Chapter 684: 684 arrived
Tan Shaoting always feels that he isn’t good enough for the three children.
Put everything that cannot be used into a storage bag, this needs to be dealt with.
The father and his three children followed behind their fellow sect members.
They would also stop to rest in the evenings.
After walking and stopping, they arrived at Four-direction City in about five days.
"It costs ten spirit stones to enter the city? That’s really too much."
A cultivator at the Qi Cultivation Stage murmured, they came here aiming for the Foundation Establishment Pill. They already felt that they didn’t have enough spirit stones, and now the entrance fee alone is ten spirit stones; it was really hard for them to earn spirit stones.
Regardless, they had to enter the city, no matter how expensive it was.
Tan Shaoting held Qi Wen’s hand and walked in front, with Qi Yan and Qi Hong walking behind. For the four of them, it was forty spirit stones.
There was a noisy commotion ahead. It turned out a cultivator was complaining about the high cost of entering the city, but the guards here were very powerful and considered this as causing trouble. So with a single spell, the complaining cultivator was blasted far away.
Now, a fellow sect member in front of Tan Shaoting, who also thought the entrance fee was too high, fell silent.
With that, their progress was much quicker.
When it was Tan Shaoting’s turn, he handed over forty spirit stones directly. The father and his three children entered the city happily.
"Dad, the spiritual energy here is really high," Qi Hong said with a smile.
"Yes, the City Lord here is a late-stage Golden Core senior."
No matter what world it is, power is always respected. Especially in the cultivation world, it is even more pronounced.
"Junior Brother Tan, our Shushan Sect has a foothold in Four-direction City. Let’s go there directly; looking at the crowd here, there might not be accommodations available otherwise."
"Thank you, Uncle. That would be best."
The Shushan Sect has a shop in Four-direction City. It’s a general store selling things used by cultivators.
Zheng He walked in front, turning down many guides.
He took out his identity jade. "Senior Brother must also be here for the auction, right? Our Shushan Sect has an invitation."
The one in charge here was also a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator.
The other two Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators also greeted each other.
The rest were their Qi Cultivation Stage members. Everyone kind of knew each other. He Shiming, the cultivator in charge here, called over his subordinates to settle them in the back.
The father and his three children stayed together. It was more convenient and safer this way, and besides, the Shushan Sect’s foothold here wasn’t that large.
"Let’s rest a bit. I’ll take you guys out for a look around. It’s quite lively here."
The three children, upon hearing they were going out, all used the Cleaning Technique. They looked at their dad with bright eyes.
Tan Shaoting laughed, "Alright, let’s head out then."
After notifying their sect members, the father and his three children left the foothold.
The street was truly bustling. Not exactly shoulder to shoulder, but there were indeed a lot of people on the street.
"Dad, if it weren’t for the sect’s foothold, would we even have a place to stay?"
"Yes. There are too many people. There must be a lot of street vendors too. Let’s go have a look around today.
Do you three remember the six colored stones we bought at the black market?"
All three nodded, "Dad. Do we want to see if there’s a purple one?"
"Right, just looking for a purple one. I think it will be useful in the future."
Following the crowd, they arrived at the free market stalls.
Wow, there were even more people here. Lots of buying and selling going on.
They had to check every stall, especially books and jade scrolls. If they found anything useful, they would buy it.
However, they hadn’t come across any genuinely good items yet.
"Dad, is there a black market here?"
"After the auction, there should be a trading event."
They had already perused about half the market but only bought one book and nothing else.
"Do you see anything you like?"
All three shook their heads. They really didn’t see anything they liked or needed. But looking around still put them in a good mood.
"Let’s check out that stall ahead; it should be from the Divine Artifact Sect."
I’ve always wanted to find a sword for each of the three children, but in the workshop under the sect, nothing caught my eye.
There weren’t many people around this stall. However, there were quite a few magic artifacts on the stall.
A young girl sat there overseeing the stall.
"Do any of you cultivators need anything? Feel free to look; the magic artifacts here were all refined by my uncle. The quality is very good."
The father and his three children squatted down. "Fellow cultivator, do you have a Thunder Shocking Pearl?"
"No, my uncle doesn’t make those. All the magic artifacts are displayed on the stall."
Qi Yan picked up a sword and tried it out.
"Fellow cultivator, you have a keen eye! This sword is attributeless; it’s suitable up until the Qi Cultivation Great Perfection. Plus, my uncle has added an array on it."
Qi Yan weighed it in his hand, "Fellow cultivator, how much is this sword?"
"Six hundred spirit stones. Since it’s at a street stall, in a shop it would be at least eight hundred."
Qi Yan carefully examined it. In the end, he nodded, indicating he planned to buy it.
Tan Shaoting paid the spirit stones directly. The sword was indeed not overpriced, so there was no need to haggle.
"What about you two?"
Qi Wen shook her head, "Dad, I don’t want to buy anything."
"Little sister, you’re so pretty. Look at this defensive hairpin; it can block three attacks below the Foundation Establishment Stage. This hairpin is only five hundred spirit stones.
You’re so beautiful, you should have more defensive magic artifacts for safety when you’re out."
Tan Shaoting took the hairpin from the girl and examined it. He wasn’t knowledgeable about artifact refining, but he could see the complex arrays inscribed on it and thought it was decent. Besides, the hairpin was very pretty.
"Dad, I don’t like hairpins. Beautiful sister, do you have other types of defensive magic artifacts?"
"Of course! How can a pretty little sister not like flowers?" she said, even as she took out a box containing a delicate, translucent jade pendant.
"This jade pendant has the same effectiveness as the hairpin; it can also block three attacks below the Foundation Establishment Stage."
"Fellow cultivator, do you only have one of these?"
"Oh, there are more. How many does fellow cultivator want? But each artifact my uncle makes is unique. Even the swords won’t be identical."
She took out three more, each looking exceptionally beautiful with very smooth and rounded array engravings.
"How much is one of these jade pendants, fellow cultivator?"
"Five hundred and fifty spirit stones per piece. If you buy multiple, I can give you a ten percent discount."
"So does everything we buy from you come with a ten percent discount, pretty sister?" Qi Wen asked with a smile.
"Of course. Everything is ten percent off."
Tan Shaoting looked at the four defensive jade pendants and selected three. "Fellow cultivator, we’ll take these three."
The young girl’s face was full of smiles. She didn’t expect to sell so many magic artifacts at this street stall.