Chapter 28

Next, Song Qingming found two more similar shops in the market and processed Liu Tianlong's storage bag and the beast materials he had recently obtained. Several hundred spirit stones were instantly added to his storage bag.

Touching the bulging storage bag at his waist, Song Qingming walked with satisfaction along a street on the west side of Guiyun Market. Seeing that it was not early, he decided to continue strolling in the market today to purchase some elixirs he needed, and leave Guiyun Market early tomorrow morning to return to Qinghe County.

After strolling through several streets in the market, Song Qingming's storage bag was already filled with quite a few elixirs, spiritual talismans, and a large amount of talisman paper and other materials needed for talisman making. Rarely having the opportunity to come to this large market, Song Qingming simply bought to his heart's content.

Passing by a rogue cultivator's stall, after grinding for a long time and buying a talisman-making secret manual at a low price, he looked at the few hundred spirit stones on his person, which were now only a small half left, and then reluctantly stopped.

Unknowingly, Song Qingming walked into a street that was somewhat quiet. This street could be considered the place with the least business in Guiyun Market. More than half of the dozens of shops along the street had already closed their doors, and the pedestrians coming and going on the street were also very sparse, far less prosperous than other streets.

Song Qingming walked dozens of feet forward along the bluestone street. Seeing that he was about to reach the end of the street, he stopped his steps, preparing to turn back. Just at this moment, an inconspicuous small shop by the street caught his attention.

Song Qingming raised his head and looked at the wooden sign on the shop, only to see the five large black characters "Li Family Grocery Store" written clearly on it with a charcoal pen.

Walking into the shop, he found that the owner of the shop was a middle-aged cultivator, tall and thin, with an elegant appearance, wearing an ordinary green Daoist robe. It looked like his cultivation base had already reached the late Qi Refining stage.

Seeing Song Qingming walk into the shop, the middle-aged cultivator did not step forward to greet him immediately, but just narrowed his eyes and looked at Song Qingming calmly.

On the counter in the shop, there were some common low-tier talismans and medicinal materials, as well as a pile of first-grade magic tools, which looked well-crafted.

In Song Qingming's view, these magic tools should be the work of this shopkeeper. Many rogue cultivators who learn skills like artifact refining will choose to open such a small shop in such a market. The cost will not be too high, and they can sell the finished magic tools while collecting raw materials. There are also many such rogue cultivators in Qinghe Market.

After looking at the items in the shop for a while, Song Qingming stepped forward, picked up an ordinary top-grade flying sword from the counter, and asked:

"Shopkeeper, may I ask how many spirit stones this flying sword costs?"

The middle-aged cultivator looked at Song Qingming with some surprise. Just as he was about to speak, a young servant suddenly jumped out from behind the counter and shouted loudly, "Sorry, Fellow Daoist, this sword was deposited here by a senior. Without his consent, it cannot be sold to anyone casually. Why don't you look at other magic tools?"

Hearing this, Song Qingming couldn't help but be stunned. This item was related to a Foundation Establishment cultivator, which instantly made him lose his confidence. He slowly put down the flying sword in his hand, feeling a sense of regret in his heart.

He had just entered this shop for this very item. This flying sword seemed to have some fate with him in the dark, making him suddenly have the thought of taking it away from here the moment he saw it on the street just now.

Originally, with his fifth-layer Qi Refining cultivation and magic power, he could at most use two magic tools at the same time. Now that he already had the Blazing Sun Sword and the Black Gold Shield, normally speaking, he would not need to purchase any more magic tools in the short term.

Today, he had been strolling in this market for so long, and he had only been purchasing some spiritual talismans and elixirs. He originally did not want to purchase any more magic tools, but he didn't know why, the moment he arrived near this shop, he was firmly attracted by this sword.

Normally speaking, mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators also have no use for top-grade magic tools. Mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators have limited magic power, and driving a top-grade magic tool will quickly consume their own magic power. Once they cannot defeat their opponent in a short time, they will be defeated due to the exhaustion of magic power, which is not as useful as a mid-grade magic tool.

Only some cultivators with special cultivation methods or other reasons whose magic power is much thicker than cultivators of the same tier can drive top-grade magic tools to fight for a long time after refining them. Such cultivators are mostly people with top-tier combat divine abilities. After refining top-grade magic tools, they even have the ability to kill ordinary late-stage Qi Refining cultivators across tiers.

As far as the current Song Qingming is concerned, he is still far from needing to use top-grade magic tools. When he saw the top-grade magic tool in Liu Tianlong's storage bag, he didn't have the slightest thought of refining it himself.

The price of top-grade magic tools is also much more expensive than mid-grade magic tools. An ordinary mid-grade flying sword, like the Blazing Sun Sword in Song Qingming's hand, only costs twenty spirit stones to exchange directly in the clan, and even if you go to the market, it will not exceed thirty spirit stones at most.

And a top-grade flying sword generally costs about one hundred spirit stones in the market. The price of one top-grade flying sword is worth three or four mid-grade magic tools.

After the young cultivator took the sword from Song Qingming's hand, he slowly put the sword into an ancient sword box, the process being extremely careful, for fear of accidentally touching the sword.

The shopkeeper, dressed as a middle-aged Daoist, saw Song Qingming lowering his head and sighing, about to walk out of the shop, and suddenly said:

"This little friend, may I ask, why do you want to buy this sword?"

"I don't know. Seeing this sword from afar, I just feel that this item has a fate with me."

Song Qingming shook his head, turned around, and said sincerely.

After hearing Song Qingming's words, the shopkeeper paused for a moment, smiled, and said again, "Since it has a fate with you, I will make an exception today to make a decision for my old friend. I will sell this sword to you."

"Master, this sword was deposited here by your... your friend. How can you sell it to him so easily? Even if you want to sell it, you should look for a suitable person!"

The young cultivator on the side, who had just put the sword into the sword box, held the sword box cherishly and said anxiously to the shopkeeper, as if he shouldn't sell this item to Song Qingming, which made Song Qingming feel a bit strange.

This young man's cultivation base is not high, only fourth-layer Qi Refining cultivation. How could he seem to look down on him? It's too much of looking down on people. If it were a few months ago, Song Qingming would naturally not have any opinion, but now he is not someone who cannot take out this bit of spirit stones.

"Alas, people like us who cultivate the Dao pay the most attention to the word 'fate'. Since this item has a fate with this little brother, he is naturally a suitable person. Little brother, take this sword."

The young cultivator still wanted to say something, but was glared back by the shopkeeper, and could only hand the sword box to Song Qingming with great reluctance.

Song Qingming took the sword box and carefully put it into his storage bag. He couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart. He thought he wouldn't be able to get this item, but he didn't expect that things would take a turn for the better, making him unable to believe it for a moment.

"May I ask, senior, what is the name of this sword?"

"The original name of this sword is 'Taixu'. Now that this sword has changed its owner, what name you want to call it depends on your own meaning."

"'Taixu', it is indeed a good name. Since it follows me from now on, let's call it by this name." After getting the sword, Song Qingming couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart, and turned around to walk out of the shop.

"Hey, little brother, wait a moment."

"Boss, what else is there?"

"You haven't paid the spirit stones yet?"

"Oh oh, sorry, how many spirit stones?"

"Since the little fellow daoist is a person of fate, I won't earn that share on this sword. Just give me one hundred and fifty spirit stones."

"Damn, so expensive."

"If the guest doesn't have enough spirit stones, forget it, and look at other magic tools!" Seeing that Song Qingming thought it was expensive, the young cultivator wanted to take back the sword box with great joy, but saw Song Qingming take out the spirit stones directly from his storage bag.

Isn't it just one hundred and fifty spirit stones? Take it.

After leaving the Li Family Grocery Store, Song Qingming walked on the road, feeling a bit like he had just been played by the master and apprentice. If it were true, the two of them were really good at acting, especially the look in the young cultivator's eyes, which was a look of looking down on him from beginning to end.

Even if he took out one hundred and fifty spirit stones on the spot to purchase this item at a premium, the young cultivator still had a look of reluctance. This level was much more powerful than those cunning rogue cultivators he saw on Mount Caolu.

Although he felt that one hundred and fifty spirit stones were a bit expensive, Song Qingming always had a feeling in his heart that this sword indeed had a fate with him.

"Forget it, just treat it as if I was extravagant for a while today."

(End of chapter)