Chapter 14: Sell It to Me

Riding the flying boat and relying on the spacetime teleportation array, they returned to the Da Mo Eternal Realm.

"The Da Mo Academy has arrived."

Ji Ning and Su Youji walked on the water, soon arriving at the lake-island where the Da Mo Academy was located. At the edge of the island stood a red-haired man in a loose robe, smiling. "Brother Beiming, congratulations on breaking through to the World level. And Fire Fairy has also broken through? It seems your journey was quite fruitful for both of you."

"Brother Qi, why are you here?" Ji Ning was surprised.

"My master simply instructed me to wait for you here," the red-haired man laughed. "Come, follow me to see my master."

Ji Ning was secretly astonished.

As expected of Da Mo Daoist—regarding the matter of the 'Eternal Divine Blood,' he indeed needed to ask for his help, but before Ji Ning had even mentioned it, Da Mo Daoist already knew and had his disciple waiting here to welcome him...

"Youji, go to the Water Lotus Residence first," Ji Ning instructed.

"Yes." Su Youji obediently left first.

"Brother Qi, please." Ji Ning and the red-haired man walked side by side. The layout of the entire Da Mo Academy was quite exquisite, like a mysterious formation. Without guidance, Ji Ning truly wouldn't know where Da Mo Daoist was. Soon, the two arrived at a quiet pavilion.

The pavilion was simple, with Da Mo Daoist sitting cross-legged leisurely. On the low table before him was only a pot of wine.

"Master, Beiming has been brought here," the red-haired man said respectfully.

"Withdraw," Da Mo Daoist instructed.

The red-haired man respectfully acknowledged and then withdrew. Da Mo Daoist's gaze fell upon Ji Ning, a faint smile appearing on his face. Pointing to the seat opposite him, he said, "Sit."

"Thank you, Daoist." Ji Ning sat cross-legged across from Da Mo Daoist.

"You've reached the World level? If Old Brother Tian Yi knew, he'd be overjoyed." Da Mo Daoist smiled. "I sensed something early this morning, and after careful calculation, I realized you have a matter requiring my help."

"Yes." Ji Ning quickly said, "Indeed, I obtained a treasure by chance in the Ten Thousand Gods Mansion, called the Eternal Divine Blood."

"Eternal Divine Blood?" Da Mo Daoist showed a look of surprise.

Although he was skilled in deduction, deduction did not reveal everything, especially when it came to deducing the future, which was very vague. Deducing the past was relatively easy, as it had already happened, but the future had not yet occurred and held countless possibilities! Deducing the future could only yield events with a relatively high probability.

For instance, when Ji Ning asked for his help, because it involved Da Mo Daoist himself, he naturally sensed it. With a slight deduction, he understood that Ji Ning was asking for his help, for at that moment Ji Ning had already arrived at the Da Mo Eternal Realm and was walking over. This was an event of extremely high probability.

"Is it that drop of Eternal Divine Blood from Emperor Melobo?" Da Mo Daoist pressed.

"Mm." Ji Ning nodded. "I've heard that the Eternal race is utterly crazy for this drop of Eternal Divine Blood."

"Of course they're crazy for it." Da Mo Daoist's eyes lit up, and he praised with a smile, "This drop of Eternal Divine Blood is almost half the life of Emperor Melobo. It took him a long, long time to recover his vitality. The value of this drop of Eternal Divine Blood is immeasurable—it's a treasure you can't buy even if you want to. Its allure to the Eternal race is far beyond your imagination."

Ji Ning said, "I heard from the spirit of the Ten Thousand Gods Mansion, so I was also troubled about how to handle the Eternal Divine Blood. That's why I thought to ask for your help, Daoist."

"Mm, the simplest method is to offer it directly to the Dao Alliance." Da Mo Daoist smiled. "But I have another idea, though I'm not sure if you'd be willing."

"Please speak, Daoist." Ji Ning said.

"Sell this drop of Eternal Divine Blood directly to me." Da Mo Daoist said.

"Oh?" Ji Ning was slightly taken aback.

"If you offer it to the Dao Alliance, they would probably give you two million square of Chaos Nectar and induct you into the Dao Alliance. If you sell it to me, although you won't directly enter the Dao Alliance, with your strength you'll be able to enter the Dao Alliance in the future anyway. Moreover, I'll give you three million square!" Da Mo Daoist said. "You can also ask for any techniques, treasures, or the like, and we can offset them with Chaos Nectar."

Da Mo Daoist truly wanted this drop of Eternal Divine Blood.

For the Dao Alliance, its use wasn't that high, but Eternal Divine Blood was extremely rare! If a drop of Eternal Divine Blood appeared within the Dao Alliance, it would surely be bought up directly by some powerful Life-Death Dao Lords, or even Eternal Emperors, and Lord Mo Da couldn't get it at all. Those powerful Life-Death Dao Lords were all studying and researching it.

You must understand, Eternal Divine Blood was divine blood condensed only by Eternal Emperors of the Eternal Clan. They would have to sacrifice half their lives to condense this single drop, and their strength would be greatly diminished. No Eternal Emperor would do such a thing. Moreover, the Eternal Clan had only a handful of Eternal Emperors!

Thus, the Dao Alliance uniformly purchased this drop of Eternal Divine Blood for two million cubes, but it was far too little.

Lord Mo Da, however, coveted it...

Lord Mo Da was a Dao Lord who could be called exceptionally brilliant. In the words of the Golden-Eyed Puppet and the Array Spirit, if Lord Mo Da reached the 'verge of Dao Integration,' he would be a heaven-defying figure comparable to Lord Wan Shen.

Such an exceptionally brilliant figure naturally had ambition! Previously, he didn't have many treasures, so even if a drop of Eternal Divine Blood were placed before him, he wouldn't have had many thoughts. But this time, Lord Tian Yi asked him for help. Lord Tian Yi was the Palace Lord of Tiancang Palace, having lived so long that his accumulated wealth was astonishing. The treasures he offered for help were worth up to two million cubes!

Part of it was used to cultivate the 'Dharma Body.'

What about the other treasures?

Lord Mo Da had various ideas before. Now Ji Ning placed a drop of Eternal Divine Blood before him, which gave Lord Mo Da other thoughts.

"Perhaps my children can draw the power of the Eternal Clan from it," Lord Mo Da thought to himself. "Based on my calculations, there's over a twenty percent chance of success. First, Lord Tian Yi sends treasures, and now this young friend Ji Ning asks me to handle the Eternal Divine Blood. This is fate granting me this opportunity; I should seize it!"

...

"What do you think?" Lord Mo Da looked at Ji Ning.

"I'm not in a hurry to join the Dao Alliance. I want to dispose of this Eternal Divine Blood as soon as possible," Ji Ning said with a smile. "Whether I offer it to the Dao Alliance or sell it to a Dao Lord, it's all the same."

"Good," Lord Mo Da smiled. "Three million cubes of Chaos Nectar. That's about the total value of all the treasures of some relatively powerful Dao Lords. Young friend Ji Ning, you must seize this opportunity. Tell me, for these three million cubes of Chaos Nectar, what treasures or techniques do you want? I'll help you get them. If you just want Chaos Nectar, that's fine too!"

What was the point of having so much Chaos Nectar? Eating it?

It had to be turned into one's own power as soon as possible.

"I want the lower volume of a divine ability," Ji Ning said. "This divine ability is called 'Golden Statue.'"

"The protective divine ability 'Golden Statue'?" Lord Mo Da nodded. "That's not difficult. It can be bought directly from the Dao Alliance. Do you want it for your own cultivation, or do you want to purchase it for widespread teaching? If for teaching, the cost would be dozens of times higher."

"For my personal use only," Ji Ning said. He wasn't that extravagant.

"This divine ability is quite powerful. It can train the divine body to be comparable to a top-grade Dao weapon. Such a divine ability is already very rare. I'll buy it for you; it will cost two hundred thousand cubes of Chaos Nectar."

Ji Ning was secretly stunned. It was even more expensive than a Heaven-Stealing Life-and-Death Pill.

It cost this much for personal cultivation. For widespread teaching, the cost would be dozens of times higher—wouldn't that be several million? No wonder even Tiancang Palace didn't have such a good technique. After all, a powerful sect had expenses in many areas. World God Bei Xiu had also switched to the 'Golden Statue' divine ability later, and only had the upper and middle volumes.

"A divine body comparable to a top-grade Dao weapon is generally only needed by Life-Death Dao Lords," Lord Mo Da said. "You don't have to buy it in such a hurry. Haha, but with three million cubes of Chaos Nectar, buying it is a trivial matter."

Ji Ning thought to himself.

Although he wasn't a Dao Lord, his divine body was comparable to that of a Dao Lord.

"What else?" Lord Mo Da asked.

"I've heard of an Eternal treasure called the 'Yuan Yi Water-Fire Gourd,'" Ji Ning said. "I want to buy it."

"Right, right, right. That is indeed a good treasure. It's relatively cheap and very practical for World-level cultivators," Lord Mo Da said, nodding. "This gourd costs five hundred thousand cubes of Chaos Nectar."

The Yuan Yi Water-Fire Gourd...

It contained 'Fire Cloud Divine Thunder' and 'Water Smoke Divine Thunder,' both Dao Divine Thunders. These were two of the nine Dao Divine Thunders required for the 'Nine Source Divine Thunder' lightning technique that Ji Ning had obtained. Ji Ning would buy it first; he could use it now, and later when he cultivated the technique, he could use it as well—killing two birds with one stone!

Dao Divine Thunders were very precious because they were extremely difficult to capture.

A single 'Dao Divine Thunder' cost at least two hundred thousand cubes of Chaos Nectar. Fire Cloud Divine Thunder and Water Smoke Divine Thunder were the two most common types of Dao Divine Thunder. Some extremely rare Dao Divine Thunders couldn't be bought anywhere. Back then, Lord Wan Shen had only found nine Dao Divine Thunders!