Chapter 443: Golden Runes (I)
Chapter 443: Golden Runes (I)
"These herbs come to a total of sixty-two low-grade spirit stones. Would you like to sell them, Sir?" a young woman in her twenties asked respectfully inside the Hundred Herbs Hall.The girl was not very strong, only around the third stage of the Qi Refining realm. Most shop attendants in the market were at this level.
"Alright." Lin Zheyu nodded.
Low-grade spirit stones were the inferior kind Lin Zheyu had obtained before. Above them were mid-grade, high-grade, and even top-grade stones. Lin Zheyu had not even seen a mid-grade one, let alone the others.
The girl took out 62 spirit stones and handed them over, saying, "Here are your spirit stones."
Lin Zheyu counted them, confirmed the total, and stored them in his storage pouch. He visited several shops and sold off everything he did not need, including spare storage pouches, dharma artifacts, herbs, and refining materials. The Divine Power Crystal, however, he kept. He felt that this energy, different from spirit power, might prove crucial at certain moments. After selling everything, he obtained a total of six hundred and twenty-three spirit stones, all low-grade. It looked like a lot, but it really was not.
In this world, low-grade spirit stones were the lowest-quality, most basic kind. One thousand low-grade stones could be exchanged for a single mid-grade stone, and one thousand mid-grade stones for a high-grade one. Lin Zheyu's entire fortune was not even worth a single mid-grade spirit stone. He was, without a doubt, utterly poor.
"I thought that young man from the Directorate of Celestial Observation had some powerful backing. Turns out he's just another pauper." Lin Zheyu shook his head slightly as he stepped out of the Hundred Herbs Hall.
Compared to others, that youth was simply a slightly less poor pauper. Lin Zheyu had even been so cautious before, worried about exposure and potential trouble. If that young man from the Directorate of Celestial Observation knew he had been judged as poor, he would probably be so angry he might come back to life just to argue with Lin Zheyu.
As a martial artist, Lin Zheyu did not understand the hardships of the Immortal Dao. Something had gone wrong in this world. Not only did advancing to the Golden Core realm require a slot, but even spiritual qi itself had become problematic. What had once been freely available was now an exceedingly precious resource. Ordinary immortal cultivators had to pay a heavy price just to purchase spiritual qi in order to improve their strength.
Most cultivators had little to spare. That young man from the Directorate of Celestial Observation came from an ordinary background, and his talent was not particularly extraordinary. Yet while advancing to the Foundation Establishment realm, he still managed to save enough spirit stones to purchase several decent dharma artifacts. By comparison, he was already considered wealthy.
Adding the twenty-three spirit stones I had left before, that makes six hundred and forty-six in total. I need to plan carefully and spend sparingly, Lin Zheyu thought as he considered what to buy.