"The reason this customer's martial spirit cannot cultivate lies in incomplete spirit evolution," Li Rong explained unhurriedly. "The Ruyi Ring is a mutated form of the Clear Sky Hammer. During mutation, it shed its original offensive nature and transformed into an auxiliary martial spirit with a strong mental attribute."
He continued evenly, his tone precise and professional. "However, the Clear Sky Hammer's offensive power is far too domineering. During the innate awakening process, the internal conflict was excessive, causing the newly formed spirit to absorb insufficient origin energy. As a result, it barely awakened—possessing only an innate domain and nine levels of innate spirit power."
"To resolve this, a sixth-grade, mental-attribute pill, the Martial Soul Heaven Mending Pill, is required to replenish the missing spirit origin. The original price is 1.5 million sacrificial coins. The pre-order price is 2.25 million."
When the number was spoken, the air seemed to freeze.
Tang Xiao closed his eyes without saying a word. Tang Yuehua's fingers tightened at her side, despair surfacing uncontrollably in her eyes. After a long pause, she forced a faint smile. "Forget it, Big Brother. I've lived like this for so many years already. Even if I can't cultivate, it's not unbearable. Besides… even if my martial spirit were repaired now, my age makes it meaningless."
Her words were calm, but the bitterness in her voice was impossible to hide.
Tang Xiao clenched his fists until his knuckles whitened.
The Clear Sky Sect could afford the price.
That was precisely what made it unbearable.
As her elder brother—and more importantly, as the Sect Master—he had no justification to spend such an astronomical sum on a disciple whose future potential was already exhausted. Emotion alone could not outweigh responsibility.
Seeing the three fall into silence, Li Rong lost interest in observing their inner turmoil. "If there is no further business, please leave."
They departed without another word, the excitement with which they had arrived long since extinguished.
In the following days, the shop returned to a lull.
Whether it was representatives from the Four Lower Sects or even members of the Star Luo Imperial Family bringing their Crown Prince and Princess, most only exchanged for a few third-grade auxiliary manuals from the event list. Not a single large pill transaction was completed. The income was, frankly speaking, pitiful.
Only the visit from Ghost Douluo Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan was worth mentioning. Accompanied by two men and one woman, they exchanged a third-grade Flame Manipulation Skill for the tall man, and then each acquired the Di Yuan Body Tempering Skill and Five Viscera Visualization Method. The total came to 188,000 sacrificial coins.
The amount was modest, but the look of pain on Yue Guan's face as he paid with medicinal herbs left a deep impression on Li Rong.
Li Rong couldn't help but wonder if Bibi Dong had simply requisitioned Yue Guan's herbs without compensation. Otherwise, there was no reason for an attack-system Titled Douluo to look as though his heart were bleeding.
"That woman is truly ruthless," Li Rong muttered inwardly. "Making her subordinates pay out of their own pockets… isn't she afraid of being strangled in the middle of the night?"
He glanced at Yue Guan again, briefly suspecting that this dignified Titled Douluo might secretly be a masochist. Still, no one could endure such treatment forever.
Another noteworthy visit came from Yu Luomian, elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, who brought Yu Xiaogang, Yu Tianheng, and Yu Heng along.
Aside from Yu Xiaogang asking several questions about martial spirits, Yu Luomian exchanged a few bottles of auxiliary cultivation medicine and provided the two young men with the same auxiliary manuals.
Observing Yu Tianheng and Yu Heng's respectful attitude toward Yu Xiaogang—and Yu Xiaogang's own radiant confidence—Li Rong was nearly certain the family intended to take him back for one purpose.
To produce heirs.
Recently, Yu Xiaogang had been in an unprecedentedly high-spirited state.
For the first half of his life, he had been frustrated and ridiculed, reduced to lingering at a junior Spirit Master academy. He had always wanted to teach a genius student to prove his own worth. Never had he imagined that he would be personally "certified" by a higher existence as a genius with limitless potential.
Even if his own potential could no longer be realized, his bloodline remained exceptional.
The family had already made their intentions clear: once he returned, several outstanding collateral female disciples would be arranged for him. His only task was to produce descendants. The family would take responsibility for cultivating them.
Even if their martial spirits did not awaken as the Holy Light Dragon, they would still be treated as core disciples. After all, Yu Xiaogang's bloodline had already awakened traces of Holy Light Dragon ancestry—his descendants' chances far exceeded those of the narrow-minded elders' bloodlines.
Being praised by his two talented nephews and personally invited by the uncle who once mocked him, Yu Xiaogang was so elated that his head spun. After a brief hesitation, he demanded that his descendants must be personally taught by him—and then immediately agreed.
As for his former lovers, Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong, they were temporarily pushed to the back of his mind. They had broken up over twenty years ago. Surely, he had the right to seek happiness now.
He had originally planned to bring Tang San and Xiao Wu back as well, but Tang San's ties to Clear Sky Douluo made him hesitate. If Spirit Hall became involved, the family might not protect them. After careful consideration, he sent Tang San and Xiao Wu to his friend's Shrek Academy instead.
Seeing Yu Xiaogang finally agree, Yu Luomian quietly exhaled in relief. Once this matter was settled, perhaps his foolish daughter would finally wake up.
Watching them leave in high spirits, Li Rong couldn't help but click his tongue.
"If Bibi Dong finds out Yu Xiaogang plans to marry a wife and take concubines…" He shook his head. "The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's wedding might turn into a funeral."
And Liu Erlong was no less unstable. If she caused a scene—and happened to run into Bibi Dong—
Li Rong could already imagine the chaos.
Such turmoil would inevitably affect the stability of the entire continent. And instability was bad for business.
After closing the shop that night, Li Rong deliberated for a long time before making a decision.
If Qian Daoliu refused to act and Poseidon's High Priest did not enter the continent, only the Spirit Beast forces could restrain Bibi Dong. Dugu Bo alone was still lacking when facing a ninety-ninth-level Rakshasa Douluo wielding divine power.
Thus, Li Rong issued a new bounty quest:
The shop owner requires temporary guards while expanding new customer sources.
Strength requirement: Minimum Level 95 Titled Douluo
Quantity: 5
Selection time: Begins in 3 days
Mission duration: Estimated 10 days; shop closed during mission
Reward: 30,000 sacrificial coins per day
Injury compensation: Full treatment after mission
Death compensation: 1,000,000 sacrificial coins to the family
After releasing the notice, Li Rong hesitated again.
Closing the shop just to go out was inefficient.
"It seems," he mused, "I really need to hire employees."
After all, he had no intention of staying confined to this shop forever.
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