37: Chapter 37 The Market! The Art of Purchasing!

A person can move to survive, while a tree will die if moved.

Shen Yi was just taking a shot in the dark; who knew if a sweet reward might be knocked loose!

The key lay in Shen Yi's identity. The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce had eyes and ears everywhere, so they naturally knew the approximate range of Shen Yi's performance evaluation for the year.

When out doing business and trading, it was naturally impossible to offend too many people due to one's own negligence.

What's more, this matter of the land deed was a bit of a gray area... If exposed, the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce would have no ground to stand on.

Of course, while this matter carried some weight, it wasn't heavy enough.

The heaviest weight came from the hard-earned copper coins Shen Yi had paid.

This was the very reason that drove Steward Zhao to go and investigate!

He wanted to build a good relationship with Shen Yi; he didn't want to play at any one-off business deals.

He was still counting on Shen Yi to make a fortune...

Therefore, self-motivation would drive him to go and investigate clearly... and subsequently utilize the internal discounts of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce.

To provide a certain amount of compensation.

Still, as the saying goes, who says a lucky bluff isn't a win?

Anyway, he didn't have much capital to lose...

Furthermore, this also exposed information about the Yao Beast.

Perhaps the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce would even have to thank him!

Shen Yi and Wang Meng were arranged in a guest room... Wang Teng was called over.

Shen Yi gave instructions to sell all of that Yao Beast meat.

After a short while, Wang Teng returned, looking smug and satisfied.

He was holding several dozen copper coins in his hand.

"Lord..."

Shen Yi didn't take them, simply telling Wang Teng to keep them for himself.

Afterward, he rose and headed toward Taiping County.

He now possessed the immortal seeking vine, which could temporarily serve as a Spiritual Root.

In other words, he could use it to absorb and emit Spiritual Qi and utilize Techniques.

Thus, he now needed an Immortal Dao Cultivation Technique!

The immortal seeking vine was of the Wood attribute, so the corresponding Spiritual Root was a Wood-attribute Spiritual Root... Therefore, the Cultivation Technique he could choose would have to be a Wood-attribute Cultivation Technique!

With these thoughts in mind, Shen Yi soon arrived at a magnificent and imposing marketplace under Wang Teng's guidance.

Taiping County had a separate area where a Spiritual Vein was located.

And this area was rarely visited by ordinary mortals.

This place was known as the marketplace.

The marketplace of Taiping County was naturally called Taiping Marketplace.

Compared to the bustle of other buildings, the marketplace appeared much quieter.

After all, Taiping County was ultimately just a Low Grade county town... The few Immortal Dao Cultivators who stopped here only used it as a waystation.

Entering the marketplace, they soon arrived at the main building.

Amidst a crowd of scrutinizing gazes, Shen Yi walked into the Technique Pavilion!

The attendant at the Technique Pavilion was a female Cultivator with a pretty appearance and the cultivation base of the third level of Qi Refining.

She stood behind a high counter, looking at Shen Yi without any sign of contempt.

Her service attitude was quite good in this regard.

She said in a soft voice.

"I wonder what Technique this Lord wishes to purchase?"

"Here, we not only have Immortal Dao Techniques, but also Techniques cultivated by the Military School!"

"You can pay with Spirit Stones, or you can pay with copper coins!"

For Immortal Dao Cultivators to absorb Qi, they needed a Qi-Absorbing Technique, so that they could gather the thin Spiritual Qi into their Dantian.

Shen Yi was naturally no exception.

He smiled and said.

"I would like to buy a Qi-Absorbing Technique."

The female Cultivator looked surprised and said with a smile.

"Young Master, you joke."

"With Dao Soldier retainers and looking so refined, you must be a Young Master from a noble family, right?"

"Since you have a Spiritual Root, did your family not prepare a Qi-Absorbing Technique for you?"

"Fine, special Qi-Absorbing Techniques can increase the absorption speed of the corresponding Spiritual Root... Forgive my frankness, the Technique Pavilion does have Qi-Absorbing Techniques, but they are the most ordinary ones."

Shen Yi nodded without saying much.

"Please introduce them to me!"

The female Cultivator didn't ask further and said softly.

"The most ordinary Qi-Absorbing Technique is called the 'Heavenly Origin Qi-Eating Technique'; on a Spiritual Vein, one can condense ten wisps of Spiritual Qi daily. It is the most basic one, valued at twenty Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"

"Young Master... do you have a specific Spiritual Root attribute? I can provide a detailed introduction tailored to your Spiritual Root."

"Wood."

"I see. The Technique Pavilion has a Green Wood Qi-Eating Technique... and these other Qi-Eating Techniques."

"They are all for Earth and Wood cultivation."

Shen Yi cast his gaze over them...

[Green Wood Qi-Eating Technique, Birch Forest Qi-Eating Technique, Earth Grass Qi-Eating Technique, Foundation-Nurturing Technique, Great Leaf Art...]

In his eyes, intelligence probabilities faintly emerged... yet Shen Yi was unsatisfied no matter how he looked at them.

Afterward, he began looking at other Qi-Eating Techniques.

And scanning to the end... he paused faintly.

[You have chosen the Vast Sea Foundation-Nurturing Qi-Eating Technique, First Grade. Upon mastering it, your Spiritual Qi quantity will be three times that of a Cultivator of the same realm. Not only that... your immortal seeking vine can take root within it, elevating your Physique to the 'Vast Sea Spirit Vine Physique'.]

"Water generates Wood... It seems there's a combo skill?"

"It's just that I don't have a Water Spiritual Root; cultivating this Qi-Eating Technique might yield half the result with twice the effort!"

"I only hope the existence of the Azure Emperors Legacy will allow me to accumulate and then burst forth."

Shen Yi rubbed the Vast Sea Foundation-Nurturing Qi-Eating Technique and asked in a deep voice.

"This one..."

"Fifty Low-Grade Spirit Stones, no discounts, no special offers, official release."

"This Qi-Eating Technique is the sect's own Qi-Eating Technique of the Vast Sea Immortal Sect; Outer Sect Disciples who Cultivate it... have to pay a patent fee."

"A fifty-fifty split; this is already the lowest price..."

Shen Yi's mouth twitched... What the hell kind of patent fee is that.

He purchased it, and the Spirit Stones in his hand were reduced to only seventy.

Afterward, he continued to look... [Lesser Yuan Recovery Art] [Small Life-Nurturing Technique]

The Lesser Yuan Recovery Art was a Technique that could rapidly recover Origin Qi through meditation.

The so-called Origin Qi was not just the Spiritual Qi consumed when casting Techniques, but also physical fatigue and mental exhaustion.

And the Lesser Yuan Recovery Art was not only for oneself, but could also be cast on others.

This was almost a must-have for everyone... and the Techniques derived from the Lesser Yuan Recovery Art... were countless.

And the subsequent Small Life-Nurturing Technique was a method used for the growth of Spirit Plants, to stimulate the growth of Spirit Plants, and to use Wood-attribute Spiritual Qi to replenish nutrients for the Spirit Fields!

Shen Yi's self-positioning was very clear: support, support, and still support.

It was better for young people to do the fighting and killing.

There is a specialization for every trade!

As for the last ten Spirit Stones, Shen Yi chose to purchase a Military Dao martial art... named 'Black Killing Saber'.

The Rakshasa Guard currently had Evil Qi in vain... but could not elevate the power of the Evil Qi to the extreme.

This was not good and needed to be enhanced.

The Black Killing Saber could exactly make up for this shortcoming.

As for Wang Meng, who used an alternative weapon... Shen Yi could only say he would have to suffer for now.

Having exhausted all his Spirit Stones, he had exchanged them for four Immortal Dao Cultivation Techniques.

Shen Yi felt it was very appropriate.

Even though they were the most ordinary, most widely circulated, and most common, it could not hide his joy.

As for some Medicinal Pills and Talismans, he chose not to sell them... intending to use them himself.

And after wandering around non-stop, costing Steward Zhao quite a few copper coins, three full days had passed.

Steward Zhao finally returned to Taiping County, dusty and travel-worn.

His beard was disheveled, and he looked somewhat haggard... yet he drank water fiercely before speaking slowly.

"I took people to check it out."

"Lord Shen is truly lucky... to have been able to escape back."

"That place is hardly some Second Grade Yao Beast."

"But rather one Third Grade and a full four or five Second Grade Yao Beasts... They have occupied Pingshu Town."

"It is fortified so tightly that not even water can leak through."

"Third Grade?"

He saw Steward Zhao sighing and groaning continuously, saying in a deep voice.

"This matter is my Four Seas Chamber of Commerce's fault..."

"If you are willing, Lord Shen, you can return the land deed for Shuhe Ancient Town."

"That is not necessary..."

"The Chamber of Commerce will consider it at our discretion... and refund Lord Shen... two thousand five hundred copper coins; how does Lord Shen feel about that?"

Seeing this, a smile curled at the corners of Shen Yi's mouth.

"Of course."