Selling Sprite in the Cultivation World
Chapter 2

The Bracelet Was Too Miraculous

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Looking at the "door" that had appeared out of thin air, Lin Fei's face was full of shock.

The reason he called it a "door" was because it looked exactly like one, with a faint white glow seeping through the crack.

"What is this?"

Lin Fei looked at his hand. The strange red pattern on his wrist was flashing.

After hesitating for a while, Lin Fei cautiously waved his hand again.

The "door" actually vanished once more.

At that moment, Lin Fei finally confirmed something.

He could control whether this "door" appeared or disappeared.

And the appearance of this "door" seemed to be connected to his family heirloom, that bracelet.

The bracelet had now merged into his wrist. He did not feel anything unusual, so it probably was not a bad thing.

With a wave of his hand, Lin Fei summoned the door again.

He pinched his chin and examined the "door" from left, right, above, and below.

"What exactly is this thing for?"

Once curiosity rose, it was like a cat's claws scratching at his heart. If he did not satisfy it, he could not stop.

After a fierce inner struggle, Lin Fei seemed to make up his mind and slowly reached his hand toward the "door."

Whoosh!

Lin Fei's figure vanished from the room, and the "door" disappeared with him.

The blazing sun hung high in the sky, and heat waves rolled through the air.

On a street paved with blue stone slabs, people came and went amid the cries of street vendors.

"Freshly baked flatbread! Two for one copper coin!"

"Fresh greenfish, just caught from the river! Sir, how about one?"

"Cool off and quench your thirst with delicious sour plum juice! Two copper coins a cup!"

Looking at the bustling market before him, Lin Fei was completely stunned.

He had never imagined that there would be a place like this behind the "door."

"Could this be Hengdian?"

The people on the street were all dressed in ancient-looking clothes, but he could not tell which dynasty they were supposed to be from.

The shops on both sides of the street were all brick-and-wood structures, quaint and elegant, as though they had stood there for many years.

"But this isn't right either. Hengdian shouldn't be this hot!"

Lin Fei looked up at the sun overhead. It was dazzling beyond compare, and the heat it gave off was even more astonishing.

It was already October, and the beginning of autumn was just around the corner.

Yet this place was unbearably hot, even hotter than summer in July.

While Lin Fei was looking around, quite a few people were also looking at him, because his clothes were utterly out of place.

"Big brother, where is this?"

Lin Fei casually stopped a passerby, who looked at him warily.

"Are you from out of town? This is Nanli City."

After saying that, the passerby hurried away.

Lin Fei took off his jacket because it was simply too hot.

He wandered around for a while, but did not find any filming equipment, much less any modern electronic products.

"Could this not be Earth?"

Lin Fei found a deserted spot and waved his hand. The door appeared again.

When he pushed it open, he returned to the house he rented.

"Could this be a Space Gate that leads to another world?"

Lin Fei could not help feeling excited, as though he were Magellan discovering a new continent.

A world without any technological products—what did that mean?

It meant limitless business opportunities!

If he could resell everything from Earth in Nanli City, he would definitely make a fortune.

Would he still lack money then?

With that thought, Lin Fei impatiently made some preparations. Carrying a backpack, he summoned the door with another wave of his hand and strode inside.

This time, Lin Fei stayed in Nanli City for a full three days.

He gained a deeper understanding of Nanli City.

If the food in his backpack had not run out, he would not have wanted to return.

"Huh? Why hasn't the time changed much?"

Lin Fei took out his phone and checked the time. Though he had spent three days in Nanli City, only a little over half an hour had passed on Earth.

"Could my phone be broken?"

When he was in Nanli City, Lin Fei had discovered that there was no phone signal there.

After all, the world where Nanli City was located did not have the four major telecommunications carriers.

Lin Fei turned on his computer and checked the time again.

He discovered that Earth's date was indeed still the same day. Three days had not passed.

"The flow of time in Nanli City's world is different from that on Earth?"

To verify his guess, Lin Fei made preparations again, entered Nanli City once more, and stayed there for another three days.

After returning, only a little over half an hour had passed on Earth again.

After making a simple calculation, Lin Fei discovered in shock that the flow of time in Nanli City and on Earth differed by nearly a hundredfold.

In other words, if he stayed in Nanli City for one hundred days, only a little more than a day might pass on Earth.

"This bracelet is too miraculous. I wonder where it came from?"

Lin Fei wanted very much to uncover the bracelet's origins, but after thinking it over carefully, he decided it was best not to let anyone else know for now—not even his parents.

First, the matter was simply too bizarre. Whether it would bring fortune or disaster was still unclear.

Second, his parents probably did not know the bracelet's secret.

If they had known, they would not have given it away so easily.

During his days in Nanli City, Lin Fei had figured out three things.

First, Nanli City belonged to the Dragon Abyss Dynasty.

Second, Nanli City had Three Great Families and five major powers, none of which ordinary people could afford to provoke.

Third, Cultivators existed in the world of Nanli City.

Lin Fei had learned this information through conversations with ordinary people.

Though those people were ordinary folk and had no contact with Cultivators, they had seen people flying on swords over Nanli City, whom they called "Immortal Masters."

If he could become a Cultivator, would he not be able to swagger across Earth?

But Lin Fei was only thinking about it. Cultivators were not something he could come into contact with at present.

If a Cultivator learned that he was actually from Earth, they would likely kill him first and seize the Treasure Bracelet.

The world where Nanli City was located was definitely more dangerous than Earth.

One careless mistake, and he might lose his life.

"I need to plan carefully what to do next."

In Nanli City, ordinary people used three types of currency for transactions.

Copper coins, silver dollars, and gold coins.

One gold coin could be exchanged for ten silver dollars.

One silver dollar could be exchanged for one thousand copper coins.

Although the Dragon Abyss Dynasty's gold coins could not be used directly on Earth, he could sell them to gold-buying shops and exchange them for cash.

What he needed to do now was choose some popular goods and take them to Nanli City to sell.

"To scrape together the one hundred and fifty thousand yuan bride price, I gave all my money and the money my parents borrowed to Ma Weiwei's family. I only have a few hundred yuan left on me now. What should I buy?"

"The weather in Nanli City is scorching. If I could sell them electric fans and air conditioners, I'd definitely make a fortune. Unfortunately, I don't have enough money, so I can only deal in cold drinks and Ice Cream."

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