Chapter 687: Darks.h.i.+ne Plum
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
In the tent, Xia Fei leaned back in his chair and blew out smoke. Seth voluntarily chose to stand guard outside.
He took out several grade 4 Origin Crystals from his ring and threw them to Furball. Xia Fei was a millionaire now, so Furball could eat as much as he wanted, but it seemed like Furball was starting to lose interest in grade 4 Origin Crystals, his appet.i.te no longer as large as before.
“Ha! What am I going to do with Furball? Look at him nibbling on grade 4 crystals so listlessly, he’s being a little too picky, right?” Xia Fei frowned and said.
The old demon lord Oro nonchalantly said, “The last time, when you and Furball quarreled, he ate a lot of grade 4 stones at one go, so he probably got bored of them at this time. I can almost guarantee that if you give the even purer grade 5 Origin Crystals, Furball will be elated.”
Xia Fei pursed his lips. “Furball will be happy, but I won’t be. Not even mentioning that the exchange rate for a grade 5 crystal is one hundred grade 4 crystals, finding a place to have them exchanged isn’t very easy. After all, a grade 5 Origin Crystal requires a high level Energy master to create, which one can only find in those major clans. Ordinary people don’t even have the chance to buy them.”
Xia Fei was speaking the truth. Energy masters held a revered status in the Law Realm, and high-leveled ones were even rarer. For ordinary people, grade 4 crystals were already considered the best possible stores of energy. Between grade 4 and grade 5 was a chasm, and even if Xia Fei was willing to exchange three hundred grade 4 for one grade 5, n.o.body would agree. That was just how valuable high-grade energy was.
Oro smiled. “High-grade energy truly is valuable, but this isn’t a problem for the Lionheart Royalty. You can find Heathfield, that great-grandson of mine. He’ll have a way.”
Xia Fei shook his head. “I don’t like owing someone else too many favors. Right now, grade 4 Origin Energy is enough for me. Let’s talk about it again when I truly need to. Besides, I can’t pamper Furball too much.”
Lionheart King Oro said nothing and changed the topic.
“You beat Chen Ziqiang this time, so you have enough reputation. I wonder if that evil beast Quinn will be tempted?” Oro muttered.
After some thought, Xia Fei sternly said, “A critically ill patient will seek any doctor. The damage to his brain region has prevented him from advancing all this time, which must certainly be a source of immense pain to him. I trust that he won’t easily let go of any opportunity. Once this news reaches his ears, he can’t help but be tempted.”
“I hope it’s as you say,” Oro said, his eyes flas.h.i.+ng with killing intent. Oro hated that enemy of his who had crippled him and sealed him using the Law of Ternary Spectrum, but Oro equally hated Quinn who had betrayed him. After all, for someone with a steadfast personality like Oro, betrayal was extremely difficult to accept.
“By the way, who is it that you learned pharmacology from? Not even the level 6 Apothecary Chen Ziqiang was able to beat you,” Oro curiously asked.
Oro was looking at Xia Fei in a completely new light. This young man was hiding far too many astonis.h.i.+ng secrets. Oro had suspected more than once now that Xia Fei was not actually some insignificant human from Earth but rather some traitor from a powerful clan. Otherwise, there was no way to explain all of the astounding feats Xia Fei had pulled off again and again.
Xia Fei craftily smiled and breezily explained, “of course I’ve learned pharmacology before, but I was only able to beat Chen Ziqiang because we operate on two completely different systems. He’s versed in orthodox pharmacology, which emphasizes on the rules in everything, but I am versed in the unorthodox path, which emphasizes on the unconventional, using everything to the maximum. It’s hard to say which is better, but Chen Ziqiang is a traditional apothecary, so he will never be able to understand my limit theory.”
Oro did not understand pharmacology that much, and it took quite a while for him to finally blurt out, “I get it! Chen Ziqiang represents ordinary pharmacology, while you represent the demonic path. In using the ordinary teachings to battle the bizarre demonic path, he’ll naturally suffer.”
“That’s one way to explain it,” Xia Fei casually said.
Oro wanted more and more to bring Xia Fei into the Lionheart Royalty, but Oro knew very well that Xia Fei had a rebellious nature. Recruiting him would require the proper method and could not be rushed.
“I’ll use this time we have now to explain to you Quinn’s cultivation and the powers of the Phoenix Tail Stone once more,” Oro sternly said.
Xia Fei gave a firm nod. By knowing one’s enemy and knowing oneself, one could emerge victorious in every battle. Though Oro had already told Xia Fei about Quinn several times, Xia Fei still decided to attentively listen.
…
Things developed more quickly than expected. While Xia Fei and Oro were discussing ways to deal with Quinn, Quinn’s emissary arrived at Xia Fei’s tent.
Chieftain Juen and Adviser Joey first praised Xia Fei and then brought up that they wanted Xia Fei to diagnose a certain important individual. Xia Fei was startled and he was seventy percent sure that this important character was that traitor warrior Quinn from the Lionheart Royalty, the inheritor of the Phoenix Tail Stone!
With his face unperturbed, Xia Fei spoke as if he were in a rather difficult spot. “Lu Qian has already left with his master Chen Ziqiang, so the tribe only has me as its remaining apothecary. There are still several hundred people awaiting my treatment, and it’ll be two days at minimum until I can see them all.”
Joey smiled. “Master Ah Fei has no need to worry about that. As long as you treat that important person first, the others can be put to the side for now. The common folk won’t complain.”
Xia Fei shook his head. “A doctor has the heart of a parent. In my eyes, all patients are the same, with no high or low. Why don’t you have that important person come here? I’ll use my rest time to take a look at him.”
If Xia Fei agreed to Juen and Joey’s request, he would undoubtedly have to leave this place and head to Quinn’s hiding spot. Xia Fei had already surveyed the area around the tribe, and heading off to an unknown location would increase the danger. Xia Fei did not dare to be careless against a Law Emperor foe, so he hoped to fight the battle in a place he was familiar with.
Chieftain Juen wore a troubled expression, as he meekly said, “The people will certainly feel gratified by the master’s benevolence. It’s just that that important person can’t go out much, so it’ll be better if Master Ah Fei pays him a personal visit.”
Juen shot Joey a glance, and Joey understood and took out an exquisite golden box, which he offered to Xia Fei.
“What is this?” Xia Fei asked as he opened up the box. Inside were twelve pitch-black plums, each one the size of an ox eye. They were translucent and exuded an indescribable aroma.
“Darks.h.i.+ne Plums!” Xia Fei shouted in surprise.
Juen smiled. “Master is truly a knowledgeable person. These are none other than the extremely precious Darks.h.i.+ne Plums, the ultimate grade of Fire Plums. On average, only one can be picked every one hundred years. We went through enormous effort to gather these twelve Darks.h.i.+ne Plums. As long as Master Ah Fei agrees to see that important person of our tribe, this will be your consultation fee.”
“How would that do? Darks.h.i.+ne Plums grow extremely slowly and are extremely difficult to gather. Ah Fei could never dare to enjoy this top-cla.s.s medicinal ingredient all to himself.” Though Xia Fei seemed to be refusing the offer, he still put the golden box away.
Juen and Joey smiled at each other, believing that Xia Fei had accepted the offer.
“Master, I know that you came this time primarily to search for Fire Plums, so we got in touch with all the other villages and worked with them to gather Fire Plums. Once this matter is done, not only will we give you the Darks.h.i.+ne Plums, we will be handing thirty thousand high-grade Fire Plums to you as well,” Joey said with a smile, while Juen’s plump face twisted in pain. The Flame Imps were truly paying a hefty price to gain Xia Fei’s favor.
Darks.h.i.+ne Plums were valuable treasures with a cold Yin nature, with each one worth more than ten thousand grade 4 Origin Crystals. Why would the impoverished Flame Imps offer up such a valuable item to get Xia Fei’s a.s.sistance? This did not seem that reasonable. Xia Fei was now 100% sure that this important person was none other than Quinn.
“Quinn has always been cautious. He planned out how to steal the Law of Life for many years, and then he chose to strike while I was gone. Fortunately, there was a matter that made me make an abrupt return, or else he would have succeeded in his scheme. These Flame Imps are willing to pay so much to get your help, which is very in line with Quinn’s style,” Oro excitedly said. “Should we take the request?”
Xia Fei smiled. “You can’t get the tiger cub without entering the tiger’s den. Since he’s so cautious, we’ll have to pay him a personal visit.”
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Juen activated a spatial compa.s.s, opening a spatial pa.s.sage leading to some unknown location. Adviser Joey did the same. Their spatial compa.s.ses were of average level. If they all took the same pa.s.sage, the pa.s.sage would collapse from the excess load.
“Master Ah Fei, this way,” Juen waved his hand and invited Xia Fei inside.
Xia Fei nodded and cheerfully strode forward.
*Whoos.h.!.+*
Blinding sunlight!
Quinn’s residence was even hotter than the Flame Imp Tribe’s, the sunlight even brighter. The conditions of this residence were such that it prevented Quinn’s condition from flaring up as much as possible.
His eyes quickly adjusted to the sunlight, and when Xia Fei took another look, he realized that he was in the clouds, a piece of land floating in the air.
It was not a large piece of land, about one square kilometer in area. A translucent domed castle stood in the center, its form strange and exquisite, like the legendary castle in the sky.
“It’s no wonder I was never able to find Quinn. It turns out that his residence is constantly moving around,” Xia Fei mentally noted as he looked at the warp engine fitted on the side of the floating piece of land.
Seth’s fear had reached maximum saturation, and he nervously followed behind Xia Fei.
Chieftain Juen and Adviser Joey were crazy with happiness. To them, a chance to have an audience with their Guardian G.o.d was extremely precious.
As they went up the transparent stairs, Xia Fei spotted a large silhouette within the castle, but the reflection and distortion of light prevented him from confirming if that person was Quinn.
The doors made of crystal were tightly locked. Juen tidied up his clothes and prepared to knock.
Suddenly!
The crystal doors that stood over ten meters tall opened!
*Whoosh~*
A pitch-black stone, which was spewing out flames, flew out! It paused in the air and watched Xia Fei’s group like a hawk.
“The Phoenix Tail Stone! One of the Immemorial Mystical Armaments!” Oro loudly said to Xia Fei.