You think I have mixed spiritual roots? I became an immortal through a spirit gourd, so what are you

"Now that I have so many resources, I need to monetize them and turn them into combat power. This time, I'm determined to learn a fireball technique." Chen Huai'an prepared to head back to the trading market.

The mission to hunt the armored beast was not yet complete, and Chen Huai'an did not plan to return to the sect to hand in the mission immediately. He planned to find some good items at the trading market outside the Qingyun Mountains and sell off what he had.

Chen Huai'an tidied up all the spiritual fields in the space, especially burying the three corpses, before he began to cultivate and recover his combat strength.

The area surrounding the Qingyun Mountains is fraught with danger; only by remaining vigilant at all times can one avoid finding oneself in a desperate situation.

Once outside the space, Chen Huai'an activated the Myriad Manifestations Bone-Changing Technique, transforming himself into a scarred man who immediately gave off an impression of being someone to be trifled with.

In the Qingyun Mountains, if you want to live a comfortable life, you have to be ruthless.

The most ferocious creatures here are not the monsters, but the humans. If you act like you're easy to bully, you'll become someone else's prey.

Chen Huai'an has a gourd space that can hold as many things as he wants, but he still has to find a way to get rid of these things. Keeping them in the space won't increase their value, so it's better to exchange them for something useful, especially some spiritual herbs. These herbs can grow continuously in the space and become high-level spiritual herbs.

He can also put some pills into his space to refine and improve them.

When Chen Huai'an arrived, he was penniless, with few spirit stones and resources. But after these few days, he has gained a great deal, and he wants to convert these resources into sustainable cultivation resources.

No one would complain about having too many spiritual herbs. Now Chen Huai'an needs to prepare for his advancement to the Qi Refining Realm. After breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm, he will need some rare and precious materials to assist his cultivation, and he should start preparing for that now.

However, Chen Huai'an was not very familiar with the trading market. Most of the things he had were stolen goods that could not be sold in the light of day. In particular, spiritual weapons were highly recognizable, and if he put them out for sale, they might attract the attention of some people with ulterior motives.

Right now, what Chen Huai'an needs to do is find a shop that can buy stolen goods and dispose of all the shady stuff he has, turning it into spirit stones, pills, or elixirs.

As for these channels, Chen Huai'an couldn't be foolish enough to inquire about them; he could only observe them secretly.

The trading markets on the outskirts of the Qingyun Mountains are not as large as the market markets of Qingyun Gate. But though small, they are complete in every way.

There are no permanent luxury shops here, but there are some simple shops set up by various businesses, which are easy to dismantle and transport.

The market wasn't very big, about the size of a small town market. Chen Huai'an explored the whole place in less than half a day.

But there are so many people here, and so many street vendors, while there are relatively few shops.

Because Chen Huai'an had a hideous scar on his face, giving him an intimidating appearance, no one bothered him.

Based on his observations, there were only two ways to get rid of all the spoils in his possession.

One option is to set up a street stall, because there's a lot of foot traffic, and as long as you set it up, you're bound to encounter someone who wants it.

The second option is to ask some merchants if they accept this item.

Regardless of the method, there are corresponding risks.

In the end, Chen Huai'an still chose to go to some merchants to inquire, or rather to make a deal with them, to buy some spiritual herb seeds and pills that he needed.

If you buy too much stuff and don't have spirit stones to pay for it, you can use some spirit weapons and monster materials to offset the cost.

Chen Huai'an circled the trading market again, and finally chose Wanbaoge.

This is where Wanbaoge shops have branches, and it has the highest customer traffic, with cultivators coming and going at all times.

Chen Huai'an could see through the cultivation level of some people at a glance, while others were like an unfathomable abyss.

Those whose cultivation levels Chen Huai'an couldn't see through were all Immortal Masters at the Qi Refining stage or above.

Chen Huai'an approached the counter and asked a shop assistant about the medicinal herb seeds he needed.

He wanted to buy the spiritual herb seeds that contained the power of the five elements. These things would be helpful for his future cultivation, and he needed to lay a solid foundation as soon as possible by planting them in his spatial dimension.

Fresh medicinal herbs were still too scarce; all he could see in the shop were pre-processed ones. Even if he took them to his spatial dimension to plant, only a very small percentage of those with intact roots would survive.

Some medicinal herbs are quite special; once they leave their original growing environment, they will quickly wither and die. Only through special methods can they be preserved intact.

"Fellow Daoist, the spiritual herb seeds and pills you need are worth 180 low-grade spirit stones." The shop assistant quickly retrieved the spiritual herb seeds, Qi Refining Pills, and Qi Cultivation Pills that Chen Huai'an requested.

"I don't have that many spirit stones on me. Can I use spirit weapons and some materials from demonic beasts to offset this?" Chen Huai'an asked, tossing a storage bag to the other party as he spoke.

"Could you check if these materials can be used to offset the cost of these spirit stones? If there's any extra, can you exchange it for spirit stones and sell it to me? If there's a shortfall, I'll make up the difference."

"Alright, sir, I'll check it for you right away." The shop assistant was beaming with joy; it had been a long time since he'd encountered such a big customer.

The shop assistant quickly completed the list. The items in Chen Huai'an's storage bag were worth a whopping 350 low-grade spirit stones. This guy was really rolling in money.

However, just by looking at the hideous scar on the other person's face, he knew that this person was not someone to be trifled with. He had done quite a few murders and robberies in the Qingyun Mountains.

Wanbaoge believes in making money through harmony, so naturally they don't ask customers about the origin of these goods.

"Three hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones, that's a fair price. Give me one hundred and seventy low-grade spirit stones back," Chen Huai'an said with a smile.

"Oh, by the way, could you exchange these spirit stones for those with elemental attributes?"

"Sir, the prices of general spirit stones and spirit stones with attributes are different. Spirit stones with attributes are extremely rare, and their exchange prices are also different." The customer frowned.

"No problem, whatever attribute spirit stones you have in your shop, just exchange them for spirit stones of that attribute, and the price will be calculated according to your exchange rate," Chen Huai'an said with a smile. He naturally knew that attribute spirit stones were very rare. But for the sake of his future cultivation, he had to exchange them.

"Excuse me, sir, what is your spiritual root attribute? I'd like to prepare accordingly," the shop assistant asked.

"These spirit stones are for setting up formations; what I need are five-element spirit stones," Chen Huai'an said with a smile.

"Sir, what we currently have in our shop are wood-type, water-type, fire-type, and earth-type spirit stones. Metal-type spirit stones are extremely rare and can only be sold in the Qingyun Gate market. If you need them, you'll have to wait two days for us to get them." The shop assistant looked troubled.

"That's alright. Besides gold spirit stones, just give me whatever spirit stones you have here." Chen Huai'an smiled.

He was just saying it casually, and he didn't expect that the other party's shop would have so many spirit stones with attributes.

Soon, the shop assistant appeared in front of Chen Huai'an with several spirit stones that had attributes.

"The exchange rate between spirit stones with attributes and those without attributes is one to ten. Here are seventeen spirit stones with attributes. Please select them. There are more spirit stones with the wood attribute."