Not long after, Li Xunran quietly returo Lin Hao's cave dwelling. After carefully and finding nothing unusual, she finally sat down on the ground to meditate.

  When Lin Hao returned, he kept an ear out for any sounds outside. Seeing the woman e back, he merely snorted coldly in his heart.

  ***

  The day, after the woma, Lin Hao also stepped out of the cave dwelling, pnning to visit the market.

  He had inteo sell talismaerday, but after overhearing Li Xunran and Mu Xuan's plot, he decided against it.

  Lingyun Market was a hundred miles from the Xuan Yi.

  Lin Hao ofte up a stall there to sell talismans. Of course, he also browsed the stalls, hoping to find treasures, but unfortunately, his luck was too shallow, and he never found any bargains.

  This time, as usual, after selling the talismans he wao sell, he wandered around the stall area.

  When he reached a stall selling magical artifacts, he suddenly stopped.

  The stall owner was a middle-aged cultivator who looked ho, but Lin Hao, having run a stall himself, khat stall owners often feigned hoy to gain ers' trust.

  Three magical artifacts were id out on a piece of beast hide, all in poor dition and not very appealing, with few ers stopping by.

  Seeing Lin Hao's i, the stall owner quickly greeted him, "Young man, these three magical artifacts I'm selling are all of middle grade.

  You should know that middle-grade magical artifacts usually start at a hundred spirit stones, but I'm selling these three for just a hundred. Buying them is a profit!"

  Lin Hao merely smiled indifferently at the stall owner's boastful talk.

  The formations ohree artifacts were damaged, their power evehan that of lrade artifacts, only the material was slightly better, definitely not worth a hundred spirit stones.

  However, as he passed by this stall, he noticed that the beast hide on which the stall owner pced the ons was a rare find.

  He hadn't expected to see the hide of a Cloud Thunder Beast at a stall!

  This beast was active in aimes and is inct. Lin Hao had only reized it from an a book.

  This was a sed-tier high-grade demo, its strength parable to the Great Perfe of Foundatioablishment!

  He had to acquire it; it could be used to draw sed-tier talismans.

  To prevent the stall owner from raising the price, Lin Hao didn't directly purchase the hide but instead said casually, "These three magical artifacts are too damaged. I'll buy them for fifty spirit stones."

  "Young man, that's not possible. These are heirloom treasures..."

  "Forty-five spirit stones. If you want to sell, I'll take them. If not, fet it!" Lin Hao said impatiently.

  "This..."

  Seeing Lin Hao about to leave, the stall owner hurriedly called out.

  "Alright, young ma it off at first sight. Let's call it making a friend, I'll sell them!" The stall owner said with a pained expression.

  Lin Hao wasn't swayed by this ad said directly, "You bought these damaged artifacts at a low price; you'll still profit at forty-five spirit stones.

  These artifacts are so dirty, I really don't want to put them in my ste bag. them up with the beast hide. There's ra charge for that, right?"

  The stall owner chuckled dryly, "ra charge, I'll them up for yht away."

  Fearing Lin Hao would ge his mind, the stall owner quickly ed up the artifacts.

  Lin Hao handed over forty-five spirit stones, put the items into his ste bag, a, feeling triumphant!

  The beast hide was rge enough to cut into at least fifty sheets of talisman material. With his current talisman-making skills, his success rate for crafting sed-tier lrade talismans was betweey to thirty pert, and each talisman could sell for fifty spirit stones!

  He could earn at least five hundred spirit stones, not to mentio the hide for free.

  For the first time in his life, he found a bargain, and he was in an exceptionally good mood, humming a tune as he returo his cave dwelling.

  On the way back, he paid special attention to the versations of the surrounding cultivators, mainly to see if anyoioned Mu Xuan, but no one did.

  Thinking it over, he uood why no oiced a living person had disappeared.

  In the Xuan Yi, the status of outer disciples was low, and they didn't even have Life Tokens. Uhey died on the spot, it was hard to notice their absen time.

  Moreover, Mu Xuan yboy who ofte down the mountain to fool around, so disappearing for ten days or half a month was quite normal.

  As long as he and Li Xunran didn't say anything, news of Mu Xuan's death might not spread for half a month!

  Back at the cave dwelling, Lin Hao immediately took out the beast hide, casually tossing the three damaged artifacts aside, pnning to find an artifact dealer ter to sell them for forty spirit stones without a problem!

  He pced the Cloud Thunder Beast hide oable and began cutting and preparing it.

  ***

  Two hours ter, he had harvested fifty sheets of talisman material, but he didn't pn to draw talismans now. He inteo wait until he became a sed-tier talisman master, when his success rate would double!

  After tidying up and putting everything into his ste bag, Li Xunraurned.

  "Master!"

  Li Xunraered and called softly.

  Lin Hao looked over, and his eyes immediately lit up.

  She was wearing a somewhat sheer white long dress, embroidered with exquisite flowers. Her graceful figure was faintly visible uhe dress...

  A standard oval face, long hair reag her waist, a delicate nose, eyes as blue as the o, aive red lips.

  Clearly, she had dressed up deliberately.

  Feeling a stir in his heart, Lin Hao said, "e in."

  With that, he turned and walked towards the bedroom.

  "Okay."

  Li Xunran's face showed a hint of shy joy.

  She had dressed like this to attract Lin Hao... hoping to ease and draw closer their retionship, facilitating her subsequent as.