Chapter 2470 — The Third Fragment
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Indeed!" the ghastly thing said with a touch of pride. "This is what he stole from me. This core... hmm, you need only know that it is no ordinary core. Keep it—it will be of great use. Do not squander it lightly!"
"Oh?" Wei Zhao had meant to add it to his collection and forge a spirit-essence necklace together with the other cores, but now that the ghastly thing had spoken, it seemed this was a treasure of no small worth—and he hesitated indeed.
So he asked, "If I use it to make a spirit-essence necklace, would that count as squandering it?"
"The very height of waste!" The ghastly thing seemed almost angry to hear it. "A spirit-essence necklace needs only five cores of heaven-rank spirit beasts!"
"Hiss—" Wei Zhao drew a sharp breath. Only five heaven-rank spirit-beast cores? Why did it sound as though heaven-rank cores were worth next to nothing? And in that case, one thing was implied: the core in his hand must certainly surpass the heaven rank. Then just what level of spirit beast had it come from?
"Enough. Do not ask so many questions. For now you have no use for it—just keep it safe," the ghastly thing said, seemingly unwilling to explain further.
"Very well..." Wei Zhao nodded.
"This peak late-stage heaven-rank expert was a pauper. Nothing in his ragged bundle but a fragment of a map—whether it is of any value to you, I cannot say." The ghastly thing gestured at the bundle on the ground and went on.
"What? A peak late-stage heaven-rank expert? And you killed him?" Wei Zhao stared at the skeleton on the ground, a sharp pang seizing his heart. If he had not by sheer chance suppressed this ghastly thing with his elixir fire, he would doubtless have counted for nothing in its eyes.
"Yes, dead. But a pauper," the ghastly thing said. "That is all there is. Have a look and see whether it suits you. If it does, then agree to my condition!"
Wei Zhao hesitated, then silently fished a fragment of a map from the bundle. But the instant he set eyes on it, he started slightly! This fragment looked terribly familiar—he even had two such fragments himself, stored away in his own home!
This fragment was surely of the same kind as the one he had obtained at the Yu family auction in the mortal world, and the one he had taken from the shark's belly! And now, unexpectedly, he had found another piece here!
Only, Wei Zhao did not know what purpose the fragment served. But since the Yu family of the mortal world had prized it so highly back then, it must surely hold some value.