Xu Yi had the Beginner Fire Element Talisman Compendium. What he lacked wasn't the foundation or the principles, but the framework. Though the Talisman Art was incomplete, its basic structure should still be there. He would only need to experiment a lot; perhaps he could fill in the gaps.
Xu Yi forced down his excitement and said coldly, "Let me take a look first. I have to inspect the goods, don't I?"
The white-clothed youth sneered. "Are you trying to fool me? With your abilities, you never forget anything you've seen. Surely taking a look wouldn't be difficult."
Once a cultivator reached the Soul Sensing Realm, his memory was greatly enhanced. Memorizing a technique of a mere few hundred or thousand words at a glance was indeed no difficult feat.
"But what you're saying is that I should pay first and read the book afterward. How am I supposed to know what principles it contains?"
Xu Yi calmly pressed him on the price. He vaguely sensed that the white-clothed youth had him pegged.
Indeed, the white-clothed youth had already decided to fleece him. Xu Yi had spent so long haggling with him, which proved he was a genuine buyer.
And this man knew the Talisman Art was incomplete, yet still refused to back out. Either he hoped for a stroke of luck, or he was truly obsessed with Talisman Arts. Over the years the white-clothed youth had been selling this Talisman Art, he'd encountered plenty of people like that. Every one of them had left him rolling in riches, and he was sure the man before him wouldn't escape his grasp either.
"As they say, good goods are sold to those who recognize their worth. My treasure isn't just for someone who recognizes it; it's for someone who trusts me,