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Gu Changan heard the other party's extravagant claims: "Do you have any Talismans for dealing with Ghosts?"

Hearing this, the Attendant replied expertly, "Yes! yellow rank supreme grade soul shaking talisman! It has a certain lethality against Ghosts!"

"100 Spirit Stones each!"

"Don't be put off by the price; this is a yellow rank supreme grade Talisman."

"Usually, a yellow rank supreme grade Talisman costs around 10 Spirit Stones!"

"But Talismans with special effects are always more expensive, let alone one specifically for Ghosts!"

"There are very few who can craft this kind of yellow rank supreme grade soul shaking talisman!"

As he spoke, the Attendant's face was filled with pride.

Gu Changan thought about it and realized it made sense.

The Attendant continued his introduction: "profound grade low rank Soul-Capturing Talisman is a special Talisman used to forcibly pull Ghosts or Yin Soldiers into a container."

"Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators use them quite often!"

"120 Spirit Stones each!"

"profound grade low rank Soul-Suppressing Talisman, used for suppressing the Divine Soul!"

"Ordinary people wouldn't have a use for it!"

"It can be stuck on a container's seal to prevent Ghosts from escaping, or on a corpse to prevent it from reanimating!"

"120 Spirit Stones each!"

"There's one more type of Talisman that can also deal with Ghosts!"

"It's the profound grade low rank Five-Thunder Talisman, which can summon lightning of five different attributes."

"Each attribute of lightning causes massive damage to Ghosts!"

"Summoning lightning isn't just effective against ghosts; it also has special effects against Yin Soldiers and Ghost Generals!"

"150 Spirit Stones each!"

Gu Changan hadn't expected there to be so many, and none of them were cheap!

He remembered that when he was collecting Talismans on a large scale before, he hadn't come across any soul shaking talisman!

Let alone Profound Rank Talismans!

This time, while dealing with the Evil Cultivator, he might encounter Ghosts.

He definitely had to buy these Talismans, but altogether they would cost about 500 Spirit Stones.

Gu Changan looked through his treasure gathering basin, picking and choosing which treasures could be used to settle the bill.

Magic Treasures were out of the question; taking one out would be asking for death.

As for Magical Artifacts, he needed to save them to collect Orange Treasure Qi, so he couldn't sell those either.

After thinking it over, only Medicinal Pills and Spirit Medicines were left!

Gu Changan controlled the treasure gathering basin with his mind, duplicated a blood lingzhi, and slowly infused it with Crimson Treasure Qi.

He only stopped when the age of the blood lingzhi reached 60 years!

A 60-year-old blood lingzhi was considered a Rank 2 Medium Grade Spirit Medicine, worth about 600 Spirit Stones!

Gu Changan casually pulled out the 60-year-old blood lingzhi, without even any packaging.

"Help me see how many Spirit Stones this Spirit Medicine can be worth?"

The Attendant's eyes widened; it was his first time seeing someone treat a Spirit Medicine so recklessly.

After taking the blood lingzhi, he identified it carefully. "This is fifty or sixty years old!"

"I'm not quite sure; I'll have to ask one of our Treasure Pavilion's professional Appraisers to take a look!"

Gu Changan nodded in agreement, and before long, a white-robed Appraiser arrived.

He took out a magnifying glass and carefully observed the blood lingzhi.

Finally, he gave the age: "60 years!"

"I can make the call; I can give you 650 Spirit Stones!"

Gu Changan nodded in agreement, and the old man left.

Gu Changan looked at the Attendant beside him. "Just as you said before, give me one of each type of Talisman!"

The Attendant was overjoyed; today's commission was secured.

He quickly ran upstairs and brought down four wooden boxes, along with 60 Spirit Stones, which he handed to Gu Changan.

After checking them and finding no issues, Gu Changan left the Treasure Pavilion.

Fatty and Skinny had both been following Gu Changan since he left his small courtyard.

So, no matter what appearance Gu Changan took along the way, they were certain it was him!

Fatty said, "This guy's Disguise Art is so sophisticated!"

"Once we kill him in a bit, the Disguise Art is mine!"

Skinny slapped him on the head. "Are you stupid?"

"We can just copy the technique; one copy for each of us!"

Fatty gave a sheepish smile and stopped talking.

The two of them followed Gu Changan out of the city and headed straight toward the Official Road outside the South Gate.

At first, Gu Changan noticed the two people behind him, but seeing their Outer Sect Disciple robes, he relaxed his guard.

They were probably just heading the same way.

However, as they walked on, the area became very secluded, with no one else in sight.

Those two guys behind were still following him.

This was a bit unusual!

Gu Changan quickly darted into a small grove on the right, found a tree with dense foliage, and crouched on it.

Before long, Fatty and Skinny followed him in.

Gu Changan was now certain that these two guys were definitely following him.

I didn't offend anyone when I entered the Sect, did I?

I'm just an Early Stage Qi Refining Outer Sect Disciple; I haven't gotten in anyone's way!

What are these two doing?

Could it be robbery?

Did they notice me spending money lavishly?

Or did they find out from somewhere else that I'm very rich?

If Gu Changan didn't figure this out, he wouldn't be able to sleep well!

Otherwise, no matter what he did, someone would be plotting against him from behind!

Gu Changan observed that one of them was at Qi Refining Level 5 and the other was at Qi Refining Level 6.

While he was at Qi Refining Level 8; he just happened to be lacking test subjects, and they had delivered themselves to his door.

Gu Changan felt he should be able to handle them; the most important thing now was to find out why they were targeting him.

Thinking this, Gu Changan jumped straight down from the tree.

"Fellow Daoists, I have no grievances or enmity with you. Why are you following me?"

Fatty and Skinny were still muttering, "How did he disappear in the blink of an eye?"

Then their target dropped from the sky.

The two were overjoyed, then they sneered, "Kid, if you know what's good for you, hand over your Storage Pouch, and we might let you off!"

Gu Changan's expression turned serious. "I believe I haven't offended you!"

"Yet you followed me all the way from the city to the outskirts!"

"Tell me, why?"

Fatty and Skinny looked at each other and laughed. "Don't blame us for not giving you a chance!"

"If you had just been obedient, you could have gone a bit more peacefully!"

"Now that we have to take action, you won't be able to avoid suffering!"

Gu Changan's voice was a bit raspy. "So, you're here for robbery?"

"I'm just a Qi Refining Level Three Cultivator; what kind of wealth could I have?"

"Aren't you wasting your efforts on me?"

Fatty snorted coldly, "Stop your fucking nonsense!"

"We've been following you for a month!"

"You go in and out of various shops every day, and your transaction volume has reached several thousand Spirit Stones."

"Don't tell me you have no money!"

Skinny didn't speak up to stop him; both of them felt that Gu Changan was already meat on the chopping block.

Gu Changan's face darkened; he had been under the surveillance of these two for a whole month.

They waited until now to strike, likely because they were afraid of the rules inside Wenxing City.

Gu Changan had another doubt: when he first arrived in Wenxing City, he was only a Qi Refining Level Three Cultivator.

Why did these two notice him back then?

Gu Changan continued to fish for information: "Wait! Seeing that you're wearing the Outer Sect Disciple robes of the Tianji Pavilion..."

"I am also an Outer Sect Disciple of the Tianji Pavilion..."

"Aren't you afraid of violating the Tianji Pavilion's Sect Rules?"

Fatty and Skinny burst out laughing. "We know you're from the Tianji Pavilion!"

"We even know your name is Gu Changan!"

"What can you possibly do about it?"