Asura Mad Emperor

Chapter 343 Blood Stone Spirit Fruit

"What on earth is the Blood Stone Spirit Fruit!?"

"Does the name somehow relate to Blood Stone Grass?"

The surrounding crowd, up until now, had never heard of the Blood Stone Spirit Fruit, but upon suddenly hearing Qinchuan mention the name, they began whispering among themselves, a flurry of discussions emerging.

The plump shopkeeper of the Myriad Spirit Pavilion was taken aback, staring at Qinchuan with wide-open eyes and a gaping mouth.

Deep within, he muttered to himself, "This young lad... How does he know about the Blood Stone Spirit Fruit that is still in our pavilion?"

The Blood Stone Grass grows in the southern Flame Mountain, where the harsh, unbearable heat turns the very stones on the ground blood-red as if they were drenched in fresh blood, hence these stones are called Blood Stone.

The Blood Stone Grass thrives among the cracks of the Blood Stone piles, struggling beneath the scorching sun and the boiling magma from the earth's depths, making its growth exceedingly difficult.

Gathering a mature Blood Stone Grass requires tremendous destiny.

What people don't know is that after a certain number of years, the Blood Stone Grass can actually bear a bean-sized, vermilion Spirit Fruit called the Blood Stone Spirit Fruit.

This Spirit Fruit is rarely seen by commoners, and the plump shopkeeper had also been unaware until he saw the fruit recently and researched many Ancient Books, only then uncovering its background.

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However.

How did Qinchuan come to know of this?

What he didn't realize was that Qinchuan, in his past nine lives, had searched for Spiritual Medicine and treasures that would awaken the Innate Body.

Within the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, there was no Spiritual Medicine he hadn't heard of, no understanding he lacked.

At this moment, Qinchuan saw the shopkeeper looking at him doubtfully, as if he wouldn't bring out the Spirit Fruit unless Qinchuan explained himself clearly.

Then, with his hands clasped behind him, he leisurely spoke, "This Blood Stone Grass, placed in the pavilion without processing, has a surface as lustrous as White Jade, radiating vigorous vitality, which shows that it was only picked recently."

"Moreover, between the fifth leaf from the end and another leaf, there is a fine cut, almost imperceptible, but it could not escape this young master's Dharma Eye. This is precisely where the Blood Stone Spirit Fruit had burgeoned. This cut, clearly, is where the fruit was plucked from the stem. Am I right, shopkeeper?"

The plump shopkeeper gazed at Qinchuan, flabbergasted. He hadn't expected Qinchuan to be so meticulous as to notice such a minute cut on the Blood Stone Grass.

Yet what he couldn't fathom was how Qinchuan had determined that the Blood Stone Spirit Fruit remained in his possession, rather than having been collected by the person who had picked the Blood Stone Grass earlier.

Meanwhile, Fu Xi, upon hearing their conversation, suddenly changed his expression, picked up the Blood Stone Grass, and upon closer inspection, indeed found an almost undetectable cut between the fifth and the sixth leaves from the end—a cut that was clearly intentionally made to be concealed.

An ominous feeling immediately rose within Fu Xi's mind.

Qinchuan seemed to also see through the shopkeeper's doubt and said lightly, "If you examine the cut at the root closely, despite the residual vigor, there are faint signs of withering—it can be deduced that this cut was made over three months ago. Thus, one can tell that this Blood Stone Grass was picked three months prior. If we then observe the incision on the leaves, it still contains resplendent vitality, signifying that it was created no more than half a month ago. If the person who picked the Blood Stone Grass had taken the Spirit Fruit, why would they delay for a full two and a half months before plucking it?"

"There's another point to consider, that is, Flame Mountain is a far distance from Tianqing City. If an ordinary Cultivator were to make the journey one way, it would take approximately two and a half months, enough to conclude that the Blood Stone Spirit Fruit, after being brought to the Myriad Spirit Pavilion by the Cultivator, was personally picked by you, the shopkeeper!"

Qinchuan spoke confidently, his argument logical and well-reasoned, as if he had seen everything with his own eyes, his words not missing the mark in the slightest.

If it had not been for the fact that he stored the Blood Stone Grass in the secret room, he would have suspected that Qinchuan truly had witnessed the two trading with his own eyes.

At that moment, Qinchuan suddenly pointed to a hidden compartment in the Myriad Spirit Pavilion and said in a loud voice, "Of course, the most important reason is that this young master has already smelled the scent of the Blood Stone Spirit Fruit, it's in that hidden compartment!"

The shopkeeper was as shocked and doubtful as if he had seen a ghost.

"You... you... how do you know?"

Originally, he had placed the Blood Stone Spirit Fruit in that hidden compartment and protected it with a Formation, unknown to anyone. Now that Qinchuan had pointed it out, how could he not be alarmed?

But now that the place where it was stored had been revealed by Qinchuan, there was no longer any possibility for him to keep it hidden.

Seeing him walk towards the hidden compartment pointed out by Qinchuan, a scarlet mana emanated from his palm, fiercely infused into the door of the compartment.

After a short while, with a "click" sound, the hidden compartment opened.

The shopkeeper then reached out his fat hand and took out an exquisite White Jade Box.

The shopkeeper presented the White Jade Box while explaining.

"Although the Blood Stone Spirit Fruit is extremely rare, its use in medicine and alchemy is not much different from that of Blood Stone Grass, it's just that because it has condensed the Spiritual Energy of Blood Stone Grass, its effects are somewhat more powerful. Its rarity is high, but its practicality can be replaced by Blood Stone Grass, hence its collectibility far outweighs its practicality. This shopkeeper had not intended to sell this fruit, therefore it was always kept in storage."

The plump shopkeeper said this as he opened the White Jade Box.

As expected, inside the White Jade Box lay a fist-sized vermilion fruit that was bright in color, delicate, and exceedingly attractive.

At this time, after listening to the shopkeeper's explanation, Prince Fu Xi, who had just spent sixteen million Mysterious Crystals to buy Blood Stone Grass, suddenly changed his expression.

"Although the names are different, one being a fruit and the other a grass, aren't their effects essentially the same?"

"This man had already known that there was a Blood Stone Spirit Fruit in the Myriad Spirit Pavilion, whose effects were similar to Blood Stone Grass, what he did just now..."

"Did he deliberately inflate the price just now?!"

At this time, Prince Fu Xi finally realized, and upon thinking back on his actions, he couldn't believe that he had actually spent a full sixteen million just to buy a Blood Stone Grass. Regret, annoyance, anger, and bitterness surged up all at once.

A surge of blood rushed to his head, a wave of dizziness and blurred vision overwhelmed him, and he nearly collapsed on the spot.

After a moment, Prince Fu Xi's body suddenly shook, mana surged within him, and Dao and legal principles intertwined and entwined around him, his presence subtly emanating; he seemed to be ready to take action.

"Prince Fu Xi, you better think carefully, this is an attempt to incite action within the Myriad Spirit Pavilion, be careful of triggering the Pavilion's Formation suppression."

Li Zhi still had a smile brimming on his face, wearing a trademark grin, but the schadenfreude in his voice was unmistakable as he mocked.

Naturally, Fu Xi was well aware of the foundation of the Myriad Spirit Pavilion, knew very well its profound heritage, and dared not cause trouble in the Myriad Spirit Pavilion with the people at his side.

He took a deep breath and forcefully suppressed the rage in his heart, finally calming the fury within his chest.