No hope for eternal life

Chapter 150 Able to bend and stretch

"One for five hundred middle-grade spirit stones." Even though Mu Changsheng had expected this, he still felt a little distressed. Fortunately, Mu Changsheng now had an additional 70,000 middle-grade spirit stones from the gold and silver stone mother mine. He now had nearly 190,000 middle-grade spirit stones on hand, which was considered relatively ample.

"Give me a hundred sheets of Yangluo paper." Mu Changsheng said.

"Please wait a moment, sir. I will go and get the goods for you." The servant knew that it was a big deal and quickly took his leave.

At the same time, Chen Li, who had been following Mu Changsheng, walked behind him and whispered, "Duke Shen is here, and it looks like he's here for you."

Mu Changsheng's heart moved when he heard the words, and he turned around and saw a familiar feminine face. He had seen this face during the palace examination. The other party was sitting in a position relatively close to Lord Feng Ze. In addition to Chen Li's reminder, this person should be the Duke of Shen, Shen Xu, who was secretly plotting to murder him.

Just as Chen Li said, as soon as Shen Xu entered the Chamber of Commerce, he went straight to Mu Changsheng and said with a smile: "Young friend Mu may not recognize me yet, my humble name is Shen Xu."

Mu Changsheng clasped his fists slightly and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Greetings, Lord Shen."

"I just came back and he came to me. He is really well-informed." Mu Changsheng thought to himself. He naturally disliked this Shen Xu, but the gap in status and strength was there. He couldn't really do anything to Shen Xu and could only pretend to be nice to him.

Shen Xu said with a guilty look on his face: "I came here today to apologize for what happened to Sha Tongmo. It was all my fault that I was confused for a moment and listened to Sha Tongmo's instigation. Fortunately, I met a master who helped me. My friend is safe."

"Your Excellency the Duke, your words are too serious. Shatongmo has already received the punishment he deserved, and the matter has been exposed." Mu Changsheng said calmly. Regardless of whether Shen Xu apologized sincerely or not, as long as Shen Xu did not cause him trouble again in the future, he did not want to pursue anything too much.

"My friend, that's right. The matter has been exposed." Shen Xu nodded with satisfaction. He felt that Mu Changsheng was quite sensible, so he asked again: "Does Senior Mo have any other instructions for me?"

"You've been going around in circles. It turns out you want to find out about Aunt Mo." Mu Changsheng sneered in his heart, and then responded to Shen Xu: "Don't worry, Duke. In the past two months, Senior Mo and I have lived next door to each other, and I haven't heard her mention you."

Shen Xu raised his eyebrows. Naturally, he heard the hidden meaning in Mu Changsheng's words. He said that the two of them lived next to each other, which was to pull the banner of Mo Lianyue, and probably to warn himself.

However, Shen Xu was also a smart man. He saw through it but didn't say anything. He saw the servant of Wanbao Chamber of Commerce coming over and guessed that Mu Changsheng must have bought something, so he asked the servant: "How many spirit stones do you need? I'll pay for it."

The Chamber of Commerce servant was also sharp-eyed. He recognized Shen Xu's identity and quickly said, "It will cost 50,000 mid-grade spirit stones."

Before Shen Xu took out the spirit stone, Mu Changsheng interrupted and said, "Your Excellency, you are too polite. I should pay for the spirit stone myself."

After saying that, Mu Changsheng handed the storage bag containing spirit stones to the Chamber of Commerce servant.

When the Chamber of Commerce servant saw the bag of spirit stones, he was in a dilemma. He didn't know whether he should accept it or not. He felt that both parties were not easy to deal with.

Shen Xu was not angry at this, and smiled faintly and said: "My friend Mu, your spirit of not bowing down for spirit stones is commendable. How about this, I have the title of Duke of the country, and I have a 10% discount in this chamber of commerce. I will consider this as my purchase for you, and you only need to pay 45,000 medium-grade spirit stones."

Seeing this, the Chamber of Commerce servant immediately looked at Mu Changsheng and said, "This is in accordance with the rules. You only need to pay 45,000 medium-grade spirit stones."

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng did not insist any further and thanked Shen Xu: "Thank you very much, Duke."

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng took back five thousand medium-grade spirit stones from the storage bag and handed the storage bag to the Chamber of Commerce servant. The Chamber of Commerce servant then handed the storage bag containing Yang Luo paper to Mu Changsheng, completing the transaction.

Seeing that Mu Changsheng was so "sensible", Shen Xu said no more and left after saying one last sentence: "I look forward to your outstanding performance in the future."

Mu Changsheng stood there for a long time without moving. Finally, he sighed: "He can bend and stretch. He is really a ruthless person."

The person Mu Changsheng was referring to was naturally Shen Xu.

"Anyone who can become a Duke is certainly not an ordinary person." Chen Li echoed from the side.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng and the other returned to the Imperial Palace. Mu Changsheng said to Chen Li, "Brother Chen, please go to the Imperial Palace Treasury for me and buy 500 sets of the third-grade Divine Travel Talisman Liquid and 500 sets of the third-grade Fiery Sun Talisman Liquid."

Although he already had a lot of Fiery Sun Talismans, Mu Changsheng was still worried about the lack of firepower, so he had to buy more. Even if he couldn't use them all in the future, he could sell them. With Mu Changsheng's 50% success rate in refining the Fiery Sun Talismans, he could make a lot of profit from selling them. Moreover, the prices of various spiritual objects in the imperial palace treasury were much cheaper than those outside. If you missed this opportunity, you would never have it again.

"Leave it to me." Chen Li agreed immediately.

After Chen Li left, Mu Changsheng approached the stone tablet again, wanting to feel the fist meaning and talisman meaning on the stone tablet again.

At this time, Bai Kunyu and Shen Qianliu were sitting beside the stone tablet and comprehending the artistic conception.

When Shen Qianliu found Mu Changsheng, he quickly stood up and said flatteringly: "Brother Mu is back. I was blind before and I apologize if I have offended you."

Mu Changsheng was frightened at first by Shen Qianliu's flattering expression, but then he quickly realized that this was most likely the work of Duke Shen, because Shen Qianliu was from the Shen family.

After thinking it through, Mu Changsheng did not bully others, but said calmly: "Brother Shen, there is no need to be so polite. Maybe we will have to work together in the Six Nations Trial in the future?"

"Yes, yes, if I have the honor to participate in the Six Nations Trial with Brother Mu, I will definitely follow your lead." Shen Qianliu continued to say in a flattering manner.

Mu Changsheng didn't want to dwell on it any more, so he reminded her, "Let's continue to comprehend the artistic conception of the stone tablet."

Shen Qianliu was also very tactful and stopped disturbing Mu Changsheng. Mu Changsheng once again immersed himself in the stone tablet fist space.

In the void, Mu Changsheng floated in the ocean of fist intent, and only a huge fist mark added a little color to this dark space.

Even though Mu Changsheng now has a deeper understanding of the fist intent, he is still unable to break free from the constraints of the fist intent on the stone tablet. This shows how big the gap is between Mu Changsheng and the strong man who left the fist intent.

After being pierced through by the fist again, Mu Changsheng felt a new realization in his heart. This was also the realization brought about by his breakthrough in fist intent.

After exiting the fist meaning space, Mu Changsheng went to the talisman meaning space again. He was still drawing talismans on the grass with one finger standing upright. Mu Changsheng also comprehended the meaning of talismans, and had a deeper understanding of the powerful talismans here.

"What a pity, it is ultimately powerless and has form but no soul." Mu Changsheng felt regretful. This kind of insight from the stone tablet would indeed be helpful, but the help was far less than that from the sword that Mo Lianyue had casually swung before.

After leaving the Fuyi Space, Chen Li also came back and handed over the storage bag, saying: "A total of 33,000 medium-grade spirit stones."

Mu Changsheng took the storage bag and gave Chen Li 33,000 medium-grade spirit stones.

"Now that I've reached the Golden Core Realm, all expenses have increased, easily costing tens of thousands of mid-grade spirit stones." Mu Changsheng sighed in his heart. Although he still had about 120,000 mid-grade spirit stones in his hand, he was afraid that he would not be able to sustain the expenses for long.

This made Mu Changsheng more determined to take part in the Six Nations Trial, as the rewards there included top-grade spirit stones. Due to their specific strategic value, the exchange rate of top-grade spirit stones was several times higher than that of low-grade spirit stones. One top-grade spirit stone was equivalent to thirty to forty thousand medium-grade spirit stones!