Chapter 68 The Garbage Basket of the Monk in the Foundation Establishment Stage
On the second day, Lin Shan came to the stall area. Now that both commissions had been completed, it was time for him to think about himself.
The items in the shop area were too expensive, and he wanted to see if there was anything in the stall area that he could pick up or make do with.
The stall area is generally occupied by casual cultivators. They cannot afford to rent a shop and do not have the skills to enter a house. In order to earn some spiritual stones to support their families, they can only set up stalls. Most of their target customers are casual cultivators.
For example, the children of those cultivating immortal families would generally not come here if they wanted to buy something, but would go to regular and guaranteed stores.
As for the casual repairmen who set up stalls, they only buy one shot for another, and none of them are famous. Although the prices are lower than those in stores, many of them are second-hand goods, and there is no quality guarantee.
It often happens that someone here bought a hot talisman and blew himself up before he could use it;
Someone over there bought another magic weapon, but the magic weapon flew away on its own the next day;
Another person bought a pill and ended up having vomiting and diarrhea and almost went crazy;
...
Lin Shan was not worried at all. He had an enhanced panel. What was he afraid of? All items could be identified by the enhanced panel. Needless to say, there was no way to trick him!
Walking slowly in the stall area, there are rows of stall owners on both sides, each shouting and trying their best to sell their own things, including various exercises, magic weapons, elixirs, spiritual flowers and fruits, spiritual wood and spiritual iron, puppets, and talismans.
, spiritual beasts, etc...
Some monks even started a pimp business. Apparently they couldn't compete with the "Yanchun Tower" in the entertainment district, so they opened private brothels with different colors. I don't know if there are any immortals dancing.
Some stall owners even went to the street to solicit customers, and their enthusiasm was a bit overwhelming.
Lin Shan was pulled to a stall by a little girl. The stall owner was an old man in the late stage of Qi training. He smiled and called his granddaughter behind him. He pointed at a pile of talismans on the stall:
"Fellow Taoist, let's see what you like. All the low-level talismans, one spiritual stone in a pile, and a pile of ten."
Lin Shan looked at the girl speechlessly. Fighting was not allowed in Fangshi. This girl just grabbed her clothes on the street, neither beating nor scolding her. Is there such a way to take advantage of this? Fangshi didn't care about it?
He looked helplessly at the stacks of talismans on the stall, including golden light talismans, golden gun talismans, ground thorn talisman, earth prison talisman, healing talisman, and vine talisman... They were all low-level spells from the three systems of metal, earth, and wood.
Lin Shan was a little surprised and asked the old stall owner: "Are these made by fellow Taoists?"
The stall owner smiled and said: "Yes, I have the spiritual roots of the three systems of metal, earth, and wood, and I am involved in all three systems of exercises and spells."
Lin Shan was in awe. This old man practiced three types of exercises with different attributes. He must have worked hard for countless years before he reached the advanced stage of Qi training.
Regarding the qualifications for cultivating immortals in this world, when he first came to Yichuan two days ago, he heard from the pavilion on the top of the mountain that Gongsun Yu and other young masters from the cultivating family had said that this could be regarded as opening up this magnificent world of immortals to him.
The tip of the iceberg.
In fact, most immortal cultivators have more or less several spiritual roots, but the qualifications for cultivating immortals have nothing to do with the number of spiritual roots, nor are they necessarily related to the attributes of the spiritual roots.
There are professional and clear standards for distinguishing spiritual root qualifications. Qualifications generally recognized by the top sects in the cultivation world are divided into:
A, B, C, D.
The four levels only represent the speed of cultivation.
The attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, and ice are just different attributes of heaven and earth, with different emphasis, different levels of power and difficulty. The supernatural root is indeed rarer and more popular, but the qualifications cannot be generalized.
For example, some people have three spiritual roots: gold, earth, and thunder. Maybe two of them are "D" and other qualifications, but the other one is "A" and so on. Then the cultivation method usually focuses on the "A" and other spiritual roots.
At present, Lin Shan has only been tested to find out that he has wind spiritual roots. Does he have other spiritual roots? What are his qualifications? Only the major sects of cultivating immortals have special testing tools for testing. Casual cultivators usually explore on their own.
The advantage of cultivating one attribute alone is to be single-minded, in order to quickly cultivate and break through the realm. The advantage of cultivating multiple attributes is that you have more methods and can cope with different situations.
For example, the famous combined magical spell "Hot and Fire Wheel" requires the dual attribute spiritual roots of wind and fire to be cast;
Another example is the famous magical spell "Extreme Cold Ice Falls", which is exclusive to the dual spiritual roots of ice and water;
Another example is the legendary magical spell "Geomagnetic Thunder Escape", which is exclusive to people with thunder and earth spiritual roots.
The world is huge and full of wonders, the power between heaven and earth is endless, there are countless magical powers and spells that combine the two systems and three systems, and there is even the legendary "Elemental Magnetic Divine Light" that combines the five elements into one!
But even so, except for a very small number of talented monks in the world of cultivation, most people still specialize in one attribute.
Because studying and practicing a variety of exercises and spells makes it even worse for those cultivators who already don’t have enough time.
If you have time, it is better to cultivate one attribute early and enter the foundation building stage or even the golden elixir stage. Longevity and immortality are the ultimate goals of cultivating immortality.
The stall owner in front of me practices a variety of exercises, probably just to make and sell talismans.
Lin Shan looked around and shook his head in disappointment: "Low-level talismans are of no use to me. If fellow Taoist friends have intermediate-level talismans, I might be able to look at them again."
The stall owner smiled helplessly: "If this old man could make mid-level talismans, he would have been hired as a talisman master by Baibao Pavilion and Fuzhuan Tower in the north of the city. The requirements for mid-level talismans are extremely high, and the skins of monster animals in the Qi training period must be used as talisman paper.
, the talisman pen made of wolf hair in the later stage of Qi training, the blood of monster beasts in the later stage of Qi training is made into cinnabar..."
The stall owner may be nagging as he gets older, and he starts to complain to Lin Shanda about his grievances, saying that no matter how hard he works, he just can't become an intermediate talisman master, etc.
Lin Shan's head was pounding when he heard it, and he quickly shouted to stop.
I couldn’t pick left and right, but I thought that the wood-type healing talismans might be of some use in the future. When I was about to buy a stack of healing talismans, a middle-aged stall owner next to me said leisurely:
"A stack of fifteen healing talismans can be taken away with just one spiritual stone."
Lin Shan turned around and left without hesitation.
He moved to the stall next to him and looked around. The middle-aged stall owner had many more types of talismans than the old man next to him.
The little girl who had just pulled him over was standing aside, pointing at the middle-aged stall owner aggrievedly: "Obviously I am the one who attracted the customers, but you, you, you... steal business every time!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The middle-aged stall owner said without changing his expression, "When shopping, I always have to shop around. Not only is it cheaper here, but I also have more varieties and the quality is better than your grandfather's.
Why are you fighting with me?"
The old man setting up a stall next to him remained silent. His granddaughter was still there angrily, stamping her feet in a low voice and saying, "Isn't it just that she comes from a family of cultivators and has an uncle who is in the foundation-building stage..."
It was really eye-opening for Lin Shan to be there. He didn't expect there to be so many good things on the street stalls.
Hungry ghost talisman, summoning talisman, sealing talisman, invisibility talisman, blood burning talisman, wind control talisman, soul-enchanting talisman, exorcism talisman, spiritual light talisman, concentration talisman...
A lot of them are all low-level talismans! There are many kinds of talismans, and Lin Shan has used a reinforced panel to identify them, and they are really not defective.
"Hey, fellow Taoist, the low-level talismans here are all made by my second uncle's foundation-building monks. These were made by his old man when he usually used ordinary low-level talismans to practice. I collected them and took them out quietly.
For sale! Fair price guaranteed!”
The middle-aged stall owner puffed out his chest and had a treacherous look on his face.
Lin Shan's face was instantly moved. It was the work of a monk in the foundation-building stage! Even if it is a low-level talisman, the effect is extraordinary.
The middle-aged stall owner was boasting while chatting with Lin Shan secretly: "I don't like this kind of low-level talisman. I just practiced painting it and then threw it away in the trash can. I picked it out and sold it secretly. Taoist friends, if you miss this village, you can't do it."
This store no longer exists!”
Lin Shan nodded repeatedly. These talismans were very special. Although they were of low grade, they were probably used for training because the talisman paper was made of poor materials. If there were mid-level and high-level talisman papers, I am afraid that the drawn talismans would be mid-to-high-level talismans!
Pick up a Talisman of Concentration, and the strengthening panel will pop up.
[Concentration Talisman]
Grade: low-level talisman
Introduction: Soothe the spiritual consciousness, focus attention, and reduce external interference to the spiritual consciousness.
Strengthening requirements: 8 points
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"This Concentration Talisman has two effects. One is used by Taoist friends to break through bottlenecks, which can condense the mind. The other function is used during martial arts battles. It can protect the consciousness in the brain and slightly resist seduction, soul-stirring, and suppression.
The magic effects of magic weapons such as soul and fright are endlessly useful!"
The middle-aged stall owner on the side saw Lin Shan picking up the Talisman of Concentration and quickly introduced it to him in detail.
Lin Shan secretly guessed that this middle-aged man should have learned several talisman skills by following his uncle through his eyes and ears, and it was only natural that he should understand it so clearly.
At the same time, I kept my jaw on my head. That day in the woods by the stream, if I had the Concentration Talisman and Princess Guo's low-level magic weapon, the Shocking Bell, I am afraid that I would not be able to control myself to death. Even if I could not completely neutralize its soul attack, I would at least be able to partially recover it.
Mobility is still okay.
"How many spiritual stones did you buy?" Lin Shan waved his hand and thought, how expensive can a mere low-level talisman be?
"Five spiritual stones each." The middle-aged stall owner said with a smile.
…
Lin Shan just looked at each other quietly with the middle-aged stall owner, neither of them looking away.
After a while, Lin Shan was defeated and began to play the emotional card: "Fellow Taoist, please make a friend. I don't just buy this one. This deal is done, and I will be your repeat customer!"
The middle-aged stall owner said: "I am not the legitimate son in the family, so there is great pressure from competition. I took advantage of the opportunity of cleaning to pick up the talisman of my second uncle from his trash basket. You must know that the family is keeping an eye on my second uncle.
There are many people in the garbage basket..."
Chapter completed!