165: Chapter 165 Black Heart

Putting away the spirit money, Chu Xuan stared at the copper bowl without blinking.

He thought of his previous trip to Yinshan Village in the dream. Under the lead of the White-haired Village Chief, there was an Alms Bowl with the same function, which could produce spirit money out of thin air.

Originally, Chu Xuan planned to take it for research, but later in reality, he encountered that exceptionally malignant Specter. The foul stench it emitted after death was unbearable, so he had to give up and leave.

Later, after being led back to Shouguo Temple by Zhang Qiang and completing the tests, Chu Xuan returned to the Mahavira Hall to look for it. Unfortunately, it was already shattered and had lost its effectiveness.

Now, seeing a copper bowl with a similar function again, the idea of researching it arose in his mind once more.

"This is a sub-component of the teleportation furnace. Specific items can be transmitted between the mother-component furnace and the sub-component."

Seeing Chu Xuan examining the copper bowl, Xinyue Fox explained, "Any item refined by the teleportation furnace becomes a sub-component, capable of transmitting specific items with the mother-component furnace."

Xinyue Fox pointed at the pitch-black crack on the scroll: "For instance, this scroll is also a sub-component. The Specter just now was actually a Specter from a Dark Rift in some place. It was first transferred through the teleportation furnace and then sent here to us."

Chu Xuan was quite surprised; such a treasure actually existed.

"I told you long ago, the power of the Resurrection Society is beyond your imagination."

Xinyue Fox said with a sense of pride, "My Resurrection Society has four great Curios: the eerie bus, the teleportation furnace, the spirit gathering holy grail, and a final Curio that even I have never heard of. These are the foundation of the Resurrection Society's existence."

Chu Xuan's heart stirred, and he immediately asked, "The spirit gathering holy grail—could it be a treasure that can directly generate spirit money? Is all your spirit money actually produced by the spirit gathering holy grail?"

"Smart," Xinyue Fox praised.

"Do you know where it is?"

Xinyue Fox shook her head: "In fact, apart from the eerie bus, I have never seen the spirit gathering holy grail or the teleportation furnace. These sub-components of the teleportation furnace were actually given to me by Azure Dragon."

Secretly thinking it was a pity, Chu Xuan continued to ask, "Are there many sub-components of the teleportation furnace?"

"Presumably."

Xinyue Fox said noncommittally, "At least every Constellation Envoy has three to five. Additionally, the Usher for each naturally formed gathering place of Gloom will also have one. These sub-components are actually very fragile; they are consumables and will lose their effectiveness after a while."

Chu Xuan said calmly, "What is the identity of a Usher? The White-haired Village Chief I killed seemed to be just a controlled ordinary person."

"Only Azure Dragon knows that."

Xinyue Fox sneered, "Are you scared now? Azure Dragon knew the moment you killed the Usher. You might have already been targeted!"

Chu Xuan's heart sank, and he immediately thought of that mysterious powerhouse.

Was it Azure Dragon, or the Usher?

Chu Xuan did not regret killing the White-haired Village Chief.

Because the outcome would be the same. That person was merely a Puppet of the Usher. On the trip to Yinshan Village, his focus was on destroying the Spirit Washing ceremony and slaying the Great Buddha.

With a thousand thoughts racing through his mind, Chu Xuan naturally showed no emotional fluctuation on the surface, saying indifferently, "In this world, no one can make me feel fear."

"That's because you haven't seen Azure Dragon."

Xinyue Fox said with great certainty, "Though your talent is powerful, if Azure Dragon wants to kill you, there is no chance you would survive.

Even if you have an S-rank Specter in your body, it is still inside you after all. Even if it were to seize your body immediately, without sufficient spirituality, it could at most maintain an A-rank level. It wouldn't count as a true S-rank."

"Then I'm actually looking forward to meeting Azure Dragon."

Chu Xuan did not argue and then asked, "Who are the informants you've planted inside the official ranks? There must be informants among the official members of the Night Watchers as well, right?"

Xinyue Fox answered with a question, "What do you think?"

"Zhang Qiang? Zhao Hongchan?"

"Who knows, maybe."

Chu Xuan had been maintaining the Heart-Confusing Skill to sense the target's emotional fluctuations, but with Xinyue Fox, he couldn't feel any.

He immediately understood that either she had the ability to suppress her emotions, or the gap between their Mental Energy was too large, causing the skill to fail.

"Why are you asking so many questions?" A hint of strangeness appeared in Xinyue Fox's voice as she said jokingly, "You don't want to be a double agent, do you?"

"Just curiosity," Chu Xuan said calmly. "That's just how I am. If I have a question, I ask; I never hide anything."

"Then let's end it here for today. I will report your matters to Azure Dragon when I see him. As for whether you can become a Constellation Envoy, that will ultimately depend on his opinion."

Xinyue Fox said with a smile, "I think your chances are quite good, but the prerequisite might be passing some of Azure Dragon's tests."

Xinyue Fox stood up, preparing to leave.

"Wait!"

Chu Xuan raised his hand and said, "I have another very important matter for coming here."

"Oh?" Xinyue Fox's eyes showed surprise, and she sat back down.

"Earlier, I heard that anything one wants in reality can be exchanged for spirit money here. So I want to know, what exactly can be exchanged?"

Hearing this, Xinyue Fox suddenly giggled. "Since you were planning to exchange for items, why did you just absorb all 120 spirit money? That's equivalent to 1,200 points of spirituality value. Do you regret it now?"

Chu Xuan naturally wouldn't tell her that he did so only to better establish his persona and take the initiative in the subsequent dialogue.

What did a mere 100 or so spirit money matter?

The ghost-forbidden lamp, indestructible flowing shadow, exclusive skill crystals, and jiyue crystals he possessed were the true sources for earning spirit money.

At this moment, he said bluntly:

"Stop using that rhetoric. You say it's equivalent to 1,200 points of spirituality value, but its true value is only 120 points! I just want to know what exactly can be exchanged here."

Xinyue Fox chuckled and nodded toward the robed old man. The latter quickly brought out a tablet, pulled up a list, and showed it to Chu Xuan.

In the list's annotations, 1 spirit money was equivalent to 10 points of spirituality value and could be exchanged for 100,000 yuan, or an equivalent amount in other currencies or gold.

Besides that, various unethical transactions could be conducted through spirit money, such as human trafficking, arms, drugs, and so on.

There were also various gene serums, but unfortunately, the effects described were only effective for ordinary people, improving their Physique, delaying aging, and treating various diseases.

There were also enhancement serums, but they were all ridiculously expensive.

For example, a stamina enhancement serum could increase 1 point of stamina, but it cost 15 spirit money and was only effective for Level 1.

There were also strength serums and agility serums, mostly following the same pattern.

Chu Xuan said, "They really are all trash. They're decent for ordinary people, but mostly useless for Transcendents. And these enhancement serums are 50% more expensive than those in the System. How black-hearted!"