Chapter 68: Trash Basket of Foundation Establishment Cultivators

On the second day, Lin Shan came to the stall area. Now that both commissions had been completed, it was time for him to think about himself.

The things in the store area were too expensive, so he wanted to check out the stall area to see if there was anything he could get at a bargain or use.

The stalls are usually set up by independent cultivators. They cannot afford to rent a shop, nor do they have the necessary skills to enter a professional field. In order to earn some spirit stones to support their families, they can only set up stalls, and their target customers are mostly independent cultivators.

Children of immortal cultivation families usually don't come here to buy things, but go to regular and reliable stores.

The independent sellers also sell their wares one by one, and none of them are famous. Although the prices are lower than those in the shops, many of them are second-hand goods with no quality assurance.

It often happens that someone buys a fire blasting charm, but before he can use it, he blows himself up first;
Someone over there bought a magic weapon, but the next day the magic weapon flew away by itself;

Another person bought a pill and ended up vomiting and having diarrhea, and almost went insane;
Lin Shan was not worried at all. What was there to be afraid of with the reinforcement panel? The reinforcement panel could identify all items. Needless to say, it was a good opportunity to pick up a bargain. If you wanted to cheat him, there was no way!

Walking slowly in the stall area, there were rows of stall owners on both sides, each shouting and trying their best to sell their own things, various skills, magic tools, elixirs, spiritual flowers and fruits, spiritual wood and iron, puppets, talismans, spiritual beasts, etc.
Some monks even started pimping business. Apparently, they could not compete with the "Yanchunlou" in the entertainment district, so they opened brothels privately. It is not known whether there was any honey trap.

Some stall owners even went to the streets to solicit customers, and their enthusiasm was a little overwhelmed.

Lin Shan was pulled to a stall by a little girl. The stall owner was an old man in the late stage of Qi training. He smiled and called his granddaughter behind him. Pointing to a pile of talismans on the stall:
"My fellow Daoist, take a look at what you like. All low-level talismans are available in stacks of ten for one spirit stone."

Lin Shan looked at the girl in silence. Fighting was not allowed in the market, but this girl grabbed his clothes tightly in the street. He couldn't beat her or scold her. Is there anyone who takes advantage of the situation like this? The market doesn't care?

Helplessly, he looked at the piles of talismans on the stall. The golden light talisman, the golden spear talisman, the earth spike talisman, the earth prison talisman, the healing talisman, and the vine talisman were all low-level spells of the three series of gold, earth, and wood.

Lin Shan asked the stall owner in surprise: "Are these all made by you, Taoist friend?"

The stall owner smiled and said, "That's right. I have three spiritual roots: gold, earth and wood. I have mastered all three types of skills and spells."

Lin Shan was filled with awe. This old man practiced three different types of skills at the same time. He must have endured countless years of hardship before he reached the late stage of Qi training.

Regarding the qualifications for cultivating immortals in this world, he had heard about it from Gongsun Yu and other young masters who came from cultivation families in the pavilion on the top of the mountain when he first came to Yichuan two days ago. This gave him a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg of this magnificent world of immortals and heroes.

In fact, most of the immortal cultivators have several kinds of spiritual roots to a greater or lesser extent, but the aptitude for cultivation has nothing to do with the number of spiritual roots, nor is it necessarily related to the attributes of the spiritual roots.

There are clear professional standards for distinguishing spiritual root qualifications, and the qualifications generally recognized by the top sects in the cultivation world are divided into:
A, B, C, D.

The four levels only represent the speed of cultivation.

The attributes of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, and ice are just different attributes of heaven and earth, with different focuses, power, and difficulty. Different spiritual roots are indeed rarer and more popular, but qualifications cannot be generalized.

For example, some people have three spiritual roots of gold, earth, and thunder. Maybe two of them are of "Ding" level qualifications, but the other one is of "Jia" level. Then the practice method generally focuses on the "Jia" level spiritual root.

Currently, Lin Shan has only found out that he has the wind spiritual root. As for whether he has other spiritual roots or what his aptitude is, only the major sects have special testing instruments to detect them. Casual cultivators usually have to figure it out on their own.

The advantage of cultivating a single attribute is that it is focused, in order to quickly cultivate and break through the realm. The advantage of cultivating multiple attributes is that there are many means to deal with different situations.

For example, the famous combination magic spell "Wind and Fire Wheel" requires the dual-attribute spiritual roots of wind and fire to perform;
Another example is the famous magical spell "Extremely Cold Icefall", which is exclusive to those with dual spiritual roots of ice and water.
Another example is the legendary magical spell "Geomagnetic Thunder Escape", which is exclusive to those who possess the Thunder and Earth Spirit Root.

The world is so big that nothing is strange. There is infinite power between heaven and earth. There are innumerable magical powers and spells that combine the second and third series, and even the legendary "Yuanci Divine Light" that combines the five elements!
But even so, except for a very small number of talented cultivators, most people in the cultivation world still specialize in one attribute.

Because studying and practicing various techniques and spells makes life even more difficult for cultivators who already have limited time.

If you have time, you might as well cultivate one attribute early on and enter the foundation-building stage or even the golden elixir stage. Longevity and immortality are the ultimate goals of cultivating immortals.

The stall owner in front of me practiced various skills, probably just to make and sell talismans.

Lin Shan looked around and shook his head in disappointment: "Low-level talismans are of no use to me. If you have a mid-level talisman, maybe I can take a look at it."

The stall owner smiled helplessly: "If I could make mid-level talismans, I would have been hired as a talisman master by the Baibao Pavilion and Fuzhuan Building in the north of the city. The requirements for mid-level talismans are extremely high. You need the fur of a Qi training monster to make talisman paper, a wolf-hair brush for the late Qi training stage, and the blood of a Qi training monster to make cinnabar."

The stall owner might have become a chatterbox because he was old. He started to complain to Lin Shan about how hard he tried, but why he just couldn't become a mid-level talisman master, etc.

Lin Shan was overwhelmed by what he heard and quickly called for a stop. He had no choice but to pick and choose, thinking that the wood-attributed healing talisman might be useful in the future. When he was about to buy a stack of healing talismans, a middle-aged stall owner next to him spoke leisurely:
"You can take a stack of fifteen healing talismans for one spirit stone."

Lin Shan turned around and left without hesitation.

Moving to the stall next to him and taking a look, he found that the middle-aged stall owner had many more types of talismans than the old man next to him.

The little girl who had just pulled him over stood aside, pointing at the middle-aged stall owner aggrievedly: "It's obviously me who pulled the customers over, you...you...you always steal my business!"

The middle-aged stall owner remained calm and said, "When buying things, you should compare prices from three different stores. Not only are my products cheaper, but they also have a wider variety and better quality than your grandfather's. What can you and your grandson do to compete with me?"

The old man who was setting up a stall next to him remained silent. His granddaughter was still there indignantly, stamping her feet and whispering angrily: "Isn't it just that I was born in a family of immortal cultivators and have an uncle in the foundation-building stage?"

Lin Shan, who was standing nearby, was really amazed. He didn't expect that there would be so many good things on the street stalls.

Hungry ghost talisman, summoning talisman, sealing talisman, invisibility talisman, blood burning talisman, wind control talisman, soul-snatching talisman, ghost-exorcising talisman, spiritual aura talisman, and concentration talisman.
A large number of them were actually all low-level talismans! There were many varieties, and Lin Shan had used the enhanced panel to identify them, and they were really not defective.

"Hey, fellow Daoist, these low-level talismans here were all made by my second uncle, a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage. These were made when he practiced with ordinary low-level talisman paper. I collected them and secretly sold them! The price is guaranteed to be fair!"

The middle-aged stall owner puffed out his chest, looking cunning.

Lin Shan was instantly moved. This was a practice work by a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage! Even if it was a low-level talisman, it would have an extraordinary effect.

The middle-aged stall owner boasted as he chatted with Lin Shan: "This low-level talisman is not worthy of his attention. He just casually drew it and threw it into the trash can. I picked it up and sold it secretly. If you miss this opportunity, you will never have this shop again!"

Lin Shan nodded repeatedly. These talismans were very niche. Although they were of low grade, they were probably used for training because of the poor quality of the talisman paper. If there were mid-level or high-level talisman paper, I'm afraid the talismans drawn would be mid-level or high-level talismans!

Pick up a concentration talisman and the strengthening panel pops up.

【Concentration Talisman】

Grade: Low-level talisman

Introduction: Calm the mind, focus attention, and reduce external interference with the mind.

Enhancement required: 8 points

……

"This mind-concentrating talisman has two effects. One is to be used when you are breaking through a bottleneck, and it can help you concentrate your mind. The other effect is to be used during a battle, and it can protect the mind and slightly resist the effects of spells such as soul-snatching, soul-stealing, soul-calming, and soul-shocking. It has endless uses!"

The middle-aged stall owner nearby saw Lin Shan pick up the concentration talisman and hurriedly introduced it to him in detail.

Lin Shan secretly guessed that this middle-aged man, having followed his uncle, should have learned some skills in talismans, so it was natural that he understood them so clearly.

At the same time, he kept nodding his head. If he had the Concentration Talisman in the woods beside the stream that day, Princess Guo's low-level magical weapon, the Soul-Shocking Bell, would probably not have been able to control him to death. Even if he could not completely offset her soul attack, at least he could recover some of his mobility.

"Buy it, how many spirit stones?" Lin Shan waved his hand, thinking, how expensive could a mere low-level talisman be?
"Five spirit stones for one ticket." The middle-aged stall owner said with a smile.

……

Lin Shan just stared quietly at the middle-aged stall owner, neither of them looking away.

After a while, Lin Shan gave up and started to play the emotional card: "Daoyou, let's be friends. I'm not just buying this one. If this deal goes through, I'll be your repeat customer!"

The middle-aged stall owner said in embarrassment: "I am not the eldest son in the family, and the competition pressure is very high. I took the opportunity to secretly pick up the talisman from my second uncle's trash can while cleaning. You know, there are many people in the family who are eyeing my second uncle's trash can."

The two looked at each other for a moment, and vaguely felt that they were evenly matched.

(End of this chapter)

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