The entire flea market is made up of an inner market and an outer market. The inner market is dominated by the major sects, with relatively formal shops selling precious medicinal pills and weapons. While the outer market contains scattered cultivators who are selling their own finds.
In the inner market, the effectiveness of products is guaranteed, but at a high price tag; in the outer market, things are cheaper, but at a more chaotic mess. There’s always the risk of spending lots of spirit stones to buy something rubbish, as well as the chance of buying treasures with pocket change. Buying things in the outer market requires sharp eyes and luck.
But most cultivators like to purchase things in the outer market, firstly because of the relatively low cost of spirit stones, and secondly, they all carried the hope of picking up missed treasures. Most of the things sold by cultivators in the outer city are goods found in Dense Fog Ridge or other treasure-filled lands. There are times where not even the sellers know of their value, so it is inevitable that some precious things are purchased by others at a steal.
Qin Mo walked slowly inside the outer city, stopping occasionally to observe carefully at the roadside stalls.
These stalls have everything, from medicinal pills to treasured-grade magical items, as well as various strange things that the Cultivation World had to offer.
But to his disappointment, after looking around for so long, he didn’t see anything he wanted to buy. As someone who always did things according to his wishes, he would do things based on his mood and buy things based on first sight as well.
Sighing quietly inside, it seemed he came here in vain. Putting down the item in his hand, he straightened his clothes, turned and ready to head out.
When walked only a few steps away, he suddenly felt a sharp pain under his feet. He looked down and saw he had stepped on a pyramid-shaped object. Curious, he bent and picked up the object.
As soon as he picked it up, he felt his spiritual energy residing in his Dantain began to rapidly activate. Experiencing this situation for the first time, he suppressed the spiritual energy in his body at once from his moment of shock. Only then did he have the opportunity to take a closer look at the object in his hand.
The triangular pyramid-shaped object had four sides, each of which was an equilateral triangle, carved with unique patterns. It was impossible to tell what it depicted. He couldn’t resist holding out his other hand and touching it. The patterns were smooth and even, and it was hard to picture how they were curved on the object.
The nearby cultivator saw Qin Mo holding the object and spoke out, “Fellow cultivator, this is a treasure from an ancient secret realm during my last trip. It contains a secret cultivation method. Three hundred low-grade spirit stones and it’s yours.”
When hearing this sales pitch, Qin Mo frowned. He knew about ancient secret realms, and there were indeed many goodies inside. Could there really be a secret cultivation method concealed inside of this object? However, just the simple fact that this pyramid-shaped treasure was able to disrupt his spiritual energy, he must buy it.
When the vendor saw Qin Mo’s furrow brow, he thought the youth disagreed with the high asking price. This made the cultivator feel guilty. This thing did indeed come from an ancient secret realm, but it was also the most bizarre thing. He tried cracking it with his blade or cooking it on fire, but it maintained its original form. In the end, he had to give up and also thought it was a useless piece of junk.
Then when he saw Qin Mo carefully observing this item and the luxurious clothes made from pure silk, he was overjoyed. It seemed that he had encountered another disciple from a large family with way too many spirit stones to know where to spend it. This gave him the impulse to greedily ask for three hundred low-grade spirit stones.
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At this moment, seeing Qin Mo’s silence, indifferent expression made the vendor feel even more guilty. Thus, he cracked his lips open and offered, “Well, kid, I’ll give you a bargain just for your good look. Two hundred low-grade spirit stones.”
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When the youth heard Qin Mo’s thanks, his expression froze for a moment as he murmured under his breath, “Da Shixiong actually thanked me.”
Qin Mo off-handedly took out two low-grade spirit stones on hand and handed them to the cultivation who had a pale complexion since the appearance of the youth. Then he stuffed the pyramid-shaped object into his cosmic bag before leaving.
The cultivator squeezed the two low-grade spirit stones and felt dissatisfied. He called out towards Qin Mo, “That thing is really a treasure. You paid way too little.”
When the youth heard that, he immediately snapped out of his daze. Seeing the vendor’s begrudging expression, he blocked Qin Mo from the cultivator’s line of sight by stepping into his vision, and chided fiercely, “That thing is just a piece of garbage. Da Shixiong was already generous enough to pay two spirit stones for it. You should be happy with that outcome.”
Qin Mo had already walked a distance away but was still able to hear their conversation. He found this amusing. This Cultivation World sure is interesting.
The end of the outer market happened to be in the direction of the Yueqing Sect. When Qin Mo passed by here earlier, the area was empty. Now on his way to leave, it was already filled with various spirit beasts. This zone happens to be a place where vendors sell spirit beasts, making it very lively.
Qin Mo was a bit of a neat freak and would usually avoid crowded places or join in for the excitement, but when he looked up, he happened to meet a pair of grape-shaped eyes that were staring at him without blinking. It was a snow-white little fox standing among a pile of brown and gray foxes.
This caused Qin Mo to pause his step. This little fox was pure white, and very eye-catching from the rest of the pile, so he didn’t understand why no one had bought it.
After only a moment, he learned the reason.
A female cultivator looked radiantly at the little white fox, and without bidding an eye, she took out some spirit stones and paid the stall owner, then she reached out to pick up the little fox from the ground. But before she could come into contact with its fur, its paw flew up and five long claw marks appeared on her hand.
She screamed aloud while the vendor helplessly refunded the spirit stones, apologizing deeply. It seemed that this was not the first occurrence.
The little white fox licked its paw and looked at the scene disdainfully. Its furry face showed a very human-like expression.
After witnessing the whole thing, Qin Mo couldn’t resist walking up slowly forward, pointed to the little fox and said, “Let me buy this one.”
When the vendor saw a new customer, he naturally showed a joyful smile. But when he saw the direction Qin Mo was pointing at, the smile froze on his face before it was replaced with a helpless expression. “Fellow cultivator, I suggest you pick a different one. This little fox is very feral.”
Qin Mo’s expression remained unchanged as he stubbornly insisted, “This one.” Earlier, he saw the female cultivator pay twenty low-grade spirit stones, so he handed the same amount to the vendor, and reached out to hold the little fox.
The vendor kept the payment on hand instead of storing them into his cosmic bag right away. He sighed sadly because he knew it was unavoidable that he would have to refund the customer.
But what happened next made him completely dumbfounded. The little white fox, who had listened to no one and scratched people indiscriminately since he got his hands on it, meekly allowed the aloof youth to pick it up. It even rubbed sweetly into the youth’s palm.
Qin Mo hugged the little fox and gently rubbed its paws from an angle that no one could see.
This was a secret to everyone. Qin Mo is actually obsessed with soft fur. But he always found this hobby too feminine and had been keeping it in the closet.
At this moment, he really likes this little white fox. Nearly all the cultivators in the Cultivation World have a spirit beast on hand, and many male cultivators also have adorable looking spirit beasts. Therefore, having a white fox like this was nothing special.
He took a closer look at this spirit beast. He knew nothing about the quality of the spirit beast, and could roughly tell that it has Eighth-Level Qi Refining, which was already quite an achievement. With that thought, his mood was improved as he couldn’t resist the urge to feel the little fox’s soft paw again.
The little fox seemed to roll its eyes at Qin Mo, and then with a flick of its large, fluffy tail, it jumped onto Qin Mo’s shoulder and went back to the Yueqing Sect with him.
Traveling by flying was prohibited inside the Yueqing Sect, so he had to travel to the outer sect on foot. All the disciples of the outer sect are gathered in either the Peak of Elementary Cloud or Peak of Standard Cloud, and the latter was where Lin Zizheng was staying.
As he was walking on foot, he took the opportunity to carefully observe the Yueqing Sect’s environment. There are six peaks in the Yueqing Sect. Peak of Misty Cloud, Peak of Medicinal Cloud, Peak of Feral Cloud, Peak of Auxiliary Cloud, Peak of Elementary Cloud, and Peak of Standard Cloud.
Among them, the Peak of Medicinal Cloud is good at refining medicinal pills, Peak of Auxiliary Cloud is good at refining weapons, and Peak of Feral Cloud is the place where the sect keeps spirit animals. The other five peaks tightly surround the Peak of Misty Cloud. What he didn’t know was if he could look down from the sky, he would learn that the entire Yueqing Sect sat in a huge spell formation.
Just as he stepped into the Peak of Standard Cloud, Qin Mo released his Divine Sense and located Lin Zizheng’s position, which was the Peak of Standard Cloud’s resting place for the disciples of the outer sect. It seemed that there were many other disciples around the boy, which he found relieving. It seemed that Lin Zizheng was indeed living well in the outer sect. Even so, he increased his pace towards the boy’s direction.
“You trash. Tell me, where did you get these spirit stones?!” A youthful and sharp voice came from ahead.
“Wei Shixiong, I saw a trash like Lin Zizheng purchasing a pill furnace in the flea market this morning.” A short boy on the side said to the first boy in a fluttering voice.
“You waste of space. I don’t know where you stole the spirit stones from, but know this, I’ll report to the elder and have you removed from the Yueqing Sect.” After he promised that, he gave a hard kick to the person on the ground. The other disciples around him followed soon, tormenting the person on the ground.
When Qin Mo arrived here, this was the scene he entered. A group of outer sect disciples surrounded a young boy on the ground, punching and kicking him. That young boy happened to be Lin Zizheng.
Witnessing everything, Qin Mo widened his eyes and tightened his expression unconsciously. He shouted, “Stop!”
Earlier while Lin Zizheng was curling up on the ground, enduring the pain of being beaten while silently biting his lower lip, he made micro movements with his fingers. A black mist that was invisible to the naked eye quietly entered the group leader’s body. His current cultivation level was too low, and with so many powerful cultivators in the Yueqing Sect, he couldn’t openly retaliate, and had to resolve this sneakily method of putting poison mist into their bodies.
Immediately after, he shifted his gaze to other targets. As he made the same small movements, but before he could summon more black mist, a familiar voice rang from nearby. He instinctively stopped his movement as he turned his head with other disciples.
The translator has something to add:
Teo: I found another useful site for resources and will be using definitions from this site as well.
I don’t think I need to keep a list of the peaks, since their names are pretty self-explanatory. I would have if I had kept them in pinyin.
As he was walking on foot, he took the opportunity to carefully observe the Yueqing Sect’s environment. There are six peaks in the Yueqing Sect. Peak of Misty Cloud, Peak of Medicinal Cloud, Peak of Feral Cloud, Peak of Auxiliary Cloud, Peak of Elementary Cloud, and Peak of Standard Cloud.
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As he was walking on foot, he took the opportunity to carefully observe the Yueqing Sect’s environment. There are six peaks in the Yueqing Sect. Yunlan Peak, Yundan Peak, Yunshou Peak, Yunqi Peak, Yunjian Peak, and Yunzhong Peak.
Difficult clouds to follow! Hahahahaha! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
Thanks for the chapter.
Thanks for not going with the pinyin versions of the peak names.
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Oho, he started to use ruthless way!
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(ӦｖӦ｡) The pinyin version looks so scary QAQ