Su Yu said, "An earth weapon is fairly cheap. For example, a low-tier earth weapon can be bought with only ten thousand drops of source qi liquid. The price will increase to twenty thousand drops for a middle-tier earth weapon. And for the high tier, the price can probably reach thirty to fifty thousand drops. But you're asking for fifty thousand drops right off the bat. Do you really think that this thing is more valuable than a powerful earth weapon?"
The ape frowned and asked, "Are you really buying? Name your price, then."
Su Yu put forth a look of hesitation. With his current identity as a Cloudbreach cultivator, it wouldn't be fitting for him to be too wealthy.
After some thought, he offered, "Ten drops of first-stage Mountainsea blood essence."
"Piss off."
The ape was infuriated. Unless it came from the divines, devils, or any other major races, first-stage Mountainsea blood essence would not be too valuable. It wouldn't surpass a thousand merit points per drop.
Even with such a low price, the demand would still be low. Those at the Mountainsea Realm, regardless of race, did not have much need for the blood essence of weaker races. Meanwhile, the blood essence of divines and devils would be valuable at all times. Also, the blood essence of races outside the top 100 wouldn't even be labeled with the race it came from.
For example, the blood essence of a Mountainsea from a minor race would merely be called Mountainsea blood essence, unlike the blood essence of divines and devils that would always be called divine or devil blood essence.
Ten drops of regular Mountainsea blood essence would not surpass ten thousand merit points or three thousand drops of source qi liquid in value. The ape was naturally unwilling to accept such a price.
Su Yu stood up and shook his head, "That is the only price I can offer. This price is good enough for even a peak profound weapon. From what I see, this weapon is no longer usable in combat. It is now only helpful as a study material for weaponsmiths due to its status as an ancient weapon."
Those words successfully hit the sore point of the ape.
The ape gloomily said, "This really is a good weapon. I dug it out from a small spatial pocket. I am certain it was the tomb of an ancient expert no weaker than the Sunmoon Realm. I checked with a weaponsmith before. According to that weaponsmith, this weapon is worth no less than fifty thousand drops of source qi liquid."
Su Yu laughed, "If the weapon is really so valuable, why didn't the weaponsmith buy it, then?"
The ape replied in frustration, "He said that he needed some time since he wanted to have a fair deal with me. But he didn't return after leaving to gather his funds. He must have encountered some mishaps. Otherwise, this weapon would have been sold long ago."
Su Yu concluded that there were truths and lies weaved together in those words. Such a weaponsmith might exist, but that weaponsmith had definitely not quoted a price of fifty thousand drops.
Even if the weaponsmith really believed that this weapon was worth that much, there was no reason for him to be so honest about it.
Su Yu said, "If that person really exists, that must have been a scammer trying to ruin your attempt to sell the weapon. It is obvious you have been trying to sell this weapon for quite some time. If it's really so valuable, it wouldn't have remained unsold for so long."
The ape couldn't argue against that. After a short silence, he said, "Your offer is too low. It is sufficient for modern profound weapons, but not an ancient weapon that might be an earth or a heaven weapon. Also, I can kill first-stage Mountainseas from weak races myself if I really need their blood essence."
This time, the ape was probably speaking the truth. It was likely that he could kill weak first-stage Mountainseas, but it would still be risky since he needed to punch above his level. For example, Su Yu was also capable of killing Mountainseas. But would he go out and look for Mountainseas to kill every single day? Nope.
"That's the highest price I can offer. If you disagree, so be it. I'll look around for something else to buy instead."
Su Yu was getting more and more interested in these stalls. A lot of these hawkers were probably exaggerating the products they were selling, but there would probably be a tiny bit of truth mixed amid all those lies.
Perhaps he could find more useful items. And he was knowledgeable enough to avoid scams, especially for products such as cultivation methods and weapons. The ape felt extremely helpless when he saw that Su Yu was really going to leave.
Ten drops of Mountainsea blood essence. Should he accept this price? This was so much lower than his asking price.
And he had actually been telling the truth. A weaponsmith had really offered fifty thousand drops of source qi liquid for this weapon. Unfortunately, the weaponsmith claimed that he did not have that much money on him before disappearing on the ape. Was that bastard a liar, after all?
Of course, the ape had also been suspecting that the weaponsmith was a swindler. That old bastard must have been messing around with him. After all, he had also checked with other weaponsmiths as well, but the prices they offered were even lower than Su Yu's.
The human race had about thirty earth weaponsmiths in total. Yes. That was the number of earth weaponsmiths in an entire race. And very few races had more earth weaponsmiths than the human race.
Thus, the number of earth weaponsmiths in existence across the various realms might even be lower than the number of Invincibles. Earth weaponsmiths were also far harder to meet than Invincibles.
That was because Invincibles would still move about, but most earth weaponsmiths would be treated as the national treasures of their respective races and kept in protection at all times. And the weaponsmiths he had access to weren't that high in level.
The ape started cursing inwardly. Should he take this deal or not? At the very least, he would earn something from this deal. This damn weapon was something he couldn't even use. Nor was it suitable for him. He didn't even know any trident users.
"Sigh."
The ape continued cursing the old bastard who had lied to him. He would have sold this weapon long ago otherwise.
***
At the same time.
Mystic Armor Realm. Near the border.
An old man wrinkled his nose as he looked in the direction of the Sea of Stars. What an intense grudge toward him. And the grudge was probably coming from someone related to him.
After a long while, he finally remembered something.
"Is it that ape?"
The old man wondered if it was coming from that ape. Right, he remembered the trident the ape was selling. That was a decent weapon, but that ape was crazy for insisting on source qi liquid as the payment. Who would carry so much source qi liquid on them?
Because of that, the old man was forced to borrow some source qi liquid from Qin Guang to complete the transaction. But while he was on his way, the Su Yu incident happened and he was deployed to the border of the Mystic Armor Realm instead.
"Please don't tell me the weapon has been sold."
That shouldn't be the case, right? Nobody would be interested in that weapon, right? Prior to his departure, he had reminded the ape to not sell the trident for any price cheaper than that.
"That trident is really quite decent. There is probably an ancient character in it. And it might even be a Sunmoon character. Fifty thousand drops of source qi liquid is a fair price..."
Alas, he did not have that much source qi liquid on him. Which Eternal would carry something like source qi liquid on them? The old man grumbled that the dumb ape had even refused to accept the earth weapon he offered, insisting that the weapon was fake. Damn that dumb ape!
If it wasn't for the small friendship the old man had with the old bastard from the heavenly spirit ape race, he would have slapped the dumb ape to death long ago.
"Whatever. So be it. It's not like a regular earth weaponsmith will be able to even disassemble that weapon."
The old man tossed the matter to the back of his mind. He would revisit the matter again in the future. Suddenly, a powerful wave of willpower appeared in front of him. The undefended realm entrance ahead of him started shaking violently.
Then, a cold voice rang out from the realm entrance, "Heavenly Forge, what do you want exactly?"
The old man replied, "Nothing. I only need your skin. I'm in need of a good material for a divine weapon I'm thinking of forging. I've always believed that your skin is the best material for that. And I have yet to complete a proper divine weapon because I lack suitable materials. Think about it, Mystic Armor."
"Heavenly Forge, do you really think you can do anything you want?"
"Nope." The old man laughed, "There are so many experts among the myriad races. How can I do anything I want? Those from the original devils, first divines, and ancient immortals are much stronger than me. But...Mystic Armor, I'm still pretty decent when it comes to dealing with you. You can test me if you're really curious. Let's see if I can really forge you into a divine weapon."