Chapter 553: Expensive Puppets

Although the price was not cheap, it was indeed a method to solve the accommodation problem. After hearing this, Lin Zhangqing did not dare to delay.

After settling the bill, he immediately took action, scurrying around the residential areas in various sectors, looking for households willing to rent out spare rooms.

Fortunately, his luck was not bad; after asking only a dozen or so households, he found one willing to rent.

However, the rent was not cheap: twenty-five low-grade spirit stones per day. Even so, he could only grit his teeth and accept it!

In fact, he could have found a place outside the market to camp.

But the problem was that there were many cultivators nearby; who knew who you would encounter outside!

Lin Zhangqing believed that for this Nascent Soul Grand Ceremony, many cultivators from the surrounding regions must have come, and there were definitely people taking the opportunity to do unscrupulous business! He didn't want to encounter any messy situations!

After paying the spirit stones, Lin Zhangqing finally had a room that belonged to him!

Following the old rules, he used his divine sense to check carefully. After finding no problems, he set up two layers of formations!

Afterwards, he went out to have a spirit meal and then returned to rest. He had been rushing on the road for nearly two months.

Even if his body wasn't tired, his heart felt some fatigue. Plus, tomorrow the Nascent Soul True Monarch would be preaching, a rare opportunity that could not be missed! So he prepared to rest well today and go early tomorrow to occupy a better position.

In fact, when he was queuing at the market entrance just now, he had heard a piece of news: the Puppet Sect had set up three arenas in front of their mountain gate.

They corresponded to the three realms of Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Purple Mansion. If anyone could consecutively pass nine levels, they could join the Puppet Sect's inner sect.

However, Lin Zhangqing was not interested in joining the Puppet Sect, so he just listened to it!

But he believed that many loose cultivators would definitely be interested in this; after all, for them, it was also a rare opportunity to ascend to the heavens in one step.

When the time came, he could take the opportunity to go and watch the excitement.

Early the next morning, after completing his basic cultivation, Lin Zhangqing left the Wanpan Market and headed towards the Puppet Sect's mountain gate!

At this time, there was no need to ask for directions at all; he just followed the flow of people. After more than half an hour, he had arrived at the place!

At a glance, he saw three huge arenas lined up, distributed in front of the Puppet Sect's mountain gate.

Furthermore, there were many cultivators gathered around the arenas. Lin Zhangqing leaned in to take a look and found that people were fighting in two of the arenas.

But after watching for only a while, he lost interest. In the two arenas, Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators were fighting respectively.

As for the arena representing the Purple Mansion, it was empty, with no one there.

Not to mention the Qi Refining cultivators' fight; in Lin Zhangqing's eyes, they were just a bunch of rookies pecking at each other!

And the Foundation Establishment fight didn't show any highlights either.

The cultivators attacking the arena on the stage were all using spirit talismans first, then several spiritual artifact flying swords were weaving back and forth, plus they were constantly moving their positions.

It could be seen that the cultivator attacking the arena was still very experienced! However, in the end, he still failed, defeated by the combined attack of the Puppet Sect disciple and two puppets.

In fact, what Lin Zhangqing wanted to see most was the fight between Purple Mansion cultivators, but unfortunately, no one came to attack the arena! After barely watching for a while, both arenas had already changed several people attacking, but unfortunately, the endings were not very good! He even suspected whether these three arenas were places for the Puppet Sect to demonstrate their strength to the outside world! In this situation, without very powerful means, it was impossible to pass nine levels!

Therefore, he had no interest in watching any longer; it was a complete waste of time.

Consequently, he couldn't help but look around and found that many cultivators had already gathered here in front of the mountain gate.

Most of the people who had traveled with him along the way were also here.

Without a certain status or an invitation, it was impossible to enter the Puppet Sect's mountain gate now.

It was estimated that for these people, if they wanted to enter, they would have to wait at least until the Nascent Soul Grand Ceremony ended and the newly promoted True Monarch began to preach before it was possible to enter.

Because there were really too many cultivators gathered here, some people even had nothing to do, so they simply found an open space and started setting up stalls.

And others started to follow suit, so in front of the mountain gate, a stall area was quickly formed, and it also attracted many cultivators to wander around.

Lin Zhangqing was most interested in this kind of stall, so he also went over to wander around!

Unexpectedly, after looking at only a few stalls, he saw more than a dozen puppets at one of them.

After glancing at the stall owner, he discovered that this was a stall belonging to a Puppet Sect disciple.

Lin Zhangqing was very interested in this, so he squatted down to examine them carefully.

The puppets on this stall were of various shapes, but mostly in the shape of demon beasts.

For example, wolves, tigers, leopards, eagles, and the like. Of course, there were also humanoid puppets, but Lin Zhangqing sensed these things and found that they were all first-grade.

So Lin Zhangqing couldn't help but ask: "Fellow Daoist, why are these all first-grade? Do you have second-grade puppets for sale?"

The stall owner glanced at Lin Zhangqing and then spoke: "Sorry, I don't have second-grade puppets for sale here!"

"However, if you really want to buy a second-grade puppet, Fellow Daoist, I can also help you build a bridge and contact those inner sect senior brothers who have second-grade puppets."

"But second-grade puppets are not cheap. Are you sure there is no problem with the spirit stones in your storage bag?"

Hearing the stall owner's arrogant tone made Lin Zhangqing feel a bit unhappy, but this was someone else's territory, and he didn't want to cause trouble now.

So he continued to say: "I just arrived at Wanpan Market yesterday and don't know the specific market conditions for second-grade puppets here."

"Please, Fellow Daoist, help me introduce the market conditions first, so I know whether the spirit stones in my storage bag are enough."

The stall owner opposite was also a bit speechless, but he still spoke: "Alright! I guess you must have rushed here from far away to join the fun! In view of the fact that you traveled thousands of miles to our Puppet Sect, I will give you a rough idea of the prices of second-grade puppets! Here, we have a relatively common standard, that is, ordinary early second-grade puppets cost about fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones."

"If it is those well-made, exquisite early second-grade puppets, the price can even reach one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones."

"As for mid-stage or even late-stage second-grade puppets, the price doubles and doubles again."

"It is simply not something that ordinary cultivators can accept. Do you understand now?"

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