Po Du looked at the Cursed Stone, then at the Appraiser, and said, "Senior, that stone... I’ll, uh, I’ll just give it to you."
The Appraiser: "..."
She didn’t want it either. She still couldn’t shake the feeling it gave her.
Even if Jiang Zuo had been lying, she was still a little worried.
After all, it could very well be real.
As the saying goes, once bitten, twice shy. Even Cultivators could feel fear.
However, Po Du didn’t give her any chance to refuse and simply ran away.
Po Du had made up his mind; he wasn’t keeping it. He also had to go warn his friends that this was something they couldn’t afford to touch.
Just then, Jiang Zuo arrived at Room 1. The room was quite large, and two people were seated inside: a middle-aged man and a young woman.
Jiang Zuo walked in and said, "Appraisal request level."
Without looking up, the young woman held out her hand. "Work ID."
Jiang Zuo handed over his work ID.
The young woman swiped his ID and asked, "The Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires?"
Jiang Zuo nodded.
Yes, what he wanted was the Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires. This stone was used for cultivating the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Technique, but Jiang Zuo planned to use it as a material to prevent Su Qi from maintaining a state devoid of all emotions and desires.
Simply put, it would stop Su Qi from achieving Heaven and Earth Enlightenment.
The young woman looked at the middle-aged man and asked, "Master, what is the Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires?"
The middle-aged man frowned. It seemed he didn’t know, either.
Jiang Zuo said flatly, "Find someone who knows what it is."
The middle-aged man’s brow furrowed. ’Isn’t this man trying to make me lose face?’
’How could he be so disrespectful?’
Then he said confidently, "The Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires is a rare material. It’s normal for some juniors not to recognize it.
The request level will be set to high-grade."
The young woman said, "Alright, the request level is set to high-grade. The payment is one Fourth-Grade Spirit Stone. There’s no Spirit Stone balance in your account. Would you like to make a deposit or pay directly?"
Jiang Zuo took out a Fourth-Grade Spirit Stone and said, "Pay directly."
He didn’t care whether the middle-aged man was right or wrong. As long as he could post the request normally, that was all that mattered.
After accepting the Spirit Stone, she returned the work ID to Jiang Zuo. "It’s all set. They will contact you if there’s any news. If they can’t reach you, the request will be temporarily closed as soon as a Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires is submitted to the warehouse. This is to prevent a second one from being turned in.
Of course, we will appraise it beforehand."
Jiang Zuo nodded and walked out. He hoped it would be found quickly, but the Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires was incredibly rare. There was almost no hope.
Why?
Because from ancient times to the present day, there has only ever been one Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires. A second one could not possibly exist.
As soon as Jiang Zuo left, the woman said to her master, "Master, can you please stop worrying so much about face? What if this Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires is something incredible? We’ll get chewed out again."
That’s right, she had seen through her master’s bluff from the very beginning.
The middle-aged man waved his hand dismissively. "Worst case, I’ll cover it myself. It’s only a Fifth-Grade stone."
The woman rolled her eyes. "Master, other people come to work to earn money. You’re going to work yourself into bankruptcy.
You should go find out what the Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires actually is. If someone brings one in and we can’t appraise it, it won’t be a simple matter of losing money."
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Jiang Zuo walked out. He didn’t think anyone would find the Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires anytime soon. The main issue was that even if someone did find it, they likely wouldn’t recognize it.
After all, only a very small number of people had even heard of the Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires, and even fewer could actually identify it.
He even doubted whether anyone in the entire Tianhe Group could appraise it.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t divine the location of the Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires. There was no information to use as a basis for divination.
If he had a photo, or even a piece of location information, he could at least try.
But he had nothing.
At that moment, Jiang Zuo saw the Appraiser from Room 7 standing not far away. He didn’t pay her much mind and was about to walk right past.
"Wait," the woman called out to Jiang Zuo before he could pass.
Jiang Zuo looked at her without speaking.
He was waiting for her to speak.
The Appraiser then said, "Take the Cursed Stone that’s inside with you."
Jiang Zuo ignored her and turned to leave.
"Wait, wait! I’ll give you Spirit Stones! Please, I’m begging you, take the stone away." The Appraiser blocked Jiang Zuo’s path. "I’m just trying to make a living here; earning money isn’t easy. That fellow Daoist didn’t want the stone, and I don’t dare to keep it either.
I saw that you can control it, so why not take it back and use it as an explosive?
You never know when it might come in handy. I’ll even pay you. What do you say?"
Jiang Zuo hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "Bring the stone out."
’Use it as an explosive? That could actually work,’ he thought. ’But using it would trigger an uncontrollable event and have significant repercussions.’
’Keeping it around is definitely a ticking time bomb. If the source of the curse ever erupts, this stone will erupt with it.’
’With my current Cultivation, I wouldn’t be able to control it.’
’All in all, the cons outweigh the pros.’
’But I’m about to go to the Sword Cultivation Lineage. There, it’s very likely the pros will outweigh the cons.’
Therefore, Jiang Zuo decided to take it.
The Appraiser hesitated for a moment, but then gritted her teeth and went inside to get it herself.
’I really don’t want to touch that stone,’ she thought. ’What if it suddenly erupts?’
A moment later, bracing herself, she handed the Cursed Stone to Jiang Zuo, who accepted it and put it away.
He didn’t take the Spirit Stones, however.
Before he left, the Appraiser asked, "I’ll be okay, right?"
Jiang Zuo: "You won’t."
After that, Jiang Zuo left directly. He hadn’t taken two steps before the Appraiser asked, "May I know your Daoist name, Fellow Daoist?"
Jiang Zuo didn’t answer and walked straight out.
The Appraiser: "..."
’This guy really has no manners at all.’
’It’s a miracle he’s lived this long with a temper like that.’
’But I can’t see his Cultivation level, so I don’t dare say much. For all I know, he could be some great, hidden senior.’
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As soon as Jiang Zuo’s request was posted, many people saw it. The name Po Xiao was very well-known.
Many of these people were curious about what the Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires was.
After asking around, they discovered that nobody knew.
"No way, not a single person knows? Forget finding it, no one has even heard of it?" someone asked.
"I’ll go contact some other people and see."
Ximen Linglong was also extremely curious. Even her older brother said that Po Xiao was exceptionally powerful, so the item he was looking for this time was definitely not simple.
After all, if so many people had never heard of it, it was natural that she hadn’t either.
She contacted her brother and quickly received a reply: "The Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires? I think I’ve read about it somewhere.
Hmm, it should be a material required for a Supreme Cultivation Skill. I don’t know the specifics, but it’s definitely very rare."
Ximen Linglong asked, "How rare? How much is it worth? And where can you find it?"
Ximen Chuihuo replied, "Why are you asking so many questions? That thing is one of a kind, and it’s been lost for who knows how many years.
You could only call it a priceless treasure.
As for more specific details, our serious father might know."
Before Ximen Linglong could ask, someone announced, "I found out! It’s a material for a Supreme Cultivation Skill. Fellow Daoist Po Xiao most likely intends to cultivate that technique."
"If it’s for that kind of technique, can Po Xiao even afford it?"
"It’s not a question of affording it. You couldn’t buy it even if you wanted to. I received a tip that from time immemorial to the present day, there has only ever been one Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires.
Right now, it’s likely that no one in the entire Cultivation Realm can even recognize the Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires."
Ximen Linglong was shocked. ’Is it really that exaggerated?’
’If no one can even recognize it, isn’t this an impossible request?’
In truth, Ximen Linglong was very curious what reward Po Xiao was offering.
’If I had the Stone of Seven Emotions and Six Desires,’ Ximen Linglong wondered, ’could I demand that Po Xiao tear off his pet’s limbs?’
’That would be a good way to get revenge for Qiqi.’