Cultivation Starting from Choosing Augments

Chapter 491: Chapter 220: Yin Corpse Sect · Treasure House · Spirit-Extinguishing Nail

However, they didn’t dare to discuss it and hurried away.

Of course, some Cultivators who were veterans of the Outer Sea didn’t seem to care at all and continued to eat and drink.

"I’m finished eating. Let’s go."

Xiao Chen nodded. The five of them left together, only stopping after they had rounded the street corner.

"It’s been many years. I need to visit a few old friends and see if I can dig up some information. Shall we meet again in a few days?"

Qiu Fanghui was the first to speak, apparently intending to go off on his own.

"No problem. Mr. Qiu, you have many old friends. It’s only right that you go see them."

Yu Zhenyang smiled and asked, "Then shall we meet on the ship in three... five days?"

The opening of the Relic was imminent, and he was counting on the other party for help.

"Five days is a bit tight. You know I have a lot of friends over here."

Qiu Fanghui feigned concern. "I’ll do my best. I’ll try to get back in time, but I can’t say for sure that I’ll be free."

Cao Mingjie immediately chimed in with a laugh, "We all understand. A figure like you, Mr. Qiu, naturally has friends wherever you go."

Yu Zhenyang chimed in as well, "Mr. Qiu, feel free to attend to your matters. We’ll use this time to prepare."

"If five days isn’t enough, we can make it six, or even seven. Whatever the case, we’ll wait for you on the ship."

Qiu Fanghui was inwardly smug, but his face beamed. "Don’t worry, I’ll do my best to rejoin you all as soon as possible."

"After all, I’m quite eager to get my hands on the treasures in the Relic myself."

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After watching Qiu Fanghui depart, Yu Zhenyang turned to Xiao Chen. "Golden Light Taoist, we plan on returning to the Spirit Ship to make some Talismans."

"Are we going back together, or will you join us later?"

As he spoke, he slapped his forehead. "Silly me. You know, I just realized I don’t know which Dao Skill you practice?"

Xiao Chen shook his head. "I studied Alchemy for a time in my early years, but I became too busy to delve deeper. It’s not worth mentioning."

"Coincidentally, I’d like to look around a bit. How about we just meet in a few days?"

Yu Zhenyang nodded. "That works too. It’s settled, then. We’ll see you on the ship in five days."

"If you don’t plan on going far, you can also return to the ship to rest at night."

Cao Mingjie waved goodbye, adding a word of caution, "Golden Light Taoist, the Outer Sea is quite chaotic. Be careful when you’re out on your own."

"Especially, be careful not to go to the Black Water Area. There are many Tribulation Cultivators there."

Xiao Chen waved back. "Okay, I got it."

’Knowing is one thing, but he definitely had to go take a look anyway.’

’Since I’m already here, I have to go check out the fishing scene.’

’If I could encounter a Tier Three Sea Fish, both its Demon Pill and its meat would be great prizes.’

But before that, Xiao Chen planned to take a stroll through the East Market to get a feel for the prices in the Outer Sea.

He browsed a few shops.

He had to admit, the prices for goods here showed a clear polarization.

Various Spiritual Objects, particularly natural ones related to the sea, were generally over twenty percent cheaper than in the Inner Sea.

In contrast, the prices for things like Spirit Pills and Spiritual Artifacts were much higher.

In fact, of the hundred-plus Spiritual Artifacts Xiao Chen saw, not a single one was priced below one hundred fifty thousand Spirit Stones.

If one could exploit this price difference, they could earn a lot of Spirit Stones just by shuttling goods back and forth.

Of course, judging from the state of things, only a few Commerce Associations were stable enough to either fight off the Tribulation Cultivators along the route or absorb the losses.

’The items in the East Market don’t seem very unique.’

Xiao Chen was a little disappointed. The vast majority of items here were also sold in the Inner Sea; there were no surprises.

More importantly, he couldn’t find any shops that would buy back Spiritual Artifacts and Spirit Grass at a high price.

He had obtained many Spiritual Artifacts back in the Nanlao Sea, but selling them locally had been inconvenient.

Now that he was in the Outer Sea, Xiao Chen naturally wanted to get rid of them in exchange for Spirit Stones.

However, the highest buyback price offered in the East Market was a mere fifty thousand Spirit Stones—a fraction of their worth. The offer was far too low.

He thought for a moment. ’I’ll go check out the street stalls in the West Market first.’

Besides, he was a Loose Cultivator now. Setting up a street stall was perfectly in line with his current identity.

So Xiao Chen turned and headed for the west side of the island, where he saw clusters of buildings and all kinds of exquisite signs.

How to put it... this side of the island looked at least ten times more prosperous than the East Market!

As far as the eye could see, there was no sign of the street stalls he had imagined.

Instead, there were large pavilions, even more spacious than those in Hundred Herbs City, built seven or eight stories high one after another.

If not for the nine-story Array Tower in the center acting as a restriction, Xiao Chen suspected these buildings would have been built even higher.

HISS!

’What in the world is going on here?’

He walked into the nearest shop, a place called Qibing Workshop.

Inside, as expected, were numerous Spiritual Artifacts for sale, displayed on row after row of shelves.

However, Xiao Chen soon discovered that aside from the Spiritual Artifacts in the outermost row, many of those on the shelves behind them bore obvious signs of battle.

Some, at a glance, even looked like antiques dug out of some Secret Realm, appearing to be hundreds of years old.

But, he had to admit, items like these were much more in line with his impression of a street stall.

They were just being sold inside a building, that’s all.

Another difference was that there was no Host to greet customers.

Apart from a manager at the front and back doors to handle payments, there wasn’t a single person in between to manage the store.

Xiao Chen noticed that on one of the shelves, some Spiritual Artifacts had clearly been left in disarray by a previous customer.

But he saw no one come to tidy them up.

"Excuse me, do you buy Spiritual Artifacts here?"

"Second floor, turn right. Find Old Song."

This "Old Song" turned out to be a short, skinny old man with a goatee.