Fast Passage

That night, Li Yu packed his luggage and ran away overnight. He didn't want to deal with such a big family.

On a country road, a sixteen-year-old boy dressed in cloth, carrying a torn package on his shoulder with a bamboo pole and holding a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth, walked casually.

As he walked, he came to a busy street, surrounded by small vendors, with many old-fashioned-looking items displayed on pieces of cloth.

Li Yu was a little confused. Is this selling antiques? The ancients also played with this.

One of the vendors saw Li Yu, a young man with a confused face, and thought to himself that there was a fat sheep to be slaughtered.

He was laughing so hard that the fat on his face was about to fall off, and he kept calling Li Yu over.

"Young Master, come and have a look at my place, Old Li. They are all good stuff."

He picked up a bead and said.

"This bead is not simple. It's called the Soul-Yunning Bead. It can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and nourish the body. It can increase spiritual power for cultivators and strengthen the bodies of ordinary people. It also glows at night and is extremely beautiful."

Li Yu glanced at the bead. Wasn't it just a polished night-shining stone? The paths in the Li family garden were all paved with night-shining stone.

This can only fool those young country folk who have never seen the world, so I was looked down upon.

Li Yu looked up at the boss, pretending to be innocent, and asked the boss happily.

"Boss, how much is this Soul-Enriching Pearl?"

"I feel a sense of familiarity from the moment I meet you, little brother. This treasure only costs fifty taels."

Li Yu was filled with black lines in his heart, he was definitely being treated as a fat sheep.

Fifty taels? You must be dreaming. One tael of silver is enough for an ordinary farmer to spend in a year. You want fifty taels for a paving stone.

Li Yu pretended to be surprised and helpless.

"Boss, do you think I'm someone who can come up with fifty taels of silver? It seems I have no chance of getting this treasure."

Li Yu pretended to be sad and left.

The boss behind him is still trying to keep the fat sheep.

"Hey, bro, don't go. Look at something else and I'll give you a friendly price."

Some people around were also greeting Li Yu,

"Brother, come here and take a look. This is absolutely genuine, and the price is fair."

"Bah, little brother, come and look at these, they are all used by the great masters of Taoism in the past."

Li Yu probably knew how dark the street was, and did not respond to the shouts behind him at all.

Just as he was about to go straight through, a small black stone on a stall caught Li Yu's attention.

It was clearly just an inconspicuous little stone, but in Li Yu's eyes, it emitted a dazzling golden light around it, as if it was saying something.

Choose me, I am the golden finger, I will help you show off and fly.

So Li Yu went up to the stall. The stall owner was a thin man with shifty eyes. He asked.

"Brother, which one do you like?"

Li Yu asked innocently while holding a finely crafted bowl.

"Brother, what kind of treasure is this beautiful bowl?" Just a bowl, I wonder what you can say about it.

The thin vendor, holding a bowl, began to narrate the bowl's legendary life.

"Brother, this is no ordinary bowl. It belongs to an elder of the Lingyun Sect. It took 49 days to refine. It was originally the elder's favorite, but it was accidentally lost and passed around. After many twists and turns, it finally came into my hands."

"It is said that if you obtain this bowl, you might be able to join the Lingyun Sect."

Li Yu was too lazy to listen to his nonsense and asked directly.

"how much is it?"

"Fifteen taels of silver, and you can take this bowl away."

"Five cents, I won't take a cent more."

"Little brother, forget it, just consider it as making a friend, five taels of silver."

"Fifteen cents, no more."

In the end, the two men reached a deal for fifty cents.