Chapter 23: Picking up bargains at street stalls
The next day, when Lin Changqing finished his training, the family had already gathered at the family square. Today, they were led by clan leader Lin Qinglong and grandfather Lin Fandao.

Another elder in the foundation-building stage, the Sixth Elder Lin Fanxuan, is in charge of guarding the ancestral mountain.

There were quite a lot of people going today. When Lin Changqing arrived, there were already more than 40 people. He hurried to meet up with his mother and aunt, while his father stayed behind to take care of his sister.

Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Grandpa discussed with the clan leader, and finally the clan leader used the second-level high-quality spiritual weapon, the Wind Traveling Boat, to carry everyone to the Pingyang Prefecture Market.

This wind-traveling boat is an important strategic spiritual weapon of the family. Every time Qingyun Sect summons troops, the boat is used as the carrier. It can accommodate sixty cultivators, and seventy or eighty people can barely fit.

The speed of the second-grade high-quality spiritual boat was very fast. It arrived at the gate of the market town in more than an hour. Because no one was allowed to fly in the market town, it landed at the gate of the market town. When we return, we will gather at the gate of the market town.

A long queue has formed at the entrance of the market town. They are all monks who want to participate in this event. Of course, there are also many people who come here specifically to set up stalls and sell things because of the popularity of this event.

The thirteen foundation-building families of Pingyang Prefecture will definitely come. We have already seen cultivators from several families in the team.

Following my mother and aunt, I lined up obediently. After waiting for a while, it was finally Lin Changqing's turn. Because it was Lin Changqing's first time to come to the market, he paid two spirit stones to get an identity jade card.

You won’t have to do it again in the future, as mothers and others already have jade tablets.

We entered the market smoothly. It was very lively, with people coming and going continuously, but there was no crowding.

After all, monks and mortals are different, and monks who are not familiar with each other will consciously keep a safe distance.

The auction was still more than two hours away, and his mother and aunt were going to go shopping. Lin Changqing had no choice but to follow them, because he was young.

There are all kinds of people in the street stall square, and their clothes are also unique. Most of them wear conical hats, and some even wear robes, making it difficult to see their faces clearly.

In the world of immortal cultivation, casually using spiritual sense to look at other cultivators is a very impolite behavior, and can also be regarded as a provocation. Therefore, few people do this.

My mother and aunt strolled around slowly, looking at every stall.

Especially at the stalls selling spiritual medicines, most independent cultivators, if they obtain good spiritual medicines but feel the prices in shops are not suitable, or they are afraid of being forced to lower their prices, will choose to set up stalls here.

Magical instruments and talismans are rarely seen, and there are relatively few independent cultivators who can refine instruments and draw talismans. After all, even if there is a heritage, there still needs resources to support it.

There are sometimes elixirs for sale on the street stalls, but they are all low-grade first-class, with occasional first-class mid-grade ones. The only advantage of these elixirs may be that they are a little cheaper.

Anyway, Lin Changqing doesn't like it, so he has to buy it from the family's general affairs hall. The quality is guaranteed and you can rest assured.

After visiting dozens of street stalls, my aunt finally saw a first-level spiritual plant, purple bamboo, at one of them. The main material of Lin Changqing's purple bamboo sword is purple bamboo.

This is a one-foot-tall seedling. The stall owner wanted 20 spirit stones, and my aunt bargained for 10 spirit stones. The two of them argued back and forth for a while, and finally the deal was sold for 15 spirit stones.

The aunt was in high spirits after having made some gains, and she took Lin Changqing and his mother and went on a sweep with great interest.

After walking around for a while, in front of a stall, Lin Changqing couldn't believe it. He actually saw a halo on the stall, and the thing that emitted the light was not a spiritual medicine or plant.

This is a bit confusing, but no matter what, let's buy it first! I pulled my aunt and signaled to wait a moment.

There were a lot of miscellaneous items on this stall, a few spiritual herbs, and a few mid- and low-grade magical weapons, but Lin Changqing didn't like any of them.

His target was a cluster of insect eggs on the side that emitted a purple halo, and there were probably more than a hundred of them.

In fact, Lin Changqing didn’t recognize these insect eggs, but the problem was that there was a circle of purple halo on these insect eggs.

Lin Changqing knew that he had to win no matter what.

Boss, what are these insect eggs? How much do you sell them for?
The stall owner was a middle-aged monk with a face full of flesh. When he heard someone asking about the rank, he looked up at the three people and said, "These are the eggs of the first-rank, top-grade spiritual insect, the Purple Cloud Scorpion. There are about 120 of them here. You can give me 360 ​​spiritual stones."

After hearing this, Lin Changqing looked at her mother, and her mother knew that she had to step forward.

I offered 150 spirit stones directly, but the boss certainly didn't agree.

After a fierce battle between the two sides with swords, spears, sticks and clubs, the deal was finally concluded at 260 spirit stones.

Lin Changqing rejected his mother and aunt's offer to help him with the spiritual stones, and paid for the spiritual stones himself. Then he put the spiritual insect eggs in a jade box and put it back into the storage bag.

My mother and aunt were both wondering why Lin Changqing bought these insect eggs, but it was not appropriate to ask now.

The three of them had only walked one-third of the way through the tour after such a long time, so Lin Changqing suggested that they go shopping separately. After thinking about it, the mother and aunt agreed. They also told Lin Changqing that if he couldn't find them later, he should meet at the entrance of Wanbao Pavilion.

Finally able to move freely, Lin Changqing scanned the area at a relatively fast speed, mainly to see if there would be any more halos appearing.

I also paid special attention to other insect eggs to see if they would also have halos.

Walking around and looking around, the halo did not appear again, and the stalls were soon finished. At the edge of the stall square, there were some stalls with relatively large areas. Such large stalls had to pay more rent.

Now this stall is full of people, the atmosphere is lively, and from time to time you can hear people praising each other, saying this one lost money, and this one has increased greatly, making a fortune.

Lin Changqing was puzzled and walked over to see that many people were gathered around pieces of stone and studying them. Some people were polishing the stones slowly with magical tools.

Isn't this just gambling on stones on Earth? I didn't expect gambling on stones is also popular in the world of cultivating immortals!
Lin Changqing was also very curious, so he went over to take a look. Unexpectedly, he made another discovery.

On a piece of raw stone, a golden halo was actually seen. This was the first time that Lin Changqing saw a golden halo.

Hurry over and learn the rules.

It turns out that these raw stones were all dug out from spiritual mines. Because the outer shell of the raw stone is hard and dense, it is difficult to explore the inside of the natural raw stone. There is a saying that describes it very vividly, that is, even gods cannot tell the quality of jade!

Therefore, natural raw stones have a strong gambling potential, and thus the business of gambling on stones was born.

The spirit stones here are calculated according to the size of the original stone. Generally, a fist-sized stone costs about ten spirit stones, and a head-sized stone costs dozens or even hundreds of spirit stones.

A large raw stone that was about the size of a millstone would cost one or two thousand spirit stones. There were even larger ones that cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of spirit stones.

After Lin Changqing understood the rules, he started to select the raw stones.

I didn't dare to pick up the rough stone with golden halo. I just pretended to study it. After looking at more than ten rough stones, I dared to pick up the rough stone. This one is probably a little bigger than my head. It's heavy, probably weighing more than ten pounds.

I scanned the entire venue again to make sure there were no other raw stones with halos, and then I picked up two smaller ones to make up the number, so that I wouldn't get something good later, which would seem too sudden.

He went to the stall owner to settle the bill. The three raw stones cost Lin Changqing a total of 320 spirit stones. The stall owner also asked if he wanted help opening the raw stones on the spot, for free.

Moreover, professional stone cutters are experienced and can guarantee the integrity of the spiritual objects inside to the greatest extent.

Lin Changqing understood that this was the stall owner's routine. Wasn't his purpose to open the raw stone on the spot to attract other cultivators?

After thinking for a while, he decided to cut two small rough stones first! The stall owner immediately called a middle-aged monk and said, "This is Master Hu. He has more than 30 years of experience in cutting stones. He will cut them for you in one piece."

Lin Changqing glanced at Master Hu, nodded, handed the two small raw stones to Master Hu, and thanked him.

After all, they are helping you for free, so you must treat them politely.

Master Hu didn't say anything, just nodded, took out a special stone-cutting tool, and began to polish one place layer by layer. After polishing for a while, a little red gradually appeared.

The people around had already started to sigh. Master Hu continued to slowly grind around the red spot and soon it was all untied.

"A low-grade fire spirit stone is probably equivalent to thirty or forty spirit stones!" said Master Hu.

Lin Changqing nodded without saying anything. The people around him sighed at their bad luck.

There is another piece, and Master Hu also started to grind it. In the same way, he chose a place and grind it layer by layer, and slowly a little bit of blue crystals appeared.

The experienced cultivators around had already started to make a fuss. It was a mid-grade wood spirit stone, and more people gathered around.

Soon all the raw stones were unlocked.

"A medium-grade wood spirit stone is roughly equivalent to about thirty-five medium-grade spirit stones. That's about three thousand five hundred spirit stones," said Master Hu.

After hearing this, the people around started to get excited.

Lin Changqing was overjoyed and quickly thanked Master Hu, and presented him with 10 spirit stones to express his gratitude.

The rough stone vendor immediately seized the opportunity and boasted about his rough stones, saying that he often sold good quality goods. He tricked a bunch of monks into rushing in to choose rough stones.

Lin Changqing put away the uncut stone and the two cut ones. Lin Changqing, who had already made some guesses, did not dare to continue cutting.

He told the stall owner that he would slowly open the remaining one himself, and offered to buy from the stall owner a magical tool for opening raw stones.

In fact, this thing is just a file, but the material used is a first-level spiritual material. Seeing that Lin Changqing was helping to attract business, the stall owner sold it to Lin Changqing at the cost price of 15 spiritual stones.

The stall owner also said that he was willing to buy a piece of medium-grade wood spirit stone ore from Lin Changqing for 3800 spirit stones. However, Lin Changqing refused. He said that there were elders in his family who needed it. He would not consider exchanging it for the time being.

Lin Changqing thanked him and left. The stall owner was still shouting behind him, asking Lin Changqing to come to his shop in Fangshi when he had time, as there were other good rough stones.

Lin Changqing said he would definitely go if he had the chance.

I saw that it was almost time and I had basically finished visiting all the stalls.

Lin Changqing looked around and didn't find his mother and aunt, so he walked towards Wanbao Pavilion to meet up with his family.

(End of this chapter)