Cultivation: I have an omnipotent land

Chapter 9 Procurement of High-Level Talismans

Seeing Hu Zi's cruel move, Xiao Ming was also startled.

But Tiger was completely unaware, and carrying the bloodied head, he smiled and said goodbye to Xiao Ming.

After watching the burly man leave, Xiao Ming went over and searched the three corpses.

The valuable items totaled only about ten spirit stones. The biggest gain, however, was the magic artifact bead.

Xiao Ming held it in his palm and examined it carefully, feeling the rich wood spiritual energy inside, and the three words "Horn Wood Bead" were engraved inside.

This is a low-grade magic artifact with wood attribute.

After searching the bodies, Xiao Ming piled the three corpses together and cast two fireball spells to make sure they were fully burned before covering his nose and leaving.

Cultivators may seem to be above mortals, but when it comes to life and death, their lives are just as fragile.

I must keep getting stronger; I want to reach the Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and even higher levels.

Only in this way can one avoid ending up in the same situation one day.

With a gloomy mood in his heart, Xiao Ming had unknowingly entered the city gate and walked onto the market street.

Coming to his senses, he was about to take out his black bamboo hat when he realized that only two months had passed, yet no one was paying attention to him anymore.

The little red poster was covered with new big-character posters, and his own had long been covered up.

Xiao Ming arrived at a stall and looked at a short, middle-aged man.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, I've come to purchase some goods."

"It's Fellow Daoist Xiao." The middle-aged man stood up, and a clear handprint could be seen on his right cheek.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, are you alright?"

"Nothing much, I just got swindled by a woman today," the man surnamed Qin said with a wry smile.

"What do you mean by that?"

"I have a memory bead containing my deceased wife's image, which I look at whenever I have free time. This morning, a female cultivator suddenly rushed over and smashed my memory bead, accusing me of using it to secretly film under her skirt. Then, Liu Di from the enforcement team suddenly led several female cultivators out..."

Needless to say, Xiao Ming knew what happened next.

Once the precedent was set, more and more people imitated it. It was even rumored that some male cultivators joined in, organizing female cultivators to stage malicious accidents while they themselves hid behind the scenes as the masterminds. They were truly shameless.

Of course, the root cause of all this chaos is related to the law enforcement team's unscrupulous favoritism.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, I deeply sympathize with what you've been through." Xiao Ming wanted to offer comfort, but didn't know what to say.

"Let's not talk about that. Fellow Daoist Xiao, you're here to buy mineral spirit sand, just like last time, right?" The man surnamed Qin, with a gloomy expression, gave a wry smile and changed the subject.

"I have thirty-two catties of mineral sand here, at the price we agreed on before. I'll give you the extra two catties for free. I won't be doing this business anymore."

"Why is that? Have you also been blacklisted by law enforcement and banned from setting up a stall here?"

"No, it's just that the stall fees have increased dramatically recently. A few days ago, they even jumped by 50%. There's not much profit to be made setting up a stall here anymore. I might as well quit and become a miner in Flamefire Valley," the man surnamed Qin explained.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ming simply sighed, tossed down four spirit stones, and turned to leave without looking back.

As Xiao Ming walked quickly past the stalls, he noticed that many of the regular stalls were empty. This once bustling market street for independent cultivators now looked rather desolate.

Xiao Ming was in a bad mood at the moment.

He was really puzzled. What was going on with this enforcement team? Liu Di had already caused dissatisfaction among countless people. Didn't the enforcement team leader and that high-ranking neighborhood head react at all?

Xiao Ming couldn't understand the reason, but he quickly figured it out. What was the use of thinking about it? In the world of cultivation, strength was the ultimate authority, and improving one's own strength was the most important thing.

Suppressing his inner turmoil, Xiao Ming arrived at Yuanbao Pavilion. A quick glance revealed an elderly man surnamed Feng, surrounded by a group of customers and sweating profusely.

The shopkeeper quickly noticed Xiao Ming, and immediately pushed the items to the waiter beside him before walking briskly to Xiao Ming.

After all, the person in front of them was a big customer.

"Manager Feng, business has been good lately."

"Hey, things haven't been peaceful in the market street lately, so a lot of people have gone to North Street. I've been suffering from it too, and I'm so busy lately that my old bones are about to give out."

Although Manager Feng's words were a complaint, he couldn't help but smile.

This greedy and unscrupulous merchant probably wishes those guys would completely destroy the market street so that his business could flourish.

Indeed, people's joys and sorrows cannot be shared.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, here to sell Flame Essence Sand again?"

Manager Feng was naturally very satisfied to have such a stable supplier as Xiao Ming. In fact, to confirm the authenticity of the Flame Essence Sand, he even reported to the young master and had someone specifically investigate it.

Knowing that this person was a talisman master and had a connection with Mo Qing at the mine, he felt relieved and bought all the goods.

Xiao Ming took out the Flame Essence Sand and then said, "I need to buy some things?"

After the attack, Xiao Ming felt a sense of crisis and knew he had to arm himself as soon as possible.

Upon hearing this, Manager Feng narrowed his eyes and couldn't help but rub his hands together.

He knew that this person was different from those rogue cultivators who would haggle for ages over a single spirit stone; this was a wealthy man.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, please come in!" Manager Feng led Xiao Ming upstairs and personally poured him tea.

Before long, a woman in blue came out and bowed to Xiao Ming.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, I am Yuan Qing, the owner of this shop."

"Greetings, Pavilion Master Yuan." Xiao Ming quickly returned the greeting.

This young man is the shop owner, and his demeanor is extraordinary; he must be a scion of a prominent family sent abroad.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, the Flame Essence Sand you've been supplying recently has solved a great problem for me. I thank you in advance."

"Fellow Daoist Yuan, you're too kind. It's just business."

"It is indeed a business transaction, but Fellow Daoist Xiao is a distinguished customer of my humble shop. Whatever you wish to buy today, I will give you a 10% discount."

"Then I, Xiao, will thank you in advance." Xiao Ming laughed heartily and didn't stand on ceremony.

"I want to buy high-level talismans, flying swords, or shields."

A high-level talisman is equivalent to a full-force attack in the late stage of Qi Refining. Without a special blocking magic weapon, a single strike from such a person would either kill or cripple them. It can be considered a powerful weapon for self-defense.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Qing smiled slightly and then asked Manager Feng to bring over a small booklet.

"Fellow Daoist, please look. This is a high-grade fire-attribute talisman, Annihilation. Once activated, it can incinerate all surrounding enemies. This is a high-grade metal-attribute talisman, Golden Spear. Once activated, it can summon dozens of golden spears that can pierce stone and split the earth, possessing boundless power. This is a high-level talisman, Earth Escape Talisman. Once activated, it can instantly transport one mile away, a life-saving weapon..."

Yuan Qing introduced all the high-level talismans in the shop to Xiao Ming, waiting for him to make his choice.