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The stall owner explained with a smile, "Young lady has a good eye. These spirit rice grains are all made from spirit rice grown by different spirit plants. The different colors represent different types of spirit plants, so the properties and concentrations of spiritual energy also differ."

He pointed to the five colors of spirit rice beside him and said, "These are Five Elements Spirit Rice, each color corresponding to one of the five elements. Ordinary spirit rice has no elemental energy, but Five Elements Spirit Rice is different. It has attributes and can help increase cultivation, enhance strength, and restore spiritual energy. Moreover, it is not expensive, only a little more expensive than ordinary spirit rice."

He then explained that the red spirit rice represents the fire attribute, the blue represents the water attribute, the yellow represents the metal attribute, the brown represents the earth attribute, and the remaining green represents the wood attribute. One bag is equivalent to ten bowls, and one bag costs one hundred low-grade spirit stones.

Lin Yitang nodded, thinking that these spirit rice were indeed good for cultivators who needed them. But she herself didn't need them; the Five-Cauldron Dew was far more effective than these spirit rice.

So she asked about other colors of rice.

Upon hearing this, the stall owner immediately perked up: "Young lady, you have excellent taste! This isn't ordinary spirit rice; it's a much higher grade! Ordinary spirit rice is white, indicating a moderate concentration of spiritual energy. But purple spirit rice is different; it has more and purer spiritual energy, and eating it can rapidly increase your cultivation. As for the golden one, that's top-grade spirit rice, favored by even the inner disciples of the Tai Que Sect! Even if you don't need it yourself, buying it as a gift for your master or respected senior brothers and sisters is the perfect choice!"

The stall owner enthusiastically promoted his wares, but Lin Yitang was secretly astonished. The spirit rice in the Taique Sect's canteen cost one low-grade spirit stone per bowl, but here, purple and golden spirit rice cost tens or even hundreds of low-grade spirit stones per bowl! A bottle of Qi-Nourishing Pills only cost twenty or thirty low-grade spirit stones—this price was outrageous!

She quickly shook her head, put down the spirit rice in her hand, and turned to leave the shop.

After leaving the spirit rice shop, Lin Yitang sighed. She had originally intended to buy some better spirit rice to replace Wu Dingtang's for feeding the spirit chickens, but after seeing the price, she decided against it; it wasn't worth it. Besides, the spirit chickens didn't seem to have much interest in the spirit rice.

Lin Yitang could only continue browsing among the stalls, looking for spirit chickens and other items that interested her.

Some stalls sold medicinal herbs, and Lin Yitang could still recognize some of them based on the "Complete Book of Medicinal Plants" she had read in her memory.

Some sell their own elixirs and talismans, but the quality doesn't look very good.

Some sell magical artifacts, cultivation techniques, and even ancient scrolls, rare spells, incomplete Heaven-level cultivation techniques, secret realm maps, cultivation experience of Golden Core experts, and incomplete spiritual weapons, etc.

Although Lin Yitang didn't know whether these things were real or fake, she guessed they weren't good quality since no one around her was buying them.

She casually flipped through a few pages of the so-called rare spells and shook her head. Based on her experience and expertise, she knew these spells were impossible to learn; they were pure fraud.

Seeing these people selling counterfeit goods and shouting so earnestly, she suddenly had a bold idea: if she and Fan Niannian made counterfeit goods and sold them, wouldn't they make a lot of money?

She quickly dismissed the immoral thought as soon as it occurred to her. Cultivators value cause and effect and the Dao heart; besides, there are sharp-eyed and powerful cultivators among them, and being discovered might incur their enemies.

Among these stalls, there were also some selling strange stones. Lin Yitang walked up to a stall out of curiosity and casually asked about them.

The stall owner enthusiastically introduced, "Young lady, these are all raw metal stones and ores, excellent materials for refining magical artifacts."

He picked up a dark stone and explained, "This is a piece of Xuan Tie raw stone. Although it looks unremarkable, the metallic power it contains is extremely pure. Magical artifacts made from it are exceptionally sturdy and difficult to damage with ordinary swords and blades."

He then pointed to a crystal-clear stone and said, "This is jadeite, which is completely transparent and is an excellent material for crafting flying magical artifacts. Magical artifacts with jadeite added not only have extremely high flight speeds but also excellent stability."

Lin Yitang picked up a dark red stone and asked, "What about this one? It looks quite ordinary."

The stall owner smiled mysteriously: "This is a Crimson Fire Stone, an essential material for refining fire-attribute magic weapons. Don't underestimate it; once integrated into a magic weapon, it can imbue it with the power of fire, multiplying its strength."

Lin Yitang nodded. She had seen descriptions of these minerals in the "Complete Book of Minerals," but this was the first time she had seen them in person. With great interest, she picked up each mineral and examined it closely, secretly noting down its characteristics.

Seeing that Lin Yitang seemed to know her stuff, the stall owner lowered his voice and said, "Miss, I have a few pieces of even higher-grade ore here. Would you be interested?"

She picked up a piece of jet-black ore, from which faint golden veins could be seen flowing. Lin Yitang asked in confusion, "I've never seen this ore before. Is there anything special about it?"

The stall owner said mysteriously, "Young lady, you certainly know your stuff. This is my most prized possession, called Ink Gold Ore. It's a rare and unusual mineral from ancient times. It can not only greatly enhance the grade of magical artifacts, but also imbue them with some mysterious power. As for the specific effects, that depends on the skill of the craftsman."

Lin Yitang inquired about the price with great interest. However, upon hearing that the ore cost several thousand low-grade spirit stones, she immediately lost interest.

She felt that asking the price but not buying seemed a bit disrespectful to the stall owner. Just as she was thinking of a reason to politely refuse, the spirit chicken on her head suddenly became excited, as if it had seen something delicious, and kept grabbing Lin Yitang's hair and pulling it in one direction.

Lin Yitang's eyes welled up with tears from the pain, and she quickly said to the stall owner, "I'm sorry, my spirit beast is having some problems, I have to go and take a look." After saying that, she hurried towards the direction where the spirit chicken was pulling.

Lin Yitang followed the direction the spirit chicken had pulled and found herself in front of a shop selling spirit beast meat. The shop looked ordinary, but there was a long queue outside.

Curious, she walked over and saw the shop sign that read "Second-Tier Monster Meat" in large characters. The shop assistants were busy serving customers, taking spirit stones from them and then handing them the corresponding amount of meat.

Lin Yitang thought to herself, "This shop is doing so well, the quality of the spirit beast meat must be pretty good." She went closer and saw that the shop was filled with all kinds of beast meat, including rabbit, goat, fish and shrimp, and so on.

The pheasant seemed very interested in the meat, flapping its wings on Lin Yitang's shoulder as if it wanted her to buy some.

Lin Yitang touched the spirit stones in her pocket, feeling somewhat hesitant. She knew her current financial situation wasn't good, and she was about to leave the sect for a mission, so she needed to keep some spirit stones for emergencies.

However, seeing how excited the spirit chicken was, she wavered a little.

Just as Lin Yitang was hesitating, a familiar voice sounded behind her: "Junior Sister Lin, are you also here to shop at the market?"