NFBE Chapter 68 Imperial Summoning Order
Chapter 68 Imperial Summoning Order
Half a month later
After searching day and night, Liu Xingxing finally managed to find all the shops, big and small, in Shengshafang City, and managed to open blind boxes in the last few shops she checked.
The odds are comparable to getting the guaranteed reward in a lottery.
Liu Xingxing weighed the stone in her hand, which was almost weightless but had a novel pattern. She looked at it from left to right but couldn't find anything special about it. However, she was sure that this was the stone she was looking for.
Although it only revealed a faint spiritual power and was no different from other ordinary runes, when Liu Xingxing got her hands on it, she always felt that it was not what it seemed, that it was definitely hiding something, and that it seemed to be slightly resistant to her touch.
Whose good stone would produce a resistant reaction? Unless it's something that has developed sentience, it's most likely this one.
"Boss, I'll take this runestone. How much?"
The shop owner was shrewd; seeing that the young girl also liked the rune stone, he immediately raised the price: "Looking at the pattern and material, how about I sell it to you for ten mid-grade spirit stones?"
Liu Xingxing looked at the unscrupulous merchant speechlessly. She was rich, but she wasn't someone who could be easily ripped off.
"Do I look like someone who's easy to fool? Ten mid-grade spirit stones could buy a whole basket of these talismans. I'll only offer fifty low-grade spirit stones at most. Take it or leave it. If you don't want to sell, I'll go to the next shop!"
"You're cutting too hard! I finally managed to salvage this from the Sand Gu's lair. How about two mid-grade spirit stones?"
The shopkeeper could tell from the conversation that the customer knew what they were talking about, and realized that he had just offered too high a price and was feeling a little guilty.
"Fifty it is, not a penny more. For this quality, fifty is already the highest price. I only wanted to buy it because of its novel pattern. Why don't you see if you can sell it to the next person? I guarantee you won't be able to sell it for thirty."
Liu Xingxing looked at him nonchalantly, as if she was about to leave at any moment.
You little brat, just wait till I get my hands on you.
The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment. Indeed, most of the talismans like these were bought by people from other places. Locals didn't need such things for warding off evil spirits. Recently, fewer and fewer people from other places had come here, and the talismans he had collected had been piling up and couldn't be sold. Selling them for fifty each didn't seem like a bad deal.
However, he still pretended to grit his teeth and said, "Fine, fifty it is. I'll sell it to you. Miss, is there anything else in the shop that you'd like to buy? I can sell that to you at a low price as well."
"Sure thing, um... I thought that knife was pretty good, give it to me too."
The dagger made from the teeth of a fourth-tier demon beast suited her taste perfectly. It looked very sharp. She could buy it, have a blacksmith temper it, and then give it to Shaoming for self-defense.
Shao Ming is currently a complete novice. Based on the information she has, the Sand Gu Clan is not very peaceful. It's always good to have more things for self-defense, since she can't keep an eye on him all the time.
After buying her things and leaving the shop, Liu Xingxing finally felt a weight lifted from her shoulders.
Liu Xingxing glanced at the stone in her hand, then put it back into her storage ring on a whim.
She was truly sorry for using Lu Xihan's opportunity, but given the current situation, there was really nothing she could do. She just wanted to get what originally belonged to Xin Shaoming back into his hands as soon as possible.
Moreover, this thing is just a trivial embellishment in their friendship; having it or not won't prevent them from being friends, so there shouldn't be any problem.
Maybe……
Liu Xingxing found a stall that could temper weapons, paid some spirit stones to have the dagger she had just bought tempered, and then wandered around aimlessly for a while before returning to her residence.
"Sister Liu came back so early today, did she find that thing?"
Upon entering, one could see Shaoming holding a thick book and reading it intently.
Liu Xingxing really didn't expect that the things she gave away the most would be things like the "Continental Records" and "Introduction to Qi Refining".
Actually, she had a more convenient jade slip. As soon as she got her hands on the Continental Records, she copied it onto a blank jade slip, and then left the paper books to gather dust in a corner. Later, she gave them to that guy, Ah Zheng.
But who would have thought that the jade slip only required some spiritual energy to open, but this guy hadn't even mastered the basics, so we had to buy him a few more paper books to read.
Although he was a native of the cultivation world and possessed spiritual roots, he was abandoned as a child and captured to be a blood slave for so many years, making him no different from an ordinary person.
He seemed to find the introductory text on Qi cultivation quite interesting.
"Hmm, found it. Hold on, I've got something good for you."
Shaoming obediently reached out his hand, and Liu Xingxing effortlessly grabbed a palm-sized stone and placed it in his hand.
Shaoming looked at the stone with a puzzled expression: "Sister Liu, what is this? Hiss!"
Before he could say anything, he felt a sharp pain in his palm and abruptly pulled his hand back, causing the stone in his hand to fall to the ground due to his sudden movement.
He had cut his hand without anyone noticing, and the stone on the ground was stained with some of his blood, which was being absorbed into the stone at a speed visible to the naked eye.
What looked like an ordinary stone was transformed in the blink of an eye by peeling off its outer skin, turning it into a jade pendant with a strange pattern and a bright green color.
Liu Xingxing calmly picked up the items, dusted them off, and then ran her hand over Shaoming's injured hand. The wound immediately healed and returned to normal.
He then placed the emerald green jade pendant back into his hand and said, "It has recognized you as its master, so keep it safe."
Shaoming picked it up and looked it over: "Sister Liu, what is this thing?"
Something that can prove your identity.
Shao Ming immediately understood a bit: "Is this... related to the royal family?"
"Yes."
"Sister Liu has been going out early and returning late these past few days just to find this thing?"
"More or less, oh right, and this too."
Liu Xingxing took out the dagger and handed it to him: "Here's a little gadget for you to use for self-defense."
Shao Ming took the dagger and examined it, but did not unsheathe it. Then he glanced at Liu Xingxing, suddenly knelt down and hugged Liu Xingxing's waist.
Liu Xingxing was startled by his sudden action and quickly tried to push him away, exclaiming, "What the hell are you doing?!"
"Sister Liu, you are so kind, I really don't know how to repay you..."
Shao Ming's tone was muffled; he didn't do anything out of line, he just held her like that.
Liu Xingxing finally stopped pushing him, remained silent for a long time, and finally let out a helpless sigh, gently patting the top of his head.
He really is just stuck in his teens.
"Alright, get up first. It's not proper for you to be holding me like this."
Shao Ming then released the person, stood up, and sat back in his original seat, only then belatedly realizing that he was a little embarrassed.
"Yes, I'm sorry, Sister Liu. Did I go too far?"
"You're only just realizing that now? You can't do that again. Don't kneel down and hug people so easily anymore. You're not a child anymore..."
It's really frightening when such a big person suddenly kneels down and hugs someone.
Shao Ming scratched his head sheepishly: "I understand, I'll be more careful in the future."
"Alright, let's talk about how to get inside the royal family now. I'm fine, since I've been there once before and I know the way. But you're a bit of a problem."
She can become invisible, but it would be difficult to bring in another person without cultivation and hide their aura well. Liu Jun doesn't have any external magic treasures for invisibility because she doesn't need them at all.
Saint Sands Market doesn't sell such things, after all, magic items that can be used for invisibility wouldn't be of low quality.
"I'm sorry, I've held you back. So, Sister Liu, do you have any plans?"
Liu Xingxing looked him over, then hesitated, "Yes, but I haven't tried it before; it's a bit risky."
"It's okay, I'll listen to Sister Liu."
"Okay, that should be fine."
That's right. Since the storage ring taken from the sea of consciousness can hold a living creature like a small snake, it should be able to hold a person, right?
Liu Xingxing had tried to get in herself but couldn't; she hadn't tested whether others could get in, so today was a good day to try.
Hey, it's in!
Liu Xingxing immediately released the person.
"How are you? Are you feeling unwell?"
"No, but I don't know where it is. It's just a blank space. I can't see if Master Little Snake is inside."
That's strange. Could it be that the spaces inside are different? Liu Xingxing and Ming Peng sensed that the little snake and Shao Ming were in the same place.
"It's alright, as long as you're okay. It's not a big problem anyway. I'll just ask you to stay for a little while and then you'll be out."
The test was successful; it's time to set off.
In the past two weeks, she had inquired about everything she needed to, and all she needed was something to prove Shao Ming's identity as a starting point. Now that she had the item, all that was left was this final push. Now that the problem was solved, it was time to advance into the Sand Gu royal family's territory.