Chapter 1655: Losing Miserably

He looked at the Saint's Faded Crystal and asked, "How much does this cost?"

Qiqi replied, "Ten thousand Grand Qian Divine Coins, or one Realm Artifact."

"What?"

"A Realm Artifact?"

Jiang Fan stared at her with wide eyes: "Are you out of your mind?"

"No matter how precious a Saint's Faded Crystal is, it's nowhere near comparable to a Realm Artifact!"

How many Realm Artifacts are there in the Middle Earth?

It's absolutely impossible to trade a Realm Artifact for a Saint's Faded Crystal.

The so-called Saint's Faded Crystal should be similar to the Hell Abyss Crystal.

They are both crystallized forms of a Saint's cultivation after their demise. The difference is that one is formed from an Angelic Saint, and the other from a Hell Realm Saint.

While they are precious, they are not comparable to a Realm Artifact.

Qiqi was not at all surprised by Jiang Fan's astonishment and said:

"Rare goods are valuable. I never sell ordinary items; I only sell what others desperately need, which is why they are very expensive."

"For instance, a bottle of water sold to someone with no worries about food or drink is naturally only worth the price of a bottle of water."

"But sold to someone dying of thirst in the desert, it's worth all their possessions."

"If you desperately need this Saint's Faded Crystal, even ten Realm Artifacts would be a reasonable price."

"If you don't desperately need it, it's not even worth a single top-grade spiritual artifact."

Jiang Fan rubbed his brow.

What a shrewd merchant!

He waved his hand: "I don't need it for now."

Qiqi pouted slightly, put the Saint's Faded Crystal away, and asked, "Then what else do you desperately need?"

Jiang Fan thought for a moment and seriously asked, "Do you have any treasures that can restore the uses of one's domain?"

Qiqi replied without hesitation, "Of course!"

"This is primarily what I came to sell this time!"

"When the ancient Blood Demon Beast tide arrives, no one will have enough domain uses or talents."

She patted the golden treasure chest, and a small ring imbued with the aura of laws emerged.

At first glance, it looked like a miniature divine ring.

"Just one can completely restore a domain."

Jiang Fan's heart stirred, and he asked, "How much is it?"

Qiqi's eyes showed a smile: "It seems you desperately need it."

"Then it's one Grand Qian Divine Coin, or one top-grade spiritual artifact."

"A top-grade spiritual artifact?"

Jiang Fan's chest tightened.

Normally, who would be crazy enough to trade a top-grade spiritual artifact for something that restores domain uses?

Something that recovers slowly over a day isn't worth anything at all.

This perfectly echoed Qiqi's words: the value of goods depends on demand.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, one top-grade spiritual artifact then."

"However, are you sure my domain uses can be restored?"

He was a bit worried because others had ordinary divine rings, but he had an Ancestral Dao Divine Ring!

What if he bought it at such a painful price, only for it not to work, resulting in a huge loss?

Qiqi merely assumed Jiang Fan was doubting the treasure's ability and said:

"This was personally crafted by a Sage, imbued with the power of laws. Restoring the domain of a Soul Transformation realm cultivator is effortless."

Seeing Jiang Fan still frowning deeply, she said, "If you're truly uneasy, we can sign a contract."

She deftly produced a scroll, on which the terms of the agreement were already drafted. If violated, the power of laws within the contract would strip away the divine ring and demote the violator to the Nascent Soul realm.

As a shrewd merchant, this was the only way she could gain her customers' trust.

Qiqi took up a brush and added a line: "Guaranteed to fully restore the domain of Jiang Fan of Middle Earth."

She then signed her name on it.

The contract immediately released a halo imbued with laws, enveloping Qiqi.

If violated, she would certainly suffer a backlash.

Jiang Fan sensed the contract, confirming its apparent validity, before painfully taking out the Soul-Suppressing Buddhist Beads.

As a top-grade spiritual artifact of the Buddhist path, Jiang Fan couldn't fully unleash its true power.

Moreover, he now possessed more powerful soul-attacking methods.

The limited suppression ability of the Soul-Suppressing Buddhist Beads was no longer of much use.

"A Buddhist artifact? These are quite rare; they can also be considered valuable goods."

"Alright, I'll take it!"

Qiqi nodded with satisfaction, then flicked her finger, and the small divine ring in her hand flew into the back of Jiang Fan's head.

She, in turn, took the Soul-Suppressing Buddhist Beads and chuckled, "Transaction complete!"

However, she frowned as she noticed that the contract law on her body had not dissipated.

She blinked her large eyes: "What's going on?"

"Once the transaction is completed, the contract should automatically become void. Why is it still active?"

"I've taken the Soul-Suppressing Buddhist Beads, and your domain has been restored. We're even, aren't we...?"

"Cough, cough..."

Jiang Fan cleared his throat and said, "My domain hasn't been fully restored yet."

What he expected had happened: the Ancestral Dao Divine Ring was harder to fully restore than an ordinary divine ring.

Thankfully, he had prepared for this and passed the buck to Qiqi.

"How is that possible?"

Qiqi's face was full of surprise. She had traveled extensively and seen countless domains.

How could there be a domain that a Sage's law couldn't restore?

However, contract laws didn't lie.

Jiang Fan's domain was indeed not yet restored.

Reluctantly, she took out another small divine ring and said, "Consider this my misjudgment."

She flicked her finger again, and the small divine ring flew into the back of Jiang Fan's head.

She thought it should be over by now, right?

Yet, to her slight astonishment, the contract law was still active.

She looked at Jiang Fan with a hint of disbelief: "Don't tell me your domain still hasn't been restored?"

Jiang Fan shrugged: "Isn't it obvious?"

"You... I..." Qiqi opened her mouth, unsure what to say for a moment.

She could only pull out a third small divine ring and forcefully flung it towards the back of Jiang Fan's head: "This time it should be over, right?"

What left her stunned in place was that the contract law was still active.

"This is utterly baffling! Three laws can't fill the domain of a mere Soul Transformation realm cultivator?"

She took out two small divine rings and threw them over together.

The law contract remained.

"I... I don't believe this!"

She took out five rings and threw them over at once, but what petrified her was that the law contract remained unmoving.

She stood frozen for a full ten breaths before murmuring, "Where exactly did things go wrong?"

Jiang Fan was also a little surprised.

It shouldn't be, right? Ten rings, and it's still not restored?

Even an Ancestral Dao should have been filled by now.

Seeing Qiqi looking as if she doubted reality, Jiang Fan cleared his throat and reminded her:

"Senior Qiqi, are you well-rested now?"

Qiqi snapped back to reality and glared fiercely at Jiang Fan:

"Fine! I'd like to see how much more your domain can consume of my goods!!"

She took out a full forty divine rings and threw them one by one at the back of Jiang Fan's head.

One, two, three.

Four, five, six...

Until twenty rings, the contract law remained active.

Qiqi's palms began to tremble; she was losing so much she was practically stripped bare!

But she could only grit her teeth and continue.

Finally, after thirty rings.

Qiqi finally broke down, looking up and wailing, "Waaah! I'm not playing anymore!"

She had invested a total of forty small divine rings so far.

Of the fifty she originally brought, only the last ten remained.

Her dream of getting rich was shattered!

Jiang Fan wouldn't believe her tears and reminded her, "Hey, hey, hey, be careful the contract law doesn't demote you to the Nascent Soul realm."

"Hurry up, keep throwing them."

Wiping away her tears, Qiqi said, "Brother, please let me go."

"I beg you, please actively cancel the contract. Consider the forty rings I've given you as a gift from your little sister, alright?"

"Please, please, I've even called you 'Brother' now."