The Xia's Trading Company.
It was the largest trading company in Daxia Prefecture and was also run by the Xia family of Daxia Prefecture.
A five-story shopping mall on the commercial street was where the Nanyuan branch of the Xia's Trading Company was located.
The first floor dealt with regular pills, the second floor with weapons, the third floor sold cultivation techniques, the fourth floor sold sundries of the myriad races, and the fifth floor was for large-scale transactions.
...
Su Yu headed straight for the fourth floor of the Xia's Trading Company as soon as he left home.
He had been here before with Su Long. Su Long was, after all, a cultivator at the ninth level of the Qian Jun Realm. The vitality in Nanyuan was insufficient, and without external aids for cultivation, it would be impossible to continue practicing.
The fourth floor was divided into several areas, such as the "Unknown Cultivation Technique Area", "Monster Race Flesh and Blood Area", "Broken Magic Treasure Area", "Heavenly and Earthly Treasures Area"...
Of course, after all, it was just the Nanyuan branch, and most of the treasures were actually at the Qian Jun Realm level. There were hardly any at the Wan Shi Realm level.
In the Monster Race Flesh and Blood Area.
A trained and good-looking young lady greeted him with a professional smile and enthusiasm, "What can I do for you, sir?"
"The blood of the Iron-Winged Bird race!"
"Iron-Winged Bird..."
The female employee thought for a moment and quickly replied, "Do you want the essence blood or the ordinary blood?"
A huge Iron-Winged Bird had an extremely large amount of blood in its body.
Apart from a few drops of essence blood, the rest were all ordinary blood. The ordinary blood wasn't of much use, but the essence blood had quite a few functions.
Su Yu wasn't sure exactly what he needed, so he hesitated and said, "Bring them both for me to have a look."
"Okay!"
The female employee didn't ask further. The Iron-Winged Bird wasn't a rare race. It was a common aerial force on the Battlefield of the Heavens. If it were a more powerful flying race, the Nanyuan branch might not have any in stock.
Soon, another male employee took out two transparent glass bottles from the glass counter.
"This is the ordinary blood, and this is the essence blood. Both are from Iron-Winged Birds at the Qian Jun Realm."
Seeing Su Yu staring at the glass bottles, the female employee explained with a smile, "If you need the blood of an Iron-Winged Bird at the Wan Shi Realm, the Nanyuan branch doesn't have it. You can only go to Daxia Prefecture to purchase it."
"The Qian Jun Realm one will do!"
Su Yu didn't need the Wan Shi Realm one. Even if he did, he probably wouldn't be willing to buy it.
"How much are they?"
"The ordinary one is cheap, 5,000 coins per bottle. The essence blood is of higher value. An adult Iron-Winged Bird can only yield less than 10 drops of essence blood, and each drop is sold for 50,000."
Su Yu frowned slightly. So expensive?
"Those at the Qian Jun Realm are just cannon fodder on the Battlefield of the Heavens. There are countless deaths. Is just one drop of essence blood really that expensive?"
The female employee remained calm and continued to smile, "You're right, sir. But transporting it back from the Battlefield of the Heavens to Daxia Prefecture incurs high costs! Extraction, preservation, sale... multiple procedures, including taxes... So 50,000 isn't expensive."
Then she continued, "If it were on the Battlefield of the Heavens, this kind of Qian Jun Realm Iron-Winged Bird would naturally be worthless. You could pick it up easily if you were lucky. But this... isn't the Battlefield of the Heavens."
Su Yu was silent.
Indeed, the myriad races at the Qian Jun Realm were worthless on the Battlefield of the Heavens. The key was that during a major battle, who would have the time to pick them up? Even if you did pick them up, could you transport them back?
Only trading companies with powerful backers like the Daxia Trading Company could carry out such transportation.
As a result, the price would naturally be high in the rear area.
"Give me a bottle of the ordinary one... and also one drop of the essence blood!"
Su Yu felt a bit pained. If his father were here, knowing that he had just spent over 50,000 on this stuff right after he left, he would probably beat him to death.
"Okay, sir. Will you pay by card or in cash?"
"By card!"
Su Yu remained calm on the surface, but his heart was bleeding. 55,000!
One-sixth of his father's years of savings was gone in one go.
"I'm just guessing. If this doesn't work... I'll lose big."
Thinking of this, Su Yu quickly asked, "By the way, do you recycle the blood of Iron-Winged Birds?"
The female employee was slightly taken aback and quickly replied with a smile, "We do recycle. The ordinary one is 1,000 per bottle, and the essence blood is 10,000 per drop."
"I..."
Su Yu wanted to curse!
What a rip-off!
Although the Daxia Trading Company was run by the Xia family of Xia Longwu, he still had to curse it as a rip-off.
Only one-fifth of the recycling price? What a rip-off!
Forget it. He wouldn't bother with them. These employees were just following the rules and couldn't make decisions. It would be useless to talk to them.
After swiping the card, he had a box in his hand, and inside the box were two glass bottles.
One of the bottles contained only one drop of golden blood. The golden blood seemed to be churning, and inside it, one could even vaguely see a tiny Iron-Winged Bird spreading its wings and flying.
This was the essence blood!
The essence blood of these monster-like races was more or less helpful for cultivation.
Taking the essence blood of the Iron-Winged Bird could help martial artists at the Qian Jun Realm enhance their physical strength a bit.
After the Kaiyuan stage, the human race embarked on the official path of cultivation. Those at the Qian Jun and Wan Shi realms cultivated their physical strength.
It was useful for the Qian Jun Realm but useless for the Kaiyuan Realm. Taking the essence blood of these monster races instead was likely to harm the body. If it weren't for this, there wouldn't have been cases of people exploding from bathing in the blood of gods and demons.
If the nine orifices in the Kaiyuan stage weren't connected, the vitality couldn't circulate and would accumulate in the body, which was a deadly poison.
Heavenly Yuan Fruits and other heavenly and earthly treasures produced pure Heavenly Yuan Qi, which was relatively mild, different from the overbearing vitality.
As Su Yu was thinking, the salesperson also reminded him, "Sir, if you haven't reached the Qian Jun Realm, you can't take the essence blood of the Iron-Winged Bird, or it will be very dangerous!"
"Got it, thanks!"
Then, Su Yu casually asked, "Do you have Heavenly Yuan Fruits here?"
"What?"
The salesperson was a bit confused and quickly replied, "Sorry, we don't have them. I don't even know what kind of treasure the Heavenly Yuan Fruit is."
Su Yu didn't care. There were too many myriad races and too many heavenly and earthly treasures. One couldn't expect a salesperson to know everything. It was already good that they knew what they were selling.
"What about Vitality Liquid?"
"We don't have this either... Vitality Liquid is difficult to store, easily dissipates, and the storage cost is too high!" The salesperson quickly explained, "Daxia Prefecture has it. In fact, we used to sell it a few years ago, but the cost was too high, and there weren't many customers, so we don't stock it anymore."
"Oh, what was the price?"
"It should be 100,000 per drop in Daxia Prefecture. I'm not sure if there's any deviation now."
Seeing Su Yu asking these questions, the salesperson quickly recommended, "Sir, are you trying to speed up your cultivation in the Kaiyuan Realm? Actually, we have many treasures and pills here that can be helpful, like Fire Pig Blood, Kaiyuan Pills..."
Su Yu rolled his eyes. He wasn't a novice.
These things were said to be helpful, but actually, they only accelerated a little. If the original cultivation speed was 100, they could probably accelerate it by 1.
He had known about these options long ago. But only a fool would be so extravagant to do this!
Spending tens of thousands on these things, it would be equivalent to cultivating an extra day in a month. Did he have too much money to spend?
Of course, there were people who bought them. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been manufactured. There were quite a few customers. If you bought a little less, the price wasn't too expensive.
Su Yu didn't ask any more questions and left with the wooden box.
He had the stuff in hand, but whether it would be useful or not was unknown.
If it wasn't useful and hadn't been consumed, he could still sell it. Although he would lose a lot in the reselling, he could at least get some of his money back.
...
Downstairs in the community.
Chen Hao, who was waiting for Su Yu to come downstairs, saw Su Yu coming back from outside and asked curiously, "Ayu, why did you go out?"
"To buy something."
"Oh, then let's go to school..."
"No!"
"..."
Chen Hao was full of grief and indignation. "No? When I asked you before if you wanted to go to school, you said you definitely wanted to go. Why don't you want to go now?"
"Self-study at home!"
Su Yu said with a smile, "You go. Practice hard and strive to reach the fourth level of Kaiyuan as soon as possible!"
Chen Hao was also at the third level of Kaiyuan. Since he couldn't get into the Civilization or Scientific Research Academies and couldn't get into the War Academy either, he would really have to go to the Internal Affairs Academy.
"I..."
Su Yu interrupted him and finally managed to send Chen Hao away after some persuasion.
...
In the living room.
Su Yu looked at the two bottles of blood, frowning without saying a word.
He had the blood in hand, but the key was how to use it?
"Swallow it?"
"The blood of the Qian Jun Realm wouldn't cause the body to explode, but he would definitely get hurt."
"Wait for another dream, wait for the Iron-Winged Bird to kill me? But... it only happens once in over a decade. Do I have to wait another decade?"
Su Yu had a headache. Before buying it, he was excited, but after buying it, he was a bit hesitant.
Last night, he finally got a hint. He had made up his mind that if nothing else worked, he would try swallowing it. But now that it came to this, Su Yu was a bit cowardly.
Getting hurt was really painful.
"Or smear it on the body?"
Su Yu thought of it and tried it. As long as he didn't swallow it, the problem shouldn't be too big.
He couldn't just test the essence blood casually. The ordinary one should be okay.
He opened the bottle of ordinary blood, dipped his finger in it, and smeared some on the back of his hand, waiting to see what would happen.
A few minutes later, Su Yu frowned. It had no effect.
The blood was slowly evaporating!
It was 5,000 yuan per bottle after all. Usually, drinking a small amount of this non-essence blood was still somewhat helpful for strengthening the body.
It was such a pity to waste it like this.
"Useless..."
"Then take a little bit?"
Su Yu licked the back of his hand with his tongue, took a tiny bit, and waited for a moment. Still, it was useless.
"Is the ordinary one useless, or is it... the wrong way? Or maybe I just misunderstood it myself?"
Su Yu also had a headache. Tens of thousands of coins!
Had he been a bit impulsive?
But that dream had tortured him for too long. He couldn't wait to solve it immediately. If spending tens of thousands could solve it, he wouldn't care.
His gaze fell on the drop of essence blood. Su Yu couldn't make up his mind.
There was only one drop of essence blood. It was like a piece of jade and couldn't be separated at all.
So this thing could only be swallowed. Smearing it was useless.
"Do I really have to swallow the essence blood? I'm only at the Kaiyuan Realm. Once I swallow it, even if I don't die, I'll be severely depleted of vitality. Originally, there was no hope of reaching the fourth level of Kaiyuan. If I get hurt, not only will I not reach the fourth level of Kaiyuan, but I might not even be able to maintain the third level of Kaiyuan."
Su Yu was hesitant.
Over the years, due to the influence of nightmares, he was actually more composed and decisive than his peers.
Taking risks like this, if it weren't for his father being on the battlefield, he wouldn't have even thought of applying to the War Academy.
But the nightmares had been going on for too many years. At this moment, he really wanted to figure out the specific situation of the dream.
"Just one drop. It won't kill anyone..."
"Should I give it a try?"
"If I really get hurt, I'll just not apply to the War Academy. Anyway, there's not much hope of reaching the third level of Kaiyuan."
"Applying to the Civilization Academy, there's not much difference between the third level, the second level, or even the first level."
Su Yu stared at the glass bottle in front of him. The golden blood was a bit dazzling.
After hesitating for a moment, Su Yu took out the blood. It felt a bit heavy in his hand like a piece of jade.
Su Yu clenched the blood in his hand, but there was still no reaction.
"Should I wait another day and have another dream to try? Maybe other monsters also need the blood of the Iron-Winged Bird?"
"Or maybe the blood of the Iron-Winged Bird is only useful today?"
The dream changed every day, usually around midnight. If it was useless after today, when would he have to wait until?
The next time there was an Iron-Winged Bird, maybe it would never happen in his lifetime, or maybe it would take decades.
His breathing was a bit unsteady.
"Then... give it a try!"
"At most, I'll get hurt. If I get hurt, I'll apply to the Civilization Academy! Go to the Civilization Academy to study the myriad races. Sooner or later, I'll figure out the correct answer!"
As for the War Academy, there wasn't much hope to begin with. Between solving the dream and the uncertain chance of getting into the War Academy, Su Yu gritted his teeth and finally chose to try solving the dream.
If the dream was solved, there might be some unexpected gains.
Holding the essence blood in one hand and taking out his communicator in the other, Su Yu quickly sent a message: "Come to my house. I have something to tell you. If I don't answer the door, break it down!"
The message was sent to Chen Hao. If he got hurt or even fainted and didn't have time to ask for help, Chen Hao could come and send him to the hospital.
After arranging these things, Su Yu gritted his teeth and quickly put the essence blood into his mouth.
At most, I'll get hurt. Am I afraid of pain?
"Ah!"
A scream came out, and Su Yu almost burst into tears. It hurt so much!
Boom!
The next moment, his head roared, and Su Yu's eyes went black as he fainted on the ground.
"Moonlight!"
The huge Iron-Winged Bird that covered the sky reappeared, the same as last night, but also a bit different.
And this scene was something that hadn't happened to Su Yu in over a decade. There were no two repeated dreams, but today there were.
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