Naturally, Li Xiaoya had not left through the front entrance. While Zhou Xiaoya was undoing the restrictions, he flew out of the little courtyard outside the main hall. Since the shops aboard the ships on this side were run by other sects or private lineages, he wandered among them to see whether he could find any materials he needed.
After wandering around all afternoon, Li Xiaoya actually found several materials he needed to refine the Nine-Turn Spirit-Linking Pill, along with some materials Second Better wanted. He rather regretted not coming to browse the Treasure Ship Market sooner.
"Hm?" As Li Xiaoya walked into a relatively secluded area, he suddenly noticed that someone seemed to be following him. He was taken aback. Following someone in a place like this? He sent his divine sense toward the suspicious cultivator and sensed that the man's cultivation was quite high, apparently at the nascent soul middle stage. With his divine sense suppressed by the treasure ship's restrictions, however, he had failed to notice the man earlier.
"Greetings, fellow Daoist!" No sooner had Li Xiaoya stopped than the cultivator stepped forward and greeted him with cupped hands. The man had an ordinary face, a beard, and a very kindly look in his eyes. Of average height, he was the sort of unremarkable person one could find anywhere on the street. No wonder Li Xiaoya had failed to notice him. And sure enough, his cultivation was at the nascent soul middle stage!
"Oh! Greetings, fellow Daoist!" Despite his formidable divine abilities, Li Xiaoya had no intention of acting haughty. The man's aura did not seem like that of a Demonic Path cultivator either, so he returned the salute. After a pause, he asked, "Is there something you need?"
"Hehe! I noticed you've been browsing this market