Chapter 65: Easy Market

  Yongchang City, Yi Market.

  This is the largest trading venue in Yongyuan City, where everything needed for life can be bought. Although Tianyao Array Method Tower also sells talismans to outsiders, it mainly targets commercial firms. Therefore, ordinary people who want to buy living-class talismans can only come to Yishi Market. This place not only sells talismans but also provides various cultivation methods, combat skills, spiritual pills, and countless cultivation resources that are readily available here.

  Tang Jing now only wants to quickly gather resources and set up the Holy Light Jade Lotus Formation to help Shangguan Qiusuo recover from her injuries. He had originally planned to sell some talismans, but unfortunately, something unexpected happened, and he refused the owner of that ancient tower. He didn't want to go back there again, so he simply gave the Wind Blade Talismans he had refined to Tian Jinguang as compensation for those ten jars of wine. Tian Jinguang had been eyeing those Wind Blade Talismans for a long time, and when he received a stack of them, he felt extremely comfortable in his heart. When he learned that Tang Jing needed to buy some resources, he patted his chest and readily agreed, saying that he wasn't short on money.

  Tian Jingang had thought that a talisman would only cost a few coins, and the law ink used to refine it could only be worth a few more. However, when he followed Tang Qing to the Easy Market, he never expected that the law ink Tang Qing bought would cost one spirit stone per drop. Tang Qing bought three drops, and three spirit stones were gone just like that. If it had only been this much, Tian Jingang, who was used to being wealthy, wouldn't have felt too much pain. The key was that the second type of law ink Tang Qing bought actually cost four spirit stones per drop, which really shocked Tian Jingang. Tang Qing then bought three more drops in one breath, and twelve spirit stones were gone again.

  However, Tian Jinguang was also a person who cared about face. Since he had already patted his chest, he naturally couldn't go back on his word. Even if he was internally in pain, he had to put on an air of being wealthy, but as Tang Qing continued to buy five more law inkstones, the muscles on Tian Jinguang's face began to twitch.

  Three hundred spirit stones!

  This is also why Tian Jinguang is so wealthy and arrogant, if it were someone else, they would have gone bankrupt long ago. To put it into perspective, an average household with a few mouths to feed only earns around 50 spirit stones per month, and 300 spirit stones is equivalent to half a year's worth of funds for an ordinary family.

  Inside the market, people came and went, with small vendors shouting, as well as luxurious shops. At this moment, it was morning, the peak of business hours. Tang Qing strolled leisurely and walked into a shop called Fa Mo's Origin.

  "Cloud Silkworm Method Ink, is there?"

  The fat shopkeeper who was flipping through the ancient book glanced at Tang Qing and Tian Jinguang, and said lightly, "You two are quite lucky. Our store just happened to receive a shipment of five drops, one drop, fifty spiritual stones!"

  Tang Qing hadn't spoken yet, but Tian Jinguo couldn't bear it anymore. Upon hearing the price of fifty spirit stones, his forehead bulged with rage, and he burst out in anger, shouting, "Damn it! It's just a drop of Law Ink, isn't it? Do you think it's the piss of an immortal?! Fifty spirit stones for one drop, why don't you go rob someone instead!"

  "Yún cán fǎ mò is a rare and precious talisman ink, refined from dozens of expensive materials such as Liúlí lù and Bìyù sī. Its price is naturally not comparable to ordinary talisman inks. If you can't afford it, you might as well ask another family."

  Tang Qing hadn't been to the secular world for a long time and didn't know the true price of this thing, so he asked several more houses, and the prices were all about the same. Tang Qing was about to buy it, but Tian Jinguang was a bit hesitant.

  "This... Tang Jing ah! The thing is... I've been a bit tight on hand for the past two days..."

  Looking at Tian Jingang's hesitant and embarrassed expression, Tang Qing smiled calmly, patted his shoulder, and said, "Is it because you spent too much?"

  "Not many! Are three hundred spirit stones considered a lot? I, Tian Jingang, am not short of money." With a pat on his chest and an air of arrogance, he said, "You wait here, I'll go back for a trip and come right back."

  "Go back home, you've helped enough already!"

  "What's mine is yours! You wait here, I'll go home right away!"

  Tang Jing grasped his shoulder and said, "Alright, let's go eat first."

  Tian Jinguang said he had to go home no matter what, but Tang Qing's attitude was firm. Tian Jinguang was helpless and could only take Tang Qing out for dinner first.

  "Yi Jia" is the only large restaurant in Yi Market that combines a hotel and a restaurant, and it is also the most luxurious and extravagant restaurant in Yongyan City. Eating a meal here is not cheap, with each dish and pot of wine costing much more than outside. Only wealthy families can afford to dine here, ordinary people cannot. Tian Jinguang has limited spirit stones left on him, but eating a meal here still leaves him with plenty to spare.

  As I stepped into the Yi family's estate, it was as if I had entered a paradise. Rainbows fluttered about in mid-air, clouds and mist swirled around, and a magnificent waterfall cascaded down from the majestic mountains, gently flowing into a serene emerald lake. The faint fragrance was intoxicating, the scenery was like a dream, and it truly left one enchanted. It's said that this is the most resplendent Cloud Dream Paradise Illusion Array in Yongyang City, and just maintaining it for an hour requires ten spirit stones.

  Tang Qing and Tian Jinguang stepped onto the second floor, as if they were standing at the summit of a mountain, overlooking the vast land. Tian Jinguang seemed to be a regular here, and he was already accustomed to this dreamlike illusion. After sitting down, he ordered two jars of wine and five dishes of high-quality delicacies in one breath. Neither Tang Qing nor Tian Jinguang were connoisseurs, and when the fine wine and delicacies arrived, they took turns drinking from the jar, pouring it directly into their mouths, which earned them a disdainful look from the self-proclaimed refined people nearby.

  Inside this fairyland, people were either sitting on the mountain peaks or gathering by the emerald lake, or amidst the rainbows. On the clouds above sat two young men. The one on the left had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, looking elegant and refined in his white clothes, holding a paper fan. He was handsome and charming as he gently shook the fan, gazing at Tang Jing who stood atop a mountain peak.

  Across from him sat another person, this one somewhat eccentric, with long hair covering half of his cheek, revealing only the right half of his face. A pair of icy eyes, a purple robe on his body, making him look even more bizarre. His left hand held a wine cup, and his right hand rested on the hilt of a blue sword. He took a light sip, then followed the gaze of the person across from him to the summit of the mountain peak.

  "He's just a coarse and unrefined person, I don't know what Guan Ming thinks of him."

  The young man sitting opposite was none other than Guan Ming, one of the five heroes of Yongyan City. He smiled with his eyes and said in a low voice, "Brother Meng only knows that Tian Jinguang is a rough person, but do you know who the person sitting next to him is?"

  Meng Jingtong, a direct disciple of the Half Moon Gate, one of the Five Heroes of Yongyuan City. He is arrogant and cold, relying on his talent to look down on others. His cultivation has already reached the Post-Heaven stage, and with the unyielding Qingfeng Sword in hand, he looks down on everything. At a young age, more than ten people have died under his sword.

  "Honda Kōhei is a coarse and unrefined person, so it's no surprise that he would associate with people of similar character."

  This Meng Jing Tong's voice was just like his person, giving people a strange and cold feeling, with a hint of arrogance in his words and deeds.

  "Hehe......" Guan Ming smiled lightly and raised his wine cup, downing it in one gulp. "He's the very popular Tang Qing of late!"

  "Oh?"

  At the mention of Tang Jing, Meng Jing's face, which was as pale as a ghost, finally showed some movement. A pair of cold eyes looked over, gazing at the person sitting opposite Tian Jinguang. The man had a thin build, wore ordinary long clothes, and had a slightly handsome face with a pair of narrow, long eyes. From head to toe, he was completely ordinary, without anything out of the ordinary, not even a hint of true energy fluctuations.

  "Is he the one who formed the body of the earth, solved the remaining puzzles of the Nine Palaces and Six Harmonies, and rejected the waste of the ancient tower master?"

  Meng Jingtong was somewhat surprised, but it was just surprise, and his words still showed a hint of disdain.

  When Meng Jing Tong refused the Lord of Gu Ta, a hint of jealousy and anger flashed across his eyes. He snorted in derision but did not speak.

  At the top of the mountain, Tian Jinguang let out a loud belch, and after half a tank of wine, he was already somewhat drunk, his face bright red, shaking his head, and continuing to drink. Across from him, Tang Jing downed a tank of wine, but became increasingly thirsty, eating in small mouthfuls.

  "Hey, isn't this the young master of the Lei Hu Gang?"

  A burst of laughter came, Tian Jinguang turned around with a scowl and cursed, "Who the hell is calling me?"

  A line of three people walked straight over from the opposite side, with the leader appearing to be around thirty years old. He wore a brocade robe, with jade belt hanging and his hands clasped behind his back, walking in a leisurely manner with a playful smile at the corner of his mouth.

  "Who would have thought it was you, a sudden rich man!"

  Tian Jingang's reputation in Yongyang City was not as loud as that of the three outstanding talents, but he was also a well-known young master. He recognized the person who came, who was Luo Zimo, a direct disciple of the Half Moon Gate. His father was a famous businessman in Yongyang City, and Luo Zimo was generous with his money. He had even used spirit stones to hurt people three times, so Tian Jingang called him a nouveau riche.