sinovels Chapter 73 Buying Out, Appraising Treasure
Chapter 73 Buying Out, Appraising Treasure
"Junior Qing Liu greets Senior!"
When the green toad demon at the stall saw this senior who appeared to be at the Foundation Establishment stage, the toad turned its head, which was wearing a bamboo hat, towards him. The toad trembled and hurriedly bowed, speaking with extreme respect.
"Where did the black stone I just bought come from?"
"Do you have anything else on you?"
As Lin Li spoke, he released a wisp of Foundation Establishment pressure that enveloped Qing Liu.
boom!
Instantly, Qing Liu felt an astonishing aura as large as a mountain, and a chill surged from his spine, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
The other Qi-refining cultivators at the surrounding stalls, though aware of the situation, ignored it to avoid getting themselves into trouble.
Think it through before you answer.
Lin Li spoke calmly, but to Qing Liu, his words were like the thunderous roar of a great bell.
Although cultivators are prohibited from taking action within this market, it doesn't say they can't intimidate others.
And this was all tacitly approved.
After all, these cultivators who came to set up stalls certainly couldn't stay here forever; they would all have to leave once the market closed.
If you offend a Foundation Establishment cultivator and get targeted, once you leave the market, you'll be nothing more than fish on a chopping board.
"In reply to senior, these two black stones were dug out from an abandoned underground mine with a few of us fellow villagers from Heigouzi River. We noticed that although these things don't show any spiritual energy, they are very hard."
"Each fellow villager received one or two pieces."
"If you think this is good, senior, I will take you to my fellow villagers and get it from them."
Qing Liu knew very well that if he didn't explain clearly, the Foundation Establishment senior would keep an eye on him or investigate how he got there, and would definitely find out his fellow villagers.
Why not just explain it clearly now? There were only a few black stones in total, and they were all given to this Foundation Establishment senior.
By making a vow to Heaven, one can protect oneself.
Everyone only has one life, so how can anyone dare to take the risk?
"Excellent!"
Lin Li reduced his imposing aura, and his expression softened considerably.
Qing Liu then put the stall into his storage bag and led Lin Li and the others to another street, where they met another thin old toad.
After Qing Liu said a few words, the old toad respectfully took out two more black stones from his storage bag and handed them to Lin Li.
Lin Li exchanged a mid-tier first-grade spirit pill for it.
The toad demon who received the elixir also showed joy. The black stone was of unknown origin, as it did not exhibit any spiritual energy fluctuations and had no effect regardless of how much spiritual energy was injected into it.
The number of cultivators who can afford to buy such items is already pitifully small, so being able to exchange them for a medium-grade spirit pill is already a huge profit for them.
One hour later.
After walking through nine streets and dealing with twelve toad demons, they obtained a total of sixteen black stones.
Each time, Lin Li would inject a wisp of Frosttail Netherfire into it. Although a piece of black stone also gave birth to a wisp of spiritual energy, it did not cause the Reincarnation Disc to react.
This explains why these black stones all originated from the Treasure-Swallowing Rat.
It could be a stone stained with the blood of the Treasure-Eating Rat Demon, or it could be its skeleton.
This also dispelled Lin Li's idea of recruiting another ancient demon bloodline.
Even so, this is still a good thing.
Perhaps we can take it to the Treasure Pavilion for appraisal first, and maybe we can sell it for a considerable amount of spirit stones.
"senior."
"These are the coordinates of that mine. Qing Liu here swears an oath to the Heavenly Dao: if I lie, may my Qing Liu cultivation technique backfire, and my soul be scattered!"
Qing Liu very sensibly handed Lin Li a jade slip, the contents of which were the abandoned mine where they had first discovered the black stone.
The mine was an abandoned small spirit stone mine. Occasionally, there would be some scattered spirit stone fragments among the rocks in the mine pit. These rat demons went there to try their luck and mine.
If you can dig up more spirit stone fragments, you can exchange them for a complete low-grade spirit stone.
Little by little, over several months in an abandoned mine, one can manage to collect a dozen or so spirit stones.
"Go."
Lin Li probed the jade slip with a wisp of divine sense. The location of this mine was tens of thousands of miles away from Shadow Gate Market.
Moreover, most of these black stones are related to the Treasure-Devouring Rat, so the chance of finding other ancient monsters is already slim.
Even so, Lin Li thought it would be worthwhile to wait until after the auction to find an opportunity to go and investigate.
"Thank you, senior."
After bowing respectfully, Qing Liu's tense mind finally relaxed slightly. He then turned and left, disappearing into the crowd of humans and a few demons in the blink of an eye.
"Er Gou" (Second Dog).
"Ink Wind".
"Are you ready to establish your foundation here?"
Then, Lin Li looked at the towering peak in the center of the city, which was Xuan Ying Mountain in Giant Shadow City. The summit of this mountain was the cave of the Core Formation cultivator who was in charge of Giant Shadow City.
After arriving, Lin Li learned about the Core Formation cultivator stationed here, who turned out to be a Core Formation spiritual cultivator from the Thousand Shadows Pavilion.
It was once the natal spirit pet of the previous Thousand Shadows Pavilion Sect Master.
It is precisely because of this Core Formation cultivator who is in charge that Qi Refining cultivators are allowed to enter the Shadow Gate Market to trade freely and receive protection from the market.
However, once outside the market, everyone has to rely on their own methods.
"Master, Er Gouzi and I have made up our minds."
"After tempering my spirit twice, and with the addition of a considerable amount of top-grade first-tier pills, I still have a good chance of successfully advancing."
"Even if it doesn't work, those healing pills will keep me alive."
Even if I can't advance to the Foundation Establishment stage, I can still cultivate to the tenth level of Qi Refining in the future and do some chores for the master.
Mo Feng's tone was firm.
Er Gou and Mo Feng knew very well that the master had been very good to them, not only giving them elixirs but also bringing them to this Shadow Gate Market to begin their foundation-building process.
The spiritual environment in the cave dwellings open to the public in this market town is far superior to that in Baiquan Lake market town.
after that.
Lin Li then instructed Er Gou and Mo Feng to continue searching for treasures at the market stalls.
He used a superior Transformation Pill to transform into the appearance of a human with a dark face.
After donning the Purple Soul Inner Armor and donning a loose black robe for concealment, he once again entered the private room on the second floor of the Treasure Pavilion.
It's an old acquaintance.
The Treasure Pavilion elder who called himself Mu Xuan last time.
"I am Shui Shan, an elder of the Treasure Pavilion."
"Greetings, fellow Daoist."
Inside the private room, a Foundation Establishment cultivator resembling an old man with white eyebrows, named Shui Shan, cupped his hands and said.
Lin Li: "..."
Lin Li, a burly man with a dark face, stared blankly at the white-browed old man who had called himself Mu Xuan not long ago, before walking into the private room and sitting down.
"A lone cultivator from Shishan."
"Fellow Daoist, would you be so kind as to appraise this item?"
"I wonder how much it's worth?"
After Lin Li finished speaking, he took out two black stones that showed a faint spiritual energy reaction, both of which floated in the air and rotated slowly.
"Fellow Daoist, please wait a moment."
Shui Shan looked at the black stone floating in front of him, and his divine sense swept over it without finding anything special about it. However, after he touched it, his expression changed slightly.
A few breaths later, he formed a hand seal and a wisp of purplish-red true fire flew out from his mouth. The true fire enveloped the two black stones and began to burn them.
It lasted for several dozen breaths.
But the black stone remained completely unresponsive, hovering peacefully in the air, though the black color on it had faded slightly.
"call!"
"Fellow Daoist Shi, please step back a couple of times."
At this moment, Shui Shan's expression became increasingly solemn. This might really be a treasure. With a thought, a wisp of red light flew out from between his eyebrows, and the light manifested into a purple jade gourd, nearly three feet tall.