How many Low-grade Spirit Stones could be sold? Shen Ping couldn’t decide, feeling somewhat nervous as he said, “Fellow Daoist Han, I’m just a Manager. Large-scale Spirit Rice transactions require consulting with our Patriarch. May I… go back once?”

Jiang Chen frowned slightly. “I won’t wait long.”

“Thank you.” Shen Ping didn’t dare delay, turning and leaving quickly.

Watching the other party hurriedly depart, Jiang Chen walked toward another area.

The main street of the rogue cultivator market was very long, stretching at least over a thousand meters. Stalls and doorways lined both sides. Some housed people, some sold goods. All sorts of items dazzled the eye, but most were related to demons—various meats, furs, core parts, and so on.

Outside Green City lay the dense Dark Forest. Inside were many demon lairs. This was the daily life for rogue cultivators: either forming demon hunting teams or selling things in markets.

Jiang Chen thought to himself, If I remember correctly, asking Tie Xin to install the Five Elements Four Seasons Array, besides 1,000 Mid-grade Spirit Stones, also requires demon cores with the Five Elements attributes. Perhaps I can gather them here.

Immediately, he entered a trading house named “Green City.” Judging by its name, it definitely had ties with Golden Core Perfected Master Wang.

“Fellow Daoist, may I ask what you require?” As soon as he entered, someone approached him. It was a slender female attendant.

Jiang Chen got straight to the point. “Do you have demon cores here?”

The female attendant smiled slightly. “Of course we do. We are Green City’s largest trading house.”

Jiang Chen nodded. “Let me see.”

Unexpectedly, the female attendant pointed toward a bronze mirror ahead, saying, “This is the Reflection Mirror. All items within the trading house can be viewed through it.”

Hearing this, Jiang Chen walked forward, but the mirror showed nothing. He felt surprised, immediately showing a questioning look.

The female attendant explained, “Our trading house highly values client privacy. Therefore, you need to inject a trace of spiritual energy to activate it. Afterward, the Reflection Mirror automatically clears records.”

“Interesting.” Jiang Chen’s lips curled slightly, then he injected a trace of spiritual energy.

Instantly, the originally unchanged Reflection Mirror emitted a white light. Then, rows of words appeared. The variety was abundant.

The female attendant beside him reminded, “Whatever you want, just think about it. The Reflection Mirror automatically displays it. Moreover, these are absolutely today’s latest items.”

Originally intending to check demon cores, his gaze subconsciously focused on spells. His mind moved, and he couldn’t help checking.

Soon, options for various spiritual roots appeared. Besides the Five Elements spiritual roots—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth—there actually were variant spiritual roots like Wind and Thunder. Variant spiritual roots either had very few spells—only one or two—or none at all. Spells within the trading house were mostly Metal, Water, and Wood. Each type had at least a dozen spells.

Jiang Chen decisively selected [Wood Spiritual Root].

Whoosh! Three subcategories appeared. Among them, [Low-tier] had 7 spells.

Jiang Chen selected [High-tier]. Immediately, five spells came into view.

[Forest Stealth (Incomplete)]

[Ironwood Armor (Incomplete)]

[Wood Heart Growth Method (Incomplete)]

[Green City Transformation Art (Incomplete)]

[Green Lotus Art (Incomplete)]

Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow. “Why are they all incomplete fragments?”

The female attendant helplessly said, “Complete spells flow into auction houses.”

Complete spells were inherently precious, especially high-tier ones. Most spells available in the market, regardless of quality, were either common, widespread goods or unwanted incomplete fragments. Any complete spell prioritized entering auction houses, going to the highest bidder.

The female attendant continued, “Several low-tier spells are complete. You can look. Your Spirit Stones aren’t exactly abundant, so choose high-tier if possible. As for complete low-tier spells, look first.”

Then he began checking them one by one.

Forest Stealth combined movement techniques with an escape method.

Wood Heart Growth Method was similar to the Spirit Growth Art.

Green City Transformation Art was actually the spell Perfected Master Wang cultivated in his early years.

Green Lotus Art was based on the green lotus; it enhanced the physique and transformed the spiritual root.

Among these five high-tier spells, three most attracted Jiang Chen. Respectively: Forest Stealth, Green City Transformation Art, and Green Lotus Art.

The other two, like Ironwood Armor, he had already cultivated to the highest level. As for Wood Heart Growth Method, he had a substitute in the Spirit Growth Art.

If he went according to his own needs, the priority was definitely Forest Stealth—after all, it combined movement and escape methods. And Green City Transformation Art might involve a connection to Perfected Master Wang.

But when it was time to choose, he couldn’t let go of the Green Lotus Art. Why? Because he truly possessed a green lotus seed, thus he was very interested in “transforming the spiritual root.”

Therefore, after much thought, he temporarily gave up Forest Stealth and Green City Transformation Art. He spent 50 Low-grade Spirit Stones and acquired the incomplete fragment of the Green Lotus Art.

Then he looked toward [Demon Cores], and his eyes immediately fixed on the price.

Any attribute demon core had a minimum cost of 50 Mid-grade Spirit Stones.

Jiang Chen couldn’t help but ask, “Demon cores are so expensive?”

The female attendant replied, “Because demons only develop cores when they reach over a hundred years old; thus, hunting them is extremely difficult.”

Hearing this, he gave up buying demon cores, deciding to wait until he was richer later.

The female attendant was very enthusiastic. “Anything else you require?”

As long as the client purchased successfully, she got a commission. More items bought meant more commission earned.

Jiang Chen asked, “You have wine brewing recipes here?”

On the other side, at the Shen family residence.

Shen Ping hurriedly found his cultivating Patriarch and loudly called, “Patriarch!”

Shen Rong interrupted his cultivation and showed a displeased expression. “What is the matter?”

Shen Ping panted, “Spirit… Rice!”

Shen Rong’s face darkened, and he sternly questioned, “Didn’t I just give you the month’s Spirit Rice?”

Hearing the misunderstanding, Shen Ping quickly waved his hands, then explained, “No, not want Spirit Rice… found an immortal sect disciple willing to sell us Spirit Rice!”

“Oh?” Shen Rong was quite surprised and asked with interest, “How many jin of Tier-1 Spirit Rice?”

Unexpectedly, Shen Ping shook his head. “Not Tier-1 Spirit Rice.”

Hearing this, Shen Rong half-jokingly said, “Not Tier-1? Could it be Tier-2?”

Unexpectedly, Shen Ping actually nodded, then excitedly expressed, “Yes, yes, yes… exactly Tier-2 Spirit Rice, a full 500 jin!”