Spirit Concealing Jade
Five hundred yuan?
The shopkeeper's eyes widened instantly, and his teacup froze in mid-air, overjoyed.
Xiao Mingshu had given him 100 yuan last time and told him that there weren't many goods, so she thought this time it would be at most 200 yuan. She never expected that the other party would give her this much money right away.
Xiao Mingshu hadn't expected Shen Jingchuan to be so generous, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
Before bringing Shen Jingchuan here, she hadn't asked about the quantity of goods prepared at all; she was just testing the waters. Now that Shen Jingchuan had found his way around the market and met the shopkeeper who was collecting the goods, he could easily go to the shop himself to trade in the future, bypassing her as the middleman.
She had a good impression of Shen Jingchuan when they were in Yuxi Prefecture, but business dealings reveal a person's character best, and she wanted to see if he knew how to behave appropriately and follow the rules.
Upon hearing Shen Jingchuan say, "This was prepared for you by my sister," she felt a slight stirring in her heart and nodded slowly to herself.
These words were ostensibly addressed to the shopkeeper, but in reality, they were a clear statement of their stance, showing no intention whatsoever of separating her from the business.
Her expression remained calm, revealing no emotion whatsoever. She merely glanced at the shopkeeper and spoke softly:
"The price remains the same. Please check the items."
The shopkeeper's eyes widened instantly, followed by a surge of wild joy.
The hundred watches that Xiao Mingshu had asked him to sell on her behalf had long been sold out, and the only one left on the counter was a sample that he had specially kept.
He's already accumulated orders worth sixty or seventy yuan just from pre-orders, and there's even a high-level cultivator from out of town who wants to buy in bulk to resell, but he doesn't have any stock on hand and doesn't dare to accept.
Once this 500 yuan arrives, I can not only make up for all the missed orders, but also start doing wholesale business.
He quickly calculated in his mind: this watch could be sold for four Spirit Stones at retail, and even if it was wholesaled to wandering Rogue Cultivators to resell in other markets, it could still sell for three Spirit Stones.
After deducting the cost of two Spirit Stones for purchasing the goods, you can make a net profit of at least two Spirit Stones per item. If you sell all five hundred items retail, you can easily earn over a thousand Spirit Stones.
Without further ado, he immediately took out a thick brocade bag from his Storage Ring, counted out a thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones and put them inside. The bag immediately became heavy, and he handed it to Xiao Mingshu with both hands.
Xiao Mingshu took the brocade bag, scanned it with her Divine Sense to count the contents, and then handed it to Shen Jingchuan, gesturing for him to accept it.
Shen Jingchuan was slightly taken aback, then reached out and took it, putting it directly into his Storage Ring (the brocade bag was just an ordinary object, not a spatial Law Artifact, so putting it into the Storage Ring was not a problem).
He didn't count them again in person; since Xiao Mingshu had already taken stock, there couldn't be any mistakes.
After leaving the grocery store, Xiao Mingshu took two steps toward the side of the street and said in a low voice, "I'm annoyed."
"Little brat, why did you bring out so much all at once? Did you give all your goods to this company?"
Shen Jingchuan was taken aback and asked:
"Sister, what do you mean?"
"This is also my fault for not explaining it to you beforehand."
Xiao Mingshu said:
"This watch can't be sold by just one company; it needs to be distributed among several shops to avoid one company dominating the market while also preventing it from being too conspicuous and attracting unwanted attention."
Shen Jingchuan smiled at her upon hearing this:
"Sis, I brought two thousand yuan with me."
Xiao Mingshu immediately covered her mouth with her hand, her eyes filled with surprise.
She had thought Shen Jingchuan only had a few hundred yuan worth of goods on hand, but she didn't expect him to have such a large supply capacity. This made her think even more highly of the strength of his Lineage.
Xiao Mingshu composed herself and gave the instructions:
"Come on, take as much as I tell you to take, understand?"
Shen Jingchuan nodded repeatedly:
"Okay, sis."
The three of them then visited five shops in succession, distributing the remaining 1,500 watches and also selling 1,000 portable makeup mirrors, which were priced at two Low-Grade Spirit Stones each.
The two thousand watches yielded a total of four thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and the one thousand mirrors yielded two thousand spirit stones. Adding the payment from the first supplier, a total of six thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones were received.
The three of them were extremely low-key and never entered the store together.
Sometimes Xiao Mingshu went in alone, and sometimes Shen Jingchuan followed her in. She changed her outer garments twice along the way and wore a veil to cover most of her face, trying her best not to leave too deep an impression on people.
Xiao Mingshu knew in her heart that these mundane methods of concealment were actually of little use to cultivators.
A cultivator's Divine Sense can scan a person's body and make their Spiritual Qi fluctuations and cultivation level clear at a glance. If a high-level cultivator were to target them, simply covering their face or changing clothes would not be enough to hide them.
The purpose of doing this is simply to minimize one's presence and avoid attracting unnecessary attention.
After the last shop's goods were delivered, Xiao Mingshu continued walking and whispered:
"Let's go back to the inn first. We made quite a commotion today; it's attracted too much attention."
Shen Jingchuan, who was standing beside him, asked upon hearing this:
"Sister, I've heard there's something that can conceal one's aura, hide one's cultivation level, and even change one's appearance? Aren't such items sold in the market?"
"You're talking about Law Treasure like the Spirit Concealing Jade."
Xiao Mingshu spoke calmly:
"The only useful one is High-Grade Spirit-Concealing Jade, which can not only conceal one's spiritual Spiritual Qi and hide one's true cultivation level, but also activate illusions to change one's appearance and even simulate the aura of others."
It can deceive the Divine Senses of cultivators within one major realm higher than the user, but this thing is extremely valuable and definitely not something an ordinary person can afford.
Shen Jingchuan had initially thought it was just an ordinary little item, so he was somewhat surprised to hear this:
"So precious?"
"That's natural."
Xiao Mingshu glanced at him:
"A magic Law Treasure that can conceal Divine Sense across a major realm cannot be obtained with just a few hundred Spirit Stones. High-Grade Spirit-Concealing Jade costs at least three or four thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, while Supreme-Grade Spirit-Concealing Jade costs twenty or thirty thousand Spirit Stones. It can conceal Divine Sense across two major realms."
Even if we add up all the money from today's shipment, we might not be able to buy two top-quality pieces.
"In a place the size of Spirit Creek Market, there is no high-grade or Supreme-Grade Spirit-Concealing Jade for sale at all. Even if you have money, you can't find it. The only ones you can see on the market are low-grade and mid-grade."
However, Low-Grade Spirit-Concealing Jade can only conceal the detection of cultivators of the same level. One piece costs only thirty or fifty Spirit Stones. However, cultivators of the same level or even lower cultivation level cannot threaten you and have no practical use.
A mid-grade one can fool cultivators who are one level higher, that is, within three levels of higher cultivation. Each one costs around five hundred Spirit Stones.
However, this effect can be achieved by changing one's appearance and learning an Aura-Concealing Technique, making it too inefficient. Therefore, these low-level Spirit Concealing Jades have always been considered useless items in the market, and few people are willing to spend money to acquire them.