Chapter 9: The United Spirit Kingdom (Part 2)

Lan Landai took several deep breaths, furious—she had almost died of anger. It turned out that Xing Yunzi’s Soul Spring Water was obtained from Guo Shier. She had paid a heavy price, giving up a Spirit Spring in exchange for just a few dozen pounds of that Soul Spring Water, plus a significant amount of Spirit Jade. Grumbling angrily, she said, “For this transaction… I’ll go first!”
Xing Yunzi replied, “The transaction is based on mutual consent. Once it’s done, don’t complain. Whether you lose or win, you can’t back out. If you regret it, find a place… and regret slowly!”
Gritting her teeth, Lan Landai said, “You’re ruthless! Xing Yunzi, fine! Then let’s trade together!”
Xing Yunzi inwardly groaned. He knew this woman’s wealth was no less than his own—she was also a person with vast riches. Forced to agree, he said, “Okay, fine, let’s trade together.”
Guo Shier was secretly pleased and said, “A bottle containing 100 pounds of Soul Spring Water, after two rounds of purification. You can check it out.” He then took out a talisman bottle the size of a wine bottle and asked, “Who wants to check it first?”
Lan Landai snatched it first, opened the lid, poured out a little, and drank it straight from her mouth. After tasting it, she praised, “It’s good. I’ll take it. What do you want in exchange?”
Xing Yunzi became anxious immediately. He said, “You’re speaking too soon! I haven’t said anything yet!” After two rounds of purification, it was definitely of higher quality than the first purification—of course he didn’t want to miss out.
Lan Landai snorted coldly and said, “Unless you can offer something I don’t have, as long as I have it… you won’t get this bottle of Soul Spring Water from me!”
Guo Shier smiled and said, “This time, I just want some Spirit Jade and Blue Crystals in exchange.”
Lan Landai was delighted. “Spirit Jade and Blue Crystals? Haha, I have them! Just give me a number!”
Xing Yunzi shouted, “Lan Landai, don’t go too far!”
Smiling, Lan Landai said, “Where am I going too far? Xing Yunzi, I’m just being honest. As long as Guo Shier makes an offer, I’ll trade. What’s so wrong with that?” She started causing trouble again—after all, with the talisman bottle in her hands, she felt confident.
Xing Yunzi said, “I’ll offer 10,000 Blue Crystals and 100 Spirit Jade pieces!”
Lan Landai narrowed her long, phoenix-like eyes slightly and said calmly, “Is that all you have in Blue Crystals and Spirit Jade? I’ll offer 20,000 Blue Crystals and 200 Spirit Jade pieces!”
Guo Shier looked at the two of them seriously, staying silent as his gaze shifted back and forth between them, seemingly at a loss. Li Ran and the others couldn’t help but laugh—this guy was stirring up conflict again.

Xing Yunzi was so angry that his hands trembled. Of course, he understood the harm of such disputes, but once it started, there was no way for him to back down. Gritting his teeth, he said, “Twenty-one thousand blue crystals, two hundred… two hundred and one spirit jades!”
Lan Landai glanced at him disdainfully and calmly said, “Thirty thousand blue crystals, three hundred spirit jades!”
Xing Yunzi had no other choice. The amount wasn’t actually huge, but since he was away from home, he didn’t have many blue crystals or spirit jades with him, so he didn’t dare exchange them all. After thinking for a while, he said, “Forty thousand blue crystals, four hundred spirit jades!”
Lan Landai replied without hesitation, “Fifty thousand blue crystals, five hundred spirit jades!” She wasn’t pressured because she was used to carrying all her wealth with her.
Xing Yunzi raised the price several more times, reaching ninety thousand blue crystals and nine hundred spirit jades. Lan Landai began to frown slightly, as even she found this price a bit high. She said, “One hundred thousand blue crystals, one thousand spirit jades…”
Guo Shier remained silent, hovering beside the two of them as if in a daze, but in reality, he was overjoyed.
After Lan Landai made her bid, Xing Yunzi finally calmed down. He said, “Alright, you win!”
Lan Landai immediately smiled, giving the one hundred thousand blue crystals and one thousand spirit jades to Guo Shier, and said triumphantly, “Xing Yunzi, you’re beaten.” She carefully put away the talisman bottle, knowing she could never have too many of those.
Guo Shier took the blue crystals and spirit jades and smiled slightly, saying, “There’s also a bottle of purified Soul Water here, weighing a hundred jin.”
This time, Xing Yunzi laughed. He said, “Lan Landai, you’re so capable, yet you still haggle over the price!”
Lan Landai replied without hesitation, “I’ll take it!”
Xing Yunzi was stunned. He couldn’t believe Lan Landai carried so many blue crystals and spirit jades with her. Fuming, he shouted and watched helplessly as Lan Landai and Guo Shier completed another successful transaction. He eagerly waited for Guo Shier to take out a third bottle of Soul Water, only to hear Guo Shier say, “I only have two more bottles. To be honest, I need to keep some for myself too.”
Lan Landai laughed heartily. She said to Xing Yunzi, “Don’t get upset. If you really need it, I can give you one bottle. How about… three hundred thousand blue crystals and three thousand spirit jades?”
Xing Yunzi’s face turned dark. This woman was truly ruthless—doubling the price in one go. He snapped, “I won’t exchange it!”
Guo Shier knew when to stop. Although he still had plenty of Soul Water, he couldn’t bring any more out for trading. Scarcity made things valuable; if too much was offered, it would lose its worth.

Xing Yunzi couldn’t help but regret it. He had thought Guo Shier could get a few more bottles, but only two were left. It made sense—even if one had collected many Soul Spring Waters, after repeated purification and use, not much would remain. With a bitter smile, he said, “Guo Shier, can you get one more bottle?”
Guo Shier looked troubled. In fact, he was secretly laughing. After a long pause, he replied, “I have a few left, which I planned to use myself… There’s really not much left.” His tone seemed sincere, leaving no room for doubt.
Lan Landai laughed and said, “Give it here, and we can continue bidding.”
Xing Yunzi said, “How about trading at 100,000 Blue Crystals and 1,000 Spirit Jades? I just want one bottle!”
Lan Landai replied, “If you have no money, don’t show up and embarrass yourself. I’ll double it—200,000 Blue Crystals and 2,000 Spirit Jades!”
Xing Yunzi was on the verge of collapse. He had brought over a hundred thousand Blue Crystals and twenty thousand Spirit Jades in total, but after all the expenses along the way, what was left was hardly enough to compare to Lan Landai’s amount. Moreover, he had already traded with Guo Shier before, and especially the large pieces of top-grade Spirit Jades were almost gone.
Guo Shier nodded and said, “I’m satisfied with this price. The last bottle…”
Xing Yunzi had no choice. He couldn’t use up all his Spirit Jades and Blue Crystals, as he wouldn’t have any to replenish the energy spent traveling through the void. With a deep sigh, he flew over to Li Ran and the others to try to trade for the sealed Void Worms.
Lan Landai easily traded away the last bottle of Soul Spring Water. Seeing that Xing Yunzi seemed to be trading with Li Ran and the others, she immediately flew over.
Guo Shier followed as well. Xing Yunzi had quickly completed his first transaction, exchanging Blue Crystals for some sealed Void Worms.
Upon realizing this, Lan Landai immediately said, “I want to trade too…”
Xing Yunzi said nothing and turned to leave. He gave Guo Shier a slight nod before vanishing into the void.
Lan Landai laughed triumphantly, “Fighting me? I’ll drive you mad!”
After driving Xing Yunzi away, she grinned and said, “There must be more than just you who have Soul Spring Water here, right? Hehe, whoever has it, I want to trade with them. The price can be negotiated.”
Everyone knew how important Spirit Jades and Blue Crystals were in the greater world, so they all traded a little using the sealed Void Worms. Qi Wu Zhen said, “I also have Soul Spring Water. Do you still want to trade?”
Lan Landai replied, “Of course. But the price from earlier won’t do. That was just to provoke Xing Yunzi. Hehe, let’s do it at a normal price.”

Qi Wu Zhen was speechless. After a while, she smiled and said, “Guo Shier, you’re really smart. Alright, Lan Landa, state your price. If it’s too low, forget it—my Soul Spring Water isn’t abundant either.” She wasn’t foolish; too low a price would make it pointless, and it was better not to trade at all.

Lan Landa had originally intended to drive down the price drastically, but after hearing Qi Wu Zhen’s words, she gave up. Soul Spring Water was extremely rare, and missing this opportunity would likely mean it would be hard to find again in the future. She nodded and said, “80,000 Blue Crystals, 800 Spirit Jades, one bottle… How about that? Oh, and I want the Soul Spring Water that has been purified twice.”

Qi Wu Zhen replied, “No problem. Here, two bottles.”

Lan Landa was overjoyed and said, “Great.”

Guo Shier asked curiously, “Lan Landa, how much Blue Crystal and Spirit Jade do you have with you?”

Lan Landa replied calmly, “Enough for my transactions.” She knew well that one bottle of purified Soul Spring Water, once taken back to her tribe, would be worth over a million Blue Crystals or 10,000 Spirit Jades—this was definitely a huge profit.

Everyone was amazed—this woman carried such a vast amount of wealth with her, yet she wasn’t afraid it would be stolen.

As if sensing their thoughts, Lan Landa said, “Those who dare steal from me probably haven’t even been born yet. Hehe, I’m very satisfied with this transaction. Well, I’ll give you all a small gift as a bonus.”

She took out a small metal box, tapped it lightly, and a three-dimensional star map appeared before everyone. “This is a simple star map of the area you’ll be leaving. Hehe, I hope you won’t get lost. We might meet again in the future.”

Li Ran and the others were overjoyed—this was exactly what they needed. Guo Shier thought for a moment, then took out another bottle of Soul Spring Water and said, “I’ll also give you a gift as a return.”

Lan Landa was delighted and said, “Great! You’re Lan Landa’s friends.”

After Xing Yunzi left, Lan Landa obtained many more satisfactory items. In high spirits and unwilling to stay longer, she bid farewell to everyone and tore open a space to enter the void.

The group hovered in midair, stunned for a while. Li Ran chuckled and said, “Interesting.”

Qi Wu Zhen said, “If we were too weak, it wouldn’t be interesting. Hmph, the people in the greater world are pretty much like us.”

Li Ran shook his head. “It’s not that intense. Their way of interacting is much more peaceful than ours.”

Guo Shier said, “With this star map, we need to confirm the places we’re going to. In case we get separated, it’ll be good to have a place to gather.”

Li Ran nodded and said, “Hmm, I’ll activate the star map so everyone can study it and decide which planet is the best place to gather.” The star map came alive, displaying a three-dimensional image. Li Ran skillfully controlled it and said, “I don’t know where we’ll emerge. From what they said earlier, this is a defensive outpost in a star system with five planets in total. Two of them are inhabited, two are mining planets, and the other one… seems to be useless. Let’s make this planet our meeting point!” Li Ran pointed at one of the planets.