Chapter 40: Activating the Spatial Backpack

  "Go... go... don't come back to disturb us again." The old man running the stall, having heard Fang Yan's words, raised an eyebrow and began to shoo him away.

  "Look, can't you? How did you know I wasn't going to buy it?" Fang Yan said with disdain, rolling his eyes.

  "How much is this?" Fang Yan asked, picking up the broken vase he had mentioned.

  "This will cost ten pieces of low-grade spirit stones or ten thousand taels of gold." The old man raised his head and took a glance at the broken pot in Fang Yan's hand, then said.

  "Ten thousand taels of gold, why don't you go rob it?!" Fang Yan said with a hint of resentment.

  In this Cultivation world, Spirit Stones are hard currency. In some small places, gold is also circulating in the market. The standard exchange rate is that 500 taels of gold can be exchanged for one low-grade Spirit Stone. However, in reality, people who use Spirit Stones to exchange for gold are very rare. Probably around 700 or 800 taels of gold would be needed to exchange for one low-grade Spirit Stone. Fang Yan may not be familiar with the Jianghu world, but he still knows a bit about these common knowledge.

  As for Fang Yan's discontented voice, the old man directly chose to ignore it, and Fang Yan was left with nothing to do. Fang Yan didn't mind either, and continued to rummage through the other party's stall.

  "Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a Space Stone. Would you like to activate your backpack?" As Fang Yan touched a black stone, suddenly, the cold system prompt sounded in his mind.

  "Space Rock, this rock is a Space Rock." Fang Yan heard the system's prompt sound, on the surface he was calm and collected, but in his mind a huge storm was brewing.

  When playing the game "Xianjing", each player has a backpack. With this backpack, players can carry various personal items without having to constantly carry a large package. The activation of the backpack is done through space stones, which allow the backpack to be upgraded and expand its capacity.

  Now there is a space stone, Fang Yan only has one thought in his mind, that is this space stone, he will get it no matter what the cost.

  "Boss, is this broken stone also an antique?" Fang Yan adjusted his mood and asked the old man who was selling at the stall.

  "This is of course an antique, I excavated it with great difficulty from a ancient ruin." The old man said after staring at the space stone for a moment.

  "Boss, don't cheat people, how can this broken stone be an antique? If it's an antique, then all the ones on the street are treasures." Fang Yan said with a smile.

  "This stone isn't an antique, but it's a treasure. If you infuse it with true energy, it will absorb it all. If you refine it into a treasured armor, it would be a priceless family heirloom. If you want it, I can sell it to you cheaply for 30,000 taels of gold."

  "Why don't you forge it into a treasured armor! This can be sold for a high price." Fang Yan heard this and couldn't help but laugh. A space stone the size of a fist, how could it be forged into treasured armor? Even if someone had the skill, space stones are used to forge spatial storage artifacts, they absolutely cannot be forged into armor, this is completely unrelated.

  "You think I don't want to, it's just that this stone is a bit small, otherwise I really wanted to forge it into a piece of precious armor." The old man saw that he had been seen through and scratched his head in embarrassment.

  "This thing, 30,000 taels of gold is too expensive, if it's cheaper I'll buy it. It can absorb true energy attacks, forging a treasure armor would be a good choice." Fang Yan said with a smile.

  "Thirty thousand taels of gold, no haggling." This old goat with a beard was indeed a shrewd person, and when he heard Fang Yan's plan, he was as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

  "Boss, I think you're not sincere about this deal. If you had many stones like this, even if it's expensive, it would be fine. But you only have one, and if I buy it back and can't find another one like it, wouldn't it be useless?" Fang Yan shook his head, pretending to leave.

  "Hey, little brother, don't go! Is there something to talk about?" Old Man Goat saw Fang Yan wanting to leave and suddenly became anxious. He knew that once he left the village, there would be no more shops, so he hurriedly pulled Fang Yan back.

  "I won't waste words with you either," said Fang Yan. "Five hundred taels of gold, I'll take this thing."

  "Five hundred taels of gold, and it's still not the price of a low-grade spirit stone. I've been cheated, for this thing I almost died in that ancient ruins." The old man shook his head, feeling that Fang Yan had underpriced him too much.

  "A thousand two hundred gold, I only have this much gold on me. You can sell or not sell, if you don't want to sell then forget it." Fang Yan heard this and slapped out ten 100-tael gold notes.

  "Alright, deal." The old goat-bearded man gritted his teeth fiercely as if he had suffered a great loss.

  "Slow down, I'll take this thing." Just as Fang Yan reached for the space stone, a discordant voice suddenly rang out.

  "Kō Shōmei." Fang Yan gripped the Space Stone tightly in his hand, then turned to look at the person beside him. When he saw that it was actually Kō Shōmei of the Kō household, he couldn't help but exclaim.

  "It's you, Fang Yan. I'll take this thing. If you know what's good for you, get out of here quickly." Gao Songming sneered as soon as he saw that it was Fang Yan. He had heard that the Void Stone could absorb true energy attacks and had come over to see what kind of treasure could absorb true energy attacks and forge a precious armor. Unexpectedly, he ran into Fang Yan here.

  "Haha... who do you think you are! You tell me to scram, then I'll scram! Do you think you're Gao Wei'an that old dog?!" Fang Yan heard the opponent's arrogant words and burst out laughing.

  "Fang Yan, you're looking for death."

  "Boss, I want this stone. Whatever he offers, I'll double it." Gaosongming heard Fangyan's disdainful mocking voice, the veins on his face bulged, and he shouted at Fangyan with a fierce gaze that didn't hide his killing intent. Seeing Fangyan not backing down, he met his sharp eyes head-on, then shifted his gaze to the old man running the stall.

  "Boss, I've already paid for this thing, now it has nothing to do with you, don't stir up trouble for yourself." Fang Yan said, warning the old man with a goat beard, this old man was a sly one, in order to avoid him taking advantage of the situation, some things still needed to be made clear.

  "This young master, it's really embarrassing! I've already sold this thing, I'm no longer the owner of this thing. I have a lot of good things here, why don't you take a look? Maybe you can find something that satisfies you." Fang Yan was quick and nimble, he took the thing and also received the gold ticket. He wanted to regret it but couldn't say anything, could only secretly sigh at his bad luck.

  "Not interested." Gao Ming Song sneered upon hearing this, then rushed to Fang Yan and said: "Fang Yan, if you know what's good for you, hand over that stone to me. Otherwise, I'll make sure you come in standing but leave lying down."

  "Is that all you've got, with your ninefold cultivation in the Qi Refining stage?" Fang Yan sneered and made a motion as if he was going to put the Space Stone into his pocket, then clicked on the command to activate his spatial backpack in his mind.

  "Ding! Congratulations, host successfully activated the spatial backpack. Backpack properties: Level 1, size: 1 cubic meter. Note: The backpack can be continuously upgraded."

  The cold prompt tone of the system sounded in Fang Yan's mind, and then the space stone in his arms disappeared.

  "You really are ignorant of life and death, today I'll teach you a good lesson, you little brat who thinks he's above the law just because he's reached the eighth level of Qi training. Don't think that just because you've entered the Qi training period, you can be arrogant and look down on everyone." Gaoming Song was clearly thoroughly enraged by Fang Yan's provocation, his anger mixed with embarrassment.