After understanding most of the market prices, Chen Mobai felt a bit unsettled.
Only now did he realize that what he thought were ordinary items could actually be worth so many spirit stones.
No wonder the cultivators of this world openly discuss selling and leasing. Killing and arson were as common as wearing a golden belt. He had merely picked up the packages of two ordinary Qi Refining cultivators and ended up with nearly fifty spirit stones’ worth of resources.
Unfortunately, when he came ashore to the Nanxi Market, he was only interested in understanding the market conditions and gathering information.
Because the impression left by the Eastern Wilderness was of a lawless and cruel cultivation world, he only brought items that could be used for combat this time, such as the needle box from the Flying Probe Sect disciple, the hand crossbow, and the old man’s short knife.
Although he was a bit reluctant, magical tools were external objects. Nothing could compare to exchanging them for spirit stones and using them to enhance his own cultivation level.
However, Chen Mobai was cautious by nature and did not rashly set up a stall to sell.
He clearly remembered that the needle box was a magical tool of the Flying Probe Sect. According to the sect’s disciple handbook, there were Foundation Establishment cultivators in charge. Moreover, the needle box was a rare magical tool in the entire Eastern Wilderness. If he ran into a disciple of the Flying Probe Sect, he wouldn’t be able to explain himself. They would definitely think that Chen Mobai had killed for treasure.
He didn’t dare to sell the needle box for now, but the hand crossbow and short knife were different.
He found that there were quite a few stalls selling these two items in the market, especially the hand crossbow, which was very popular in the market for low-level Qi Refining cultivators.
Probably because cultivators below the third level of Qi Refining couldn’t withstand a crossbow bolt.
These crossbow bolts were not ordinary iron-headed arrows, but specially made bolts with sharpness, explosion, and wind techniques applied.
However, because crossbow bolts were not as convenient to carry as talismans, they were much cheaper. They were sold for ten taels of gold each in the market.
Arrows were consumable, but crossbows were different. If you bought a good one, it could be used for a long time.
The hand crossbow that Chen Mobai got from the disciple of the Flying Probe Sect was of decent quality. It was foldable, not only convenient to carry, but also reinforced with solidity and aiming techniques. It was durable and accurate.
After another round at the various stalls, Chen Mobai determined the market price.
500 taels of gold.
The short knife was completely worthless, selling for two taels of gold each. He saw that they were generally used for trimming fingernails and were usually given away as extras when buying and selling magical tools.
After understanding the magical tool market, he decided to go back as it was about time.
Out of caution, Chen Mobai did not immediately sell the Black Water Gong and the hand crossbow. Mainly because gold was not very useful to him, and if he brought too much back to the Immortal Gate, it could easily attract the attention of the market regulatory department.
After all, the resources of the Immortal Gate were limited, and gold mines were even under national control. If too much flowed into the market, causing price fluctuations, it would definitely attract attention.
Therefore, the best and safest method was to convert all the proceeds from the sale into digestible spirit stones.
Before leaving, he went to the stalls selling pills, but there were fewer people here. He observed that all the stall owners selling pills had a sign: defective products handled by a certain pharmacy.
Basically, no one claimed to have refined the pills themselves. It seemed that both worlds had the same attitude towards pills.
If they were not made by a famous pill refining master, they basically dared not eat them.
As for products without a brand, manufacturer, or address, they had to be sold with the sign of a large pharmacy, otherwise, few cultivators would ask for the price.
It seemed that it would be difficult to sell those few bottles of pills.
Chen Mobai thought of the spoils of war he had stashed in the bottom drawer of his bedside table and couldn’t help but shake his head.
After understanding the general situation, he didn’t linger any longer. He left the Nanxi Market in the twilight.
At the entrance, he met the raggedy young man who wanted to make money as a guide again. The boy lowered his head humbly when he saw Chen Mobai. This attitude made Chen Mobai, who had intended to greet him, pause, then he couldn’t help but shake his head and smile.
“Indeed, our ancient Yuanxing had a point in breaking with the old ways. This kind of feudal old society is not right.”
But he was just a visitor, a mere Qi Refining sixth-level cultivator, and he wouldn’t point fingers at the social environment in which others had grown up.
Chen Mobai left the market gate without a word, disappearing into the Formation fog.
There was a Formation outside the Nanxi Market, but its power was not fully activated. It was only aimed at mortals, preventing them from getting close.
On the way back, Chen Mobai had a sudden thought.
If he didn’t go to the Water Mansion to click on “Return to City”, could he still succeed?
He stopped, found a deserted valley, took out his phone, and sure enough, the “Return to City” button in the Turtle Treasure app was still lit up and protruding, ready to be pressed.
That is to say, in the Tianhe Realm, he was not limited to the Water Mansion. As long as he had his phone, he could go home anytime, anywhere.
Then the question arose again?
If the “Return to City” location changed, would the next teleportation be here? Or would it still be the Water Mansion?
Chen Mobai thought for a while, but in the end, he didn’t try.
He returned to the Water Mansion.
However, on the way home, he had a sudden inspiration and went to the side hall.
This way, he could see where he would appear the next time he came.
If he still appeared in the main hall, it meant that the teleportation location was fixed. If he appeared in the side hall, it meant that wherever he was when he returned to the city, that’s where he would be teleported back to.
In the flickering silver light, Chen Mobai returned home.
He felt that he had overlooked something in his logical thinking about “Teleportation” and “Return to City”, but after thinking and thinking, he couldn’t figure out what he had missed, so he could only shake his head and give up for now.
Looking at the time on his phone, it was almost dinner time.
His mother had gone to work in the afternoon, and he had to cook dinner himself in the evening.
But he was used to it anyway.
While cooking the spirit rice, Chen Mobai logged into his main account, Qing Emperor, at the National Library on his phone.
He used his points to download “Nurturing Thoughts and Casting Gods”.
Although he was interested in the fitness-style method of spiritual consciousness cultivation and wanted to give it a try, he had no choice. He couldn’t buy the second-order Thought Incense, and the large Green Emperor couldn’t exchange for the “Divine Spirit Soaring Sky Technique”, so he could only follow the orthodox path.
However, this was also good, as the spiritual consciousness cultivated in this way was harmonious and didn’t require daily incense burning to stabilize.
While cooking, Chen Mobai read through the “Thought Nurturing Divine Casting Technique” once, and compared it with the experiences uploaded by the experts on the auxiliary cultivation software, he had roughly understood it.
However, even with the experience of predecessors, his practice was still very difficult.
To nurture thoughts, one must first “enter meditation”, and after entering meditation, one needs to “visualize”.
This visualization could be anything in the world, but according to the experience of predecessors, it was best to visualize a scene that matched one’s mood.
This scene should be powerful, but not too shocking, which was a very contradictory statement.
Fortunately, there was a detailed explanation on the auxiliary cultivation software: visualizing powerful things could make a cultivator’s thoughts grow rapidly; but if it was too shocking, it would cause fluctuations in the mind and intense emotional ups and downs, which would be more harmful than beneficial.
Therefore, when a cultivator visualizes, they need to grasp the degree themselves.
Reflecting on his own experiences, Chen Mobai scratched his head, and finally thought of the “Jade Phoenix Tree” he saw this morning.