Tianbao Pavilion [Please continue reading!]

Chapter 28 Tianbao Pavilion [Please continue reading!]

More than three years have passed, and Hongyafang Market remains almost unchanged.

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar shops in the market, Zhou Chun couldn't help but recall the time three years ago when he met Zhou Zhengyong and the others in the market.

Three years ago, the Zhou family, who had just settled in Jiufengling, sent Zhou Zhengyong and a few others to the market to investigate the situation and prepare for opening a shop there.

As a result, more than three years have passed, and the Zhou family's shop still has not opened in the market.

Zhou Chun didn't know what caused this, but he couldn't help feeling a little regretful about it.

At this moment, he walked deeper into the market along the road, intending to set up a stall at the street market to sell magical artifacts and see if he could buy wild spiritual herbs.

But halfway there, Zhou Chun's gaze was drawn to a shop.

Li's Pharmacy!

Looking at the four large, gilded characters above the shop's entrance, and then at the smiling young shop assistant seeing a customer out of the shop, Zhou Chun's expression shifted unpredictably.

He recognized the young man; if his memory served him right, the man was a member of the Li family, formerly of the Three Absolutes Sect.

Thus, it becomes clear who owns "Li's Pharmacy".

"The Li family's pharmacy has already opened. Have the You family's shop and the Spirit Beast Manor's shop also opened in the market area?"

Zhou Chun muttered to himself, then immediately changed his plans and began to wander around the entire Hongya Market.

After wandering around for a while, he didn't find the other two shops.

Perhaps like the Zhou family, the other two families also chose to proceed cautiously and did not rush to make a move.

The appearance of the Li family cultivators also made Zhou Chun realize another problem.

As he walks through the market, he is likely to be recognized by those who have seen him before from the Three Absolutes Sect.

So he immediately went to an inn in the market and opened a cultivation room for himself.

Then, in the cultivation room, Zhou Chun took out some items for disguise and makeup from his storage bag and began to apply makeup to himself.

He had grand ambitions for coming to the market this time, so he did his homework beforehand and prepared a lot of useful things.

After some makeup, Zhou Chun transformed from a handsome young man who was 1.8 meters tall into an ordinary young man with dark skin and many pimples on his face.

Those pimples weren't fake; they were caused by medication stimulating the skin.

Zhou Chun learned his makeup techniques and the products he used from books in the Zhou family library. In terms of effectiveness, they were no worse than the makeup techniques he used in his previous life.

Therefore, after finishing his makeup, even when he looked at himself in the mirror, he found it difficult to connect the person in the mirror with the handsome young man Zhou Chun.

Zhou Chun nodded to himself in satisfaction in the mirror and waited until the two hours were up before checking out of the inn.

Half an hour later, a gray-clad young man appeared at the Hongyafang market, selling magical artifacts.

Zhou Chun also put his light gold flying knife magic weapon "Golden Willow Blade" on the stall this time, priced at sixty-five spirit coins. In addition, there was the black long sword magic weapon he got from the Mu family, as well as a storage bag.

Actually, he originally wanted to sell the black iron cone magic weapon he obtained from Li Han, but after discovering that cultivators from the Li family had appeared in the market, he gave up the idea for safety reasons.

The "Golden Willow Blade," being a mid-grade first-tier magic weapon, was quite eye-catching when it appeared in this street market.

However, the price of those sixty-five spirit coins was not something that ordinary rogue cultivators could afford.

Therefore, while some cultivators inquired about prices and tried to negotiate, none actually made a purchase.

Zhou Chun kept setting up his stall until the fifth day before finally selling it at a reduced price of fifty-nine spirit coins.

During these few days, Zhou Chun also bought several wild medicinal herbs.

However, those wild medicinal herbs were all very ordinary, far inferior to the hundred-year-old wild ginseng he had bought before, and even after purification, they wouldn't sell for many spirit coins.

Therefore, Zhou Chun could only continue to stake out the street market every day, hoping to encounter a spiritual herb of the level of a hundred-year-old wild ginseng again.

Persistence pays off. On the ninth day after Zhou Chun arrived in Hongyafang City, he finally got what he wanted.

That was a red Ganoderma lucidum that was over two hundred years old, priced at a whopping sixty spirit coins. The seller was a middle-aged female cultivator at the eleventh level of the Qi Refining stage.

To be fair, this price is much higher than the price offered by pharmacies. Generally, pharmacies would only offer around fifty spirit coins to buy this age of medicinal herbs.

But Zhou Chun didn't care about any of that. He could resell the goods and double the price, so he would make a profit no matter what.

Therefore, he quickly spent spirit coins to buy this item.

But this one red Ganoderma lucidum is not enough. If it were sold, it would only fetch a little over a hundred spirit coins, which is still far short of the spirit coins Zhou Chun needs.

Fortunately, as the only formal cultivator market in Lanzhou, Hongya Market sees a large number of cultivators coming and going every day. As long as one is patient, it is not difficult to wait for the yearly spiritual herbs that Zhou Chun wants to buy.

After staying in the market for fourteen days, he finally bought enough elixirs and began the next step of his plan.

In the inn's training room, Zhou Chun removed all her makeup, revealing her original appearance.

Then, carrying the spiritual herbs that had been cleansed of their turbid and malevolent energy with purified spiritual water, he headed straight for "Tianbao Pavilion," the most famous shop in the market.

The owner behind "Tianbao Pavilion" is the Yan Yang Sect, a major sect in Jingguo, which is famous for its weapon crafting techniques. Therefore, the magical artifacts sold by "Tianbao Pavilion" have always been highly praised.

As soon as Zhou Chun entered the store, a pretty female shop assistant came to greet him.

The female shop assistant looked to be no more than twenty years old, and her cultivation level was only at the third level of the Qi Refining stage. She was probably a rogue cultivator employed by Tianbao Pavilion.

She walked up to Zhou Chun with a smile and immediately curtsied to him, saying, "Welcome to our Tianbao Pavilion, sir. I am Lanzhi, and it is my honor to serve you."

This seemingly ordinary scene filled Zhou Chun with profound emotions.

He had been to many shops in the market, and now he had finally found one that was willing to focus on service.

That's why they say it's a nationally renowned store!

With these thoughts in mind, Zhou Chun smiled and nodded slightly to the girl, saying, "Greetings, fellow Daoist. I wish to purchase a high-grade first-tier offensive magic weapon. Do you have any examples for your appraisal?"

Upon hearing this, the young woman was first startled, then nodded repeatedly with delight, saying, "Of course, but I am not in a position to handle such a large order. Please follow me, esteemed guest, and I will introduce you to our manager."

As he spoke, he raised his hand to lead Zhou Chun to a quiet room at the back of the lobby.

Once outside the quiet room, the girl didn't shy away from Zhou Chun. She simply raised her hand, knocked on the door, and repeated Zhou Chun's purpose. Then the door opened.

When Zhou Chun entered the room alone, he saw a middle-aged man with a long beard and a fair complexion standing in the quiet room, which was decorated like a tea room. His cultivation level was actually at the eleventh level of the Qi Refining stage.

Upon seeing him enter, the pale-faced man immediately bowed and said, "My name is Liu Feng, the manager of this shop. So, fellow Daoist, are you looking for a high-grade first-tier offensive magic weapon? Do you have any special requirements regarding the form of the magic weapon, or is any type acceptable?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied, "There are no special requirements. Any type is fine, as long as it satisfies me."

"Please wait a moment, fellow Daoist, I will go and fetch the goods for you right away."

As the pale-faced man spoke, he pushed open another small door behind him and disappeared.

After waiting for about fifteen minutes, he pushed the small door open again and went back into the room.

Before Zhou Chun could ask any questions, he took out several wooden boxes of different sizes from his storage bag and placed them on the table next to him. Then he opened them one by one to show Zhou Chun the magical artifacts inside.

He first opened a long, rectangular wooden box and took out a pale gold longsword, about three feet long.

He introduced the artifact as follows: "The artifact is called the Golden Goose Blade. It is made of refined gold and forged by tempering it with pure earth fire for five days and five nights. It has the characteristics of sharpness and armor-piercing. No artifact of the same level can withstand its sharpness. It is priced at 320 spirit coins."

After pausing slightly, and seeing that Zhou Chun did not respond, he put the long sword magic weapon back into the wooden box, opened the second wooden box, and took out a small fiery red flag.

"The magic weapon is named [Flame Sparrow Banner]. It is made primarily of the silk of the second-tier demon beast Crimson Flame Spider, with fire essence copper as the auxiliary material. It was crafted by a master craftsman and took half a month to complete. It can be activated at once to release three Flame Sparrows with the power equivalent to the Firebird spell to attack the enemy, or it can concentrate its power to release one Flame Sparrow with the power equivalent to a first-tier high-grade spell to attack the enemy."

"Furthermore, if one has cultivated the art of fire control, one can also use the flame power released by this treasure to one's own advantage, and exert a more exquisite effect. The price is 380 spirit coins."

Zhou Chun's eyes lit up, and he made no attempt to hide his admiration, saying, "It is indeed a fine treasure, and the price is fair."

After saying that, he shook his head and said with regret, "Unfortunately, I do not know the art of fire control and cannot bring out the true purpose of this item. Let's look at other magical artifacts instead."

Upon hearing this, the pale-faced middle-aged man swallowed back the words he was about to say. He could only put the small bright red flag back into the wooden box, open the third wooden box again, and take out a small earthen-yellow seal.

The small, yellowish-brown seal seemed extremely heavy. When the pale-faced middle-aged man took it out, the veins on his wrists were bulging, indicating that he was struggling to do so.

And unlike the previous magical artifacts, he didn't hold them in his hands, but instead placed them directly on the ironwood table next to him.

"The magic artifact is named 'Little Thousand Mountain Seal.' It was made from a large amount of Earth Profound Stone and refined by pure earth fire for ten days and ten nights. It possesses the properties of gravity, sturdiness, and gigantification. Its power is unmatched among first-tier magic artifacts. The price is four hundred and twenty spirit coins!"

Having said that, the pale-faced middle-aged man didn't take out any more magical artifacts, but simply looked at Zhou Chun and asked, "Of these three magical artifacts, does Fellow Daoist have any that catch his eye?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun exclaimed in surprise, "Are these the only three magical artifacts? Aren't there any other magical artifacts?"

They seemed to disbelieve that such a vast Tianbao Pavilion only possessed a few high-grade first-tier magic artifacts.

Upon hearing this, the pale-faced middle-aged man looked at him intently and said, "There are other magical artifacts as well, but their uses are similar to these three. If you wish to examine them all, I must first verify your wealth to avoid wasting everyone's time!"

Zhou Chun frowned slightly and asked softly, "Is this your store's rule?"

"Yes, that's our store's rule."

The fair-skinned middle-aged man nodded in agreement without hesitation.

"I understand. Then I will show Steward Liu my assets."

Zhou Chun relaxed his brow, nodded slightly, and then reached out and patted the storage bag at his waist, revealing his assets.

Although it's only two chapters a day, it's over 6,000 words a day, which is equivalent to three chapters for those who read 2K. Readers, please don't rush me!

(End of this chapter)