Chapter 973 - 598: Bone Dragon Knight, War Mercenaries Agreement
After speaking, the Vampire Noble climbed into a sedan chair, which was carried by four spectral Silver Tier Resentful Spirits.
The Resentful Spirits, with expressionless faces, lifted the sedan chair onto their shoulders and carried the vampire toward Fang Zhou’s direction.
Soon, the four Resentful Spirits carried the vampire in front of Fang Zhou.
Following the sedan chair were the vampire noble’s guards, a squad of vampires clad in armor.
A dozen vampires in total, all of Silver Tier, led by another Vampire Noble whose strength was Golden Tier.
The Vampire Noble was carried to Fang Zhou’s presence. He slowly stepped down from the sedan chair, casting a brief look at Fang Zhou, a smile began to spread across his face.
He said, "My heavens, today really is my lucky day to have the fortune of meeting a powerful Bone Dragon Knight here!"
His voice was somewhat exaggerated as he removed the hat from his head, placing it over his chest and bowed to Fang Zhou in a ritual.
"Blood Moon above, I am the Vampire Merchant Trist, may I know your name, sir?"
The Vampire Merchant’s waist bent deeply, his portly belly nearly touching the ground.
Fang Zhou returned the warrior’s ritual to Trist, saying, "I am Fang Zhou."
When facing different species, or even people from different regions, a name is merely a designation.
The name Fang Zhou heard by Trist was likely a transliterated version, even if its meaning wasn’t understood, it didn’t matter.
"Lord Ark, your power is indeed formidable.
Look at these majestic Undead Warriors, truly remarkable!"
Trist lifted his head, scanning the hundreds of Blood Spirit Personal Guard Knights around Fang Zhou, his gaze full of admiration.
Trist was not overly concerned for his safety; he was a Blood Moon Merchant under the protection of Blood Moon Will in the Blood War Furnace.
Even the most foolish undead rarely harm Blood Moon Merchants.
The reason is simple, under the illumination of the Blood Moon, Blood Moon Merchants have a vast spiritual network.
If a creature attacks or even kills a Blood Moon Merchant, almost every Blood Moon Merchant will be aware of it.
Those creatures daring to harm Blood Moon Merchants will find themselves unable to purchase anything from their merchant group in the future.
And if a creature kills several Blood Moon Merchants, it becomes a grave taboo.
Soon, wealthy Blood Moon Merchants will lavish money, hiring formidable undead, and even demons, to kill the brazen creature.
In the Blood War Furnace, few beings dare to trouble Blood Moon Merchants unless they never want to buy anything again.
Fang Zhou smiled slightly, he descended from the Bone Dragon Uriel, saying, "Thank you for your praise, Trist. Merely a few undead soldiers."
Trist looked at Fang Zhou dismounting, his smile grew broader, and he glanced at Uriel behind Fang Zhou.
Trist chuckled, saying, "Lord Ark, my servant just informed me you have a transaction to discuss with me, is that correct?"
Fang Zhou nodded, saying, "Indeed! We can start discussing business."
"Now? Here? So urgent?"
This took Trist by surprise.
"Is that not possible?" Fang Zhou slightly frowned.
"Of course, your will is quintessential.
What trade do you have in mind?"
"We have just arrived in Blood War Furnace from the Otherworld, seeking to buy detailed information about Blood War Furnace and understand this place better," Fang Zhou said.
"Ah... naturally, that’s possible. What do you intend to trade with?" Trist’s smile remained unchanged.
Fang Zhou pondered, taking out some blood spirit essence crystals, saying, "Is this acceptable?"
Trist glanced, shaking his head, "Hmm... goods without Soul Power, such items aren’t considered valuable in Blood War Furnace."
This puzzled Fang Zhou slightly, he asked, "This is Silver Quality Undead Essence, can it not be used as currency here?"
Trist sighed, saying, "It can be, but such items aren’t highly valued in Blood War Furnace.
Our favorite is this..."
With that, Trist retrieved a crystal of similar size.
Unlike Fang Zhou’s crystal, this magic stone was filled with Soul Power instead of Death Energy.
"This is Blood Moon Coin, the currency circulating in Blood War Furnace...
A product of Undead Resources infused with Soul Power, this is the true currency."
Fang Zhou examined the Blood Moon Coin; it contained an amount of Soul Power equivalent to what a Bronze Tier creature could produce.
He pondered, noticing his attribute panel had abundant Soul Power.
Most of it was obtained through the Blood Spirit Lord Clone consuming in the Undead Realm, with a smaller portion acquired by the Undead Mage in various battlefield services killing enemies.
He quietly extracted some Soul Power from the attribute panel, attempting to infuse it into the Blood Spirit Crystal to craft Blood Moon Coin, but he couldn’t succeed.
The Soul Power infused into the Blood Spirit Crystal began to dissipate slowly upon entry.
At this rate, the soul might completely disperse in a few minutes.
Frowning, Fang Zhou retrieved the Blood Spirit Crystal infused with Soul Power, handing it to Trist, asking, "Why doesn’t my infused Blood Moon Coin differ from yours?"