Chapter 1310: Treasure-Hunting Attribute

"Two high-grade Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures in exchange for one bottle of Void Ninth-Grade Spiritual Water Strange Light—Lü Shuanglu, can you be any more of a profiteer?" Li Luo's face darkened somewhat as he spoke irritably to the smiling Lü Shuanglu before him.

In their Tianlong Treasury, the price of a high-grade Foundation Establishment spiritual treasure was usually around thirty thousand dragon essences, and a bottle of Void Ninth-Grade Spiritual Water Strange Light was priced the same, yet now Lü Shuanglu's Void Ninth-Grade Spiritual Water Strange Light was being sold at double the price—converted to dragon essences, that would be sixty thousand per bottle.

That was too expensive.

Facing Li Luo's angry questioning, Lü Shuanglu spread her hands and said, "Hey, don't go slandering the reputation of our Golden Dragon Treasure House. The prices in your Tianlong Treasury are the discounted rates given to your Five Guards members. Our Golden Dragon Treasure House is a business—of course we won't charge you the same price."

"If you think it's expensive, you don't have to exchange."

Lü Shuanglu remained perfectly composed, not caring whether Li Luo would agree or not. After all, plenty of people came to them to exchange, and every time in the Boundary River Treasure Domain, they could earn a fortune.

Li Luo took two reluctant glances at the Void Ninth-Grade Spiritual Water Strange Light in the jade box, then resolutely pulled his gaze back. There was nothing for it—he really couldn't produce that many high-grade Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures to exchange right now.

"Can I get it on credit?" Still unwilling to give up, Li Luo asked one last question.

Lü Shuanglu gave him a fierce, withering look, then waved her hand. The middle-aged Marquis-class expert promptly smiled and put the jade box away.

"You think I'm Qing'er? You want to freeload? Our Golden Dragon Treasure House never extends credit!" Lü Shuanglu snorted coldly.

Li Luo shook his head regretfully.

"Credit is impossible, but I can hold this Void Ninth-Grade Spiritual Water Strange Light for you for a while. If you obtain high-grade Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures later, you can come find me," Lü Shuanglu said.

"Fine."

Li Luo sighed and nodded.

"Off you go. Work hard, and I wish you a smooth treasure hunt." Seeing this, Lü Shuanglu said no more. With her hands behind her back, she turned leisurely and left.

The Golden Dragon Treasure House team immediately followed. Zhang Cuicheng, hugging his iron staff, gave Li Luo a cool nod, then slowly trailed after the group, gradually disappearing into the distance.

Li Luo stared at their retreating figures and muttered, "I feel like they're richer than a lot of large Ghostly Realms."

Li Fulou beside him quickly cut off this dangerous line of thinking. "Long ago, there was a King-level expert who had the same idea and tried to rob the Golden Dragon Treasure House. In the end, he was suppressed by the Li Li Tianwang of Golden Dragon Mountain for a hundred years at the bottom of a Golden Dragon Treasure House auction house. During that century, anyone who went to that auction house could see with their own eyes what a suppressed King-level expert looked like."

Holy crap, how ruthless!

Li Luo was stunned. Suppressing a King-level expert for a hundred years for public viewing—these Golden Dragon Treasure House merchants who believed in making money peacefully were terrifying when they got angry.

But thinking about it, it made sense. Everyone said that when it came to wealth in this world, probably no Li Li Tianwang-level force could compare to the Golden Dragon Treasure House. And to guard such wealth, they had to possess extraordinary power.

The three surnames of Golden Dragon Mountain all had Li Li Tianwang.

In other words, the Golden Dragon Treasure House possessed three Li Li Tianwang. Such a foundation was beyond what ordinary Li Li Tianwang lineages could match.

"We're all friends—how could I possibly rob them? That would be so immoral." Li Luo said solemnly.

Li Fulou nodded. "But it's a good thing that Zhang Cuicheng didn't come to cause trouble for you. That fellow's strength is no joke, and he has the backing of Golden Dragon Mountain. Falling out with them would indeed be troublesome."

"Commander Li Luo, your connections are truly impressive. I didn't expect you to have friends even within Golden Dragon Mountain—friends who would specially send someone from thousands of miles away to assist you in this Treasure Domain."

"It seems this relationship runs quite deep."

The moment he said this, Li Luo immediately felt Jiang Jiang Qinge's gaze drift over casually, and a chill ran down his spine. He glared fiercely at Li Fulou—if you can't talk properly, you could just choose to shut up.

"Ahem, let's go. The priority is to quickly enter this small Ghostly Realm and confirm whether Senior Sister Hong You's treasure-hunting ability is real!" Li Luo hurriedly changed the subject.

"Right, right, that's the main thing!" Li Fulou was also getting impatient. If Li Hongyou really had this ability, then they were truly going to make a killing from here on out.

Then the group stopped dawdling. Led by Li Fulou and Jiang Jiang Qinge, they began to step into the faintly distorting space ahead.

After only a few steps, Li Luo felt the surroundings suddenly turn chilling, and the originally open scenery before his eyes immediately changed. The light dimmed—they were now in a dark, dense forest.

The forest was filled with pitch-black trees, their trunks twisted and grotesque, with vaguely visible sinister, strange faces emerging on the bark.

Malice energy permeated the surroundings.

And as the group entered, it was as if they had activated the place. Those stagnant ghost trees rapidly revived at this moment, their thick branches waving like ghostly arms, with pale-white long banners hanging from the branches.

The long banners exuded a chilling aura, as if transformed from human skin, then swept toward the group, carrying thick, wet, cold malice energy.

The Da Tian Xiang Jing team members in the group all changed color slightly, hurriedly circulating their phase force, staying alert and ready to strike at any moment.

Boom!

But before they could act, dazzling, resplendent light phase force bloomed suddenly in the dim forest like a blazing sun. Pure-to-the-extreme light phase force splashed out like holy light, directly dissolving all the sweeping malice energy.

Those pale-white long banners also turned to ash under the purification of this light phase force.

In just a few breaths, with the group as the source, all the ghost trees within several hundred zhang were purified clean.

Even Li Fulou couldn't help but sigh in admiration at such efficient purification. Although this was only a small Ghostly Realm, clearing out the strange creatures was quite time-consuming—even he sometimes had to expend some effort.

But Jiang Jiang Qinge's strike was even more crisp and efficient.

She seemed born to be the bane of strange creatures.

The light phase force condensed from three Ninth-Grade Light Phases could be said to be invincible against strange creatures.

The light phase force erupted with majestic holy light, driving away the darkness within this small Ghostly Realm. At this moment, a piercing shriek came from deep within the forest, and the group saw the layers of ghost trees rapidly vanishing.

No—not vanishing, but continuously retreating toward the depths.

The group faintly saw a towering ancient tree rapidly devouring the other ghost trees. Clearly, that giant tree strange creature was the controller of this small Ghostly Realm.

From the malice fluctuations it emitted, it should be a Second-Grade True Demon-level existence.

It clearly sensed the crisis and began devouring the other ghost trees to strengthen itself.

But Li Fulou had no intention of giving it that chance. He stepped forward, and four towering Marquis Platforms manifested, immediately sending majestic Marquis divine smoke rolling down.

Li Fulou clenched his five fingers and threw a punch.

Boom!

The void seemed to rumble violently at this moment. A rainbow-like Quan Yin broke through the air, covered in what appeared to be dragon scales, exuding a majestic, domineering aura.

The giant tree strange creature let out a sharp screech. Countless twisted, grotesque palms grew from its branches, combining to form a horrifying palm shield.

Rumble!

Yet how could a Second-Grade True Demon possibly withstand the strike of an Upper Fourth-Grade Marquis expert? The Quan Yin pressed down, countless branches instantly shattered, and even its trunk split with deep cracks, from which chilling malice energy continuously flowed.

Li Fulou's single punch severely wounded this Second-Grade True Demon strange creature.

But one had to admit, this strange creature's vitality was extremely tenacious. Even after being severely wounded by Li Fulou, countless pale-white flesh buds sprouted from the cracked fissures, attempting to mend the injuries.

But at this moment, a dazzling light sword qi swept across, directly cleaving its trunk apart completely.

At the same time, the light resonance force radiated a purifying power, dissolving all of its branches.

In just a dozen or so breaths, the second-grade True Demon vanished completely under the joint attack of Li Fuluo and Jiang Qing, leaving only a deep pit in its place.

Li Hongyou stepped forward, reached out with a beckoning motion, and three streams of light rose slowly into the air.

From within the streams of light, an exotic fragrance wafted out, and at the same time a fluctuation that felt extremely familiar to everyone present spread outward.

It was unmistakably a Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasure!

Li Luo, Jiang Qing, and Li Fuluo all looked over with eager anticipation.

Two of the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures had relatively weak spiritual energy, clearly only low-grade Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures.

But the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasure in the center flowed with vigorous spiritual energy, like a cold icy pearl; cold air radiated outward, constantly condensing snowflakes and ice crystals around it.

The crowd immediately let out low exclamations, and then their gazes suddenly turned fiery.

Because this item was a mid-grade Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasure!

Li Fuluo sucked in a cold breath. The appearance of this mid-grade Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasure thoroughly confirmed that Li Hongyou's treasure-sensing perception was entirely accurate.

After all, generally speaking, in a small Ghost Domain, the probability of a mid-grade Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasure appearing was less than one in ten.

"We're going to make a killing this time," Li Fuluo muttered to himself, somewhat excited.

Li Hongyou smiled faintly and reached out to grab the three Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures ahead.

But just at that moment, a voice suddenly came through.

"Wait, don't touch it."

These were two voices, coming respectively from Li Luo and Jiang Qing.

Li Hongyou looked at the two with some puzzlement, finding that both were staring at the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures before them with hesitant gazes.

This made Li Hongyou's eyes narrow slightly.

Is there a problem with these Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures?