"The shopkeepers at the Relic-Seeking Studio don't just look down on people with their dog eyes-they devour people without spitting out the bones! No matter how valuable something is, you'll never get a good price from them!"
"Exactly. Since our Great Chu allows cultivators to set up stalls in the streets, there's no need for us to put up with that kind of bullying."
Several other stallholders nearby chimed in, talking over one another.
"You're right, brothers. But this is my first time setting up a stall, and there are things I don't understand. I'd appreciate your help in a moment."
Xu Taiping cupped his hands in thanks to them.
"Of course, of course!"
The stallholders likewise smiled and cupped their hands toward Xu Taiping.
"Brother, here. I've got another straw mat. You can borrow it for today."
The elderly cultivator took out a tied roll of straw matting and placed it before Xu Taiping.
"Thank you, sir, but I've brought something to lay out myself."
Xu Taiping returned the straw mat, then took a beast hide out of his ring and spread it on the ground.
It wasn't that he disdained the straw mat, but the things from the Deep-Sea Demonic Beast were extremely corrosive. Even the bluestone paving beneath them would likely be corroded.
Even this Jade-Eyed Demon Wolf King's hide could barely hold them for a short while. Given enough time, it too would be corroded.
"Good, as long as you've brought your own."
The elderly cultivator laughed heartily, unbothered.
"Brother, that isn't an ordinary beast hide, is it?"
The elderly cultivator sniffed hard, then looked in astonishment at the hide Xu Taiping had spread on the ground.
"You have a keen nose, sir. This is the hide of a Jade-Eyed Demon Wolf King."
Xu Taiping smiled