After the two parted ways, Xu Ping, disguised, headed to the commercial district in the center of the inner city.
Given his current proficiency in the Bone Shaping Skill, his disguise was already perfect.
Only Divine Sense or a special Dharma Eye could see through it.
Most of the shops in the inner city are spread out in this area.
In addition to planning to sell array plates, he also intended to sell all the remaining magical artifacts and pills he had.
Currently, Xu Ping had over twenty unused magical artifacts in his possession.
If he tried to sell them like he did before in Dongwu Market, it wouldn’t be appropriate, as there wouldn’t be any suitable candidates, so he’d have to sell them himself.
When he first arrived at Qiu Xuan Immortal City, he was unfamiliar with the environment and didn’t act rashly.
During this period, he became familiar with the environment and learned that there were places in the city specifically for collecting second-hand magical artifacts, where the recycling price was a few percent lower, without questioning the origins of the artifacts.
Essentially, these were places for covertly selling stolen goods.
Qiu Xuan Immortal City had a large flow of people and was mixed with different sorts, inevitably leading to killings and treasure snatching.
The outer city environment was relatively chaotic, and around Qiu Xuan Immortal City, as well as in the perilous Yellow Dragon Mountain Range, countless cultivators died daily.
With many stolen goods, there was naturally a demand. Shops with background would engage in the business of selling stolen goods.
A little half an hour later.
Xu Ping arrived at a shop collecting second-hand magical artifacts.
Here, the shop openly specialized in artifact repair and also collected second-hand artifacts, essentially selling stolen goods. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ NoveI-Fire.ɴet
"What does the guest need?" The shopkeeper asked with a smiling face.
"I have five magical artifacts that I can’t use. Do you collect them?"
Xu Ping took out the artifacts from his storage pouch.
"Collect, of course, we collect them." The shopkeeper glanced at him, showing a knowing smile, "But after all, they are second-hand artifacts, the price is three to five percent lower than normal artifacts."
The shopkeeper was clearly experienced, and in just a moment, identified all the artifacts.
"Two mid-grade, three lower-grade artifacts, no damage, the condition is decent, how about ninety-seven spirit stones?"
"Too low, at least a hundred and one."
Xu Ping was already very skilled in bargaining.
In the end, the two settled on a price of one hundred and two spirit stones.
Although selling at a stall could fetch a higher price, it was less hassle.
Xu Ping swaggered out of the shop, using divine sense to secretly inspect, wary of being targeted.
Though the range of his divine sense was not large, it allowed him to scan the surroundings.
The inner city had decent security but was not absolutely safe.
The city’s arrays could sense the fluctuation of spells, and law enforcement cultivators would arrive promptly.
But if one was in a secluded area, they could easily kill a target, or attack with success, keeping things quiet; theoretically, killing someone and snatching treasures was possible.
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"No one’s following."
Xu Ping blended into the crowd, noticing nothing unusual.
Four or five magical artifacts weren’t enough to incite murderous intent in the inner city.
Xu Ping found a secluded area, changed his appearance again, and went to another shop that collected second-hand artifacts.
This time, Xu Ping was bolder.
He sold seven artifacts in one go, getting over a hundred spirit stones.
"Still not being targeted?"
Xu Ping blended into the crowd again, smoothly as expected.
Qiu Xuan Immortal City indeed lived up to its name as a haven for loose cultivators!
It was estimated that as long as the treasures weren’t of major provenance, the risk of selling ordinary artifacts was very low.
From this, it was inferred that there were unknown numbers of robber cultivators hiding within the city.
Xu Ping made one last covert sale, selling six more artifacts for a recovery price of over a hundred spirit stones.
Three trips were made today to sell stolen goods, totaling three or four hundred spirit stones, though he lost some, it indeed saved quite a lot of trouble.
Xu Ping changed his appearance again, went to a shop in the commercial district to sell array plates, and bought some array materials as well.
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After restoring his original appearance, Xu Ping leisurely returned home.
After resting for a while, he went to the spiritual field and cast a Spirit Rain Skill.
As the misty spiritual rain fell, the Spirit Storage Flowers in the spiritual field greedily absorbed the rain.
Spirit Storage Flowers are one of the primary materials for refining Spirit Gathering Pills, and their price is not cheap. If they could all mature, it would also be a significant income.
After absorbing the spiritual rain, the Spirit Storage Flowers appeared even more lush, green, and dazzling.
"Growing nicely." Xu Ping remarked, feeling pleased.
After selling all the artifacts today, his reserve of spirit stones had broken through four figures, and having ample spirit stones at hand made him feel secure.
His gaze shifted left, and beside the spiritual spring, in a small pond, a few golden-tailed carp swam joyfully.
This small pond was excavated by Xu Ping, and the golden-tailed carp were also intentionally bred by him.
After staying at home for a long time, he always felt something was missing, so he simply started raising spirit fish.
Undoubtedly, after bringing in the fish, it did improve things quite a bit.
Whenever he felt exhausted from practicing skills or drawing arrays, he’d lie on a chair and watch the spirit fish swim, which turned out to be a very relaxing way.
As he gazed at the golden-tailed carp swimming freely in the pond, Xu Ping’s eyes suddenly lit up with a spiritual glow and stared at them.
But the spiritual glow in his eyes only persisted for a moment before completely dissipating.
"Failed again, this Shocking God Needle is really challenging." Xu Ping sighed slightly.
After awakening his divine sense, he naturally began learning the Shocking God Needle, since mastering it would give him an additional lethal move and trump card.
In an ideal situation, he’d first unleash a Shocking God Needle, and while it may not severely harm them, it could cause dizziness for half a second. With his current speed and swordsmanship, he could definitely slay the enemy with one sword strike during their dizziness.
However, he didn’t know if it was because his current divine sense was too weak or the Shocking God Needle was too hard to learn, but he hadn’t succeeded even once in almost two months.
"Oh well, take it slow. Eventually, there will be a time when I succeed!" Xu Ping shook his head.
His life was stable now, with abundant spirit stones and reliable ways to earn money, so he didn’t need to push himself too hard as he did before.
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As time flowed by.
Over the next year, Xu Ping’s days in Qiu Xuan Immortal City became more stable and leisurely.
Every day was about cultivating, body refining, practicing skills, honing techniques, planting spirit medicine, and raising spirit fish.
The only downside was that he had yet to succeed in learning the Shocking God Needle.
However, his array skills progressed rapidly under the assistance of divine sense, and he learned several new ones in succession.
As a result, his earning speed increased, and his reserve of spirit stones grew larger.
On this particular noon.
The cultivation room.
Xu Ping was focused entirely on sketching an array.
This time, he was sketching a First Rank Mid-grade Array ’Profound Light Array’.
This array has defensive and alert functions and, if sufficiently powered with spirit stones, typical late-stage Qi cultivators couldn’t easily deal with it.
It was quite favored by some small Qi cultivation families and loose cultivators.
The price was also not cheap, requiring at least around a hundred spirit stones.
But this array was extremely challenging, consisting of seventy-two array patterns.
Even with the aid of divine sense, Xu Ping spent half a year barely mastering the sketching of all array patterns.
This was his first attempt at sketching on an array plate.
The pen tip wandered on the array plate, suddenly the plate flickered with spiritual light, appearing to fail, but ultimately under Xu Ping’s hopeful gaze, it gradually gathered its spiritual light.
"Profound Light Array... complete! !!"
Xu Ping couldn’t help breaking into a smile.
Spending over a year to become a First Rank Mid-grade Array Master, the enhancement of divine sense on the myriad skills of cultivation was indeed powerful.