God of Defiance

Chu Tian thought he was already shady enough, but he didn't expect Luoshui Pavilion to be even shadier than him!

Then, Chu Tian smiled bitterly and shook his head.

The nine Explosive Flame Pearls sold yesterday already belonged to Luoshui Pavilion completely. No matter what price they sold them at, it had nothing to do with him.

At this moment, a large number of warriors gathered at the door of Luoshui Pavilion, patiently waiting for Luoshui Pavilion to open, and then rush in first to buy the Explosive Flame Pearls.

Not long after, the door opened and everyone swarmed in.

In just less than ten breaths, nine Explosive Flame Pearls were snatched by nine lucky people, and the rest of the people were full of envy and disappointment.

"Everyone, I spent ten middle-grade spirit stones to buy this eighth-level Explosive Flame Pearl. Now I'm ready to sell it. Everyone can take turns to bid, and the highest bidder wins!"

A bald man who successfully grabbed the Explosive Flame Pearl shouted loudly.

"I'll bid eleven!"

"Twelve!"

"Thirteen!"

As soon as the bald man finished speaking, the scene immediately rang out one after another.

However, before the bald man finished the auction, Qin, the shopkeeper of Luoshui Pavilion, came out and announced on the spot that there would be another sale of Explosive Flame Pearls soon, and the specific time would be notified separately.

After that, Qin turned back.

As a result, all the bidders shut up and stopped bidding.

No one present was a fool. Since Luoshui Pavilion would sell Explosive Flame Pearls again soon, there was no need to participate in any auction.

The bald man was stunned.

Then, he yelled at the people who had just bid, "Keep bidding, why don't you bid? This is an eighth-level Explosive Flame Pearl!"

However, the people who had just bid enthusiastically were too lazy to pay attention and turned away.

Gradually, the crowd dispersed, and the focus of everyone's discussion was still the Explosive Flame Pearl.

In a blink of an eye, three days passed.

In the hall on the first floor of Luoshui Pavilion, Qin, the shopkeeper, put his hands behind his back and paced back and forth, with a trace of worry on his slightly old face.

At the beginning, when the black-robed man left, he said that he would come back soon, but three days had passed and he still hadn't shown up. Could he be lying to him?

Shopkeeper Qin frowned slightly, and all kinds of thoughts surged in his mind.

You know, it was because of the hot sales of the Explosive Flame Pearl last time that many dignitaries in Qianyang County and even the capital secretly consulted him, hoping to buy a few Explosive Flame Pearls.

Unfortunately, all nine Explosive Flame Pearls had been sold out, and where could he find extra Explosive Flame Pearls all of a sudden.

"Black-robed man, you'd better show up soon!" Shopkeeper Qin prayed in his heart.

Suddenly, a familiar low voice came into his ears, as beautiful as fairy music.

"Shopkeeper Qin, I'm here."

Shopkeeper Qin turned around and saw a black-robed figure walking in from outside, and was immediately overjoyed.

"Welcome, welcome, please come in!"

Shopkeeper Qin was very attentive, took the initiative to step forward, and took Chu Tian up the stairs.

This time, Chu Tian was not taken to the secret room on the second floor, but was taken to the third floor by Shopkeeper Qin. After turning left and right and triggering the mechanism, a secret room appeared.

"Miss, he's here." Shopkeeper Qin stood respectfully at the door and informed the inside before leading Chu Tian in.

After Chu Tian entered the secret room, he found that the layout of the room was very simple. In addition to a gray futon on the ground, there was also a set of tables and chairs.

A purple-shirted girl sat cross-legged on the gray futon, practicing with her eyes closed. After hearing the sound, she opened her eyes and looked towards the door.

Chu Tian, ​​who was covered by a black robe, looked dazed for a moment.

The purple-shirted girl was none other than Qu Xiaoer, who had saved his life in the Black Rock Forest.

He had never expected that he would see Qu Xiaoer again so soon.

"Are you the one who sold the Explosive Flame Pearl a few days ago?"

Seeing Chu Tian come in, Qu Xiaoer stood up, walked slowly to the table, and asked as she sat down.

"No... that's right!" Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, then walked to the table openly, sat opposite Qu Xiaoer without any hesitation, and lowered his voice, "Are you the boss behind Luoshui Pavilion?"

Through the two small holes on the dark mask, Chu Tian's heart beat faster as he observed Qu Xiaoer's perfect face up close.

Qu Xiaoer showed a hint of strangeness on his face.

Somehow, since he entered the door, the black-robed man opposite him gave him a sense of familiarity. Could it be that he had seen him somewhere before?

Qu Xiaoer thought about it, but couldn't think of where he had seen the man opposite him before.

"Yes, my name is Qu Xiaoer, an important member of the boss behind Luoshui Pavilion. I wonder how many explosive flame beads you are going to sell this time?"

Qu Xiaoer nodded and asked straight to the point.

Chu Tian took off a black bag from his waist, gently pushed it across the table, and said in a deep voice: "Ten, one more than last time."

"Only ten?"

Qu Xiaoer muttered, seeming a little dissatisfied.

However, she still picked up the black bag, took out the Explosive Flame Pearls, and checked them one by one.

Chu Tian smiled bitterly to himself at this time.

He took a certain risk in selling the Explosive Flame Pearls to Luoshui Pavilion!

If he really took out dozens or even hundreds of Explosive Flame Pearls at one time, there was no guarantee that Luoshui Pavilion would not have the intention of killing people to steal the treasure.

In addition, he only sells about ten Explosive Flame Beads at a time, which also helps him gain an advantageous position in negotiations and better control the price.

"Eight eighth-level explosive flame beads, and two of them are seventh-level."

Soon, Qu Xiaoer completed the inspection.

At this time, Qu Xiaoer was even more certain that the explosive flame beads in his hand were refined by the person opposite, because the workmanship level had obviously improved compared to the last time.

"Is it possible that the guy opposite is a weapon-refining apprentice, with a weapon-refining master silently guiding him behind his back?"

A trace of suspicion flashed between Qu Xiaoer's brows.

Thinking of this possibility, Qu Xiaoer couldn't help but feel a little excited.

In the world of cultivation, the status of the weapon refiner is slightly higher than that of alchemists, formation masters and other professions.

Especially those masters who have been famous for a long time are highly respected.

She basically knew all the well-known weapon-refining masters in Wuyan Kingdom, but none of them knew how to refine explosive flame beads. Could it be that the weapon-refining master behind the black-robed man came from an outside world?

"Sir, can you give me a price for ten explosive flame beads?"

When he thought of this, Qu Xiaoer's name for Chu Tian changed.

Chu Tian didn't notice this. He said calmly: "Let's go with the last price. The unit price of the eighth-level explosive flame beads is three pieces of medium-grade spiritual stones, and the unit price of the seventh-level ones is two pieces."

"What!"

Qu Xiaoer and Shopkeeper Qin, who was standing behind her, both looked at Chu Tian in great surprise.

In just a few days, the entire county had learned about the huge value and popularity of the Explosive Flame Pearl, and the two of them were already prepared for the man in black robe to significantly increase the price, and even for the lion to open his mouth.

As a result, the man in black robe actually sold it at the last price.

Under the dark mask, Chu Tian grinned.

Originally, he was prepared to increase the price significantly, but after meeting Qu Xiaoer, he changed his mind temporarily.

The other party once saved his life, how could he cheat his savior casually.

What's more, the other party gave him a precious storage ring last time.

"Why, are you two dissatisfied with the price?"

Chu Tian asked deliberately.

Qu Xiaoer and Shopkeeper Qin suddenly smiled awkwardly.

Are you kidding? They were not dissatisfied. They were so satisfied that they couldn't react for a while.

"Okay, deal!"

Qu Xiaoer happily took out twenty-eight middle-grade spiritual stones from the storage ring and pushed them across the table.

"Farewell!"

Chu Tian quickly put away the spirit stone, stood up immediately, and walked out of the secret room.

After confirming that Chu Tian had completely left, shopkeeper Qin whispered: "Miss, this man in black robe definitely has more than ten explosive flame beads on his body. Should I send someone to follow and investigate this guy?"

"No need, our Luoshui Pavilion is not a black shop!"

Qu Xiaoer glanced at Shopkeeper Qin with a warning expression.

In her opinion, the man in black robe may just be a weapon refining apprentice, but the master refining master behind the man in black robe is probably from an outside world where there are many masters.

Luoshui Pavilion may not be able to withstand the other party's anger if he rashly follows up and investigates and is exposed and angers the other party.

Seeing Qu Xiaoer's firm attitude, shopkeeper Qin could only nod his head.

…

After leaving Luoshui Pavilion, Chutian changed his clothes, bought some weapon fragments, and then returned to Qianyang Hou Mansion.

Next, every two or three days, Chutian would visit Luoshui Pavilion and sell the newly refined Explosive Flame Pearl to the other party.

Then, he purchased some weapon fragments and raw materials for refining the Explosive Flame Beads for his own use.

It's a pity that Qu Xiaoer has never appeared again since that time.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed.

Late this night.

Chu Tian lowered his upper body and sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, his eyes closed, and his ten fingers kneaded together, making his body appear strangely translucent.

Through the translucent body surface, one can vaguely see that the bones all over Chutian's body shimmer with golden light.

Not long after.

As big beads of sweat rolled down his face, Chutian's body began to tremble violently. He seemed to be enduring extremely great pain.

Under the magical effect of golden light, the bones in Chutian's body gradually became denser and stronger, and the connection with the muscles became stronger.

After a while.

A black hammer suddenly flew out from the storage ring on the index finger of Chu Tian's right hand. Chu Tian opened his eyes suddenly, made a fist with his right hand, and punched the flying black hammer hard!

Bang!

In an instant, the silence in the room was broken.

The seemingly extremely hard black hammer was shattered into pieces by Chu Tian's punch. Countless jet-black iron filings rushed around at high speed and then scattered on the ground.

"After more than a month of hard work, I finally broke through to the fifth level of the Body Refining Realm!"

His eyes swept across the dark iron filings on the floor, and the corners of Chu Tian's mouth slowly turned into a smile of satisfaction.