Chapter 89

"This year's popularity should be the highest in the past few years."

In the center of the South Square, in front of a spacious stall, Shao Ke was reporting loudly to Long Xiaotian.

Long Xiaotian attached great importance to this trade fair.

He had brought in many good things in advance and used his connections to occupy the best position early.

He believed that through this trade fair, he would definitely be able to make up for the losses he suffered from his fight with Zhang Xingyu last time.

Mentioning Zhang Xingyu, Long Xiaotian gritted his teeth.

This waste, time and again, went against him, blocked his path to wealth, competed with him for the fairy, and even made him lose face.

Zhang Xingyu, I will definitely not let you off. Long Xiaotian thought to himself.

At the entrance of the South Square, the crowd was surging.

Looking at the dense crowd of heads, Zhang Xingyu was overjoyed.

High foot traffic meant high trading volume; high trading volume meant good business.

It seemed that the thousands of spirit talismans in his arms wouldn't be hard to sell.

Actually, Zhang Xingyu had already finished his closed-door cultivation more than ten days ago.

With the help of 100,000 spirit stones, he successfully broke through to the fifth layer of Qi Refining, becoming a member of the middle stage of Qi Refining.

He was very proud of this.

Cultivating to the fifth layer in half a year—this cultivation speed, while not earth-shattering, was enough to make many people's eyeballs drop to the ground.

I, Zhang Xingyu, am a genius. He praised himself.

It's just a pity that the problem of his dantian not being able to store spiritual energy still existed.

Seeing that the annual trade fair was coming, Zhang Xingyu also wanted to take this opportunity to make a small fortune.

Yes, just make a small fortune.

Sell some spirit talismans and earn tens of thousands of spirit stones.

So, he closed his courtyard gate again and began his closed-door cultivation life.

It wasn't until this morning, calculating that it was the day of the trade fair, that he walked out of the courtyard gate with dozens of entry-level spirit talismans in his arms.

After leaving the small courtyard, he wasn't in a hurry to rush to the "trade fair location," the academy's South Square.

He slowly went to the Spirit Talisman Research Center and found the Beautiful Teacher Huoling Wu, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Beautiful Teacher, I've cultivated to the fifth layer of Qi Refining, and I'm only a little bit away from breaking through to the sixth layer," Zhang Xingyu reported happily to Huoling Wu.

Huoling Wu looked at her disciple, and a smile appeared on her beautiful face: "This progress is basically enough to be my disciple."

Seeing the Beautiful Teacher happy, Zhang Xingyu flattered her: "Yes, Beautiful Teacher, you are a peerless genius rarely seen in ten thousand years on this Xuantiandalu, so your disciple, which is me, must at least be a peerless genius rarely seen in a thousand years."

Huoling Wu glared at him: "I just praised you, and you've lost your way again? You need to change this habit, otherwise, others will think I, Huoling Wu, don't know how to teach disciples."

Zhang Xingyu's expression became serious: "Beautiful Teacher is right to criticize; this disciple will remember it."

Seeing his appearance, Huoling Wu laughed: "You brat, I haven't seen you come to pay your respects to your teacher for so long. Coming today, besides reporting your cultivation progress, you must have other things, right?"

Zhang Xingyu scratched his head embarrassedly: "Beautiful Teacher, you truly have eyes like torches; nothing can escape your gaze. I did come today for other things. Isn't today the academy's annual trade fair? This disciple thought, Teacher, you draw spirit talismans every day, you must have many that you don't like or want, and this disciple just happens to take this opportunity to help you deal with them all."

Hearing his words, Huoling Wu laughed even more happily: "You brat, you're crazy about making money, actually setting your sights on your teacher."

As she spoke, she took a storage bag from the drawer and threw it to Zhang Xingyu.

"These are what I drew while practicing; they are all high-grade spirit talismans, take them and deal with them."

Zhang Xingyu opened the storage bag and saw bundles of high-grade spirit talismans packed densely inside.

"Wow, so many high-grade spirit talismans. Beautiful Teacher, what price do you want to sell them for? After I sell them, I'll send them to you," Zhang Xingyu said, covering the storage bag.

Huoling Wu laughed: "It's rare that you, a money-grubber, can say such things. Take these spirit talismans and sell them; you don't need to send the spirit stones to me. Consider it a reward from your teacher for your diligent cultivation."

Zhang Xingyu was overjoyed; he excitedly grabbed Huoling Wu's jade hand and praised her loudly.

"Beautiful Teacher, you are a goddess in the sky. You are beautiful, you are generous, you are noble. In front of you, this disciple is like a firefly to moonlight, a stream to the sea, a sparrow to an eagle, dust to the desert. I love you, respect you, worship you! I am willing to thank you with my life! Protect you!"

Huoling Wu was both shy and angry: "Get lost quickly, you brat. If you dare to talk nonsense in front of your teacher again, I will expel you from the sect."

Following the flow of people inside, Zhang Xingyu walked, touched, and looked.

There are really many good things!

Pills, magic tools, array disks, pets, spirit talismans—everything is available.

Looking all the way, Zhang Xingyu was drooling.

There are really many rich people in the academy. Next time I have a chance, I must fleece them a few more times.

Along the way, students kept pulling him to sell items.

"Take a look, take a look, high-grade Qi-replenishing pills, ten spirit stones each."

"Come and see, come and buy, high-quality magic tools on sale."

"Duobao Pavilion is clearing out its inventory, walk by, don't miss it."

Zhang Xingyu looked here and asked there; although he didn't make a move, he gained a lot of knowledge.

What made him feel strange was that these sellers didn't despise or mock him like before, but were pleasant and full of smiles towards him.

Spirit stones, your power is infinite. Zhang Xingyu sighed.

Walking and stopping, stopping and walking.

After half a day, Zhang Xingyu came to a spacious stall.

"Qizhen Pavilion special offer!"

"Damn it, this wouldn't be Long Xiaotian's stall, would it?" Zhang Xingyu shouted.

"You guessed right, this is Young Master Long's stall. Waste Zhang Xingyu, you poor ghost, actually came to visit the trade fair." Beside the stall, a chattering voice came.

Zhang Xingyu looked in the direction of the voice and saw a greasy-faced guy looking at him while shaking a round fan.

"I was wondering who it was, so it's Long Xiaotian's lackey, the dandy. Dandy, didn't your master tell you that all who come are guests?" Zhang Xingyu laughed.

Shao Ke closed his round fan: "Zhang Xingyu, you poor ghost, can you be considered a guest? If you want to buy something, I won't stop you; if you don't want to buy, get lost quickly, don't block us from doing business!"

"Pfft, what good things can you have here? I'm too lazy to take another look." Zhang Xingyu turned to leave.

The moment he lifted his leg, his eyes inadvertently swept towards Long Xiaotian's stall.

Then, he was stunned, and then, he stopped.

On Long Xiaotian's stall was a black statue. The statue was a foot tall, carved from black wood, with a third eye embedded in its forehead.

This third eye was made of a black crystal the size of a fingernail, and its material was exactly the same as the system crystal.

"How much for this jade stone?" Zhang Xingyu pointed to the jade base under the statue and asked.

Shao Ke glared at Zhang Xingyu: "This thing is not for sale."

"Not for sale, why are you putting it here if it's not for sale?" Zhang Xingyu asked back.

"Not sold separately. If you want to buy it, buy the statue together, I'm afraid you can't afford it." Shao Ke mocked.

"Pfft, it's just a statue, how much can it be worth? You dare to say I can't afford it." Zhang Xingyu was unconvinced.

Shao Ke's eyes rolled around: "Zhang Xingyu, if you really want to buy it, bring 10,000 low-grade spirit stones."

"I want to buy? And 10,000 low-grade spirit stones? Go rob someone." Zhang Xingyu turned to leave.

"One thousand." Shao Ke lowered the price significantly.

If he could trick Zhang Xingyu into buying the statue, it would be considered revenge for Bai Ping.

Thinking of Bai Ping's fate, Shao Ke couldn't help but shiver.

This statue was looted from Bai Ping's home and was said to be an heirloom of Bai Ping's family.

The appraisers at the Treasure Pavilion evaluated it and finally confirmed it was a clairvoyant statue.

Although the statue was exquisitely crafted, unfortunately, the divine path had withered, and this statue had become trash.

Long Xiaotian once wanted to smash it to pieces. Later, he thought, if he could find a fool at the trade fair and sell the statue for a few spirit stones, it would at least reduce his losses a little.

"One hundred. No more." Zhang Xingyu said.

"Deal." Shao Ke agreed readily, fearing Zhang Xingyu would go back on his word.