sbdcsierra Chapter 924: Treasure Pavilion
Chapter 924: Treasure Pavilion
Fang Bai was an alchemist himself, and he could have used the spiritual medicines he brought back from the mountain to craft elixirs. However, he was keen to see the level of alchemists in the True Martial Realm, so he decided to go to the nearby market tomorrow with Liu Poshan and others to exchange for some Essence Stones and elixirs.If the elixirs crafted by the alchemists in the True Martial Realm turned out to be subpar, he would simply craft the elixirs himself in the future whenever he obtained spiritual medicines.
Early the next day, Liu Poshan came to find Fang Bai with a dozen martial artists from the village, ready to travel a hundred miles to Xuanyang Town to exchange for Essence Stones and elixirs.
The group loaded the spirit beasts and spiritual medicines harvested from the mountain yesterday onto two wooden carts and then pushed the carts towards Xuanyang Town.
Xuanyang Town was the only market town within a hundred miles, with a population of several thousand. The residents of the town ran various businesses and the place was bustling with activity.
At the eastern part of the town, there was a market specifically set up for martial artists, where they could engage in various trades, and the most common trades were exchanging spirit beasts and spiritual medicines for Essence Stones and elixirs.
With the wooden carts loaded with various spirits beasts and spiritual medicines, one could sense the Essence Energy fluctuations emanating from a distance.
Therefore, when Liu Poshan and his group pushed the carts into the Martial Artists Trading Market, they immediately attracted the attention of many martial artists in the market.
The martial artists from Liuhu Village, who hunted spirit beasts or gathered spiritual medicines in the mountains, usually traded at this martial artists’ market, so many people recognized them.
"Village Chief Liu, long time no see!"
"Village Chief Liu has brought quite a lot of spirit beasts and spiritual medicines this time!"
"What does Village Chief Liu plan to exchange this time?"
"We have essence stones of various properties here, and also a variety of elixirs obtained from several famous pharmacists in the county. Would Village Chief Liu like to come in and see if there’s anything you need?"
"Come exchange with us! Our prices are fair, and we treat everyone equally!"
"We can offer some discounts to Village Chief Liu!"
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Many martial artists, possessing various cultivation resources, eagerly approached and greeted Liu Poshan warmly, their gazes landing on the two wooden carts by Liu Poshan’s side with envy, jealousy, and greed.
Liu Poshan amiably chatted with those martial artists, while Liu Wu, Liu Qi, and the other martial artists from Liuhu Village stood behind him, on high alert as if guarding against those martial artists who might snatch items from their carts.
Following Liu Poshan and the others into the Martial Artists Trading Market, Fang Bai quietly released his Divine Sense, covering the entire market.
He had hoped to find some cultivation resources he needed in the market, but the result was somewhat disappointing.
The cultivation resources traded in this martial artists’ market were all lower rank spirit beasts, spiritual medicines, or Essence Stone elixirs, and he hadn’t even seen a single spiritual artifact, nothing that caught Fang Bai’s eye.
"Are there no spiritual artifacts being traded here?"
Seeing Liu Poshan chatting with a few martial artists in the market, Fang Bai turned and asked Liu Qi.
"Spiritual artifacts?"
Liu Qi was stunned for a moment and then gave a bitter smile, "Spiritual artifacts are much rarer than elixirs. Not just in this small market town, but even in the county’s Martial Artists Trading Market, it’s hard to see them!"
"I’ve heard that the large Martial Artists Trading Markets in the provincial capital and the imperial city have spiritual artifacts. However, their value is astonishing, and ordinary martial artists wouldn’t be able to get them. Even if they did, they might end up being robbed by stronger martial artists. Worse yet, they could lose their lives!"
Liu Wu chimed in.
Liu Qi nodded emphatically and said, "Liu Wu is right. Spiritual Artifacts are a double-edged sword for ordinary Martial Artists, they can greatly enhance one’s strength, but at the same time, they might also bring trouble."
Fang Bai nodded and did not continue to ask.
From the conversations of Liu Wu and Liu Qi, Fang Bai grasped two pieces of information:
First, Spiritual Artifacts were commonly known in the True Martial Realm and could be freely traded and exchanged;
Second, there must be Artifact Refiners in the True Martial Realm, otherwise, Spiritual Artifacts would belong to the category of extremely scarce items, and Martial Artists would not be willing to trade and exchange them.
Artifact Refiners are Martial Artists, and the quality of their skills depends closely on their Cultivation Levels.
Fang Bai had been in the True Martial Realm for some time and knew that the Martial Artists of this realm were bound by the eight great realms of ’Primordial Chaos of Universe,’ so there could not be any high-rank Artifact Refiners, which made it difficult to refine high-rank Spiritual Artifacts.
Liu Poshan had soon gotten rid of some Martial Artists who were entangling him and led Fang Bai and others to a shop at the east end of the Martial Artists Trading Market, planning to make exchanges there.
This shop, named "Treasure Pavilion," was the biggest and most bustling in the entire Martial Artists Trading Market. een Spirit Beasts, among them ten of one hundred years, five of two hundred years, three of three hundred years, and one of four hundred years... Village Chief Liu, are these numbers correct?"
Liu Poshan smiled and nodded.
Manager Qian continued, "There are a total of sixty-four plants of Spiritual Medicine, with thirty-two of one hundred years, twenty-one of two hundred years, ten of three hundred years, and one of four hundred years... Village Chief Liu, are these also correct?"
Liu Poshan nodded again.