Chapter 93: The experience of setting up a stall

Mo Juren looked at the stall owner, and saw that he also showed a few gold teeth, with a smile on his face, trying to appear very "sincere", and explained to Mo Juren,
"Don't think it's too expensive, sir. Although these are just some elementary spells, it took a lot of effort to collect them all by traveling all over the world of immortal cultivation. With this spell book, you can use it even if you want to establish a sect. Apart from this book, you won't find another one in this market."

Mo Juren put the book down and replied,

"Yes, you have a point. But I can't afford it."

He only had more than 140 spirit stones on him now, and it was impossible for him to spend them all here.

So Mo Juren could only shake his head and leave with regret.

The stall owner started to persuade him to stay.

"Don't leave so quickly. If you really want it, you can bargain for it."

Seeing that Mo Juren waved his hand and ignored him, he continued,
"If you don't want the complete spell book, I have a 'small complete spell book' here!"

"What'Xiao Quan'?" Mo Juren turned around and asked curiously.

"This is the one. Please read it, sir."

The stall owner took out a tattered book box from the corner of the stall and threw it to Mo Juren. On it was written "The Incomplete Edition of Basic Laws".

"This is a replica of an incomplete manual. It is said to have been a treasured possession of a foundation-building cultivator. It has a very impressive origin. I saw that the customer was interested in these basic spells, so I took it out to sell."

Mo Juren flipped through it and found seven or eight basic spells, five or six of which he had not mastered, but they were not useless.

So first of all,

"You'd better offer a reasonable price."

"Okay, okay, how about ten spirit stones?"

Mo Juren stared at the stall owner who was dressed in rich clothes and bargained slowly,

"Three at most!"

"Sir, you are bargaining too hard. Five coins to make friends!"

"Four!"

"Hey, today I'm at a disadvantage. I'll sell you out!"

So Mo Juren reached into his arms, took out the spirit stone from his storage bag, and exchanged it for the first item of the day.

Then Mo Juren couldn't help but ask a question he had always been curious about.
"Since these techniques can be copied, why not make a few more and sell them at a lower price."

"Hahaha, there are quite a few people who ask this kind of question in a year. Most of them are... casual cultivators who would ask this kind of question."

The stall owner was in a good mood and answered patiently,
"Let's take the simplest example. If I give you an iron sword, can you create a sword technique? If I give you a pen, can you write a poem that will be passed down through the ages? The cultivation techniques of immortals are not ordinary words. They all contain the rules of the great way, and cannot be fully contained by the literal meaning. In addition to the formulas passed down by words and deeds, if you really want to copy a complete technique book, you must at least have a certain level of attainment in making talismans and incantations."

"I see, I've learned a lesson."

Mo Juren thought that if it were just a matter of copying like ordinary books, then the cultivation techniques would have been widely available, and perhaps even ordinary people would have been able to obtain them.

At that time, he obtained the Golden Light and Precious Illumination Power because Jin Guang himself had practiced it, so he was able to pass it on.

Finally, when the stall owner saw Mo Juren was about to leave, he threw a small talisman over and said,
"This is my sound transmission talisman. Whenever you want to buy the spell collection, just send a message to me. Haha." Mo Juren took it with a smile. It seemed that this man was a good businessman and saw through Mo Juren's eager eyes.

He really wanted to get the book "Five Elements Basic Spells", but he didn't have many spirit stones on him now, so he had to find a way to exchange some spirit stones.

The most he has on him now are just a few dozen herbs and a dozen bottles of pills. If he wants to cash them in, he needs to find a safe way to do it.

If people found out that he was a cultivator at the fifth level of Qi Refining and that he could easily carry valuable materials on him, he would definitely be targeted.

But soon, Mo Juren found a good way.

It turns out that in addition to selling goods, the stall owners would sometimes write the items they needed to buy on a sign, sell them while buying, and even barter.

On an inconspicuous stall, the stall owner wrote "Looking to buy elixirs and spiritual herbs to increase power", and on the stall were some sundries scattered around, such as basic talismans, blank talisman paper, animal blood, animal skins, plant seeds, etc.

The stall owner was a tall, burly, dark-skinned man, comparable in build to the previous "Iron Slave", with a sturdy, honest look.

When Mo Juren saw him, he felt that he was exactly the kind of relatively "safe" trading partner he was looking for.

So he got straight to the point and took out half a bottle of Huanglong Dan and asked him,
"My fellow Taoist, I have some elixirs here that can strengthen your body and increase your magical power. Can you tell me how to receive them?"

The burly man stood up immediately after hearing this, took the bottle and asked,
"What kind of medicine is this? The Soul Gathering Pill? The Meridian Opening Pill? Or the Essence Nourishing Pill?"

"No. This is a unique elixir passed down in my family. It uses Huanglong grass as the main ingredient. It is quite effective in increasing the power of those in the Qi Refining Stage."

"What? It's not these three." The burly man scratched his head and said, "I'm sorry, I don't recognize your pill."

Then he opened the bottle cap, smelled it, and suddenly his eyes lit up and he said excitedly,

"Although I can't recognize it, this pill will definitely be useful to me. Wait here, I'll ask my little sister to come and talk to you."

After saying that, he returned the bottle to Mo Juren, then waved his hand and cleared away all the things on the stall in a flash, obviously putting them into the storage bag in his sleeve.

Without waiting for Mo Juren's agreement, he said hurriedly,

"Please help me keep an eye on this stall. If anyone comes, please tell them that this is my stall. Wait, I'll be right back."

After saying that, he ran away with big strides, leaving Mo Juren speechless.

In fact, Mo Juren just wanted to know what price the Yellow Dragon Pill could be sold for, but now he has become a temporary stall owner.

So I had no choice but to sit down like everyone else, meditating and waiting.

However, his stall was so empty that all the casual cultivators who passed by looked at him and gave him looks like he was crazy.
"Who are you? Selling air?"

"That's right, they just occupy a stall and don't sell anything, what are they doing?"

"These days, anyone can come to the world of immortal cultivation. It's really too cheap."

Mo Juren sat there restlessly for a while. Faced with the contemptuous looks of others like a fool, he finally couldn't bear it anymore. He took out three or four talismans from the storage bag in his arms and placed them in front of him as a number. Only then did he stop this unbearable situation.

These things like quicksand talismans, entanglement talismans, ice talismans, etc. are the most common in the entire market, so no one is interested in them even when they are put on display.

Mo Juren felt that he could finally be quiet for a while, when suddenly someone came to the stall and whispered to him,
"My fellow Taoist, I have a treasure that has been passed down from my family. Are you interested in seeing it?"

(End of this chapter)