Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Chengnan Bookstore, No. 36 Xinglong Street, Xuanwu District.

This is the place Mo Yu told them about, a place where they can purchase special items, such as spirit testing stones, or spirit power guns, etc. Qin Xiaochuan and Guo Shiyi came here because Mo Yu said they needed to prepare properly before setting off.

Part of what he meant by preparation was coming here to buy some necessities.

Chengnan Bookstore is sandwiched between a hardware store and an electronics store, and is recessed into the space by about two or three meters.

This is a very unsuitable place for doing business because it is too secluded. Unless it is specially renovated and advertised from the outside as a place of seclusion, it is difficult for people to come here.

However, the bookstore had not undergone any special renovation, or rather, it could be said that it had not been renovated at all. The faded walls, the old black tile roof, and the damaged stainless steel sign gave the bookstore an air of decay, making it stand out from the other exquisite buildings on the street. Qin Xiaochuan suspected that it might be a holdout property during a previous demolition, otherwise how could it still maintain its unique characteristics in such a street? If being dilapidated can be considered a characteristic.

The two entered the bookstore, which was just an ordinary bookstore. If it was anything special, it was only smaller and more dilapidated than an ordinary bookstore. The room was only about 20 square meters, with several bookshelves along the walls, displaying books published several years ago or even earlier.

Naturally, there were no customers in the bookstore. The owner was an old man in his fifties, wearing reading glasses. He was listening to old opera on the radio while looking at a magazine with yellowed pages. He didn't even look up when the two arrived.

Qin Xiaochuan looked around the bookstore and saw a wooden door in one corner with a sign that read: Special Area, No Unauthorized Personnel Allowed.

Just like the setup in the Grey Bar, he knew that it was a place that sold special items.

Just then, the wooden door was suddenly pushed open, and a man walked out. The man was carrying a backpack, glanced at the two of them, and then walked straight out the door.

Qin Xiaochuan looked back at the shop owner, who never raised his head. He knew this meant they were free to do as they pleased. He and Guo Shiyi opened the wooden door together. Inside was a short passageway with a curtain in front. They lifted the curtain, and finally, they found the place they were looking for.

When Qin Xiaochuan and Guo Shiyi first saw that place, they were filled with shock.

The first thing that came into view for the two of them was a black wooden sign hanging on the ceiling in the middle, with the four characters "All-Purpose Store" written on it. Below the wooden sign were the special items sold in the All-Purpose Store.

The Omnipotent Store has two rooms on the left and right, connected by a 1.5-meter-wide passageway. The total area is about 50 or 60 square meters. He stood at the door for a while, feeling dizzy and mesmerized, before he and Guo Shiyi walked into the first room.

The first room mainly sells equipment related to spiritual power, just like the ones Qin Xiaochuan had seen in the online store before. There are spirit testing stones, crystal balls, divination cards, magic wands, spiritual power gloves, spiritual power pistols, folding swords, mysterious talismans, and so on. There are all sorts of things, many of which are things they could never have imagined.

"Come and look at this!" Just as he was marveling at what he saw, Guo Shiyi suddenly pointed to something and called out to him. Qin Xiaochuan went over and saw that it was something that looked like a face mask. He looked at the description and it said that it was a disguise mask. If you put the mask on your face, you can use your spiritual power to disguise yourself into the appearance you want.

"Wow, that's amazing!" he thought to himself. "Isn't this even more powerful than the legendary art of disguise?"

Of course, this kind of face mask that can make you look good (although it only lasts for a short time and consumes spiritual energy) will naturally attract girls. He saw Guo Shiyi staring at the face mask with shining eyes, and a few seconds later she decisively picked up the face mask and put it in her arms.

There was absolutely no hesitation in between.

Qin Xiaochuan stared at her with wide eyes, then glanced at the price of the face mask.

2000 yuan! That's enough for his food expenses for a month, and this little girl just took it all.

So he tugged at her arm and whispered, "Did you even check the price first?"

"No matter the price, I'm going to buy it," Guo Shiyi said nonchalantly.

Qin Xiaochuan stared at her in shock, never expecting her to be so generous. Could she be a rich second-generation?

He shook his head speechlessly. He couldn't compare to her. He wouldn't even dare to look at things priced like that. Helplessly, he turned his gaze to other items.

On the upper shelf, he saw some insects in transparent porcelain bottles, and there were many kinds of insects. He couldn't help but feel curious. He didn't expect that this place that sold equipment would also sell insects. He looked at the descriptions of the insects and found that these insects all had special uses.

There are flying insects that can be used for searching, spiders that can be used to set up defensive systems, and poisonous insects that can be used to set traps. In short, they are all good things for adventure in the wild.

Besides these flying insects, there are also some spiritual potions, which have a variety of uses, such as replenishing spiritual energy, treating external injuries, and detoxifying.

He toured the first room and found that, apart from some less functional consumables, everything else was ridiculously expensive, far beyond what a student like him could afford.

So he went to the second room, and to his surprise, the second room also brought him a surprise. It was filled with all kinds of technological products, such as scanning glasses, camera watches, multi-functional hiking shoes, satellite positioning devices, thermal imaging devices, etc. Of course, these things were also ridiculously expensive.

He wandered around the second room with a sense of regret, looking at the cool appearances and amazing descriptions, and couldn't help but sigh softly. Unfortunately, he could only look at these things.

After he had his fill of visual enjoyment, he began to select what he wanted to buy. Due to limited funds, he decided to buy some spiritual potions, which only cost a few dozen yuan per bottle.

Because of the magic ring, there was no need to worry about running out of spiritual energy, so there was no need to buy spirit-restoring potions. He chose a healing potion, which was specifically for treating external injuries. As long as the healing potion was sprayed on the wound, it could not only reduce inflammation, but also increase the healing speed of the wound tenfold.

He wasn't sure if they would encounter any poisonous creatures on this mission, but just to be on the safe side, he decided to bring a bottle of antidote.

For just 50 yuan, you can get five doses of antidote, which is a great deal because toxins are actually more damaging to people than external injuries. Of course, this antidote can only remove some toxins in the blood and is powerless against toxins in the nervous system.

Guo Shiyi saw him selecting spiritual potions, so she walked over and said to him, "Actually, you don't need to buy healing potions."

Why?

"Because I have healing skills, and my major was medicine," she told him with a smile.

"But wouldn't that consume a lot of your spiritual energy?"

Guo Shiyi nodded.

Qin Xiaochuan smiled and said, "We might encounter a lot of enemies on this mission, so it's best to conserve our spiritual energy. Anyway, it's not troublesome to carry this small bottle of potion, and it's easy to use. It's definitely worth buying."

Guo Shiyi smiled and said, "Okay, I'll prepare more items too."