Xiuxian: Beautiful Women Like Clouds

After a long time, Lu Hao stood up and prepared to leave.

The old man in green took out a jade token from his bosom and invited him to visit their Tianbao Auction House when he had time, as there would be a grand auction in the next two days.

Lu Hao put the jade token and the spirit stones he received into the storage bag and left Tianbao Pavilion.

The old man in green accompanied Lu Hao all the way to the gate. After he left, the middle-aged man behind him said, "Mr. Mo, isn't this price too high?"

Even if they sold a golden toad inner core in the early stage of foundation building, they could only sell it for more than 500 low-level spirit stones. This meant that they made no profit at all, and all the profits went to Lu Hao.

"Being able to make a Foundation Establishment cultivator who is less than 20 years old feel good about us, this deal is not a loss. I believe he will come again in the future." The old man in green said with a smile as he looked at the direction where Lu Hao disappeared.

After leaving Wanbao Pavilion, Lu Hao walked around and looked around until he came to a square. Many monks in the square were like small vendors. They set up a stall in front of them, or spread a piece of cloth, put some magic tools or pills on it, and started selling them directly.

From time to time, a monk would come forward to take a look and then ask a few questions in a low voice, but there were still relatively few transactions that could be completed.

This is quite similar to setting up stalls in the secular world.

It was getting dark at this time, but the square was brightly lit. Huge sky lanterns were suspended in the air. These sky lanterns were all made of spiritual crystals, with an antique style and excellent light transmittance and durability.

There is no lamp in the sky lantern, but a stone bead. It comes from the body of a star-light beast at the bottom of the East China Sea. The light emitted by this stone bead is hundreds of times brighter than that of a lamp, and it does not need to be replaced frequently. One bead is enough to light for several years.

At this time, more and more people flocked to the square, and a lot of new stall owners appeared, making this place extremely lively for a while.

Some of these people were dressed in very strange clothes. Some were wrapped up tightly, with only a pair of eyes exposed. You would think they were robbers. Some were only wearing a pair of shorts, with no other clothes on.

Some are dressed as beggars, some are dressed as Taoist priests, and there are all kinds of types.

Lu Hao began to walk slowly and look carefully like other cultivators, not wanting to miss anything. Even if he didn't buy anything, he could still broaden his horizons.

There are generally two ways of trading between cultivators. One is barter, where both parties will exchange goods as long as they find it appropriate.

Or the transaction is done in the form of spirit stones, just like Lu Hao’s previous transaction, the other party gave spirit stones.

Spirit stones are the common currency among cultivators. They contain abundant spiritual energy. It is said that in the ancient times millions of epochs ago, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was very rich. These spiritual energies continued to condense and formed crystals, which became what we now call spirit stones.

The spiritual energy that cultivators usually absorb requires a lot of time to refine and transform it into more refined spiritual power.

The spiritual energy in the spirit stone is purer than the spiritual energy absorbed through one's own cultivation, and does not require a lot of time to refine. The higher the level of the spirit stone, the richer the spiritual energy it contains.

Moreover, spirit stones have many other functions. For example, setting up formations, refining pills, and refining weapons all require spirit stones to provide energy.

Some powerful magic arrays directly consume spirit stones, while refining pills and weapons provides spiritual energy for practitioners. Because refining these takes a lot of time, if the caster's spiritual energy cannot keep up, it can easily result in the destruction of the weapon and the death of the person.

Spirit stones are strictly divided according to the amount of spiritual energy they contain and their purity, and are divided into low-level spirit stones, mid-level spirit stones and high-level spirit stones.

At the same time, spirit stones are also divided into seven attributes, namely gold spirit stone, wood spirit stone, water spirit stone, fire spirit stone, earth spirit stone, and wind spirit stone. Among them, the rarest and most valuable is the thunder spirit stone.

Lu Hao was dazzled by what he saw along the way, and finally stopped in front of a stall. The stall seemed very deserted, and he was the only one there.

The stall owner was a young man with a gentle face and dressed like a scholar. He placed a set of formation flags in front of him, and the price was marked as four hundred low-level spirit stones.

Not all cultivators are masters of formations, so many cultivators choose to buy formation flags arranged by others. As long as they are arranged according to the requirements, they can quickly form a formation.

Having this set of formation flags is very effective whether used to block the enemy or to protect one's own cave.

"Isn't your price too expensive?" Lu Hao asked the young scholar. He was already extremely poor, and the spirit stones in his pocket were not even warm yet, but he had to spend them now. He really couldn't bear to do so.

"Brother, since you can stay here with me, you must have very good vision. This set of advanced formations of mine can defend against the attack of a peak Jindan stage expert. I don't need to explain what this means." The scholar had an expression that said, "You are the only one who knows what's good among so many people."

"What are you bragging about? With your level of cultivation, can the formation you created withstand the attack of a peak Jindan stage expert?" Lu Hao was a little unconvinced.

"Hey, don't go. I think you are extraordinary. Since you have seen through it, I will tell you the truth. This can withstand the attack of a strong man in the early stage of Jindan!" The young scholar said helplessly with an expression that you have seen through it.

"Tell the truth!" Lu Hao didn't want to waste time talking.

"A strike from a peak Foundation Establishment expert!"

"Tell the truth!" Lu Hao looked like he was about to leave.

"A blow from a peak Qi Refining Stage expert!" The young scholar's face flushed and he could only tell the truth.

Lu Hao was speechless. The speed at which this set of formation flags went from being able to withstand a blow from a peak Jindan stage expert to being able to only withstand a blow from a Qi Refining stage expert was too fast. If there were really cultivators who believed his nonsense, they would probably die without knowing it.

Seeing that this guy was so insincere in doing business, Lu Hao prepared to leave.

"Brother, don't go. Meeting is fate. This magic circle is worth four hundred spirit stones. Just name a price. I'll sell it to you if it's suitable." The young scholar saw Lu Hao was about to leave and hurriedly grabbed him.

"The price is eighty low-level spirit stones!" Lu Hao bid tentatively. He still liked this set of formation flags very much.

"Deal!" The scholar said excitedly with a happy expression on his face.

"Oh my god, I was careless!" Lu Hao never expected that the young man would agree so readily.

He took the chessboard and saw more than twenty formation flags stuck in it, as well as a book explaining the layout.

Lu Hao handed the eighty spirit stones to the young scholar with some reluctance, and left under the scholar's smiling gaze.