Borrowing Money

Soon, Shopkeeper Liu handed Wang Dun something that looked like an ordinary contract used among common folk.

Wang Dun passed it to He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng took it and looked it over. It bore a signature and a seal.

Presumably, there would be no problem.

After all, since that old fellow Withered Wood dared to send his disciples here with the goods, the risk had to be very low.

"Thank you, Shopkeeper Liu!" He Pingsheng cupped his hands in thanks and was about to leave when Wang Dun grabbed him. "Don't be in such a hurry to leave, junior brother!"

"We finally made a trip to Horsehead Mountain. How can we leave without looking around?"

He Pingsheng naturally had no say in whether they stayed or left, so he could only nod.

Wang Dun was delighted. He placed the already unfolded Paper Crane behind Shopkeeper Liu's counter and said with a chuckle, "Shopkeeper Liu, sorry for the trouble, but could you keep an eye on my Paper Crane?"

Shopkeeper Liu waved a hand. "No problem!"

A Paper Crane could only be activated three times.

Each activation lasted one day.

Wang Dun intended to make the round trip within that day. That would save him an activation, wouldn't it?

The two went around the counter from the front entrance, then thumped up a staircase behind it to the second floor.

Wang Dun tugged He Pingsheng along, his face full of excitement. "Junior Brother He, come on... I'll show you something good!"

"Ah..."

He Pingsheng followed Wang Dun to a display case on the second floor. "Look..."

A small, chubby hand pointed at the display case beneath a transparent jade cover.

He Pingsheng saw a small brown pouch embroidered with gold thread inside. His pupils contracted slightly at the sight. "Is this... a Storage Bag?"

Wang Dun nodded, longing shining in his eyes. "That's right. A Storage Bag!"

"Look... there are three here: basic, intermediate, and advanced Storage Bags!"

He Pingsheng naturally wanted a Storage Bag too, but he was nowhere near as obsessed as Wang Dun. He shifted his gaze from the bags to the prices below.

Two thousand two hundred and fifty Spirit Stones.

He sucked in a sharp breath...

So expensive!

And that was only the basic Storage Bag.

The intermediate one was even more expensive, costing over eight thousand Spirit Stones!

As for the advanced one, it cost nearly twenty thousand-over eighteen thousand.

He Pingsheng asked, "Do the different grades of bags have different amounts of space inside?"

"Of course!" Wang Dun spoke as though counting his own household treasures. "These Storage Bags are Sumeru Worlds created by high-level cultivators by compressing space!"

"Take this basic Storage Bag, for instance. It only has one foot of space inside-one foot each in length, width, and height!"

He Pingsheng nodded, immediately gaining some idea of how much space a basic Storage Bag contained.

One foot in length, width, and height?

Then isn't this thing about the same size as my Treasure-Gathering Basin when it's fully expanded?

"The intermediate one is bigger..." Wang Dun said. "Three feet... three feet each in length, width, and height. You can fit plenty of things inside!"

He Pingsheng asked, "What about the advanced one?"

Wang Dun said, "The advanced one is ten feet each in length, width, and height. But it isn't called advanced just because it has more space. It can also change the shape of its space to fit the objects inside!"

He Pingsheng marveled. "It's that sophisticated?"

"Come on... over here!"

Wang Dun said, "Junior Brother He, let me show you something even more advanced over here. A Spirit Beast Bag-do you know what that is?"

After passing two display cases, He Pingsheng saw the so-called Spirit Beast Bag.

It looked little different from a Storage Bag, except for the beast's head embroidered on it.

"You can keep your own Immortal Pet in this!" Wang Dun said. "Do you know what an Immortal Pet is? Martial Uncle Jade Virtue of Bamboo Peak has a Golden Giant Python as an Immortal Pet. It's already reached the Foundation Establishment Realm. Taking an Immortal Pet along doubles your fighting strength!"

"Still, that Golden Giant Python has bitten quite a few disciples to death!"

Wang Dun shook his head.

The two made a full circuit of the trading house.

"Come on..." Wang Dun pulled He Pingsheng out of the trading house. "The stalls outside have good things too, and they're usually much cheaper than what's inside. Let's look around there as well!"

"All right!"

The two browsed the many stalls.

There was no denying that the goods here came in a dazzling variety.

All sorts of Magical Artifacts, medicinal herbs, Pills, books, cultivation aids, Talisman Brushes, Talisman Paper, and more-almost anything one could want.

Of course, there was nothing high-grade. It was all low-grade merchandise.

"Brother, want some Blazing Sun Flower seeds? Plant them, and you'll get a Second Grade Immortal Herb!" A woman in peach-red robes waved a few seeds in front of He Pingsheng and Wang Dun.

He Pingsheng raised an eyebrow. "How much?"

"What do you mean, how much?" Wang Dun immediately caught his arm. "Junior brother, don't buy seeds here. Who knows what'll grow after you take them home?"

"Besides, even if they're genuine, how would you grow them?"

He Pingsheng had indeed felt a surge of excitement just now, but Wang Dun's words instantly cooled his head.

Right. How would I grow them?

These things need to be planted in a Spirit Field. The real problem is, even if I have Fire-Attribute Spiritual Energy, I don't have a supply Formation.

"Brother, brother, want some Pills?"

A middle-aged man in blue looked at Wang Dun and asked with a smile, "My Pills are good quality, and they're cheap!"

"Come, come... take a look!"

The two stopped and looked over the man's stall.

There were plenty of things on it: Pills, spiritual herbs, Talismans, Paper Cranes, and even books.

"How much are the Qi-Gathering Pills?" Wang Dun asked.

The middle-aged cultivator said, "Low-Grade Qi-Gathering Pills. I'll give you a good price-two Spirit Stones each!"

"Tch..." Wang Dun immediately looked displeased. "Our own sect sells them cheaper than that!"

"We can work something out!" the stallholder said. "Buy a few more. I have twelve here. If you buy this whole batch of twelve, it should come to twenty-four Spirit Stones, but I'll let you have them for twenty!"

"How about it?"

Now Wang Dun was tempted.

He thought for a moment, then looked at He Pingsheng. "Junior Brother He... well... could you lend me a few Spirit Stones?"

He Pingsheng's face suddenly darkened. Damn it, are we that close? You're already asking to borrow my Spirit Stones?

"That wouldn't really work, would it?" He Pingsheng put on a troubled expression. "Senior Brother Wang, I only have five Spirit Stones on me, and I need to buy things too..."

He Pingsheng truly wasn't lying. He picked up a Paper Crane from the stall. "Brother, how much is this Paper Crane?"

The middle-aged stallholder said, "These Paper Cranes cost five Spirit Stones each. But I've used the one you're holding twice, so it only has one activation left. If you want it, two Spirit Stones!"

Why did he want to buy a Paper Crane?

Because He Pingsheng still needed to come back.

He still had a bottle of Blazing Sun Flower pollen on him, and he would have to sell it eventually.