“What use are Spirit Stones?”
“They are useless!”
“Only when they are transformed into something useful can the value of Spirit Stones be realized!”
After spending another large sum of Spirit Stones, He Pingsheng felt a pang of heartache. He secretly slipped the newly bought Disguise Talisman into his Storage Pouch, muttering to himself in self-consolation.
He was left with only a little over one thousand one hundred Spirit Stones.
He Pingsheng felt he had bought enough, so he stopped wandering around and instead found a shaded spot with few people to sit down and wait for Xu Kunlun and the other two.
After about an hour, the three of them walked over, looking excited.
“Junior Brother…”
“Ninth!”
Xu Kunlun said, “What did you buy?”
He Pingsheng said, “I bought some Talismans for self-defense and such. Did you buy any defensive Magical Artifacts?”
“No!” Zhao Ling'er shook her head and said, “They were too expensive…”
“Oh, right, I just saw a First Grade defensive Magical Artifact at Shunhe Hall called the Tengjia Shield, it was truly excellent!”
“Yes!” Xu Kunlun chimed in, “If we could get that thing and refine all four Formations on it, just by activating its defense, it could withstand attacks from Cultivators of the same level!”
“With that thing, even if you encounter a guy at the Qi Refining Stage Twelfth Level, you’d have a chance to escape!”
He Pingsheng’s heart stirred. He said, “That powerful?”
He truly didn’t know how powerful a First Grade Magical Artifact was.
The key was, why did this Tengjia Shield sound so familiar?
And Shunhe Hall!
He Pingsheng remembered that he had sold a First Grade Magical Artifact to the shopkeeper of Shunhe Hall for a total of one thousand one hundred fifty Spirit Stones.
“Of course!” Tian Xiaoqing said, “That’s a First Grade Magical Artifact, but it’s too expensive. People like us definitely can’t afford it!”
He Pingsheng quickly asked, “How many Spirit Stones?”
Tian Xiaoqing said, “One thousand five hundred Spirit Stones!”
He Pingsheng immediately felt a bad premonition.
One thousand five hundred?
He bought it from me for one thousand one hundred fifty, and then made four hundred fifty profit in a single transaction?
How dark!
These merchant associations are truly dark.
However, on second thought, they also need to make money, and it was currently the Secret Realm opening that happened once every thirty years, so almost everything was increasing in price.
Therefore, the price seemed acceptable.
“Let’s go, let’s go…” Zhao Ling’er said, “We can return to the Sect now… We’ll talk more once we’re back at the Sect!”
“Alright!”
The four of them stopped talking and once again summoned their paper cranes, jumped on, and flew into the clouds.
At sunset, the four of them landed directly on the peak of Xiuzhu Peak.
“Junior Brother… Come, I’ll show you a treasure!” Zhao Ling’er took a deep breath, then pulled He Pingsheng towards her small courtyard.
Behind them, Xu Kunlun and Tian Xiaoqing naturally followed.
“Close the door!”
“Senior Sister, open your Formation!”
A First Grade Restricted Array was opened.
Only then did Zhao Ling’er carefully take out a hundred treasure sack and say, “Ninth, today the three of us bought a treasure together!”
“Take a look, but we don’t know what this treasure is. We’ll have to show it to Master later!”
As she spoke, Zhao Ling’er took out a dark, glistening bead from the hundred treasure sack.
Seeing the bead, He Pingsheng was immediately astonished, wide-eyed.
My goodness… Isn’t this the bead that Old Man sold?
He Pingsheng had wanted to buy this bead back then, but the other party immediately asked for ten thousand Spirit Stones. The price was too high, and after He Pingsheng refused, the other party lowered the price several times, only then did he realize it was a scam.
No… How did these three little darlings end up buying it?
Wait a minute…
Just now, Sixth Senior Sister Zhao Ling’er seemed to say that the three of them bought it together?
Did they spend a lot of Spirit Stones on it?
“Ninth… This is truly a good treasure!” Xu Kunlun said, “If you don’t believe me, hold it in your hand; it has a special feeling!”
“It’s like your whole being becomes clear!”
“Exactly, exactly!” Tian Xiaoqing said, “When I held it, it was like my Divine Thought became clear!”
He Pingsheng did not hold it.
Because he had already held it.
He raised his head and looked at Zhao Ling’er, asking, “Senior Sister… How many Spirit Stones did it cost?”
Zhao Ling’er was excited, “Only one thousand…”
Pfft…
He Pingsheng almost spat!
One thousand!
And “only”?
“I actually didn’t have that many Spirit Stones on me. At the time, I only gathered four hundred, and then Seventh Senior Sister and Eighth Junior Brother each contributed three hundred, so this treasure is jointly owned by the three of us!”
“Junior Brother!” Zhao Ling’er looked at him expectantly, “What do you think of this thing?”
He Pingsheng didn’t want to make them sad, so he shook his head and said, “I don’t understand it!”
Xu Kunlun said, “Don’t worry, there’s definitely no mistake!”
“You don’t know that Old Man who sold it, he looked like an immortal, he’s definitely a Senior expert!”
“Mm!” Zhao Ling’er also nodded, “Very dignified!”
He Pingsheng: …………
“Since none of us recognize it, let’s have Master take a look!” Xu Kunlun suggested, “Let’s go find Master!”
“Let’s go…”
“Let’s go, let’s go…”
He Pingsheng watched the three of them happily walk towards Yu Ning Palace and immediately rubbed his forehead: No, don’t Cultivators, as their Divine Thought thickens, also have their minds gradually expand?
Why do these three little darlings seem to have no mental maturity?
As he was pondering, Zhao Ling’er even turned back and waved at him, “Little Junior Brother, you come along too!”
Alright!
He Pingsheng could only quickly follow.
The four of them arrived at the entrance of Yu Ning Palace.
“Disciples Zhao Ling’er, Tian Xiaoqing, Xu Kunlun, and He Pingsheng, greet Master!” Zhao Ling’er respectfully bowed towards the main door, calling out all four of their names in one breath.
Yu Ning’s voice came from within: “Come in!”
Buzz, buzz, buzz…
Between heaven and earth, an invisible trace of Qi disappeared.
He Pingsheng knew that the defensive Formation of Yu Ning Palace had been withdrawn.
The four of them opened the door of the main hall and then entered in single file.
Master Yu Ning sat high on a stone platform.
“Greetings, Master!” The four of them bowed in unison.
Yu Ning nodded and said, “What is it?”
Zhao Ling’er said, “Master, my Seventh Junior Sister, Eighth Junior Brother, and I jointly purchased a treasure, but we do not know its function. We have specially come to show it to Master!”
“Oh?” A gleam flashed in Yu Ning’s eyes, and she immediately looked very pleased.
She stepped forward, appearing before the four of them: “Where is the treasure? Show it to your Master!”
Her voice even held a hint of eagerness.
Zhao Ling’er did not hesitate and directly took out the dark bead.
“Master!” Xu Kunlun chuckled and said, “Please hold this item in your hand and feel it!”
“Good!” Yu Ning took the bead and held it in her hand.
Then, she said in shock, “This… Oh my, this Master feels her entire Divine Thought has become clear!”
“A treasure… What kind of treasure is this?”
Boom…
Her vast Divine Thought surged forth and swept towards the black bead.
But upon inspection, she found nothing.
She couldn’t scan it.
“This item is not simple!” Yu Ning held the bead, shaking her head, and said, “Even this Master cannot discern its origin!”
“How many Spirit Stones did you spend to acquire it?”
Yu Ning looked at the three of them.