Exotic Poisons wouldn’t always be fully stocked. If he didn’t buy them today, they could be sold out by tomorrow.
Sure enough, after Zou Feng selected his purchases, the inventory showed that the Twining Silk Soul Poison and Sky Toad’s Gold-Etching Water were still in stock.
However, "Beauty’s Ruin" immediately became sold out.
After the discount, Zou Feng ended up spending just under 20,000 Immortal Fate.
The Immortal Fate he had left was just enough to cover it.
But after confirming the purchase, Zou Feng was once again broke.
Once the purchase was complete, a specialist from the Sect immediately sent him a message with an address, telling him to go pick up the poisons himself.
After all, these weren’t poisons that could be casually delivered by any disciple.
If anything went wrong during transport and the Exotic Poison leaked, it would cause a major disaster.
Therefore, only a Poison Cultivator like Zou Feng, who was an expert in this field, could handle such high-level Exotic Poisons.
Although he found it a bit troublesome, Zou Feng set off immediately.
However, since he had to make the trip anyway, Zou Feng decided he might as well complete the Refinement of the Exotic Poisons on-site before returning.
After all, refining these poisons in his own residence would likely cause significant contamination.
While Zou Feng was on his way, the news that he had caused the Celestial Dao Cauldron’s bells to ring three times continued to spread like wildfire.
At that moment, Chen Bogong of the Purple Cloud Association was in Worry-Free Valley, staring blankly at Huang Daoxian.
Huang Daoxian was here to return the deposit.
The job was to provoke Zou Feng, get him onto the Dao Discussion Platform, and ultimately kill him, for which Huang Daoxian would receive a reward of 10,000 Immortal Fate.
He had already received a deposit of three thousand.
Now, he couldn’t afford to provoke Zou Feng, nor could he afford to provoke the Purple Cloud Association, so he had come at the first opportunity to return the Immortal Fate in person.
However, Chen Bogong was still a bit bewildered by it all.
He had been instructed by Fu Jiaming to hire Huang Daoxian for this task.
Fu Jiaming had also provided the money.
He had thought everything was finally settled, but as it turned out...
Regardless, Chen Bogong had once again botched a task assigned by Fu Jiaming.
So, even though he felt it was ridiculous himself, he couldn’t help but say to Huang Daoxian, "Brother Huang, I know that Zou Feng’s breakthrough was a bit... but you’re the tenth-ranked prodigy on the Outer Sect’s potential list. Are you really saying you have no confidence at all?"
"Why not give it a try? What if..."
Huang Daoxian looked at him as if he were an idiot and waved his hand, completely exasperated. "Brother Chen, you and I have no personal grudge. Why must you insist on sending me to my death?"
"...Brother Huang, you exaggerate..."
Just as the awkward conversation reached this point, footsteps sounded.
Then, Fu Jiaming’s voice rang out, "Is it done?"
Fu Jiaming had been focused on his Cultivation with the snake woman, and no one had dared to disturb him, so he had not yet heard about Zou Feng’s breakthrough.
Having just finished his Cultivation and stepped out, he saw Huang Daoxian and subconsciously assumed the matter was settled.
Chen Bogong quickly stood up and bowed, then hurried forward and whispered a few words in Fu Jiaming’s ear.
After listening, Fu Jiaming’s expression darkened instantly. "What did you say?"
"Brother Fu, this matter... is absolutely true..."
Although Chen Bogong had explained it clearly, Fu Jiaming couldn’t accept this fact for a long time.
Finally, his face turned exceptionally grim.
In truth, as an Inner Sect Elite Disciple who could already attempt to leap the Sky Gate and establish an Earth Tier Dao Foundation, Fu Jiaming had no reason to fear a newbie who had just broken through to the Spiritual Energy Realm.
Moreover, Fu Jiaming was a high-ranking member of the Purple Cloud Association. Even though he had just been demoted, the resources he could mobilize were far beyond anything Zou Feng could challenge.
The problem, however, was what True Monarch Tianyan, Nangong Chu, had said about the stars...
Zou Feng was his, Fu Jiaming’s, star of death!
Originally, Fu Jiaming had dismissed this statement, thinking it was just Nangong Chu’s way of expressing dissatisfaction with his poor performance—a threat meant to scare and punish him.
But now, he couldn’t help but believe it.
So, if Nangong Chu hadn’t said it just to scare him, then it meant True Monarch Tianyan’s judgments of the stars had always been quite accurate.
Thinking of this, Fu Jiaming couldn’t help but raise his head and look at the night sky.
In the starry sky, besides the faintly visible Celestial Dao Cauldron, countless specks of starlight twinkled.
But there didn’t seem to be anything else new.
Yet, Fu Jiaming had the distinct feeling that right above his head, there truly was a new star—one that was sometimes blurry, sometimes clear, and twinkling with an ominous light... a death star!