Chapter 91 Mysterious Moon Order_1
Time flew by, and three months passed.
It had been several months since I returned to the market, spending three days each month on alchemy, while the rest of the time I dedicated to secluded cultivation, not relaxing for a moment.
With the help of elixirs, my cultivation level was slowly increasing, but the pace was very slow, and there was still a long way to go to reach the Great Perfection of Qi Refining Stage.
I shifted my long-seated body and got up from the secret chamber.
In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Lin Tianming appeared on a street in the marketplace.
Looking around at the shops and the few passers-by, Lin Tianming began to wander leisurely.
The market was also very calm, with large numbers of cultivators coming and going every day, as usual, showing no signs of anything unusual.
Perhaps it was the calm before the storm!
Without realizing it, Lin Tianming found himself in a square at the marketplace, precisely the area where stalls were set up.
Lin Tianming carefully surveyed the area, which was only around thirty acres, much smaller than Qianchuan Market, but it still had a decent crowd.
In this thirty-odd acres of space, there were already over two hundred stalls, with several cultivators selecting items at almost every stall.
It seemed that although Luoyun Market was small, there were still many cultivators engaged in small trades.
Having nothing better to do, I thought to stroll around since I was there, to see if there might be some gains.
Lin Tianming entered and started his perusal from a stall by the entrance.
After passing more than a dozen stalls, most of the items for sale were mostly spiritual medicine materials and demonic beast materials, with a comparatively small proportion of elixirs and spiritual artifacts.
Thinking about it, I could understand why; after all, Luoyun Market was established at the edge of Luoyun Mountain Range, acting as a foothold for loose cultivators.
Many loose cultivators teamed up to hunt demonic beasts in the mountains, with most of the materials they obtained being spiritual medicine materials and demonic beast materials.
Among the loose cultivators, cultivation was already extremely difficult, and the consumption of alchemists and artificers was too large, too much for loose cultivators to afford the hefty initial investments.
And the proportion of alchemists and artificers in the Cultivation World was still quite small, so in Luoyun Market, the prices of spiritual medicines and demonic beast materials were relatively low.
Without realizing it, I wandered through dozens of stalls and did not find anything particularly special.
I had spent only a little over three hundred spirit stones, purchasing a few rather rare spiritual medicine materials and several First Order Late Stage demon beast inner pills, which could be considered a bit of a gain.
As I strolled along, I made my way to a stall deep within the market.
Suddenly, the Eye of Five Colors twitched inexplicably.
It was very strange. Having had the Eye of Five Colors for several years, it had never acted on its own before.
"It looks like it has discovered something."
Following the guidance of the Eye of Five Colors, Lin Tianming stopped at a stall.
The stall's owner was a young man in his twenties, at the Third Level of Qi Refining, who Lin Tianming judged to be a loose cultivator.
There were only a little over ten items on the entire stall, all of which were as ordinary as could be.
Seeing Lin Tianming approach, the young man greeted him with a smile. He had been setting up for half the day without selling much, and with a rare customer, he naturally wanted to offer good service.
"Fellow Daoist, please look around. Whatever you like, I will give you the best price," he said.
"Hmm..."
Lin Tianming said nothing further, and began to search directly through the jumbled pile of beast skins.
"What is this?"
Amid the beast skins lay an oval-shaped token, still covered with some dirt, presenting a greyish-brown color. The token's surface bore no text, just a few spirit beast patterns engraved on it.
Lin Tianming held the token in his hand, closely examining it.
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Still not finding anything unusual.
"Huh."
Everything this man offered for sale was commonplace, nothing special, except this token that revealed no information, which had to be the object in question.
After repeatedly examining it and still finding no clues, I decided to buy it regardless of whether or not it was genuine.
"Fellow Daoist, what is this token, and how many spirit stones are you selling it for?"
Lin Tianming began to inquire directly.
"One hundred and fifty spirit stones!"
The young man originally wanted to shout out a price of two hundred spirit stones, but the cultivators who had heard this price before had all left, obviously feeling it was not worth it.
Thus, fearing that the cultivator before him would find it too expensive, he figured it would be better to just sell it for one hundred and fifty spirit stones.
After all, he had not expended much effort to obtain the token, nor had he spent any spirit stones on it.
"How about one hundred spirit stones?"
Lin Tianming began to bargain directly, although one hundred spirit stones were truly nothing to him.
Still, he had to appear reluctant, making the young man believe this item was just an ordinary thing.
"One hundred and thirty spirit stones..."
"One hundred and twenty spirit stones..."
Lin Tianming was unyielding and did not show a particularly strong desire to buy, continuing to discuss the price.
"Fellow Daoist, if you really want to buy it, one hundred and twenty-five spirit stones, let's just become friends!" the young cultivator said sincerely.
"Alright, I'll take it for the price you've said."
Lin Tianming nodded calmly and then took out one hundred and twenty-five spirit stones from his storage bag and handed them to the young man.
After checking and confirming the correct amount, the young man handed the token to Lin Tianming.
Having received the token, Lin Tianming was not in the mood to keep browsing and turned to leave the stall area, heading back to his family's small courtyard.
In the secret chamber, Lin Tianming hastily took out the token and inspected it over and over, hoping for some clue.
After pondering for half an hour, he still couldn't make heads or tails of it.
Right, let's try to refine it and see if that's of any use.
Lin Tianming's expression changed, and he bit his finger, dropping a drop of fresh blood onto the token, closely observing any changes in the token.
After a quarter of an hour had passed, there was still no movement.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Huff!"
"It seems that won't work; let's try some other methods," Lin Tianming muttered to himself.
Having struggled for half a day trying various methods, there was still no response.
"Could it be that I was mistaken!"
Lin Tianming thought to himself, but quickly dismissed the idea.
Few words are needed regarding the marvels of the Eye of Five Colors, which had provided him with significant help.
With its accomplishment in breaking alchemy formations, penetrating illusion techniques, and its rank on the List of Heavenly and Earthly Wonders, it seemed unlikely that he had made a mistake.
"That's it, let's try using the Eye of Five Colors!"
Having made up his mind, he opened the Eye of Five Colors, placed the token in front of him, and examined it carefully.
With the help of the Eye of Five Colors, he finally saw something different. The originally dark brown color of the token turned golden yellow, which was truly incredible.
Not only had the color changed, but the birds and animals on the token had as well, becoming more vivid and lifelike.
Beyond that, a line of small characters was revealed inside the token.
"Mysterious Moon Order!"
"What does this mean?"
Lin Tianming carefully reviewed all the information in his mind, hoping to recall something related to the Mysterious Moon.
Despite having consulted many family secrets, heavenly and earthly treasures, and the names of some powerful individuals, there was no clue that could be directly connected to it.
He pondered for an entire day but came up with nothing.
"Forget it, forget it..."
It seemed his knowledge was limited, and it was unrealistic to clarify this matter in a short time.
He put away the Mysterious Moon token into his storage bag, planning to search for information in the market tomorrow; maybe he could find a clue.