Li Chen did not immediately rush to a trading house to sell his spirit materials and inner cores, because he knew that this time, he had... rather a lot to sell!
Over the past year and more, Li Chen had hunted demons far and wide, killing over ten thousand directly or indirectly. Even though he had usually been unable to harvest all their materials, and losses from dissipating demon essence and Spiritual Essence and declining quality were inevitable over time, they would still bring in more than a million!
This was far beyond what an ordinary rogue cultivator could earn. To avoid trouble, it would be better to divide the goods into several batches and sell them separately.
Most people were still outside hunting demons anyway, and the market fair was nowhere near its busiest yet. He simply found lodgings first and only went out after getting enough sleep.
He slept until dusk. When Li Chen rose and headed to Merchant Street, sure enough, the cultivators who had gone hunting outside the city had all returned. Lively clamor filled the surroundings, with hawkers' cries, chatter, and laughter sounding from time to time.
In the corner of an alley, he found a moment when no one was paying attention and changed his appearance. He also took off his Puppet Master's Robe and donned a blue-gray gown. Outwardly, he now looked like a perfectly ordinary middle-aged rogue cultivator.
"I'm here to sell some spirit materials. Give me an estimate for these."
Choosing a temporary stall set up by a trading house at random, Li Chen stepped forward and dumped a pile of goods onto it.
The appraiser hired by the trading house immediately brightened. "Oh, quite a haul you have there, honored customer."
Li Chen smiled faintly and said in a slightly