Scanning Stalls at the Night Market, Red Gold Bees!

Aside from talismans and law artifacts-

With seven or eight Spirit Stones remaining, Qin Lu did not head for the street-front shops again, but instead walked toward the Central Square, where rogue cultivators mostly set up their stalls...

Qin Lu also wanted to experience the trope of picking up a bargain at a street stall.

He wondered if the plots in novels would repeat themselves on him, like casually buying a beast egg and hatching some peerless immortal beast or something...

Or buying a ring with a mysterious old grandfather inside!

Or perhaps picking up a mysterious spatial dimension that could produce ten times or a hundred times the time, and maybe, he could even pick up a mysterious little green bottle!

Accelerating the growth of spirit plants and directly cowering and hiding until he was invincible!

Thinking of these things-

The corners of Qin Lu's mouth curled up involuntarily.

Sometimes, good or bad fortune in the Dao was also a manifestation of one's strength.

Cast your gaze across the area, and there were countless stall-holders, with all sorts of bizarre items available for everything, and there were even quite a few whose origins even Qin Lu could not figure out...

There was flesh and blood from unknown creatures, and Buddhist carvings carrying a trace of spiritual essence...

There were also various stones in every color, as well as many old objects whose origins could not be figured out, either strange in appearance or possessing a special aesthetic beauty...

It made one have to sigh with emotion: the world was vast, and there was nothing too strange to exist.

Strolling among the crowds-

All kinds of hawking and flattery endlessly rang out, and some unheard-of gimmicks attracted countless people's attention.

"Come and take a look, come and see!"

"Step right up and don't miss out, these are the fragments of a Fourth-Tier Law Treasure!"

"With just a gentle slash, it can break open a Second-Tier defensive law artifact. It is a divine weapon and sharp blade, a peerless treasure that has not appeared in the world for hundreds of years!"

"Now you only need one Spirit Stone to take him home!"

A small old man shouted vividly and colorfully.

Holding a black iron piece in his hand, coupled with a faint and indistinct fluctuation of spiritual power, and honestly speaking, it really seemed like the real deal!

Qin Lu glanced at it and let out a sneering laugh.

It was merely a fragment of a law artifact, but in the blink of an eye, it had become a fragment of a law treasure. He really dared to say it, running his mouth completely without drafting a single draft...

This kind of little trick-any True Martial Seventh Realm warrior could see through it.

It could only fool those low- and mid-tier warriors who had yet to project true essence, along with some bumpkins and fledglings who had just stepped into the cultivation world.

However-

Although the things in this small old man's hands were fake, the items displayed on his stall...

There were actually a few extraordinary ones!

What Qin Lu cared about the most-

Was a pale golden long needle about a foot in length, looking like it had the texture of gold and stone, yet unlike ordinary law artifacts!

Rather, it was like...

An object left behind on some kind of demon creature.

"Boss, how much is this gold needle priced at?"

Hearing this-

The small old man raised his head slightly and saw that the newcomer was magnificent and imposing, with a robust aura. Looking further, he saw the Yu token of the Hundred Arts Office at the newcomer’s waist...

His heart instantly tightened, as this might just be some big shot!

At the same time, the intention to ruthlessly rip someone off surged even more!

Opportunities to fleece a cultivator of the Hundred Arts Office were truly rare! Within this Great Zhou State, who didn't know that the cultivators of the Hundred Arts Office were dripping with wealth!

Thinking of this-

The small old man wore a flattering expression, rubbing his hands like a lewd old housefly...

"Hehe~"

"Senior has a discerning eye! This gold needle is the shed shell of a High Antiquity great demon, and was obtained by my great-great-great-grandfather when he hunted down the great demon!"

"Fifty Spirit Stones, no bargaining!"

The small old man extended his hand, his five fingers seeming to mock his intelligence...

Qin Lu was almost tickled to the point of laughing in anger.

He let out a cold snort, then tossed over two Spirit Stones with indifferent words:

"Flibbertigibbet!"

"This seat sees that your cultivation has not come easily, exhausting your entire lifetime only to reach the True Martial Sixth Realm. What meaning is there in concocting these illusory things..."

"Be practical. Two Spirit Stones is the absolute limit."

"This..."

The small old man still wanted to say something, but upon second thought, it made sense too...

Two Spirit Stones could buy half his life.

He still understood the principle of quitting while he was ahead, and anyway, he had picked it out from the mountains.

No matter how you looked at it, he was making a profit!

"Deal!"

Payment settled and goods delivered-

With the gold needle in hand, Qin Lu was fully satisfied.

If he had not seen wrongly, this should be the natal tail needle of a Red Gold Bee, making it an excellent material for refining needle-type law artifacts, and two Spirit Stones were definitely not a loss.

Moreover, this single tail needle was over a foot long.

At least it came from a First-Tier Superior-Grade Red Gold Bee, and he had even made a slight small profit!

Afterward-

Qin Lu shuttled through the square, and relying on his discerning eye, he actually managed to find quite a few rare goods...

Although they were all odds and ends, his harvest was still full. He couldn't quite call it a huge profit, but making a small profit was definitely not a problem!

For instance: a nest of Black Armor Crocodile eggs. Black Armor Crocodiles were merely First-Tier Mid-Grade Demon Beasts, and this nest of seven eggs cost only three Spirit Stones...

Without beast-taming techniques, no one would buy them.

Moreover, Black Armor Crocodiles were not rare, possessed no bloodline inheritance whatsoever, and had their upper limit capped at First-Tier Superior-Grade at most, so naturally, the price couldn't possibly get very high...

Compared to spirit beasts with ancestral-reversion bloodlines like the Forest Peak Giant Deer.

There was naturally no comparison!

The reason Qin Lu bought them was because he had the idea of taming beasts to pull boats, which could both accelerate the sailing speed of boats and strengthen the clan's might.

If in the future, they were cultivated into swarms.

They could also be deployed along rivers and streams to face future enemies coming from the water surface...

In addition-

He also bought a jade elephant carving. Although it was not any sort of law artifact, its raw material was a piece of Evil-Suppressing Jade, a First-Tier Mid-Grade spirit material...

It had the use of suppressing residences and bringing peace of mind.

Qin Lu took it down for two Spirit Stones, intending to place it inside the Pill Pavilion to assist in pill refinement, in order to pursue a higher pill-success rate...

After finishing his stroll around the square-

Qin Lu then headed south. He was fine, but all along the way, it had been tough on Han Fei.

Pushing a wheelbarrow by himself, carrying bags big and small all the way, he perfectly fulfilled the role of an attendant, causing quite a few people to cast frequent sideways glances...

But the moment they saw the token of the Hundred Arts Office.

Those tiny, insignificant thoughts drifted away into nothingness with it...

You must know-

The cultivators of the Hundred Arts Office were not to be trifled with. If you were not careful, it would bring down the court's reckoning, even if you had the guts...

Were you certain you could win in a fight?

Could anyone who became a cultivator attendant of the Hundred Arts Office-

Aside from their own immortal arts talent, be weak in strength?

If not for the fact that quite a few people, due to having insufficient personal talent, resulted in being unable to break through to Qi Condensation for their whole lives, then Yellow-grade Attendants wouldn't be quite so numerous...

"Hundred Arts Office..."

Qin Lu stood still in front of the grand gates, looking at the bustling courtyard with a solemn heart.

After he presented his token and expressed the matter he sought, dedicated servants respectfully invited him into a majestic palace...

Its scale rivaled the Hall of Supreme Harmony of his past life!

Just stepping inside to take a look-

He saw two white-haired elders who seemed to have been waiting for a long time already.

One of them Qin Lu even knew!

Was it not precisely that Xuan-grade Attendant, Rank-2 Artifact Refiner, Gongsun Zhe!

"You must be Little Friend Qin!"

"Visiting our doorstep this time, what you seek is a marketplace storefront, is that correct?"

Wu Yanmian stroked his whiskers, his tone gentle, making people instantly feel a sense of calm, as if his words could smooth out emotional fluctuations!

"Qi Condensation!"

Qin Lu took only a single glance at this.

He no longer stared directly, only lowering his head and slightly bowing to perform a junior's etiquette...