"Barter? You should've said so sooner. Tell me, what spiritual materials or treasures do you want?"
The female cultivator gave a derisive laugh and continued questioning him as though it were nothing.
She looked supremely confident, plainly certain she had the resources to meet his price.
"Oh? You sound confident, fellow cultivator. I don't ask for much. For any of these spiritual ores, I'll give priority to trades for Duo Er Stone—and nothing else!"
The cultivator in the bamboo hat spoke without lifting his head.
The female cultivator froze for a moment, her delicate brows drawing together. "Duo Er Stone? What kind of material is that?"
Her confidence crumbled in an instant, replaced by a face full of confusion.
"If you don't even know what Duo Er Stone is, fellow cultivator, how can you trade with me?" The cultivator raised a hand to adjust his bamboo hat. Rather than explain, he threw the question back at her.
Her expression darkened at once. "Hmph. Just because I don't know what Duo Er Stone is doesn't mean I can't get any. I'll ask someone right now."
With a muffled snort, she raised a hand and activated a Communication Talisman, her face still stormy.
Nearby, Su Shi'er was strolling through the crowd, surveying the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures on the other stalls. He had not gone far when the stallholder's words made his expression shift. He stopped again.
Duo Er Stone? I think I've heard of that spiritual material somewhere.
The thought flashed through his mind, and he fell into contemplation.
A moment later, a gleam flashed in Su Shi'er's eyes. Having given up hope of obtaining the thunderous stone, he turned back toward the stallholder in the bamboo hat and watched in silence.
The female cultivator had not left yet, so