Cashing Out for Spirit Stones

Having made up his mind, Jiang Ping'an left the inn and headed for Sea of Treasures Street.

More than half an hour later, Jiang Ping'an arrived at Sea of Treasures Street and saw that it was bustling beyond measure. Shoulder brushed shoulder, voices roared like boiling cauldrons; Foundation Establishment Realm grand cultivators and Golden Core True Lords were squeezed before stall after stall like mortal aunties and old men, loudly haggling over prices.

In the end, they were all human, Jiang Ping'an thought. People were all more or less the same.

He entered the street and carefully observed the items being sold on the ground stalls.

Thousand-year snow lotuses, seventy-two baleful strange flames, supreme-grade Dharma treasures, six-winged centipedes... There was a dazzling array of goods, and nearly all of them were rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Not one was priced below ten thousand spirit stones, while most cost thirty or forty thousand spirit stones or more.

Jiang Ping'an knew there were no stalls available at this hour. His main purpose in coming here was to learn the market prices, so he could price his goods when he set up a stall tomorrow.

After browsing less than half the street, Jiang Ping'an unexpectedly discovered something that greatly interested him.

A stall displayed a large number of small jade swords, each containing a sealed strand of sword qi. The grades of these sword qis were high; there were many high-grade sword qis among them.

The stall owners were three Foundation Establishment Realm sword cultivators dressed in largely uniform clothing. Clearly, they belonged to the same sword cultivation sect.

Several large words were written on the stall: Clearly Marked Prices, No Haggling.

Jiang Ping'an studied the prices carefully, then still decided to haggle.

He cupped his hands toward the three Foundation Establishment