Li Shiming has about 192 spirit stones that he can use, and he wants to save some for practicing next month.
He walked to a stall selling books with a sign on it that read "Zhang".
"You can only open one page of the books here. If you open one more page, you have to buy it at a price!" Stall owner Zhang saw Li Shiming and Lao Liu doing business and knew that he was a potential customer. He said immediately after Li Shiming stopped.
Li Shiming took a book with the title "The Art of Light Body" written on it. He opened the first page and there was an introduction to "The Art of Light Body" but no substantial content.
'Light Body Technique' is a universal spell, which is described in the introduction on the first page.
Li Shiming didn't know the specific meaning of universal spells, but since they were universal, they should be spells that all cultivators could learn.
He put the "Light Body Technique" aside and read the other books, "Fire Bomb Technique", "Object Exorcism Technique", "Sound Transmission Technique" and "Freezing Technique".
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, how many spirit stones does the "Light Body Art" cost?" Li Shiming asked, pointing at his hand.
"All the secret books here are ten spirit stones each!" stall owner Zhang replied in a deep voice.
Li Shiming had his own plan in mind. None of the books here were about martial arts techniques. They were all books on spells. And those that could be put on display for public sale would not be powerful spells.
A copy of this technique costs ten spirit stones, which is equivalent to the value of ten kilograms of spirit rice. It is not very expensive for him.
But he knew very well that he must not show any arrogance, because this was not the secular world, but the world of immortals.
Both Fan Yiyang and Gu Jia had told him about the dangers of the world of immortal cultivation. He didn't want to attract attention and bring about a fatal disaster.
"Five Spirit Stones for one copy, I want three!" Li Shiming bargained.
"Fellow Daoist, this is not the way to negotiate the price. You can choose three books for twenty spirit stones. If I hadn't opened today, I wouldn't sell them so cheaply!" Stall owner Zhang said reluctantly.
Li Shiming did not bargain any more. He took out twenty spirit stones and put them on the table. He picked up three books and left the stall.
A smile instantly appeared on stall owner Zhang's face. He put away the spirit stones and took out three more books.
Li Shiming actually wanted to buy all of them, but he didn't want to appear too rich, so he only bought three.
For a newbie like him, all five spells are useful.
He walked to the makeshift stall, where there were all kinds of strange and weird things.
There were also some books, but he didn't read them.
From the experience of buying the secret book just now, it can be judged that the bookseller will not let you flip through it more than once, and you cannot judge the authenticity of the secret book without seeing the contents.
Li Shiming would rather trust fixed stalls than these temporary stalls.
In the temporary stalls, he also saw people exchanging secular calligraphy and paintings for spirit stones, but he didn't know what kind of cultivator would exchange spirit stones for those things.
"Huh!" He was walking past a makeshift stall, and when he saw something next to the stall, he couldn't help but slow down.
It was the root of the plant and two branches broken off to the side.
What caught his attention was the faint spiritual energy on the roots and two branches of the plant. Of course, in this market, most of the items have spiritual energy.
But plants with spiritual energy are spiritual plants, how could they appear here?
There were signs of burns at the broken root of the plant, and the same was true for the two branches.
I don’t know if it’s because the roots have been separated from the branches for a long time, or for other reasons, but the condition of the roots and branches is very bad.
"Fellow Daoist, how much is this?" Li Shiming bent down and pointed at the spiritual plant root and two branches and asked.
"This is what I picked up. Take five spirit stones!" The stall owner, his face covered with a cloth, replied in a muffled voice.
Five spirit stones are not expensive. If the spiritual plant is intact, let alone five spirit stones, I'm afraid the price can be multiplied many times.
Li Shiming didn't know whether he could revive it, but he could give it a try with the five spirit stones.
I guess the stall owner thought the same thing, which is why he set the price at just the right level.
Li Shiming took out five spirit stones and collected the roots and two branches of the spirit plant.
Having reached the end of the market, he turned around and quickened his pace. This time his purpose was very clear, which was to go to the first stall at the entrance.
"Fellow Daoist Hao, how much is the talisman paper?" Li Shiming asked in a deep voice.
"A stack of ten spirit stones!" Stall owner Hao's squinting eyes became bright and his voice sounded a little old.
"Give me two stacks. How much is this talisman pen?" Li Shiming did not bargain. He had observed that many monks came to this stall to buy talisman paper and the transaction time was very short, which meant that the price was fixed.
"A red rabbit pen made from the hair of a red rabbit's tail, thirty spirit stones!"
"How many spirit stones do I need for these talisman ink materials?" Li Shiming asked.
"The materials for the talisman ink are ten spirit stones!" Stall owner Hao answered quickly.
Li Shiming took out the spirit stone and stall owner Hao pushed the item to him, and the deal was done.
He turned around and left the market town. As soon as he left the market town, he took out a "Primary Light Body Talisman" and activated it, then he ran away quickly with both feet.
He did not return to Zhongdu directly, but chose a longer route.
His five senses were fully activated, and all 190 CPUs of the large server IBM z15 were enabled, constantly analyzing the information coming from his five senses.
Suddenly, his forward momentum turned into a change of direction.
Just now, from the analysis of the large server IBM z15, there was a problem with the posture of a bird flying from the forest in front.
There are two ways for a bird to fly: one is to fly autonomously and the other is to fly away in fright. There are articles on this topic in the database of the large server IBM z15.
Judging from the way the bird flew, there was an eighty percent chance that there was someone in the forest.
And this is not a normal road. If you want to get here, unless you have the blessing of the "Primary Light Body Talisman", it is difficult to walk on such a steep and uneven mountain.
Two figures in the forest looked at Li Shiming as he turned around, and had no intention of chasing him.
They could see that Li Shiming was basically a rookie. Although Li Shiming wanted to appear experienced in the market, he revealed too many flaws.
Although Li Shiming seems to be cautious, in fact, he has already attracted many monks.
First of all, he has a storage bag, which is very eye-catching.
He always thought that the storage bag was a magical tool that every cultivator had, but he didn't know the hardships of independent cultivators, and he had never really come into contact with them.
The second thing is the calmness he showed when passing by the stall selling magic tools, which was a kind of contemptuous attitude towards the magic tools on the stall.
An experienced monk could immediately tell that Li Shiming was carrying a magical weapon, and that the quality of the weapon was better than those on the stall.
Finally, it was his move. Although only a hundred spirit stones were exchanged in total, the rookie status he had displayed before was enough to make some cultivators have no scruples.
Li Shiming was thinking about the map in his mind. There were not many roads leading down the mountain from the market town. He needed to get down the mountain as soon as possible. Once he left here, he could run freely.