Chapter 8: The Small Shop Obtains Jade

  It's almost noon, and the streets of Fuzhou are filled with many mobile vendors selling ice sugar gourds, baked cakes, and large pinwheels for kids... The sounds of people haggling over prices and various hawkers' calls are all mixed together.

  Yu Feng had originally planned to sell the medicine and then head back directly, but suddenly he felt a stir in his heart and turned around again. He thought of the jade block he saw when he entered the city to avoid the rain yesterday. Today, he still had quite a bit of silver on him, so it would be good to take a look.

  "What are you doing here again? It didn't rain today." As soon as Yu Feng entered the door, the boss recognized him as the poor man who had caused trouble in his store yesterday.

  "I'll take a look at the jade, I want to buy a piece to give to my wife." Yu Feng heard his tone and rubbed his nose in annoyance. He wasn't particularly bothered by the shop owner's attitude; many people were ignorant, and he didn't want to spend his whole life arguing with this kind of person. Another reason was that as soon as he entered the door today, he felt the aura of the jade pendant from yesterday, stronger than before, possibly related to his own breakthrough in cultivation. Yu Feng thought to himself.

  "Oh, you're here to buy jade? Take a look at this side's jade then, those over there are all high-quality polished blue jade, only wealthy families would buy them. This side's jade may be slightly inferior, but if you keep it for two years, it won't be much different from the good ones." The boss's tone improved significantly upon hearing that he was here to buy jade, although he found it strange that this poor guy was buying jade - what a waste, it would be enough to buy two child brides with just one piece of jade.

  "How much is this jade?" Yu Feng picked up a piece of jade pendant next to the jade slip, without directly asking the price of the jade slip. If he let the boss know that he must buy the jade slip, who knows how much this black-hearted boss would fleece him for?

  "That piece of jade is not cheap, it was brought from Shanxi last month, look at the craftsmanship, all done by masters, at least twelve taels of silver." The boss looked at his clothes and determined that he definitely wouldn't buy that piece of jade.

  "Twelve taels, that's so expensive! How much for this old jade then? Is there one similar to this but a bit newer?" Yu Feng immediately put down the jade in his hand, as if afraid of breaking it.

  "That piece, that's cheap, I'll sell it to you for 70 yuan, at this price I'm losing big time, this is old jade, people say old jade becomes more valuable over time, although it doesn't look great, but it's worth something." The boss thought to himself: This jade has been stored away for many years, might as well sell it at the original price and get the money circulating sooner.

  "This also costs seven taels, and this jade is old and not very good-looking." Yu Feng took the jade in his hand, and immediately the aura around him became even more intense, the speed of the true energy inside his body increased by half, he could feel the heavenly yuanqi entering his body from outside, accelerating the circulation of true energy. He couldn't help but want to grab this jade and run away with an unparalleled lightness skill, but on his face, he showed a regretful expression that this broken jade also cost so much money.

  "How much are you willing to pay for this jade? Name a price." The boss saw his appearance and estimated that even if he sold it at the original price, he still couldn't afford it, but he hadn't given up on the last bit of hope. He thought to himself, "Even if I lose some money, I have to sell it."

  "I... I can only take out five taels of silver, can't buy it with just five taels?" Yu Feng's face was already red from excitement, but he used his true energy to make it even redder.

  "Five taels!? Alright, if you can come up with five taels of silver right now, I'll sell this jade to you at a loss." The boss gritted his teeth, thinking that as long as this poor kid could come up with the five taels, he would make the sale. If not, then it would be entertaining to watch this poor kid struggle.

  In the boss's astonished eyes, Yu Feng really took out five taels. One ingot was exactly five taels. The boss regretted it a bit, knowing that someone who could take out this whole five-tael silver ingot must have more than just five taels on him. Unfortunately, there was no way to get it back now, like spilled water. The boss still sold the jade to him, because he might not be able to sell it for this price later.

  Yu Feng held the jade in his hand, feeling extremely pleased. Although he still didn't understand why this jade had such effects, he knew clearly that it was no ordinary object. Just based on the uses he had already discovered, its value far exceeded five taels of silver. Being able to make that greedy boss miss out on it once was also a delightful thing.

  Afterwards, Yu Feng went to the market and bought a bag of rice and some vegetables. He returned to his mother-in-law's house and saw that she was still asleep. So he prepared the medicine himself and started brewing the medicinal soup and cooking dinner. Although his culinary skills were not as good as those of some big restaurant chefs, he had no problem making a few simple home-cooked dishes.

  They were all from the past when he and Zhang Lao learned together, at that time Zhang Lao didn't have any special hobbies, just liked to make some delicious food to comfort his own stomach, Yu Feng and he had been together for over a decade, this skill was also learned seven or eight. In the future if there's no money to live on, helping someone stir-fry dishes in a restaurant wouldn't be bad either. Yu Feng thought while cooking.

  "Alas, young man, what's the need for you to cook? Quickly go wash your hands and drink some water, look at the mess you've made!" The old lady got up and found that Yu Feng was cooking, and immediately chased him out of the kitchen.

  "Are these dishes and this bag of rice what you bought back? You young fellow, eating two meals here, how can you still buy these things? Honestly. Hurry back."

  "Mother-in-law, I just went to the market and brought some things back with me, it's no big deal, I helped you brew some medicine, you should drink it while it's hot, it's good for your body." Yu Feng couldn't refuse anymore, so he could only bring the medicine over for his mother-in-law to drink.

  Yu Feng stayed at the old lady's house for seven days, every day she would give her acupuncture and massage, then decoct medicine. These past few days, the old lady felt that her legs were more agile than before. Yu Feng also taught the old lady a set of massage techniques, telling her to massage for half an hour every night before sleep, saying that if she persisted, her legs would slowly get better. This was a chronic illness that had been lingering for a long time, it couldn't be cured in just three or two days. During these few days, the old lady's youngest son also came back to visit his mother once, seeing Yu Feng staying at their house, although he was somewhat surprised, but didn't treat Yu Feng as an outsider. Yu Feng even ran outside and bought a jar of wine, which made the old lady scold him for wasting money.

  It was another evening, Yu Feng sat in front of the bed, holding the jade slip in his palm, feeling the jade, he always felt that this jade was not so simple, but just couldn't find out where the problem lay.

  It's been many days now, if the true energy in his body was like air, elusive and intangible, only felt but not touched, now the true energy in his body is like a pool of water, clearly felt flowing inside, he doesn't know if this is still called true energy, but he knows that its essence has changed, becoming more real, yet also more unimaginable.

  He stared at the jade pendant with wide eyes, as if trying to see through it. To get a clearer look, Yu Feng concentrated all his true energy on his eyes, focusing all his attention on the pendant. Suddenly, he felt a loud "boom" in his head, and countless memories flooded into his mind.

  "So that's it, the boundary of martial arts is actually the Tao..." After a while, Yu Feng wiped away the sweat on his forehead and muttered to himself. The jade slip contained a memory, but Yu Feng couldn't figure out how this memory existed. What form did it take?

  Yu Feng closed his eyes and began searching through the memories that had just flooded in.

  Refine this memory jade slip.

  If the books in the secular world are the same, but these memories are more real than the classics. They are imprinted on the jade slips by his careful recitation and transmission of the divine law, and then set up an array in the jade slips to gather spiritual energy to protect the jade slips from damage.

  This is the reason why Yu Feng felt that the true energy in his body was running much faster when he held the jade tablet. Song Lingzi's Taoist cultivation had reached the realm of Dao Lian Shen Fan Xu, and his actions were both righteous and evil, making him a target of envy. Unexpectedly, he was secretly plotted against by someone from the demonic path who wanted to steal his array method. The jade tablet recorded everything that Song Lingzi had learned in his life, including a cultivation method, while the rest were the seals and arrays he had researched for a lifetime, as well as some of his cultivation experiences.

  One night passed, Yu Feng continued to absorb the memories in the jade slip. He now understood that he had already stepped into the threshold of Taoism, entering the realm of Taoist internal energy cultivation. The true energy inside his body, like water, was called True Yuan, and his extremely sensitive feeling was called Divine Sense.

  His original martial arts were limited to mortals, but now he exists between heaven and earth, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is at his disposal. Carefully recalling that passion in his heart has passed, although he has never seen a Taoist before, but also knows whether they are not just next to him selling ice cream or not.

  After knowing the skills and abilities of those cultivators, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. He had just entered the world of cultivation and was facing those gods and immortals who used to be revered by him. What could Yu Feng use to protect himself? Therefore, it's best to familiarize himself with the spells, seals, and array techniques recorded on the jade slip, so that when something happens, he would have some self-defense capabilities.

  As for the magical treasures and medicinal pellets recorded in that jade slip, he didn't even think about them. Because looking at the materials required inside, the one or two kinds he knew were only heard of in legends, and the thousand-year-old ice crystal snow lotus had a legend, but what's with the thousand-year-old red copper, heavenly refined gold, and mysterious yin water, he hadn't even heard of them.

  His most familiar estimate is probably that thousand-year-old peach wood spirit, because according to his thoughts, this might be the essence of a peach tree that has grown for thousands of years. This is somewhat hopeful, but where can you find a thousand-year-old peach tree? Even one that's over a hundred years old would be impressive, it seems like only something over a hundred years old can make the lowest-grade magic tools. With his current abilities, he estimates that drawing talismans and using some black dog blood to catch a small ghost is about all he can manage.

  After staying at the old lady's place for another day, Yu Feng left. At this time, the old lady's leg had almost recovered and her body was well taken care of. Although the old lady tried her best to keep him, it was a pity that he was determined to complete his heart's desire and couldn't stay there any longer. Otherwise, staying there for a few more days would have been quite good.

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