Legend of Wyatt-Chapter 1460: The Day is Just Around the Corner

Generally speaking, newly admitted outer disciples of the Sect don’t have many merit points.

However, the sharp-eyed inner disciple, eager to seize the opportunity even if only small gains were possible, greeted Wyatt Barnes earnestly, saying, "Junior Brother, don’t worry. The treasures I have here are absolutely reliable and honest to everyone!"

"This dried tree branch looks pretty special. Might be good to buy it just for firewood."

Wyatt muttered to himself while picking up a dried tree branch from the stall.

This branch was one of the few materials Elder Fire had his eye on.

Of course, this material was far inferior to the Nuwa stone fragment.

Still, the fact that an inner disciple’s stall contained two materials for repairing the Seven Treasures Jewel Tower left Wyatt momentarily surprised.

Buy it for firewood?

Upon hearing Wyatt’s words, the inner disciple nearly choked on his own breath from anger before speaking in a solemn tone, "Junior Brother, don’t underestimate this item... It’s truly remarkable."

"Remarkable? I really don’t see it."

Wyatt curled his lips in disbelief. "If it’s too expensive, then I won’t buy it. I’ll just go check out other stalls."

Saying this, Wyatt turned and prepared to leave.

"Junior Brother, I’m not trying to trick you."

Seeing Wyatt preparing to walk away, the inner disciple immediately panicked. After all, he hadn’t had a single sale all day. Now that he had caught a potential buyer, he wasn’t about to let him go so easily.

"Then tell me, why is it so remarkable?"

Wyatt asked indifferently.

"This item may seem like an ordinary dried tree branch, but it’s not something that can easily be set on fire. Within the Inner Sect, even several ’One-Star Saint Refiners’ couldn’t use their flames, designed for forging or refining pills, to ignite it."

The inner disciple spoke earnestly.

"Really?"

Wyatt feigned astonishment.

"It’s absolutely true!"

The inner disciple promptly replied, "If you don’t believe me, Junior Brother, you can find a One-Star Saint Refiner to test it. For example, on the first floor of the Hall of Merit, there are surely One-Star Saint Refiners present. You’ll just need to pay them a small number of merit points, and I’m sure they wouldn’t refuse to try it for you."

Wyatt furrowed his brows, appearing a little troubled.

After a moment, he relaxed under the inner disciple’s expectant gaze and said, "Alright, I trust you! I don’t have enough merit points to hire a One-Star Saint Refiner for this anyway."

"But, Senior Brother, I don’t have many merit points either... If this thing is too expensive, I won’t be able to afford it."

Wyatt furrowed his brows once more as he spoke.

While he had over a million merit points in his possession, he had no intention of overspending. There might be other items in the Hall of Merit that he’d want to exchange for, so he didn’t want to waste too many merit points on the first floor.

"Not expensive, not expensive."

The inner disciple shook his head.

"Not expensive? How many merit points does it cost?"

Wyatt asked.

"Five thousand merit points."

As soon as the inner disciple spoke, he fixed his eyes on Wyatt, seemingly trying to gauge his reaction.

Upon realizing that the purple-robed youth before him was a newly admitted outer disciple, his first thought was that this person likely didn’t have many Holy Stones on him. But then, a flash of inspiration reminded him that many outer disciples came from the City Lord’s Mansions within the Moon Radiance Sect’s eighteen affiliated cities.

Outer disciples from these backgrounds often had one or two thousand merit points, which wasn’t unusual.

"Five thousand merit points?"

Upon hearing this, Wyatt’s expression shifted dramatically. He didn’t respond and immediately turned to leave, his eyes flashing with surprise and disbelief.

It was as if he couldn’t comprehend how the dried tree branch could be so expensive.

"Junior Brother, I was joking earlier... A thousand merit points. For a thousand, you can take it."

Wyatt’s reaction was closely observed by the inner disciple, who quickly realized the purple-robed youth likely didn’t have many merit points on him. Panicked by Wyatt’s departure, he hurried to adjust the price.

If he knew that the purple-robed youth before him was the outer disciple "Wyatt Barnes," whose name had been circulating widely in recent days, he might have choked in indignation.

After all, to have over a million merit points and still walk away upon hearing a price of five thousand—wasn’t this outright ridiculous?

Does this wealthy man even deserve his million merit points?

As the inner disciple’s voice reached Wyatt’s ears, a sly smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. Yet, his pace didn’t slow as he headed toward another stall.

"Five hundred! Five hundred merit points... Junior Brother, this is truly the lowest price I can offer."

Seeing Wyatt show no signs of stopping, the inner disciple bitterly smiled.

"Five hundred merit points could work... but you’ll need to throw in a freebie."

Wyatt understood that five hundred was likely the inner disciple’s bottom line, so he stopped walking, turned, and returned to the stall.

"A freebie?"

The inner disciple frowned suspiciously, glancing at Wyatt.

But when he saw Wyatt looking only at the dried tree branch with a distressed expression, his furrowed brow smoothed as he inwardly cursed his misfortune, "I’m truly unlucky to encounter such a miser!"

If this inner disciple’s thoughts were known in the outer disciple region, countless others would likely scold him. Calling the millionaire Wyatt Barnes a "miser"? Not even an Inner Sect elder would dare utter such words!

"Junior Brother, five hundred is really the absolute lowest... but giving you a freebie? That’s hard for me to agree to."

The inner disciple shook his head without promising anything.

"Then forget it. I won’t take it."

Wyatt said impatiently, preparing once more to leave.

"Wait, wait!"

The inner disciple didn’t expect Wyatt to be so blunt and was immediately flustered, "Junior Brother, you can have a freebie... but you can only choose from the items I allow you to pick."

"No problem. As long as there’s a freebie."

Wyatt replied nonchalantly, as if he weren’t concerned about what the freebie might be.

The inner disciple inwardly cursed again before pointing towards a corner of the stall, "That pile, Junior Brother, feel free to choose any one of those."

Wyatt glanced at the corner of the stall, where the Nuwa stone fragment was situated.

"Seriously? Just this junk?"

Wyatt frowned and remarked, "Senior Brother, you actually have the nerve to put this junk out for merit points? You... you’re ripping people off too much!"

"Junior Brother, don’t dismiss them as junk just because you don’t recognize their value."

The inner disciple declared with a straight face, "Also, you were the one who just said you didn’t care what the freebie was. Don’t tell me you’re regretting your words now?"

"Well, I do regret it somewhat. I knew Senior Brother might be stingy, but I didn’t expect you’d be *this* stingy."

Wyatt replied with a wry smile.

"Junior Brother, words once spoken are as good as a signed agreement. Don’t go back on them."

The inner disciple warned cautiously.

Wyatt sighed, squatting down to rummage through the pile of items in the stall’s corner. One by one, he uncovered various objects, tossing them aside thoughtlessly.

When Wyatt picked up and tossed aside the Nuwa stone fragment, his heart raced slightly.

"Seems like there’s nothing decent here?"

As he flipped through more items, Wyatt frowned and commented.

Hearing Wyatt’s assessment, the inner disciple silently chuckled to himself. If there were anything valuable among the pile, he wouldn’t offer them as freebies.

"Whatever, I’ll just choose one randomly."

Wyatt picked up the Nuwa stone fragment and said to the inner disciple, "Senior Brother, I’ll take this broken stone fragment. No problem with that, right?"

Seeing the item Wyatt had chosen—a peculiar stone fragment he’d picked up years ago—it was resistant to both water and fire, yet he’d never figured out its worth. The inner disciple nodded, saying, "No problem. Just make sure you don’t regret your choice later."

"I won’t, I won’t."

Wyatt shook his head and casually pulled out his crystal card, transferring five hundred merit points to the inner disciple.

The merit point balance within the crystal card could only be revealed if True Energy was intentionally activated by its owner. Thus, the inner disciple had no idea that Wyatt’s card held over 1.7 million merit points. If he had known, he surely would have been incensed!

"Two materials secured."

Storing away the materials, Wyatt couldn’t suppress the surge of excitement in his heart.

"Junior Brother, take your time browsing. Is there anything else you need?"

Having finally made his first sale in the Hall of Merit after spending so long there, the inner disciple’s face lit up with a few traces of joy.

"Senior Brother, your items are too expensive. I don’t have enough merit points to purchase them. I’ll go look at other stalls instead."

Wyatt said with a wry smile before turning to leave, heading off to buy several other materials necessary for repairing the Seven Treasures Jewel Tower’s third layer.

For the other materials, Wyatt employed the same negotiation tactics, securing all of them for merely a thousand merit points—a masterclass in the art of haggling, executed flawlessly.

"Elder Fire, with these materials, how much can the Seven Treasures Jewel Tower’s third layer be restored?"

Wyatt asked.

"Without the Nuwa stone fragment, the restoration would be minimal... but with the fragment, the third layer of the Seven Treasures Jewel Tower can be restored to about seventy percent."

Elder Fire replied.

Seventy percent restored?!

Upon hearing Elder Fire’s words, Wyatt’s eyes lit up, his face brimming with excitement.

He hadn’t expected that the materials purchased from the Hall of Merit’s first floor would provide such significant help in repairing the Seven Treasures Jewel Tower, boosting its third layer to nearly seventy percent restoration.

Previously, the third layer had been restored to only ten percent.

In other words, today’s acquisitions accounted for an additional sixty percent restoration.

"Elder Fire, at this rate, the activation of the Seven Treasures Jewel Tower’s third layer should be just around the corner, right?"

Wyatt said to Elder Fire.

His heart swelled with anticipation as he thought of the third layer’s benefits—a superior cultivation environment and a significantly slower flow of time. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

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