There were three guides, but the group of two men and one woman clearly did not need so many. Hence, they borrowed a quiet room from the owner of the tavern and chatted with the three guides for a while.
The dark, skinny old man went in for a while and came out. He squatted by the side and smoked his pipe. He did not say that he wanted to leave, nor did he look happy. It seemed like he was waiting for some result.
The burly man went in and came out after a while. He sat down casually and asked the owner of the tavern for a pot of wine. He drank and looked like he was also waiting.
Finally, the young man named Lu Chen walked in.
The room was not big, but it was really quiet. After closing the door, almost no sound could be heard from outside. There were two men and a woman in the room. The leader looked to be a middle-aged man in his forties, and the two people beside him were the man who looked to be in his early twenties. He was quite handsome, and when he looked at Lu Chen, there was a hint of arrogance in the depths of his eyes. The last person was a young girl who looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old. She had fair skin, black eyebrows, and a jade-like nose. She was very beautiful, and she was looking at Lu Chen curiously. She seemed a little surprised that someone so young could become a guide in such a dangerous place.
Seeing Lu Chen come in, the middle-aged man smiled at him and said, "Brother Lu, please take a seat."
Lu Chen smiled and nodded. He sat down on the empty stool in the room. The middle-aged man did not waste any time and asked directly, "We are going to the Disorienting Lands to find a spiritual material called the Duskmist Flower. Has Brother Lu heard of it? Can you lead us to it? "
Lu Chen lowered his eyes and seemed to ponder for a moment. He then looked at the three people again and finally at the middle-aged man. He smiled and said, "Two hundred spirit stones."
"What?"
Although the middle-aged man seemed to be quite restrained, his expression changed when he heard this number, revealing a look of astonishment. The two young men behind him were shocked at first, then angry. The young man was so angry that he stood up, pointed at Lu Chen and said angrily, "How dare you!"
"You bastard, do you think we are stupid and want to extort money from us? Those two just now only asked us for fifty spirit stones at most! "
"Little He." The one who shouted to stop was the middle-aged man. He seemed to be able to keep his composure, but his expression was also very ugly at this moment. He looked coldly at Lu Chen and said, "What my Martial Nephew said just now is the truth. Brother, you opened your mouth with such a high price, could it be that you are really here to make fun of us?"
As he finished speaking, his brows furrowed, and there was a faint aura of might on his face.
Lu Chen didn't show any signs of fear because of the anger of these people in front of him. His expression was still calm. At the same time, he leaned forward a little, got closer to the middle-aged man, and said softly,
"Do you want a one-stripe or a two-stripe one?"
The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows and his expression changed. He seemed to have a whole new level of respect for the young man in front of him. At the same time, his eyes lit up and he said, "Hmm? You actually know about this two-striped Duskmist Flower? "
Lu Chen smiled and didn't say anything. He just nodded.
There were countless spirit materials and treasures in the world, and they all had different effects and grades. In the cultivation world, the grade and value of a spirit material was usually determined by the number of spirit inscriptions it could condense and manifest. A spirit material with one spirit inscription was a one-striped spirit material, and two spirit inscriptions was a two-striped spirit material, and so on. The more spirit inscriptions a spirit material had, the higher its grade and value. In fact, a two-striped spirit material with an extra spirit inscription was often worth dozens of times more than a one-striped spirit material.
In the vast Central Divine Region, almost all spirit materials were strictly classified under this system. However, there was a strange and miraculous place in the world, and that was the Land of Confusion, where the five elements were inverted and chaotic. For some strange reason, among the countless spirit materials in the Land of Confusion, an extremely small portion of them would suddenly undergo a strange change, and the number of spirit inscriptions they contained would inexplicably increase.
Of course, this kind of situation was extremely rare. Even if it wasn't seen in a hundred years, it was something that ordinary people could only hope for. However, over the years, the cultivation world of the human race had discovered that these spirit materials that suddenly mutated in the Land of Confusion not only greatly increased their grade and spiritual power, but also contained some special effects. Not only were they greatly beneficial to the cultivation of immortality, but they could also sometimes produce unexpected surprises when refining immortal pills and spirit medicines.
As a result, this kind of mutated spirit material had always been highly valued in the cultivation world, and its value had always been high. However, among the countless spirit materials in the Land of Confusion, only an extremely small portion of them could mutate. Due to various selfish reasons, no one had ever discovered this kind of spirit material. Famous sects and large sects would always keep it a secret, and lone cultivators would either consume it themselves or secretly sell it. Very few of them were willing to publicize their discovery. As a result, to this day, there were actually only a dozen or so spirit materials that could mutate. The other mutated spirit materials were only known by a small circle of people.
The Duskmist Flower was one of the latter, a spirit material that was not well known and could mutate.
… …
"Yes, I know," replied Lu Chen as if he was talking about something that couldn't be more ordinary.
The three people sitting in front of him looked at each other with different expressions. The young and beautiful girl looked excited and surprised, while the man called Xiao He frowned. When he looked at Lu Chen, there was a hint of wariness in his eyes, as if he didn't completely trust him. The middle-aged man, who was the leader, pondered for a moment, then said to Lu Chen:
"Brother Lu is very knowledgeable and admirable. To tell you the truth, it would be best if the three of us could find a mutated Two-striped Duskmist Flower. However, this kind of thing can only be found by luck. We can only ask a guide to bring us to the Land of Confusion to find where the Duskmist Flower grows, and then we can try our luck one by one. Brother Lu, although you are very knowledgeable, if you want to pay four or five times more than the other two just because of this, then we really can't … "
"What if I promise to bring you to the Two-striped Duskmist Flower?" asked Lu Chen.
"What, you can really find it?" This time, it was the pretty girl who blurted out. Seeing the joy on her face, she couldn't help but stand up.
Lu Chen smiled at her, then said to the middle-aged man, "In the market, a mutated spirit material is worth at least one grade higher than a spirit material. In other words, a Two-striped Duskmist Flower is equivalent to a Three-striped Duskmist Flower, and its rarity is much higher. So, two hundred spirit stones isn't that high, is it? "
The middle-aged man was silent, but Xiao He, who was behind him, snorted and said, "You're right, but how can you guarantee that you can find such a rare Two-striped Duskmist Flower?"
Lu Chen shrugged and didn't argue with Xiao He. He only raised two fingers to the middle-aged man and said, "Two hundred spirit stones."
"Oh, right." Then, as if remembering something, he added, "I only care about bringing you to find this thing. As for how to pick it, store it, or if we encounter demonic beasts or poisonous creatures along the way, or if other cultivators try to rob us of it, I don't care."
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