Wish-Fulfillment Heaven, Wish-Fulfillment Market.
The market had a typical symmetrical layout, with two broad Long Streets running lengthwise and crosswise, dividing it into four sections.
The buildings were all double-sloped, hard-gable-roofed houses, with thick walls and high ridges, red bricks and gray tiles. Their designs were simple and uniform, making the whole place look quite neat.
The southern market bordered the water, while the northern market leaned against the mountains. Beneath blue skies and white clouds, amid green mountains and clear waters, the market seemed tranquil and peaceful.
The market was not large, yet it held hundreds of thousands of cultivators. Most wore black willow-woven conical hats that obscured their faces; even their figures looked much the same.
The conical hats were Dharma Artifacts sold outside the four gates of Wish-Fulfillment Market. They could conceal one's face and physique, as well as one's divine sense and aura of spiritual power.
With a conical hat, any cultivator could hide themselves and avoid having their identity discovered by outsiders. Cultivators entering the market could purchase hats suited to their own cultivation level.
Naturally, the prices differed as vastly as heaven and earth for cultivators of different levels.
Gao Xian was confident he could disguise his identity without anyone seeing through him. Still, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. Since most cultivators bought conical hats, there was no need for him to stand out.
A seventh-rank conical hat cost one Heaven-and-Earth Origin Essence. The price was exorbitant. A sixth-rank hat required only one million Top-grade Spirit Stones, while a fifth-rank one cost merely ten thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones.
Gao Xian had wanted to buy a fifth-rank conical hat, but considering that Wish-Fulfillment Market was overseen by a ninth-rank powerhouse, he did not dare play such a clever little trick.
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