Chapter 169: What Are Friends For?

"Your injuries are quite severe" Copper Totem Master ridiculed. "How come you are in such a state?"

"Sigh, you do not watch the Battle Arena's fights so I do not blame you. I actually got matched against an Acquisition realm expert" Ni Tao replied with difficulty.

"You got beaten? Hahaha" Copper Totem Master laughed heartily. "I told you to come with me to Red Space. The girls there won't beat you"

"Ha-ha-ha, so funny" Ni Tao was sarcastic.

"You know this is my source of livelihood. Unlike you, I am a lone martial practitioner, I don't receive free vital stones from a force"

"You see. Why don't you just join my Heijiao Palace? With my help and your battle strength, you can easily become an external elder"

Copper Totem Master urged. He knew the difficulties of a lone martial practitioner. Even though the Battle Arena's Battle Points could be traded for vital stones, it wasn't beneficial for one's health.

In all honesty, he knew of Ni Tao's loss as soon as it had occurred and had sent some of his subordinates to Red Claw Meadow to plunder some gentle face orchids.

However, no matter how strongly he persuaded Ni Tao, the latter wouldn't budge.

He would simply reply that he did not like the problems of the righteous path.

"You know my stand on that. Anyway, the reason I called you over is that I would like to loan a few vital stones from you" Ni Tao stated, brushing away Copper Totem Master's question.

"How many?" Copper Totem Master asked with a sigh. In the end, Ni Tao still wasn't willing.

"Fifty thousand" Ni Tao said with his face downwards. One could only imagine how he felt.

"That small matter? Here, you don't need to repay me" Copper Totem Master said uncaringly as seventy thousand vital stones appeared in his hands.

Looking at the pouch of vital stones, Ni Tao was dumbfounded: "Many thanks, I will surely repay you!"

"There's no need for such between us. What are friends for?" Copper Totem Master smiled.

…..

Lu Zheng was surprised to hear what Qing Shou Jian just proposed. After all, he knew what a gentle face orchid was.

The wood path material had wood path dao imprints in abundance and was made up of dense life force. Even when refined with the simplest of materials, its healing ability was astounding.

Even so, that wasn't why Lu Zheng was surprised. In his past lifetime, he knew an alchemist that was extremely popular for a short period of time because of the gentle face orchids.

The alchemist was very talented and managed to refine an Immortal Pill that could help any martial practitioner skip an entire realm of cultivation. The only drawback was the excessive wood path dao imprints it would leave on the user.

Despite that, many martial practitioners purchased the Immortal Pill. At a point in time, paramount gods even visited this alchemist.

Later on, the alchemist was killed for the Immortal Pill's refinement formula and after it was refined to some extent, gentle face orchids became extinct.

This was the true cause for Lu Zheng's surprise.

"Lu Zheng…" Qing Shou Jian called out, bringing Lu Zheng out of his reverie.

"Oh, that is a small matter. However, I want one-third of the gentle face orchids" Lu Zheng casually demanded.

Hearing him, Qing Shou Jian was slightly surprised.

"Does he also know of it?" Qing Shou Jian muttered to himself. However, he unhesitantly agreed to Lu Zheng's request.

Qing Shou Jian swiftly moved to inform his squad of Lu Zheng's intentions and when they met him, they did not hide their surprise.

"Lu Zheng!"

Zuo Xiuzhen was surprised: "You are quite famous"

Chuckling, Lu Zheng followed them to where the gentle face orchids were. On the way, he killed any beast that crossed their path, using them as whetstones to familiarise himself with his new battle strength.

The journey was quite rewarding as Lu Zheng gained over fifty rank six beast cores. He was also able to obtain a little over eight hundred gentle face orchids. There were more but Lu Zheng restrained himself, they could be the last ones ever.

Zuo Xiuzhen was perhaps the luckiest. She had merely tagged along with Lu Zheng and yet, she was able to gain more than ten rank six beast cores. Although they were unsuitable for her own use, she could sell them for useful cultivation materials.

In her mind, Zuo Xiuzhen determined resolutely that she would follow Lu Zheng wherever he went.