Chapter 871

Thinking about it this way, this is indeed a pretty good job.

It's just that I don't know if joining this organization requires a lot of cumbersome rules.

Before he could even ask, the stall owner spoke first: "How about this, to show my sincerity, I have dozens of sealed secret manuals here. Take a look; if you can break the seals, you may choose any one you like."

"Aren't you afraid I'll run off after picking one? You don't even know my real identity anyway."

Hearing Zhao Xing's candid words, the stall owner, seeing that he was somewhat swayed, quickly added: "That doesn't matter. As long as you can open a sealed secret manual, it means you have joined us."

"Besides, you only need to be a nominal member. Our organization's treasure appraisal masters don't need to report to work; we will naturally contact you when there is a need."

"Just a nominal member?"

Zhao Xing murmured to himself. If that were the case, it wouldn't be impossible to consider. This way, he could obtain treasures without exposing his identity.

"If you agree, I can take you to see our shop in the black market right now."

Hearing this, Zhao Xing began to weigh the feasibility of this matter.

His purpose for coming this time was to find a secret technique for disguise, but he hadn't found a suitable one yet. This was an opportunity; perhaps he could find a suitable one among these sealed secret manuals.

So, after pondering for a few seconds, Zhao Xing slowly nodded.

Although he had had some unpleasantness with this stall owner earlier, they had reached an agreement, and the stall owner had received the punishment he deserved.

"Good, then please follow me. Our shop is very close."

After speaking, the stall owner began to pack up the goods on his stall.

To him, introducing a treasure appraisal master was much more profitable than selling items here.

Zhao Xing also had his own needs. The two had different motives and each harbored their own schemes, but they had coincidentally met each other's requirements.

Seeing this, Xiang Hearing Hearing Miss Zhuyue frowned slightly and leaned close to Zhao Xing, saying: "Big Brother, are you really going to follow this swindler to his... what is it, Heaven-Gift Association?"

Zhao Xing raised an eyebrow at her and said: "Going to take a look won't cost me a piece of flesh. Besides, don't you trust your Big Brother's abilities?"

Hearing this, Xiang Hearing Hearing Miss Zhuyue nodded earnestly: "That's true. It's impossible to pass up a free bargain, and since it's this stall owner who sells fake goods, we should make him suffer a loss!"

Thus, none of them voiced any further objections, and they followed the stall owner toward the shop after he finished packing.

The journey was silent.

Very soon.

The group arrived at a simple shop named 'Heaven-Gift Hall'. This shop had only one floor and the space was extremely small.

After entering, the group occupied one-third of the space, and inside there was a shelf displaying numerous jade slips.

Zhao Xing picked one up at random to examine it, only to find that the surface was sealed, and he couldn't see anything at all.

The stall owner hurriedly introduced: "My lord, these are the jade slips of our Heaven-Gift Hall. You may choose ten to open at will. Any secret techniques you unlock will belong to you personally."

Zhao Xing nodded upon hearing this and began to carefully observe these jade slips. He had originally thought these jade slips would be quite easy to crack.

It was only when he started that he realized it wasn't that simple. The seals on them were varied and diverse, and there were some whose symbols he didn't even recognize.

Fortunately, he had the Time God Tree in his internal world, so he could ask it directly about anything he couldn't see through.

"The third jade slip on the left, I've seen this seal before. And the third one in the second row on the top right, I know that one too."

Although he couldn't directly see through the items inside the sealed jade slips, with the guidance of the Time God Tree, the ones Zhao Xing chose were all ones that could be cracked.

Very soon.

The ten items were selected, and Zhao Xing began to crack them.

These seals were basically rare ones, and these jade slips didn't necessarily contain good secret techniques.

It was just that sects in the past liked to design seals, so they also contained some basic secret techniques. There were good ones, but certainly not many.

The first one Zhao Xing worked on was a Seven-Star Bagua seal array. This seal was quite similar to the Strange Bagua of the Great Desolate Star Domain.

Zhao Xing spent some effort to crack it, but inside was only a Sun-level cultivation insight.

Seeing this, he was slightly disappointed. He hadn't expected the first one he opened to be a useless secret technique.

Although the start was unfavorable, Zhao Xing wasn't discouraged. After all, there were still nine unopened jade slips, and he figured there was still a great chance of getting a good secret technique.

As it turned out, Zhao Xing found that wasn't the case after opening five secret techniques in a row.

The best one among them barely reached the Venerable Realm, which was completely useless to the group.

The happiest person present was the stall owner. Although these things were useless to the people present, they could be sold for money once they fell into his hands.

Especially that Venerable Realm secret technique; if handled properly, it could sell for a good price.

It wasn't until Zhao Xing was observing the sixth jade slip that he found the sealing method on it was quite complex, a maze-like seal.

"According to common sense, the more complex the seal, the better the things inside. It seems there must be a valuable secret technique in this one."

Holding this thought, Zhao Xing began to study it carefully. However, he knew very little about this seal, and in the end, he only managed to crack it completely under the guidance of the Time God Tree.

Even with help, Zhao Xing had already broken out in a fine sweat, cracking it cautiously for fear that a single mistake would damage the jade slip.

Seeing Zhao Xing struggling so much with this one, the group couldn't help but gather around, looking at the jade slip in his hands.

"Could it be that there's a good secret technique this time?"

Seeing that Zhao Xing wasn't cracking it as quickly as before, Xiang Hearing Hearing Miss Zhuyue couldn't help but whisper: "Big Brother has spent an incense stick's worth of time and still hasn't finished cracking it. It's taking so long this time."

Yan Qi nodded in agreement: "I think so too. Big Brother must have encountered a challenge this time, but with Big Brother's ability, there's nothing he can't do."

Just like that, after another half an incense stick's worth of time, Zhao Xing's tense expression finally calmed down.

It had to be said that this seal did indeed pose a certain level of difficulty for him; even with the Time God Tree guiding him from the side, he had spent quite a bit of effort.

Until only the last part of the seal remained, Zhao Xing stared at it with focused attention and said: "This must be a useful secret technique, otherwise this effort will have been in vain!"

After speaking, Zhao Xing cracked the final layer of the seal and opened the sealed jade slip.

"Click~"

As the seal was broken, the hidden aura lingering on it instantly shattered, and everyone couldn't help but look over curiously.

The six large characters carved on the opened jade slip instantly attracted the attention of everyone present.

Seeing the name of the secret technique on it, Xiang Hearing Hearing Miss Zhuyue, who was closest to Zhao Xing, read it out: "Fish-Dragon Witch Luo Divine Method."

The stall owner was sharp-eyed and quick-witted; he recognized the secret technique as soon as he heard the name: "What... this is actually a secret technique from the Miao Border region in the west, and it's a high-level one at that!"

He couldn't help but sigh that the person before him had made a huge profit; he hadn't expected him to open a secret technique that even the Miao people cherished greatly.

Seeing the stall owner's unusual tone, the group was full of doubts. Xiang Hearing Hearing Miss Zhuyue asked curiously: "What is the use of this technique?"

"This technique is exactly the disguise secret technique you are looking for. It allows a person to condense a type of gu-insect belonging to themselves, and then by fusing with the gu-insect, one can change their appearance."

"However, this gu-insect is not easy to find. You need to find one in the Western Regions, or check if any stalls selling gu-insects have a suitable one."

Just as he finished speaking, Zhao Xing also finished a rough reading of the secret technique, and what was written on it was the same as what the stall owner had said.

It had to be said that although the stall owner's previous actions were unreliable, his knowledge in this area was quite solid; he had actually stated the effect of the secret technique just by hearing the name.

Looking at the items required on it, Zhao Xing couldn't help but frown: "Spirit-Condensing Gu-insect, it doesn't sound like an ordinary species."

He had originally thought that finding a suitable disguise secret technique would be enough to use it directly, but he hadn't expected that this technique required external objects to exert its true efficacy.

Although that was the case, Zhao Xing was very satisfied after reading the introduction to the secret technique, but the required items would take some effort to find.

Zhao Xing moved his gaze away from the jade slip, turned to look at the stall owner, pondered for a few seconds, and asked: "Stall owner, is there a place in the black market that sells this Spirit-Condensing Gu-insect?"

The stall owner nodded and then shook his head, leaving everyone confused.

Fortunately, at this moment, the stall owner said: "There are indeed places that sell gu-insects, but this Spirit-Condensing Gu-insect is not an ordinary one; it is an extremely rare type."

"But fortunately, there will be a small auction in the black market in three days. This kind of gu-insect might be for sale there!"

Zhao Xing, who had originally held no hope, felt a slight stir in his heart upon receiving this news. There was no other way; he had searched the entire black market and hadn't found a suitable secret technique, and this was the most useful one.

Although the stall owner knew that this secret technique was indeed very good, the required auxiliary items were also expensive, but he was still very envious.

If this thing fell into his hands, he could sell it for a sky-high price at the auction.

It was just a pity that he had already promised this person that he would give him the items from the first ten jade slips.

"Then, Big Brother, please continue opening them. After finishing these ten, you need to help us open three sealed jade slips for free; this is one of the rules for joining the association."

"Hmm, okay, no problem."

Zhao Xing had just been thinking that this association certainly wouldn't be so selfless as to give things away for free.

Sure enough, the request came, but Zhao Xing didn't feel any resentment toward this requirement; instead, he felt more at ease.

If they hadn't made any requests, Zhao Xing would have been worried.

Thus, Zhao Xing began to unlock the remaining four jade slip seals. What was quite pleasing was that there was also a secret technique called 'Phantom Sea Silence Thunder Method' which was quite precious.

Zhao Xing backhanded it into his internal world and gave it to the Divine Thunder Ancient Bamboo to cultivate.

Finally, it was Zhao Xing's turn to put in the effort. The stall owner didn't choose the ones on the shelf for him to crack, but instead took out three sealed jade slips from his internal world and handed them to Zhao Xing.

Afterward, he said respectfully: "Since you have finished opening yours, I will leave these next three to you. If there is anything you like among them, you can spend energy stones to buy it. We members of the association can enjoy a 20% discount!"

Hearing this, Zhao Xing smiled and gave a hum, then took the jade slips and began to prepare to crack them.

As expected, the seals on these jade slips were more complex, and they appeared on them in the form of ancient script.

However, fortunately, Zhao Xing had the guidance of the Time God Tree, but it still took him a full incense stick's worth of time to crack the first seal.