Chapter 51: Shendu's Treasure

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After leaving the Qingtian Hunting Office, Lv Cheng returned to the hotel where Ye Xinxia was staying.

Now, he had a very conflicted choice to make.

Should he sell the Essence in his hands or not?

A Commander-level Essence from the Commander Winged Wolf could sell for at least two hundred million, and there were also five Warrior-level Essences from other Bone-Stabbing Wolves, each of which could sell for about twenty million.

If he sold all of these things, he wouldn't need to worry about money for a very long time.

However, for him, Essence was like a Spirit Seed to a demon—it was food.

According to Shendu, the Yin-Yang Splitting situation he experienced before would happen more and more often in the future, because the Righteous Qi and Demon Qi in his body were unbalanced; when his spirit was stimulated, the Tiger Talisman would split his power into two parts to protect his safety.

One part Righteous Qi, one part Demon Qi.

And the most troublesome point was that his good and evil sides could almost be described as incompatible as fire and water!

Last time he was lucky; he was interrupted by the appearance of Ye Xinxia and became distracted, and on top of that, the Demon version of him had opened Hell at the time, allowing Shendu to briefly regain more power, which was why he was able to merge his good and evil sides into one.

But next time, he might not have such good luck.

Because there was an unavoidable problem here: he countered Shendu!

As for the Saint Warrior version of him, other demons might be able to clash with him head-on, but Shendu could not; as long as Shendu faced him in that state, Shendu's power would be greatly suppressed, and that state of him could even easily beat Shendu back to Hell.

And once Shendu was beaten back to Hell, the Demon version of him would also be sucked into Hell!

That was why Shendu didn't dare to appear directly at the time, and could only let Ximu appear with Ye Xinxia to draw his attention before launching a sneak attack.

A sneak attack might succeed the first time, but the second time was not guaranteed.

Although both the good and evil sides were him, but... that feeling was too strange!

Luo Pei also said that the Saint Warrior version of him belonged to an awakened state; he had a past life as a Saint Warrior, and in that state, he awakened all his memories and also regained his former power, while the Demon version of him, because his soul was too weak, could not unleash the full power of the Demon Qi, so he was no match at all.

In other words, he now needed to strengthen his power on the Demon side, which meant strengthening his soul.

And absorbing the energy of Essence was the fastest way; it could not only strengthen his soul but also accelerate his cultivation.

"So conflicted..."

Should he cash them out, or absorb them?

He was not far from the Intermediate level, and the Galaxy Pulse required a small goal; he didn't have that much money right now, and although working at the Qingtian Hunting Office could earn money, he couldn't spend all his cultivation time taking on missions.

"Brother A-Cheng, how about we sell this?"

Seeing Lv Cheng's conflicted look, Ye Xinxia took off the silver bracelet on her hand.

"This Stardust Magic Tool should still be worth quite a bit of money."

Lv Cheng raised his eyebrows, "I'm not so poor that I need you to sell your belongings."

After he broke through to the Intermediate level, he had given the Spirit Grade Stardust Magic Tool he previously used to Ye Xinxia.

"But, Brother A-Cheng, aren't you very short on money?" Ye Xinxia said.

"Money?" Ximu, who was watching a cartoon, turned his head.

"Are you very short on money?"

"Shendu has money."

Lv Cheng was stunned, "Him?"

"Yeah, Shendu likes to collect things; he has quite a few good items," Ximu said.

"But isn't his treasure in the human world from before?" Lv Cheng said.

"Can he still take it out?"

Shendu's Golden Chicken King Treasure was indeed a terrifying fortune, but wasn't that thing already gone?

It seemed to have turned into dirt, right?

"How is that possible?" Ximu's face showed a strange expression.

"Shendu's treasures are all hidden in that special different dimension he created, guarded by the Evil Dragon Legion; those things in the human world were all disguises, and Shendu would never allow humans to touch his things."

"After Shendu was sealed back to Hell, that different dimension of his was also sucked into Hell, so his pile of treasures is now kept in Hell."

"Hmm?" Lv Cheng raised his eyebrows and waved his hand, summoning Shendu's soul over.

"Old thing, still hiding things from me, huh?"

"Uh..." Shendu had an embarrassed look on his face.

"You didn't ask me."

Ximu! You really know how to backstab!

……

Ten minutes later, a pile of glittering gemstones appeared before Lv Cheng and Ye Xinxia.

Red, green, blue, purple...

"Why don't you take out some worse ones?" Lv Cheng's face showed a strange expression.

Although this was a world of Magic, apart from Magic replacing science, there was no major difference; these gemstones and luxury goods still existed in human society.

He could be considered to have seen a bit of the world, and these things were indeed quite valuable!

But there was also a problem: these were too damn valuable!

How was he supposed to sell them?

Say he picked them up on the side of the road?

"These are already the worst ones," Ximu said.

"I've been to Shendu's treasure vault before; he has even better ones."

Shendu's eyelid twitched wildly, "Those are Magic gemstones; the humans in this world don't know their value, so it would be a waste for you to take them."

"Magic gemstones?" Lv Cheng raised his eyebrows.

"What kind of effects does it have?"

"Delaying aging, restoring youth, curses, blessings, enhancing Magic power, defense, space, elements... it has all sorts of effects," Ximu said.

To a Demon, those things Shendu collected were just a pile of toys.

The other Demons had no interest in them; it was just Shendu, with his collecting habit, who had stored a whole pile.

"By the way, Shendu also seems to have a pile of... Mmph!" Shendu covered Ximu's mouth with a dark expression.

Stop selling me out!

Leave some for me!

"Hello? Jiaojiao?"

"It's me, A-Cheng... I'm fine, yeah, really fine... just arrived."

"I wanted to ask you for a favor, to sell some things."

"Some gemstones."

"Yeah... alright, see you in a bit."

"..."

Ye Xinxia looked at Lv Cheng, who had just hung up the phone, with a strange expression.

"Brother A-Cheng, when did you get to know a girl in Magic City again?"

"Middle school," Lv Cheng said.

"You forgot, it was that older sister we met the time I brought you to Magic City to clear your head."

Ye Xinxia was stunned, "Sister Mu?"

"That's right," Lv Cheng nodded.

It was around the time things fell apart at Mu Ningxue's engagement banquet; he was in a bad mood, so he brought Ye Xinxia to Magic City for a trip to clear his head, and it was also a good chance to check if the card Ye Chang gave him had any issues.

He had met Mu Nujiao by chance while buying things at the black market in Magic City back then.

This Spirit Grade Stardust Magic Tool of his was bought with Mu Nujiao's help.

This thing is priceless and hard to come by!

Without connections, you can't buy it even if you have the money.

Half an hour later, Lv Cheng brought Ye Xinxia to the World Trade Building where he had agreed to meet Mu Nujiao.

Just as they got off the taxi, a graceful woman wearing a summer dress ran quickly toward the two of them.

"Jiaojiao, long time no—"

Before Lv Cheng could finish his sentence, Mu Nujiao pounced on him.

"..."

"Jiaojiao?" Lv Cheng gently patted Mu Nujiao's back.

"I thought you were dead," Mu Nujiao choked out.

"Why would you say that?" Lv Cheng asked, puzzled.

Mu Nujiao let go of Lv Cheng, her eyes slightly red, "It's been so long since the incident in Bo City, and you never contacted me."

Lv Cheng looked strange, "Shouldn't I be the one saying that? Such a huge thing happened where I was, and you haven't contacted me even once until today."

"I..." Mu Nujiao's face turned red.

"I didn't dare to; I was afraid I wouldn't be able to reach you."

"..." Lv Cheng.

Such powerful logic, I actually can't refute it?

"Sister Mu, long time no see." Ye Xinxia walked up with a smile to greet her, incidentally separating Mu Nujiao from Lv Cheng.

Mu Nujiao was stunned, "Xinxia?"

"Yeah, Sister Mu is getting prettier and prettier; I almost didn't recognize you," Ye Xinxia smiled.

"..."

Lv Cheng stood quietly to the side, waiting for Ye Xinxia and Mu Nujiao to exchange pleasantries.

Ye Xinxia didn't know that he had kept in touch with Mu Nujiao all these years; of course, before his Sub-dragon Summoned Beast appeared, his relationship with Mu Nujiao could only be considered decent—after all, she was the daughter of a prominent family, and he was just a poor kid from a small place.

It wasn't until two years ago, after news of his Sub-dragon Summoned Beast got out, that many people set their sights on him, including the Mu family of Magic City; as it happened, Mu Nujiao knew him, so the girl was sent by her family to win him over.

As time went on, they naturally grew closer.

Top floor of the World Trade Building.

"What kind of things do you want to sell?" Mu Nujiao asked.

"Do you still need my help?"

Lv Cheng took a few rubies out of his pocket and tossed them casually to Mu Nujiao, "Just things like this."

"Rubies?"

"You... where did you get these?!"

Mu Nujiao looked at the rubies in her hand, completely dumbfounded.

Top-tier goods!

She couldn't even afford them!

"If I said my Summoned Beast gave them to me, would you believe it?" Lv Cheng said.

The corner of Mu Nujiao's eye twitched, "I believe you."

To be able to summon a sub-dragon on the very first summon at the Initial Stage is unprecedented in the entire history of human Magic.

Moreover, the dragon-type demon beasts in the Dimension Space live in the Dragon Valley of Ten Thousand, and human Mages know very little about the situation in that place, so it is not impossible for such a thing to exist.

However, can a Summoned Beast even bring things over from the Dimension Space?

I've never heard of such a thing...

"How much do you think this thing could sell for?" Lv Cheng asked.

Mu Nujiao shook her head, "I don't know much about these things, but... it shouldn't be cheap!"

(End of this chapter)