822: One for One, Dark Divine Fire

“Thank you!”

The Longevity Saintess reached out and accepted the eyeball, but she did not turn to leave.

She looked at Xie Weilou, and a hint of crimson strangeness appeared in the eyeball on her brow.

Xie Weilou walked a few steps forward. He looked at the Undying Pawnshop and asked, “Is there anyone inside this Undying Pawnshop?”

“No one, but there are ghosts!”

From within the Undying Pawnshop, a hoarse voice rang out. An old man, dressed in blue burial clothes, gaunt, and puffing on a dry pipe, walked out.

The old man was as thin as a stick, and his eyes shimmered with a cerulean light.

This old man was very strange; he had no vitality whatsoever, nor any soul fluctuations. He was a dead man, yet also a “living” one, which was highly peculiar.

Some say that Undying City, and its so-called undying nature, does not refer to external beings, but to Undying City itself.

In this Undying City, Xie Weilou had seen White Bone War Horses and Corpse Skeletons, and he had seen this old man—all without vitality, all without souls.

Yet they could walk, just like living beings. Perhaps this was the meaning of “undying.”

The old man looked at Xie Weilou, his eyes extremely eerie. He spoke hoarsely, “I am the owner of the Undying Pawnshop. This rotten wood casket of yours is something my Undying Pawnshop must acquire. Name your price!”

Xie Weilou assessed the old man and asked, “What kind of things can your pawnshop accept?”

The old man smiled eerily and said, “Emperor’s laws, longevity, eternity, Great Dao, Divine Medicine, supreme treasures, and so on—all can be pawned! This rotten wood casket of yours is infinitely valuable; it can be exchanged one-for-one. You can pawn it for something you currently need. Just tell me what you want, and I can give it to you.”

Not everyone was qualified to trade with him, and even fewer could come bearing a rotten wood casket like Xie Weilou. The person before him was a big client.

From past experience, every being who had traded with him had to pay a price.

Xie Weilou looked at the rotten wood casket, then at the eyeball on the Longevity Saintess’s brow, and said, “Senior, we have some connection, I believe. Do you think I would lose out by exchanging this rotten wood casket one-for-one?”

The Longevity Saintess was silent for a second: “You are indeed special. I can form a good karma with you and tell you two words: a huge loss!”

“...”

The old man raised an eyebrow.

Xie Weilou looked at the old man and said indifferently, “Senior, a fixed price: one for three, how about it?”

“Greedy!”

The old man waved his sleeve, instantly moving the Longevity Saintess out of Undying City. He stared at Xie Weilou: “It can only be one-for-one. This is the rule of the Undying Pawnshop. However... you can tell me what you want first.”

Xie Weilou said indifferently, “Five people entered Undying City earlier. I only saw four Corpse Skeletons. I wonder if the other one is still alive?”

“Close to death!”

The old man spoke slowly.

Xie Weilou continued, “Could you tell me the secret of Undying City?”

The old man said, “Cannot be spoken! I am the master of this heaven and earth, but not the master of this Undying City.”

His pawnshop was located here, as part of Undying City. The area where the pawnshop was located was under his control, but that did not mean he was the master of Undying City.

Xie Weilou said, “The first item I want to exchange for is that person who is still alive. I want him to leave Undying City safely.”

The old man shook his head and said, “His life and death are controlled by Undying City. I cannot exchange for him. Tell me the next item you wish to exchange for.”

It wasn’t that he couldn’t exchange for him, but if he spoke, he would need to trade with Undying City at a higher cost. For an ant, it wasn't worth it!

Xie Weilou frowned and said, “You can’t even exchange for a person? Your pawnshop doesn’t seem very good.”

“Tell me the next item you wish to exchange for.”

The old man was unmoved.

Xie Weilou waved his sleeve, and power condensed into a black flame phantom: “I want to exchange for this item.”

The old man looked at the black flame phantom: “This is Dark Divine Fire. It can erode all things, extinguish souls, is the bane of all things light, and can also suppress countless dark things. The rotten wood casket and Dark Divine Fire come from the same source. One-for-one, I don’t profit, and you don’t lose!”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and a pitch-black casket flew out from within the pawnshop.

Whoosh!

The old man flicked his finger, and the black casket flew towards Xie Weilou: “The Dark Divine Fire is inside.”

Xie Weilou put away the black casket and said, “Where is that person who is still alive?”

“One-for-one, the transaction is complete.”

The old man held the rotten wood casket and was about to return to his pawnshop. Clearly, he didn’t intend to say anything more.

Xie Weilou looked at the old man’s retreating figure. He said in a deep voice, “Senior, forced buying and selling won’t do. This rotten wood casket of mine is infinitely valuable. Exchanging it one-for-one, I lose too much.”

The old man stopped, took a deep puff of his dry pipe: “You can’t even defeat a Corpse Skeleton. Even if I force a buy or sell, what can you do?”

Boom!

As soon as he finished speaking, dense White Bone War Horses and Corpse Skeletons instantly appeared around them. The aura of each one was incredibly terrifying.

Xie Weilou stretched out his hand, summoning the heaven suppressing stele and the Heavenly Book, and said coldly, “Since Senior is so overbearing, then I also want to see what Senior is truly capable of. Those White Bone War Horses and Corpse Skeletons injured me just now. I need to settle this score with Senior!”

Before entering Undying City, he might have been somewhat hesitant and dared not act rashly.

But once he truly entered here, he had to take life and death lightly and fight if he disagreed.

“Hmm? This is...”

The old man saw the heaven suppressing stele and the Heavenly Book in Xie Weilou’s hand, and a hint of surprise appeared in the depths of his eyes.

Whoosh!

The old man waved his sleeve, and a blue light surged towards a direction: “He is there.”

With that, he stepped into the Undying Pawnshop, and the surrounding White Bone War Horses and Corpse Skeletons all retreated.

“...”

Xie Weilou breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed the deterrent effect of the heaven suppressing stele and the Heavenly Book was still very obvious.

In truth, he was only putting on a brave front. If this old fellow had made a move, he might not have been able to resist.

After all, he found it difficult to truly unleash the power of the heaven suppressing stele and the Heavenly Book.

He stood rooted, continuing to stare at the Undying Pawnshop. As the one who controlled the Longevity Saintess had said, one-for-one, he suffered a huge loss.

But this old fellow only told him Xiu Tianchen’s whereabouts; that was just a piece of information, and he was still losing out!

“Greedy brat, utterly hateful!”

From within the Undying Pawnshop, a cluster of bloody light flew out: “Give him this, in exchange for his life.”

Xie Weilou took the bloody light and bowed to the pawnshop: “Thank you, Senior. If I have anything good in the future, this junior will definitely seek Senior for exchange.”

“Don’t come to me next time. I don’t welcome greedy customers like you here. You carry too much karma, and my shop cannot accommodate a great Buddha like you.”

The old man let out a cold laugh.

When Xie Weilou heard this, his heart stirred: “Senior said I carry too much karma? Since it’s the Undying Pawnshop, it must be able to pawn all things in heaven and earth. How about I use karma to pawn for some more things from Senior?”

What did the old man say just now?

The Undying Pawnshop could pawn Emperor’s laws, longevity, eternity, Great Dao, Divine Medicine, supreme treasures, and so on. If he could obtain Emperor’s laws and longevity again, that would naturally be best.

“Scram!”

The old man’s displeased voice came out, and a force directly blasted Xie Weilou towards the direction where the blue light had surged.

He had spent countless eons in this Undying City, and today he had truly been provoked.

Exchange for karma?

This brat really knew how to think!

If he hadn’t come bearing the rotten wood casket, what he would have exchanged for today would have been his own possessions, such as his eyes, body, lifespan, luck, and so on.