Chapter 223: Chapter 222: Ancient Black Hand Yellow Bean_1

“Fairy, you should have offered two Immortal Fruits back then?” Lu Yang could probably imagine the storm that this Immortal Fruit had stirred up.

The longer Lu Yang interacted with Fairy Eternity, the less he understood why anyone would want her dead—there were too many reasons, and he didn’t know which one to choose.

“I’ve said it before, the fruit is to be given to ‘the most beautiful’ of the Demon Race, ‘most’ can only be one, don’t you know?” Fairy Eternity seriously enlightened Lu Yang on basic grammar.

After a long silence, Lu Yang said, “…You make a good point.”

“Right.” Fairy Eternity put her hands on her hips and enjoyed her triumph.

“So, who did you give the Immortal Fruit to?”

“After the fact, I heard from Time Immortal that there was a dispute over the ownership of the Immortal Fruit at the wedding scene between the Dragon and Phoenix Tribes’ supreme geniuses, and they wanted to settle it with a magical duel.”

“Speaking of which, Qilin Immortal is indeed stingy. He has Immortal Fruits himself, why couldn’t he just give each of his wives one so they wouldn’t have to fight over it?”

Fairy Eternity shook her head, in comparison to Qilin Immortal, she was fairly generous, being able to offer an Immortal Fruit as a gift.

“What happened then?”

“Later, Qilin Immortal said that duel at the wedding was ultimately inelegant and proposed a different sort of competition. Conveniently, three other Immortals were present at the event, he suggested Ying Tian Immortal, Immortal Jiuchong and Time Immortal judge the contest, removing himself from the panel of judges, to prevent a tie in the scores.”

“Look, if Qilin Immortal had invited me before, wouldn’t we Immortals become five judges? Moreover, you know me, I’m impartial and fair, and I can be the lone judge.”

“Even though they were worried about my beauty overshadowing Dragon and Phoenix geniuses, I could wear a veil!” As the first of the top ten beauties of the ancient times, Fairy Eternity was very confident in her looks.

Lu Yang thought to himself, Fairy you should be more conscious. Obviously, Qilin Immortal didn’t want to be a judge and diplomatically excused himself.

“What was the contest between the Geniuses of the Dragon and Phoenix Tribe?”

“Cooking.”

Fairy Eternity shook her head regrettably: “The four of them, including Qilin Immortal, didn’t know that I had taught the Geniuses of the Dragon and Phoenix Tribes cooking. Although there was no formal master-disciple relationship, they were indeed my disciples. They didn’t master the skills perfectly and just managed to grasp one or two tenths of my cooking skills. Even so, it’s hard to find rivals among those at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage.”

“During the competition, as they were both students of the same master, neither could break the other’s move. Naturally, the dishes they made were hard to differentiate in terms of quality.”

“Time Immortal told me when they tasted the dishes made by the geniuses of Dragon and Phoenix Tribes, they were amazed. It felt as if they contained the power of time, allowing them to quickly review their lives. ”

“Modestly, I say that I taught them, but they only learned the basics from me.”

“Time Immortal was silent for a moment before admitting that they beat up Qilin Immortal prematurely. Qilin Immortal was not the instigator. When I asked him what he meant, he didn’t say.”

Lu Yang showed his respect to Fairy Eternity with a formal bow.

If anyone didn’t understand Fairy Eternity’s personality, they would mistake her for a scheming villain just from listening to this story. Without even being present, she managed to instigate a fight between the Dragon and Phoenix Tribes’ geniuses with a single Immortal Fruit, causing the Four Immortals of the Ancients to turn against each other, and putting Qilin Immortal in an immoral position.

She even secretly taught the geniuses of the Dragon and Phoenix Tribes some skills, and lurked in the shadows waiting for the right moment.

This kind of wisdom can only be described as unfathomable. Anyone would feel cold and tremble in fear when they face such deeply schemed creatures.

However, Lu Yang knew Fairy Eternity very well, so he decided to use another term to describe Fairy Eternity’s wisdom—

It was wisdom disguised as great foolishness.

…

“You should know that the Dragon and Phoenix Tribes are the most conceited races among the Demon Race. Their blood is extraordinarily precious, and it’s extremely difficult for the Human race to obtain it. Therefore, Phoenix Blood Stone becomes extremely critical.”

“Phoenix Blood Stone is not only a special product of Luofeng County, but also our pillar industry. The volume of Spirit Stones obtained from selling Phoenix Blood Stones every year is enormous!”

“Phoenix Blood Stone is not only a good material for Refining, but also an unexpected benefit for long-term wear as an ornament.”

“I’ve heard from my dad that Luofeng County has been mining Phoenix Blood Stones for 4,000 years. The veins are not yet exhausted, and Phoenix Blood Stones continue to be mined.”

As Li Haoran introduced his hometown’s economy, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou kept nodding as though they were inspecting leaders.

“How many Spirit Stones does this Phoenix Blood Stone cost?” Meng Jingzhou selected in the shop, thinking this thing was fun, so he bought a few to play with.

“Three hundred Spirit Stones.”

“And this one?”

“Four hundred fifty Spirit Stones.”

Meng Jingzhou shook his head, this cheap Phoenix Blood Stone was unfit for his status.

“Bring out the best Phoenix Blood Stones you have here, I’m not short of money.” Meng Jingzhou behaved like a young lord.

The shop owner’s eyes lit up upon hearing this, thinking he had met a big customer.

Looking left and right, noticing that only Meng Jingzhou and his group were in the shop, he led them to the backyard. He carefully took out a fine wooden box from the shelf and opened it. In the box lay a dazzling, blood-red stone the size of a goose egg. It looked like something that was dyed red at the moment of the death of the mythical Old Phoenix.

Even Qin Yanyan could feel the extraordinary aura of this Phoenix Blood Stone.

The shop owner whispered, “A while ago, there was a mine collapse, this is the last Phoenix Blood Stone that was poached from the mine. It took me a lot of effort to get it. The asking price is five hundred thousand Spirit Stones.”

Meng Jingzhou nodded, that seemed about right: “Give me ten.”

The difference between five hundred thousand Spirit Stones and five million Spirit Stones was like a drizzle to Young Master Meng, insignificant.

The shop owner made a bitter face: “Sir, it’s not that I don’t want to sell more, but this is the only Phoenix Blood Stone I have.”

“Alright then, I’ll take this one.” The shop owner was overjoyed. Actually, his asking price was a bit high, leaving room for bargaining. He didn’t expect Meng Jingzhou to buy it without bargaining.

The shop owner even gave away several Phoenix Blood Stones of decent quality. However, compared to Meng Jingzhou’s stone, they were vastly inferior.

Meng Jingzhou knew he could bargain, but he was always too lazy to do so when shopping. It was too much trouble.

He asked the shop owner to drill a hole in the Phoenix Blood Stone and string it up.

When Meng Jingzhou wore it around his neck, he felt quite good about himself.

He thought everyone was shopping, so he couldn’t be the only one buying a Phoenix Blood Stone. He went through several shops wanting to buy one of similar quality for each of his fellow travellers, but unfortunately, after some comparisons, they didn’t match up to his Phoenix Blood Stone.

“There’s so much money, but there’s nothing to spend it on.”

Li Haoran advised, “Senior Brother Meng, give it up. The Phoenix Blood Stone contains the power of Phoenixes, which doesn’t do much for us, and even for Refining, I do not yet have the ability to refine such high-quality Phoenix Blood Stones. Even if we buy them, we won’t be able to use them.”

“Alright then.” Hearing Li Haoran say this, Meng Jingzhou could only give up.

“By the way, what’s the use of wearing the Phoenix Blood Stone for a long time?” Meng Jingzhou asked, pointing to the Phoenix Blood Stone on his chest.

“Yang Invigorating.”