Published: March 4, 2025
Chapter Seventy-Three: Buy with Your Life, Is It Enough?
A soft glow flashed from the sword's body. It seemed as if a pool of autumn water was rippling across the surface of the sword.
The girl held the sword in one hand while curling a finger of the other hand and flicking it. A strand of finger wind silently struck the sword, causing the long sword to tremble and emit a dragon-like sword chant, resounding melodiously and ceaselessly.
"Indeed, it is a divine weapon!" the girl praised. She then sheathed the long sword, picked up a large knife, and after inspecting all four weapons, she raised her head to look at Chu Yang.
Chu Yang observed her with cold eyes; her expression remained remarkably calm throughout. Even upon seeing this exceedingly rare treasure, her gaze showed absolutely no sign of change.
The expected emotions of "shock, surprise, greed, and reluctance," were entirely absent from her eyes!
It seemed like she simply looked and that was it. Everything felt so ordinary.
Chu Yang couldn't help but feel astonished: this state of mind, this level of cultivation, could this really be a girl?
"What is the price?" The girl appeared to be lost in thought, and when she asked this question, her mind seemed somewhat absent.
Chu Yang was pondering the girl's identity. Observing her demeanor, it was clear she possessed an air of authority as if commanding others was second nature to her. Moreover, she emanated an innate, indescribable aura of nobility. He thought to himself that she must surely be part of a noble lineage. Even if she wasn't of royal descent, she was likely a princess from a duke's mansion.
However, it was strange that someone like her would be unaccompanied. Was the security in Iron Cloud City truly this good?
Just as Gu Duxing had come in before, now another girl appeared in a similar situation.
Moreover, since Chu Yang had set up the Heavenly Weapon Pavilion, he was prepared for trouble. He expected someone to create a scene, allowing him to stir up a ruckus, gain fame, and create a huge sensation in Iron Cloud City with his Divine Sword, directly placing himself in the eye of the storm.
Who would have thought that apart from a small ruffian causing trouble on the opening day, no one had come to visit since!
The young masters, spoiled girls, overbearing nobles, and royal relatives he had imagined had not shown up at all! In a capital city like Iron Cloud that could kick out three such people with a single kick, they had seemingly vanished without a trace.
This was truly strange!
"Every sword is worth one hundred thousand taels of gold! Or, you can offer rare and precious treasures that can be exchanged, like Seven Star White Jade Orchids, Nine Leaf Spiritual Ginseng, or Void Crystal Mushrooms, or even Ten Thousand Year Yellow Essence. If that doesn't work, Amethyst, Xuanjin Iron, Starlight Steel, Nightmare Silver, and Diamond Sand are also acceptable, each at least eighteen thousand pounds. If I approve, you can take them." Chu Yang looked at the girl, who clearly had no gold or silver on her, and announced an astronomical figure! This number, even for a nation, was immensely large.
These conditions were exactly what the sword soul had told him as upgrade requirements. As he stated them verbatim, they indeed shocked the girl greatly!
Even though her self-control was exceptional, far beyond that of ordinary people, the other party's audacious demand still stirred some anger in her heart.
Gu Duxing, who had always insisted that the four treasured swords were not for sale, suddenly opened his mouth wide in shock.
Such a price could not merely be described as robbery; one might as well directly raid the national treasury!
"You clearly don't want to sell, do you?" The girl's autumn water-like eyes turned cold as she looked at Chu Yang, voicing what Gu Duxing was thinking.
Chu Yang smiled faintly, took out a golden ingot from his pocket, and in the next moment, the sword was already in his hand. The gold was tossed onto the table with a loud clap, and the long sword struck down like a knife.