Chapter 90
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Chapter 90: Entering Giant Shell City
Gao Yuhu’s unexpected appearance made Li Hui deeply understand a foreign saying: the young are often overconfident and naive; in the cultivation world, he was still too inexperienced!
Bai Yulian, Mo Xinghe, and Gao Yuhu were not simple; they arrived at the markets in the quickest time and prepared to remove the talismans from their bodies while getting ready for their sea journey…
In the distance, a massive city appeared at the edge where the sea met the sky.
Between the city and the coastline was a winding main road, which he discovered upon closer inspection was formed from countless clam shells. The small shells were as large as basins, and the big clam shells were comparable to grinding wheels.
“Let’s go! This is Giant Shell City. Junior Brother, you can stay in the city for three days. We should quickly gather what we need before the Three Sects and Four Sects fully extend their influence. Trouble might wait for us in Linggui City,” Gao Yuhu said with a serious expression, leading Li Hui forward quickly.
As he stepped onto the shell road, Li Hui gazed into the distance.
This was the first time in his life he saw the sea, and he was astonished by the endless waves. He thought, “The sea is truly vast; it wouldn’t be right to simply describe it as ‘large.’ The ocean seems even broader than the sky, and beyond these boundless waters lie other continents. According to the elder’s travel records, the Wutu Continent is just a large island in the ocean. I wonder if I can survive to see the views of those other continents.”
With dreams, shock, and hope swelling in his heart…
With their agility, though Giant Shell City looked far away, they reached it in a quarter of an hour. With Gao Yuhu leading the way, the cultivators guarding the city gate overlooked the monk entirely. Not far away, a notice board displayed his image.
Li Hui realized that it wasn’t that the guards were purposefully ignoring him, but some strange influence prevented them from connecting him to his image.
What an astonishing ability! It was like temporarily losing relevant memories—seeing clearly but being unable to associate, akin to using a ‘leaf before the eyes’ talisman to walk unobstructed into Giant Shell City.
Upon arriving, he instantly felt overwhelmed by the sights.
The street wasn’t crowded; it didn’t have the jostling atmosphere of Tianlai City. However, there were many cultivators setting up stalls, and every few steps there was a building similar to Guanglu Pavilion.
Buildings like the Artifact Tower, Alchemy Room, Spirit Herb Garden, and Talisman-Making Tower were all clearly marked outside with their main businesses. Among these, Guanglu Pavilion was just an ordinary general store.
Gao Yuhu turned around and said, “I have some matters to attend to. Junior Brother, go rest in Jingdu Pavilion. Four miscellaneous disciples will assist you nearby. It’s best not to show yourself in three days; just tell them what you wish to buy. I just got news that the Flying Kite Sect and Iron Zither Sect will soon arrive in Giant Shell City.”
After saying this, Gao Yuhu hurriedly left.
A young servant ran over from a nearby inn, bowing and scraping, “Please, Senior Brother, come with me to Jingdu Pavilion. Gao Yuhu has already made arrangements.”
“Okay, lead the way,” Li Hui said, having thoughtfully considered the current situation and repeatedly decided to trust Gao Yuhu. Since he could locate things so precisely, he could also set traps or gather experts to take him down. There was no need for such inconvenience as blocking people outside the city and then informing them of danger before bringing them in. The arrangements made suggested at least for now he could be trusted.
Before long, they entered an unremarkable inn and took a plaque to stay in a little garden where Jingdu Pavilion was situated.
Finally, he had a place to settle down. Li Hui placed the bag of treasures on the table and began to pull out his possessions. Soon, the bed was filled with chain bags and other treasure bags as he started unpacking, first tossing out ordinary gold and silver along with other miscellaneous items.
When the four miscellaneous disciples arrived, they were left dumbfounded.
Li Hui didn’t try to conceal or avoid it. He called out, “The chairs are filled with chain bags. Pack up all the gold, silver, and miscellaneous items I’ve tossed out, and go into the city to gather artifact fragments. Move quickly; collect as much as you can. If there are fragments of treasures, no matter the price, bring them to me.”
“Collecting artifact fragments?” The four didn’t expect their first task would be to collect artifact fragments. What use could those possibly have?
Despite their doubts, the four diligently set to work. Once they counted the money and belongings, Li Hui added, “Keep an eye out for Liu Su water and Tianyi water, and inquire about the buying prices.”
“Sure!” The four felt excited. With so many valuables in their care, even with clean hands they could get some benefits, surely exceeding their usual earnings for half a month.
After they left, Li Hui opened the bag of treasures and dumped out the frost silver and dragon scale gold before bundling the silver money symbols and gold money symbols together. Next, he processed the lower-tier spirit talismans. Given the level of combat skills they had encountered, one-mark and two-mark spirit talismans were of little use, while three-mark talismans might still be helpful for making disposable talismans.
“This is a rare chance; it’s time to prepare for battle.”
After discarding the lower-tier spirit talismans, he began to tinker with various alchemy products.
“Poison pills are useless; if they’re to be used, let them be used. The various materials for talisman-making collected should also be examined; truly useful items, like Blood Ink and the even better rhinoceros horn ink, are rare,” Li Hui thought. He took out a fancy shawl and said, “Bougainvillea, let’s set some rules. I won’t pry into your background, but you have to help me find out if there’s any danger in the bag of treasures.”
This proved very effective, greatly touching Bougainvillea: “Really? You’re not going to probe my background anymore?”
Li Hui assured her, “More truthful than pearls, this is extremely important to me right now. Even a little assistance is beneficial. In the treacherous path ahead, I won’t have time to check every bag of treasures and chain bags meticulously each time.”
“Cluck cluck cluck, this is a piece of cake for me! The shawl in front of you has been soaked in incense, so from the moment you got it, it was marked. The bag of treasures inside is indeed without tricks.”
“What?” Li Hui slapped his forehead in frustration, thinking there might be danger inside. But the bag of treasures was safe, and the real danger lurked outside. Demon Cultivators truly made it impossible to guard against; every time it was a surprise, refreshing his understanding.
He opened the bag of treasures to find five hundred silver money symbols, fifty gold money symbols, twenty pieces of Miao Jade, and a lot of beautiful jade from the secular world. Just as the unfortunate female Demon Cultivator on the Mechanized Flying Kite said, the quantities were accurate; he had struck a small fortune.
As evening approached, the four returned, each carrying ten bulging bags of treasures, placing them in front of Li Hui.
“You four industrious ones, I need to buy a large quantity of blank talisman paper, Blood Ink, rhinoceros horn ink, Liu Su water, Tianyi water, as well as refined Beast Blood and hemp vine juice. Additionally, keep collecting artifact and treasure fragments.”
Hearing this, the four were simultaneously stunned, wondering how much money he had. Collecting so many items was a giant task; nevertheless, they felt their breaths quickening.
Li Hui laid out all the copper money symbols and silver money symbols on the table, pulled out nearly a hundred pieces of wind-milled copper and frost silver, and then tossed out ten ordinary bags of treasures, letting the lower-tier spirit talismans and various vials scatter across the ground.
“Oh my!” The four could hardly believe their eyes…