The Healer Demands Payment!

Chapter 68 - Spirit Points

Translation: Aerial Rain Translation (aerialrain.com) by koffeam

"It’s okay.” The old man smiled and handed her a bamboo slip, “This is the introductory book about array formation that you need.”

“Thank you, Senior.” Meng Qi hurriedly saluted him and respectfully took the bamboo slip with both hands. “How much is this?”

“I don’t accept spirit stones here.” The old man replied cheerfully. “I only accept barter. Young Daoist needs to exchange with a book of equivalent value that I don’t have.”

“Eh?” Meng Qi was a little surprised, “But anything I can barter, Senior should already have them here.” She hesitated, and didn’t immediately read the content of the bamboo slip in her hand.

Meng Qi still had the medical notes given by Elder Yan Mingfeng. But that was the elder’s personal notes. Without the Elder’s approval, Meng Qi definitely couldn’t use it for barter.

“Senior.” Meng Qi glanced at the bamboo slip in her hands reluctantly before holding it back respectfully to the old man. She really wanted it. But Meng Qi knew that she couldn’t come up with a book to exchange with the old man. “I don’t have books of equivalent value that I can exchange now. I’ve bothered Senior.”

“Young Daoist doesn’t have to worry. The value of the books is not measured by spirit stones. I don’t actually sell books here. But you can exchange anything I don’t have for a number of spirit points.”

“Huh?” This was Meng Qi’s first time hearing about spirit points. “Excuse me, Senior, what is spirit point?”

“You can regard it the currency you can use here.” The old man smiled slightly, “Young Daoist is new in Beyond The Heaven, correct? In fact, besides my little shop, there are many places in Beyond The Heaven where you can exchange spirit points for various things.”

“Is that so?” Meng Qi nodded thoughtfully.

“With spirit points, Young Daoist can come here to read books, although you cannot take them out.” The old man said again, “As for the value of the things that Young Daoist use to exchange for spirit points, Beyond The Heaven has its own set of criteria. You may as well give it a try.”

“I understand.” Meng Qi was tempted. She thought for a while. Personal notes should fit the criteria. Whenever she had nothing to do, Meng Qi usually would sit down to write her own experience in medical cultivation, so she had her own collection of personal notes.

Meng Qi took out a bamboo slip and handed it to the old man. It was the same copy of the bamboo slip she gave Xue Chengxuan before, which recorded the method to treat people injured by the immortal devouring vine.

The old man took the bamboo slip. A faint light flashed from his other hand, and the bamboo slip also lit up slightly.

Meng Qi watched calmly. She had noticed that this ‘Heaven And Earth Book Hall’ seemed a little different than other places in Beyond The Heaven. This mysterious shopkeeper could even skip the law of Beyond The Heaven and directly took the content recorded in the bamboo slip.

Meng Qi turned her gaze around the entire hall. There were so many bamboo and jade slips piled up into the seemingly endless high ceiling.

How long did it take to accumulate so many books?

Meng Qi turned back at the old man. There was admiration in her gaze. At the same time, the old man returned the bamboo slip to her. “The content of this bamboo slip is indeed new.” He spread his other hand, and there was an extra bamboo slip on it, which he put into his sleeves. “For this, I can give you 30 spirit points.”