togophonebook Chapter 71: Picking Up Bargains with Two Dogs, Treasure Pavilion
Chapter 71: Picking Up Bargains with Two Dogs, Treasure Pavilion
The sun was high in the sky.
Inside the Giant Shadow City.
Dongcheng District.
The outer area of Yingmenfang Market.
Looking around, there were various stalls for independent cultivators or spiritual cultivators on both sides of the street, but only two or three out of ten of them were spiritual cultivator stall owners.
Lin Li, dressed in a white robe and wearing a bamboo hat to cover his face, strolled along the street with Er Gou and Mo Feng.
"Ergou, you two go and look around the nearby stalls to see if you can find any rare spiritual items."
Lin Li gave instructions to Er Gou and the others who were following behind him.
"Yes, sir."
After Er Gou and Mo Feng bowed to each other, Er Gou turned and walked towards the other side of the street, quickly disappearing into the figures of the cultivators.
at this time.
Lin Li took out the soul banner containing the remnant soul of the Thousand-Legged Blood Spirit Centipede.
"Fellow Daoist Wu, do you have any other cultivation techniques that can lead to the late Foundation Establishment stage? Please tell me."
Lin Li transmitted his voice into the soul banner.
"Replying to Master."
"The smaller ones still have stock."
"I also have a method for cultivating poison, which can be cultivated to the late Foundation Establishment stage. However, my soul is currently weak, so I'm afraid I won't be able to imprint that poison technique on my body."
At this moment, the Blood Spirit Centipede transmitted its voice weakly.
"That's easy."
Lin Li's expression brightened slightly, and he then took out a few Soul-Slaying Pills from his storage bag and threw them into the Soul Banner.
Seeing the three Soul-Slaying Pills inside the Soul Banner, the Blood Spirit Centipede quickly flew up and coiled around the pills, beginning to devour the soul power on the Soul-Slaying Pills to stabilize its soul body, which was on the verge of collapse.
That old fox wouldn't let him absorb even a little bit of soul power; he's utterly despicable!
Staying inside such a low-level Soul-Breaking Banner has absolutely no effect on nourishing the soul.
Moreover, in Blood Spirit Centipede's view, this soul banner with its incredibly simple restrictions was like a thatched hut leaking air everywhere. Not only could it not stabilize his soul, but his soul power was also gradually dissipating over time. If this continued, he would eventually be annihilated.
A moment later.
After consuming several Soul-Slaying Pills, the remnant soul of the Blood Spirit Centipede stabilized again.
"Come."
"Then I'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Wu."
Immediately, Lin Li threw a blank jade slip into the soul banner.
Although there's not much to pick up on this street, the centipede fellow Daoist in this soul banner, as a Foundation Establishment spiritual cultivator, is a treasure in itself.
With these two cultivation techniques that allow one to progress all the way to the late Foundation Establishment stage, they can fetch a considerable amount of spirit stones.
Fifteen minutes later.
Lin Li took out the jade slip with the cultivation technique imprinted on it from the soul banner, and probed it with a wisp of divine sense. Sections of spiritual cultivation techniques related to this poison technique appeared in his sea of consciousness.
The "Dragon Transformation Scripture of Devouring Poison" is a spiritual cultivation method, which is somewhat useful to Lin Li. It may be of some use in his later reincarnations.
After carefully putting away the two jade slips containing cultivation techniques, Lin Li headed straight for the Treasure Pavilion in the Shadow Gate Market.
This Treasure Pavilion belongs to Thousand Shadows Pavilion, and its reputation and fame are the best in the market.
The chances of finding something of value among these Qi-refining cultivators are incredibly slim. Unless one possesses a bloodline like Er Gou's, even if one were to wander around ten more times, the result would be the same.
After walking through three streets.
Lin Li arrived at the entrance of the Treasure Pavilion. The Treasure Pavilion had the same structure as the entire Giant Shadow City, and the whole structure was built from a huge sycamore tree. There were quite a few cultivators coming and going.
Both humans and spiritual practitioners exist.
Upon entering the Treasure Pavilion, Lin Li released a wisp of Foundation Establishment cultivator's aura, after which a young female attendant led him to the second level, where Foundation Establishment cultivators resided.
Looking around, the number of cultivators on the second floor suddenly decreased sharply, with only eight Foundation Establishment cultivators choosing something among them.
After wandering around, Lin Li did see a few cultivation techniques displayed outside, but there were only two that could be cultivated to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Each of these mid-Foundation Establishment techniques required more than five thousand spirit stones.
The two cultivation techniques he possesses, which can be practiced all the way to the late Foundation Establishment stage, must be worth at least eight or nine thousand spirit stones each.
"Semen and blood."
Lin Li stood in front of one of the counters and saw three jade bottles containing essence blood. The bottles were not large, and two of them were of medium second-tier quality.
Only one bottle was marked as Tier 2 Superior.
The essence and blood of these spiritual cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage and above can be used for alchemy, talisman drawing, weapon crafting, and many other purposes.
It can be said to have many uses.
The price of these spirit stones has reached over a thousand spirit stones, and the price of a few drops of essence blood from a second-tier superior spirit cultivator is close to two thousand spirit stones.
The price is still within Linli's acceptable range.
Immediately, Lin Li headed straight for the private room on the second floor where the transaction was taking place.
Inside the private room.
The furnishings were simple: a table and two cushions.
The incense burner on the table was still burning calming incense, and the fragrance that could calm the mind and soothe the soul lingered around the private room.
"I am Mu Xuan, an elder of the Treasure Pavilion."
"Greetings, fellow Daoist."
Behind the table sat a white-haired Foundation Establishment elder sitting cross-legged on a futon. The elder was dressed in a dark purple robe and had two long white eyebrows. After Lin Li entered, he greeted him with a polite bow.
"A mere rogue cultivator."
"Greetings, fellow Daoist."
"Fellow Daoist, take a look. I wonder how many spirit stones these two jade slips contain about?"
Lin Li then sat cross-legged on the futon and got straight to the point, taking out two jade slips with simplified cultivation techniques imprinted on them.
"Oh?"
"Both are cultivation techniques that can be practiced all the way to the late Foundation Establishment stage; one is a demonic technique, and the other is a spiritual cultivation technique."
"That's quite rare."
"This technique is not included in our Treasure Pavilion."
"This demonic technique is quite rare; our Treasure Pavilion can offer it for 9,100 spirit stones."
"As for that spiritual cultivation technique, it has many limitations, and at most it can only yield 7,000 to 600 spirit stones."
Mu Xuan probed the two jade slips in front of him with a wisp of his divine sense. After sensing the contents of the cultivation techniques within the jade slips, he couldn't help but become interested and said thoughtfully.
Lin Li heard what the Foundation Establishment cultivator Mu Xuan said, and realized that the price was quite good compared to what was sold publicly outside.
"Fellow Daoist Mu, do you know if the Treasure Pavilion has any third-tier spiritual cultivator's essence blood?"
"Or perhaps a remnant of a soul or something."
Lin Li then asked.
Aside from the start of the auction, this Treasure Pavilion is the only place in the entire Shadow Gate Market where you might be able to buy third-tier spiritual cultivator essence blood or remnant souls.
"The essence and blood of a Core Formation cultivator, or a remnant soul..."
Mu Xuan frowned slightly, then took out a communication jade slip and began to use his divine sense to communicate with other cultivators in the Treasure Pavilion.
Anything related to the Core Formation stage is extremely valuable.
Although it's just essence blood and remnant soul, the Treasure Pavilion doesn't always keep such items in stock. Generally, once a spiritual item of this level enters the pavilion, it's likely to be bought by a customer within a few days.
"What a coincidence."
"Yesterday, a portion of the essence blood of a Core Formation cultivator was deposited into the pavilion."
"It's wind-type, and its race is the Wind Spirit Cicada!"
"I wonder if you, fellow Daoist, are interested?"
Mu Xuan asked with a smile on his face.
"It was intentional."
Lin Li nodded in response, finally having gained something.