The trading area in the East Third District wasn't far. After walking a few thousand meters, Jiang Yuan followed Gu Anlei to a bustling market. The market was crowded with people, and everywhere you looked, there were stalls exchanging goods or selling treasures.
"This is too chaotic!" Jiang Yuan was used to high-end auction transactions, and he was really not used to entering this flea market.
Gu Anlei didn't think so, but explained, "Be content. There are nearly 20,000 students in the Spiritual Energy Academy, and nearly 13,000 in the East Third District alone. The fact that the student council can still maintain order with so many people is already a testament to their effective management."
"Your Psionic Academy already has a student council?" Jiang Yuan said speechlessly. It's only been a day and a half, where do these freshmen get so much energy?
"I heard it was based on recommendations from everyone, but I haven't seen the recommenders yet. They're probably just chosen from within a few powerful clubs in the school, just teams of young masters and ladies from powerful families!" Gu Anlei didn't care much about the student council because those things were too far removed from her.
"With so many people, where do we even begin?" Jiang Yuan wondered, looking at the flea market with hundreds of people.
"That's easy, just pick the stall owners with the best skills!" Gu Anlei said nonchalantly. She was quite experienced in setting up a street stall, after all, Jiang Yuan often asked her to go out and set up a street stall, so how could she not know it well?
"Let me tell you, the greatest fun in browsing these flea markets is finding bargains!" Jiang Yuan said earnestly.
"I don't have the ability to find bargains, so I don't expect it!" Gu Anlei waved her hand, at most she was a refined girl, not a lucky one.
"I've never taken you to a market like this before, have I? Come on, let me show you around today!"
Jiang Yuan leisurely strolled around the stalls, his hands behind his head.
The number of those who can perceive is extremely limited, so even if some people understand perception, very few can actually access this divine skill. Therefore, he is very comfortable in this place.
Soon, the first target came into Jiang Yuan's view.
"Gu Anlei, I'm giving you a chance to test the waters. Go and buy that piece of metal!"
Jiang Yuan had his eye on a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, whose stall happened to have a magnetic stone.
What is Magnetic Stone? A Divine Realm weapon forger would certainly be familiar with it. Magnetic Stone is an extremely useful ore among repair materials. Just a small piece can restore broken swords and knives to their original state. Jiang Yuan's goal was to buy Magnetic Stone to temporarily repair the Bow of Love.
The bow's grade and quality can only be improved by reforging, so he can only make do with patching it up and continuing to use it for now.
"What's your target price?" Gu Anlei asked cautiously via telepathy.
"Relax, he's just a kid at the second stage of the Void Spirit Realm, you're not worried about not being able to afford his things!" Jiang Yuan said with a smile.
"Knowing that they are still children, you still ask me to pick up the scraps. Isn't that bullying a child?" Gu Anlei pouted unhappily.
"So, are you going or not?" Jiang Yuan asked calmly.
Gu Anlei gritted her teeth, thinking to herself, "Little brother, don't blame your older sister for picking up the scraps!"
After some feigned politeness and covert maneuvering, Gu Anlei laboriously carried a large rock back.
"What kind of lousy stone is this? It weighs almost a thousand pounds!" Gu Anlei slammed the magnetic stone down in front of Jiang Yuan with a thud.
"How many Holy Spirit Crystals?" Jiang Yuan put away the Magnetic Stone and incorporated it into the broken bow to begin repairing it. If possible, he would also need a string of the Divine Realm level, otherwise it would break sooner or later.
"you guess?"
Gu Anlei was about to tease Jiang Yuan, but when she saw that Jiang Yuan immediately showed no interest, she preemptively said, "You guessed wrong, I didn't spend any Holy Spirit Crystals!"
Jiang Yuan: "..."
"I saved a friend spot for that junior, and he insisted on giving me the stone, saying it was a token of our affection!" Gu Anlei said, still quite annoyed. She shook her head inwardly and said, "Jiang Yuan, let me tell you, never give your boyfriend a stone as a gift in the future. He's such a typical straight man!"
Jiang Yuan: "Really?"
"Of course! What decent man would give a stone as a gift!" Gu Anlei nudged Jiang Yuan with her elbow and then said, "Are you going to give one?"
"Only straight men give stones as gifts. Someone like me, who's not very serious, usually puts a gift box around the stone and ties some red ribbon on it!" Jiang Yuan said quietly.
Gu Anlei was speechless. Just as she was about to ask Jiang Yuan why his idea was so strange, he had already walked towards the next stage.
Where is this?
Jiang Yuan pointed to a large, detached villa and asked, "Since Hancheng has been abandoned for five years, although many people have come during that time, it is rare to find a large building that has not collapsed."
"This is the student council of the Psionic Academy, and also the largest trading center in the East Third District. However, the trading here is limited to cores, spirit cores, and skill orbs," Gu Anlei said.
In this world, the most important thing is the core, followed by the skill orb and the spirit core. The skill orb produces cultivation techniques and skills, and its importance is self-evident. The spirit core is equally indispensable to the human race. The spirit core plays an irreplaceable role in both cultivation and weapon crafting and medicine making. The Holy Spirit Crystal provides pure energy, while the spirit core carries the most basic life force of living beings. Life force is something that every Spirit Awakener cannot do without.
"Spirit Core?" Jiang Yuan pondered. The Divine Spark had given him a hundred times the talent, but it also required a hundred times the foundation. Therefore, his need for a Spirit Core was far beyond what ordinary people could match.
"Let's go in and take a look!"
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