Chapter 47 Taobao

  That night, after having a full meal and drink, the sky was already late, Lin Feng had to return with Liu Kai to his inn for the night. The shop was still quite clean, and most of the residents were scattered cultivators, making it a pretty good inn for ordinary people, but for cultivators, it was somewhat lacking, and could only be said to be barely usable for cultivation.

  According to Liu Kai, the distant light city has a special inn for cultivators to live in. Not only is each room an independent courtyard, but the entire inn also has a large-scale spiritual gathering array, which is full of spiritual energy and is very popular among cultivators. However, it costs a lot, with over 100 spirit stones per month.

  Lin Feng thought for a moment and decided that even if he had to spend over a hundred spirit stones in a month, it would still be affordable. If what Liu Kai said was true, that the place was full of spiritual energy, then it might be worth checking out.

  Nothing happened that night, and the next morning, Liu Kai came to call Lin Feng when he had just finished his morning lesson. One middle-grade Qi-gathering pill per day increased Lin Feng's cultivation speed by several times. However, such treatment was not available to many people, even in a large sect like Qingyang Gate, probably only direct disciples would have it!

  Looking at Liu Kai's storage bag being full, with a full cloth bag on his back, Lin Feng was urged to hurry up. Lin Feng only then realized that it was already somewhat late, fortunately he didn't need to make any preparations, quickly tidied himself up, casually ate some of the store's food and followed him out the door.

  At this time, the first ray of sunlight had just pierced through the misty clouds above Yongguang City, and there were not many pedestrians on the street, mostly ordinary people. Liu Kai was hurrying ahead in a rush, while Lin Feng followed behind at a moderate pace, with a lot of feelings in his heart. Most cultivators need to get up early for their morning lessons, and because of different cultivation methods, some even get up earlier than them, but like Liu Kai getting up so early is not for cultivation, but for earning money for cultivation expenses, Lin Feng still saw it for the first time, and couldn't help but sigh again at the difficulties of a loose cultivator.

  Fortunately, the market is not far away. After passing through two streets, I entered a small venue that was divided into two parts. On one side were simple sheds with stalls, and the stalls were rich in goods, clearly a successful business; on the other side was an empty open space, where various animal hides were laid out in rows, also dazzling to the eye, but upon closer inspection, the quality of the goods was noticeably inferior to those in the sheds.

  Liu Kai didn't have time to bother with Lin Feng, so he quickly found an empty spot and took out a worn-out animal hide from his bundle, spreading it out. As he arranged his goods, he said: "Brother Lin, I'll be setting up shop here today, you can just wander around on your own!"

  Lin Feng knew he couldn't help either, so he nodded and turned around by himself.

  Chengnan is originally a gathering place for scattered cultivators, the square where stalls are set up is not large, but it is one of the most lively places in Chengnan. Most of the goods sold here are cheap and low-priced, but that doesn't mean there aren't any valuable good things, it depends on your discerning eye, so although most of the people who come here are scattered cultivators with low cultivation levels, there are also many high-ranking cultivators who seek out rare treasures.

  After walking through a few stalls, Lin Feng found that the things here were indeed not good. Others might not be able to tell, but as someone who was quite experienced with spiritual medicine, he could see at a glance that many of the spiritual medicines here had either not reached maturity or been processed incorrectly, and their medicinal properties were less than 50%.

  He tried to ask the price, and the stall owner glanced at Lin Feng and casually quoted the price of the genuine spiritual medicine. Lin Feng was left speechless, rubbing his nose in embarrassment. It was clear that due to his age and cultivation level, he was being treated as an outsider. As a result, Lin Feng became even more hesitant to ask about those strange and unfamiliar items.

  But remembering that he had promised Liu Kai to help him find some good stuff yesterday, Lin Feng continued to browse through the stalls, only this time he secretly activated the Treasure Jade, and under its detection, he soon found a pretty good piece of armor.

  "For this large piece of 500-year-old tortoise shell, it only takes 20 spirit stones." The stall owner saw Lin Feng pick up the tortoise shell and hastily introduced it. The stall owner was not too ruthless, but the tortoise shell was not bad, however, the number 500 years was at least doubled.

  "The most valuable is eight pieces of Ling Stone!" Lin Feng said the actual value of the tortoise shell in one breath, shocking the stall owner who couldn't help but stare at him. He didn't expect that a small cultivator like Lin Feng, who was only at the fourth layer of the Qi Refining stage, would have such sharp eyes.

  The tortoise shell of the Fudi turtle has a wide range of uses, can be used for medicine and alchemy, can also be made into talismans, and even larger ones can be refined into array disks. However, only the tortoise shells that are one-third the size of Lin Feng's palm and have an irregular shape can only be ground into fine powder as medicinal materials and have no other uses.

  "Ten pieces of spirit stone and you can take it, no one has ever bargained like this before. The most others would bargain is half off, how did you manage to cut the price by two-thirds?!" The boss knew he had met a connoisseur. In fact, when he got this tortoiseshell, he was planning to sell it to the big dan medicine shop, but they only offered seven spirit stones at most, which he thought wasn't worth it, so he put it on his street stall. It's been over ten days now and no one has bought it yet, so his expectations have dropped a lot too. He shouted "ten pieces of spirit stone" just out of instinct to try to get more benefits for himself, but in reality, eight pieces would be fine with him.

  "Senior brother, I said it's worth at most eight spirit stones. That's the highest price already. If you still think it's not a good deal, then forget it." Lin Feng said as he stood up and made to leave.

  "Alright, eight spiritual stones for eight spiritual stones. Even if it's a big deal today, we've made friends." The boss was very concise and able to get one more spiritual stone than the medicine shop was always good, so the transaction was quickly completed.

  Lin Feng put away the tortoise shell, feeling pleased with himself as he continued to wander around. This tortoise shell had a wide range of uses in alchemy, but the amount required was very small. With just this small piece, grinding it into powder for alchemy would probably require 20-30 furnaces. Lin Feng had been strolling around for so long and discovered that many tortoise shells were sold in blocks, with few being sold directly in powdered form. He planned to return and grind it into powder, then sell it by the spoonful. One spoonful could probably be used to refine 2-3 furnaces of dan, and selling it for one spirit stone would still be a good market among those apprentices who didn't have the money to learn alchemy. This way, he would likely make a small profit.

  Lin Feng made a small gain and immediately expanded his exploration range, searching for treasures as he walked. In an instant, the treasures within tens of meters were all displayed on the treasure map. Lin Feng specifically looked for those bright spots that emitted stronger heat, and indeed, he found several good things again. After calculating, he could probably earn around 30 to 40 pieces of spirit stone.

  However, after searching through all the stalls, Lin Feng only managed to find five valuable items. The other treasures were also good, but the stall owners were connoisseurs and buying them would not make a profit.

  Fortunately, the goods in the shed on the other side were obviously better and more numerous than those on the ground stall, so Lin Feng rushed to that side with full confidence.

  This time Lin Feng expanded the scope even further, and with a single move of Bao Yu, he covered the entire area, preparing to conduct a range scan first, roughly understanding the situation before conducting targeted searches.

  "Hmm..." A massive surge of heat scorched Lin Feng, causing him to grunt in surprise. For an instant, he was stunned, his mind wandering, and the Treasure Jade immediately returned to its seven-colored flowing light state.

  "What is it?" Lin Feng asked himself in his heart, but soon realized that he might have found a great treasure that he had never seen before, so he used the jade again to detect it.

  It's still scorching hot, but Lin Feng, who was well-prepared, had already made his preparations and saw a seven-colored bright spot in the middle of the treasure that was very dazzling. Seven colors? This is different from all the attribute and non-attribute treasures that Lin Feng has seen before, so does this treasure have all attributes?

  No one can answer Lin Feng's question, but that doesn't matter. What matters is finding it immediately and figuring out a way to get it, no matter what it is.

  With Lin Feng's long experience of searching for treasure, the treasure was no more than twenty zhang away from him. He followed the indication of the jade and quickly arrived at a medium-sized flat area.

  "What would you like to buy, fellow Taoist? Spiritual medicine, spiritual elixir, storage pouch or gemstones? Our small shop has a wide variety of goods at low prices..." The shop owner enthusiastically introduced his wares.

  "Just take a look, boss, there are so many things here!" Lin Feng suppressed the excitement in his heart and rummaged through the piles of strange and unusual items he had never seen before. His movements were casual, but in reality, every time he touched something, he carefully sensed its energy with his treasure-seeking ability.

  "That's right, in this market, when it comes to the variety of goods, no one can compare with me, and most importantly, the prices are absolutely low."

  It has to be said that this shop really has a lot of things, but with Bao Yu's help, Lin Feng quickly found the thing that was hot on Bao Yu after locking down the range.

  This is a ring, at least in the shape of a ring, very simple and unique in design. Two dragons' bodies are intertwined to form a circle, forming the ring's ring, while the two dragons' tails are wrapped around and stuck behind the dragon's head, with the dragon's heads merged into one, greatly opening their mouths to form the ring's front shape. The whole ring is only slightly old-fashioned in color, otherwise there is nothing special about it.

  "This Panlong ring is a good thing, I heard it was made by a master of the ninth layer of the foundation period who went through nine deaths and one life in an ancient secret realm. Selling it to you for 200 spirit stones is considered making friends." The boss saw Lin Feng holding the Panlong ring and looking at it carefully, and quickly introduced himself.

  "Is this a space ring?" Lin Feng listened to the old boss's nonsense for a morning, and his knowledge increased a lot. He saw that the old boss was full of empty words and didn't introduce the function and benefits of the ring, so he knew that he probably didn't understand the effect of the ring either. However, the price of 200 spirit stones still made him secretly happy.

  Judging from the heat emitted by Bao Yu, this thing is much more powerful than a third or fourth grade spiritual medicine, indicating that it is worth at least over a thousand pieces of spirit stone. And if compared to a high-quality storage ring worth over 5,000 spirit stones, it's still far from being as hot, which means the value of this ring far exceeds 5,000 spirit stones.

  Lin Feng thought about it and felt that there was no spiritual object that could compare to this ring. If he had to say something that could compare, it would probably be the precious jade in his body, but the precious jade couldn't emit heat on its own, so there was no way to compare. Moreover, Lin Feng didn't even know if the precious jade was a spiritual treasure or something even higher level, so he couldn't determine the position of the Panlong Ring either. However, one thing was certain: the value of this treasure was definitely far beyond 200 spirit stones.