167: Chapter 167 You might make a small profit, but I'll never lose.

[The time limit for your talent skill is approaching. Do you want to spend 10 spirituality value to extend it for 1 hour? 10 seconds remaining...]

[10!]

[9!]

Chu Xuan had just received the 150 spirit money when the System prompt appeared. He certainly wouldn't choose to wake up from the dream at this moment and opted for the extension.

[You have consumed 10 spirituality value]

[Current spirituality value: 230]

Next, Chu Xuan took out the demon-subduing pestle and handed it to Xinyue Fox. After she picked it up, she clearly received a System prompt as well.

"indestructible flowing shadow? Under normal circumstances, it could be a handy transcendent weapon. Unfortunately, it has been deeply eroded by The Gloom. Using it requires spending spirituality value, and over time, you will inevitably be affected... This item is merely a curiosity. I'll offer 50 spirit money at most."

Xinyue Fox shook her head, her eyes filled with disappointment. "Is this all..."

Before she could finish, Chu Xuan had already taken out three pitch-black, ice-cold rhombic crystals, followed by a fist-sized orange-yellow crystal.

"jiyue crystal, these are quite good. And this is... an exclusive skill synthesis crystal?!"

Xinyue Fox gasped, especially as she cradled the orange-yellow crystal, marveling at it. "To think it can synthesize two regular skills into an exclusive skill and can be upgraded up to Rank 9. To think such a treasure exists!"

"So this is all a Constellation Envoy amounts to, having never even seen this before."

Chu Xuan remained arrogant. "Name your price!"

Xinyue Fox pondered for a long while before saying, "I can offer 200 spirit money for the 3 jiyue crystals. As for this exclusive skill synthesis crystal... I'll offer 300!"

"Too little. Add another 100," Chu Xuan said.

"Deal!"

Xinyue Fox spoke up immediately, as if afraid Chu Xuan would go back on his word, saying in quick succession:

"indestructible flowing shadow, jiyue crystal, and this exclusive skill synthesis crystal—650 spirit money in total! Here is this first..."

Xinyue Fox first pushed all the remaining 350 spirit money toward Chu Xuan.

Then, she tossed the ghost-forbidden lamp, the 3 jiyue crystals, and the demon-subduing pestle into the copper bowl, where they vanished in an instant.

After about half a minute, more spirit money surged out, piling up until the entire copper bowl was full and many were even overflowing.

"Here's another 300 spirit money!"

Xinyue Fox set aside 300 spirit money for Chu Xuan, while quite a bit of spirit money still remained in the copper bowl.

"This is mine!" Xinyue Fox impatiently picked up the exclusive skill synthesis crystal and examined it closely, unable to conceal the joy in her eyes.

"Since that's the case, I might as well sell these too."

Chu Xuan handed the dirt pill that Bai Yunfei had given him earlier, as well as the headscarf Zhao Hongchan had given Tang Zheng, to Xinyue Fox.

"Are you really that short on spirituality?"

Xinyue Fox gave Chu Xuan a very strange look.

"The buyback price for a dirt pill is 5 spirit money; I won't take a middleman's cut on this. As for this headscarf with a one-time protective function, I'll value it at 25 spirit money. That's 30 spirit money in total."

Xinyue Fox added, "This is already a very fair buyback price."

This time, Chu Xuan didn't haggle and accepted it gladly.

"Pleasure doing business with you!"

Xinyue Fox set aside another 30 spirit money for Chu Xuan, her tone very light, and her eyes held a hint of a mysterious smile as she looked at him.

Clearly, Xinyue Fox had taken a significant cut this time and made a killing.

"Yes, pleasure doing business with you!"

Chu Xuan also smiled.

You might make a small profit, but I never lose!

He had raked in another 680 spirit money, plus the 150 spirit money from selling the ghost-forbidden lamp and the 120 spirit money won from the previous bet.

There was also the 55 spirit money reward from Tang Zheng's Spirit Washing, as well as the 34 spirit money obtained from the Phantom Demon devouring a C-rank Ghost.

The total spirituality value earned in this haul amounted to 1039 points, which was much easier than slaying the Great Buddha in Yinshan Village.

Chu Xuan was very satisfied and directly absorbed the 830 spirit money from the sales along with the 55 spirit money he had just received.

[Your spirituality value +885]

[Current spirituality value: 1115]

[Your spirituality value has exceeded the limit. The excess portion will be lost in 10 minutes.]

As the System prompt appeared, Chu Xuan suddenly felt flush with cash again. He magnanimously spent 12 attribute points to raise his four attributes—stamina, strength, agility, and spirit—from 29 to 30.

[Detection complete. You have met the requirements for advancement. Do you want to spend 300 spirituality value to increase your Personal Rank? Current Personal Rank: Rank 3]

—Level me up, thanks.

[You have consumed 300 spirituality value]

[Your Personal Rank +1]

[Current Personal Rank: Rank 4]

[Remaining spirituality value: 815]

The spirituality value required for this Rank increase had gone up by another 100 points.

By that logic, the next Rank increase would likely require 400 spirituality value. The spirituality value gap was still quite large.

However, this time Chu Xuan was no longer worried about the source of spirituality value as he had been in the past.

This Resurrection Society is practically a cash machine!

With that thought in mind, Chu Xuan found Xinyue Fox much more pleasing to the eye.

"If you have any more good items to sell in the future, feel free to bring them over. I'll give you a better valuation," Xinyue Fox said with a smile as she stood up, her narrow eyes behind the mask curving into crescents.

"Definitely, definitely." Chu Xuan grinned and left the Bafang Pawnshop with Tang Zheng.

Standing by the window and watching the two figures disappear down the long street, the voluptuous vixen said respectfully,

"Lord Envoy, there's something not quite right about this Chu Xuan."

"Hmm... he is indeed a bit weird. However, it's best if we don't come into conflict with him. This kid is a bit strange, especially since there really might be an S-rank Specter inside him. If we aren't careful, we might capsize in a gutter. I'll report directly to Azure Dragon and let him handle it!"

After pondering for a moment, Xinyue Fox returned to her desk, tore off a slip of paper, wrote five characters: "I want to see Azure Dragon," and then tossed it into the copper bowl.

She hadn't been lying when she said she couldn't actively contact Azure Dragon before, but what she didn't say was that she could use this method to have Azure Dragon come find her as soon as possible.

"Even if this kid really is a problem, Azure Dragon will be the one to face him. It has nothing to do with me..." Xinyue Fox muttered to herself, very satisfied with her way of handling things.

Meanwhile, after walking a long distance away from the pedestrian street, Tang Zheng finally couldn't help but ask,

"Chu Xuan, can you tell me what's going on? I haven't been able to figure it out for the longest time. When did you join the Resurrection Society? And you just sold my headscarf for 25 spirit money like that? That's way too much of a loss!"

"Heaven's secrets must not be revealed. I have my own plans."

Chu Xuan's single sentence left Tang Zheng speechless. His mouth twitched, and just as he was about to say something more, Chu Xuan took out the spirit bead and handed it over.

"Absorb 100 spirituality value. Convert 80 of that into attribute points to add 1 point each to your stamina, strength, agility, and spirit. Retain the remaining 20 spirituality value."

Chu Xuan hadn't sold the spirit bead off at a low price earlier precisely because he was afraid of potential problems. Although the possibility was minuscule, he wouldn't gamble on it.

Handing the spirit bead to Tang Zheng now was to conduct an experiment.