Chapter 51

Waking up early the next day, after completing his cultivation, Lin Zhangqing set off.

He still let First-Born cruise at high altitude to act as his eyes, while Lin Changqing piloted the flying boat dharma artifact and flew toward Pingyang Market.

About halfway through the journey, he found a place to sit in meditation to recover his spiritual energy.

He didn't dare to exhaust his spiritual energy and always maintained it at a warning line to avoid being caught off guard by sudden situations.

After his spiritual energy was recovered, he continued the other half of the journey, taking a total of more than two hours to finally reach the entrance of the market.

A distance in advance, he recalled First-Born into the spirit beast bag, took out the identity jade token he had obtained before, and successfully entered the market.

Seeing that it was still early, Lin Zhangqing decided to stroll around the stall square and slipped into the stall square with ease.

Because it was just a normal time, there weren't that many people setting up stalls, and the square looked quite empty, but there were still some stalls.

Lin Zhangqing strolled along the way and only harvested a few second-tier low-grade water spirit lotus seeds. This water spirit lotus had the effect of purifying water quality, and the lotus seeds could also be refined into Purifying Water Pills.

It was especially suitable for cultivators who had been invaded by alien spiritual energy, such as those suffering from fire poison; using this Purifying Water Pill had the best effect.

The three water spirit lotus seeds cost a total of 180 spirit stones, which could be considered an unexpected harvest! He could plant them in the small pond in the space when the time came.

The stalls were finished in one go, and he felt it still wasn't enough. He remembered that the boss of the gambling stone workshop last time had invited him to take a look at his shop.

Lin Zhangqing decided to go directly to the door this time to see if there were any surprises. He spent some time asking for the location of the gambling stone workshop and finally found it.

The name of the gambling stone workshop was Shengling Workshop, and the storefront was quite large, probably over a thousand square meters. There were several batches of guests on the scene picking raw stones.

When Lin Zhangqing walked in, a clerk immediately came up to greet him, wanting to introduce the raw stones to Lin Zhangqing.

Lin Zhangqing waved his hand, indicating that he was already a regular customer, no need for introduction, and he wanted to take a look for himself, so the clerk bowed and retreated.

He scanned the whole place with a cursory glance and finally made a discovery in a pile of raw stones that the clerks were organizing: two halos, one yellow and one red.

He stabilized his emotions, summoned a clerk, and asked, "Can these raw stones be picked?"

"Yes, guest. These are raw stones that have just arrived and are still being cleaned of their shells. There are also many guests like you who like to pick these raw stones that have just come out of the mine and haven't been cleaned yet," the clerk replied respectfully.

Having received the clerk's affirmative answer, Lin Zhangqing naturally wouldn't be polite and directly picked out the two raw stones he had taken a fancy to.

The red one was fine, only about the size of a human head, but the yellow one was large. Lin Zhangqing almost couldn't move it by himself. It must have been three or four hundred catties! It was five or six times larger than that red raw stone!

He picked two more raw stones of suitable size from this pile of uncleaned raw stones, and scanned around again for fear of missing anything.

Then he found a clerk to check out. The one who came over was a shopkeeper, and he didn't see the boss of the gambling stone workshop today.

The four raw stones cost Lin Zhangqing 1500 spirit stones. This price could buy a low-grade spiritual artifact.

He asked the shopkeeper if there was any discount for buying so many, and the shopkeeper took the initiative to give him a raw stone the size of two fists as a gift.

Lin Zhangqing knew when to stop and indicated that he didn't need help opening the stones, and he would go back and open them slowly.

Coming out of Shengling Workshop, he walked directly toward the Wanbao Pavilion. Having learned from being followed and robbed last time, this time Lin Zhangqing scanned his surroundings with divine sense to confirm that there was no tail behind him.

Just as he stepped into the Wanbao Pavilion, a clerk came up to greet him.

Lin Zhangqing waved his hand and directly stated that he was looking for Xiao Ma. Soon Xiao Ma trotted over from the back and hurriedly bowed and greeted Lin Zhangqing when he saw him.

Then he led Lin Zhangqing into a small private room. Just as he sat down, a maid served spirit tea. Lin Zhangqing nodded to express his gratitude.

After the maid retreated, Xiao Ma spoke, "Do you have any needs this time?"

"I want to buy some high-grade attack and defensive dharma artifacts. They must be of good quality and sturdy and durable. I want a set for each of the five elements. If there are thunder-attribute dharma artifacts, you can bring them over too.

Also, I want to buy some Qi recovery pills, Spring Return pills, or any other pills with better effects, you can bring them over too," Lin Zhangqing said nonchalantly.

After hearing this, Xiao Ma immediately said, "We have all of these. Please wait a moment, I'll go get them."

Lin Zhangqing nodded to indicate no problem.

After waiting for a while, Xiao Ma came up with a large tray, which looked like more than a dozen items of all kinds.

Xiao Ma picked up a golden flying sword and introduced, "These are all first-tier high-grade dharma artifacts produced by a sect called Duanbao Sect in the Southwest Circuit. Although they are only produced by first-tier artifact refiners, they must pass the inspection of the Duanbao Sect before they are sold. They are the fixed partners that our Wanbao Pavilion has carefully selected, guaranteeing that these dharma artifacts are sturdy and durable."

After hearing this, Lin Zhangqing nodded and picked out ten items, five attack and five defensive dharma artifacts for each of the five elements.

"Is this golden thunder sword the only thunder-attribute dharma artifact?" Lin Zhangqing asked with surprise, holding a golden high-grade flying sword in his hand.

"There is one more, this one is quite special. It is between a first-tier dharma artifact and a second-tier spiritual artifact. I don't know if it's suitable for you!" Xiao Ma said respectfully.

Lin Zhangqing asked curiously, "Then take it out and let me see!"

Xiao Ma patted his storage bag and took out a beautiful pale golden jade horn.

He said, "This was also produced by a second-tier artifact refiner of the Duanbao Sect. It used the horn and inner core of a second-tier top-grade Swift Thunder Beast, wanting to refine it into a second-tier top-grade spiritual artifact Thunder Horn, but I don't know why it failed.

When spiritual energy or mana is injected into it, the power of the Geng Metal Divine Thunder emitted is too small, and it requires a lot of spiritual energy or mana.

And the power of the divine thunder emitted is less than one-tenth of the original version, which is just a bit more powerful than a first-tier top-grade dharma artifact and a bit worse than a second-tier low-grade spiritual artifact."

Lin Zhangqing took it, studied it, couldn't see why, and simply asked, "How many spirit stones for this?"

Xiao Ma said, "This only costs 800 spirit stones."

"Are you sure the power is greater than a top-grade dharma artifact?" Lin Zhangqing confirmed again.

"Yes, Elder Ji has already confirmed it," Xiao Ma said affirmatively.

"Alright, I'll take this one. Including the eleven dharma artifacts I just selected, how many spirit stones in total?"

When Xiao Ma heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he immediately said, "The five attack dharma artifacts are 300 spirit stones each, 1500 spirit stones for five.

The two thunder-attribute dharma artifacts cost you 1200 spirit stones in total.

The five defensive dharma artifacts are 400 spirit stones each, 2000 spirit stones for five.

The twelve dharma artifacts cost you 4700 spirit stones in total."

Lin Zhangqing frowned and said, "Why are the defensive dharma artifacts so expensive?"

Xiao Ma accompanied him with a smile, "Defensive dharma artifacts have always been more expensive than attack dharma artifacts, and it's not just like this for you."

Lin Zhangqing thought for a while and nodded, accepting this statement, "Do you have the pills I want?"

"Yes, no problem no matter how many you want. High-grade Qi recovery pills are 20 spirit stones each, 200 spirit stones for a bottle of 10.

High-grade Spring Return pills are 20 spirit stones each, 200 spirit stones for a bottle of 10.

We also have a pill for treating external injuries here, the effect is quite good, and the name is Jade Healing Pill.

High-grade Jade Healing Pills are 30 spirit stones each, 300 spirit stones for a bottle of 10.

How many pills do you need here?"

Hearing that they were all in stock and the price was normal, Lin Zhangqing's face looked better, and he said, "I want 20 bottles of Qi recovery pills, 5 bottles of Spring Return pills, and 5 bottles of the Jade Healing Pill you mentioned! Let's start with that many."

"Alright, the pills you need cost 6500 spirit stones in total. Do you have any other needs?" Xiao Ma asked respectfully.

Lin Zhangqing thought for a moment and said half-jokingly, "I've bought so many dharma artifacts and pills, it's over ten thousand spirit stones, and I have to buy other things later. Shouldn't you give some extras?"

When Xiao Ma heard this, he said with some difficulty, "What kind of extras do you want? The shopkeeper won't agree to anything too expensive!"

Lin Zhangqing said, "Give me another metal-attribute defensive dharma artifact! How about that?"

Xiao Ma thought for a moment and indicated that he would go and ask the shopkeeper. Lin Zhangqing told him to go and return quickly.

After a while, Xiao Ma returned and indicated that the shopkeeper had agreed.

Only then did Lin Zhangqing feel a bit more comfortable in his heart.

(End of chapter)