After that person left, another cup of tea's worth of time passed without anyone else coming over. Xiao Hua rather foolishly flipped through the densely packed writing on the mirror surface, waiting by a tree stump for a hare, when he suddenly sprang to his feet and muttered to himself, "Sigh, I got the whole thing wrong! This isn't an Xiaoyu Continent market fair; there aren't any stalls displaying goods at all. All I said was that I wanted to trade for strange, unusual, and unidentified items. Not only might the cultivators here not have such things, but even if they did, they would probably feel guilty like thieves. And I only mentioned all kinds of spirit herbs without specifying what herbs they were or how old they needed to be. Who would believe me? People might even think it was a trap! Forget it, it's better to take the initiative!"
With that thought, Xiao Hua immediately left the Star Palace. After looking around, he headed toward the nearest cluster of stars...
Before long, Xiao Hua emerged again and entered another cluster of stars! In no more than the time it took to eat a meal, Xiao Hua had gone in and out of ten Star Palaces!
With those ten Star Palace trades under his belt, Xiao Hua gradually gained experience! The Star Picking Tower's trading differed from a market fair. On one hand, the Star Picking Tower protected the privacy of traders very well; on the other, it concealed the open comparison possible at a market fair. Of course, the mirror surfaces within the Star Picking Tower also contained information for viewing, but those were ultimately only written words, unlike seeing things with one's own eyes. Xiao Hua's earlier method of waiting by a tree stump for a hare