With a flick of his sleeve, Ning Fan was already holding a long sword in his hand that had blood light revolving around it.
It was a long sword that was clear and transparent like ruby. A few seals were placed on the sword to restrict its power.
Even so, Chu Chang An could still sense a rush of excitement coming from his bloodline!
"I-Immortal blood dragon bone! It can’t be wrong. This sword was definitely forged using the bone of an immortal blood dragon! Young kid, give me that sword!!!"
Despite the state of mind that Chu Chang An had trained hard for countless years, he was still taken over by greed the moment he saw the blood sword which urged him to seize the sword from Ning Fan and make it his own.
However, when he saw Ning Fan’s calm and composed eyes, he immediately suppressed his miscellaneous thoughts and let out a few coughs. Then, with an awkward smile, he said.
"I’m sorry. I’ve forgotten my manners."
"It’s fine. After all, it’s natural for a gentleman to love wealth and treasures. If he obtains it using the right way, there is obviously nothing wrong with it. In fact, I am willing to trade this sword with Elder Chu. However, I wonder what item you will give me in exchange for this!"
Ning Fan held the blood sword with its tip pointing downward and stood with a faint smile. He remained as calm and collected as usual.
With his current capabilities, he was more than capable of keeping himself safe. Thus, he was not afraid of Chu Chang An.
All of a sudden, Ning Fan’s calm and leisurely demeanor stunned Chu Chang An. It reminded him of his previous master.
That year, he was still a blood dragon which had a low and insignificant cultivation base.
That year, his master was the Demon Cloud Rain Sovereign whose name shook the entire Rain World. He was also as calm as NIng Fan when he faced tens of millions of enemies during the war of the Nine Worlds.
That calmness, which was innate and could not be disturbed even in times of peril had nothing to do with one’s cultivation base.
Chu Chang An got rid of all his other thoughts. Now, he held more respect for Ning Fan. Inwardly, he thought: perhaps within the next few thousand years, this kid will also become an expert as strong as the Rain Sovereign...
"Since I’ve ascertained the grade of the blood dragon bone, I’m willing to use three items to exchange for it. This is the first item!"
When Chu Chang An flicked his finger, a blood-red storage pouch immediately flew toward Ning Fan.
Ning Fan reached out to grab the storage pouch. When he scanned it using his spirit sense, he discovered that there were ten billion immortal jade inside.
"Not enough!" Ning Fan said indifferently with a neutral expression.
Chu Chang An secretly praised Ning Fan within his mind. If ordinary Void Refinement Realm cultivators see this much immortal jade, they more or less would be dumbstruck. Ning Fan, however, did not even flinch at all. If it wasn’t because he was adept in scheming, it would be because he was already used to grand sights like this and would not be shocked by ten billion immortal jade.
"Young friend, please be patient. There is still the second item!"
Chu Chang An sent another storage pouch to Ning Fan. He grabbed it and checked it. The items within the pouch were actually ten bottles of Imaginary Sea Pills.
One bottle contained ten pills and there were a total of one hundred pills in that pouch.
The Imaginary Sea Pill was a Mid Grade Sixth Revolution Pill. A single pill could give a Void Inquiry Stage expert five thousand units of magic power... These pills were extremely precious.
If Ning Fan consumed all of the Imaginary Sea Pills inside the ten bottles, his magic power would increase by five hundred thousand units!
Even with Ning Fan’s shrewdness, his eyelids could not help but twitch slightly. However, he dismissed the astonishment in his face at the next moment and said with a flat tone.
"Not enough!"
Chu Chang An chuckled dryly. He knew that Ning Fan was not someone who could be easily satisfied.
Luckily, he still had a third item to give to him and Chu Chang An was very confident that the final item would convince Ning Fan.
"Fine... Originally, I was reluctant to take out this item because it’s worth is slightly above that of the heavenly blood dragon bone... However, it is useless to me. Instead of letting it stay idly inside the storehouse, it’s better to use it to conduct a fair trade with you..."
Chu Chang An sighed and sent out a third storage pouch to Ning Fan.
As soon as Ning Fan grabbed the storage pouch, he could already sense a massive amount of lightning energy from it even before opening it to check what was inside. Furthermore, he even felt that the storage pouch was pounding like a living heart...
When he opened the pouch and took a single glance at the item inside, he immediately took a deep breath and said, "This is enough..."
Ning Fan kept all of the three pouches and sent the blood sword to Chu Chang An with a flick. Inwardly, he was still finding it difficult to believe that Chu Chang An would go as far as trading this item with him.
Using it to exchange for the blood sword was more than enough!
Chu Chang An held the Blood Dragon Demon Sword. His eyes were also burning with excitement.
With a gulp, he stroked the body of the blood sword with his trembling hands.
His cultivation base was now at the Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. However, with this sword in his possession, he had a high chance of attaining the Third Heavenly Layer in his current lifetime!
It was really a satisfying trade for both sides with each of them getting what they needed!
"The trade is done. Elder Chu, let’s begin the test. But before that, please take off the concealment of this blood-red handkerchief. I really want to let the people who want to spy on me see that I’m clearly not the enemy they are looking for." Ning Fan said with a meaningful tone.
"Alright. I’ll now take off the handkerchief and initiate the test of the Heaven Stage for you!" Chu Chang An was currently beaming from ear to ear after obtaining the item that he had been longing for day and night.
He took back the blood-red handkerchief with a wave of his hand and took out a golden token. Then, he muttered a chant at it.
In the next moment, the sea of shen clouds immediately roiled, starting to transform into various kinds of illusions.
As for Chu Chang An’s body, he was gradually vanishing amidst the sea of clouds and became invisible.
Only his voice could be heard from within the sea of clouds.
"The first stage of the Four Stages of Heaven and Earth is the Heaven Stage. It will test a cultivator’s Dao Comprehension regarding the void. If one passes this stage, not only will they be rewarded with a lot of merit points but they will also receive the opportunity to obtain a reward for passing the stage..."
Standing among the layers of illusions, Ning Fan patted his storage pouch and took out the palace lord token of the Scarlet Heaven Palace.
Several cloud patterns were drawn on the front part of the token and there were some words on the upper part which recorded the Scarlet Heaven Palace Lord’s merit points.
The former Scarlet Heaven Palace Lord, Mo Xiu, died in Ning Fan’s hands. When he was still alive, he had accumulated 120 million points. Now, all of them belong to Ning Fan.
The points could be used to exchange for treasures at the main palace of the Rain Palace and they were probably equivalent to 120 million immortal jade...