Before he knew it, the blue-robed cultivator and Jia Tuanfeng, who was selling the treasure boxes, had become rivals, each vying to win over Xu Yi, who might be the only buyer in the entire market.
"So be it. Since we've crossed paths, it must be fate. I'll take them all."
Xu Yi made the generous promise.
In the end, he paid ten Golden Wish Beads for the box of grains the blue-robed cultivator had bought, then another forty for the five treasure boxes Jia Tuanfeng had left.
After completing the transactions, Xu Yi found an empty corner, clutched his chest, and grinned for a long while before finally catching his breath.
He was so excited. He had never imagined he would find spirit essence here.
That's right. The box of grains the blue-robed cultivator had bought contained spirit essence.
To anyone else, this stuff really was useless junk. But to Xu Yi, it was a treasure that could not be sought, only chanced upon. Nothing else could repair the Four-Colored Seal's spiritual power in such a short time.
In fact, even after all these years, Xu Yi himself still hadn't figured out whether spirit essence had any use beyond repairing the Four-Colored Seal.
Though he remained secretly thrilled for a long while, Xu Yi ultimately didn't open the remaining five treasure boxes right away.
He had bought the last five boxes as a gamble. If they contained more spirit essence, he'd strike it even richer. If not, he wouldn't lose out; after all, compared with a hundred precious spirit essences, a mere few dozen Golden Wish Beads was utterly insignificant.
Once his excitement had passed, Xu Yi stopped wasting time. Following the example of others, he made a sign that read "Seeking Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Jade Dew." He held it