Chapter 84: Little Brother Has a Good Eye

Several people walked along the road, seeing from afar that both sides were lined with street stalls; various shouts intertwined, making for a bustling scene.

"Come and take a look, old books and old newspapers. Buy them to pass the time, and they can be put to other uses after reading. It's a real bargain."

"Does anyone want a mirror? Combs, toothbrushes, towels, all selling at low prices."

"Skincare products, skincare products, plus soap and shampoo, come and take a look."

"Anyone buying Go or Chinese chess? There are also small knives."

However, most of the stalls were cold and deserted. Occasionally, someone would pass by, but after asking the price, they would usually shake their heads and leave.

After all, even the cheapest of these small items cost one yuan.

One yuan could be exchanged for a catty of ordinary rice, which, if eaten sparingly, was enough to sustain a family of three for two days.

By contrast, the few stalls at the intersection were surrounded by crowds, packed tight. Lu Yu leaned in to look and discovered these people were all here to buy meat.

Zhao Shan explained from the side: "These few people are either from Zhou Family Fort or from nearby Zhai. They set up stalls here to sell meat at prices much higher than selling directly to those who buy Fierce Beast materials. But we have limited time and no time to dawdle here."

"That's true, otherwise they could exchange it for more grain," Lu Guohao said, his tone full of regret.

"Everything has its pros and cons," Lu Yu smiled. Just then, a cry of peddling reached his ears.

"Don't miss out as you pass by, top-tier Cultivation Method Secret Manuals on sale! Cultivation Methods that originally cost hundreds or thousands now all for ten yuan, ten yuan for everything, pick and choose as you like."

"Ten yuan for the whole shop, everything is ten yuan. Ten yuan won't make you lose out, ten yuan won't make you get swindled. Real value, everything is cheap, nothing is expensive, all for ten yuan, come and take a look!"

A thin, small old man was seen shouting energetically at the passersby.

Unfortunately, the people passing by couldn't even be bothered to look at him directly. The old man muttered a few words to himself and sat back down where he was.

"That's him," Zhao Shan pointed at the old man and said to Lu Yu.

"Mm." Lu Yu felt a surge of joy; in fact, even if Zhao Shan hadn't reminded him, he had already noticed.

"Dad, Zhao Shu, I'm going over to take a look."

Upon hearing this, Qin Hai was full of confusion. Wasn't that old man just a swindler? Why was Lu Yu going over? To take the initiative to send money and get scammed?

"We'll go with you," Lu Guohao said, feeling uneasy.

Thus, the group walked toward the old man's stall. The old man noticed someone approaching, raised his head, and his eyes suddenly lit up. He said enthusiastically: "Big brothers, what would you like? I have every kind of Cultivation Method here, such as the Tathagata Palm, Nine Yang Divine Skill, Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill, Seventy-Two Road Grappling Hands..."

Lu Yu waved his hand, signaling him to stop first, then asked: "How do you sell these Cultivation Methods?"

"Yo, so it's a little brother!" The old man was overjoyed, "They are all ten yuan a copy, ten yuan for everything. If you buy them all at once, I can give you a twenty percent discount."

The surrounding people saw this scene and shook their heads secretly. These people looked like newcomers, right? They actually believed this old swindler's words?

A man nearby couldn't help but say: "Brothers, you'd better go look elsewhere."

The old man was so angry upon hearing this that he wanted to rush up and bite the man a few times.

"Thanks for the reminder, brother, we're just looking around," Lu Guohao thanked the man with a smile.

The man shook his head and turned to leave. Seeing this, the others said no more; after all, several groups of people who had been swindled before had all said the same thing at the beginning.

"Big brothers, don't listen to his nonsense, he's slandering me! My things here are worth every penny. If you don't believe me, buy a copy and take a look, and you'll know." The old man widened his eyes, looking extremely aggrieved.

Lu Guohao and the others felt it was funny. Buy? If they bought it, wouldn't they be getting swindled!

Lu Yu, however, nodded slightly. To a certain extent, the old man's words couldn't be considered entirely wrong. Immediately after, he tentatively asked: "Can I take a few looks at these Cultivation Methods before buying?"

"Yes, of course!" The old man answered without thinking, "You can look at these dozen or so Cultivation Methods as you please, but you can only look at a little bit, not too much."

"Fine," Lu Yu agreed readily. This was the sentence he was waiting for.

He squatted down and picked up the copy of "Tathagata Palm" closest to him.

Before he even opened the cover, he heard the old man slap his thigh hard and say excitedly: "Little brother has a good eye! This Tathagata Palm is rumored to be a peerless martial art specifically passed down to mortals by the Buddha to save all living beings in the world, resolve calamities, and eliminate bad luck."

"The entire Cultivation Method has ten forms, each with unique effects; not only is its power astonishing, but its marvelous uses are endless."

"Is that so?" Lu Yu replied, slowly opening the first page to look.

Intuition told him that the martial art in his hand, and even the Secret Manuals on this stall, were conservatively estimated to be fake nine times out of ten; it wasn't impossible that they were all fakes.

"That's for sure." The old man smiled until his eyes narrowed into slits, but a trace of imperceptible contempt flashed deep in his eyes.

Hmph, this young brat, let alone this fake "Tathagata Palm," even if the real one were placed in front of you, you wouldn't be able to tell the good from the bad at all.

However, look if you want to look.

Just as the old man thought, Lu Yu felt that the characters on it were not only written poorly but were also obscure characters that were difficult to recognize. However, it didn't matter if he couldn't understand them, as long as the system could record them.

Thinking of this, he looked at the Skill bar but didn't find any changes.

"Could it be that I haven't read enough pages?"

He hurriedly finished scanning the first page, then turned to the second and third pages, browsing quickly.

But the Skill bar remained completely motionless.

"Is it really fake?" Lu Yu pondered to himself.

"Little brother, that's about enough, right?" The old man said with a smile.

"Let me look at a little more, just a tiny bit more," Lu Yu pleaded.

"Yeah, let us look a little more."

"Don't worry, if we like it, we'll definitely buy it," Zhao Shan and the others chimed in from behind.

"Fine then." The old man gritted his teeth, wearing an expression as if he had suffered a huge loss.

He had been waiting here for more than half a day, actually two or three days, and no one had taken the bait. Now that a group of silly boys had finally come, he couldn't let them run away.

Lu Yu hurriedly read two more pages; the book was almost halfway through, but the Skill bar in his mind still hadn't changed at all. He felt that this book in his hand was ninety percent likely to be fake.

"I don't quite understand this one, how about I change to another one to look at."

Saying this, he put the "Tathagata Palm" back in its original place and picked up a copy of "Nine Yang Divine Skill" from the side.

"Hm?" The old man was stunned. He was just about to persuade Lu Yu not to lose heart and to buy it to study slowly, but he didn't expect the other party to change to another one directly; this was somewhat beyond his expectations.

"Ahem." The old man coughed twice and said: "Little brother, it's normal that you don't understand it the first time you read it. Think about it, what kind of person can understand it at a glance?"

That would have to be a martial arts prodigy! Ordinary people like us with average talent all have to ponder a single sentence over and over, studying it for years and months, before we can figure it out.

Especially this "Nine Yang Divine Skill" in your hands, that is an peerless martial art.

Once mastered, the speed at which internal energy is generated is incredibly fast; even ordinary punches and kicks can unleash immense power, and it can also defend against and reflect external attacks, making one immune to all illnesses and impervious to all Poison. Hey, little brother, you've already flipped through nearly half of it."