Having encountered Wen Jianxi before, and fearing that she might come back like a persistent leech, Lu Li simply activated his robes and changed his appearance.

Even their appearance has changed; now, even if Wen Jianxi were standing in front of them, they probably wouldn't recognize them.

Seeing his transformation, Shushu also turned into a firefly rabbit and was held in Lu Li's arms.

Then, the senior and junior disciples, having completed their disguises, began to leisurely stroll through the market.

Unlike those magnificent shops, the stalls in the market were mostly run by independent practitioners or people who were just doing it on a whim.

There's some protection when buying things in a store, but there's none here. Whether you can buy something good depends entirely on your eyesight and luck.

After all, not everyone can find a bargain and succeed in it.

However, Shushu didn't care. As a treasure-hunting mouse, she had a natural ability to sense treasures.

Just now, she had only been strolling around the market for a short while when she sensed the aura of a treasure.

Leading Lu Li along the path of his senses, they soon found the stall where the item was located in a corner.

This is a male cultivator's stall, with an animal hide underneath. The hide is covered with various items: spiritual herbs, spiritual fruits, trees, and stones, but none of them seem to be of high quality.

The things that the yam sensed were a dark piece of wood and a seemingly insignificant stone inside.

The wood had a faint spiritual energy, but not much, just like ordinary spiritual wood. As for the stone, it looked like it was just there to make up the numbers.

Because he didn't know the cultivator's character and wasn't sure if the other party would take the opportunity to raise the price, Shushu only glanced at it, identified the item, and then looked away.

Then she put on an act of great interest in the Cloud Link Grass on the stall and cooed at Lu Li. Since she was now a Firefly Rabbit, it was normal for her to coo like that.

Although this Cloud Link Grass is the cheapest spiritual herb and has little medicinal value, it is the daily food of herbivorous spiritual beasts, including the Firefly Rabbit.

Of course, this refers to ordinary Firefly Rabbits. The Cloud Link Grass doesn't really appeal to Firefly Rabbits like those from the Flowing Moon Sect who have gained intelligence and cultivated to the Dao.

With its protective magical artifact and its intention to hide, Shushu appeared to the male cultivator as nothing more than an ordinary spirit pet, the Firefly Rabbit. It was not surprising that it would be fond of Cloud Link Grass.

"Senior, your spirit pet really likes this Cloud Link Grass. For just one low-grade spirit stone, you can take all the Cloud Link Grass here with you."

Sure enough, the male cultivator quickly noticed Shushu's movements, and after meeting Shushu's rabbit eyes, he immediately called out to Lu Li.

At the same time, he secretly hoped that Lu Li was a pet lover, so that he could close his first deal of the day. Thinking this, he looked at Lu Li with extra eagerness.

The bundle of Yunlian grass on his stall was quite large, and by appearances it looked to be at least a hundred plants.

"You like it?" However, Lu Li ignored the male cultivator's greeting and instead looked down at the sweet potato in her arms, asking in a questioning tone.

Lu Li came to the market because Shushu was interested in it. She had been urging him to come via telepathy, so Lu Li knew that Shushu must have discovered something.

The reason I asked this question was simply to confirm with her.

"Chirp chirp." Seeing him do this, Shushu naturally nodded in agreement, but considering that it was inappropriate to speak directly in public, she could only nod and chirp as a response.

At the same time, Shushu also sent a telepathic message to Lu Li: "Senior Brother, that piece of black wood and that red stone on the stall are good stuff, you must get them."

"Senior, this Cloud Link Grass of mine was just picked from the forest, it's absolutely fresh. Your spirit pet really likes it, why don't you buy some for it as a snack?"

The male cultivator was overjoyed to see Shushu nod and hurriedly tried to sell it to Lu Li, feeling that he really had a chance to close a deal.

"Wrap everything up for me. How many spirit stones will it cost in total?"

After confirming that what Shushu wanted was with this male cultivator, Lu Li simply stopped wasting time arguing with him and decided to just buy it all for him.

Anyway, the items inside aren't expensive, so he'll save himself the trouble of arguing with the other party.

"Senior, did you just say you wanted everything? Did you mean everything in my stall?"

The male cultivator originally thought that the other party would only buy Cloud Link Grass, and he was prepared to earn a low-grade spirit stone. He did not expect the other party to be even more generous than he imagined, and he was a little stunned for a moment.

Worried that he might have misunderstood, he carefully repeated himself, emphasizing the word "all" when he said it.

"Hmm, how many spirit stones?" Lu Li knew the other party was surprised, but he wasn't angry. He just gave a light "hmm" and then asked the price again.

"For everything, thirty low-grade spirit stones, oh no, senior, twenty-five low-grade spirit stones will suffice. I'll give you this piece of animal hide as well."

The male cultivator was surprised that such a windfall had actually fallen from the sky, and quickly quoted a price.

After giving his quote, he was worried that his price was too high and would scare the other party away, so he took the initiative to lower the price by five spirit stones.

He also casually gave away the animal hide he had used as a cushion.

Actually, the items on the stall were all things he brought back from the edge of Xianglai Forest outside Wanyue City. He originally just wanted to try his luck at the market and see if he could exchange them for some spirit stones.

After all, his cultivation level was not high, and he was still a rogue cultivator, so he usually didn't dare to enter the Xianglai Forest.

I was really short on cash lately, which is why I risked going in alone and bringing these things out. I never expected that I would actually be able to sell them.

The male cultivator felt a surge of joy at the thought of receiving twenty-five spirit stones, knowing that his expenses for the next six months would finally be covered.

Thinking of this, the male cultivator looked at Lu Li with even more fervor, wishing that the other party would take out spirit stones for him in the next second.

After all, a spirit stone is only truly yours once it's in your hands; before you get it, no matter how well you talk, it's all for nothing.

In this market, it's not uncommon for deals to fall through even after a price has been agreed upon.

Fortunately, Lu Li didn't keep the male cultivator waiting for long. After the other party quoted a price, he simply took out some spirit stones and handed them to the other party. It was a full thirty stones, which was the male cultivator's initial offer.

The reason he offered this price was because he knew there were indeed two good items inside; after all, anything that could trigger the Treasure-Hunting Rat's senses was never ordinary.

The fact that the male cultivator didn't recognize it can only be said that he was not destined for the treasure. The other party set a price, and he paid it, and from then on, there was no further connection between them.

The male cultivator was clearly unaware of Lu Li's thoughts. He was surprised to see that Lu Li had given him thirty low-grade spirit stones, but he did not intend to return them.

Worried that Lu Li would take back the five low-grade spirit stones, she quickly wrapped everything on the stall in animal hide, handed it to Lu Li, and then disappeared in a flash.

Seeing this, Lu Li didn't say anything. He bent down to put the items into his storage ring when he was stopped by a female voice.