The Shut-In Spirit Lives On Forever

Besides, there's definitely more than just the young master of the Yuan Household here; the others must have some status as well, right? Even if they don't, seeing the Yuan Household offer gifts of gratitude, they should at least give something in return, shouldn't they?

After all, they were both disciples of the Heavenly Profound Sect.

The disciples of the Heavenly Profound Sect saved them; shouldn't they at least offer some token of gratitude?

With this in mind, the two gatekeepers sat comfortably under the Dashu, contacted their sect and the Yuan Household, and willingly took on the responsibility of guarding the unconscious people in the area.

These are all thank-you gifts scattered all over the place!

We absolutely have to watch this carefully.

Before long, the Yuan Household family arrived.

Leading the group was Yuan Zhiyun's father, Yuan Bi, the current head of the Yuan Household.

When Yuan Bi was walking at the front, saw that his daughter was indeed among the people lying on the ground, he immediately waved his hand, and two people behind him came over and, as expected, presented the two gatekeepers with a generous gift of thanks.

After Yuan Bi checked that his daughter was indeed fine except for being unconscious, he picked up Yuan Zhiyun, thanked the two gatekeepers, and hurriedly returned home.

Seeing the Yuan Household patriarch leave in such a hurry, the two gatekeeper cultivators wanted to persuade him to stay but dared not speak, after all, he was Golden Core cultivator.

It's a pity that the people lying on the ground won't see the scene of the Yuan Household presenting their thank-you gifts. I wonder if they can be more self-aware.

Not long after, the Seven Stars Peak of the Heavenly Profound Sect also sent a fellow disciple to take Hu Guanyu back.

The other gatekeepers, whom they didn't recognize, were still lying on the ground, waiting for them to wake up on their own.

The effects of the ' Foundation Establishment Knockout ' drug hadn't worn off yet, so Lin Xiao, feeling bored, took a short nap on the ground.

The next morning, as dawn broke, he heard some movement from the unconscious people around him, indicating they were about to wake up.

So Lin Xiao quickly pretended to have just woken up, and dazedly opened his eyes and sat up.

After enduring the heartache and following the crowd to pay an average thank-you gift of fifty Spirit Stone, Lin Xiao quickly left this place of sorrow.

There must be over a hundred people here, and those two gatekeepers alone have earned close to five thousand Spirit Stone!

On his way back to Yuanling City, Lin Xiao did some quick calculations and suddenly felt quite envious of the two gatekeeper cultivators!

They earn more than I do!

He even paid a Spirit Stone for the ' Foundation Establishment Knockout.

Lin Xiao was bored on the way and casually looked on with envy. Before long, he returned to Yuanling City.

He first returned to the inn where he had stayed before.

After settling in, he began to think about how to obtain the Heart-Questioning Stone.

Considering that Yuan Zhiyun had just emerged from the secret realm unconscious, she figured she probably wouldn't be going out for the next couple of days, and it wouldn't be right for him to just wait around.

It would be better to stroll around the market in Yuanling City first.

Previously, he had focused on gathering information about the secret realm and hadn't paid much attention to these things.

Now that Senior Liao's soul has been fused, and he has obtained a Key to the Secret Realm with a maximum level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, the trip has yielded quite a lot.

If he could successfully complete both the task of Heart-Questioning Stone and expanding his network, he felt he could stay in the village for a long time without any pressure!

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao immediately became incredibly excited, eager to complete all these tasks and then return to his home in Xiushui Village.

All the fleeting, energetic efforts are for the eternal existence of the homebody spirit.

After resting for a while, Lin Xiao went out shopping with his Spirit Stone bag in his pocket.

There are several markets in Yuanling City, but the largest market is located in the west of the city.

This market has a wide variety of shops, both large and small.

I just didn't see any stores selling the Heart-Questioning Stone.

That makes sense. After all, these things are usually only needed by sects and similar organizations to test the character of their disciples. Ordinary people rarely need them, so naturally, no one goes to the trouble of carrying a few stones from afar to sell.

However, although no one is selling this item, it's not something particularly rare or unusual, so you can roughly find out its price.

Lin Xiao first strolled around the area, using the sale of a small amount of Ice Stone Grass as a medium to strike up conversations with some shop owners, inquire about the price of Heart-Questioning Stone, and also learn about the general market prices of some common categories.

Then, satisfied, he left the store without buying anything.

The shop owners waved goodbye to him warmly and welcomed him to come again next time.

After asking, Lin Xiao learned about the price of the Heart-Questioning Stone Heart-Questioning Stone discovered that its price was not fixed.

In Heart-Questioning City, near Heart-Questioning Cliff, the price of Heart-Questioning Stone is very low, only a little over a hundred Spirit Stone.

If it weren't for the miasma at the bottom of the Heart-Questioning Cliff, the occasional appearance of low-level Demon Beast nearby, and the fact that each Heart-Questioning Stone is quite large and the opening of the lowest-grade Storage Bag is too small to hold it, it wouldn't even fetch a price of a little over a hundred Spirit Stone.

However, because the Heart-Questioning Stone is only found in this one place, at the foot of Heart-Questioning Cliff, it is an irreplaceable local specialty, so the farther away it is, the higher its price will be.

For example, in Yuanling City.

Because Yuanling City is far from the location of Heart-Questioning Cliff, if you were to order a Heart-Questioning Stone from a shop, the price would be more than one or two hundred Spirit Stone.

Instead, it increased tenfold.

It will cost at least 1,200 Spirit Stone.

However, despite this, and the apparent large profit margin of the Heart-Questioning Stone, no one actually makes a living by moving Heart-Questioning Stone.

To be honest, aside from extremely rare and special cases, who would buy such a useless stone to play with?

It's only needed by some newly emerging small sects or new Lineage.

However, most people who start out this way are capable of retrieving the Heart-Questioning Stone themselves.

Moreover, establishing a sect or Lineage is not child's play; it's impossible to have such a need every day.

Therefore, the market for this "Heart-Questioning Stone" is extremely narrow.

Therefore, not many people do this business.

After learning this news, Lin Xiao gave up the idea of exchanging the Heart-Questioning Stone with Yuan Zhiyun.

Since Yuan Zhiyun is the young master of a large Lineage, there's no reason why he would carry a Heart-Questioning Stone around without a reason; it must be for a purpose.

I was too hasty to go up to someone and say I wanted to exchange the Heart-Questioning Stone in their Storage Bag.

First of all, it's hard to explain how he knew she had the Heart-Questioning Stone. Going up to her and asking to exchange things would give a very bad impression.

He hasn't finished expanding his network yet.

It wouldn't be good to antagonize the young master of a powerful Lineage right from the start.

So the next day, Lin Xiao went to the Many Treasures Pavilion, a 500-year-old shop that was said to have the best reputation in the entire Yuanling City, and placed an order with them.