Chapter 38 Book Treasure
After just a short stroll, he had gained something, which gave Lin Changqing great encouragement. He decided to keep trying and see if the casual cultivators from the seven prefectures could bring any surprises.

I stopped and walked along the way, and saw a lot of new and interesting things, such as mechanical puppet beasts, which were driven by spirit stones and seemed to be quite powerful. But I just looked at them and didn't buy any.

I even saw people selling raw minerals and raw materials for making talisman paper. Unfortunately, my mother doesn't know how to make talisman paper, otherwise I could buy some for her.

When I thought of this, I had an idea and reminded myself to pay more attention and bring some high-quality talisman paper as a gift for my mother.

After wandering around for a while, he finally got a big surprise. His hands were shaking with excitement. If it weren't for the wrong occasion, Lin Changqing would have jumped for joy! He quickly collected his excitement. Another colorful halo!
This is a stall that sells all books. The stall owner is an old man in his eighties or nineties who is at the third level of Qi Refining. He has a head full of white hair and a set of blue clothes that have become a little white from being washed so much.

Lin Changqing liked reading books. Even if he didn't see the colorful halo, he would stop and see if there were any books he liked.

This was the second time that Lin Changqing saw the colorful halo. The first time was when he saw the spiritual seed of the Void Willow.

Lin Changqing squatted down and took a closer look. Many of them were about local customs and habits, legends and experiences, as well as travel biographies.

It records a cultivator named Lei Wu, who likes to travel and explore since the foundation-building stage, and also encounters some chance encounters and gains in the process.

I flipped through the last book and found that the last record was that my cultivation had reached the late Jindan stage, and I was going to explore a place called Xutian Secret Realm with my friends. I was afraid that I would not be able to come back, so I left this record here.

He also warned his descendants that if he did not come back this time, they would not be allowed to explore and search for treasures in the Xutian Secret Realm, let alone think about using the secret method of bloodline to find his relatives and search for his relics in the secret realm.

He also suggested that if the soul lamp he left behind was seen to be extinguished, the family's outstanding descendants should be arranged to change their names and disperse to various places to start branches and leaves, thus reducing the target and dispersing the danger, so as to avoid being caught by the enemies in one fell swoop.

It seems that the enemy of this Jindan Zhenren named Lei Wu must be very powerful, at least in the Jindan stage. There must be a lot of stories here!

There are sixty or seventy books, some of which are in the third travel book, but Lin Changqing plans to buy them all. The experiences and experiences in these books are also precious knowledge.

"Boss, how much are these books?"

The stall owner glanced at Lin Changqing and said, "Each book is ten spirit stones. Which ones do you like?"

Lin Changqing said: "It's too expensive, please make it cheaper."

"If you like a few books, I'll give you a discount if you buy more." The old man said with a smile:

"How about buying them all, five spirit stones for each?" Lin Changqing tried to bargain.

"No, it's not that cheap. This is the life story of my ancestor Jindan Zhenren. It's original and extremely valuable. If you buy all of them, the cheapest one will be nine spirit stones."

"Books are something that can be copied as many times as you want, right? Who knows if you are making it up? Buy all of them for six spirit stones each!"

"I've already said that these are the originals. There are seventy-two of them in total. If you want them, just take all for 648 Spiritual Stones."

"It's still too expensive, 500 spirit stones. I'm attracted by the vastness of this journey, and I want to broaden my horizons. After reading it, I can send it to the family scripture pavilion for others to read. Otherwise, I wouldn't spend so many spirit stones."

"No, no, if it weren't for my grandchildren who need resources for cultivation, I would be reluctant to sell off these treasures of our ancestors. It would be unfilial of our descendants! Take the 630 spirit stones!"

"I'll give you an extra 550 spirit stones! The price is too high, I can't afford it!"

"Selling off the ancestral treasures is already disrespectful. If you sell them at a lower price, you won't be able to face your ancestors after you die. 600 spirit stones is the minimum. I won't sell it for less."

Lin Changqing had never seen such a talkative person. He was indeed a wise old man! He could see that he really wanted to buy these books. There was nothing he could do!
Besides, the old man finally lowered the price to 600 spirit stones and refused to lower it any further. Lin Changqing was afraid that things would get complicated, so he agreed to the deal at 600 spirit stones. He counted out 600 spirit stones and handed them to the old man. He then packed the books and put them in the storage bag. He finally felt relieved!

Lin Changqing said to the boss, "Boss, you are not going to conjure up another 72 travel notes of Jindan monks, are you?"

The boss smiled awkwardly, "How is that possible? No. It is guaranteed to be written by a great Jindan monk himself, and the content is original."

When Lin Changqing heard the word "content", he knew that he had been fooled by the old man. Just when he wanted to return some spirit stones to him, the old man disappeared in a flash.

My sun!

Isn't this action too skillful? He is so skillful at such an old age. It seems that I am not the first one to be fooled. That's good!
The stall owner next to him said, "You've been fooled, young man. Old man Qiu has been selling travelogues in dozens of markets in these seven prefectures for more than ten years.

I'll sell it to you! Why don't you take a look at my spiritual weapon? It was found in an ancient monk's cave, but it's very precious and rare. If you're interested, I'll give it to you at a lower price."

Lin Changqing was speechless. Was he so easy to fool? He left without looking back.

I thought to myself, this old man might have made a mistake and sold the original to him. Who is getting the better deal this time?
After calming down, I had to continue shopping. My sister's gift had not yet been found! I had to go look for it quickly.

I happened to come across a stall selling talismans, which also sold talisman paper. The quality felt pretty good, so I bought 10 dozen as a gift for my mother.

I didn’t find my sister’s gift, but I saw the gambling stone shop again. I went in without saying anything. There were more people there than the previous two times.

The raw stones put in were more and bigger than before, but the problem was that after going around in circles, I didn’t see any shining raw stones! I was so happy for nothing!
But since you're here, why not buy two and try your luck!

After selecting two pieces of raw stones the size of a human head, he went to the boss to pay. The two pieces of raw stones cost Lin Changqing 280 spirit stones. It was really not cheap!
This time, there was no need for the boss to introduce anyone. He directly asked him to call the stone-cutting master over, and he met the master named Hu who cut the stone the first time.

Let him cut both pieces of raw stone directly. Master Hu nodded, took out the tools and started polishing them bit by bit. Soon, a little red crystal was revealed, and the people around were immediately excited.

Experienced people have already determined that this is a mid-grade Fire Spirit Stone. Such a large Fire Spirit Stone can be cut into at least 20 to 30 mid-grade Spirit Stones! This is a huge increase.

Lin Changqing had an idea. Why not give this to his sister and let her practice with it directly? The effect will definitely be better.

Okay, that's it!

He directly rejected the boss’s proposal to exchange the raw ore for 3800 spirit stones.

I asked Master Hu to open the other one as well. Master Hu nodded and began to polish the raw stone bit by bit with magic tools. Maybe his luck had run out, and this time he only got a small piece of low-grade wood spirit stone, which is probably worth a dozen spirit stones!

I simply gave this piece of low-grade wood spirit stone ore to Master Hu as the first gift of wedding money.

Opening a mid-grade spiritual stone was like promoting the boss. While everyone was paying attention to the selection of raw stones, Lin Changqing quickly slipped out.

I went straight to the agreed location to meet up, and when I got there I found that I was the first one to arrive.

The others haven't arrived yet. Looking at the sky, it's still a little early for the agreed time.

After thinking for a while, he walked towards Wanbao Pavilion again.

(End of this chapter)