The original repairer

After meditating for a night, his spiritual awareness recovered by nearly half, which was enough for use.

I found an abnormal spirit stone among the medium-grade spirit stones, but no low-grade spirit stones. Could it be that I was looking in the wrong direction, and the abnormal medium-grade spirit stone was not found?

He used his spiritual sense to examine the mid-grade spirit stone again, but still couldn't find the source of the danger.

Just when Shi Chen was at a loss, the communication symbol on his body shook and a message came.

He took out the audio talisman and activated it, and Xu Jing's voice came out from the talisman.

"Shi Chen, there will be an auction at the largest auction house in Xiancheng tomorrow. I heard that there will be a top-grade foundation-building pill. All the major families are determined to get it. Tomorrow is the best time to leave Xiancheng. I will take this opportunity to leave the Xu family tomorrow."

Shi Chen thought for a while before taking the audio talisman to record.

"I've been targeted by a cultivator above the Nascent Soul stage in the Immortal City. I won't be going with you for now. Please try not to contact me. I'll contact you when it's safe."

The best chance to leave the city would be tomorrow after the auction. Unless he found something that gave him a dangerous intuition, it would be difficult to escape the city.

Even if he escapes, there are plenty of ways for cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage to track him down over a distance of thousands of miles.

I've only been in Tianming Xiancheng for three months, and I felt the danger after leaving the auction house. There were no problems before entering the auction house, but the problem arose after the transaction with the auction house.

After the transaction, is there anything that can be tampered with without anyone noticing?

Anything that could be found to bear the mark of divine consciousness had been removed, and the cultivators who were following them had been thrown off. The only thing the auction house could tamper with was the spirit stones being traded.

An abnormality has been detected in the medium-grade spirit stone, but not in the low-grade spirit stone.

What else haven't you checked?

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and Shi Chen's eyes widened as he thought of something.

He took out the one hundred low-grade spirit stones that he had exchanged for the abnormal medium-grade spirit stones, scanned them with his spiritual sense, and discovered the trick.

This pile of one hundred low-grade spirit stones also contains a different type of low-grade spirit stone.

Imagine this: all the shops, restaurants, and inns in the entire Immortal City, as long as they are run by aristocratic families, have already united. The shopkeepers of each shop should know how to identify special spirit stones. If a cultivator who is being marked and tracked discovers them and wants to escape, someone will follow them or capture them.

If you use this special spirit stone or exchange it, these people will give you a new marked object.

When Shi Chen thought of this, he felt a chill on his back. Only the Lord of the Mansion had such ability.

Shi Chen changed his appearance again, placed the abnormal low-grade spirit stone in the Xianzhan room, and then left the Xianzhan. The farther away from the Xianzhan he was, the weaker the sense of danger became.

This time the source of the danger can be determined.

Go to Feizhou Wharf and buy the jade token for the departure at noon tomorrow to the next fairy city.

Wander around the street market outside the pier.

Soon, a monk who was suitable for escaping was found.

"Brother Qin is leaving tomorrow. Unfortunately, there will be a top-grade foundation-building pill at tomorrow's auction. Even if we can't get it, we must witness this once-in-a-millennium event." A cultivator with a goatee and perfected Qi training said as he passed by.

"I also want to stay for a few more days to see this once-in-a-millennium event. Someone actually brought a top-grade foundation-building pill out for auction. It's really... Alas!" A fair-faced cultivator who had reached the perfection of Qi training sighed regretfully.

"Yes, it's a pity that our family is too small to participate in such an auction." The monk with a goat beard said as he walked.

"Brother Zhang is lucky to be able to witness this grand event tomorrow, but I have to follow the family's arrangements and return to Yezhou. Unfortunately, we still have a few of the talismans that the family needs to sell."

"Brother Qin, if you come here with your family next year, I will definitely treat you well."

"Okay, Brother Zhang, it's a deal. When you come to Tianming Immortal City again next year, you must treat me well."

"sure!"

After the two separated, Shi Chen followed the cultivator named Qin.

The cultivator surnamed Qin lived in a medium-sized immortal inn close to the inner city. This was mainly a merchant leasing area. Most of the family caravans from various immortal cities and continents would come here, and a lot of business news was spread here.

He entered the immortal inn where the cultivator surnamed Qin was staying, sat down at the table near the entrance in the lobby, ordered some refreshments, and waited patiently.

We waited from noon to dusk. Several times in between, there were also a few merchants in the lobby of Xianzhan. They were going to leave Xiancheng tomorrow. Unfortunately, it was very close to Tianming Xiancheng, and they were not the managers of the caravan or the family.

As the sky gradually darkened, the cultivator named Qin came out of the Xianzhan room into the lobby and walked past Shi Chen.

Shi Chen muttered to himself dejectedly, "Ah! How can I buy good talismans with the few spirit stones my family gave me? I can't even buy a few dozen first-level talismans with the spirit stones I was given, and now they want me to bring back seventy talismans of various kinds. This is killing me!"

"Fellow Daoist, would you like to purchase some talismans?" The cultivator named Qin stopped beside Shi Chen and said, "I happen to need a batch of talismans. I wonder if you're interested?"

"I do need to purchase a batch of talismans. I wonder what the quality of the talismans is and how much they cost?" Shi Chen asked the price.

"The talismans are of excellent quality. There are low-grade talismans and medium-grade talismans. I wonder what kind of talismans you need, fellow Taoist." said the cultivator named Qin.

"What's your name, fellow Taoist? Please sit down and have some tea." Shi Chen said with a happy expression.

"Okay, okay. I'm Qin Yuejia, from Yezhou. I'm here in the city selling talismans on behalf of my family."

"Ah! So you're the Qin family from Yezhou. I'm Zheng Zishuang, a small clan from Laizhou. I'm currently here to purchase resources."

"I just passed by and heard you say that buying talismans is difficult. I wonder what kind of talismans you need, how many, and how much you would like to pay?"

"I do want to buy a batch of talismans. I'm going to buy a total of seventy talismans of various low-grade grades at a 30% discount off the listed price at the Talisman Building. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Qin has any talismans for sale to me?"

"Talisman Tower is offering a 30% discount on the listed price? Fellow Daoist Zheng, aren't you trying to lower the price too much? The Talisman Tower buys talismans at a 60% to 70% discount on the listed price. We're selling it to you. Why don't you just go to the Talisman Tower and sell it directly?"

"That's true, but Fellow Daoist Qin also knows the standards of the Talisman House. Only talismans that meet the quality standards can enter. Moreover, the purchase price is very low. If you can sell it outside, you can get at least 10% or 20% more. Otherwise, I will give you another 50% profit, 75%, how about that?"

"No, 75% is still too little, 85% is about right."

"Eighty percent, no more. This is my first time trading with you, even if it's just to make friends. Let's both make some concessions. We can continue trading next time."

"Alright, I'll be your friend too. Next time, if you can buy more, I'll give you a bigger discount. Which talismans do you need, and how many of each?"

Shi Chen randomly picked out six low-grade talismans, seventy in total. After the final count, there were about four hundred low-grade spirit stones.

"Fellow Daoist Zheng, please pay the spirit stones and then receive the talismans." Qin Yuejia said as he took out a storage bag.

"Well," Shi Chen said after pretending to hesitate, "It's like this. I don't have many spirit stones with me today, but I do want to buy this batch of talismans. Allow me to go and borrow spirit stones. I will definitely gather enough spirit stones to trade with Fellow Daoist Qin before noon tomorrow."

"In that case, I'll wait for you until three quarters past four tomorrow. We can exchange voice talismans. Contact me again when you've collected the spirit stones."

After exchanging voice messages, Qin Yuejia left Shi Chen's table in disgust, and Shi Chen also left in a hurry.