Immortal Alliance City!
From within the towering Treasure Pagoda that soared into the clouds, a cold-faced Old Daoist emerged.
After leaving the Treasure Pagoda, the cold-faced Old Daoist entered an alley, weaving through its twists and turns before finally vanishing at its far end.
Having altered his appearance, Cheng Buzheng did not return to Fudao Hall. Instead, he wandered throughout the Immortal City.
More than half a day later.
Although Cheng Buzheng had not obtained all seven remaining types of Spirit Material through exchange, it was not as though he had gained nothing.
That was right!
Only by paying Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures-grade Spirit Materials worth twenty percent above market value had Cheng Buzheng managed to acquire three types of Spirit Material.
Yet that was not what pained him most!
The greatest price had been for a Spirit Material known as Void Crystal Sand. In order to exchange for it...
Cheng Buzheng had paid a price fully twice the market rate!
What he had offered was not Spirit Stones, but Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures-grade Spiritual Items of equivalent value.
Fortunately, though the long-established Shop had charged dearly for the exchanged Spirit Material, it had not harbored ill intent.
In any case!
After leaving that Shop, he had not noticed anyone following him.
Likewise, he had found no related tracking marks.
To that end, he had specifically sent a Foundation Establishment Realm Soul Puppet, one dedicated to purchasing Spirit Materials, to take a turn around the sea region beyond the Immortal City.
Only then was he finally certain!
The main reason Cheng Buzheng had let the puppet show itself was that the shops in Immortal Alliance City were as numerous as grains of sand in the Ganges!
Even the large shops constituted no small number.
Thus, he could only