The items on the second floor were indeed far superior to those on the first.
Just the age of those medicinal ingredients alone—any one of them, if brought to the Northwest Continent, would spark a scramble.
"Young Master, Young Master, that one is so pretty!"
Qing Lin pointed at a crimson spirit mushroom displayed in a crystal case, her eyes sparkling.
Liu Bai glanced at it. It was a thousand-year-old Fire Spirit Mushroom. Its quality was decent, but that was all.
"If you like it, I'll buy it for you later."
Liu Bai said it casually, his gaze continuing to sweep the surroundings.
Qing Lin hurriedly waved her hands.
"No, no! Qing Lin was just looking!"
Xiao Yi Xian smiled faintly and said nothing, merely following quietly at Liu Bai's side.
The three of them walked forward slowly. Liu Bai occasionally stopped before certain counters to inspect the items carefully, but he never made a move.
What he needed was not ordinary merchandise.
After wandering around for roughly half an hour, Liu Bai suddenly stopped in front of a counter.
It was an inconspicuous corner. The counter was slightly smaller than the others, and behind it sat a white-haired old man with a gaunt face and half-closed eyes, as though he were asleep.
A Sixth-Grade badge hung on his chest, yet the aura he gave off carried a strange quality.
Liu Bai's gaze fell upon a palm-sized copper shard inside the counter.
The copper shard was irregularly shaped, with rough edges. It looked like a fragment that had fallen off some artifact.
Its surface was covered in verdigris, and faint, blurry patterns could be seen upon it. Without close inspection, anyone would take it for worthless junk.
But Liu Bai's eyes fixed on the copper shard.
Because through his Soul