Chapter 138: San Shan Talismans (Added for Alliance Leader She Hua Da Zi Zai)

"This King Wuling Market is said to be the largest market in the south, with a complete range of spiritual herbs and products. But now it seems that while ordinary goods are indeed complete, the grade is much lower than what Ning Ning Shimei Si provides. The spiritual grain Ning Ning Shimei provides is called Purple-Veined Dragon Tooth Rice, while the best spiritual grain here is Green Jade Rice... Hmm!"

Brother Qian Chen flipped past the spiritual grain entries and found the line for Purple-Veined Dragon Tooth Rice under the spiritual pill entries—

Grain-Grain Grain Grain Grain Bigu Pill—Refined from the imperial supply of Purple-Veined Dragon Tooth Rice, nourished by thunder essence qi, watered by the thirty-six spiritual springs of Jade Spring Mountain. The annual output of the thirty qing of blessed land on Jade Spring Mountain is only used for the Great Jin imperial family and the court's salaries.

"So the two thousand shi and one thousand shi salaries issued by the Great Jin court refer to these!"

Brother Qian Chen calculated the list that Ning Ning Shimei Si Si Qingguo, or perhaps she should be called Princess Si Ma Sixteen Ji, had provided. The Purple-Veined Dragon Tooth Rice added up to about two hundred shi: "Calculating it, Ning Ning Shimei Si's salary grain is not low!"

He didn't know that the so-called two thousand shi salary of the Great Jin also had many nuances. Most of it was spiritual grain produced in other blessed lands. Only the most prominent few people could have their entire salary in Purple-Veined Dragon Tooth Rice.

And within the imperial family, not many could eat Purple-Veined Dragon Tooth Rice every day. Princess Qingcheng was purely special because of her status. She could be titled a princess even though her mother was only from the clan, mainly because her father was too powerful.

"By the way, there is also the Green Jade Qianyuan Grain, which is listed with the Purple-Veined Dragon Tooth Rice!" Brother Qian Chen flipped further back and indeed found it—this was produced in the Dao fields within the Dao Academy's cave heaven. Daoists in various places who had received the true person's ordination could probably have this kind of spiritual grain as support.

A Daoist is in the Penetrating Law Realm, and a True Person is already in the Core Formation Realm! And if one is in the eighth or ninth rank of Core Formation, it is extremely difficult to get the ordination of the Dao Academy.

"Ning Ning Shimei Si relies on the Zhang Tian Shi and is too greedy!" Brother Qian Chen closed the price list and sighed secretly: "As the daughter of a Zhang Tian Shi, reselling the salary grain produced by the Dao Academy's spiritual fields—what kind of behavior is this."

Brother Qian Chen was heartbroken and decided that the next time they traded, he would increase the amount of Green Jade Qianyuan Grain by double!

Because the value of this kind of spiritual grain on the list Si Si Qingguo gave him was dozens of times different from the outside! With one turn, Brother Qian Chen would be the next Lord of Samsara—scraping the oil off the skin until he felt great!

Spiritual grain was just the most representative. On Si Si Qingguo's list, spiritual herbs and products were all the best in the market, and some weren't even for sale. Take jade, for example: there were Kun Mountain White Jade, Qianyuan Green Jade, Lantian Warm Jade, and Qingtian Yellow Jade... each with several pieces. And this King Wuling Market was always calculated by the block.

It was worthy of being a big deal that could exchange for Brother Qian Chen's hundreds of spiritual pills.

The only advantage of the King Wuling Market was that the types and quantities of materials and spiritual herbs were complete enough. After all, it gathered products from all over the world. The grade was indeed a bit worse, but the low-end and mid-end markets were very developed. For spiritual herbs, sometimes the type was more important than the quality. After all, a two-hundred-year-old spiritual herb and a two-thousand-year-old spiritual herb were used the same way, but the missing medicinal properties were very difficult to conjure out of thin air.

Not to mention that Brother Qian Chen was creating a new pill formula—he didn't even know what spiritual herbs he needed himself.

He had to contemplate the yin-yang changes of thunder arts based on medicinal properties and the nature of yuan qi to find them.

Therefore, he had to buy at least one copy of every type of spiritual herb!

And spiritual herbs and materials related to yin-yang thunder were even more welcome...

Zhou Kang, who was secretly excited about making this big deal, saw Brother Qian Chen focusing on the bulk commodity entries in the market and said hurriedly: "If the Immortal Friend wants to purchase the things above, just tell me, and I will arrange for them to be delivered, so you don't have to trouble yourself to move. Of course, if you want to buy premium goods, you still have to go to those shops to see. If it's a shop of our King Wuling Immortal Sect, I can also arrange for them to send the list to you if you just say the word."

Brother Qian Chen calculated the letter talismans he needed and casually slapped out a stack of spiritual talismans: "Exchange some more!"

"Exchange again!" Zhou Kang was secretly surprised, and then even more excited. Seeing Brother Qian Chen's calm expression without the slightest movement, he couldn't help but sigh secretly: "This is a truly wealthy customer! The previous family disciples were either poor old men or difficult to serve. How could they compare to this generosity? They frowned at slightly expensive things—frown at your paralysis! Look at this bearing; this is what it means to have truly seen the world."

When the old man saw that they were talismans, he was a bit indifferent. Appraising talismans was much simpler than appraising pills. Out of respect for the good items Brother Qian Chen had taken out earlier, he glanced at them, and then his face changed. He said in astonishment: "This is the San Shan Talisman..." After flipping through them, he discovered that they all had the Dao Academy's legal seal, and he said even more solemnly: "These are... The San Shan Talisman is printed and issued by the Dao Academy, so there is no need for appraisal at all..."

Perhaps afraid that Brother Qian Chen didn't understand, he added with a bitter smile: "And it is not allowed to be appraised!"

"Who would dare to say that things issued by the Dao Academy are fake?" Zhou Kang subconsciously added, and then, as if he understood something, hurriedly added: "And it's impossible for them to be fake!"

"So this talisman can be traded anywhere, and there is no need at all to exchange it for the King Wuling Market's letter talismans!" The old man surnamed Liao said faintly.

"The market's letter talismans are modeled after the Dao Academy. It is said that in the Morning Sun Palace Great Market, the San Shan Talisman is something like the King Wuling letter talisman, serving as a benchmark for measuring the value of goods." Zhou Kang praised, and then added: "But the Dao Academy is wealthy and powerful, and can treat the San Shan Talisman according to different levels. But down here, these different talismans still have different prices."

He picked out a talisman: "For example, this Sweet Dew Talisman, which can bring down spiritual qi sweet dew, is a must-have for watering spiritual fields during the grain-filling period of spiritual grain. It is more precious than the Rain-Praying Talisman or the Spiritual Rain Talisman. The price will float by fifty percent. There are many such premiums. If the Immortal Friend exchanges them for letter talismans, it will be more cost-effective!"

Brother Qian Chen asked: "The Dao Academy produces quite a few spiritual talismans every year. Where are they all used? Are there really so many demons and ghosts in the world that consume countless talismans? Why are the San Shan Talismans still so rare?"

Zhou Kang said cautiously: "Where can ordinary rogue cultivators see the Dao Academy's talismans? They are mostly used by families and immortal sects in various places. Not to mention anything else, many spiritual fields don't have suitable water sources. The spiritual spring water loses its spiritual qi quickly once it leaves the spring eye. If it's too far from the spiritual spring and there is no suitable container, one can only use the Sweet Dew Talisman or Spiritual Rain Talisman. In drought years, the City God of the official fields performs rituals, and various families have to perform rain-praying rituals to ensure the harvest, for which the Dao Academy's spiritual talismans must also be used."

"Not to mention various protective talismans, and even talismans for warding off evil, five thunders, and true fire, which all take the San Shan Talisman as the supreme. Who would use other talismans if they can use the Dao Academy's?"

"And various wedding and funeral rituals of families often involve divine rituals. Where can ordinary immortal sects draw talismans with divine responses? Don't they still have to use the Dao Academy's?"

Brother Qian Chen immediately understood the key. He was a true transmission of the Daoist sect, so he didn't think of it for a moment.

The key is not the talisman, but the ordination! The San Shan of the Zhengyi Sect—Longhu Mountain, Gezao Mountain, and Juqu Mountain—were the three mountains governed by the order of the Primordial Dao Ancestor. They were for supervision and were the leaders of the Daoist sect that connected with the divine path. The True Persons who led them were ordained by the Heavenly Court, and the human imperial dynasty recognized them as Heavenly Masters. The talismans they printed were naturally recognized by the Heavenly Court.

Other heterodox immortal sects might be able to draw talismans, but who could summon the gods?

Talismans are talismans. Without the recognition of the Heavenly Court and the response of the gods of all parties, they are just talismans and cannot be used for matters of ghosts and gods, and their efficacy is much lower.

And other Daoist sects that can draw talismans would not conflict with the governing sect ordered by the Primordial Dao Ancestor and print talismans in large quantities?

This is a matter of not giving face to the Primordial Dao Ancestor. If it spreads out, their own ancestors would have to kneel at the gate of the Jade Void Palace to receive punishment.

"Immortal Friend, do you want to exchange for some letter talismans?" Zhou Kang asked cautiously. Brother Qian Chen just wanted to answer casually, but heard the old man surnamed Liao cough faintly: "The San Shan Talisman has a much wider range of uses than the letter talisman. Several sects in the market that don't accept King Wuling letter talismans still recognize this talisman."

"Large merchants like the Wind-Speaking Tower and the Hong Hong Sihai Sect are also more willing to accept this talisman."

"So, fellow Daoist, you had better consider it carefully!"

As soon as he said this, Zhou Kang's face turned red, and he could only smile awkwardly: "That is indeed the case, but our sect's letter talismans are also widely used. It's just that a few sects have always been arrogant and are not very willing to use them! I will go and talk to them, and it will be allowed."

"But the San Shan Talisman doesn't have this concern! There is no place in the world that dares not accept the San Shan Talisman." The old man surnamed Liao said faintly: "The Hong Hong Sihai Traveling Merchant Sect overseas once wanted to replace it with spiritual pearls produced in their own shell fields, but later they were exterminated by the Dao Academy in alliance with the Shaoqing Sword Sect! The remaining sect members re-established the Hong Hong Sihai Sect, and now they recognize this San Shan Talisman more than anyone else!"

"These people are supported by Penglai..." The old man sneered: "Now only the Ten Thousand Mountains of the Southern Wilderness don't recognize this talisman, and others can all use it generally..."

Brother Qian Chen heard the thick killing intent behind these few words. The Zhengyi Longhu Mysterious Altar is based on the talisman path, which is really not a joke. The shadow of the Primordial Dao Ancestor behind this is too obvious, and it even involves the Jade Emperor Heavenly Court. Exterminating a few small sects for this is nothing. What is truly meaningful is that Penglai actually dared to defy the will of the Primordial Dao Ancestor.

What did these three islands overseas eat?

To be so drunk!

Brother Qian Chen suddenly remembered that the spiritual talismans exchanged from the Lord of Samsara—it seemed that most of them also had the San Shan legal seal!

Seeing that the spiritual talismans handed over by Si Si Qingguo were such hard currency, Brother Qian Chen accepted the favor! He put away the spiritual talismans. Listening to advice means eating well. Since they could be used generally, why bother to exchange for King Wuling letter talismans?

He calculated, and with the value of the talismans, the spiritual herbs he wanted to buy should be enough.

But Brother Qian Chen still wanted to try the value of the spiritual pills he refined himself, which were hard currency even more than spiritual talismans according to Si Si Qingguo. He didn't believe it. In this vast cultivation world, there was no place that knew the goods!

"Also, these... I also want to exchange for letter talismans!"

Brother Qian Chen raised his hand and put down a bottle of spiritual pills. The old man surnamed Liao didn't care at all, opened the plug, reached out and waved the smell, but didn't smell anything. His brow frowned, and he poured out a bright red spiritual pill. He placed it in his palm. At first, he was still frowning and examining it, but then his face showed shock. His body couldn't help but straighten up, and he even stood up from his chair.

Seeing him so composed, Zhou Kang was somewhat puzzled; he had never seen this senior elder, the chief steward invited by the marketplace, act in such a manner.

"This..." The old man's voice trembled slightly.

Facing the sunlight, a trace of purple flashed in his pupils. He had actually used his eye-technique divine ability to observe the pill the size of a dragon's eye. ===== CHAPTER 139 =====