The Sword Palace Treasure House is a square stone palace located on the north side of the Sword Palace, adjacent to the North Courtyard.
It didn't take long for Yun Que to arrive here.
The treasure house has no windows and only has a heavy door. It is a place dedicated to collecting all kinds of spiritual herbs and materials, the most common of which are flying swords.
It is said that there are thousands of flying swords in the sword palace treasure house!
Disciples can redeem the sword spikes accumulated by completing tasks, or of course they can purchase them with spirit stones.
It's just that the prices of the items in the Sword Palace Treasure House are higher than the market price, so few disciples come to exchange them.
It is more cost-effective to go to Fangshi.
Asking to open the door, Yun Que saw an old disciple with a white beard and yawning sleepily.
"Why don't you come to the treasure house so late? If you have anything to do, we can talk about it tomorrow."
Seeing that he was wearing the clothes of a Jian Palace disciple, Yun Que cupped his hands and said:
"I'm really in a hurry. Please bear with me, senior brother. I'll leave as soon as I change my things. I won't delay your sleep."
The old disciple rubbed his eyes and said, "Okay, whatever you want to change, I'll find it for you."
"Exchange for a soul stone." Yun Que said the purpose.
"What do you want to change?" The old disciple suddenly became energetic and asked in surprise.
"Soul stone." Yun Que repeated.
After hearing this, the old disciple looked at Yun Que and said with a headache: "Soul stones are very valuable and are a scarce material in the Sword Palace's treasure house. You are just a sword servant. Can you afford the soul stones?"
Yun Que didn't explain much and just took out the sword stone.
"This is... the sword stone of Xue Yatou from the North Campus!" The old disciple just looked at it and immediately identified the origin of the sword stone.
Being able to guard the gate of the Sword Palace Treasure House, one can naturally read countless treasures, so it is not surprising to recognize the sword stone.
"Senior Sister said, use the sword stone as a mortgage in exchange for a soul stone, and redeem it when you have the opportunity."
Yun Que made his words very clear and paved the way for Senior Sister.
Mortgage is not a direct exchange, it is similar to a pawnshop pledge and must be redeemed after a period of time.
The old disciple shook his head in embarrassment.
"No?" Yun Que was greatly puzzled and said, "Can't the sword stone be exchanged for the soul stone? How much is still missing? You might as well tell me the number."
Yun Que had already planned to pay for it out of his own pocket.
Xue Ziyi's condition cannot last long. The ghosts rush out of the magic circle, and the three people in the hall will be in danger.
The old disciple sighed and was not in a hurry to explain. He called Yun Que to go to the depths of the stone palace.
"It's not that I refuse to exchange, but that I don't have the right. I am only responsible for ordinary material exchange. When it comes to precious materials such as soul stones, you have to ask them."
While they were talking, the old disciple took Yun Que to a golden door under the stone palace.
There was no one around, and Yun Que felt baffled.
He followed the old disciple's fingers and saw only the thick golden stone door.
"Is the soul stone inside? Where is the person in charge here?" Yun Que asked.
"Right in front of you, ahem." The old disciple glanced at the golden door and lowered his voice: "Remember to speak respectfully."
The more Yun Que listened, the more confused he became. He didn't even have anyone to follow him respectfully?
Seeing that Yun Que was indifferent, the old disciple suddenly remembered something, slapped his forehead and said:
"You're so confused! You must be a new disciple. No wonder you don't know. I didn't make it clear."
As he spoke, the old disciple pointed to the golden door and explained in a respectful tone: "The precious items in the Sword Palace treasury are all managed by the elders. If you want to exchange or purchase them, you must obtain the consent of the elders."
"Elder Sect?"
Yun Que looked at the golden stone door suspiciously and said, "Isn't this the broken door?"
When the old disciple heard the word "break the door", he immediately trembled all over. It was already too late to stop him.
There was a crunching sound.
A curved opening opened in the golden door, which looked like a mouth, and then the door started to speak human words.
"You are the one who breaks the door! Your whole family is the one who breaks the door!"
The sound was like gold and iron rubbing against each other, which was extremely uncomfortable and weird.
Shimen opened his mouth, which was simply unheard of!
If Yun Que hadn't been brave enough, he would have jumped up in fear.
"It can actually talk! Could it be a monster?" Yun Que blurted out.
The mouth on the golden door opened again and continued to make a sound like gold and iron rubbing against each other.
"You are the monster! Your whole family is a monster!"
The old disciple hurriedly pulled Yun Que away, fearing that this stupid young man would say something bad again and offend Shimen, which was not a small matter.
When they were far away from the golden stone gate, the old disciple sighed:
"Hey, the elder is very stingy and makes it unhappy. It will take a lot of effort to change it."
From the mouth of an old disciple, Yun Que learned the origin of the so-called 'Sect Elder'.
It turns out that the elder door is really a door.
To be precise, it was transformed into a stone demon.
Many years ago, a strong man from the Sword Palace killed a powerful mountain stone spirit and used its body to refine it into the treasure house's powerful gate, which was extremely strong.
As a result, after the stone gate was refined, it was discovered that the soul of the stone demon was still there. Although there was only a trace left, it still possessed sufficient sanity.
At that time, the elders of each dean planned to completely kill his soul, but Jian Shou fought against all opinions and kept the stone demon's soul.
The reason is that the stone demon is unintentional and impartial, and is most suitable as a guard of the treasure house. With its existence, corruption will never happen in the Sword Palace treasure house, and it can be said that there will be no future troubles.
So this ray of soul of the stone demon was left behind, and together with the stone gate, it became the core of the treasure house. Over time, it was called the gate elder by the disciples.
After learning what happened, Yun Que's eyes were opened.
There are such strange things in the world!
Since the sect elders have the final say on the treasure house, if you want to exchange for soul stones, you can only negotiate with them.
Yun Que returned to the stone gate again.
This time he showed a lot of respect. He bowed his hands and saluted, saying: "This disciple has just entered the Sword Palace and doesn't know the specialness of the treasure house. Don't blame me, elders. I want to exchange for a soul stone for urgent use."
"Oh, have you eaten honey? It sounds so nice. Who just said it was a broken door and a monster."
The corner of Lao Gao's mouth on the stone door turned out in a disdainful manner.
Yun Que felt dizzy for a while.
This thing actually still holds a grudge?
Doesn't it mean that the stone demon has no intention of being impartial?
No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like a fair guy.
"Don't be surprised if you don't know. This disciple is here to apologize to the elder." Yun Que cupped his hand again.
"That's pretty much it. What do you want to change for, a soul stone? Do you know what a soul stone is?"
Shimen curled his lips and kept chattering:
"The soul stone is formed by the weathering of the spiritual bones of the monster after death over many years. It condenses the soul power of the monster during its lifetime. It has the effect of nourishing the soul. It is extremely rare. The worst quality ones cost hundreds of spirit stones. Some of them are better.
It’s worth thousands of spirit stones! There’s only the last piece left in the Sword Palace’s treasury, and you, a little sword servant, can’t even afford to replace it.”
Yun Que took out the sword stone and said, "Pledge this with me and I will redeem it later."
"It's just an old, top-quality magic weapon. It's not worth a soul stone. I won't replace it!" Damen curled his lips and said Lao Gao, arrogantly.
Yun Que didn't expect that the elder of the sect was so vindictive and actually refused directly.
The old disciple helped put in a good word and said: "The value of the sword stone is definitely worth a soul stone. Elder sect, please be accommodating."
"I won't change it if I don't! Unless he adds Thousand Spirit Stones, there will be no chance for me! Don't even think about taking away my soul stones!" Shimen refused.
"Your soul stone?" Yun Que heard the difference and looked suspiciously.
"I, the soul stone is under my control! What's wrong, I won't give it to you!" Shimen's tone was a little angry, and he didn't know why.
Yun Duan nodded, his signature kind smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.
At this moment, he finally caught the painful leg of the elder.