The puppet carried a Xianji Stone and had not been tainted by nightmare qi.
Still, to be safe, Chen Lin had the puppet use an Earth Escape Talisman to hide underground. He would retrieve it once he was certain there was no danger.
The two returned to his quarters.
After some discussion, Chen Lin agreed to trade Seven-Star Pills with him, but only double-patterned ones.
Besides the contents of the box, he also asked He Shouchu to draw a map showing the location of the underground chamber and throw in some other treasures.
In truth, anything a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator could offer was useless to him, but he still had to demand it. That would establish the value of his Seven-Star Pills and make it easier to set a price when others came to trade.
He had not lost out on this deal, though. Besides a strangely shaped black object, the box contained more than ten Nightmare Coins!
His eyes had not deceived him. They were definitely Nightmare Coins.
For someone passionate about exploring the Nightmare Realm, a single Nightmare Coin could equal a Double-Patterned Seven-Star Pill in value, let alone a dozen or more. That was why he had immediately ordered the puppet to close the box, lest the other man change his mind.
Of course, at this point, even if the man wanted to back out, he could no longer do so.
Sure enough.
Over the next few days, wave after wave of cultivators came to see him, all hoping to trade for Seven-Star Pills.
Chen Lin did not turn them away.
To spare himself further interruptions, he simply held a small trading convention, offering some Foundation Establishment Pills, two Double-Patterned Seven-Star Pills, and other treasures for auction.
He reaped quite a harvest.
Afterward, he began studying