Heavenly spirit original species

Xu Bai lingered in the shop, and the shop owner did not stop him.

After all, with his stunningly beautiful appearance, just standing there without doing anything could attract the attention of many passing Cultivators.

Although Immortal Cultivators could reshape their appearances and those with stunning looks were not rare, Xu Bai could still dazzle at first glance.

Add to that his ethereal, mysterious temperament, which added a touch of allure.

Both men and women lingered in the shop, secretly sizing up Xu Bai while casually buying a Heavenly Spirit Flower as cover.

Business boomed, and the shop owner was naturally all smiles. Overjoyed, he wished Xu Bai would stay in the shop day and night.

Obviously, that was impossible.

Two days later, the Heavenly Spirit Flower Xu Bai had chosen bloomed proudly.

At first, the crowd did not pay much attention, their gazes still lingering on Xu Bai from time to time.

But when Xu Bai held that Heavenly Spirit Flower in his palm and the crowd caught an inadvertent glance…

Waves of exclamations rose one after another.

"This is…?"

"The color is truly red yet pinkish, so faint it's barely visible… It can be rated as first-grade Heavenly Spirit!"

"Hiss, I heard that a first-grade Heavenly Spirit Flower was recently sold for a hundred thousand Contribution Points. This one shouldn't be less than that, right? I heard he bought it for a thousand Contribution Points—isn't that a massive profit?"

"Wow, not only is he beautiful, his Luck is so good too. How enviable."

…

"So this is the wonder of Luck. Even without deliberately pursuing it, every word and action makes things develop in one's favor." Xu Bai held the Heavenly Spirit Flower, silent, comprehending how Luck influenced reality.

Feeling that a portion of his Luck had disappeared, Xu Bai immediately drew from the Xuan Birds Feather to replenish it.

Coming back to himself, he saw that the Cultivators, including the shop owner, were all staring excitedly at the Heavenly Spirit Flower in his hand. Xu Bai couldn't help but smile slightly.

"No matter how beautiful a face, it cannot move people's hearts more than profit."

Then, in front of everyone present,

he said indifferently: "What first-grade? It's just trash."

Then Spiritual Qi surged in his hand, and this twelve-petaled first-grade Heavenly Spirit Flower turned to ashes in an instant.

"What are you doing!"

The scene immediately erupted in an uproar.

Although Xu Bai was the owner of this Heavenly Spirit Flower and how he disposed of it was his personal affair,

it was, after all, a treasure worth over a hundred thousand Contribution Points. Not only did he casually destroy it, but he also kept calling it "trash"…

That was really too much!

The faces of the Cultivators present all turned somewhat unpleasant.

Moreover, a scholar-like Cultivator holding a Heavenly Spirit Flower came before Xu Bai with an ashen face: "Fellow Daoist! If you don't love it, at least don't hurt it!"

"The life of a Heavenly Spirit Flower is extremely short. At the moment of blooming, it should display itself to the world to the fullest…"

He was still making his declaration with righteous indignation.

"Move aside, you're blocking me." Xu Bai took out a folding fan and shoved him aside.

Completely ignoring him, he walked away slowly.

"You…" The scholar-like Cultivator's face instantly turned red.

Strictly speaking, this scholar wasn't bad-looking. But compared to Xu Bai, he lacked a certain charm. He had already been annoyed by Xu Bai; now, being looked down upon, jealousy and anger surged within him at once.

"If even first-grade Heavenly Spirit Flowers are trash, you sure have a big mouth! You should know that with the primordial species hidden, the world's most beautiful Heavenly Spirit Flowers are only those few supreme-grade ones. Could it be you've seen them?" the scholar shouted at Xu Bai.

"As far as I know, those few supreme-grade Heavenly Spirit Flowers were bought up as soon as they bloomed and given to various powerful figures of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance for appreciation. What status do you have, and when have you seen them?"

The scholar was still a bit cautious, afraid of offending someone he shouldn't. His tone was restrained, asking with a hint of probing.

Hearing this, Xu Bai turned around.

With a "whoosh," he opened the folding fan, fanned lightly, and smiled as he shook his head: "As for so-called supreme-grade Heavenly Spirit Flowers, I haven't seen them either."

"Then you are truly grandstanding, ignorant and reckless…" The scholar immediately relaxed and angrily rebuked.

"But in my eyes, no matter what supreme-grade Heavenly Spirit Flower, it's all just trash."

Although Xu Bai's voice was very soft, it was like a thunderbolt in everyone's ears.

The scholar was even more stunned on the spot.

Then he laughed in extreme anger: "By your logic, it would probably only be…"

Xu Bai took over his words: "Exactly! Only the primordial species can be called a true Heavenly Spirit Flower!"

As he spoke, he extended his right hand.

A crystalline "paper," as thin as a cicada's wing, unfolded in his hand.

A Heavenly Spirit Flower appeared on the paper, lifelike, as if it were a living thing.

The scenery on the seventeen petals was exceptionally clear.

One could even see the entire flower trembling slightly.

The scene instantly fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone present had some knowledge of Heavenly Spirit Flowers; the one in Xu Bai's hand instantly captured all their attention.

"The primordial species?"

After a moment, someone woke from the trance and couldn't help exclaiming.

"What, that is the primordial species!"

"A magnificent sight of Heavenly Spirit, truly worthy of the name. Compared to the primordial species, what are supreme-grade or first-grade? If they have the slightest trace of blood-red, they are like trash!"

…

Not only was the rude scholar stunned, but the cry of "primordial species" also attracted the attention of most Cultivators in Tianling City.

More and more Cultivators came after hearing the news, staring blankly at the primordial Heavenly Spirit Flower in Xu Bai's hand.

"Bang!" The potted Heavenly Spirit Flower in the scholar's hand fell to the ground, but he himself did not care at all.

He only gazed obsessively at the primordial species in Xu Bai's hand, his eyes infatuated, slowly approaching.

Just as he was about to get close to Xu Bai, Xu Bai suddenly put it away.

"No…"

As if he had lost his most beloved in an instant, a ferocious expression appeared on the scholar's face. As if insane, he lunged at Xu Bai.

Fights were forbidden within the heavenly city of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

Before the towering statue of the Dharma-Transmitting Heavenly Venerable could mete out punishment, a glint flashed on Xu Bai's clothes.

Xu Bai remained unmoved, and the scholar let out a miserable cry before being knocked back by the rebound.

Then a beam of light fell from the Heavenly Venerable statue, and the scholar instantly turned charred black.

After struggling for a moment, he lost all sound and fell dead.

Cultivators from the Martial Arts Hall hurried over to collect the corpse. Coupled with the ominous sign of a Cultivator's death above, it finally cowed the crowd.

Xu Bai cupped his hands to those around him and drifted away.

"It's over. The Heavenly Spirit Flower business is finished." The shop owner watched Xu Bai's receding figure, his face deathly pale, muttering to himself.

As he spoke, he glanced at the Heavenly Spirit Flowers filling his shop, then hastily wrote a sign saying "90% Off Sale" and hung it outside.