Chapter Fourteen: Transactions

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  "This fellow Taoist, how much is this 'Basic Refining Manual' selling for?"

  After wandering around the venue for half a day, Chu Linfeng finally stopped in front of a small stall. The owner was a girl with two braids resembling sheep horns, who wasn't particularly beautiful but had an air of elegance about her, giving off a neighborly girl-next-door vibe.

  The girl placed three jade slips in front of her, labeled as "Basic Refining Techniques", "Flying Swallow Returning Technique" and "Lightning Arc Shocking Light Decision".

  Among them, "Fei Yan Hui Xiang Shu" and "Lei Hu Zhen Guang Jue" are both ordinary divine techniques, while "Basic Refining Instrument Collection" belongs to the category of miscellaneous books.

  The girl saw that there was a good business opportunity and couldn't help but reveal a faint smile, with two sweet dimples appearing on her small face. "It's not expensive, only fifty spirit stones."

  "Very fair." Chu Linfeng didn't say much, took out 50 spirit stones and handed them to the girl, then took the jade slip with "Basic Refining Techniques" recorded on it and turned to leave.

  The girl unexpectedly stood up and blocked Chu Linfeng's path, saying: "Junior sister Wanyu, has seen senior brother. Although I know it's a bit abrupt to ask this, but I hope senior brother won't mind..."

  Chu Linfeng wore a bamboo mask, but couldn't see the expression, only the tone of voice revealed some puzzlement, "What do you want to ask?"

  "Big brother bought this 'Basic Refining Techniques Collection', could it be that there's a way to follow the refining methods within and refine it into a magical treasure?"

  The girl's voice was not loud, but it still made Chu Linfeng's heart skip a beat. He almost instinctively denied her, saying: "This junior sister is overthinking things. I'm the kind of person who likes to read miscellaneous books on cultivation to broaden my horizons. If I had the ability to refine magical treasures according to the methods in 'The Basic Refining Collection', would I still be just an ordinary errand-running disciple within the Xuan Yuan Sect?"

  The Refiner is an even rarer existence than the Alchemist, and among the five major sects of the Daozong lineage, except for the Lianbao Pavilion, the other four sects have only a handful of Refiners.

  Any alchemist, no matter how lowly their rank, is treated as a Bodhisattva by the various sects. Chu Linfeng glossed over this with one sentence, cleverly evading the girl's question.

  The girl's eyes flashed a hint of disappointment, and she smiled apologetically as she stepped aside, thinking to herself that she had been too eager.

  After wandering around the venue for more than half a time, Chu Linfeng quietly bought several jade slips with recorded methods of refining magic treasures and was about to leave. However, he didn't expect that a sudden commotion came from not far in front of him. He looked up and saw that a stall nearby had gathered over ten people, seemingly arguing over something.

  Chu Linfeng was originally unwilling to join in the excitement, but when a voice from the crowd reached his ears, he involuntarily moved forward.

  "This 'Crazy Yuan Dan' is only exchanged for a magic treasure, not sold for spiritual stones. I've said it many times already, if you don't have what I need, then don't bother talking..." A loud and rough voice boomed from the crowd, belonging to a giant of a man who was nearly eight feet tall.

  "This transaction actually appeared 'Crazy Yuan Dan'......" Chu Linfeng in the crowd was attracted to take a step forward.

  Kuangyuan Dan is a top-grade elixir, and it's one of those extremely rare top-grade elixirs that can help cultivators break through the bottleneck of their cultivation. Its medicinal effect works on humans from the fifth heaven to the seventh heaven.

  At present, Chu Linfeng has already cultivated to the peak of the fifth heaven of the human stage. If he can get a "Crazy Yuan Dan" to help him, it is possible that his cultivation will enter the sixth heaven of the human stage before the big comparison in the sect.

  It's obvious that being able to possess the "Crazy Yuan Dan" is not something an ordinary sect disciple can do, this big guy who hides his true face behind a bamboo mask.

  With Chu Lianfeng's current cultivation strength, he can already display the Heavenly Eye Technique, observing the depth of others' cultivation. For anyone with a cultivation strength below the Sixth Heaven of the Earth Stage, as long as they are not cultivators with special aura-gathering techniques, he can see through their cultivation level at a glance. The big man in front of him, wearing the uniform of a third-generation disciple, surprisingly has a cultivation strength of the Fifth Heaven of the Human Stage.

  "Brother, you got three thousand spirit stones for this elixir, but don't you see the situation? In a place like this, you think you can exchange it for a treasure tool? It's fundamentally impossible. Treasure tools are things that even second-generation disciples within our sect rarely possess. The Crazy Yuan Elixir may be valuable, but it hasn't reached the point where it can be exchanged for a treasure tool." A man wearing a bamboo mask beside him said in a low voice.

  "Three thousand spirit stones is a fairly reasonable price..."

  The big man first hesitated for a moment, then suddenly changed his tone and said: "But some families don't lack spiritual stones. Sorry, this elixir can only be exchanged for a magic treasure. If it can't be exchanged, I'll just keep the elixir for myself."

  Seeing the seller's persistence, the crowd that had gathered under the name of "Crazy Yuan Dan" gradually dispersed. After all, a treasure like this, even if it's just an ordinary treasure, is still a rare thing, and not something that anyone can possess.

  After a moment, only two people were left in front of the stall, one was the man who had previously offered three thousand spirit stones, and the other was Chu Linfeng, who stood still, using his divine sense to examine the "Basic Refining Techniques" he had just bought.

  The man who had previously offered a high price for the spirit stone seemed to have steeled himself, and from his storage bag he pulled out an octagonal object, with a hint of mystery, and approached the big man saying: "A common-grade treasure, the Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Shield, plus another thousand spirit stones, that's my limit."

  The big man first glanced at the ordinary treasure talisman taken out by the former, and unexpectedly shook his head: "The value of the Crazy Yuan Dan is enough to exchange for a high-quality treasure talisman. Your Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Shield is just an ordinary treasure, not to mention it's a defensive treasure with relatively mediocre effects, which is of little use to me, so I won't trade."

  Upon hearing this, the man couldn't help but let out a cold snort with some annoyance and said: "Who does business like you?"

  He said, and then turned to leave. Although he urgently needed the "Crazy Yuan Dan" to break through his cultivation bottleneck, it was not a good deal for him, so he wouldn't do it. The price he offered earlier was already his bottom line.

  In front of the stall, it was already deserted, and the big guy was also somewhat helpless. This "Crazy Yuan Dan" was a treasure that he and his younger sister had spent five years of hard work to get their hands on. If they couldn't exchange it for what he needed, then they would have no choice but to take it themselves.

  At this time, Chu Linfeng, who had not spoken for a long time, quietly walked two steps closer and said in a low voice that only the two could hear: "I don't have top-grade magic treasures, but I do have several lower-grade ones. Can we exchange multiple for one?"

  The big man's eyes flashed with a hint of light, and he first measured Chu Linfeng with a glance. Suddenly realizing the latter's cultivation was at the fifth heaven, his expression also tightened as he said: "If it's to exchange for mortal-grade treasures, I need at least two attacking treasures and two defensive treasures. Can you afford them?"

  "Two Blazing Divine Needles, two Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Shields, in exchange for your 'Crazy Origin Pill'..." Chu Linfeng agreed without hesitation.

  "You really brought out so many ordinary magic treasures!" The big man was clearly shocked, and a hint of joyful surprise flashed across his eyes.

  "I didn't bring the treasure with me, if you're sincere about making this deal, come find me at Ziyun Peak in three days and we'll make the transaction then." After saying that, Chu Linfeng disappeared into the crowd before the big man could even react.

  Waiting until the big guy came back to his senses, he couldn't find the other person. "In this period of time, no matter what, I couldn't get what I needed, so even if I waited three more days, it wouldn't be a problem. If that person could really bring out four ordinary treasure artifacts, then in the upcoming sect's grand competition, he and his little sister would be able to add some strength to their battle strategy..."

  With a thought in mind, the big guy immediately packed up his stall and also disappeared into the crowd.

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