Chapter 723: Transaction for the Fire Origin Pearl

"I do have a Fire Origin Pearl. I heard you have something I need?" Ni Cangxing looked at Ding Huan, his tone growing cold.

If he hadn't seen the Divine Rice before Ding Huan, he might have turned and left right away.

He had already guessed part of it—Huiyuan Emperor must have lied to him.

Because a Divine King would never possess what he needed.

The reason for the lie was naturally that Huiyuan Emperor was trapped in the opponent's Killing Array, and faint array patterns still lingered in this space.

This suggested there was likely another Void Annihilation Formation here.

He couldn't even construct such a Void Annihilation Formation—it must be built from Void Array Patterns.

Seeing constant reinforcements from the Dao Court arriving in the distance further confirmed his suspicions.

Ni Cangxing was, after all, an Eighth-Rank Divine Array Master; this Annihilation Formation pattern could trap Huiyuan Emperor, but to trap him? Hmph—it wasn't enough.

Huiyuan Emperor lured him here by exploiting his need for the Hunyuan Daoji Fruit.

Helping Huiyuan out a bit was acceptable, but if Huiyuan Emperor didn't pay a heavy price for this, similar tricks might happen again.

He suspected Ding Huan definitely didn't have the Hunyuan Daoji Fruit he needed, because obtaining it required approaching Chaos itself.

Ding Huan was merely a Divine King—he wouldn't even get close to Chaos before being utterly annihilated by it; how could he possibly possess the Hunyuan Daoji Fruit?

Ding Huan said calmly, "First tell me what you need, or how can I produce what you want?"

"Hunyuan Daoji Fruit," Ni Cangxing replied with a hint of disdain.

Hunyuan Daoji Fruit?

Ding Huan frowned slightly—he truly didn't have such a thing.

He had heard of the Hunyuan Daoji Fruit; it grew at the edge of Chaos, absorbing Chaotic Qi.

It could repair both flesh and divine soul.

Things like the Nine-Colored Void Lotus, Five-Colored Soul Grass, or Du Shen Single Leaf—compared to the Hunyuan Daoji Fruit, they were pathetic.

But no one would use the Hunyuan Daoji Fruit to repair flesh or divine soul, because it had an even more astonishing ability.

That was repairing the Great Dao's foundation.

If the Great Dao's foundation collapsed, the Hunyuan Daoji Fruit could perfectly restore it—and make it stronger than before.

Although he didn't have it, Ding Huan still smiled and said, "It seems, Lord Ni, you're seeking something to repair your Great Dao foundation."

Judging by Ni Cangxing's appearance, his Great Dao foundation was solid—he clearly didn't need the Hunyuan Daoji Fruit for himself.

Ding Huan suddenly remembered what he'd obtained atop Yongshen Peak; though still uncertain what it was, its Dao resonance was clear, imbued with the primordial aura of creation—definitely capable of repairing a Dao foundation.

Ni Cangxing didn't even bother answering Ding Huan.

He wanted the Hunyuan Daoji Fruit not merely to repair his Dao foundation, because his only son, Ni Ni Chongtian, had not only a shattered Dao foundation, but his flesh was continuously decaying, and his dantian and mental sea had long since shattered.

No matter how many heavenly treasures he used, he could only slow down the collapse.

The key was he couldn't let his son reincarnate, because his son was a Void Dao Body.

The Void Dao Body wasn't entirely unique, but in this same realm, there truly wasn't a second one.

Once such a Dao Body matured, it would become an ultimate existence.

The Void Dao Body was a constitution that could not reincarnate—even if reincarnation were possible, Ni Cangxing would never allow it.

A single lifetime of a Void Dao Body made one the sole existence of a realm; reincarnate once and expect another Void Dao Body? Dream on.

If he only needed something to repair a Dao foundation, he had plenty.

But nothing that repaired a Dao foundation could restore a Void Dao Body's foundation.

Even the Hunyuan Daoji Fruit was merely Ni Cangxing's best hope—he didn't even know if it would work.

Ding Huan knew Ni Cangxing wouldn't believe him, so he simply raised his hand and summoned a drop of the liquid he'd obtained atop Yongshen Peak, suspending it before him:

"Lord Ni, what do you think of this?"

"Cosmic Essence?"

Almost everyone gasped in shock.

Not just Ni Cangxing—Huiyuan Emperor, Pi Yuan Buddha Master, Wu Zha—all stared at the single drop of liquid hovering in the void before Ding Huan.

Had this not been Ding Huan's space array, they might have already rushed to seize it.

This was Cosmic Essence—a single drop meant a single life.

Shattered Dao foundation? Collapsed flesh? Split mental sea?

Cosmic Essence could fix all of it.

Provided your flesh still existed—if not, you'd need other things to reconstruct it.

Ni Cangxing's hands trembled with excitement.

His son's flesh still existed—only continuously decaying.

"Lord Ding, could you first use this to test on my son?" Ni Cangxing forced his voice to remain calm.

Ding Huan glanced at Ni Cangxing—and ignored him this time.

You're dreaming. Use my stuff to test on you? If it works, we trade; if it fails, what will you compensate me with?

"Hahahaha…" Another wild laugh rang out: "I want this Cosmic Essence."

Immediately, a yellow figure dashed forward.

Before the man could reach him, Ding Huan simply swept his hand—the Cosmic Essence and the Divine Rice vanished from view.

This was Cosmic Essence?

He hadn't tested it yet, but it was clearly a top-tier treasure.

The yellow-clad man now stood before Ding Huan. He was clearly bold enough—if not for the Dao Court's Holy Master and the Buddha Kingdom's Buddha Master nearby, he might have reached out to grab Ding Huan himself.

"Zhen Lun, what do you mean by this?" Ni Cangxing's voice turned icy, his eyes brimming with murderous intent as he stared at the yellow-clad man.

Ding Huan said nothing—the fellow named Zhen Lun was indeed arrogant.

Behind his back hung a ring of golden wheels, his entire aura spilling outward — clearly an extremely arrogant man. Zhenlun looked coldly at Ni Cangxing: "Ni Cangxing, good things are wanted by everyone; naturally, whoever offers the higher price gets it."

After speaking, Zhenlun looked at Ding Huan: "This saint is Zhenlun of Jin Jin Guanghai; I may not have much else, but I have every kind of heaven-and-earth treasure beyond count."

"What do you need to trade for the Spirit God Rice and the Cosmic True Marrow? Just say it; if I don't have it, I can still get it for you."

Ding Huan didn't care about Zhenlun's arrogance; he said lightly: "If Dao Lord Ni is unwilling to trade with me, then I'll trade with Dao Lord Zhen."

In his heart, though, he muttered: You're so awesome, so why haven't you gotten the Cosmic True Marrow and the Spirit God Rice?

"You want the Fire Origin Pearl?"

The moment Zhenlun heard Ding Huan's words, he immediately understood what Ding Huan wanted.

That Ni Cangxing had a Fire Origin Pearl and wanted to trade it for a Chaos Dao Foundation Fruit was something the Dao Court could say everyone knew.

"That's right," Ding Huan said lightly.

Although this fellow was speaking with him, that arrogant, crushing momentum of his had not abated in the slightest.

Clearly, in this Zhenlun's eyes, he was nothing more than an insignificant little ant.

If not for too many strong experts here, this fellow would definitely have struck to seize it.

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"I'll offer a top-grade fire-attribute Spirit God Vein to trade with you — how about it?" Zhenlun completely disregarded Ni Cangxing's thoughts.

Killing intent in Ni Cangxing grew stronger, but he too knew he was probably no match for Zhenlun, so he forced himself to restrain.

For him, obtaining the Cosmic True Marrow now was most important.

Ding Huan's eyes lit up.

No matter what Zhenlun's attitude was, a top-grade fire-attribute Spirit God Vein was a good thing — he needed it too.

"Dao Friend Ding, I'll trade with you, but you'll need to add ten top-grade Spirit God Veins and ten jin of upper-grade Spirit God Rice."

Ni Cangxing spoke up.

Ding Huan said lightly: "Add five top-grade Spirit God Veins; as for the Spirit God Rice, we haven't reached that stage of the trade yet."

The Spirit God Rice was Ding Huan's great trump card; how could he possibly trade it to Ni Cangxing now.

No matter how much he craved the Fire Origin Pearl, he couldn't bring out the Spirit God Rice now.

He could see it clearly: the laws of heaven and earth here were lacking, but the good things here truly were plentiful.

If possible, he planned to use the Spirit God Rice to exchange for a batch of things he needed here.

If he traded the Spirit God Rice to Ni Cangxing now, it would mean his chances of getting good things later would be greatly reduced.

"Fine, deal."

Ni Cangxing took out a jade box; the reason he chose to trade was because of Zhenlun's pressure.

Ding Huan clearly felt Zhenlun's killing-momentum domain pressing over — this fellow didn't want him to trade the Cosmic True Marrow away.

Ding Huan simply ignored Zhenlun's killing intent; he took out a ring and handed it to Ni Cangxing, while at the same time sweeping up the jade box Ni Cangxing handed him.

At the same instant, a vortex of killing momentum blasted toward the small space where Ding Huan and Ni Cangxing were trading.

Ding Huan sneered: under his God-Trapping Array and God-Slaughtering Array patterns, he still wanted to control his space.

Just how arrogant was this Zhenlun.

Crack-crack!

Dozens of void-slaughtering array patterns came slashing down, tearing a primordial-energy hand seal that had reached in into shreds.

Zhenlun's face went slightly pale; as he stared at Ding Huan, a few more shades of wariness crept in.

That was an eighth-grade Slaughtering Array pattern.

Which meant he was still, right now, under someone else's God-Slaughtering Array.

As for the eighth-grade God-Trapping Array, he hadn't taken it to heart, because he'd sensed it the moment he arrived.

But this Slaughtering Array pattern — he'd only just noticed it.

He had also heard there was Spirit God Rice here, which was why he'd rushed over at the first moment; many things he still hadn't figured out.

Ding Huan snatched the jade box and, very decisively, sent it into his own Sea of Consciousness cosmos.

Inside the jade box was indeed a Fire Origin Pearl.

After Ni Cangxing grabbed Ding Huan's ring, with a sweep of his hand, a thing so rotted one couldn't even tell it had a human shape was sent out by him, suspended in the void.

Divine sense fell upon it — indeed it was a person.

This person emitted an aura of decay all over; the Great Dao was still dissipating.

Even Ding Huan was greatly surprised; he hadn't expected the person Ni Cangxing wanted to save to be in such a state.

He truly had some doubt whether the Cosmic True Marrow could save this fellow.

For a moment, no one spoke.

Even Zhenlun didn't continue his nonsense.

To ask Ni Cangxing for the Cosmic True Marrow at this moment would absolutely mean a fight to the death.

As for why Ni Cangxing wanted to heal his son now, everyone understood.

If the Cosmic True Marrow couldn't save his son, he would surely fight Ding Huan to the death.

Ding Huan also knew what Ni Cangxing meant, but the trade was something both parties were willing to do; if you want to take back your Fire Origin Pearl, that's fine too.

Return my things to me.

If you've already used up the Cosmic True Marrow and still want the Fire Origin Pearl, then stop dreaming.

(End of chapter)