The Two Yis Copper Coin was certainly a top-tier magic treasure, but for Chu Xuan, they weren't the perfect match. Yet, to other cultivators, they were a rare and precious item. It didn't take long before soone purchased the Two Yis Copper Coin for eleven great spiritual stones and twenty-five dium spiritual stones.
After that, Shangguan He sat down, and Qiu Wanhong took out two more treasures. The first was a set of array disks and array flags, called the Crimson Flood Flag. The second was a giant sword-type magic treasure, the Silver Edge Sword. Both were also top-tier magic treasures. The price for both was the sa as Shangguan He's: ten great spiritual stones.
Chu Xuan couldn't help but shake his head. These weren't treasures that caught his eye. However, Wei Ji was quite tempted. Yet, he didn't have enough to afford them—ten great spiritual stones was no small amount.
After the auction of the two hosts' treasures, the event moved into the free trading segnt. Cultivators found a place to sit and began placing their wares on nearby tables, ready for trade.
Chu Xuan glanced around and couldn't help but shake his head. These righteous cultivators seed to be used to standard trading practices. But how could they display their truly valuable items in such an open manner? Did they not fear soone swooping in and stealing them?
With a wave of his hand, Chu Xuan took out a mirror. It shimred with light, and within its reflective surface appeared the items he intended to sell today. If he spoke the na of any of these items aloud, they would enlarge and a series of descriptive text would appear beside them.
This item was the Hundred Treasures Mirror. It had no offensive or defensive capabilities, but it could record and display all kinds of treasures, making them visible on the mirror's surface.
Chu Xuan had obtained it from Miaochan's storage bag, finding it incredibly useful, so he had kept it. Now, it had co in handy.
Wei Ji looked on in amazent. "This treasure is sothing new, fellow daoist Chu. Where did it co from?" he asked.
Chu Xuan smiled. "Of course, I acquired it through so... unsavory ans. I didn't make it myself."
Wei Ji's mouth twitched. "That makes sense," he thought.
Chu Xuan didn't look like the type who would craft treasures himself. Shang Xingchen also took out a similar treasure, though on his table were only the projections of his items. The actual treasures remained hidden in his storage bag.
Chu Xuan and Shang Xingchen imdiately stood up and began to stroll through the forest, looking for anything that might be useful or of interest to them from the other cultivators.
As for Wei Ji—He had originally planned to lay his treasures out for display. But seeing Chu Xuan and Shang Xingchen doing their thing, he scratched his head. He decided it was safer to just sketch out the various treasures he had, write down their uses, and place them on his table. Only then did he feel comfortable enough to leave his seat and browse the other traders' goods.
Chu Xuan wandered around for a bit, but still couldn't find anything that caught his eye. However, as he passed by a cultivator in white, sothing caught his attention. It was none other than Kang Jia.
When Kang Jia saw Chu Xuan stop in front of him, he instinctively wanted to smile and greet him. But as soon as he rembered that the other party was a demonic cultivator, he quickly suppressed his smile and cleared his expression.
"Do... do you wish to buy sothing?" Kang Jia began to say "fellow daoist," but stopped himself at the last mont.
Chu Xuan pointed at a white cocoon and asked, "What is this?"
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Kang Jia answered, "It's a Spirit Insect—the Moonlight Butterfly. It feeds on wind and dew and can grow to match the strength of an early Nascent Soul cultivator."
Chu Xuan smiled slightly, "Isn't it just a kind of Gu insect? Why call it a Spirit Insect?"
Kang Jia frowned, "Gu insects consu human blood, but Spirit Insects feed on the essence of heaven and earth, the sun, and the moon. They are not the sa at all."
Chu Xuan chuckled lightly, "But from what I know, this Moonlight Butterfly needs at least a thousand years to match the strength of an early Nascent Soul cultivator."
He had read extensively about Gu insects. Naturally, he was aware of the Moonlight Butterfly's growth cycle. To him, Gu insects and Spirit Insects were no different—both were just insects, after all.
He continued, "Which Nascent Soul cultivator would be so bored as to raise such insects?"
Kang Jia, with a sowhat awkward expression, replied, "...I would."
Chu Xuan couldn't help but laugh. "Didn't expect you, fellow daoist, to be so inclined toward such leisurely pursuits."
Kang Jia, slightly irritated, retorted, "You demonic cultivators! Either buy or leave; don't waste my ti."
Chu Xuan pointed at a golden insect, "What's this?"
Kang Jia answered, "It's a Golden Spirit Moth. It feeds on tal to grow, and one needs a Black Dragon Pill to trade for it."
Before Kang Jia could say anything further, Chu Xuan pointed to the next insect, "And this one?"
Kang Jia, with a look of restraint, answered, "That's the Black Wind Cicada."
Chu Xuan continued pointing at various insects, and Kang Jia answered them all, though his patience was clearly wearing thin.
Finally, Kang Jia couldn't hold it in any longer. "Buy or don't buy! Leave or don't leave! Why the hesitation?"
Chu Xuan smiled calmly, "Don't rush, fellow daoist. I'm just curious about the Gu insect path."
He pointed to a purple cocoon. "What about this one?"
Kang Jia, clearly annoyed, responded, "This is the Ancient Evil Bug—the Shadow Demon Worm. This insect is a descendant of the Ghost Shadow Insect. If refined into a puppet, it can withstand a full-strength attack from an early Nascent Soul cultivator. However, I lack the ability to refine it. It can be exchanged for one Black Dragon Pill, or ten dium spiritual stones."
Chu Xuan, pretending to be disinterested, casually tossed ten dium spiritual stones onto the table.
"I'll take it. Please pack it up for ."
He deliberately acted this way—he didn't want Kang Jia to realize that the Shadow Demon Worm was exactly what he needed. If he had imdiately asked for it, Kang Jia would undoubtedly have raised the price in secret.
Though he had control over a great spiritual stone mine, it had already been mined for thousands of years, and he wasn't sure how much was left. And as for when he would be able to leave the Heavenly tal Battlefield—that was still uncertain. So, although he had plenty of spiritual stones, he couldn't afford to waste them. As a demonic cultivator, the key was thriftiness and frugality, after all.
Kang Jia was montarily stunned, then quickly and skillfully packed the Shadow Demon Worm, handing it over to Chu Xuan. Finally, the first insect had been sold. It hadn't been easy.
After acquiring the Shadow Demon Worm, Chu Xuan wandered around a bit more, picking up several rare materials and secret techniques at incredibly low prices. Among the items he acquired were Black Flood Dragon Horns, needed to enhance the Evil Soul Chain, Dragon Transformation Ginseng, which was essential for crafting Black Dragon Pill, and the Lotus Escape Technique from the Celestial Sound Zen Temple, among others.
Of these, the Lotus Escape Technique stood out. It possessed abilities that enabled the user to suppress their presence. It could also counter divination and prophetic abilities. This technique was truly a jack-of-all-trades.
However, countering divination required the user to condense a rit Lotus, which would consu considerable rit. The monks of the Celestial Sound Zen Temple were hesitant to use it recklessly, knowing how precious rit could be. But Chu Xuan didn't mind the cost of rit at all.
Now possessing a Four-Tier rit Gold Wheel, his store of rit was far more vast and potent than a Three-Tier Gold Wheel. A little consumption ant nothing.
Before long, Chu Xuan returned to his seat and found three cultivators waiting for him. Among them was Kang Jia.
Chu Xuan smiled lightly, "What can I do for you, fellow daoists?"
The first person, a tall and stern cultivator, spoke in a deep voice, "I need a Nascent Soul early-stage Puppet Beast and five Mining Puppets." He paused and then added, "I have a Demonic Talisman Sutra from Falling Sun Demon Fortress. Would you be willing to trade?" With that, he took out the Demonic Talisman Sutra.
Chu Xuan took it from him and flipped through it briefly, a pleased expression crossing his face. This Demonic Talisman Sutra was remarkably complete, covering everything from Qi Refining stage talismans all the way up to Nascent Soul-level talismans.
He had long been interested in creating Demonic Talismans but had never had access to the appropriate thods. Now, with this Demonic Talisman Sutra handed to him, it was as if a major obstacle had been cleared from his path.
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