Doupo: Rebirth of Gu He, Starting with a Strategy to Win Over Yun Yun

Chapter 185 Nine-Colored Raw Stone, Auction of the Fragment of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame DiagramWhen the old man heard Gu He say he wanted to buy, his beard flew even higher, and he said in a proud tone:

If you want to buy, I am not selling anymore!

Gu He was not angry. With his hands behind his back, he calmly said, Are two Eighth Grade Pills with three-colored Pill Lightning not enough?

That... three pills.

Gu He’s voice sounded like thunder exploding in the old man’s ears.

The old man was stunned. Before he could react, he heard Gu He’s voice drifting down from above:

How about four?

Gu He took out a wooden box. With a press of a mechanism, the carved wooden box opened, revealing no less than ten Medicinal Pills inside.

Those Medicinal Pills were precisely Eighth Grade Pills!

The old man was already tempted, but he could also see Gu He’s firm attitude toward this seven-colored origin stone, so he began to act tough:

Too few, that is too few.

The old man stared at Gu He’s wooden box, his eyes bright like a thief in the night.

Those were several Eighth Grade Pills! Among them were even ones tempered by five-colored Pill Lightning.

Zi Yan almost couldn’t help but kick him—how could he stare at her Gu He with such greedy eyes!

Gu He said ’Oh’, ’Too few, huh?’

The corners of his lips curled up: ’Then how about I give them all to you?’

The old man stood up excitedly and couldn’t even speak clearly,

I, I...!

The word ’trade’ was stuck in his throat, and he was 0.01 seconds away from saying it. However, at this moment, Gu He suddenly withdrew the wooden box, closed it with a ’snap’, and tucked it back into his wide sleeve,

You don’t want to trade? Then forget it!

The old man panicked, and his speech became much clearer, ’I will trade! Take it out quickly!’

He hadn’t managed to trade this seven-colored origin stone at the last Space Trade Fair, and it had just been sitting there, purely taking up space.

Gu He, however, curled his lips, ’But I don’t want to trade anymore.’

Zi Yan stuck out her tongue: ’Bleh, the old man is greedy!’

The old man slammed his withered palm onto the blue stone table. He wanted to get angry and beat this girl, but the trade fair had rules. The party who attacked first was in the wrong and would be blacklisted by the trade fair, so the old man tried his best to endure.

He looked at Gu He’s box and said: ’There are nine Eighth Grade Pills in your box, I only want seven.’

He saw it clearly; this person had nine Eighth Grade Pills!

Gu He shook his head, ’You only have one stone, I don’t want to trade.’

The old man’s eyes widened. He grabbed his beard with his withered hand and tugged on it, as if contemplating: ’Then five...’

He looked at Gu He’s motionless and firm expression, closed his own muddy eyes, and gritted his teeth:

Three, no less than that!!

Although he said that, in the old man’s heart, he had already gained an advantage; after all, his initial price was only two.

Gu He seemed tempted, paused, and said: ’Fine.’

Just as he was preparing to open the box, the old man suddenly added,

One of them must be five-colored Pill Lightning!

Gu He’s expression was calm, without a hint of surprise, and he directly gave him the Medicinal Pills he wanted,

Here you go.

The old man grunted: ’That’s more like it!’

Gu He took the seven-colored origin stone handed over, but did not leave immediately.

The old man frowned, ’You have the item, why are you still not leaving?’

Oh, I’m showing you a surprise. Gu He stroked the seven-colored origin stone and said calmly.

The old man was stunned for a moment, inwardly feeling that something had slipped out of his control.

Gu He flipped his hand and took out a small jade bottle, which contained two drops of Medusa’s blood.

Gu He dripped the blood onto the origin stone. Before long, the smooth surface of the stone, which originally only had seven colored lines, at this moment slowly wiggled out an eighth colored line...

Not only that, as Gu He dripped the second drop of Medusa’s blood, after that eighth colored line, an extremely faint but definitely existing tiny line actually appeared!

Wow! This is a Nine-Colored Origin Stone! Brilliance flashed in Zi Yan’s eyes.

She had been very close to Medusa, and Medusa often told her stories, including the story of this seven-colored origin stone and the Nine-Colored Origin Stone.

Ordinary people only know that there is a chance for a seven-colored origin stone to be born at the place where a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s Physical Body fell.

But they do not know that if more than a hundred Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Pythons fall at the same time, there is also a chance for an eight-colored, or even a Nine-Colored Origin Stone to be born, but this possibility is rare, almost impossible.

And now, Gu He had obtained a Nine-Colored Origin Stone. One must know that a Nine-Colored Origin Stone is a great treasure that can allow a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python to evolve into a Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python!!

Zi Yan had originally thought Gu He had suffered a huge loss, since the old man kept increasing the price and Gu He had good-naturedly agreed to it all, but now that the seven-colored origin stone had revealed its true form, it was actually a Nine-Colored Origin Stone. They had made a killing!

Zi Yan smiled happily.

Gu He fiddled with this Nine-Colored Origin Stone and smiled calmly at the old man.

The old man looked at the Nine-Colored Origin Stone with nine lines in Gu He’s hand, and his eyes were already red!

He had no idea his stone was a Nine-Colored Origin Stone! Otherwise, he could not have sold it for three Medicinal Pills! He would have slaughtered him big time!

Gu He flicked his sleeves, put away the origin stone, and prepared to leave with Zi Yan.

The old man, however, was indignant. He directly waved his Dou Qi, shattered his own blue stone table, and raged: ’You stop!’

You knew from the start that this was a Nine-Colored Origin Stone, right? You intentionally bullied me because I couldn’t see it??

Three Medicinal Pills to scam my Nine-Colored Origin Stone!

Gu He’s footsteps paused, he tilted his head slightly, and the corners of his mouth raised in an inconspicuous arc,

The fish has hooked.

The old man looked at Gu He’s calm eyes and felt even more provoked.

He ignored the many onlookers around, forgot the rules of the trade fair, stomped his foot, took out a black stone staff, and attacked Gu He with thick Dou Qi!

Heh! Don’t think you’re amazing just because you’re an Alchemist; no one can help you here!

I have lived for so long, and this is the first time I’ve been played by a kid!!

The black stone staff carried invisible Killing Intent, overturned dozens of blue stone tables nearby, and kicked up gusts of wind and sand,

This old man is actually a Dou Sheng Expert?!

He looks like a Three-Star Dou Sheng... This trade fair is truly full of hidden experts!

I’m going to have my eyes opened... I wonder which death-defying person dares to provoke this old man.

This old man is likely an unknown expert from the deep mountains! People like this are the most dangerous to provoke!

Heh.

A whistling sound rang out, and his figure was as ethereal as a ghost.

Gu He had actually appeared behind the old man!

The old man was one step late in detecting Gu He’s strange movement technique and was preparing to swing his staff backward,

Bang!

Who knew that at this moment, Gu He had actually struck a strange fire into his body!

The strange fire flashed with a brilliant seven-colored light and entered the old man’s body with lightning speed, impossible to resist!!

The old man instantly felt his whole body heat up, and the next moment his breath became unstable, and he flew ten meters away.

Thump! This old man with the cultivation of a Three-Star Dou Sheng barely supported himself with his staff to avoid falling to the ground.

Is that it? Gu He looked at the old man and said calmly.

Zi Yan jumped to Gu He’s side and chuckled, ’Grandpa, it was you who attacked us first.’

With so many people around, Zi Yan knew to be polite.

She remembered the rules of the trade fair that Gu He had told her before, and now she said to the old man word by word:

Those who attack others first will be expelled from the Space Trade Fair and blacklisted by the Earth Walking Sect, the Empty Profound Gate, and the Treasure Appraisal Mountain.

Grandpa, you better be careful~

The old man’s face turned black. When he attacked Gu He, he had never thought that he would not be able to win, nor had he thought of this consequence.

The Elder maintaining order at the Space Trade Fair arrived quickly. After clarifying the ins and outs of the matter, he very politely asked the old man to leave.

Hmph! I didn’t even want to come!! The old man was actually so angry that his heart and liver hurt. He was very short of various Cultivate resources and had always been a regular at the trade fair; he never expected that one day he would be blacklisted.

However, the old man clutched his burning chest and thought of one thing:

Hey! What about the strange fire in my body?!

Gu He looked back at the old man: ’Are you begging me?’

He scanned the old man up and down, using the same disgusted look the old man had used on him before,

What are you using to trade?

The old man was suddenly startled, feeling chilled all over by that look.

I... I...!

I’ll find someone else to detoxify it! The old man flicked his sleeves indignantly, feeling that he had plenty of ways to find others to detoxify it without Gu He.

The old man left quickly, looking slightly embarrassed.

Little did he know, Gu He’s strange fire was a seven-colored strange fire, a Fusion of various flames from the strange fire ranking list and nameless flames provided by the System that were lost in the Major Thousand Worlds, making it exceptionally powerful. This strange fire poison was not so easy to solve...

It could even be said that only Gu He could solve it.

The battle ended easily, leaving behind a flurry of discussion,

What is the identity of that man with the little girl? He actually defeated a Three-Star Dou Sheng in one move?! Too strong!

I just blinked, and that Dou Sheng old man flew out! What did I miss?

I seem to have seen him in a previous Dou Sheng ruin... he wasn’t this strong before!!

Too awesome!

...

On the other side.

The Elder managing the trade fair apologized to Gu He, stating that it was due to his poor management that such a situation occurred. Immediately, the Elder warmly hosted Gu He and led him toward the highlight of this trade fair—the Ancient Treasure Pavilion.

...

The Ancient Treasure Pavilion was built magnificently, and even the guards were Six-Star Dou Zun.

Gu He shot out his red invitation, and after he and Zi Yan received black cloaks to conceal their identities, they walked in together.

Inside the pavilion, passing through a blue copper door, Gu He and Zi Yan entered an ancient hall the size of a plaza.

This was the real internal trade fair, and the items that appeared were things not found outside.

Gu He had only received an invitation because of his identity as an Alchemist.

After a period of waiting, the trade fair officially began.

The master of the Treasure Appraisal Mountain, Old Man Baoshan, walked out, formed a cage with his own Dou Qi to protect the treasures, and announced the start of this trade fair.

Next, we will auction the first item.

A cool wind moved within the distorted space, and a pair of forest-white bone wings appeared in Old Man Baoshan’s hand. Inside the bone wings, there were faint sounds of wind and thunder.

Demon Phoenix Wings? Gu He was stunned and immediately thought of Feng Qing’er.

She had returned to her clan because of the Puppet issue. If she were here now and saw these bone wings flowing with the Bloodline of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, she would be absolutely furious.

After all, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan valued the corpses and Bloodline of their clansmen extremely highly. If anyone dared to occupy them privately, once discovered, it would inevitably invite a siege from the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.

Old Man Baoshan smiled and said: ’Everyone surely knows the effect of these bone wings. The owner of these Demon Phoenix Wings wants to exchange them for an Eighth Grade Pill that has experienced four-colored Pill Lightning... Everyone, please make your offers!’

The people present discussed it, and soon someone took out a Medicinal Pill that met the requirements, wanting to exchange for the bone wings, but—

Two Eighth Grade Pills with four-colored Pill Lightning. Gu He, wearing a black cloak and with his identity unrecognizable, calmly called out.

Since they were things belonging to Feng Qing’er’s clansmen, he might as well help her take them back.

Gu He flew the jade bottle he took out from his storage ring to Old Man Baoshan’s hand. Old Man Baoshan checked it, and his eyes shone with a faint light,

Two Eighth Grade Pills with four-colored Pill Lightning. Is there anyone offering higher?

If not, then it is traded!

These bone wings of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan were successfully exchanged by Gu He.

In the following trades, Gu He also exchanged for a poison classic named ’Heavenly Nether Poison Scripture’ as a gift for Xiao Yi Xian.

’Heavenly Nether Poison Scripture’ was created thousands of years ago by a Dou Sheng Expert named Heavenly Nether Poison Saint. This Dou Sheng Expert loved using poison throughout his life, and thus left behind this poison classic recording many strange poisons.

Gu He guessed that Xiao Yi Xian would definitely like it.

Next, the trade fair continued in an orderly manner. Until the end—

Next, we will start auctioning the highlight of this trade fair, the final item... Old Man Baoshan clapped his hands, satisfied with the many burning gazes at the scene.

The next moment, Old Man Baoshan gripped his hand, and an old, yellowed piece of skin paper appeared in his hand.

This is a fragment map. There is no special energy on it, but after our research, we have concluded that this fragment map is related to the legendary Purification Lotus Demon Flame...

Heh heh, there are clues to the strange fire inside. Old Man Baoshan said.

Immediately, everyone’s gaze in the hall focused on the old fragment map in Old Man Baoshan’s hand.

The Purification Lotus Demon Flame ranks third on the strange fire ranking list and is a strange fire that exists almost only in legends. Whoever controls this kind of strange fire can create their own power, and they would be almost invincible on the Fighting Qi Continent.

And obtaining the fragment map means obtaining the location and related information of the strange fire. If one were lucky enough to obtain the strange fire, the benefits would be continuous.

Although the strange fire was very far away from these experts, that did not hinder their covetousness for it at all.

Gu He was naturally tempted as well, but he was not doing it for the specific location of the Purification Lotus Demon Flame; he was doing it because after the fragment maps of the Purification Lotus Demon Flame were combined, the System could absorb the hidden energy within it, just like absorbing the Burning Technique.

In Gu He’s current state without a strategy target, this was a very good benefit and boost.

Old Man Baoshan scanned the entire venue, extremely satisfied with everyone’s enthusiastic state, and continued:

The owner of this fragment map wants to use it to exchange for some Medicinal Pills. Of course, the quality of the Medicinal Pills must be at least six-colored Pill Lightning or above. As for the quantity, it will depend on everyone...

Now the bidding begins! Everyone—please!