Peerless: I Became Huo Yuhao's Dark Personality

Chapter 119 Hyotei: It Smells Good (Part 2)

"The Xuanhe family is one of the major families in Mingdu. Although the patriarch is only a Soul Douluo, Xuanhe once married into the royal family and has royal blood, which is why he is able to join the ranks of the major families."

With Xiao Hongchen's explanation, the three entered Xuanhe Gambling Crystal Shop, where they saw rows of rectangular transparent glass display cases, similar in structure to the Treasure Pavilion in Shrek City.

Inside the glass display case are uniquely shaped mineral blocks of various sizes and colors, with rough surfaces and unique mineral patterns entwined on them.

In front of each glass display case was a sign that detailed the origin of the ore blocks in each case. At a glance, they were mostly rare metal ore blocks that Huo Yumiao recognized.

There are many Soul Masters on the first floor, at least forty or fifty, and there are Soul Masters stopping to look at each display case.

"See these display cases? These are the soul tools I just told you about to prevent cheating. They can not only block mental detection, but also sound an alarm the moment they are detected."

"You absolutely mustn't use your mental power, this soul tool can detect the source of mental power." Xiao Hongchen explained while giving instructions, just then a voice rang out.

"Old Chen, this is it. Cut it for me." A middle-aged man wearing a dark blue badge with three diamond-carved stars on his chest said, indicating that he was a level three Soul Master.

"okay."

The man called Old Chen was also a middle-aged man, tall with bulging muscles on his exposed arms. He came up to the middle-aged man who had shouted, laughed heartily, and said, "Ah Chen, it's been a while since I've seen you."

Zhen Chen smiled and said jokingly, "I've been working on soul tools lately, and now that I've just sold one, I'm here to try my luck."

Old Chen took out a fiery red ore block from the display case and walked to a metal table in the center. This commotion attracted the attention of the other Soul Masters who were making their selections.

Everyone tacitly gathered around Old Chen; those who love gambling on crystals certainly wouldn't miss the opportunity to watch the stone being cut open.

"Brother Chen chose hematite as always."

"There's no other way, I'm just determined to fight this red iron."

"Hahaha."

Zhen Chen was clearly a regular here; many people in the crowd recognized him and they started chatting.

"Let's go take a look too." After saying that, Meng Hongchen pushed the two of them to the other side without waiting for their reply.

After securing the hematite to the table, Old Chen took out a dark green carving knife with a lifelike lion on its surface, the tip of which was precisely the lion's fangs.

The dark green carving knife sliced ​​across the iron block, easily cutting it as if slicing tofu. Old Chen did not use the method of splitting it in two, but started from the outer layer and gradually disintegrated the entire ore block.

Time passed second by second, and the iron block that was originally the size of a human head was now only the size of a fist. Seeing this, Zhen Chen couldn't help but sigh helplessly, his face full of disappointment.

Old Chen's expression remained solemn and focused. He did not let his guard down just because the iron block was only the size of a fist. He had been a stonemason for more than ten years, and this was a basic professional quality.

As the carving knife fell, Old Chen's expression suddenly changed. This time, the carving knife brought a completely different feeling than before. Unlike the softness before, this time the feeling was very hard.

Old Chen carefully moved the carving knife aside. This time, he used a light hooking technique. As he traced a circle along the surface, a glimmer of white light appeared and disappeared.

"It's out?" A gasp rang out from the crowd. Zhen Chen's breathing quickened instantly, his eyes fixed on the red iron block in Old Chen's hand.

Old Chen struck several more times, and the attached stone chips fell off, revealing its true form, which emitted a white light.

It was an irregularly shaped crystal about the size of a fist, with an uneven surface. As it appeared, the fire element in the surrounding air became much more active.

"It's out!" Zhen Chen took the crystal that emitted a white halo from Old Chen's hand, his face filled with uncontrollable excitement, and every part of his body was trembling.

The crowd of onlookers also raised their voices, their gazes toward Zhen Chen filled with a mixture of emotions, mostly envy and jealousy.

Once the white light completely dissipated, the original color of the crystal was revealed to everyone. It was crystal clear and transparent, without a trace of impurity, as bright and clear as a crimson crystal, shining brilliantly under the light.

"This piece of red iron crystal must be worth at least a million gold soul coins," a soul master in the crowd exclaimed, swallowing hard.

Zhen Chen's eyes were filled with ecstasy. The market price of red iron crystal is more than a thousand gold soul coins per gram. Rare metals have extremely high density. Don't be fooled by the fact that this piece is only the size of a fist; it weighs at least two kilograms.

He was only a level three Soul Master. Even if he devoted all his time to making Soul Tools, he would only earn less than 100,000 Gold Soul Coins a year, let alone one million Gold Soul Coins.

"Ah Chen, I wonder if you're planning to sell this piece of red iron crystal?" A hint of surprise flashed in Old Chen's eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

He has worked at Xuanhe Crystal Gambling for so many years, and he has opened at least dozens of companion crystals. Only a few people have become rich overnight, while most others have lost everything.

"Make a move, I'm going to make a move." Zhen Chen said without hesitation. The Crimson Iron Crystal was not something a third-level Soul Master like him could use.

Furthermore, this red iron crystal is his now, but it might not be the same once it leaves the shop. One million gold soul coins is enough to tempt many people here to have evil intentions.

"It's exactly two and a half pounds. The current price of red iron crystal is 1,100 gold soul coins per gram, which is a little over 1,203,000. Adding the 15,000 soul coins for the red iron block, let's say you get exactly 1,190,000. How about that?"

Old Chen took the hematite crystal, weighed it, calculated the price, and then looked at Zhen Chen to ask.

"No problem, no problem." Zhen Chen nodded excitedly, his heart filled with enthusiasm.

Watching Zhen Chen leave with Old Chen, and the crowd disperse, Xiao Hongchen turned to Huo Yumiao and said, "We've come at a good time. We just arrived and saw the crystal bet succeed. How does it feel?"

Huo Yumiao was about to speak when her eyes suddenly narrowed, and she slowly raised her head, staring blankly at the ceiling.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen saw Huo Yumiao's strange behavior and looked in the direction she was looking, but they only saw rows of light-up soul tools on the ceiling.

"Let's go take a look on the second floor." After saying that, Huo Yumiao walked straight to the jade staircase on one side without waiting for the two to respond.

Huo Yumiao wasn't interested in gambling on crystals, since the odds were like buying lottery tickets, which didn't interest him. But just now, the voice of Ice Emperor suddenly rang in his mind, instantly energizing him.

Let's rewind to half a minute ago.

"Yu Miao, there's a fragrance here." The Ice Emperor's cool female voice rang out, startling Huo Yu Miao.

"A fragrance? I can't smell it?" Huo Yumiao said, puzzled. Putting aside the fact that he couldn't smell anything, how could Bingdi, a soul entity, have a sense of smell? "This fragrance cannot be smelled, it can only be perceived. When you reach my level, you should be able to perceive it."

"Ice Emperor, what did you sense?" Huo Yumiao's eyes showed slight surprise. The desire in Ice Emperor's voice was very obvious, which made him startled. What could make Ice Emperor, a ferocious beast that had lived for nearly 400,000 years, crave such a thing?

"I don't know, but it must be a pure ice-attribute elemental spirit. I've smelled a similar fragrance before, when I smelled it on Tianmeng."

Hyotei had already manifested in his spiritual sea of ​​consciousness, his long hair fluttering without wind, his emerald green eyes filled with excitement, and his voice urging him on.

"That thing must be here. I was awakened by this fragrance. It should be up there."

An ice-attribute elemental spirit? The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm also has a similar fragrance.
As Huo Yumiao went upstairs, she began to ponder and made a guess. The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm could not possibly be an ice-attribute spiritual object, but it had indeed eaten a real ice-attribute spiritual object, the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.

For this reason, Tianmeng is a real tonic for ice-attribute soul beasts, which is why the Ice Emperor has been hunting down Tianmeng.

"Hyotei, do you mean there's Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Mystic Ice Marrow here?"

Although Huo Yumiao asked this question, he believed in his heart that it was because the Sun Moon Empire did not have an ice-attribute cluster like the far north, let alone the formation of the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, which has extremely strict requirements for terrain.

"I'm not sure, but even if it's not the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, it's not much worse."

As Bingdi finished speaking, Huo Yumiao had already arrived on the second floor. There were only about thirty or forty display cases here, roughly half the number on the first floor, and the number of people was less than half that on the first floor.

"Yu Miao, if you want to play, just go to the first floor and buy a few. It won't cost more than tens of thousands of gold soul coins in total. A single ore block on the second floor costs more than that."

Xiao Hongchen thought Huo Yumiao wanted to experience gambling on crystals, so he immediately began to dissuade her, and Meng Hongchen chimed in from the side:

"Although rarer mineral veins are more likely to form associated crystals, the increase in price is not ideal."

Huo Yumiao didn't explain, but instead asked, "Are there any large gathering places for ice-attribute soul beasts on the Sun Moon Continent?"

"A large gathering place for ice-attribute soul beasts? You'll have to ask Meng about that." Xiao Hongchen stroked his chin. He didn't have an ice-attribute martial soul, so of course he wouldn't pay attention to ice-attribute soul beasts.

Meng Hongchen barely hesitated; she knew this all too well, after all, she was an ice-attribute soul master.

"The Frost Soil at the northern end of the continent and the Snow Spirit Tree Plateau in the northwest are considered to be the two largest gathering places for ice-attribute soul beasts. There are a few other places besides these, but none of them are very large and the soul beasts inside are not very strong."

As Huo Yumiao listened, she scanned all the ore block display cases on the second floor with her eyes. There were five ice-attribute ore blocks in total.

Two of them came from the Everfrost Frozen Ground, two from the Snow Spirit Tree Plateau, and one from a Falling Whirlwind Peak he had never heard of.

"What is Luoxuan Peak?" Huo Yumiao asked, pointing to the notice board in front of the display case.

"Luoxuan Peak is located in the Elemental Mountains and is a snow-capped peak."

The Elemental Mountains are located in the southeast and are second only to the largest Jingyang Mountains in terms of area. They are called this because each peak in the Elemental Mountains corresponds to an attribute.

There are a total of fourteen peaks, divided into six categories. The Luoxuan Peak we just saw is one of the two major snow-capped peaks among them.

After listening to Meng Hongchen's words, Huo Yumiao nodded and began to converse with the Ice Emperor in her mind.

"Hyotei, can you sense the exact location?"

The Ice Emperor in his spiritual sea closed his eyes, and after a moment, shook his head. "No, this thing has probably been here for a long time. This area is covered with fragrance."

Those panes of glass blocked my mental energy; if I tried to probe further, I'd probably be detected.

Upon hearing Bingdi's words, Huo Yumiao's breath hitched, her voice filled with astonishment, "You used your mental power? And it wasn't detected by these soul tools?"

"Detection? It seemed like something inside those glass panes was trying to capture my mental energy, but as long as I don't force a breakthrough, these things can't do anything to me."

Ice Emperor expressed doubt, Huo Yumiao expressed shock. Well, well, well, as expected, as long as you are strong enough, you can do whatever you want. No wonder a level nine soul master can easily defeat a titled Douluo, but is beaten to a pulp by a super Douluo.

"The item is definitely on this floor. If you buy all of these, you'll definitely find it."

The mental dialogue was incredibly fast. Despite Huo Yumiao and Bingdi talking in their mental sea for so long, only a second had passed in the outside world.

Huo Yumiao decided to buy the five ore blocks rich in ice attributes first, and if they were not available, she could buy the others later.

"Yu Miao, have you decided which one to buy?"

Seeing that Huo Yumiao had walked to a display case and was examining it closely, Xiao Hongchen knew that the other party had made up her mind. Anyway, it was only a few hundred thousand, which was not a lot of money for a disciple of a level nine soul master.

"These five." Huo Yumiao pointed, and both Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen frowned. Meng Hongchen spoke up softly, offering advice:
"If you really want a companion crystal, I can give you one. Just buy one to try it out; there's no need to open five."

“I’m very sensitive to ice-attribute energy. The ice-attribute content here is a bit too high. I feel something is wrong. The worst outcome is that I’ll lose a little money, but if I bet right, I’ll make a fortune.”

Huo Yumiao knew that the two meant well, so she immediately made up an excuse to brush them off.

"Alright then." Upon hearing Huo Yumiao's words, Xiao Hongchen and the other person were taken aback. Although they felt that it was unlikely to succeed in betting on the crystal, it was only a million gold soul coins, which was not a big deal.

Xiao Hongchen pressed down on the protrusion at the bottom of the display case, and a waiter in uniform walked over and respectfully asked, "Excuse me, is this the one you want?"

“Besides this piece, there are these.” Huo Yumiao pointed to the other four pieces. A hint of surprise flashed in the waiter’s eyes, but he quickly recovered and continued to ask respectfully, “Please follow me.”

“The second floor and above are all privately operated, unlike the first floor which is open to the public.”

Xiao Hongchen explained, and Huo Yumiao nodded. The three of them followed the waiter in another direction, while the other waiters stepped forward, took the five ore blocks, and followed behind them.

In the center of the room where Huo Yumiao and the other two arrived was a metal table similar to the one on the first floor, only larger and with more items on it.

A figure was standing in front of the table.

(End of this chapter)