護花近衛 - 第2765章 討價還價 - 清風書屋

For this was simply too astonishing! This truly was that Heaven-rank divine weapon of the Ancestor from all those years ago—the celestial armament most perfectly attuned to the mist attribute! Over the years, Snow Valley had never ceased searching for this weapon, but no trace of it had ever surfaced. After Ancestor Xue declared that she would go in pursuit of the heavenly Dao, she had never appeared again; no one knew where she had gone, nor whether she lived or died, and so the Heaven-rank divine weapon had vanished all the more completely.

Now that it had appeared once more before the Supreme Elder, she was naturally overcome with emotion, joy and sorrow mingled. Her joy was that the weapon had at last returned to Snow Valley's hands; her sorrow was that it had surfaced alone—did that not mean Ancestor Xue had failed in her pursuit of the heavenly Dao and had long since passed from this world?

"Heh heh, Supreme Elder, what do you think? On what terms would you be willing to trade for this Heaven-rank divine weapon?" Wei Zhao said with a smile. "Originally, I meant to give it to my little wife, Feng Xiaoxiao, to use. But she has a yin-cold constitution, and ice-attribute divine weapons suit her best; a mist-attribute weapon is merely usable for her, unable to draw out its full effect. So I brought it here to see whether I might trade it for something better. If you have something better and I judge the deal worthwhile, I will trade it to you; if not, I will take it back for Xiaoxiao to use..." Hearing this, the Supreme Elder was somewhat speechless. She thought to herself: your little wife is a wife, but is your principal wife not a wife too? If you would give it to your little wife, you might as well give it straight to your principal wife! Even if I trade for this weapon, it will be for Tang Zhi to use—only in her hands can it unleash its greatest power. But the Supreme Elder could not speak the truth, and so could only swallow her vexation and say, "Our Snow Valley possesses a water-attribute Heaven-rank divine weapon, a treasure of the first order, in no way inferior to this one! How about I trade that one to you instead? Feng Xiaoxiao cultivates an ice-attribute mental cultivation art, so mist-attribute and water-attribute weapons are the same to her, with no great difference. But this mist-attribute divine weapon is of the utmost importance to our Snow Valley."

"Supreme Elder, saying that only shows a lack of sincerity, does it not? Never mind that I traveled ten thousand li to trade with you—even if Snow Valley stood at my own doorstep, a trade between us would still leave you the gainer and me with nothing to show for it, would it not?" Wei Zhao shrugged in refusal. "Mist-attribute or water-attribute, it makes no difference at all to me, so why should I trade? And what if that water-attribute Heaven-rank divine weapon of yours is inferior to the mist-attribute one? Then I would be the loser—either way you come out ahead. Where does one find such a bargain?"

The Supreme Elder was somewhat at a loss for words, yet could hardly vent her temper on Wei Zhao. After a moment's thought, she said, "Since you came to my door of your own accord to trade, you must want something—and you said just now that you were after a kind of spirit herb, did you not?"RS