Chapter 278

Just a glance from the Yang Spirit's divine sense, and Zhang Jian's eyes flickered with a hint of bewilderment.

The ancient Yin script restriction on this jade slip is genuine, but inside is merely an ordinary Golden Core-level technique written in ancient Yin script.

The temporal aura on this jade slip likely came from the blank ancient jade slip purchased by the vendor before you.

The content inside is probably freshly carved!

The cultivation world has all kinds of talents.

Zhang Jian picked up another jade slip nearby; its contents were similar to the previous one.

"Honored guest, how may I help you?"

This Golden Core cultivator's eyes held a smile.

"These jade slips all come from the Eastern Emperor's ruins—genuine goods, fair price, absolutely no fakes!"

Zhang Jian's expression was noncommittal; he merely gazed at the Golden Core cultivator, his eyes showing interest.

"I never expected you, a cultivator, to understand ancient Yin script—you must have related ancient Yin script texts; would you be willing to sell them?"

Hearing this, the Golden Core cultivator fell silent for a moment, then restrained his smile and clasped his hands.

"Senior, your eyes are like torches—please forgive me!"

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"But understanding ancient Yin script is also a matter of chance—I have no complete texts on hand!"

He clearly did not wish to sell.

The ancient Yin script text he holds is a family heirloom; he would not break the lineage for this.

Zhang Jian glanced over the middle-aged cultivator and smiled faintly.

"If I'm not mistaken, your Golden Core likely has some flaw; if I have something to cleanse your Golden Core and make up for its deficiency, would you be willing to exchange?"

"Something to cleanse the Golden Core?"

The middle-aged cultivator's eyes lit up, bursting with a fiery gleam.

The degree of flaw in a Golden Core usually determines its rank, and this also affects one's cultivation efficiency.

Beside them, the dragon girl Lvzhu's eyes showed something unusual.

Heavenly treasures capable of cleansing a Golden Core are typically extremely precious.

The middle-aged cultivator's eyes flickered with hesitation, then he said after a moment:

"Please forgive me, senior!"

Seeing his refusal, Zhang Jian did not press further.

He roughly guessed that this ancient Yin script text might be the other party's family heirloom.

Knowledge has always been the most precious.

After walking only ten or so zhang, the dragon girl couldn't help but ask.

"Honored guest, do you need texts written in ancient Yin script?"

Zhang Jian's expression remained unchanged; he merely paused his step. Lvzhu, seeing this, quickly said: "I actually know a place that has texts compiled in ancient Yin script—they also offer exchanges!"

Hearing this, Zhang Jian frowned and asked: "What place?"

"The Canal Dragon Palace!"

Hearing this, Zhang Jian was speechless—this dragon girl was just drumming up business for her own family.

But the dragon girl's words suddenly enlightened him: the Dragon Palace has always been famed for its treasures, with countless relatives and friends, so possessing ancient Yin script texts is hardly surprising.

He had simply overlooked it.

He silently noted it in his mind.

Zhang Jian quickly stepped forward to another stall a hundred zhang away; the vendor's entire figure was shrouded in a hood, his aura tightly concealed—likely a treasure that masks one's spiritual mechanism, quite marvelous.

Yet it could not hide from Zhang Jian's substantiated Yang Spirit divine sense; he sensed the vendor was actually just an untested Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Merely glancing at the items on his stall, Zhang Jian felt astonished in his heart.

He noticed dozens of spiritual lights flashing on the stall—these were jade slips, some with intense spiritual light; among them were two stone slips, circulating with a obscure light ordinary cultivators cannot perceive.

"Yin Spirit-level secret art!"

Zhang Jian Wang gazed at the vendor before him, and the term "prodigal son" involuntarily flashed in his mind.

Yin Spirit-level arts are not something an ordinary untested Foundation Establishment cultivator could possess—either stolen from home, or perhaps obtained by chance from some ruins, with the owner completely unaware of its value.

Zhang Jian then spoke slowly.

"May I take a look?!"

The stall owner's "icy" voice rang out: "You may use some spiritual power, but cannot approach and pick up!"

Seeing her effort to appear mature and dignified, Zhang Jian's mouth twitched slightly beneath his mask.

He raised his hand; an invisible spiritual force drew the gray jade slip on the left into flight. A thread of Yang Spirit divine sense probed it, and Zhang Jian easily bypassed the petrification seals surrounding the slip, penetrating its inner layer.

Inside, a pure cultivation method written entirely in ancient Yin script appeared in Zhang Jian's sea of consciousness.

"Great Five Elements Elemental Magnetic Extermination Divine Light!"

Zhang Jian read part of the ancient Yin script, but the core secret method on the back was encrypted by the jade slip's runes; reading it might cause anomalies, so he stopped.

A subtle color appeared in his eyes.

The Great Five Elements Extermination Elemental Magnetic Divine Light is indeed a famous ancient divine ability.

Unfortunately, the transmission of this Great Five Elements Extermination Elemental Magnetic Divine Light seems to extend only to Yin Spirit level, but it is also immensely valuable.

Comprehending its subtleties, he might complete it, and from it gain insight into the Five Elements and the true meaning of Elemental Magnetism.

He has already succeeded in comprehending the true meaning of the Five Elements, but Elemental Magnetic arts are rare.

Zhang Jian was not in a hurry; he casually placed the gray jade slip back down, then his gaze fell on another jade slip.

Similarly, after extending a Yang Spirit divine sense to probe it, moments later Zhang Jian's eyes moved.

"Little Heavens' Fortune Golden Lotus Severing Calamity Method!"

What surprised him was that this was an extremely profound and wondrous method of manipulating fortune.

This was the first time Zhang Jian had ever seen such a wondrous method of fortune.

In the Tongshan Dao lineage, there are similar methods, but they are all core true transmissions; unless one has completed a certain level and simultaneously met certain conditions, it is fundamentally impossible to exchange them.

"Fortune is also a kind of wondrous method of fortune; blessings, prosperity, and longevity have always existed together, but such wondrous methods are indeed very rare!"

Zhang Jian, on the other hand, had genuinely become interested.

The wondrous method of fortune can possess the ability to avoid calamity, especially during tribulation passage, when it can reduce tribulation lightning and diminish heart-demon tribulations, wondrous beyond compare.

After thinking it over, Zhang Jian then asked: "How are these two jade slips to be sold?"

Upon hearing this, the 'stall owner' pondered for a moment, her eyes seeming to weigh things for a moment before she spoke in a low voice.

"Thirty top-grade spirit crystals, plus a complete orthodox method of divination for foundation establishment, and an entire inheritance of a technique!"

Seeing this, Zhang Jian said: "Fellow Daoist, you're opening your lion's mouth wide!"

He secretly smiled in his heart.

A technique of the Yin Spirit level is naturally worth far more than this number.

Seeing this, the 'stall owner' slightly furrowed her brows, as if sizing up Zhang Jian, clearly having lost confidence, and after a moment said: "Ten top-grade spirit crystals, plus the divination for foundation establishment method, and an entire inheritance of a technique—this cannot be lowered any further!"

Seeing this, Zhang Jian nodded: "Although it's a bit high, I can still accept it!"

Zhang Jian casually reached out, and instantly a small jade box and two jade talismans appeared in his hand, which he handed to the 'stall owner'.

The divination for foundation establishment method is the foundation establishment chapter of the《Taiyin Lianxing Fa》.

And the technique inheritance is the《Qinglian Jinghun Fa Zhou》……

After receiving them, the 'stall owner' carefully examined them for a moment, a hint of joy appearing in her eyes, which she quickly forced herself to 'suppress', then nodded and said: "Deal!"

Seeing this, Zhang Jian casually took the two jade slips.