Merchant Street Prohibited from Speaking

The Dao Sect Immortal Artifact Appreciation Conference is a renowned grand event in the Nine Provinces, held once every century. Any cultivator can participate. For forces possessing Immortal Artifacts, it's a rare opportunity for exchange. Though called an appreciation, it's essentially a competition using Immortal Artifacts.

For other cultivators, it's a chance to observe the competitions, trade treasures, and showcase their own. Various merchant guilds are also eager, having set up temporary branches in the Dao Sect early on to sell and auction treasures, ready for a major undertaking.

With the Dao Sect's endorsement, no one dares to forcefully lower prices based on their cultivation or commit murder and robbery after the auctions.

More than eighty years have passed since the last Immortal Artifact Appreciation Conference. This time, due to the Yin-Yang Heaven Seal's self-refinement, the Dao Sect has convened the conference ahead of schedule.

"Are you going to stroll around the Merchant Street?" Jiang Li asked after leaving the Sealed Self Cave.

"Eh?" The Pure Heart Saintess didn't expect Jiang Li to ask such a question. She really wanted to visit the Merchant Street, not necessarily to buy anything, but definitely to browse.

But with the Flying Boat incident in mind, considering Jiang Li's personality, if she said she wanted to go to the Merchant Street, he might just say, 'Then you go ahead, I'll leave first.'

So, against her true feelings, she said, "No, what's interesting about the Merchant Street? I'm not going."

"Oh, then you go ahead, I'll go take a look." Jiang Li said, walking off on his own, leaving the Pure Heart Saintess bewildered in the wind.

The Pure Heart Saintess stomped her foot in anger. She gritted her teeth and followed him anyway.

Just as Jiang Li had resolved, he came to the conference to relax, so he had no specific purpose, just wanting to wander around and visit friends.

"Hmm, didn't you think the Merchant Street was boring?" Jiang Li was walking alone when he didn't expect the Pure Heart Saintess to catch up so quickly.

"Oh, this flower is so pretty." Unable to answer Jiang Li's question, the Pure Heart Saintess turned and squatted down, pretending to be attracted by the flowers and plants sold at a stall.

And this flower was indeed very beautiful. From the petals to the stem, it was pure white, and a thin layer of frost was condensed on the petals, the frost slightly shining with colorful light under the sunlight.

"Immortal Fairy has a good eye! I squatted in the extremely cold land for a month before finally finding this Ice Crystal Flower. It's very beneficial to the Ice Spiritual Root and has a chance to sense the Extreme Cold Ice Intent!" The vendor tried his best to promote the Ice Crystal Flower. The Ice Spiritual Root is a mutated single spiritual root, and there are very few cultivators with this spiritual root. He was also troubled by the fact that he couldn't sell the Ice Crystal Flower, so he wanted to try his luck at the Immortal Artifact Appreciation Conference.

He assumed the Pure Heart Saintess was an Ice Spiritual Root cultivator.

After asking the price, the Pure Heart Saintess bought it directly without haggling.

She has a Wood Spiritual Root, and the Ice Crystal Flower has no effect on her, but it doesn't matter, it just needs to be pretty.

The wealthy Pure Heart Saintess bought whatever she saw, regardless of whether it was genuine or its use. Her only standard for buying was that it had to be pretty.

The Pure Heart Saintess was charming and generous, quickly attracting people's attention.

Jiang Li, on the other hand, was wearing a mask, and no one paid attention to him. The mask looked just like him.

The Human Emperor Jiang Mask, loved by children, cost one Low-Grade Spirit Stone each.

"Such a beautiful woman, bring her to me, I want her to be my eighth Imperial Concubine!" The Wei Emperor's youngest son ordered his subordinates.

The subordinate hesitated and advised, "The Imperial Concubine instructed you before she left not to cause trouble in the Dao Sect."

At this time, the Wei Emperor was still immersed in the pain of never being able to see the Red Dust Fairy again, and had no heart for court affairs or attending the conference, so he let his youngest son attend the Dao Sect Conference instead.

The Wei Emperor's youngest son glared, scaring the subordinate into not daring to say more. Everyone knew that he relied on the Wei Emperor's favor to act recklessly in the Great Wei, bullying men and women, and his methods of dealing with people were extremely cruel. If they had a choice, they wouldn't want to be the little Imperial Prince's subordinates.

"We received a report that you are causing trouble here, come with us." Two Dao Sect disciples came to the Wei Emperor's youngest son with expressionless faces. Seeing that he didn't move, the two were about to take action.

"How dare you! I am a prince of the Great Wei!"

The Wei Emperor's youngest son was anxious. The Six Great Sects and the Nine Great Imperial Dynasties were of equal status. He, as a prince, was equivalent to a Dao Sect core disciple. How dare the Dao Sect treat him like this! The two Dao Sect core disciples curled their lips. Daring to cause trouble next to Human Emperor Jiang, even if your father came, it would be useless.

The subordinates resisted symbolically and then watched as the Imperial Prince was taken away by the Dao Sect.

It's normal for me, a Spirit Transformation cultivator, to be no match for a Core Formation Stage cultivator from the Dao Sect, right?

"What have I done that you're taking me away!" Seeing that his subordinates ignored him and the Dao Sect wasn't afraid of him, he got anxious. He hadn't even done anything wrong yet! "Talking is forbidden on Merchant Street!"

The Wei Emperor's youngest son looked at the noisy Merchant Street in disbelief. This reason was too perfunctory!

I could accept it if you said I stepped into Merchant Street with my left foot, no, wait, I can't accept that either! The Dao Sect's core disciple didn't care what he thought and dragged him away directly.

From Jiang Li's perspective, there were plenty of bargains to be found on Merchant Street. A peerless sword technique was engraved on a blade of grass, a dew collecting plate was actually the key to a secret realm, and a beast's leg bone contained a drop of true blood from an Integration Stage demon beast...

If Jiang Li wanted to find bargains, he could find ninety-nine percent of the good stuff on Merchant Street.

However, these things were useless to him. It would be better to leave them for the younger generation.

Jiang Li also saw the auction house advertising, with announcements about what would be auctioned, and a mysterious mention of a final treasure, so he went in to take a look.

"Top-Grade Spiritual Treasure, the Demon-Slaying Flying Sword, its power against demons will increase by 30%. Bidding starts at 500 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"

"Five hundred and twelve!"

"One thousand and twenty-four!"

"Two thousand and forty-eight!"

"Four thousand and ninety-six!"

Jiang Li shouted the first bid, causing the price to start rising exponentially, making the auctioneer's face twitch.

In his thirty years in the business, he had never seen anyone bid like this. Couldn't he shout a round number!

What was even more interesting was that the demons were most interested in this flying sword, and they were the ones driving up the price. In the end, it was bought by a demon.

"Why is this happening?" The Pure Heart Saintess couldn't understand. She thought that the humans around the Bai Ze Imperial Dynasty would be interested in the flying sword, since they were constantly facing attacks from demon beasts.

"Its power against demons is increased, so wouldn't it be easier to defeat their own kind? That's what the demons are thinking," Jiang Li explained helplessly. "Defeat their own kind, the strong eat the weak, the strong are respected, bloodlines are respected, there's just no unity and progress."

After that, there were things like Top-Grade Longevity Pills, Dragon-Tiger Strength Pills, Yuheng Bronze Mirrors, Buddhist beads, etc., which were enthusiastically sought after by the cultivators below the stage.

But for Jiang Li and the Pure Heart Saintess, they were just ordinary things that they couldn't use even if they were given away for free.

The final mysterious treasure was a Dao Artifact, a hammer containing the Dream Dao, which could knock people unconscious and make them fall into a dream.

Jiang Li thought for a long time but couldn't figure out what this hammer could do.