There were a lot of things that could be traded for something like a Soul Sword, it was the essence of someone and knowing that Li Yang was willing to trade it was rather strange. What other things could be given up for it.
While Liu Qing Shan had an island, it had belonged to the grandfather and not Li Guiren himself, so giving up something substantial for it was rather strange and such. Instead, what had mattered more was being capable of doing something else.
"You are asking for a sword that can cut through many things. It's something that can fight dragons and other things. Its scales is something made from a mermaid, something that existed in the heavens and bestowing it upon a mortal is strange."
