DipNovel Chapter 576 Healing Elixir
Chapter 576 Healing Elixir
Inside the city gate, the streets were much wider than Xu Si had imagined.
The bluish-gray flagstone pavement has been polished smooth as a mirror by the years. The shops on both sides are of varying heights and their walls are made of huge stones that shimmer with a pale bluish light, but are decorated with different colored minerals. Some of the shop signs are even some kind of living creature, like a drooping, glowing vine or a prismatic crystal suspended in mid-air.
Xu Si's pace was neither fast nor slow. His senses were like a thin layer of mist covering a ten-zhang radius around him, collecting the scents, sounds, and rhythms of the city's people.
He discovered that the crystal race indeed held a special status. Whenever he passed by, whether they were scaled giants, round little people, or other alien races, they would all give way to him, and some would even bow slightly.
"It seems the Crystal Clan is doing quite well here," Xu Si murmured to himself.
Wanliuchun's voice, tinged with a lazy laugh, echoed from the depths of my consciousness: "Then you imposter better be careful not to give yourself away. If someone discovers you're a fake, they might not tolerate you."
"However, it seems that no one with particularly high strength has been found!" Xu Si was actually quite cautious.
Whether it was the crystal race, the scaled giants, or the alien races he encountered, they were all only at the first or second level of strength, even weaker than the inhabited planet he had visited.
"Ha, just kidding."
Xu Si's lips twitched slightly beneath the crystallized contours of his face, but his expression remained completely devoid of emotion.
He stopped at a slightly secluded spot on the street corner, pretending to look at the shops next to him, but his eyes quickly scanned the layout of the entire street corner.
About thirty paces away, a shop had several small strings of crystals hanging outside its door. They were crimson in color and looked very similar to the currency that the round-faced races had been trading with earlier.
A small, round figure stood at the shop entrance, conversing with another member of the Crystal Clan in a high-pitched language.
Xu Si didn't rush over, but observed for a while longer.
He discovered that the crimson crystals seemed to have different levels of purity.
Some are dark in color and have some cracks on the surface, so they are obviously not very valuable; while some are completely translucent, with a uniform color, and refract a faint red light under the light, so they are obviously much more valuable.
Xu Si tried to understand their words. Although they couldn't understand each other's language, their thoughts were still easy to grasp.
"Can you understand? Don't give yourself away later!" Wanliuchun said.
"I managed to capture some fragments. I finally got in; I can't be afraid to show my face!"
"That's true."
Moreover, Xu Si was also planning to experience exotic customs!
After the two finished talking, Xu Si watched as the chubby little man dejectedly pushed his ore cart away, and the Crystal Clan turned back into the shop before he stepped over.
He could also roughly understand the language of the Crystal Clan.
The string of crimson crystals at the shop entrance gently clattered in the breeze, producing a crisp, wind-chime-like sound.
When he entered the store, the crystal collector was arranging minerals on the shelves with his back to him.
Hearing footsteps, the other person turned around, the two dark indentations on the face tightening slightly, as if scrutinizing him.
"What do you need?" the crystal race member asked. His voice was surprisingly similar to human language. Although the syllables had a unique echo, like the resonance of crystal decomposition, Xu Si could roughly understand it.
Xu Si didn't rush to speak, but first looked around the interior of the shop.
The shelves were filled with all sorts of minerals, crystals, and unidentified plant specimens. Some of them could be sensed to contain faint energy fluctuations, while others were completely ordinary.
"I'd like to inquire about something," Xu Si said, deliberately lowering his voice to imitate the slightly resonant tone unique to the Crystal Clan, his voice not sounding harsh.
"Where can I sell...something rather unique?"
"What is it?" Xu Si's words clearly piqued his curiosity as well.
He had no doubt about Xu Si's identity, which disappointed Wan Liuchun, who wanted to step in to save the situation.
Xu Si paused for a moment, then took out the listless plant spirit from the hidden compartment of his spatial cloak.
The little guy was held in his palm, his round body curled up into a ball, his emerald green skin losing some of its luster, and his little fleshy wings drooping, clearly quite frightened by the way Xu Si had brought him here.
The air in the shop seemed to stagnate for a moment.
The crystal clan boss didn't see clearly where Xu Si took the little guy out from.
"This is really troublesome!"
It's become a habit.
Seeing the Crystal Clan boss's confusion, Wanliuchun promptly erased that part of his memory.
When the Crystal Clan boss came to his senses, he saw Xu Si take out a round, chubby thing from his waist bag.
As for when the bag ended up on his waist, that's none of your business.
"...plant spirits." His voice lowered even further.
Xu Si noticed that his body language showed him leaning slightly forward, and the two dark, sunken eyes were staring intently at Xu Si's palm like a cat that hadn't eaten for three days staring at a fish.
"Where did it come from?"
"We met in the valley outside the city," Xu Si said casually.
"Good technique, this little guy won't be easy to catch." The crystal race member finally straightened up. Although there were no facial features to identify the expression on his face, Xu Si could feel that his vigilance had relaxed a lot.
"If you're willing to sell, I can offer you a fair price. However, I must warn you, this item is in high demand on the market, and if you try to sell it on the main street, you'll likely get into trouble."
"How sought-after are they?" As for the trouble, Xu Si didn't care.
"Some important figures like to collect these things, but their methods of selling them aren't exactly clean. If you're just a casual customer walking around the streets with a plant spirit, you're very likely to be targeted."
"If you trust me, I can introduce you to a reliable buyer who will definitely sell it for a high price. I'll only take 10%."
Xu Si tilted his head slightly, as if he was considering it.
"That's possible, but you have to tell me what this little guy is for?"
"You didn't know? Plant spirits are the best healing items, but only for plants! As long as the plant or tree doesn't possess sentience, it can bring the dead back to life!"
Wanliuchun was unaware of its value, as she had only heard of it, not actually possessed it.
After hearing what this guy said, Xu Si was actually less inclined to sell it. Taking it back to keep Yi Yi company wouldn't be bad.
Seeing that he didn't respond for a long time, the shop owner slightly widened the two dark indentations, as if he had noticed his hesitation.
"What? You've changed your mind?"
"No," Xu Si denied casually.
"I just suddenly realized that this little guy is actually quite adorable."
"How much is that reliable buyer you mentioned willing to offer, as long as the price is right?"
The shop owner extended a finger, its knuckles covered with a fine layer of pale blue crystals that refracted tiny specks of light in the dim indoor light.
"This number. Top-grade crimson, no less than three hundred."
Xu Si remained silent for a moment.
He had just observed the circulation of those crimson crystals on the street. Three hundred high-grade ones would be enough for him to live a fairly decent life in this city, and buying food, information, and even accommodation would not be a problem.
"You want to take 10%?"
"One-third is the standard price, or I can offer 250." The shopkeeper's voice was calm, a fairly reasonable price.
If Xu Si is in a hurry to make a move.