“Come and see, come and see!”,“Strange, strange, truly strange!”,“Rare, rare, and bizarre!”,“Everything this Old Man has is profoundly mysterious; only those with great Opportunity and great Luck can fathom even a bit of it!”,As soon as he left the commercial district, He Pingsheng spotted a stall.
The stall was only three feet square, and the stall owner behind it was a white-haired and bearded Old Man, dressed in a tattered Daoist robe, currently jumping up and down behind the stall, attracting passing customers.
Looking closely at his stall, it indeed seemed out of the ordinary.
He Pingsheng swept his Divine Thought over the various strange Materials, and found that he didn't recognize a single one.
Of course, countless people, just like He Pingsheng, gathered around out of curiosity.
“What is this?”
“Old Man, what is this thing?”
The white-haired, white-bearded Old Man's expression turned serious with annoyance, and he said, “Call me Senior, not Old Man!”
“Hahahahaha…”, The surrounding crowd burst into laughter.
Someone said, “You shameless Old Man, you're merely a Qi Refinement Stage Sixth Level fellow, yet you make people call you Senior?”
He Pingsheng hadn't noticed before, but now with a sweep of his Divine Thought, he clearly saw the Old Man's cultivation.
He's really a Qi Refinement Stage Sixth Level?
Good heavens.
He can't control his mouth!
“What do you know?!” The Old Man's face was flushed, and he said, “Don't look at my current Qi Refinement Stage Sixth Level cultivation; in my earlier years, my cultivation was much higher, I just had it knocked down by someone!”
“Forget it, I won't talk to you ignorant fellows anymore. Come, look at my treasures!”
“I traveled the entire continent back then and obtained countless treasures. These things displayed before you, even I don't recognize what they are!”
“As they say, Opportunity, Opportunity. Perhaps I am fated to be without these items. How about this: you can look and take whatever you like!”
“If you like something, I'll sell it to you at the lowest price!”
The crowd swarmed forward, examining the Old Man's items.
He Pingsheng, with his youthful Heart-Nature, was also incredibly curious. He walked over and squatted in a corner of the stall, casually picking up a round black bead from the stall.
As soon as he picked it up, the bead lay in his palm, giving He Pingsheng a fleeting sense of sudden clarity, as if his mind had become transparent.
This…
He Pingsheng was startled, then gripped the bead in his hand.
That feeling of mental clarity became even stronger.
“Hehehe…”, The white-haired Old Man looked at He Pingsheng with a half-smile and said, “Young man, everything depends on fate. Some things may seem ordinary to others, but only those destined individuals can discern the extraordinary nature of these treasures!”
“How about it, are you the fated one?”
The Old Man looked at He Pingsheng.
He Pingsheng thought for a moment, then asked, “How much is this bead?”
The Old Man extended a finger: “How about this, it seems I've met a fated person, I'll give it to you for this number!”
He Pingsheng was stunned: “One hundred Spirit Stones?”
The Old Man said, “What are you saying? I said ten thousand!”
Pfft…
He Pingsheng almost spat blood.
He tossed the bead onto the stall and stood up to leave.
Are you kidding me!
Ten thousand?
I don't have that much.
“Don't leave, don't leave, don't leave…” Seeing He Pingsheng stand up to leave, the Old Man said, “I want ten thousand, but you can bargain… How about this, I'll even sell it for one thousand Spirit Stones, do you want it?”
He Pingsheng shook his head: “Senior, do I look like I have one thousand Spirit Stones?”
The Old Man said, “How about one hundred?”
He Pingsheng sneered. At this point, he had already concluded that this person was a Jianghu swindler. He ignored him and continued to leave.
“Ten… Young man, ten Spirit Stones will do…”
But He Pingsheng had already disappeared into the vast crowd.
“Do you want the 【True Talisman Scripture】? This is a book that records how to make Talismans… Young brother, do you want it for one hundred Spirit Stones?”
“Monkey Wine, ah, Monkey Wine… One Spirit Stone for a jar!”
He Pingsheng walked along, finding that this market sold everything.
Not long after, he saw another Cultivator setting up a stall selling Talismans.
This person's attire and appearance were similar to the Daoist Nun from before, so she should belong to the Tianfu Mountain Disciples.
He Pingsheng had nothing to do, so he squatted down in front of the young girl's stall.
Fireball Talisman, Lightning Talisman, Ice Needle Talisman, and so on, were still common Talismans among low-level Disciples in the Cultivation World.
He Pingsheng looked through them from beginning to end. The only difference between this girl's stall and the Daoist Nun's stall was a yellow Talisman with writing that He Pingsheng couldn't understand.
“What kind of Talisman is this?” He Pingsheng picked up the yellow paper Talisman and asked the stall owner.
The girl, who was reading a book, looked up.
Hiss, hiss, hiss…
He Pingsheng's breathing hitched.
So beautiful!
This woman's face was truly beautiful to the extreme.
Her black hair flowed like a waterfall, her long eyelashes fluttered, revealing eyes like black jewels, her skin was as white as snow, and her face was serene.
She was as beautiful as a celestial maiden descended to the mortal world.
He Pingsheng was momentarily stunned.
The woman smiled, seemingly unfazed by He Pingsheng's reaction, and said, “This is a Disguise Talisman!”
“Disguise Talisman?” He Pingsheng looked at the Talisman in his hand and asked, “What is it used for?”
Although he had been momentarily astonished by the girl's exquisite beauty, his Heart-Nature was still quite resilient. In just a flash, He Pingsheng returned to his normal state.
This surprised the girl opposite him quite a bit.
“A Disguise Talisman, of course, can change your appearance!” The woman said with a chuckle, “For example, it can make you more perfect, more beautiful…”
Oh…
He Pingsheng instantly understood: no wonder this stall owner was so beautiful, it turned out to be due to a Disguise Talisman.
He shook his head, thinking this Talisman was rather useless.
“Of course!” The girl, however, said calmly, “Changing your appearance isn't just about becoming beautiful. It can instantly alter your looks, making familiar people unable to recognize you!”
“Sometimes, this can save your life!”
A light suddenly flashed in He Pingsheng's mind: That's right.
“This Talisman of mine!” The girl continued, “is Low Grade… It can be used for disguise three times, each lasting only two hours, and even a Qi Refining Stage Twelfth Level Cultivator cannot see through it!”
“Of course, if you encounter a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator, this disguise will be useless. Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators have powerful Divine Thought and can see through it with a glance!”
After the explanation, the girl calmly looked at He Pingsheng.
He Pingsheng felt like buying it, so he asked, “How many Spirit Stones?”
The girl said, “Two hundred!”
He Pingsheng: “That expensive… Aren't First Grade Talismans usually sixty or seventy?”
“Hehe…” The girl closed the book in her hand and said with a smile, “Of course not. The Disguise Talisman is a rare Talisman, and its refining Materials are different. It cannot be measured by the value of ordinary First Grade Talismans!”
“Hmm… How about this, if you genuinely want it, one hundred eighty Spirit Stones will be enough!”
He Pingsheng thought for a moment and said, “Alright!”