Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 19: Auction Meeting One (Great Cultivation)
"Thank you, Manager Zhang."
"This favor, Hong will remember. If there are any elixirs for sale in the future, I will definitely choose Qingdan Hall first!" Liu Yu said seriously.
Such a century-old store is well-informed, and he could maintain this relationship in the future.
Hearing this, Zhang Chunming's aging face broke into an even brighter smile.
Isn't this the sentence he has been waiting for?
Afterward, Liu Yu chatted with this person for a few more moments before putting away the wooden box and taking his leave.
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Having obtained the information he wanted, Liu Yu felt relaxed and began to stroll through the market.
Unknowingly, he arrived at the "Return" shaped square.
It was already evening, yet the flow of people in the square did not decrease; instead, it became even more lively.
At a glance, there were stalls selling various items everywhere.
Some stall owners were haggling with customers, while others were loudly advertising their goods.
A few stall owners were sitting cross-legged with their eyes closed, seemingly confident in their merchandise, not needing to shout at all.
The sounds of selling rose and fell, giving it a somewhat mundane market flavor.
Liu Yu gradually wandered through the square and ended up acquiring a few talismans.
They were the "Fireball Talisman," "Fire Serpent Talisman," and "Vajra Talisman."
The fireball technique is a first-tier low-quality spell, with power roughly equivalent to a late-stage qi refinement cultivator's full force attack.
The fire serpent technique is a first-tier high-quality spell, with power equivalent to a late-stage qi refinement cultivator's full force attack.
The Vajra Talisman is a first-tier mid-quality defensive spell, with power equivalent to a mid-stage qi refinement cultivator's full force of the diamond technique.
This spell can generate a golden shield outside the body, capable of withstanding attacks from no more than late-stage qi refinement cultivators two to three times.
The power sealed within the talisman is generally slightly less than what cultivators can summon directly, but it won't differ by much.
After all, with the passage of time, the craft of talisman making has matured significantly.
Usually, a fireball talisman costs one spiritual stone, a Vajra talisman five spiritual stones, and a fire serpent talisman eight spiritual stones.
When Liu Yu left, he counted the talismans he had bought: twenty fireball talismans, two Vajra talismans, and three fire serpent talismans, totaling fifty-four spiritual stones.
These talismans were purchased from different stalls, so there was no need to worry about attracting attention.
Among them, Liu Yu wanted to buy a few more fire serpent talismans.
However, such talismans, which are quite powerful for qi refinement stage cultivators, were very popular and sold out.
The use of talismans is extremely simple; the speed of casting is far quicker than that of normal spells.
When needed, just infuse a bit of magical power to activate them, and the amount of magical power consumed is nearly negligible, so every cultivator generally keeps a few on hand.
This time, Liu Yu did not plan to set up a stall to sell elixirs, as bringing out dozens of bottles would be too conspicuous, and selling them would be too slow.
It was better to sell them directly to a shop; although he would receive slightly fewer spiritual stones, it saved time.
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Thinking this, Liu Yu arrived at the "Immortal Guest Arrives" inn, spending one spiritual stone to check in.
The room was inscribed with a spirit gathering formation, and the spiritual energy was already quite dense for a qi refinement stage cultivator, sufficient for cultivation.
On the wooden bed, Liu Yu sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, operating the cultivation technique "Wood Spirit Decision," carefully refining his magical power.
Although constrained by a bottleneck, and his magical power no longer increasing, he could not stop cultivating.
At the very least, he could refine his magical power to make it more pure.