Chapter 19

"Don't rush! I didn't say I wouldn't trade. I'll take the elixir, and this spirit talisman is yours! But, big brother, you sure know how to do business!"

The woman surnamed Chu swayed her hips and stuffed the porcelain bottle into her bosom.

Then, she reached out and picked up a first-grade supreme defensive talisman from the stall, handing it to Su Shier. As she handed it over, her fingers lightly brushed against Su Shier's palm.

"Big brother, take a look. Is there anything else you want? You can buy some to take home too!"

Su Shier's palm tingled, and he stuffed the talisman into his bosom as if electrocuted, his face turning red. He had never been close to a woman, and the woman before him was so alluring and charming.

He was already doing well not to embarrass himself on the spot!

In the next second, he took a deep breath and tried to calm his rapidly beating heart.

His gaze fell on the stall, looking at the talismans and talisman manuals. After some thought, he selected twenty first-grade mid-grade talismans and two introductory manuals on talisman making.

"How much for these?"

"Ten Primordial Essence Pills for a first-grade mid-grade talisman, and fifty Primordial Essence Pills for each of these two books. That's a total of 340 Primordial Essence Pills!" the woman surnamed Chu said quickly, her eyes occasionally scanning Su Shier.

"Senior Sister, since I'm buying so much from you, can you give me a discount? 300 Primordial Essence Pills, how about that?" Su Shier scratched his head and smiled, trying to haggle.

"You're buying a supreme talisman, so what's a little more to you?" the woman surnamed Chu said with a smile.

"How can it not be a lot? This is all I have left." Su Shier缩了缩脖子，看起来憨厚老实。

"Alright, 300 it is!" The woman surnamed Chu smiled and nodded in agreement.

Su Shier paid the elixirs promptly, put the items in his bosom, and turned to leave.

With these purchases, his trip had been quite fruitful. He still had some Primordial Essence Pills left and wanted to look for cultivation manuals.

Just as Su Shier left, the young man with the headband and sword hurried over.

Seeing the empty sandalwood box, the young man with the headband frowned and asked the woman surnamed Chu, "Senior Sister Chu, what about that first-grade supreme defensive talisman?"

"I sold it!" the woman surnamed Chu said casually, her gaze still on Su Shier in the crowd.

"Ah? Did a senior brother or sister of the Sixth Level of Qi Condensation come?"

"No, it was a junior brother of the Fourth Level of Qi Condensation." The woman surnamed Chu waved her hand and said immediately.

"Senior Sister Chu, are you kidding me? A Fourth Level of Qi Condensation junior brother, can he even afford Qi Gathering Pills? Three of them?" The young man with the headband looked surprised.

"Why would I kid you? Take a look." The woman surnamed Chu smiled and opened the porcelain bottle, gesturing to the young man with the headband.

"What? Mid-grade Qi Gathering Pills?" The young man with the headband was shocked.

"That junior brother probably has quite a few more Qi Gathering Pills." The woman surnamed Chu said with a half-smile.

"Are you sure?" The young man with the headband was skeptical.

"Hmph, what's there to be unsure about!" The woman surnamed Chu waved her hand, and another medicine bottle appeared in her hand.

In the bottle, there was another mid-grade Qi Gathering Pill.

If Su Shier were there, he would have been surprised to see this mid-grade Qi Gathering Pill, which was the other one he had prepared.

"Looks like Senior Sister Chu's pickpocketing skills are getting better and better!"

Seeing the two mid-grade Qi Gathering Pills, the young man with the headband's expression changed, and his breathing became rapid. He then whispered and took a step back.

In the next second, he lowered his voice and asked the woman surnamed Chu, "Senior Sister Chu, which junior brother bought the talismans?"

"What are you planning? Don't forget, the sect rules strictly prohibit internal conflicts among disciples." The woman surnamed Chu looked stern.

"Senior Sister Chu, what are you talking about? I just want to get to know that junior brother." The young man with the headband smiled awkwardly, hesitated for a moment, and then took out a low-grade Qi Gathering Pill from his bosom and handed it to her.

"If that's the case, it's fine. That one over there, the one with the beast skin sword bag."

Seeing the Qi Gathering Pill, the woman surnamed Chu's eyes narrowed, and she took the pill without showing any emotion, pointing to Su Shier in the crowd.

"Thank you, Senior Sister Chu!"

The young man with the headband looked pleased, thanked her, and turned to follow Su Shier from a distance.

Behind the stall, the woman surnamed Chu's eyes darted around, and she put everything on the stall away. She patted her waist, and all the items disappeared. Then, she hurriedly walked in the opposite direction.

Su Shier walked through the crowd at a leisurely pace, completely unaware that he had lost another mid-grade Qi Gathering Pill.

He looked around, spending a full hour. During this time, he saw many rare treasures.

Among them, a cultivator was selling a low-grade spatial magical tool, a storage bag.

The storage bag had a storage space of ten cubic feet, comparable to a small room, and was incredibly magical. Of course, the price was not cheap, set at twenty low-grade Qi Gathering Pills.

Su Shier was envious. If he had a storage bag, carrying things would be much more convenient.

However, he also knew that buying it would definitely bring trouble.

In the end, he used the remaining 100 Primordial Essence Pills to buy two books from an old man.

One of them was a travel journal written by a cultivator named Green Bamboo Immortal, which was not very valuable.

The other book

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recorded three minor spells: Rain Summoning Spell, Object Control Spell, and Heavenly Eye Spell. The old man asked for 120 high-grade Primordial Essence Pills, and after much haggling, Su Shier bought it for 100.

Putting everything away, Su Shier hurriedly left.

In less than an hour, he arrived at the foot of Cuihuan Mountain.

However, as he walked, his brows began to furrow, and he had a vague sense of unease.

"Am I being followed? Who could it be?"

Su Shier narrowed his eyes, thinking quickly but not turning around. Instead, he changed direction and walked to the other side of Cuihuan Mountain, where he often hunted demonic beasts.

A moment later.

Su Shier passed a towering tree. As he walked by, the grass on the ground bulged, and a large net made of hemp rope suddenly rose into the air, as if catching something.

He quickly turned his head and saw a young man with a headband and a sword in the net. A first-grade low-grade invisibility talisman on his shoulder was turning to ashes.

"It's him?!"

His pupils constricted, and he looked surprised.

He had thought it might be the woman surnamed Chu or the old man who sold him the two books.

But he never expected it to be this person.

In the net, the young man with the headband struggled with a look of frustration, "You little brat, you actually dared to trick me?! Let me go, or I'll kill you when I get out!"

Hearing this, Su Shier said nothing and turned to run.

No way, this is a Fifth Level of Qi Condensation expert. He didn't think a simple trap could hold him.

If there were no tricks, that would be strange!

He had daily battles with demonic beasts and was very experienced in combat.