Spirit Comb Peak's Small Trade Fair

"This space really was a treasure! At this rate, it wouldn't be long before I officially broke through to the Body Tempering Realm." Chen Huai'an was overjoyed. Everything he had sacrificed before had been worth it.

One advanced Body Tempering Pill and three Spirit Stones surpassing the low grade—this was a precious fortune.

If he used them to assist his cultivation now, the increase in his strength would be limited.

But if he exchanged these pills and Spirit Stones for cultivation resources, then passed them through the Spirit Gourd Space, his strength would definitely rise to a terrifying level.

Chen Huai'an faced a formidable enemy now. Aside from lacking cultivation time, he also lacked cultivation resources and cultivation techniques.

Before breaking through to the First Stage of the Body Tempering Realm, he did not need to supplement his cultivation techniques. What he needed was a great deal of cultivation resources to temper his meridians.

At the same First Stage of the Body Tempering Realm, he consumed several times, even dozens of times, the cultivation resources an ordinary person did.

"Damn it, wealth and honor are sought amid danger. I have to make good use of this chance and trade these resources for cultivation resources." After weighing it again and again, Chen Huai'an still decided to take a risk.

These resources would not even last him a day of cultivation. There were only three days left until the sect tested everyone's cultivation results. At this cultivation speed, he definitely had no hope of placing in the top three and could only perform servant tasks day after day.

By then, it would be completely impossible for him to devote himself wholeheartedly to cultivation as he had these past few days.

By then, the strong would only grow stronger, while the weak would only grow weaker, until they were ultimately eliminated.

But how he should exchange these resources for what he needed required careful planning. He could not act rashly as he had before.

He already had a formidable enemy in Zhang Hu. He did not want to provoke any more powerful foes.

After thinking for a long while without coming up with a good solution, Chen Huai'an decided to go outside and gather information. If all else failed, he would not sell the pills and Spirit Stones and would keep them for his own cultivation.

At present, Chen Huai'an still lacked an understanding of Qingyun Sect, and he knew just as little about the entire cultivation world.

He especially knew nothing of basic cultivation knowledge. He did not even know what grade the pills and Spirit Stones refined through the Spirit Gourd Space had reached.

Take the Spirit Spring Water, for example. Its effects had been so good that once it was suddenly exposed, it caught the attention of interested parties and brought him such enormous trouble.

And these servant disciples were not qualified to learn the secrets of the cultivation world.

Although Chen Huai'an had been a scholar in Huai Tree Village, when it came to the cultivation world, he truly was a complete novice who understood nothing.

"Did you hear? There's an Outer Sect disciples' trade fair being held on Spirit Comb Peak. You can buy or exchange for cultivation resources there."

"Yeah, I heard it's a trade fair organized by an Outer Sect deacon, prepared for the testing of newly inducted disciples."

"What a pity. We don't have any Spirit Stones. At a trade fair like that, all we can do is stare helplessly."

"You not having Spirit Stones doesn't mean no one else has them. Besides, even if we can't buy anything at a trade fair like this, we can still broaden our horizons."

The moment Chen Huai'an stepped outside, he heard several half-grown youths in the courtyard chattering away.

Especially after hearing that Spirit Comb Peak would be holding a trade fair, he immediately had an idea.

He could not miss a trade fair like this. Just as the saying went, when sleepiness came, someone delivered a pillow.

He could use this trade fair to quickly sell off the cultivation resources in his hands.

Chen Huai'an then asked them when the trade fair would be held, what he needed to watch out for, and what preparations were required.

The Spirit Comb Peak trade fair would last three days. Goods could be bartered, Spirit Stones could be used for purchases, and even mundane gold and silver could buy things.

Chen Huai'an did not have any such worldly possessions, but when these newly inducted servant disciples had come to Qingyun Sect, the families behind them had prepared quite a lot for them.

Thus, when Chen Huai'an arrived at Spirit Comb Peak, he found the place even livelier than he had imagined. It was like a bustling market where ordinary mortals gathered for a fair.

To avoid drawing the attention of interested parties, Chen Huai'an made a simple disguise. Coupled with the fact that he already looked rather old, many people assumed he was an Outer Sect Servant Disciple who had spent several years in Qingyun Sect.

The market was located atop Spirit Comb Peak. Numerous stalls had been set up along both sides of the only path leading up and down the mountain, their wares dazzling to the eye, with quite a few unusual curios among them.

But there were even more aged medicinal herbs and weapons. There were also plenty of stalls selling pills.

These vendors accepted not mundane gold and silver as currency, but Spirit Stones.

At the stalls selling pills, they accepted only Spirit Stones and not mundane gold or silver.

However, some herbal stalls accepted mundane gold and silver because their herbs were not old enough to qualify as spirit herbs.

Through his observations, Chen Huai'an found that mundane gold and silver circulated among these servant disciples and could be considered hard currency.

After asking around, Chen Huai'an learned that gold and silver could also be exchanged for Spirit Stones. The approximate price was 1,100 taels for one Low-Grade Spirit Stone.

Unless a vendor explicitly stated that they accepted only Spirit Stones, many people chose to buy things with mundane gold and silver.

Although Qingyun Sect stood apart from the mundane world, it still maintained inseparable ties with these servant disciples.

What Chen Huai'an did not know was that ordinary mortals also lived at the foot of Qingyun Sect's mountain.

"How much is this ginseng?" Chen Huai'an asked a vendor selling medicinal herbs.

Since he could buy things with silver notes, and he happened to have more than a hundred taels on him, he still intended to make a purchase if he saw anything suitable.

"This ginseng has ten years of medicinal age. If you want it, it's ten taels of silver per plant." The vendor glanced at Chen Huai'an and replied with a smile.

This ginseng had not yet reached ten years of medicinal age and did not qualify as a spirit herb, but it could aid the cultivation of Body Tempering Realm servant disciples, making it a sought-after resource.

"Ten years of medicinal age? These few ginseng plants are only a few years old at most. Ten taels of silver each is too expensive. Make it cheaper, and I'll take them all," Chen Huai'an said with a smile.

When buying things, Chen Huai'an still liked to haggle. Mainly because he was simply too poor.

In the end, after some bargaining, he bought several ginseng plants and two lingzhi mushrooms that were only a few years old from the stall for 120 taels of silver.

The Polygonatum planted in the Purple-Skinned Gourd Space was already growing vigorously, looking different with each passing day. He did not want to miss this opportunity. He should transplant more medicinal herbs into the space; given enough time, they would surely become valuable spirit herbs.

With these medicinal herbs, even if he gained nothing else today, his trip would not have been in vain.

During the transaction, Chen Huai'an also watched his surroundings. What had happened two days ago was still vivid in his mind, and he did not want to repeat the same mistake.

Transactions like this took place every moment at the trade fair. Such a small amount of goods was not worth the attention of those with ulterior motives.

Still, a cautious ship sailed for ten thousand years. He could not let down his guard.

Chen Huai'an wandered around the trade fair for quite a while longer. Though he called it wandering, he was actually secretly observing and selecting a suitable stall to make his move.

Chen Huai'an did not know the grade of the pill in his possession, nor did he know its price, but it never hurt to learn more.

Practice was the best teacher. After observing for more than half an hour, he truly learned quite a lot. The Body Tempering Pill in his hand was not mid-grade, but high-grade.

A single High-Grade Body Tempering Pill could increase the strength even of someone in the Late Body Tempering Realm.

Such a High-Grade Body Tempering Pill was absolutely supreme among Outer Sect Servant Disciples. It was something of legend, priceless and unavailable on the market. Even if you had Spirit Stones, you might not be able to buy one.

If such a pill appeared at a low-level trade fair like this, it would definitely cause a sensation.

For a moment, Chen Huai'an hesitated. Should he take out this pill for trade now?