20demayo Chapter 411 Intercepting the Grain, Crystal Hair, Golden Dragon Beard Needle
Chapter 411 Intercepting the Grain, Crystal Hair, Golden Dragon Beard Needle
Chapter 411 Intercepting the Grain, Crystal Hair, Golden Dragon Beard Needle
"Brother Ye, which shop are you looking for?"
At this moment, Zhu Zhuqing pointed to the street ahead and gave a clear, melodious reminder.
Upon hearing this, Ye Qifeng turned his gaze away from a small item at a street stall and looked in the direction Zhu Zhuqing was pointing.
Not far ahead, there was a shop that looked quite different from others. The storefront was not large, but the sign hanging on the door was rather unique.
The signboard features a circular mark with several distinctive symbols: a sword, a hammer, and a dragon-like creature.
Ordinary people may not understand the meaning of these symbols, but Soul Masters can recognize them at a glance.
Because they symbolize three powerful martial souls, and also the three most powerful sects among the soul master forces, namely the three upper sects—the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the Clear Sky School, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School.
Of course, most importantly, they are also part of the symbolic emblem of the Spirit Hall, the most powerful Soul Master force in the entire Douluo Continent today.
As for why the symbols of the three upper sects appear in the symbolic emblem of the Spirit Hall, this is due to historical reasons.
The reason this logo appeared on the signboard of a small shop was naturally because it was authorized by the Spirit Hall.
Because the items sold in this shop are related to Soul Masters.
"Let's go take a look."
Ye Qifeng's eyes flickered slightly as he glanced at the shop sign, then led Zhu Zhuqing toward the shop.
The shop door was open, and it was somewhat dark when looking inside from the outside, but a special soul power fluctuation could be faintly felt emanating from within.
Ye Qifeng sensed it for a moment and immediately understood that the fluctuation of soul power originated from the soul tool in the shop.
When no one binds a soul tool with their soul power, the soul power will be released. If too much soul power is released, the soul tool will gradually lose its function and may even become an ordinary item.
However, as long as the soul power is replenished in time, even if the soul tool has been turned into an ordinary item, it can be used again.
This is why, even though the craftsmanship of soul tools has been lost, many soul tools have still been passed down.
Ye Qifeng led Zhu Zhuqing slowly into the shop.
There was no counter or shelves in the shop; only some items hung on the three inner walls, but they all looked old and not valuable at all.
Apart from these, there was only one person and a wooden recliner left in the entire shop.
At this very moment, the only person was lying on that wooden recliner, which creaked softly as it swayed gently.
This man was quite old, probably in his fifties, but he was rather robust.
His face was very distinctive, with a slightly protruding chin, wide cheekbones, a flat face, and a slightly hooked nose. The combination of his facial features made him look like a shoehorn.
In addition, the person was wearing a pair of rigid, square-rimmed black crystal glasses, which gave him an extremely strange appearance.
This person was the one Ye Qifeng was looking for.
Flander, the "Four-Eyed Owl," is the headmaster of Shrek Academy.
At this moment, Flander was lying on a wooden recliner with his eyes closed, breathing evenly, seemingly asleep, and looked very peaceful.
Although his eyes were closed, he looked rather cunning, clearly not truly asleep.
Or he was just pretending to be asleep.
After Ye Qifeng led Zhu Zhuqing into the shop, he only glanced at Flander briefly before ignoring him and instead began to examine the items hanging on the wall, searching for his purpose in coming here.
Zhu Zhuqing stood gracefully beside Ye Qifeng, remaining quiet. Her beautiful eyes swept over the items hanging on the wall, then her brows furrowed slightly, showing some disappointment.
Coming from a prominent family, she could immediately tell that almost all the items sold in Flander's shop were soul tools, but they were mostly useless junk and of little value.
But she didn't say anything more.
Ye Qifeng didn't say anything either, nor did he show any disappointment on his face. Instead, he smiled slightly and thought to himself:
"That Flander is indeed a shrewd businessman. He just throws out some half-baked products to fool people. It would be a miracle if he could make money from this. No wonder Shrek Academy is in such a dilapidated state because of him."
"You know, the most important thing for merchants is credit. How can you attract and retain customers if you're always thinking about how to cheat people? There aren't that many suckers in this world to be cheated."
After browsing the items hanging on the wall for a while, Ye Qifeng quickly spotted a crystal the size of a human head in the corner near the shop entrance.
Ye Qifeng's eyes lit up slightly as he walked over and took it in his hand.
The crystal itself is not particularly eye-catching; it is transparent, but it contains a large area of dark yellow impurities, making it appear somewhat murky.
However, upon closer inspection, one can still discover that the impurities actually have a faint golden sheen inside.
Seeing the golden light hidden beneath the impurities within the crystal, Ye Qifeng instantly understood that this was what he was looking for—
Gold-plated sheet metal!
The term "golden hair" refers to the gold-like inclusions that naturally form inside some natural crystals under external influences. These gold-like inclusions are called rutile quartz or rutile crystal, and are also known as "golden hair."
Plate-shaped rutilated quartz is an object formed by the condensation of a certain amount of rutilated quartz into the shape of a plate. Because of the large number of rutilated quartz particles inside and their extremely regularity, it is known as the best of rutilated quartz.
Gold hair itself is as fine as a hair, even several times finer than a strand of hair, making it extremely difficult to see with the naked eye. It can be said to be a natural concealed weapon, which can be used directly as a concealed weapon without special crafting.
This type of concealed weapon is called the Dragon Beard Needle.
Gold is extremely tough and incredibly elastic, possessing a unique ductility. Once it leaves the protection of the crystal, it will automatically curl up and form a small particle.
After the soul power is injected, the particle will immediately turn into gold, but once it is removed from the support of the soul power, it will curl up again.
In addition, the hair itself is slender and extremely small, with a tip even finer than a needle, making it extremely powerful for piercing when enhanced by soul power.
Because of these characteristics, the dragon whisker needle made of gold is also a rather insidious and vicious concealed weapon.
Once it enters the human body, it is almost impossible to find the source and remove it. Usually, the only way to deal with the extreme damage caused by the dragon whisker needle is to cut off the entire curled muscle.
According to the "Hundred Solutions to Hidden Weapons" section of the Xuan Tian Bao Lu, a secret technique of the Tang Clan that Tang San mastered, the Dragon Beard Needle, due to its insidious and vicious nature, could even rank as eighth among all hidden weapons.
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Holding a crystal the size of a human head in his hand, a smile involuntarily appeared on Ye Qifeng's handsome face.
The crystalline sheet containing this gemstone contains tens of thousands of gemstone strands.
The sheer quantity of gold indicates that the crystal plates within have existed for at least 100,000 years, making their rarity truly miraculous.
It will proceed according to its original destiny.
The crystal-clear gold plate eventually ended up in Tang San's hands, where he crafted it all into Dragon Beard Needles.
The first person Tang San used to deal with this vicious and ruthless Dragon Beard Needle was Shrek Academy's teacher—"Immovable King" Zhao Wuji.
Before this, Tang San had specifically demonstrated the power of the Dragon Beard Needle to Xiao Wu.
Even Xiao Wu, the hot-tempered and arrogant rabbit, said that the Dragon Whiskers Needle was too vicious.
Tang San, however, confidently asserted that whether a weapon is malevolent is not determined by the weapon itself, but by the person using it. If used for good, it is good; if used for evil, it is evil. Using it to punish evil people is the most appropriate thing to do.
Just the day before, they were saying it was for punishing evildoers, but the very next day, Tang San used the Dragon Beard Needle on Zhao Wuji.
It was only because when Zhao Wuji was testing the combat abilities of the new students that Xiao Wu, the rogue rabbit, used her charm soul skill to charm Zhao Wuji, but was instead stunned by Zhao Wuji's soul power.
Tang San was thus provoked and became enraged.
In subsequent challenges, he directly used all sorts of hidden weapons and poisons, including the most insidious and vicious one, which he called the "Dragon Beard Needle" – "It is righteous when used for good, and evil when used for evil."
It's important to know that Zhao Wuji held back against Tang San throughout the battle.
But Tang San seemed to have lost his mind, throwing all the hidden weapons in "Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moon" and on his body at Zhao Wuji countless times, as if they were free.
If Zhao Wuji hadn't been so powerful, he would probably have been riddled with bullets.
Isn't this using the name of justice to do evil?
This is clearly retaliation.
These are not fabrications by Ye Qifeng, but facts.
Of course, according to the current trajectory of fate, none of these things have happened yet, and Ban Jingfa Jin has now been intercepted by Ye Qifeng.
Once it was in Ye Qifeng's hands, Tang San would naturally no longer be able to obtain such a vicious hidden weapon as the Dragon Beard Needle.
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Just as Ye Qifeng turned around and picked up the plate of golden crystal.
Flander, swaying back and forth on the wooden recliner, opened his eyes slightly behind his square-framed glasses and secretly glanced at Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing.
Seeing that the two were both good-looking and had good temperament, but their attire was not fancy, especially when they saw that Ye Qifeng was only wearing a plain black outfit, they instantly lost interest.
But when his eyes turned to Zhu Zhuqing, they lit up instantly. This little girl was actually a Great Soul Master with a Soul Power of Level 30.
Judging from his appearance, he doesn't seem to be very old, probably around twelve years old. At this age, with this kind of strength, he must be here to apply for Shrek Academy, right?
Hmm, not bad, not bad. It seems my Shrek Academy is about to gain another genius student.
"Boss, I'll take this crystal. How much?"
At this moment, Ye Qifeng held the inconspicuous crystal in his hand and gestured towards Flander's direction.
He had known all along that Flander had been pretending to be asleep and was secretly observing him and Zhu Zhuqing, but he hadn't exposed him.
"Not expensive, one hundred gold soul coins."
Flander didn't open his eyes, but his slightly magnetic, husky voice rang out lazily.
He seemed to have a lisp, and his speech was somewhat unclear.
Ye Qifeng smiled slightly but didn't say anything.
Zhu Zhuqing frowned, her cool face showing slight displeasure. How dare they extort my Brother Ye?
Then, his voice, tinged with coldness, demanded:
"This crystal isn't very good quality, is it? You want a hundred gold soul coins?"
Although she didn't know what Brother Ye wanted to do with the crystal, she didn't want him to suffer a loss or be cheated by a shady merchant.
Flander slightly opened his eyes, glanced at Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing, and said lazily:
"It's only 100 gold soul coins. Pay up if you want, or leave if you don't."
After saying that, he closed his eyes, as if he didn't care at all whether the two of them wanted to buy the crystal.
Zhu Zhuqing wanted to say something more, but Ye Qifeng stopped her, gave her a wink, and then, with a faint smile on his face, took out a bag of gold soul coins and tossed them in his hand:
"Okay, one hundred gold soul coins it is."
Hearing the clinking sound of gold soul coins from his purse, Flander's eyelids twitched almost imperceptibly, but he didn't open them.
"One hundred gold soul coins are not enough. That's just my lowest price. The crystal you have will cost at least two hundred gold soul coins."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing's beautiful, delicate eyebrows furrowed even more deeply, and she stared coldly at Flander. Heh, that unscrupulous businessman deserves to die a horrible death.
Upon hearing this, Ye Qifeng smiled instantly, but didn't say anything more. He casually flipped his hand, took back the gold soul coins, and instead took out a larger and more bulging bag of gold soul coins, smiling as he looked at Flander:
"Two hundred gold soul coins, is that enough?"
Flander snapped his eyes open, staring at the bulging money bag in Ye Qifeng's hand. His eyes instantly transformed into the shape of gold soul coins, clearly showing his interest.
But after a moment, his eyes darted around, and remembering the hundred gold soul coins that Ye Qifeng had just taken back, he held back, coughed twice, and said in a hoarse, indistinct voice:
"Ahem, I just said at least two hundred gold soul coins, not just two hundred gold soul coins."
Zhu Zhuqing then turned her gaze to Ye Qifeng, her eyes seeming to say, "Brother Ye, should I scratch him to death?"
Ye Qifeng gently shook his head at her; he had long anticipated Flander's cunning and shamelessness.
But Flander's inconsistent behavior is indeed quite infuriating.
He maintained a faint smile, rubbed the cloudy crystal in his hand, looked at Flander, and asked:
"How much would it cost to buy this crystal?"
Flander's lips curled into a sly smile, and he held up five fingers:
"This number."
Ye Qifeng chuckled and nodded:
"Five hundred gold soul coins, that'll do."
He immediately put away the two hundred gold soul coins in his hand, and then took out a larger gold soul coin bag, which contained exactly five hundred gold soul coins.
Flander's eyes widened when he saw that Ye Qifeng was so agreeable and took out a bag of five hundred gold soul coins.
He couldn't help but glance at Ye Qifeng's left hand and, sure enough, saw a beautifully crafted purple crystal ring on his index finger.
It's actually a storage soul tool ring?
Oh dear, I misjudged him. Turns out he's someone who's not short of money. Looks like I asked for too low a price.
In this case
Flander tried his best to remain unmoved, a wide grin spreading across his face.
"Excuse me, I meant five thousand gold soul coins!"
Thank you to [邪枫不太冷] for the 1300 Qidian Coins! Thank you to [流萤是星星] for the 200 Qidian Coins!
(End of this chapter)