Chapter 323 - Trades
Yang Xiu put on her most winning smile. “C’mon, Junior Brother. It’s a fair trade.”
“I am not giving you Stone Shaping for Lightning Bolt,” Zi Delan said.
“Why not? When will you ever need to scult stone? Are you planning on making a statue of yourself of something? It’s useless. Lightning Bolt, on the other hand, might just save your life.”
“Yeah, and I already have three bolts. No one else has Stone Shaping. Master only made five of them.”
Most of the sect members had no idea about the worth conveyed by rarity. She’d exchanged a short range Teleport, which everyone received ten of, for a Temperature Manipulation. Obviously, instantly disappearing from one place and appearing nearby was much more useful than changing the temperature of an object or area, especially since their robes now kept them completely comfortable. But when one was trying to acquire the complete set, it was the scarce ones that were the most valuable.
As far as Yang Xiu knew, very few people were collecting the talisman, which made the effort a lot easier for her. Unfortunately, Zi Delan was one of them.
Yang Xiu gritted her teeth. “Fine. I have an extra Explosive Growth.”
“Hmm. I do need that one, and I know who has another one of the Stone Shapings…” Zi Delan shook his head. “The value isn’t there for the trade, though. Master made eight growths. Throw in the Teleport, and it’s a deal.”
The next time she got the kid in the sparring ring, she was going to make him wish to the heavens that Yang Ru had steped in instead of her. “Teleports are way too valuable. You know as well as I do that they’ll be used up. By the end of the tournament, there might be hardly any of the original printing left.”
“Okay. A heal them.”
“That’s the same thing as a Teleport, and you know it,” she said. “I’ll give you an Earth Shot.”
Master had made a lot of each of his simple attack spells. Which made sense. In a fight, each would give his sect members an option that didn’t require a lot of thought and that packed a hefty punch.