Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 204 Strange Object
The old man grinned with his missing front teeth and said enthusiastically:
"Senior, this is a good thing, twenty spirit stones."

He doesn't know anything, but since he is valued by the monks in the sect, he must be extraordinary.

For something that a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage likes, twenty spirit stones is not an excessive price.

At this moment, he had completely forgotten about his fruitless attempts to sell his products in several sect shops.

Wei Shouqing sneered:

"A broken stone, how can it be a good thing? I'll give you a spiritual stone, and we want the thing."

The old man's face was stiff, and he said with his neck stiff:
"Would this senior be interested in something other than a good one? Twenty spirit stones, not even one less."

Ji An felt a stream of air entering his body through his fingertips and flowing into his dantian along the immortal meridian.

His mind was connected to the stone turtle, and he found that the number of Gen Ling kept jumping, increasing slowly and steadily.

"I want the things," he stared at the other person and asked:
"Tell me where you got it, and I'll pay you the spirit stones immediately."

He was excited and didn't bother to play any tricks showing he wasn't interested in anything, so he just got straight to the point.

The old man's eyes rolled around, revealing a cunning gleam:
"Senior, if you want to know the precious land where things are produced, there is a different price."

He originally asked for a sky-high price, but who knew that the other party didn't bargain. What does this mean?
He had no recollection of where he had gotten the thing, but he knew that where he had gotten the stone there must be no more of its kind.

He collected it because he initially thought it was a strange seed, and if there were more 'seeds' he would definitely pick them up.

He had tried to grow crops before because he couldn't sell them, but they didn't sprout.

Ji An felt the airflow becoming weaker and weaker, and the speed at which his spiritual power increased was even slower, so he put the things down and said with a half-smile:

"Tell me, what's the price?"

In a short period of time, Gen Ling actually increased by about ten points, and he had already taken most of the benefits.

The old man stretched out his hand and said in a deep voice:
“The seniors have vision and know the value of things.

For just one thousand spirit stones, I will give you the map of the treasure land."

He was old and planned to find a small place to retire. He had originally planned to leave on a caravan flying boat in a few days.

If he could cheat a sum of spirit stones, he would run away immediately. It was impossible for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to keep an eye on a small figure like him all the time, and he was sure that he could leave without telling a Qi Refining cultivator.

Ji An bared his teeth, a sarcastic smile appearing on the corner of his mouth:

"Sure, take me to that place. If I can't find fifty of these stones, you know the consequences."

His spiritual sense had just locked onto the other person, and he could feel the other person's heartbeat beating abnormally fast. He was probably thinking of some evil ideas.

"Uh, I can't guarantee that. Besides, I can't lead the way for you, senior. The map can be reduced in price."

Wei Shouqing sneered:

"Keep making it up! I'll give you a thousand spirit stones. You're going to eat shit."

Ji An said calmly:

“The stuff is somewhat useful to me, but only in large quantities.

One is not very useful, but I am still willing to pay twenty spirit stones and give me the thing."

If it weren't for the stone turtle, he wouldn't be able to see any magic in this thing, and he guessed that most cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage wouldn't find it special either.

If the other party can get more, it would be a good deal to exchange spirit stones for spiritual inspiration.

The stall owner picked up the stone and shook his head firmly:

"I've decided to raise the price to fifty spirit stones."

At first, he quoted a price of twenty spirit stones and the other party agreed without hesitation. He thought the price could be increased a little more.

It seems that selling the map is not a possibility, so he plans to get as many spirit stones as possible.

The deal has not yet been finalized and the pricing power is in his hands.

The opponent is a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, but no cultivator in the Immortal City can take action. This is an iron rule jointly set by the three sects.

Some monks from the sect acted recklessly and were severely punished and made to compensate for the losses.

This is an important reason why the independent cultivators are willing to come to the Immortal City. At least on the surface, the three sects are fair.

"I changed my mind and don't want the things anymore.

If you get more similar stones, you can find me at Wei's Talisman Shop on Zhuque Street.

I'll wait for you for half a month. If there's still only this one, there's no need to go."

Ji An shook his head and left with his hands behind his back.

There was little inspiration left in the stone, and he left in a very casual manner.

He wanted to give the other party some benefits, after all, he had benefited from it.

But if the other party becomes greedy, he will not keep up the fight.

And he believed that if the other party could find more stones, they would definitely look for him.

Wei Shouqing snorted coldly and said in a low voice:
"I'll give you another chance. Sell it to me for five spirit stones."

His uncle gave him five hundred spirit stones to pay the bill. He could see that Ji An really wanted this thing at first.

The old man narrowed his eyes and shook his head to refuse. He thought the two were playing hard to get.

Ji An didn't continue shopping. It was getting late and it was time to go back.

On the way, Wei Shouqing asked carefully:
"Senior, what is that yellow-brown stone?"

He wanted to get to the bottom of it and decide whether to bear the high price and buy the item back.

"I don't know either, but intuitively it works for me, so I want to buy it."

Wei Shouqing smiled apologetically, thinking:

"If you don't want to say it, then don't say it. Why are you being so perfunctory?"

After dinner, Ji An and Wei Songnian chatted for a while and then returned to the guest room.

He began to reflect on the afternoon's events. The unexpected appearance of a rare item that could directly increase spiritual power meant there was another avenue for improving spiritual power. There should also be rare items that could enhance Gen Ling and increase other spiritual power.

If we can understand the reasons for the formation of these strange objects, perhaps we can try to create them.

Even if you can't, you can still look for rare objects more purposefully.

I don’t know if this is an isolated case. If there are a large number of such rare items, he will not hesitate to spend a lot of spirit stones to offer a reward.

Next, it depends on the actions of the stall owner. If he can get more rare items, it means that this is not an isolated case.

After thinking things through, Ji An took out the mutant turtle eggs and nourished them with his magic power for half a minute.

After putting away the beast eggs, he released the Small Cloud Rain Technique. When the spiritual rain fell, he pinched the water control technique and began to practice the spell.

Wei Shouqing sat upright and recounted everything that had happened in the afternoon.

Wei Songnian frowned slightly and said:
"Tomorrow you go find the stall owner and buy the item for twenty spirit stones.

Senior Brother Ji wants to buy it, so he must have his reasons."

In his impression, Ji An is a thorough pragmatist. He won't even glance at things he doesn't need, but he will buy things he needs at any price.

“What if the stall owner still insists on raising the price?”

"Then let him keep it to lay eggs!"

The next day.

Wei Songnian walked into the guest room with a smile and placed the small yellowish-brown stone on the table.

Ji An put down the talisman pen and said with a smile:

"Thank you very much. I'm sorry for the expense, Junior Brother. How many spirit stones did you spend?"

He felt that this thing was no longer of much use, but he couldn't let down other people's kindness.

Wei Songnian stretched out his hand, spread his five fingers, and smiled from ear to ear:
"Five spirit stones. This morning, Shou Qing found the stall owner and asked if he was selling three spirit stones.

After some bargaining, the deal was finally settled at five spirit stones.

The stall owner originally had twenty spirit stones to take away, but ended up only getting five. The expression on his face was quite interesting."

Ji An put on a polite smile, but sighed in his heart.

The stall owner's actions indicate that there is most likely only one of this rare item.

"This bastard actually tried to trick me. Junior brother, please take care of him from now on."

Daring to ask for a thousand spirit stones, the Qi Refining cultivator actually had the idea of ​​deceiving the Foundation Establishment cultivator. Human greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant.

Wei Songnian's smile tightened and a cold look appeared on his face.

"You dare to deceive my brother? You can't let me off easily.

I'll give the order later. If we get the chance, we'll give him a good beating."

"Don't do anything while I'm in Xiancheng."

Ji An still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. If the stall owner was lucky enough to find something rare, he would not care.

"Understood, Senior Brother, you go ahead and do your work. I'll send someone to keep an eye on it."

Wei Songnian said goodbye and left, as he wanted to investigate the stall owner first.

Although it is more likely that the other party is just an ordinary cultivator, the forces in the Immortal City are intertwined and it would be difficult to deal with if he has some connection with some big shot.

Wei's shop has many competitors, and any mistakes will be widely publicized, so they have to be cautious.

Ji An picked up the strange object, feeling the strands of air flowing into his immortal veins and merging into his dantian, and his Gen Ling grew again.

A quarter of an hour later, he felt an intermittent flow of air entering his dantian and being swallowed by the stone turtle, and he was secretly surprised.

Gen Ling increased by another five points. The effect of this strange object far exceeded his expectations. He originally thought that there was very little spiritual power left in it.

Another quarter of an hour passed, and although the intervals were long, there were still occasional increases in Gen spirits.

Ji An's mood had changed from surprise to delight. He found a red silk thread, tied up the strange object tightly, made it into a pendant, hung it around his neck, and kept it close to his body.

During lunch, Ji An said:

"Junior Brother Wei, keep a close eye on that stall owner. The stone is more useful than I thought."

He didn't think that the mystery of the strange object would be discovered by others, at least the cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage didn't have that ability.

The strength of his soul far exceeds that of cultivators of the same level, comparable to a cultivator at the ninth level of foundation building. If it weren't for the stone turtle, he would have been completely unable to discover the mystery of the stone.

Wei Songnian showed a cautious expression on his face and nodded vigorously:

"Don't worry about my work, Senior Brother."

three days later.

Ji An was drawing talismans when he heard heavy footsteps outside.

Wei Songnian walked into the room with a bitter and embarrassed look on his face and waved to the maid.

The maid understood, gently lifted her foot and stepped on the ground before walking out silently.

"Brother, that stall owner didn't set up his stall today. My people went to his residence to check, but found that the place was empty and no one knew where he went.

That person must have a great way of disguising himself, otherwise my men wouldn't have lost him."

The main way for cultivators to identify people is through the fluctuations of their souls. The fluctuations of each cultivator's soul are unique, but they can only be identified at close range. At a distance, facial recognition is still used.

Wei Songnian sent three people to take turns watching, and only from midnight to dawn there was no one watching.

It went wrong, leaving him feeling very embarrassed.

Ji An pondered and said:
"Let's search the city for a few more days. If we can't find anything, forget it."

Now he was completely sure that the stall owner was incapable of finding more rare items, otherwise he would not have given up the easy windfall.

(End of this chapter)