Chapter 2863

"Trade?"

The priest's usual "kindly" smile had vanished; when Su Xiao had previously given him a Holy Spirit-tier recovery potion for free, he had sensed something amiss.

"Correct, a trade—I can brew the Sun Potion, but I lack two key ingredients."

Su Xiao briefly explained the situation: the priest was an old schemer? No matter—direct confrontation. Now the priest couldn't leave the stone house, and he hadn't been there just now, so he hadn't heard the scholar say there was a door inside this stone house.

In other words, the priest was trapped here, with no other choice.

"Go hunt supernatural creatures in the Warm Forest and gather something called 'Sunlight Granules'..."

The priest frowned in thought, then after a moment, his smile returned.

"Of course—we're partners now, we share weal and woe."

As the priest finished speaking, Su Xiao tossed him a vial; upon catching it, the priest noticed the liquid's color was off.

"You poisoned me—at least be subtle; this potion has turned black, sigh."

The priest stared at the unknown potion in his hand, which Su Xiao had mixed before his eyes: 80% various poisons, 20% Sun Potion, difficult to prepare, after all, one must preserve the Sun Potion's properties.

"You have five hours."

"Understood."

The priest drank the potion, waited a moment, then walked toward the outside of the stone house.

In truth, the poison Su Xiao had given was ineffective against the priest; Su Xiao knew this well, for the priest's body held ancient godly power—poisoning was merely an attitude.

Su Xiao wasn't afraid the priest would just walk away, because to delve deep into the "Holy Land·Chiliad," a single bottle of Sun Potion was far from enough.

If he were cooperating with a simple-minded fool, Su Xiao would never give him the Sun Potion, but the priest was different—he also knew that drinking just one bottle of Sun Potion was far from enough.

After confirming the priest had left, Su Xiao approached the wall on the left side of the stone house and tapped it with the wooden stick left by the scholar.

Dong~

When the stick struck a stone in the wall, that stone sank inward, and a hidden door rose, revealing a pitch-black doorway.

A gloomy wind wailed from within the doorway; Su Xiao stepped forward, entered the underground passage, and after just a few steps, he retreated.

Though this dark passage received no direct sunlight, it floated with vast amounts of golden light particles resembling dust—these particles were so minute they were invisible to the naked eye, detectable only by perception.

Contact with these particles was akin to being touched by "sunlight"—no, worse; it was a specially treated substance, and without having drunk the Sun Potion, one could not resist its erosion.

Closing the hidden door, Su Xiao could now simply wait; he sat cross-legged on the ground and began meditating.

Just as he entered meditation, Su Xiao sensed something nearby, hidden well within the innermost wall.

Su Xiao opened his eyes and gazed toward the innermost wall: the wall was pitch-black, with a black stone disk set into it at about 1.2 meters above the ground, empty inside.

Rising to approach the stone disk, during his meditation Su Xiao had felt that whatever was inside seemed harmless.

Su Xiao picked up a shard of stone, tossed it into the disk—*dong*—nothing happened.

After a moment's hesitation, Su Xiao, hand gripping the crystal layer, tapped the stone disk with his other hand on the sword hilt, ready to draw his blade at any moment.

"Shu shu shu."

A very clear voice came from within the wall behind the stone disk; Su Xiao pondered briefly, picked up the scholar's wooden stick, and tapped the stone disk.

Bo~

A wave carrying white light spread outward.

【Tip: You have fully awakened 'Dudu Gugu'; you may now conduct friendly trade with 'Dudu Gugu,' which is a friendly unit of the Holy Land·Chiliad, located within the Holy Land—such units are rare.】

【Tip: Due to your Charm attribute being too low—-1 point—'Dudu Gugu' refuses to trade with you.】

As the tip appeared, several phosphorescent white bony hands reached out from within the wall; these bony hands were tiny, about the size of infant hands.

The bony hands of Dudu Gugu swung with all their might—*dong*—a small stone was thrown to land beside Su Xiao's foot, bounced a few times, then struck his shoe upper; the meaning was clear: throw stones, no trade with Su Xiao.

Zheng.

Su Xiao drew the longsword at his waist, preparing to see what lay within the wall—no trade was normal, but throwing stones was provocation; drag it out, slash it.

"Qin qin qin, qin qin qin."

The clear voice again came from within the wall.

【Tip: Due to irresistible circumstances, 'Dudu Gugu' has agreed to trade with you.】

As the tip appeared, sound came again from within the wall.

"Liang jing jing, shan guang guang."

Clearly, this was Dudu Gugu's reminder—it wanted something shiny and sparkling.

Su Xiao pondered briefly, took out a bottle of wine, crushed the transparent bottle after pouring, and placed the glass shards on the stone disk—indeed, they were shiny and sparkling.

Several bony hands snatched up the glass shards, retracted into the wall, then shortly after extended again—*ding*—a Soul Crystal (Small) fell onto the stone disk.

"Huai ren, huai huai huai."

Hearing this voice, Su Xiao knew Dudu Gugu had a concept of item value; the other party also knew glass shards weren't good, yet still offered sincerity.

Shiny and sparkling things—Su Xiao took out a gem named 【Eternal Will (Holy Spirit)】, originally sealed, but the seal was later lifted.

Its effect: permanent summon limit +2, undoubtedly a strong trait—but Su Xiao didn't really need this, as his permanent summon slots still had surplus, plus this gem was in an untradeable state.

Placing 【Eternal Will (Holy Spirit)】 on the stone disk, this time the bony hands moved with extreme speed—*whoosh*—they snatched away 【Eternal Will】.

Hualala~

One after another, translucent crystals gushed from within the wall, piling onto the stone disk one meter in diameter until it overflowed and scattered onto the ground.

Su Xiao picked up a translucent crystal; a tip appeared: this item is named 【Crude Soul Condensate】, which can be sold immediately to the Reincarnation Paradise, or after returning to the Reincarnation Paradise,

with a significant difference: immediate sale yields 950 Soul Coins, sale after returning to the Reincarnation Paradise yields 1072 Soul Coins.

Though there is a Soul Shop, Su Xiao's demand for Soul Coins isn't yet urgent enough, so he gathered this pile of 【Crude Soul Condensate】.

A Holy Spirit-tier gem absolutely couldn't sell for over 1000 Soul Coins—this trade was a blood profit.

"Shen mi mi, shao shao shao."

Dudu Gugu's trade demand changed; Su Xiao searched his storage space and quickly found a matching item—the white amber he'd obtained on the Primordial Continent, of which 500 grams remained.

Placing the white amber on the stone tray, it was immediately taken away; after waiting a few seconds, several translucent white little bone hands placed down two soul crystals (complete).

The trade continued, with Doodoo Gugu requesting what it needed, and Su Xiao placing items from his storage space that he had no use for onto the stone tray.

One hour later, Su Xiao had paid with 【Ba's Soul】, 【Dark Step Confusion (Epic Item)】, a bag of mustard-flavored potato chips (Bubu's snack), a pair of sunglasses (Bah's idle item), and a large pile of useless items before the trade ended.

Doodoo Gugu was practically a junk collector—it wanted everything, liked everything, and Su Xiao traded away all the valuable but useless items in his storage space.

After completing the trade, Su Xiao checked the item acquisition prompt.

【You obtained Soul Crystal (Complete) x23.】

【You obtained Soul Crystal (Small) x15.】

【You obtained Soul Crystal (Complete) x3.】

【You obtained Light Water (Holy Spirit-tier item, capable of removing seals from items of the same tier).】

……

Doodoo Gugu's several little bone hands combined into a circle, meaning no further trading—each person's trade quota with it is limited, and excessive trading brings misfortune, permanently reducing the luck attribute.

"Hand hand hand."

Doodoo Gugu's little bone hands pointed at Su Xiao's hand; Su Xiao placed his hand on the stone tray, and Doodoo Gugu's several little bone hands grabbed his hand, some of these bone hands feeling cold.

【Prompt: You received Doodoo Gugu's blessing buff, your luck attribute temporarily increased by 5 points, lasting 12 hours.】

【You received Doodoo Gugu's secondary blessing buff, your true strength, agility, and stamina attributes temporarily increased by 4 points, lasting 12 hours.】

【Because you completed multiple trades with Doodoo Gugu, the items you offered made it feel your generosity; when the two blessing buffs end, you may return here again to regain Doodoo Gugu's blessing buff.】