Chapter 113: Da Shan Market

Both sides secretly laughed in their hearts: big profit!

The two wore smiles and went their separate ways.

Yan Buji didn't intend to wander aimlessly, yet stepping out still brought an opportunity.

He didn't expect that the Buddhist Ancient Mingwang Scripture obtained earlier in Huang Songshan's cave residence could find a new use here!

Worth it!

Back at his dwelling, Yan Buji immediately began studying the two anomalous techniques.

"Mingwang Skill… seems similar to Mingwang Prison‑Sealing Skill! It appears that the Buddhist sect in the former Xun Dao region must have cultivated this anomalous art, and even revised the Guān Tiān Dēng Mó Zhuàng with this method, no wonder the demonic nature greatly diminished and became a top Buddhist internal skill!"

The power of the anomalous technique lies in that it requires no magical cultivation; even ordinary people can master it!

The key is the two prerequisites: the prepared elixir and the Ancient Mingwang Scripture!

Yan Buji glanced at the elixir formula a few times and found it odd.

"I can only gather a small portion of the Spiritual Materials here; looks like I need to visit other markets."

Some Spiritual Materials Yan Buji doesn't recognize at all; perhaps they're called differently, so he must ask a specialist trader.

Although Yan Buji also trades Spiritual Materials, the names of herbs and medicines vary regionally, making it hard to tell from a name alone whether it's the one he knows.

After noting the cultivation method of the Mingwang Skill, Yan Buji felt a bit strange.

This Mingwang Scripture looks like an internal skill, yet its effect is completely different and also relies on the elixir's power, no wonder it's called an anomalous technique.

The other book records an anomalous technique called "Electric Flash"!

The Electric Flash technique is not a thunder art; rather, it is a method to train the legs, causing a surge in speed.

Yet this technique's cultivation oddly demands a cultivator to, on a rainy day, ascend a high mountain, bind an extremely long copper wire to a bamboo pole, then attach the other end to the legs to draw lightning for practice?

Huh?!

No… it looks extremely dangerous.

Yan Buji wore a puzzled expression, not to mention how terrifying lightning is, and how can one ensure its power stops safely within the legs?

That lightning is a master that spares no kin; does it mean I must learn a cultivation method that specifically controls lightning?

Such a method is unlikely to appear in markets, and even if it does, it requires certain aptitude to master.

It seems I must first cultivate "Bright Body Jade Bone"; with this mortal‑body aptitude, not only cultivation speed improves, but physical defense is slightly enhanced.

Though I don't know if I can withstand the lightning's barrage, there's no need to test it now.

"Alright, first go inquire about the ingredients for the Mingwang Skill elixir, and on the way read the Ancient Mingwang Scripture to strive to master the Mingwang Skill soon."

With a goal, Yan Buji acted proactively.

On one hand, he first told Liu Yun that he would go out to investigate other market business models; Liu Yun didn't understand but knew Yan Buji was handling big matters, immediately slapped his chest and said he could entrust the shop to him with confidence.

Yan Buji was of course at ease; with so many good neighbors nearby, even if Liu Yun were that kind of lecherous scoundrel, he couldn't escape their eyes.

On the other hand, Yan Buji took advantage of the increased flow of cultivators during this period to start selling his Insect-Attracting Water.

This item can attract Gu Worms, and is very worth buying for many wandering cultivators.

After all, only the Gu Worms native to Nan Ting Mountain Region are a great aid for ordinary cultivators.

Being able to tame a Gu Worm to fight for you also boosts external strength.

Yan Buji doesn't know the training method for Gu Worms, yet he's not in a hurry to search for information about them.

This thing indeed requires a living creature to work, and since he doesn't understand the key, he dares not casually refine Gu Worms.

Overall, Yan Buji maintains a very good learning attitude toward all kinds of knowledge in the cultivation world, and even if it costs something to obtain knowledge, he is very willing.

However his energy is limited; having chosen the Mingwang Skill as the primary goal, he must focus as he did when searching for the Supreme Source Scripture and mastering the Three‑Flower Eyes, to do each task properly.

Naturally, chance and coincidence account for most of it, but Yan Buji never lets a seized opportunity slip away.

Opportunities aren't given to the unprepared; even if one is given and you can't grasp it, then just be content being an ordinary mortal.

A day passed.

Yan Buji left Huo Xiong Zong Fang Shi, intending to head to another cultivator market a thousand li away.

According to the information he obtained, the entire Kun Dao region should have hundreds of cultivator markets of various sizes, some established by sects or cultivation families, others spontaneously formed trading spots.

In terms of safety, those with backing are naturally more reassuring.

However, several markets near Huo Xiong Zong are the kind with no overseer, self‑formed cultivator markets, whose safety is questionable.

"This time I must be more cautious; many wandering cultivators recognize me, and they might covet my status, assuming I carry a lot of Spiritual Stones, and could even launch a murderous raid," Yan Buji thought, made a slight disguise, and put on a blue ghost mask before going.

Ten days later.

Yan Buji arrived at the nearest market; this market lies at the foot of a mountain in Kun Dao called "Da Shan", so it was named Da Shan Fang Shi.

Da Shan Fang Shi differs from Huo Xiong Zong Fang Shi; the surrounding buildings are quite crude, and at first glance one might think they've entered a village.

At the market entrance there is only a simple mist array that disperses mortals; mortals entering become disoriented and eventually wander out unconsciously.

But for cultivators with spiritual perception, following the stone tablet path beneath their feet lets them enter.

"Come take a look! Freshly harvested hundred‑year Spiritual Materials, up to Second‑Tier level, only one hundred three Spiritual Stones!"

"Finished First‑Tier Accumulation Devices for sale, purchase quickly!"

"Refined Zi Yang Iron Accumulation, discuss separately if needed!"

"A broken Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator cultivation method, highest bidder gets it!!!"

The surrounding shop owners shouted hoarsely, while wandering cultivators glanced here and there, looking as if they'd seen this many times.

"What Second‑Tier Spiritual Material? It's clearly First‑Tier Fire‑Refined Grass. Do you think we're fools? Using this highly impure First‑Tier material to masquerade as Second‑Tier, you want us dead for buying it, right?"

"Zi Yang Iron? Isn't that a Third‑Tier Spiritual Material? This is just red‑copper iron, right?"

"Nice guy, your technique is indeed real, but it's just a broken one that only has the early stage of chain‑Qi left; who wants that?"

Voices around rose and fell, as if the scamming and being scammed happened in an instant.

Yet someone with a good eye could discern the origins of these items, said a few words, and the surrounding wanderers instantly lost interest and dispersed.

The surrounding bosses gritted their teeth, glaring at those clueless fellows.

You think you can?

You're so good at talking—once you're out of the market I'll make you regret it!

As for the shop selling finished Accumulation Devices, it instantly filled with people shouting bids, and in the end it was bought by an unknown loose cultivator for one thousand Spiritual Stones, leaving the others sighing in regret.

"What a pity! That First-Tier Accumulation Device is truly a treasure—I haven't seen one in ages."

"Only sold for one thousand Spiritual Stones? Doesn't the boss know the market? A First-Tier Accumulation Device now goes for at least fifteen hundred, right?"

"Who knows where that thing came from? Selling it cheap is normal."

Yan Buji listened, very interested, and began wandering from shop to shop.