Chapter 81: Gaze Like a Blade

However, Su Yuanshan said indifferently.

"Sorry, this book is not for sale."

Upon hearing this, the gorgeously dressed middle-aged man looked full of disappointment, and in the end, he had no choice but to leave unhappily.

Su Yuanshan paid the money, picked up the book, and left the small stall amidst the gazes of the crowd.

Walking forward along the street of the Market, after walking about two hundred meters, Su Yuanshan saw a shop with "Lianyao Fang" written on it.

Beside the signboard was a wooden plaque, which read: "Acquiring Demon Beast hides, fur, flesh, blood, tendons, and bones, various spirit herbs and spirit medicines…………."

Su Yuanshan glanced inside and saw a little girl sitting at the counter, about thirteen or fourteen years old.

Just as Su Yuanshan was about to leave, the little girl seemed to notice him and called out.

"That customer, are you looking to buy something?"

Su Yuanshan changed his mind upon hearing this and walked into the shop with the little white fox.

He looked around and asked.

"Little girl, is the adult in your family not here?"

The little girl said.

"It is the same if you tell me; what do you want to buy? Pills or…………?"

However, Su Yuanshan shook his head.

"No, I want to sell some things. I don't know if you accept them here?"

The little girl raised her willow-leaf eyebrows slightly and said.

"What good things? Medicinal herbs? Or…….?"

Su Yuanshan said indifferently.

"I'm afraid they don't count as good things; they can only be considered ordinary raw materials. I felt it was a pity to throw them away, so I brought them over."

"Is that so?" The little girl didn't seem very interested after hearing this.

There had been no shortage of people selling raw materials during this period, and their shop had already acquired quite a lot.

Listening to Su Yuanshan's tone, it seemed they were just ordinary raw materials, so she didn't have much interest and said perfunctorily.

"Take them out and let me see, but I must warn you, ordinary raw materials can't sell for a high…………."

Before she could finish the word "price," she heard a bang, and two behemoths appeared before her eyes.

The girl was so frightened she screamed, until Su Yuanshan said indifferently.

"Don't be afraid, they are already dead."

It was just a subconscious reaction earlier; only now did she slowly calm down, looking at the two large Demon Beasts before her with trepidation.

Before she could speak, a gasp was heard from the courtyard.

"Good stuff!"

As the voice spoke, a stout middle-aged man walked in slowly, his eyes fixed on the two Demon Beasts without blinking, his gaze burning.

Seeing the stout middle-aged man, the little girl couldn't help but call out.

"Father, you're here!"

The middle-aged man gave an "um," then reluctantly withdrew his gaze from the Demon Beasts, looked Su Yuanshan over twice, and cupped his hands in greeting.

"Fellow Daoist is truly formidable to have been able to hunt such Demon Beasts."

Su Yuanshan said indifferently.

"Shopkeeper, you flatter me! These were not killed by me; it was just a case of the snipe and the clam fighting, and I, the fisherman, profited."

The stout middle-aged man seemed to suddenly realize.

"So that's how it is. Then Fellow Daoist has had good luck. Tell me, how do you want to sell them?"

Su Yuanshan was not polite and just said.

"Of course, selling them as a whole. How much can you offer?"

The middle-aged man stroked his beard and pondered.

"How about this, considering how hard you've worked, how about I give you three thousand spirit stones for these two Demon Beasts? You usually wouldn't get this price!"

However, just as the middle-aged man finished speaking, before Su Yuanshan could open his mouth, a sneer came from outside the door.

"This Cloud Scorpion Demon Beast alone is worth more than that price, not to mention that Century-Old Red! Sun Laoban, your abacus is calculating quite shrewdly, isn't it?"

The stout middle-aged man's old face flushed red upon hearing this, and after seeing who it was, he sank his face and said.

"So it's Zhou Laoban. Why aren't you staying in your own shop instead of running into mine?"

However, that Zhou Laoban ignored him and instead cupped his hands toward Su Yuanshan and said.

"Fellow Daoist, how about selling these two Demon Beasts to me? I am willing to offer seven thousand spirit stones!"

Hearing this, the stout middle-aged man's face turned green, and he hurriedly scolded.

"You………… how can you steal my business?"

He turned his head and cupped his hands to Su Yuanshan.

"Young Master, Sun was just speaking off the cuff earlier. If Young Master is willing to sell these two Demon Beasts to me, I am willing to offer eight thousand spirit stones to acquire them. This price is the absolute limit!"

However, just as he finished speaking, Zhou Laoban smiled and said.

"I offer eleven thousand!"

His face was slapped hard; at that moment, Sun Laoban hated the one surnamed Zhou to the core, his face turning the color of a pig's liver!

Finally, he gritted his teeth and said.

"I offer twelve thousand!"

This time, that Zhou Laoban did not raise the price, but instead said.

"The price is what it is; adding any more would leave no profit. Forget it."

In the end, Su Yuanshan exchanged two demon corpses for twelve thousand spirit stones.

After coming out of the Lianyao Fang, Su Yuanshan took the little white fox and bought some talismans and other items.

He then left the Market and found a room to stay in at a small inn at the foot of the mountain.

After closing the doors and windows securely and lighting the crane-beak copper lamp, Su Yuanshan took the ancient book he had purchased out of his Spirit Void Ring,

and then placed it on the table and gently opened it.

The ancient book was somewhat damaged and yellowed, clearly having weathered the vicissitudes of time, giving the impression that it would crumble at the slightest touch.

Therefore, Su Yuanshan turned the pages very carefully.

He turned to the first page and saw a few lines written on it: "Humans have Bai Xu, the world is divided into three ancient eras! Those who transform through ancient breath are Heaven, Earth, Human, Spirit, and Ghost; those who are scaled, furry, feathered, or insectoid; those who are spiritual are demons, monsters, devils, spirits, essences, Nuo, shamans, mediums, gu, and Dao."

Su Yuanshan could not help but frown slightly as he read this.

What did this "Humans have Bai Xu" mean? And what did "the world is divided into three ancient eras" refer to?

He pondered for a moment and continued to turn the pages,

and saw what was written next.

"Soul Bell, assisted by Hudan, can enter a fire dream!"

"Shuchi, assisted by water pills, can enter a water dream!"

"Cloud Peak, assisted by cloud pills, can enter a cloud dream!"

……….

Hudan? Water pills? Cloud pills? What kind of things were these?

Could they refer to pills of the five elemental attributes? And what did entering a dream mean? It couldn't just be simply having a dream, could it?

Su Yuanshan was just about to continue turning the pages when he heard a "knock-knock" sound coming from outside the window.

He put the ancient book away into his Spirit Void Ring and asked in a deep voice.

"Who is it?"

However, when he walked to the window and opened it, he found that the bright moon was shining outside, but there was no one there.

Just as he was about to close the vermilion window, he suddenly discovered a small wind chime hanging on it!

Su Yuanshan felt somewhat surprised; who would send him such a bell in the middle of the night? Could this be someone's prank?

But soon he frowned, because a wind had suddenly started blowing outside, and it was growing stronger, making the tree branches howl; because it was late autumn, the leaves on the trees had almost all fallen, leaving them looking bare.

Su Yuanshan initially thought it was just an ordinary wind, but he soon realized he was wrong, because he sensed a trace of demon Qi in the wind; although that trace of aura was very, very faint, he still caught it.

"This is…………?"

Su Yuanshan suddenly narrowed his eyes, his gaze sharp as a blade for a moment.