Bing Jiu realised he had let slip, so he simply recounted everything that had happened before in full detail.
After hearing Bing Jiu’s words, Mo Fan finally understood that the market master Yun Rou had been helping him from the very beginning.
“From the first time you caught the Saint King’s attention, Miss instructed us to secretly protect your Black Wind Mountain, so we had no ill intentions,” Bing Jiu said earnestly.
“I understand. I’ll go visit your Miss now and thank her in person for her help!”
Mo Fan nodded solemnly, feeling somewhat touched, but couldn’t help thinking of the White Tiger Saint King, letting out a silent sigh.
He owed Bai Xiao Su far too much!
It seemed no matter where he went, there was always his shadow watching over him.
“You should indeed thank Miss properly, but this time, she’s not in the market,” Bing Jiu said with a shrug.
“Not in the market?” Mo Fan was stunned.
“I heard you were ambushed by the White Tiger Mountain demons when you went to the Phoenix Cry Mountain demon territory. This made Miss furious, so she took Eldest Brother and Second Sister to White Tiger Mountain half a month ago.
But judging by Miss’s usual schedule, she should be back soon. Why not stay in the market and wait for a while?” Bing Jiu suggested.
“Since Senior Yun Rou isn’t here, I won’t stay long. After all, there’s a ton of work waiting for me at Black Wind Mountain.”
Mo Fan waved his hand, then asked, “By the way, do you have the method to make communication talismans?”
“What, a demon cultivator like you is skilled in talisman crafting too?” Bing Jiu teased.
“I know a bit, but these things can aid cultivation. Learning more never hurts.”
Mo Fan smiled. He wasn’t lying. Though he had the Talisman Compendium, it only gave him basic knowledge of various talismans. As for talisman crafting, he only knew how to make sealing talismans so far.
“Any cultivation method is extremely precious. Talisman crafting techniques are worth as much as pill refining recipes. I’m just a small Foundation Establishment cultivator, how could I have such deep resources?”
Bing Jiu shook his head, looking at Mo Fan, and said, “Now that your Black Wind Mountain has swallowed the other two mountains, your territory has grown a lot. You do need communication talismans for information transfer.”
“Exactly my point,” Mo Fan nodded.
If he could make communication talismans, the communication issues among the Black Wind Mountain demons would be solved.
When something happened, they could respond in time, instead of only reacting when enemies had already reached Black Wind Mountain.
“You can forget about the method to make communication talismans. Even Eldest Brother probably doesn’t have it. But if you need them, I can sell you a few,” Bing Jiu said, stroking his chin with a smile.
“You have extra communication talismans?” Mo Fan looked surprised.
“Don’t underestimate me!”
“Our market may be small, but we do business with both the Hundred Thousand Mountains and the Divine Realm. Eldest Brother and the others go to the Divine Realm almost every year and always bring back good stuff, including communication talismans,” Bing Jiu said with a grin.
Hearing this, Mo Fan’s mind lit up, and he asked, “Besides communication talismans, what other treasures do you have?”
“There are plenty of treasures, depends if you have the ability to take them.”
Bing Jiu led Mo Fan and his three demon companions into the market, heading straight for the Bell Tower.
“Our market’s real treasury is never in the Hundred Weapons Pavilion, but in this Bell Tower. I have some authority, so I’ll take you to see the treasury. But you better buy plenty, or I won’t know how to explain to Miss and Eldest Brother.”
“Don’t worry, I have plenty of spirit stones!”
Mo Fan looked calm, but inside, he was thrilled.
He wasn’t short of spirit stones. Hearing about a treasury made him ecstatic, and if possible, he’d love to buy the entire thing.
With Mo Fan’s assurance, Bing Jiu said no more and soon led him into the Bell Tower, leaving Bai Yi and Hei Yi outside.
As the teleportation array’s light flashed, Mo Fan found himself in a room.
Looking around, he saw a grand hall outside the room, filled with counters and shelves densely packed with items.
“Bing Jiu, you dare bring an outsider here?!”
Suddenly, a cold voice rang out, drawing Mo Fan’s attention.
He turned to a corner of the room and saw a young man in red robes holding bamboo slips, sitting on a chair.
Mo Fan recognised this young man in red, Bing San, whom he had fought before!
“Third Brother, Lai Bao isn’t an outsider, is he?”
Bing Jiu blinked, then grinned, “Besides, he’s here as a distinguished guest of our market.”
“With you here, Third Brother, what could go wrong?”
“You make a fair point. I’m so powerful, Lai Bao couldn’t possibly be my match!”
Bing San nodded, leaving Mo Fan speechless. He couldn’t help saying, “Friend, must you be so narcissistic? I seem to recall someone who looks a lot like you getting knocked flying by my punch!
Oh, by the way, have you paid for the wall at Spring Breeze Tower?”
“You little!!”
Bing San gritted his teeth in anger at Mo Fan’s words.
“Ahem… Third Brother, Lai Bao is here to buy treasures. Shall we let him pick first?” Bing Jiu cut in, secretly delighted.
He and Bing San never got along, so seeing him humiliated made him happy.
Without waiting for Bing San’s response, Bing Jiu headed to the hall. Mo Fan quickly followed, leaving Bing San fuming alone.
In the hall, Mo Fan realised there weren’t many real treasures. Most were ordinary magical tools and pills, and even the talismans were mostly yellow-grade, not even top-tier yellow-grade ones.
Mo Fan was quite disappointed, but luckily, his main goal was the communication talismans.
Communication talismans weren’t high-grade, just yellow-grade, but they weren’t cheap, costing 100 low-grade spirit stones each.
Moreover, each talisman had distance and quantity limits, only able to send messages within 20 li. Beyond that, they couldn’t receive messages.
The worst part was they could only communicate one-to-one, meaning each talisman could only send messages to one other specific talisman, not to multiple.
Despite this, Mo Fan bought all the communication talismans in one go.
In total, there were just over ten.
Next, Mo Fan bought a bunch of low-grade spiritual herbs.
As he was about to leave, eight spirit stones on a counter caught his eye.
Unlike ordinary low-grade spirit stones, these eight shone noticeably, all pure milky white!
Mo Fan sensed a rich spiritual energy emanating from the counter.
Mid-grade spirit stones!
“Are these mid-grade spirit stones?” Mo Fan asked immediately.
“Yes, these eight are wood-attribute mid-grade spirit stones,” Bing Jiu nodded.
“You sell spirit stones here too?” Mo Fan asked, puzzled.
“Where there’s demand, there’s trade. Higher-grade spirit stones are rarer, so mid-grade ones are precious and can be sold,” Bing Jiu explained.
“Makes sense!”
Mo Fan nodded, then said, “I’ll take these eight mid-grade spirit stones. Do you have any other attributes? Top-grade ones would do too! I’ll take them all!”
Mo Fan appeared calm, but inside, he was overjoyed.
As his cultivation grew, low-grade spirit stones were barely enough, but with his money coin, one mid-grade spirit stone could be replicated endlessly!
He had asked other shop owners in the market before, but none had mid-grade spirit stones. Finding them here was unexpected.
Mo Fan wasn’t about to let this chance slip.
“Big talk!
Mid-grade spirit stones are already rare, and as for top-grade ones, they’re even scarcer. I’ve never even seen a top-grade spirit stone!
As for mid-grade ones, these eight in front of you are all we have in the entire treasury,” Bing Jiu said.
Hearing this, Mo Fan felt a slight pang of disappointment but quickly recovered, nodding, “In that case, I’ll take all eight mid-grade spirit stones!”
“Sure?” Bing Jiu looked surprised.
“Absolutely!” Mo Fan nodded.
“Alright, 30,000 low-grade spirit stones, no credit!” Bing Jiu chuckled.
“What?!”
“You’re asking for 30,000 low-grade spirit stones for just eight mid-grade ones?”
“Are you mad?!”
Mo Fan was shocked by Bing Jiu’s price.
“You heard right, 30,000 low-grade spirit stones!”
“These eight mid-grade spirit stones aren’t worth 30,000 on their own, but they’re part of a Spirit Gathering Array. They’re just the treasures used to anchor the array.
If you want these eight stones, you have to buy the whole Spirit Gathering Array!”
