Daoist Ancient Treasures
Dao Register Fang Shu by his side, the most suitable Law Technique for Fang Shu to cultivate are Law Technique with low entry barriers but high difficulty in comprehension and considerable power!
His heart skipped a beat, and he became instantly interested in the sword technique in his hand.
But he remained calm and continued scrolling down.
After reading a few more pages, Fang Shu's interest in the <Red Snake Blood-Thread Flame Saber Art> grew even stronger.
This Law Technique can use Essence Blood as threads to wrap around swords and blades, causing them to steam and burn as if on fire. Furthermore, after mastering it, one can even transform blood into a sword and control a red snake that moves with the sword, making it as powerful as a fourth-level tribulation Law Technique!
The difficulty in cultivating it lies in the complexity and obscurity of the sword techniques and the sword manuals, as well as the certain requirements on the quality of the cultivator's Essence Blood.
Those with superior Essence Blood ignite a more intense and prolonged fire of blood.
Seeing these two points, Fang Shu compared them with the other Law Technique he had seen today, and a thought instantly formed in his mind:
"This is it! Choosing too many options will only confuse me and make me anxious."
He came to the Monster Market today mainly to sell his valuables and raise Talisman Coins to buy precious medicine.
If you come across Law Technique, buying some is a matter of fate, to stock up on it. But being too stubborn about it will only make things worse.
While pondering, Fang Shu continued to move rapidly, flipping through the booklet, trying to scan the subsequent contents one by one.
But when the stall owner saw this, he lightly flicked an iron ruler beside him, and the ruler landed with a clang on the Law Technique, trembling as he pressed it down.
The other person said with a half-smile, "If you keep looking, you'll have to pay."
Upon seeing Fang Shu, Fang Shu suddenly realized what was Law Technique and stopped, quickly dispelling the illusion.
But in reality, he sighed inwardly.
Based on his observations throughout the Monster Market, the vendors selling various Law Technique Cultivation Method did not take the Mystic Script just because they were difficult to copy and memorize. On the contrary, they would hide them and only reveal the Mystic Script completely after the full price was paid.
Given the Mystic Script, the cultivation steps and methods that are easy to remember will certainly not be fully revealed.
In this way, Fang Shu's ability to "remember everything he sees" becomes largely useless.
As for why the stall owners acted this way, it was because they were guarding against the ability to "remember everything they saw".
Whether it's genuine photographic memory, enhanced memory through drugs, or the use of Law Technique to imprint the contents of Law Technique, Immortal cultivator have various methods to temporarily achieve the effect of photographic memory.
Therefore, the stall owners didn't want to sell a Cultivation Method before they even received payment, only to have the details of the Law Technique thoroughly investigated, including its flaws, making it impossible to sell at all.
As his thoughts drifted, Fang Shu thought to himself, "I've heard that all Immortal Sect have Scripture Pavilion where disciples can freely read Cultivation Method and scriptures, as if they're afraid their disciples won't be able to learn them."
Perhaps only by joining Immortal Sect can I fully explore the Cultivation Method Secret Manual and unleash the wonders of the Dao Register!
A surge of anticipation welled up inside him, but Fang Shu's face instead revealed hesitation and inner conflict.
He said to the stall owner, "It is indeed the fourth tribulation, and it is indeed something that can be cultivated at the Refining Essence stage, but the difficulty of requiring such subtle control over the flow of Qi and Blood to form Law Technique Mystic Script on the surface of swords is truly immense."
He planned to find fault with the price to prepare for his next round of haggling.
To his surprise, the stall owner gave a cold smile, as if he had seen through him, and said:
"This technique is indeed difficult to learn, but what does that matter to me? No bargaining!"
Fang Shu carefully examined the other party for a few moments. Seeing that the other party looked serious, he cupped his hands in greeting, refrained from haggling, and asked directly, "What is the price?"
The stall owner said in a low voice, "Five thousand!"
These words immediately calmed Fang Shu's mind.
He was prepared for the other party to ask for an exorbitant price, forcing him to pay a hefty sum. But to his surprise, the other party only asked for five thousand coins.
The price is not much different from that of a first-stage Qi Law Technique in the market, but the Law Technique sold by the stall owner can reach the fourth-stage Refining Qi level at its most powerful!
Seeing Fang Shu's hesitation, the stall owner said calmly:
"Don't complain about the price. The Law Technique that sell well here have all been sold long ago, and now only these things are left."
Buy it or not, no after-sales service.
Seeing this, what else could Fang Shu say? He confirmed that the Mystic Script in the sword technique was complete, and even if it wasn't, he could still learn something from it. So, he endured the pain on his face, but inwardly he was looking forward to buying the Flame Blade Art.
After the money and goods were exchanged, Fang Shu picked up the book of swordsmanship and began to look through it on the spot.
After reading the contents of the booklet, he found that the training process of this technique was not bad, but the difficulty of comprehending it was really not low, especially the knife techniques, which were simply dazzling.
However, the corresponding texts are quite rudimentary, and at first glance, they look very much like a fragment.
The entire text conveys a general idea of "emphasizing meaning over form," requiring practitioners to specifically comprehend the essence during the cultivation process.
However, Fang Shu glanced at the eighteen Mystic Script in the booklet that seemed to wriggle, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, a feeling akin to finding a bargain welling up inside him.
In particular, when his Dao Register was gently shaken, characters appeared:
[The "Red Snake Blood-Thread Flame Saber Art" has been included... Analysis in progress... The Mystic Script is complete... The method is brief and requires further deduction and completion...]
The estimated timeframe is 138 days. Observing the snake's trajectory will take slightly less time.
The Dao Register can indeed analyze this Law Technique. Although it takes four or five months, which is quite a long time, being able to analyze it means that one can cultivate it.
Fang Shu, clutching the booklet, bowed to the stall owner and took his leave.
He strolled through the Monster Market, pondering whether he should sell the sword technique manual at a stall again, or have a stall owner buy it back. That way, he might be able to save most of the five thousand Talisman Coins.
With a thought in mind, he actually went to the Monster Market to inquire about it.
As a result, the stall owners were even more ruthless in their price reductions, all showing disdain and saying things like "tricky Law Technique" and "there's only a general outline, how can anyone cultivate it?" The highest price they were willing to pay was only two thousand coins.
Seeing this, Fang Shu gave up the idea and stopped bothering with it.
Two thousand coins is a lot, but it's not too much for him now. On the contrary, with the sword manual on him, he can occasionally ponder the Mystic Script on it.
Because it was handwritten, the text has a rather fierce aura; one might be able to glean something from it, or perhaps it could aid in the analysis of the Dao Register.
After putting away the swordsmanship manual, Fang Shu glanced at the sky and realized that there was still more than an hour before the moon would be high in the sky. For safety's sake, he planned to return to the town at dawn.
So he continued to wander around the Monster Market, but this time his goal was to find precious medicines.
After leisurely inquiring with several stall owners, Fang Shu was disappointed to find that none of them allowed people to try the medicine. They would only let people peek at the medicine box at most, and wouldn't even let them touch it, let alone scrape off any powder.
This prevents Fang Shu from using the Dao Register to determine the authenticity and potential risks of any precious medicine.
Two hours passed, and he still hadn't harvested a single precious herb.
On the contrary, he gained quite a lot from the Mystic Script.
He frequently wandered around the stalls of leatherworkers and tailors, collecting dozens of Mystic Script from those "tattered leather coats" and adding them to his Dao Register.
Because he would glance at the cobbler as he passed by, the cobbler and the others assumed he wanted to steal their skills. But when they got closer, they all glared at him, their attitudes extremely unfriendly, their menacing expressions revealed.
Fortunately, the Monster Market is managed by Immortal cultivator. Rumor has it that the owner has powerful connections, so few Immortal cultivator dare to cause trouble in the Monster Market.
Fang Shu shrugged, only able to cover himself with his robes, and wandered around other parts of the Monster Market.
Just as he thought he wouldn't be able to buy the precious medicine tonight and was thinking of going back to the market to buy it, a corner of the Monster Market suddenly became lively.
"Open it! Goodness, it actually yielded a yam!"
"Wow, what a windfall! They found a treasure trove in a waste pit, their profits are more than tenfold!"
In the noisy and bustling place, crowds of people and demons thronged together. Whether human or demon, they all wore expressions of excitement and whispered among themselves.
Fang Shu also stepped forward and discovered that the Immortal cultivator and demons were "gambling on stones" in the Monster Market.
This job isn't particularly unusual; it's available in the market too. However, the process is only slightly better than drawing Fortune Lot, since you end up with a pile of broken stones instead of a flimsy piece of paper.
Fang Shu had also heard his second uncle mention that any raw stones that might yield Spirit Stone or precious medicines were intercepted by others at the mine long ago.
This thing was all the rage ten years ago when my second uncle, Yu Le, first came to the market.
Later, it seems that because too many people were being scammed and everyone got tired of the routine, the popularity waned for a while.
Fang Shu squinted at it, thinking to himself, "Is the trend of gambling on jade stones about to start again?"
He joined in the fun.
The results showed that the stone gambling in the Monster Market was different from the "suitable for all ages" and "equal treatment for the poor and the rich" approach in the market. Every stone in the Monster Market was a "Spirit Stone"!
Each stone, visible to the naked eye, possesses Spiritual Qi. Even the worst stones still contain some Spirit Stone on the surface. However, the entry barrier for stone gambling here is quite high. Only Spirit Stone are accepted, with a minimum of at least the same weight in Spirit Stone required.
Fang Shu stepped forward to investigate further.
He joined in the fun for a while and discovered that the Immortal cultivator and demons were not only gambling on precious medicines, but also on an object called "ancient treasure".
Or rather, the latter is the real deal!
"Ancient treasure?" This was the first time Fang Shu had heard this term.
He subconsciously assumed that "ancient treasures" referred to relics left by Immortal cultivator in ancient times, and wondered why such treasures would be sealed inside Spirit Stone.
Suddenly, he heard the word "Daoist priest" from someone nearby.
An ancient treasure.
Its origins can be traced back 100,000 years, and it was left behind by beings known as "Daoists"!