Xiao Kui's transaction soon drew to a close.
"City Lord Xiao Kui, I have quite a few jade slips and inheritances here. Please take a good look."
She Mao Hai made his move only after his subordinates had completed their transactions.
He immediately presented a storage bag.
"Senior is truly formidable, to possess so many jade slips."
Xiao Kui was momentarily stunned before opening the storage bag and pouring out all the jade slips.
"Hiss~"
"Holy crap~"
"Great King is indeed amazing, these jade slips are piled up like a small mountain."
A heap of colorful jade slips appeared before the assembled demons, numbering well over a thousand.
[Holy crap!]
You Huo, hidden underground, couldn't help but swear. This pile of jade slips alone was at least 2,000 pieces. Did She Mao Hai have a fetish for collecting them?
2612!
This was the exact number of jade slips in the pile.
Xiao Kui's small face creased, not with happiness, but with dejection.
She still had a child's heart, and her emotions were not easily hidden.
Seeing Xiao Kui's expression, She Mao Hai misunderstood and quickly apologized, "City Lord Xiao Kui, there are indeed a few too many jade slips. I trouble you."
"Senior has a habit of collecting jade slips, does he?"
"Hehe~ I've always had this habit."
She Mao Hai bowed slightly, continuing his apology.
As a seventh-tier Demon Lord, he was apologizing to a sixth-tier Demon King for such a bizarre reason. He had never imagined this.
Yet, he still had to humble himself.
Because Xiao Kui had already produced a mid-grade Profound tier cultivation technique.
This meant she must have even better techniques, possibly even Heaven tier techniques.
Therefore, he decided to go all in!
He had even instructed his subordinates to trade with Xiao Kui first, while he used the opportunity to create jade slips, copying various cultivation techniques and spells from his mind.
That was why there were so many jade slips.
Yang Hong, underground, was also momentarily stunned, then grew a little excited.
With so many jade slips, and clearly of different colors, there were bound to be good things inside.
His intuition had always been quite accurate.
With such a vast number of jade slips, even Yang Hong took more than half a day to read them all.
"This snake is truly insane!
2612 jade slips, all different.
However, 837 were duplicates of cultivation techniques or skills Yang Hong had already collected.
Even so, that still left nearly 1,800 new inheritances and knowledge.
Truly a great harvest!
It wasn't until noon the next day that Yang Hong finally managed to finish reading all the jade slips.
Although most of them were ordinary, low-tier cultivation techniques.
There were indeed two pleasant surprises within.
One was a fifth-grade Talisman Crafting inheritance, detailing the drawing methods for 8 types of fifth-grade spiritual talismans.
It also expounded on the superficial aspects of heaven and earth rules from the perspective of runes, which would be of great reference for Yang Hong's study of formations.
The other was a sixth-grade Alchemy inheritance.
Although it only recorded the recipe for one sixth-grade pill, the [Spirit Revival Pill].
This inheritance included over a hundred pill recipes from first to fourth grade, more than what Yang Hong had obtained from Lan Fang Xuan and others,
And there were also three fifth-grade pill recipes.
Especially the [Spirit Revival Pill], its effects were extremely rare, being a medicinal pill for restoring soul damage.
It was also the first time Yang Hong had encountered a soul-related medicinal pill since his transmigration.
In summary, She Mao Hai's jade slips were of extraordinary value.
It also indicated his extraordinary means.
This gave him a peculiar idea, and he began to state his conditions through Xiao Kui.
"Senior She, your jade slips are indeed of high value, and they are the most and best inheritances and knowledge I have seen since my birth.
Therefore, I have decided to give you a mid-grade Earth tier cultivation technique."
"Earth~ Earth~ Earth tier!"
She Mao Hai's vertical pupils widened, an Earth tier cultivation technique?
Those were techniques that only royal demon races could possess!
He began to imagine the grand vision of his race becoming a royal race, ruling over hundreds of millions of miles of sea.
"Yes, it's an Earth tier cultivation technique, the "Serpentine Dragon Transformation Art"!
A super technique that allows serpentine demons to cultivate into true dragons."
Xiao Kui's voice was a little excited, a little trembling,
Because she was also shocked. As a demon, how could she not know the meaning of true dragons?
They were synonymous with invincibility.
In the inherited memories of almost all demons, they were supreme beings to whom one must submit.
"Dragon transformation? True dragon? Gulp~ Gulp~
I want it, I want it, I want it!"
She Mao Hai was so excited he didn't know what to do, his aura wildly radiating.
"Here, take it."
Through Xiao Kui's hands, Yang Hong decisively handed the jade slip to She Mao Hai.
"Thank you~ Thank you, City Lord Xiao Kui."
As a Demon Lord, She Mao Hai carefully bent down to receive the seemingly ordinary white jade slip.
Then, under the gaze of his subordinates, he carefully placed the jade slip against his forehead.
His expression grew increasingly excited, even flushing red.
Yang Hong, noticing this from underground, glanced at She Mao Hai's subordinates. Indeed, more than half of the snake demons had eyes glowing red, wishing they could swallow She Mao Hai whole.
And that jade slip!
Yang Hong knew that She Mao Hai would soon be in trouble, and a large portion of his subordinates would be slaughtered.
As for who would succeed, who would fail in the end? Who would obtain the jade slip in the end?
He didn't care, nor did he need to care.
Because the "Serpentine Dragon Transformation Art" he gave was not complete.
Although it could guarantee that all serpentine demons who cultivated it would transform into dragons, and quickly at that.
It was suppressed by the "Great Bright Buddhist Scripture," which could subdue these "true dragons" as guardian celestial dragons.
And this was Yang Hong's ultimate goal.
"Thank you, City Lord Xiao Kui.
We have some matters to attend to, so we will take our leave. We will not bother City Lord Xiao Kui any further."
After reading the jade slip, She Mao Hai, his face flushed with excitement, bid farewell to Xiao Kui. He didn't want to waste another moment.
He wanted to return and cultivate immediately.
"Hey~ wait, aren't you trading anymore?
I haven't sold any of my talisman leaves yet?"
Hearing She Mao Hai was leaving, Xiao Kui was unhappy. Her small mouth pouted, looking reluctant.
These jade slips were the master's merchandise. No matter how many were sold, or how pleased the master was, it wasn't her commission.
In her mind, her commission was from selling talisman leaves.
"Ah~ oh!
City Lord Xiao Kui, how many talisman leaves do you have? I'll take them all."
"Hehe~ you're so nice.
He ya~ bang~"
Hearing She Mao Hai's words, Xiao Kui's mood instantly brightened. With a shout, a small mountain of leaves appeared on the plaza below the steps.
"Total price, 320,000 spirit stones!"
After placing down the talisman leaves, Xiao Kui held out her small hands, looking at She Mao Hai with anticipation, as if looking at a shining spirit stone.
"This~ I'll pay half in spirit stones and the other half in spirit iron and spirit ore, is that acceptable?"
"Yes~ yes, pay up."
Xiao Kui didn't care what She Mao Hai paid with, as long as it was money.
That's right, she had a commission!
"Thank you for your understanding, City Lord Xiao Kui."
She Mao Hai felt that he must have worshipped the Dragon Ancestor too many times for him to encounter such an accommodating shopkeeper.
He paid the spirit stones and spirit materials very promptly and hurried away.
...
It wasn't until She Mao Hai left his divine sense's range that Yang Hong emerged from underground.
"Master, look, I have commission now, so many spirit stones. Can I bury them under my tree roots?"
Seeing Yang Hong appear, Xiao Kui immediately came to hug his leg and asked expectantly.
"Of course, you sold 320,000 spirit stones. With a 20% commission, you can take 64,000 spirit stones. The remaining spirit stones and spirit materials include half the money belonging to your brothers and sisters. You need to distribute it among them."
Yang Hong smiled and patted Xiao Kui's head. The demons he cultivated now respected him like a father, and the later ones like Xiao Kui, who were in child form, gave Yang Hong the experience of being a father.
"Alright~ I'm going to share the money.
And the remaining three-tenths are for Master. I'll move them into the City Lord's Mansion hall."
Hearing Yang Hong's agreement, Xiao Kui became busy.
Yang Hong, however, gazed deeply in the direction She Mao Hai had left.
"I hope~ you won't disappoint me."