A Spiritually Sensitive Body Can Commune

As sixteen chests of jewels were carried off the ship before countless watching eyes, the entire dock erupted in uproar.

One had to know that the last time a fleet had reaped such a huge haul was last time... No, it had only been a few months ago!

Since when had salvaging treasure from the seabed become so easy?

Or had the waters around Liuli Island become so rich that treasures lay everywhere? Everyone on the island fell into deep doubt.

Then the atmosphere grew even more feverish.

Who did not dream of becoming rich overnight?

Countless excited people rushed home in high spirits to share what they had witnessed at the docks with their families.

They wanted to put to sea too. They wanted to salvage treasures from the ocean floor too! Thus, news that the Cangyuan Ship had returned laden with immense wealth spread without wings, swiftly sweeping across all of Liuli Island.

Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.

The woman in yellow was intently appraising a batch of newly acquired items when hurried footsteps suddenly rang out.

"Shopkeeper, Shopkeeper!"

Without even offering a greeting, Sun Zhang barged in rashly.

"What is it?" The woman in yellow was somewhat surprised.

"Treasure... more than ten chests... the Cangyuan Ship..." Sun Zhang panted heavily as he spoke in broken phrases.

The woman in yellow did not think much of it. "It is only a dozen or so chests of treasure. Is there any need to make such a fuss? If those things on the island are to be sold off, will they not still have to go through the channels of our Heavenly Treasure Pavilion..."

As she spoke, the woman's expression abruptly changed. "Wait, you said the Cangyuan Ship? The ship that uncle named Li Fan is on?"

Sun Zhang nodded repeatedly.

The woman in yellow stood stunned for a long while before finally coming back to her senses. "No wonder that fellow swore he could persuade Steward Zhao. He was certain that as long as he went to sea, he would find treasure..."

"That is right, that is right. This ability is just like our Heavenly Treasure Pavilion's chief shopkeeper!" Sun Zhang said with both envy and admiration. "Luckily, Shopkeeper, you had the foresight to give him a small courtyard earlier, forming a connection with him. Now that he has returned from sea, his fame is bound to soar. If we want to win him over again, we will probably have to bleed heavily."

The woman in yellow cut Sun Zhang off and merely instructed, "Go make arrangements at once and see when we can invite him to a meal. Also, have someone clean up the Listening to Seclusion Pavilion, then send him its deed."

Sun Zhang was startled, but he said nothing this time and hurried off to handle it.

Only the woman in yellow remained in the room, murmuring softly.

"A Spiritually Sensitive Body..."

Legend had it that if rare treasures existed within a certain range of someone with a Spiritually Sensitive Body, they would sense them in their heart.

The chief shopkeeper of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, the elder sister of the woman in yellow, Yin Yueting, possessed precisely such a special physique.

It was also through this heaven-defying ability that Yin Yueting had, over the past decade or so, built the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion from nothing into a major merchant association spanning the Congyun Sea.

Li Fan did not know that the people of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion had mistaken him for someone with a Spiritually Sensitive Body. At that moment, he was in Steward Zhao's residence.

"Your talent truly is extraordinary. Sixteen chests of treasure on your first voyage to sea—you have given me quite a surprise!" Steward Zhao praised with a broad smile.

Li Fan smiled but did not answer.

He knew that Steward Zhao could discern truth from falsehood, so he alertly changed the subject. "This haul was indeed substantial, but I fear it will be difficult to find so much again in the future."

Steward Zhao did not mind. "That is only natural. How could one have such luck every time?"

He continued, "But with this haul alone, it will be enough for me to arrange a separate fleet for you."

Li Fan nodded. "Then many thanks to Steward Zhao!"

"I heard that you have gone to great pains to obtain a spot in the Purification Spirit Pool?" Steward Zhao took a sip of tea and suddenly asked.

"Indeed. After suffering a great upheaval, I came to understand that worldly glory and wealth are all but passing clouds. Even if one possessed inexhaustible treasure, after a hundred years one would still become a mound of yellow earth. Only by Seeking Immortality and pursuing the Dao, attaining longevity, would one not have come into this world in vain!" Li Fan sighed, filled with emotion.

Steward Zhao stared at Li Fan for a long time before sighing. "At your age, you still possess the heart to seek immortality. I am inferior to you!"

As though recalling something, a complicated expression appeared on Steward Zhao's face. "More than ten years ago, when I was about your age, I happened by chance to save an immortal master. The immortal master asked whether I wished to follow him in cultivation, but I knew I had long passed the best age for cultivation. Even if I cultivated, I might not achieve anything. Besides, the older one grows, the more deeply rooted the miasma within the body becomes, and the more painful it is to purge."

"So I merely sought a job instead. Now, as I grow older, I have begun to feel faint regret. Alas, the grave mistake has already been made; there is no medicine for regret." Steward Zhao sighed endlessly.

He looked at Li Fan again and praised him. "Among the hundreds of thousands of mortals on Liuli Island, there are truly few like you."

"You flatter me! Regarding this Purification Spirit Pool spot..."

"I cannot help you with this matter. The opening of the Purification Spirit Pool requires immortal masters on the island to preside over it, and the spots are likewise decided by them. One year before the Spirit Pool opens, the immortal masters will announce the required materials. Each household gathers the materials on the list and submits them, and the spots are determined according to the amount of Merit Points." Steward Zhao explained, shaking his head.

"But you need not worry. The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion has branches on every island in the Congyun Sea. When it comes to gathering materials, there are not many on Liuli Island who can surpass them."

The image of the woman in yellow surfaced in Li Fan's mind, and he nodded.

After staying with Steward Zhao for a while longer, Li Fan took his leave.

The moment he returned to the small courtyard, Sun Zhang came to visit, evidently having waited for quite some time.

"Your shopkeeper wishes to treat me to a meal?"

What a coincidence.

Li Fan had been intending to see her again, so he readily agreed.

As for the deed to the Listening to Seclusion Pavilion that Sun Zhang had brought, Li Fan did not accept it.

He intended to meet the woman in yellow that night before deciding.

Night fell, and lanterns began to glow.

Li Fan arrived at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.

There was only one person in the room.

She had changed into a purple gauze dress, and no longer wore a veil over her face.

"Allow me to formally introduce myself. I am Yin Yuzhen, shopkeeper of Liuli Island's Heavenly Treasure Pavilion."

"Li Fan."

Yin Yuzhen smiled lightly. "Uncle, you truly are a man of few words."

"I am merely a mortal. There is truly nothing worth saying." Li Fan spoke frankly.

"Is even a Spiritually Sensitive Body not worth mentioning in your eyes, Uncle?" Yin Yuzhen looked at Li Fan with a faintly teasing smile.

"Oh? I do not know what a Spiritually Sensitive Body is." Li Fan's heart stirred, but his expression remained unchanged.

"Then how did you find the location of treasure in the vast ocean?" Yin Yuzhen did not believe him.

"I merely felt something in my heart."

"And you still say you are not someone with a Spiritually Sensitive Body?" Yin Yuzhen frowned and said through gritted teeth.

Yet seeing that Li Fan really did seem not to know, she helplessly told him about Spiritually Sensitive Bodies.

"So your elder sister also has a Spiritually Sensitive Body?" Li Fan narrowed his eyes.

"How old is she this year? What does she look like? Where was she twenty years ago? And where is she now?"