Storage Bag

He Pingsheng put away the Paper Crane, then headed into Horsehead Mountain Market with an enormous sack on his back.

Most of the Qi Refining Stage disciples here carried Treasure Bags on their backs.

Plenty of vendors had set up stalls along the roadside.

Pills, materials, magical artifacts!

All sorts of things could be bought here.

He Pingsheng spotted that middle-aged cultivator selling pills again. The man was the same as ever, tirelessly hawking the Qi-Gathering Pills and other things he had refined himself.

He walked straight through to the area where the shops stood.

Shops lined the area, far more than just one or two!

He saw [Abundant Harmony Manor] again.

This was where he had sold Blazing Sun Flower pollen for Withered Wood True Person back then.

To avoid trouble, He Pingsheng naturally did not enter Abundant Harmony Manor. Instead, he went into a shop next door.

A middle-aged woman stood behind the counter.

"Greetings, senior!" He Pingsheng bowed to her.

"Ah..." Her Divine Sense swept over him.

The woman was rather surprised to see that He Pingsheng had reached the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage at such a young age, and her tone softened. "Hello... young man, what would you like?"

To others, someone like He Pingsheng, who had reached the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage so young, was most likely a core disciple of some sect. The merchant associations around Horsehead Mountain did not dare offend such people lightly.

After all, there was no need.

"I'm not looking to buy anything!" He Pingsheng took a square, four-legged Alchemy Furnace out of his Treasure Bag. "Senior, I have a supreme-grade magical artifact here, an Alchemy Furnace. You buy these too, don't you? Give me a price!"

"Oh!" The middle-aged Daoist nun raised her brows and exclaimed in surprise, "It's actually a supreme-grade magical artifact?"

As she spoke, she reached over and took the square, four-legged cauldron into her hands.

After examining it, she said, "Supreme-grade magical artifacts are quite rare, especially Alchemy Furnaces!"

"Young man... wait a moment. I can't make this decision myself. I need to ask in the back!"

"All right!" He Pingsheng nodded.

The Daoist nun left with the square, four-legged cauldron.

She returned after about half an incense stick's time. "All right... if you're serious about selling, we can offer you eight hundred spirit stones for this!"

He Pingsheng's heart jolted. Eight hundred!

Hiss...

Good heavens!

It far exceeded his expectations.

He had originally thought he would thank heaven and earth if he could sell it for three to five hundred spirit stones.

He had never expected it to fetch such a high price.

"All right..." Suppressing his excitement, He Pingsheng nodded with an air of calm.

The woman promptly handed over the spirit stones, and He Pingsheng stuffed them all into his Treasure Bag.

Then he left the shop with the sack on his back.

After leaving, He Pingsheng did not rush to the next shop. Instead, he made a circuit outside Horsehead Mountain before coming back in and entering a different shop.

Why go to all this trouble?

Simply to tread carefully and avoid drawing too much attention to himself.

The second shop was called Harmony Hall.

He Pingsheng strolled inside.

The layouts of these shops were actually much the same.

The same sort of counter.

A shopkeeper behind it!

This shopkeeper was a middle-aged male cultivator, though He Pingsheng had no idea what his cultivation level was.

He Pingsheng cupped his hands and respectfully greeted him. "Senior!"

The middle-aged man said, "No need for that, junior brother. You're already at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage, and I'm only a few levels above you. Just call me senior brother!"

"Yes!" He Pingsheng corrected himself. "Senior brother... I'd like to sell something!"

"Oh!" The man immediately perked up. "What would you like to sell?"

He Pingsheng rummaged around and pulled a [Vine Armor Shield] out of his Treasure Bag.

This Vine Armor Shield was also a supreme-grade magical artifact.

It bore four layers of restrictions.

"My master said that defensive treasures are the most expensive magical artifacts!" He Pingsheng handed the Vine Armor Shield to the man as he spoke. "Mine is supreme grade, too. When fully deployed, it can easily block a full-powered strike from a cultivator at the twelfth level of the Qi Refining Stage!"

"Take a look. How many spirit stones can you offer?"

"It's actually a supreme-grade magical artifact!" A greedy gleam flickered in the man's eyes as he examined the Vine Armor Shield in his hands. "A fine thing, a very fine thing... this is just what I've been lacking..."

"Young brother... how about this?"

The man lowered his voice. "Don't sell it to the merchant association... I'll buy it personally with my own spirit stones. What do you think?"

"You've already asked at several merchant associations, haven't you? Name your price!"

"If it's reasonable, I'll buy it myself!"

He Pingsheng frowned slightly.

He did not mind selling it to the man personally.

But... what price should I set?

He swiftly did the sums in his head.

He had sold a supreme-grade [Alchemy Furnace] for eight hundred spirit stones.

This Greenwood Shield would surely be worth a little more than the Alchemy Furnace.

Then...

One thousand?

No, no, no... I mustn't ask too little.

"One thousand... two hundred spirit stones!" He Pingsheng looked at the man and named his price.

"Well..." The man immediately winced.

One thousand two hundred was practically his entire savings.

What could he say?

Supreme-grade magical artifacts had a price, but none were available to buy!

Normally, you could not find one at all.

A defensive magical artifact would cost at least a thousand spirit stones. Twelve hundred was a little steep, but still reasonable.

"Come down a little... brother, please lower it a bit!" the man pleaded. "One thousand one hundred!"

He Pingsheng said, "One thousand one hundred and fifty!"

The man gritted his teeth. "All right, all right... it's a deal!"

"Wait a moment!"

The man's footsteps thudded as he ran upstairs. Before long, he came back down with a Treasure Bag.

One thousand one hundred spirit stones made quite a heap.

He Pingsheng handed over the Vine Armor Shield, collected the spirit stones, and strolled out.

He now had one thousand nine hundred and fifty spirit stones.

He was still three hundred short of two thousand two hundred and fifty!

He Pingsheng still had two items in his bag.

One was a supreme-grade Flying Sword.

The other was a complete set of materials for a [Seclusion Formation].

Which should he sell?

The formation materials, of course.

The more they fetched, the better.

He Pingsheng made another long circuit before entering a third merchant association.

This merchant association had a distinctive name: Kunlun Pool.

He had no idea what Kunlun Pool meant.

"Heh, heh..." An old man with white hair and a white beard smiled at He Pingsheng from behind the counter. "Young man, what would you like?"

He Pingsheng said, "A Storage Bag!"

"Oh..." The old man was slightly startled and straightened up. "You're going places, owning a Storage Bag at such a young age!"

"Impressive, truly impressive!"

"Come, come... let this old man show you!"

He led He Pingsheng over to a shelf. "Take a look!"

"There are three kinds in all: low grade, middle grade, and high grade..."

"Which one would you like?"