Chapter 46: Selling Soul Energy Items

Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Selling Soul Energy Items

After returning home and letting his parents know he was back safely, Li Heng headed straight for his room and began taking stock of the items he planned to trade or sell.

After all, Li Heng was confident that both Soul Energy Skills and Soul Energy Pets would be quite valuable. However, his top priority was still a Swordsmanship technique!

Three Wild Wolf Hides.

Six Wild Wolf Fangs.

Four cuts of Wild Wolf Meat.

Li Heng first took the items out of his Space Stone. He stuffed the Wild Wolf Fangs, Wild Wolf Meat, and one Wild Wolf Hide into his backpack, then put the other two hides into separate bags.

After a moment of consideration, Li Heng spent another 100 Soul Energy Points to upgrade the Frost Spider Silk.

Remaining Soul Energy: 1262 points.

Name: Ice Cold Spider Silk

Category: Soul Energy Item

Value: Rare

Effects:

1. When forging specific equipment, adding this material has a chance to add the Ice attribute, a chance to add the Poison attribute, and a lower chance to add both attributes simultaneously.

2. A high-grade material for knitting certain types of clothing.

3. A consumable material for practicing certain Cultivation Techniques.

[Spend 1000 Soul Energy Points to upgrade this item?]

Li Heng placed the upgraded Ice Cold Spider Silk into his pocket, confident it would fetch a good price. As for the origin of so many wolf materials, he had already come up with the perfect cover story: he was helping some classmates sell their items.

For now, these were all items Li Heng could sell at the Soul Energy Store. As for the Wolf Soul Blood Crystal and the ten-year Wolf Blood Grass, he planned to hold onto them for future use.

So, with his backpack on and his ID in hand, Li Heng called out a goodbye to his parents and immediately headed for the Soul Energy Store downtown.

This time, Li Heng went to a different Soul Energy Store, not the one he’d visited before. He even deliberately took an hour-long bus ride to get there.

Dressed in his school uniform, with a bulging backpack on his shoulders and two large bags in his hands, Li Heng caught the attention of the staff the moment he entered the Soul Energy Store.

"Excuse me, young man. Are you here to sell some items?"

"Yes, that’s right! A few classmates asked me to sell some things for them. You buy Soul Energy Items here, right? Most of this is stuff we got from the recent dungeon placement exam."

Seeing an employee approach him, Li Heng immediately recited his prepared cover story.

"We do purchase Soul Energy Items here. But first, please come this way. We need to verify your identity."

BEEP!

Student ID!

The verification device didn’t sound an alarm, confirming Li Heng’s identity.

Just like his first time at a Soul Energy Store, a staff member led Li Heng to the second floor, where he found himself facing a middle-aged male appraiser.

"The Wild Wolf Hides are perfectly preserved. 1,500 Alliance Coins each, for a total of 4,500. The Wild Wolf Meat is 100 coins per jin. These four cuts weigh a total of twenty jin, so that’s 2,000 Alliance Coins. One Wild Wolf Fang is 500 Alliance Coins, so six fangs come to 3,000. The grand total is 9,500. Are you willing to sell, young man?"

The appraiser didn’t even touch the items. He merely glanced over them before giving Li Heng a final price, his tone perfectly level.

"That’s fine. I’ll accept the price you’ve offered, sir."

’With the Wolf King Mountain Dungeon at my disposal, I can get plenty more materials from wild wolves as long as I’m willing to put in the time.’

"Oh, right. I have one more item I’d like to sell. Could I trouble you to take a look at it, sir?"

As he spoke, Li Heng put on a show of great caution, taking the Ice Cold Spider Silk from his pocket and placing it on the table.

"Oh? Frost Spider Silk? This is pretty good. For a student to get his hands on something like this... I’ll value it at 5,000... Hmm? Wait a second... this isn’t Frost Spider Silk!!"

The appraiser, whose tone and expression had remained placid until now, showed a slight change when Li Heng took out the silk. A flicker of interest seemed to spark.

But after examining the silk more closely, that flicker of interest turned into a flash of astonishment. He immediately picked it up and began to inspect it with great care.

"Ice Cold Spider Silk! Only Frost Spiders living in extremely cold environments have a minuscule chance of producing this. I’d estimate that only one in a hundred Frost Spiders might yield Ice Cold Spider Silk! This is rare! Incredibly rare! For the valuation... 20,000 Alliance Coins! Are you willing to sell, young man?"

Li Heng hadn’t expected the Ice Cold Spider Silk to be so valuable. He nodded in agreement to sell.

After Li Heng nodded, the appraiser called a staff member over to collect the items and start processing the paperwork.

Throughout the process, the appraiser didn’t ask Li Heng where he had obtained the Ice Cold Spider Silk, nor did he raise any other questions.

He simply said one thing to Li Heng, "Young man, if you have any more Ice-attribute items to sell in the future, come to this shop and find me. My surname is Zhang. Depending on the item, I may even offer a premium price."

"That’ll depend on what my more skilled classmates manage to bring back from the Fallen Jiao Icefield. But if they find anything, I’ll be sure to trouble you again, Master Zhang."

’The city recently held a mock college entrance exam in a dungeon—the Fallen Jiao Icefield. That much shouldn’t be a secret,’ Li Heng thought.

’Besides, his answer successfully shifted the focus away from him.’

’One: The items came from the Fallen Jiao Icefield.’

’Two: The items have nothing to do with me; they were all obtained by my classmates.’

’Li Heng didn’t care whether this so-called Master Zhang believed him. It didn’t matter either way. He had already decided to save up a larger batch of items next time and take them to a different store.’

’He absolutely would not be coming back to find this Master Zhang!’

’I can’t keep selling things at the same shop!’

’Otherwise, if someone with ulterior motives or the authorities started watching me, it would be difficult to explain the large quantities of Soul Energy Items from an "unknown source."’

After exchanging a few more perfunctory words with Master Zhang, the staff member handed Li Heng 29,500 Alliance Coins in cash, telling him to count it on the spot, as they wouldn’t be responsible for it after he left the store.

Once he confirmed the amount was correct, Li Heng very carefully placed the cash into his backpack under the watchful eyes of Master Zhang and the staff member. He even slung the backpack over his chest before saying thank you and leaving the Soul Energy Store.

Master Zhang and the staff member both understood Li Heng’s cautious display; he was clearly afraid of losing the money. ’He’s just a student, after all. It’s probably the first time in his life he’s seen this much cash. It’s perfectly normal to be nervous.’

No one said anything further as Li Heng departed, simply returning to their work.

Meanwhile, as soon as he was out of the Soul Energy Store, Li Heng opened a ride-hailing app on his phone and set the destination for the nearest Soul Energy Skill Store.

Although Li Heng didn’t know how much a Swordsmanship technique would cost, he wanted to go and take a look. After all, his basic Swordsmanship was of little help to him now.