Chapter 768: Everyone Has Their Own Needs

As another violent eruption happened, Shang Xia’s figure was blown out from the volcano. He quickly noticed Lady Yu who wasn’t too far away.

“I apologize for making you wait!” Shang Xia cupped his fist and laughed.

Lady Yu giggled in response, “From how happy you look, you definitely obtained a lot of benefits from the volcano!”

Shang Xia didn’t answer the question directly. “I would have to thank you for inviting me over to your Tianya Pavilion. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have obtained this opportunity.”

After he spoke, his dipper qi scattered slightly to reveal a ball of black flame that was sealed in multiple layers of restrictions. “This is a complete Abyss Smoke Poison Fire Fate Dipper. It might seem like a proper flame, but it’s actually a poison-type Origin Dipper. The poison is extremely insidious. I wonder if you have seen something like that before?”

A trace of envy flashed past Lady Yu’s face but she shook her head eventually. “I haven’t seen many treasures and the inheritance of my Tianya Pavilion is rather poor. We don’t recognize too many Origin Dippers, much less rare ones like this...”

Shang Xia glanced at her before revealing a smile. “It’s a shame. This Origin Dipper might be great, but it’s useless to me. I would rather trade it for several fate dipper essences I can use.”

Lady Yu was greatly taken aback and she quickly replied, “Young Master Shang, you must be kidding. This is an Origin Dipper. Why would you trade it for fate dipper essences?”

“Lady Yu, if you’re interested in this Origin Dipper, you can trade it with me for 10 strands of fate dipper essence.” Shang Xia shook his head and muttered.

She was obviously moved by the offer, but rationality took over in the end. She shook her head and muttered, “This isn’t appropriate. An Origin Dipper would fetch a price of 12 fate dipper essences during the trade fair held on Three Unity Island. Even if I wish to trade with you, I can’t possibly let you take a loss. Moreover, my Tianya Pavilion owes you far too much...”

An Origin Dipper was made up of 10 strands of fate dipper essences, but it wasn’t easy to gather 10 of the same type.

That was why people would trade different types of fate dipper essences for an Origin Dipper when one was actually on sale.

As such, the value of a single Origin Dipper wasn’t a mere 10 stands of fate dipper essences.

Surprisingly, Shang Xia chuckled in response, “If I were someone else, I definitely wouldn’t be willing to trade an Origin Dipper for 10 strands of fate dipper essences. However, I have a use for them and you don’t have to feel bad. I wish to acquire fate dipper essences.”

Even though Shang Xia’s rank five arts had a breakthrough and he needed less than 4 hours to make a complete cycle of his inner qi, that didn’t mean that he could refine any sort of fate dipper essence he wanted yet. However, Shang Xia seemed interested in forming a genuine connection with the Tianya Pavilion and he wasn’t going to sweat the small stuff.

An ugly expression remained on Lady Yu’s face as she muttered awkwardly, “To be honest, my Tianya Pavilion doesn’t have 10 fate dipper essences. If you don’t mind, we do have special armors that will allow you to move about freely in the ocean. Can it replace some of the fate dipper essences you require? You have the corpse of a rank five sea beast. If you use the skin...”

Shang Xia was pleasantly surprised and he quickly interrupted her, “No, no, no... Lady Yu, please don’t misunderstand. I have other uses for the corpse of the beast, but I also have uses for armor that will allow us to move better in the water. Actually, it will be more accurate to say that the institution has a use for it.”

One of the reasons the Tongyou Institution hadn’t expanded greatly was because the Triple Frost Palace and the Changbai Holy Land were baring their fangs at them every time they tried to increase their influence to islands further out.

Because the Tongyou Institution wasn’t familiar with the area outside the You Continent and didn’t know how to fight in the water, they weren’t able to gain much of an advantage.

Fortunately for them, the Changbai Holy Land and Triple Frost Palace weren’t too adept at fighting in water either. That was why the institution wouldn’t be at a great disadvantage. There were even times when they worked together with the Changbai Holy Land to hold off the Triple Frost Palace.

Compared to the 3 superpowers, the Tianya Pavilion was far from qualified to join in the battle for territory. However, they were still a proper sect at the end of the day and they were really familiar with fighting in the water. As such, they definitely had many points of advantage.

Armor that could be used underwater was definitely something the institution required.

Lady Yu revealed a look of joy as she didn’t think that her suggestion would actually be possible. “Are you for real? Oh... I wasn’t doubting you. It’s just... It’s just that this is a little unbelievable...”

She knew that Shang Xia wasn’t too hard up on the price as he intended to form a better connection with the Tianya Pavilion. If she managed to form some sort of relationship with the Tongyou Institution because of the armors they had, it would truly be a blessing.

In the Azure Ascension World, the Tongyou Institution might be considered an upstart faction, but they still possessed their own Holy Land. What’s more, Kou Chongxue could be considered the strongest expert in the Martial Dipper Realm at the moment. No one would care how ‘young’ they were!

Shang Xia continued, “Lady Yu, there’s no need to rush things. This concerns the cooperation of our factions and it’s not something we can agree on so easily. I have to return to the institution to convey the message and they will send someone here to do the negotiations.”

“Of course. I was a little too hasty. I must have embarrassed myself... My Tianya Pavilion isn’t exactly loaded at the moment and we are able to gather 6 strands of fate dipper essences at the moment. If you need anything, please let us know.” Lady Yu replied.

“6 is fine. Also, I obtained the Hidden Scale Needle Snake and the corpse of the rank five sea beast with your help, we should split them evenly...” Shang Xia mumbled.

Turning serious, Lady Yu responded, “Young Master Shang, do you think that my Tianya Pavilion is worth so little? If not for your help, it would have been destroyed by the volcano. The Muhai Sect also came for us and we managed to turn the situation around and kill the envoy they sent with your help. If you refuse to take the treasures, I will be extremely embarrassed.”

Shang Xia chuckled helplessly, “Looks like I was being rude...”

“That’s because you were trying to be a gentleman. Young Master Shang, do you need anything else?” Lady Yu added immediately.

𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

After thinking for a moment, Shang Xia mumbled, “Alright, since you’re insistent on it being a fair trade, let’s use these in place of the armors for our deal.”

He handed over the fire crystals he obtained in the volcano.

Staring at them curiously and weighing them up slightly, Lady Yu gasped softly. “Fire essence crystals?”

“Is that what you call them? Looks like you recognize these treasures.” A light flashed in Shang Xia’s eyes.

Returning those crystals to him, Lady Yu explained, “After the worlds fused, we discovered all sorts of strange treasures. Other than the trade of fire qi contained in this, it’s no different from an essence crystal. That is why we named them as such.”

Shang Xia gasped, “So... They appeared a long time ago! Do you know what they are used for?”

“They are similar to essence crystals but they aren’t as versatile. However, they are very well received by cultivators who train in the fire arts. Young Master Shang, you should be able to guess that there aren’t many experts who train in fire arts here in the ocean...” Lady Yu replied.

Shang Xia nodded his head slightly but before he could speak, she continued, “The Grandmaster Blacksmiths of the Hundred Weapons Mill love these. They used fire essence crystals when crafting weapons and from what I know, your Five Element Ring was also crafted using some of these...”

“Oh, I didn’t expect that!” Shang Xia’s interest was piqued.

“Fire essence crystals aren’t the only type of variation essence crystals. We discovered something called the water essence crystals and many disciples are using them to train. It’s more effective than using pure essence crystals.” Lady Yu added.

“Amazing! I didn’t think that there would be water essence crystals as well. Alright, let’s trade with these as the currency?”

“Naturally.” Lady Yu was elated that she would be able to obtain another Origin Dipper. Since the armors would be traded with the Tongyou Institution, she had to make up for the difference of 4 fate dipper essences. She couldn’t be happier that Shang Xia was willing to take those crystals. She asked along the way, “Young Master Shang, are you interested in these essence crystals?”

“If your Tianya Pavilion is willing to go into a deeper form of cooperation with the Tongyou Institution, you can also use these crystals as currency...” Shang Xia didn’t plan to hide his desire for those crystals and after some negotiations, they decided that a fate dipper essence would be worth 300 essence crystals. 3 ordinary essence crystals would be worth a single variation essence crystal and Lady Yu paid Shang Xia 300 water essence crystals and 6 fate dipper essence on the spot. The final 100 fire essence crystals would be given to Shang Xia after the Tongyou Institution came to negotiate the terms of their cooperation. The Tianya Pavilion wasn’t able to take out so many essence crystals at once as they still had to gather some from the volcano after the situation over there settled down.

Handing the Abyss Smoke Poison Fire Fate Dipper to Lady Yu, Shang Xia decided to return to the You Continent despite attempts to get him to stay.

Before he left, Lady Yu gave him a pearl he could use to locate the Tianya Pavilion.

Not too long after he left, 2 figures appeared behind Lady Yu who was seeing him too at the surface of the sea.

“I heard that the Young Master of the You Continent isn’t married yet. Pavilion Master, you’re not lacking in the beauty department. Why don’t you give it a shot?” An elder mentioned.

“The Tongyou Institution took less than 30 years to grow. In the past 10 years, their improvement has been extremely rapid. They produced 3 Martial Dipper Realm Ancestors and it's rumored that Kou Chongxue obtained a perfect rank five advancement formula. From what I can tell, Young Master Shang doesn't mind talking to you. Why don’t you take another step and go for it? If you manage to obtain the advancement formula...”

“Enough!” Lady Yu snapped before the other elder could finish talking.

The second elder, an old granny, didn’t seem to care as she continued, “... You could even do what you have done to the divine being of the Muhai Sect. It would also be extremely beneficial if you manage to obtain a rank five advancement formula from Young Master Shang...”

Turning her head abruptly, Lady Yu released her aura completely. The 2 elders were forced back into the sea and they heard a deep voice booming in their minds. “I said, enough!”