Chapter 97

As the moonlight gradually faded, Buli knew it was almost dawn. A slight movement came from the cliff, and Buli immediately woke up, dispersing the soul array with a wave of his hand. He stood up and looked at the wall by the cliff.

A dark, bulky shadow wobbled and climbed up. For Buli, a few hundred feet of cliff was no big deal, but for Dahu, it was quite a challenge. But it wasn't that exaggerated, was it? Buli watched as Dahu grunted and fell off the wall, landing on the ground in a dog-eating-shit position without struggling.

Dahu's thick skin and tough flesh meant that this fall wasn't much of a problem, and Buli knew that. But... what had Dahu been doing all night to be this exhausted? Thinking about it, he did look like a bear.

Buli chuckled, remembering Dahu's words that dying on a she-bear's belly was a sacred thing. This was about the same, almost time to die. He lit a cigarette and tossed it to Dahu. Dahu caught it, moved a bit, and leaned against the wall, breathing heavily.

Looking at Dahu's state, even sacred things couldn't be done for too long.

"I told you to have some restraint. Look at you, exhausted like a bear," Buli teased.

"Damn! If I had died on a she-bear's belly, I would have accepted it, but who knew that she-bear would be so hard to handle," Dahu cursed. Buli was surprised. In the bear clan, Dahu was far stronger and more agile than any other bear. How could there be a she-bear he couldn't handle?

"I seem to have gotten into trouble," Dahu said, hiding in the corner, smoking and looking dejected.

"What happened?" Buli asked.

"That she-bear is someone's pet. It's a woman. How about this, you deal with the woman, and I'll deal with the she-bear," Dahu said.

Buli couldn't help but laugh and scold, "Get lost, you didn't even check properly. Stay in the yard for a while, don't go wild. Be careful, or someone might catch you, pour boiling water on you, and eat your meat."

Although he knew Buli was joking, Dahu still shivered involuntarily. He cursed Buli softly and smoked sullenly. Seeing Dahu's worried look, Buli felt that there might really be some trouble.

At that moment, three sharp whistles sounded from outside the wall.

It was already slightly light, and Buli thought Jiang Canyu must have returned. These two guys were almost in sync, quite a coincidence.

"Come in," Buli said. Hearing Buli's words, Jiang Canyu nimbly climbed over the wall, looking flustered.

"What's wrong?" Buli asked curiously. Did Jiang Canyu also mess with someone else's bun like Dahu? Dahu was already strange enough, and now Jiang Canyu looked the same. What was going on today?

Jiang Canyu, who was timid, took a few deep breaths to calm down and said, "Senior Sister Gu was looking for something downstairs, scaring me to death. If Senior Sister Gu finds out I went out to fool around, the sect will definitely kick me out."

"Senior Sister Gu?" This name was familiar to Buli. It must be the girl Jiang Canyu mentioned, who brought him here, wearing bright yellow clothes, and looked like a blazing fire. That strong and flexible waist, Dahu had even used her to tease him.

"Yes, Senior Sister Gu Huizi. I don't know who provoked her precious bear, but she's looking for it downstairs. Fortunately, I had a concealment rune, or I would have been seen by Senior Sister Gu." By the time he reached Buli, he was already safe, but even so, Jiang Canyu was still pale and took a while to recover.

Hearing Jiang Canyu's words, Dahu hid further in the corner, his bulky body looking like it could fit into a mouse hole.

"Do you have any soul stones? I have one, I wonder how many of the soul stones you gave me it can exchange for," Buli took out a soul stone given by Du Tian and tossed it over.

At first, Jiang Canyu was prepared to be polite, but seeing the dark soul stone flying through the air, reflecting the morning sun's light, shimmering with a rainbow of colors, he froze like a wooden statue. Unlike the soul stones Jiang Canyu gave Buli, this one, when illuminated by the sun, looked like a string of pearls, shimmering with light, clearly not ordinary.

Buli didn't expect such a reaction, watching the soul stone about to hit the ground. It was given to him by someone else, so he wasn't too upset, but Jiang Canyu suddenly came to his senses, leaped up like a madman, caught the soul stone, and hugged it tightly, his head hitting the wall with a thud. Dahu felt the pain even from a distance.

"What's wrong?" Buli asked curiously. Did Jiang Canyu go crazy over the soul stone? Hitting his head against the wall wasn't a joke. Cultivators were stronger than ordinary people, but such a violent collision wasn't good.

"A first-grade soul stone?!" Jiang Canyu still couldn't believe his eyes, holding the soul stone Buli threw and examining it closely. He wiped the soul stone with his sleeve and compared it in the morning sun, looking like he was about to go crazy.

It turned out that soul stones were indeed graded. Thinking about it, Buli felt the soul force in this soul stone was too concentrated, and it was a pity to use it casually in a soul array, so he took it out to ask Jiang Canyu. Seeing Jiang Canyu's dazed look, he knew this soul stone wasn't simple.

"How many beatings would this take..." Jiang Canyu muttered.

"What did you say?" Buli didn't understand, asking again as if he hadn't heard clearly.

"The soul stones I gave you are the most ordinary kind. This first-grade soul stone can exchange for..." Jiang Canyu estimated, gesturing with his hands, saliva flying, clearly extremely excited. Jiang Canyu didn't seem like someone who hadn't seen the world, but why was he so excited over a first-grade soul stone? Buli looked at Jiang Canyu curiously, waiting for him to finish gesturing.

"It can exchange for ten thousand of the fifth-grade soul stones I gave you."

"Oh, that's quite a lot. You help me exchange it, and you can take a thousand," Buli said calmly.

"Uh..." Jiang Canyu's eyes rolled, looking like he was about to faint.

Damn! What a wimp! Buli suddenly understood why the existence in the mist always said he was a wimp. After seeing the big picture, these things really weren't much.

"Only fifth-grade? Do you want fourth-grade too?" Jiang Canyu recovered, becoming spirited, and asked, "If you give me more time, I can get a higher price at an auction."

Buli thought for a moment and said, "The price doesn't matter. Half fifth-grade, half fourth-grade. As for your share, you decide. I need it for cultivation, not for profit."

Jiang Canyu's eyes changed as he looked at Buli. What is a second-generation rich kid, what is a wealthy young master, what is a deep-hidden talent, this is it! Wu Zongfei that kid wanted to fight a bloody battle with Buli? Nonsense, one first-grade soul stone... no, even a second-grade soul stone would be enough to hire shadows to kill him ten times over in the Shadow Sect. Bloody battle? A joke.

"Okay, okay." Jiang Canyu didn't argue with Buli, carefully storing the soul stone, patting his chest, feeling the hard lump, and then standing up. "I'll go down the mountain tonight to exchange the soul stones."

Everything settled, Jiang Canyu felt a severe headache, having unconsciously bumped a large bump on his head. He rubbed it awkwardly, held his head, and walked out politely. Holding the first-grade soul stone, Jiang Canyu's look at Buli changed, adding a bit of reverence. Money can move gods, money can buy ghosts, indeed.

Buli didn't know that on the Soul Wave Continent, there weren't many people who could practice soul techniques. Many wealthy merchants, though rich, had no status. Any cultivator could easily trample and humiliate a wealthy merchant. The currency for ordinary people was gold and silver, but at a certain level, it became soul stones. Soul stones were divided into five grades, with one first-grade soul stone exchanging for ten second-grade soul stones, and so on. Even the most ordinary fifth-grade soul stone was an unattainable item for ordinary people, let alone a first-grade soul stone with many other uses.

Fortunately, Buli was low-key and didn't take out the soul stone voucher given by Du Tian, which was worth ten thousand first-grade soul stones. If Jiang Canyu saw that voucher, he would probably faint on the spot. The old benefactor of the Heavenly Dao Sect was incredibly generous, and Buli couldn't understand it, nor did he need to.

Seeing Jiang Canyu leave, the sky was already light. Buli dragged Dahu into the house. This time, they really had caused trouble. A day ago, Senior Sister Gu Huizi must have seen Dahu and known he was Buli's hunting pet, but it was unclear if she saw Dahu clearly last night. If she did, there would be real trouble today.

"Dahu, did the woman see you when you were doing bad things?" Buli asked.

"No," Dahu said proudly, "I'm very cautious. Besides, can anyone see you when you're doing things?"

"Uh..." Buli really wanted to kill this lecherous bear. Maybe castrating him would reduce his trouble.

"She was very strong, and I couldn't completely control her. After getting a bit of an advantage, I saw the commotion getting bigger and ran away. In the mountains, even if she brought guard dogs, she couldn't find me," Dahu said confidently. Buli believed him. In the mountains, even he would have to put in a lot of effort to find Dahu, let alone others.

It was good that she didn't recognize him. The she-bear couldn't speak, and as long as Dahu and the she-bear didn't face each other, it would be a dead-end case. However, for a few days, Gu Huizi might be lying in wait at the foot of the mountain, so Dahu would have to lie low. After explaining this to Dahu, he just hung his head and accepted it. If he wanted to go down the mountain again, who knew when that would be.

Buli took out some food, and he and Dahu shared it. Buli set up a new soul array, instructed Dahu to rest carefully and watch the surroundings, and then began to cultivate day and night.