Chapter 218: Win the Soul Nourishing Wood

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The Soul Nourishing Wood that the mysterious man took out caused a sensation in the audience.

However, the people present were all elite pupils of large kingdoms and superpower kingdoms.
After the excitement calmed, they also found something wrong.

The value of Soul Nourishing Wood was simply incomparable compared to a mere metal-attribute Spar that could be used to refine a Saint Tool.
Which Sword Master wouldn’t hide it and tuck it away after finding one, for fear that others would desire it—but why did this person take the initiative to trade it?

Many Mental Energies swept towards the man’s Soul Nourishing Wood in the Profound Ice Jade Box.
He waited for everyone’s Mental Energy to have swept over it, then he said with a hoarse voice: “You must have also found out that my Soul Nourishing Wood is already withered to death.
It can still be used to nourish the Soul, but a Soul cannot attach itself to it.

“If it weren’t for this, I wouldn’t take it out to exchange for my required refining materials.” He didn’t conceal it.
Everyone had their own needs.
If it were really a Soul Nourishing Wood that wasn’t withered, then he’d be crazy to bring it out to trade.

Hearing him say this, many people revealed disappointment, but then they scoffed at themselves—this should be how it was.

There was a hidden smile in Lou Mu Yan’s eyes.
There definitely wouldn’t be a lot of people contending for a piece of dead Soul Nourishing Wood, and the possibility of drawing fire to oneself after winning it was also lower than a live Soul Nourishing Wood.

Others may not be able to do anything about a dead Soul Nourishing Wood, but the green sea of fog in her body could bring spring back to withered trees1.
As long as she nourished it for a period of time, then this piece of Soul Nourishing Wood should be able to regain its vitality.

Many people in the venue lost interest in the Soul Nourishing Wood.
Although a piece of dead Soul Nourishing Wood did have the effect of nourishing the Soul, but they weren’t Sword Masters who cultivated special Soul Methods like Ghost Cultivators.
The effect of nourishing the Soul wasn’t even as good as the Force Nourishing Pill auctioned earlier that nourished the meridians.

Of course, there were also Sword Masters that didn’t give up.
No matter what, Soul Nourishing Wood was still a Divine Rank Spiritual Item.
Even if it were dead, they believed it still wouldn’t be too inferior.
It was also beneficial to trade it back and nourish their Soul a bit.

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Maybe they could even use this Soul Nourishing Wood at a critical time.

Most of the Sword Masters from large kingdoms who had metal attribute smithing material all went up to show the black-cloaked man, holding a mentality that if they could trade for it, they’d trade, if not, then not.

After seeing most of them, the cloaked man shook his head one after another.
None of them met his expectations.

Elder Xiao pondered for a while, then took out an oak-coloured Spar and handed it over, “This is an Oak Crystal which was mutated from a Ten Thousand Year Oaken to give rise to the metal attribute Tree Spar.”

He didn’t say much either and let the black-cloaked man judge for himself.

Inwardly, he was still very interested in the dead Soul Nourishing Wood.
After all, he was an Alchemist, and the Soul Nourishing Wood could also nourish his Mental Energy.

But it was a pity that he wasn’t a Sword Master that had the metal attribute Elemental Energy element, so he didn’t have any better materials for refining metal attribute Magic Tools.

The cloaked man took it over and looked at it, nodded, but didn’t say whether he wanted it or not, obviously still wanting to see if there was something better.

“How about this ten-thousand-year-old Amber Metal?” The handsome man in brocade beside Mu Tong tossed an orange Spar over.

The man caught the orange spar and looked it over.
Because of the cloak, his expression couldn’t be seen.
After a while, he said hoarsely: “This ten-thousand-year-old Amber Metal is indeed the best Spar at present.
If others don’t have a better one, then I will trade it.”

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Hearing what he said, the brocade-clothed man revealed a smile in his eyes and his body relaxed.
It was obvious that the Soul Nourishing Wood was extremely important to him—but only Lou Mu Yan noticed this very small detail.

In fact, she didn’t really want to be high-profile in such a place and time, not to mention deliberately offending the leader of the elite pupils of a superpower kingdom.

But there was no other way.
She urgently needed the Soul Nourishing Wood to awaken her Mental Energy.
Not to mention, she wasn’t someone who was timid or afraid of things, so she could only be high-profile.

“How about my Heavenly Frost Golden Crystal?” Lou Mu Yan tossed a golden Spar that contained liquid inside to the cloaked man.

As soon as her voice fell, the eyes of the people present all swept to the golden Spar—it turned out to actually be the Heavenly Frost Golden Crystal.

The cloaked man stretched out his hand and caught the Spar.
Under careful scrutiny, his hand was slightly trembling, and it was obvious that he was very excited.

Heavenly Frost Golden Crystal—it really was the Heavenly Frost Golden Crystal.
What he had been searching for in so long had really appeared.

The man held the Heavenly Frost Golden Crystal tightly.
He had already prepared to exchange the Soul Nourishing Wood with the Ten Thousand Year Amber Metal, but he didn’t expect such a variable to occur.
Even his heart that he had toughened through training couldn’t help but tremble.

If he had the Heavenly Frost Golden Crystal, then the power of that Magic Tool he refined would definitely be greatly increased by several times, and the grade could also reach Middle-Quality Saint Tool.

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“I want this piece of Heavenly Frost Golden Crystal.” He quickly put away the Heavenly Frost Golden Crystal in his hand, fearing that Lou Mu Yan would regret it, then tossed the Profound Ice Jade Box to her, “This is the Soul Nourishing Wood, put it away safely.”

After the man stepped down from the stage, he didn’t continue to return to his position, but instead walked out of the venue quickly.
Several of the Sword Masters in the venue also got up and followed.
Who knew whether they were a team or if they wanted to go kill and snatch the treasure.

Lou Mu Yan happily confirmed the Soul Nourishing Wood in the Profound Ice Jade Box again, ignoring the sinister and ruthless gaze of the brocade-clothed man, then put it away leisurely.

Her speech and calm demeanour also attracted the attention of many people present.
To be able to take out the Heavenly Frost Golden Crystal to trade, this woman definitely shouldn’t be as simple as she seemed.

Though that’s right.
The woman that Luo Li liked would definitely not be too inferior.

That’s because the Heavenly Frost Golden Crystal was also a rare Spiritual Item, and in fact, in comparison, it was much more valuable than a dead Soul Nourishing Wood.

“Lou Mu Yan, why do you want that dead Soul Nourishing Wood?” Luo Li was speechless at her behaviour of taking out a Heavenly Frost Golden Crystal to trade for the Soul Nourishing Wood.

If it were a live Soul Nourishing Wood, the Heavenly Frost Golden Crystal was indeed inferior, but a piece of dead Soul Nourishing Wood really wasn’t worth trading for with a piece of Heavenly Frost Golden Crystal.

Lou Mu Yan smiled lightly and said: “Only what is useful to oneself is the most valuable.”

Not to mention the Heavenly Frost Golden Crystal, if she had to, she would even take out the Heavenly Frost Golden Essence for this piece of Soul Nourishing Wood.

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The Trade Fair was still being held, but after the appearance of the Soul Nourishing Wood and the Heavenly Frost Golden Crystal, the other things seemed too bland, and there were no more surprises even until the end.

After the end of the Trade Fair on stage, there was also a trade fair where one traded freely, which was convenient for those who didn’t act just now to trade in private.
There were also Sword Masters who didn’t like to take things onto the stage to trade, so they could choose to negotiate quietly and privately.

“Alright, the Trade Fair is over now.
Those of you who still have intentions to trade can trade privately.
If Sword Masters have nothing else to do, then you can leave first too.”

Elder Xiao stood up and said with a gentle smile: “This old man wishes you all the best of luck to achieve a good result in the Continental Tournament for Hegemony.”

After he finished speaking, he also didn’t remain and walked straight in through the back door.

“Add the stunning woman beside Luo Li to the list of priorities to pay attention to.” After the door closed, Elder Xiao said as he walked in an empty corridor.

After his voice fell, a voice suddenly echoed in the corridor: “Yes!”

Lou Mu Yan, Luo Li, and the others also didn’t have anything else to trade, so they got up and prepared to leave the venue.

But after only walking a few steps, a group of people blocked their way.

Translated product by May Our 梦 Come True

1it’s kind of word play.
‘Spring comes to the withered tree’ is actually an idiom and used figuratively, meaning to have a second chance at a better life, to be ‘reborn’ as a new person, in a sense.
In this case, the author uses it literally to say that LMY could revive the piece of dead Soul Nourishing Wood.