Chapter Thirteen: Picking Up Leaks

  Jing Feng said: "Follow me, listen, outside the Wind Valley there is a maze array, don't get lost."

  Bi Fan didn't dare to be careless and closely followed Jing Feng's back. It seemed that he had been overthinking earlier.

  However, Bi Fan was still very cautious, having suffered humiliation since childhood and finding it hard to trust people.

  Only after a careful and winding path did they finally see an open road ahead.

  Surrounded by high mountains and steep peaks, there is only one path leading in.

  After entering, it is a very large basin, on which there are many buildings, with people coming and going, very lively.

  "This is Listening Wind Valley, if you see anything you need, just let me know, I still have some savings." said Jing Feng.

  Cultivators trade, hard currency is crystal stones, precious items are mostly bartered.

  Bi Fan obtained a large number of crystal stones from the two Qian Kun bags, mostly mid-to-low-grade crystal stones. After roughly counting them, he found that there were 113 mid-grade crystal stones and over 3,000 low-grade crystal stones.

  One mid-grade crystal stone can be exchanged for one hundred low-grade crystal stones, and the exchange ratio of high-grade crystal stones is also one to one hundred. These are all basic common sense that Bi Fan still knows.

  The Windy Valley is very free to enter and exit, with no one checking identities.

  As soon as you enter Listening Wind Valley, you can hear all sorts of voices negotiating prices or asking how to make a deal.

  "A high-quality ritual instrument jade fan in exchange for a sword of the same grade."

  "A hundred-year-old Chinese angelica tree is here, those who are interested can come and take a look!"

  Jing Feng heard that there was a jade fan available for trade and walked up.

  "How about exchanging this jade fan? How many crystal stones?"

  "I'll only exchange it for a high-quality sword, not crystal stones." The stall owner was a middle-aged man who gave Shi Feng a cold glance.

  Jing Feng gazed at the jade fan, his eyes shining brightly. Unfortunately, he didn't have a high-quality magic sword to exchange for it, or else he would have really wanted to get his hands on the jade fan.

  Thinking of holding a jade fan and having an elegant demeanor, the wind is so itchy that it's unbearable.

  Bi Fan saw that Jing Feng really wanted the jade fan, and although he had a high-quality magic sword, he didn't plan to take it out to help Jing Feng with the transaction.

  Wealth should not be displayed openly; it is essential to have a mind that guards against others.

  These principles are well-known to everyone, especially since he is even more cautious than ordinary people.

  Jingfeng reluctantly glanced at the jade fan and walked away.

  The Windy Valley is very wide and has many streets, with stalls on both sides of the street.

  On these stalls, there are all sorts of strange and unusual items, including secret manuals, elixirs, talismans, magical instruments, treasures, spiritual medicines, and materials for refining equipment.

  Bi Fan held an open-minded attitude, strolling past each stall one by one, occasionally inquiring about the price, but not making a purchase.

  Recently, Bi Fan obtained quite a few treasures, which broadened his horizons. He really couldn't be bothered with ordinary items anymore.

  Jing Feng said: "Bi Fan little brother, is there anything you like? I'll buy it for you."

  Jingfeng was very clever and wanted to give Bi Fan some benefits. Later, when he asked Bi Fan for a dragon sable, he would not dare to refuse.

  "No need, if I needed it, I could buy it myself, I have crystal stones." Bi Fan shook his head.

  Jīng Fēng was very depressed, he couldn't understand why Bì Fán, who only had the strength of the inner breath realm, would have a crystal stone and why he wouldn't be interested in a magic weapon.

  Bei Fan was always enthusiastic, but more curious, from start to finish there was no intention of buying anything.

  Jing Feng exchanged many small things along the way, but none of them were particularly satisfactory items. His most satisfying jade fan was not available for exchange with a precious sword.

  Bi Fan and Jing Feng walked up to a stall, on which were eighteen books.

  Bi Fan flipped through those books and found that most of them were secret recipes for cultivating the mortal realm, mainly focusing on the introductory method of internal breath.

  He already has Qingyang Longsheng Decree, so he doesn't need these other decrees anymore.

  He picked up a book on beginner's talismans, called "Talismanic Communion with the Spirit". The title sounded impressive, and the cover was gold-plated, shining brightly. However, the content was just some basic introductions to talismans and methods for drawing them, completely worthless.

  "Old immortal, how does this talisman record communicate with the divine?" Bi Fan asked.

  The stall owner was an old man who looked particularly delighted when Bi Fan called him Old Immortal.

  "Hey kid, you want this 'Tome of Spiritual Communion'? Give me ten crystal stones."

  Bi Fan was just about to make the trade when he was interrupted by a sudden gust of wind: "Young Brother Bi Fan, the Symbolic Records of Spiritual Communication only record the most basic knowledge of symbolic records. A book like this is worth at most one crystal stone. Although the cover of this book is wrapped in a layer of gold, it's still not worth ten crystal stones."

  "Alright young man, I won't ask for much. Just give me five crystal stones and we'll call it a deal. That's how many I spent to get them in the first place." The old man spoke up.

  The old man didn't lie this time, he thought the cover of "Tong Shen" was so exquisite that there must be some secrets inside, so he spent a few more crystals to buy it for research, unfortunately, nothing useful came out.

  "Alright, I'll take it."

  He took out the crystal stone and replaced the talisman with the divine communication.

  After leaving the stall, Jingfeng whispered: "Bi Fan brothers, you lost big time. The Symbol Record of Divine Communication is worth at most two crystal stones. I warned you, but you still got cheated."

  "It doesn't matter, as long as it's useful to me, the Five Crystal Stone is worth it in my opinion." Bi Fan's values were clearly different.

  He won't spend crystal stones on useless items, no matter how precious they are. As long as the item is useful to him, he doesn't mind spending more crystal stones, as long as he thinks it's worth it.

  Jingfeng disagreed with Bifan's views, but didn't argue with him, after all, it wasn't his crystal stones that were being spent.

  The two continued walking down, almost every time they reached a stall, Bi Fan would carefully look at it for a while, he was distinguishing the good and bad of those items based on what he had learned.

  Suddenly, Bi Fan stopped in his tracks. He was at a stall and had spotted an extraordinary piece of armor - the Inner Armor of the Law. However, this piece of armor no longer had any spiritual energy, looking very ordinary as it lay mixed in with several other pieces of equipment.

  Although it was Bi Fan's first time going out, he had heard a lot and knew some small tricks.

  He casually picked up a ritual object and asked, "How does this ritual object trade?"

  The more you like something, the more you should pretend to be indifferent, otherwise you'll only end up being taken advantage of.

  Ke Bi Fan was even more delighted, he picked up the treasure, with a look of reluctance to part with it.

  In the eyes of the stall owner, he was just a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

  "This piece of equipment is a top-notch item among the middle-grade ones, almost comparable to high-grade equipment. If you want it, little brother, I'll give you a discount, 500 crystal stones." The stall owner was eloquent and smooth-tongued, but he exaggerated too much.

  Bi Fan's hand held a mid-grade artifact, but it was just the most ordinary kind and didn't resemble what the stall owner said, which was an extreme product among mid-grade artifacts.

  The stall owner is quite dark, and the price he quoted is already the price of a regular high-quality law enforcement equipment.

  Bi Fan put down the artifact and said: "With 500 crystal stones, I can directly buy a top-grade artifact."

  The stall owner saw that Bi Fan was not so easily fooled, and reopened the price: "Two hundred crystal stones, this piece of equipment is really top-notch, absolutely worth this price."

  "Two hundred crystal stones is still a bit high, how about this? Give me this broken inner armor for two hundred crystal stones." Bi Fan said as he picked up the inner armor.

  The interior looks very worn out, with many places polished to a shiny finish.

  The stall owner hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

  The inner armor was what he had received, and it only cost ten crystal stones. The two pieces of equipment together were worth two hundred crystal stones, and he could still make a profit by selling them for half the price, making this deal worthwhile.

  The deal was made, and Bifan put away the two items he had exchanged for, then left. His strategy was successful, and he picked up a big bargain.

  Jing Feng had been watching from the side all along, he originally wanted to stop Bi Fan but didn't speak up.

  Through what just happened with buying the Spirit Communication Token, Jing Feng knew that Bi Fan was a very stubborn person and stopping him would be useless.