After Li Yan walked out of a shop, his expression remained calm, revealing nothing of what he was thinking. He glanced at the stream of people flowing through the street, then quickly entered another storefront.
Since the origins of cultivation methods throughout the Dizhen Domain could basically be traced back to the Soul Suppression Palace, the techniques that circulated outside could never be the other party's core methods. The Soul Suppression Palace would not permit that.
The various cultivation methods and soul arts appearing in the markets had mostly been collected from elsewhere by Soul Cultivators drawn into this place, or developed through their own research.
Li Yan had yet to open the two "Empty Shadows." The "Soul Crystal Buds" he had obtained from Wu Lei and the others could only be used for alchemy due to their age; they could no longer be traded directly.
Thus, he could only plan to spare no spirit stones in buying more cultivation methods, then study them carefully alongside the cultivation methods and soul arts he had obtained through Soul Search.
His soul power had already reached the level of a Nascent Soul Soul Cultivator. What he needed now was to quickly improve his command of soul arts.
Of course, it would be best if he could purchase soul arts with great destructive power. But even if he could not, basic soul arts would be just as formidable if cultivated to minor accomplishment—or even great accomplishment.
Back when he was below the Gold Core Realm, the Gui Water Immortal Sect had provided only cultivation methods. Li Yan had possessed nothing but basic spells to cultivate.
In any case, all he wanted was to avoid problems when using even basic soul arts during the assessment as a Nascent Soul Soul Cultivator...
Three days later,