Unsheathed

Over at the inn located at the south of Green Cottage Town, Chen Ping'an forced himself to calm his mind even though he had already been feeling a sense of unease for a very long time. He wanted to draw two gold paper Land-Shortening Talismans tonight.

After picking up his calligraphy brush, however, Chen Ping'an discovered that he was unable to write anything after hesitating for a long time. This was because he was well aware that he wouldn't be able to draw a successful talisman if he forced himself to write on the gold talisman paper. Of course, he could perhaps succeed if he used ordinary talisman paper.

Chen Ping'an put down his calligraphy brush and stood up to practice standing meditation for two hours. However, he was surprisingly still unable to genuinely calm his mind.

That being the case, he decided to leave his room and take a night stroll around Green Cottage Town. After returning to his room, he took out some bamboo slips and looked over them under the light for a long time.

Chen Ping'an surprisingly remained sitting next to the light for the entire night.

When morning arrived, Chen Ping'an put on his face mask and once again visited Copper Stench City with his large sack. However, he was slightly disappointed when he didn't see the same ghost captain at the city gate.

Gold Dust Market had just opened for business, and Shopkeeper Zhenguan became dazed for a long time before she finally instructed the little boy ghost to take the silver bell and notify the owner of the market. The little boy was indeed very smart, and he simply nodded without saying anything before he left to look for the door god general at the northern palace gate. It wasn't long before he returned to Gold Dust Market in Tang Jinxiu's hand, and the prime minister examiner immediately saw the items already filling the counter when she entered the shop.

She smiled and said, "You're here again, Old Esteemed Immortal. Since when did Malicious Ghost Valley become overflowing with treasures? You managed to fill an entire sack after casually walking around for a night?"

Chen Ping'an smiled and replied, "It's just as you say. Malicious Ghost Valley is truly a very good place."

Tang Jinxiu was rendered speechless. Afterward, they started to do business just like the previous time.

However, Tang Jinxiu only purchased two items after looking through everything in the large sack this time, giving Chen Ping'an two lesser heat coins.

She wasn't being stingy with her immortal coins, and she was genuinely only interested in two of the many items. If it weren't for the fact that he was a so-called young sword immortal, paying him one lesser heat coin would have already been more than fair enough.