Xu Yi had been fretting over how to squeeze through the crowd, afraid the treasures would all be snapped up. Then, in a flash, the throng blocking the way suddenly dispersed.
"Greedy for money, are you? Three hundred each—you might as well rob people."
"Black Cards are extremely difficult to refine, and they come with all sorts of restrictions. The failure rate is too high."
"Exactly. These things are certainly powerful, but first you have to successfully refine them. Three hundred each, and maybe one or two out of ten will work. By that calculation, you'd need three thousand Incense Beads to get just two useful Black Cards. With three thousand Incense Beads, what couldn't you do? You could buy Star Spirit Essence and maybe even advance a realm."
"..."
With the crowd dispersed, Xu Yi could finally see what was going on. A cultivator wearing a horse-faced mask had set up a stall, with seven strange talismans laid out on it. Prices had already been written beside two of the Black Cards, and as Xu Yi watched, the masked man was writing a price beside the third.
Apparently, the moment he put down his prices, everyone realized there were no bargains to be had and scattered.
Though the crowd had dispersed, the space in front of the stall was still not clear. More than ten people remained gathered there.
A fair-faced cultivator said, "Sir, isn't that a little steep? Three hundred for a Five Elements Black Card, six hundred for a Celestial Phenomenon Black Card. At those prices, I'm afraid they won't sell."
As the fair-faced cultivator spoke, the horse-faced mask finished marking the prices. Both the Lightning Attribute Black Card and the Wind Attribute Black Card were priced at six hundred Incense Beads.
In truth, Xu Yi also