Chapter 136: Array Disk Fragment

After buying more than a dozen bottles of flower essence, Chen Zi Ya's interest became even higher, and she walked and stopped all the way, sweeping through dozens of stalls again.

Lin Zhangqing himself was also looking left and right, wanting to see if he could discover anything he was interested in.

He didn't expect that at this moment, Chen Zi Ya turned around and beckoned to him again. Lin Zhangqing knew she had found something she was interested in again.

Walking closer, it turned out to be a stall selling dharma artifacts, but the thing Chen Zi Ya had taken a fancy to wasn't a dharma artifact, but a broken array disk in three pieces, which was about the size of two palms when put together.

What Lin Zhangqing didn't understand was, was it still useful when broken like this?

But since Chen Zi Ya called him over, that meant she wanted him to help take this thing down. He didn't need to ask; he knew what he should do.

He asked the boss directly, "Boss, how are these array disk fragments sold?"

The boss looked at them and said, "One thousand spirit stones for these three array disk fragments!"

Lin Zhangqing shook his head repeatedly upon hearing this, "Boss, if I go to buy a brand-new first-grade array disk, it only costs one thousand spirit stones. If you are sincere about selling, give a realistic price."

The boss thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll make it cheaper for you; I'll take eight hundred spirit stones!"

Lin Zhangqing rolled his eyes and said to Chen Zi Ya, "Junior Sister, what's the use of taking a fancy to this junk? If you want an array disk, let's go buy a new one!"

Chen Zi Ya was indeed smart and understood Lin Zhangqing's meaning in seconds. She cooperated and said, "This array disk is broken into several pieces; it really can't be used."

"I just saw that its form is relatively ancient and a bit different from the currently popular array disks, so I wanted to buy it to study it. If it's really too expensive, forget it!"

Lin Zhangqing nodded, "Then forget it. Eight hundred spirit stones plus a little more is enough to buy a new one."

The two turned and prepared to leave. The stall owner hurriedly stopped them, as it was rare for someone to be interested in these pieces of junk, and if he missed the opportunity, there wouldn't be another one. He hurriedly said, "Don't leave yet; I'll make it cheaper, take another look!"

Lin Zhangqing shook his head and pulled Chen Zi Ya toward the next stall.

The boss was anxious and hurriedly grabbed Lin Zhangqing's hand, not letting him leave, shouting, "You can't leave. You just bargained for one hundred spirit stones, and I agreed. I'm selling it to you, pay the spirit stones quickly."

After saying this, he stuffed the three array disk fragments into Lin Zhangqing's hand, not even giving Lin Zhangqing a chance to refuse.

Lin Zhangqing and Chen Zi Ya looked at each other, both trying hard to hold back from laughing.

Of course, one has to do the whole act. Lin Zhangqing haggled with the boss for a few more sentences, and finally, there was really no other way.

Only then did Lin Zhangqing reluctantly take out one hundred spirit stones and bought the three array disk fragments.

Subsequently, the two looked at each other and tacitly continued to stroll through the stalls. After looking at dozens more stalls and spending a full half-hour, the two finally returned to Lin Zhangqing's room on the top floor.

As soon as they sealed the room's restriction, the two looked at each other and then laughed heartily, stopping only after a good while.

Lin Zhangqing said, "Junior Sister, you are truly elegant and intelligent. Although it's our first cooperation, I didn't expect us to cooperate so well."

Chen Zi Ya chuckled, "Senior Brother, I didn't expect strolling through stalls to be so interesting. Although it was just picking up a small leak this time, it seems quite interesting!"

Lin Zhangqing asked curiously, "Is this thing really still useful when broken into pieces like this?"

Chen Zi Ya explained with a smile, "This is a third-grade array disk. What is intaglioed on it should be the Three Talents Golden Light Array. It is indeed broken and cannot be used. But the person who refined this array disk back then, I don't know what happened, but they actually added secret silver inside. This material can be re-extracted."

"This thing, even if only one tael can be extracted, is worth more than twenty thousand spirit stones. And this array disk is twice as large as an ordinary array disk, so it certainly won't only extract one tael. I estimate there will be about two taels."

Lin Zhangqing opened his eyes wide upon hearing this and couldn't help but ask, "Is this thing a fourth-grade spiritual material? Why is it so expensive? Then wouldn't two taels of secret silver be worth forty thousand spirit stones?"

Chen Zi Ya nodded, "It is indeed a fourth-grade spiritual material, but it is quite special. Array disks or arrays engraved with secret silver can ensure that the transmission of spiritual energy will not have any loss."

"So many large-scale arrays need it, especially the sect's mountain-protecting great array or large-scale teleportation arrays, which all definitely need secret silver."

"A standard large-scale teleportation array costs about eight million spirit stones to build, of which the cost of purchasing secret silver and spatial crystals might account for half."

"Like the giant maze array we encountered in the center of the Ziyang Secret Realm, it absolutely used a lot of secret silver. If we could have found it at that time, the harvest would have been huge."

"It's a pity that my learning is not enough, and I couldn't break the array; otherwise, if we could have gotten the array flags and array bases out, those would also be very precious treasures."

Lin Zhangqing nodded, "Now I know the preciousness of this thing. It just so happens that I obtained a fourth-grade artifact refining inheritance in the secret realm, which also contains introductions to spiritual materials of various grades."

"In the future, when I have time, I will also flip through it to gain some insight, so I won't recognize treasures when I encounter them in the future!"

Chen Zi Ya also nodded in agreement, "Learning more things is always good!"

Suddenly thinking of something, Lin Zhangqing asked curiously, "Junior Sister, are all the inner sect disciples of the Qingyun Sect this powerful? It wouldn't be that every one of them is as knowledgeable as you, and can judge that the array disk contains secret silver so casually, right?"

Chen Zi Ya laughed upon hearing this and explained, "It's not like that. In my opinion, many inner sect disciples are also very ordinary. Perhaps it's just because they come from the sect that they occupy some identity advantages."

"Of course, there must also be a part that is relatively elite, like Chen Hao whom we met in the secret realm, and the various senior brothers and senior sisters ranked in the top one hundred in the sect now. These people are the core elite disciples of the sect."

"But when it comes to judging that the array disk contains secret silver, it can only be said that it is a matter of specialization. Just like you, Senior Brother, are a spirit plant master, then you must know the three great divine trees of the cultivation world, right? And I am an array master, and I also like to read books in my spare time to understand some spiritual materials closely related to arrays. It is also very normal, isn't it?"

Lin Zhangqing thought for a moment and nodded, "So that's how it is! Then I can rest easy. Otherwise, if every inner sect disciple of every sect were at your level, we wouldn't be able to live."

Chen Zi Ya couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this. Although she knew Senior Brother was saying this on purpose to praise her, she was still very proud in her heart. After all, it was indeed she who discovered that the array disk contained secret silver, picking up a leak that was neither too big nor too small.

Lin Zhangqing looked at the few array disk fragments and asked, "These few array disk fragments can't be processed outside, right? It's not safe!"

Chen Zi Ya thought for a moment and said, "It's better to leave it to Grandmother to handle. We can't extract it ourselves. When it's sold, we'll split the spirit stones with Senior Brother!"

Lin Zhangqing considered it and said, "How about we just give it to Great-Grandmother! She is a fourth-grade array master and will definitely find it useful."

Chen Zi Ya thought it made sense and agreed, "That's good, then we'll just give it to Great-Grandmother. She will definitely be very happy to see me pick up a leak of secret silver."

Since they decided to give it to Great-Grandmother, the item was kept by Chen Zi Ya.

Lin Zhangqing said, "In two or three days, when we reach Dongyang Prefecture, we will go to the Dongyang Market stall square to stroll around again and see if there will be any harvest."

Chen Zi Ya was quite happy and agreed, "Great, Senior Brother, you must take me to such places more often in the future."

Lin Zhangqing laughed heartily, "It seems Junior Sister has a lot of confidence in herself! But you must be prepared; it's not that you can discover good things every time. You'll know after you experience more in the future."

Chen Zi Ya nodded, "I understand, but I just want to go take a look! Perhaps I'll discover something!"

It seems Chen Zi Ya was a bit addicted after picking up a leak once.

Seeing her full of confidence, Lin Zhangqing could only promise her, "Good! We'll go together when the time comes; I definitely won't forget you!"

The two talked for a while longer, and then Chen Zi Ya said goodbye and returned.

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Chen Zi Ya nodded and said, "I understand, but I just want to go and take a look! Maybe I'll discover something!"

It seems that once Chen Zi Ya picked up a bargain, she became a bit addicted to it.

Seeing her full of confidence, Lin Zhangqing could only agree, "Alright! We'll go together when the time comes; I definitely won't forget you!"

After the two chatted for a while longer, Chen Zi Ya said her goodbyes and returned.

(End of chapter)