"I am Mo Zhenzhen," the girl said, unable to suppress the excitement on her face.
"Oh," Lu Xiaoyue stood up, a slight smile appearing on her face. "Zhenzhen has gotten so tall!"
Mo Zhenzhen smiled shyly, "Not really, Sister Xiaoyue, you've become even more beautiful." Her tone suddenly shifted, "Sister Xiaoyue, I heard you went to cultivate. My brother also went to cultivate. Have you seen my brother?"
After asking, she stared intently at Lu Xiaoyue, her expression slightly nervous, as if afraid Lu Xiaoyue would say she hadn't seen him.
Lu Xiaoyue thought to herself, if she hadn't seen him, she might not have returned.
"I did, I saw him just yesterday," Lu Xiaoyue said.
Mo Zhenzhen was instantly overjoyed and exclaimed excitedly, "Sister Xiaoyue, can you take me to find my brother? I wait for him by this river every day. I know I'll definitely wait for him to return one day. I didn't expect him not to return, but you returned first. Taking me to find him is the same."
Waiting here every day? For six years, without fail? Lu Xiaoyue couldn't believe her ears. Her own parents might have given up on her the second year, but she, merely Mo Qi's cousin, was still deeply concerned and unwavering.
As a mortal, one could not casually step into the cultivation world unless they were going to learn the Dao and cultivate.
Lu Xiaoyue thought for a moment and said, "Zhenzhen, there are many rules in the cultivation world. For example, mortals are forbidden from entering. Therefore, I cannot take you to find your brother." Seeing the unconcealable mix of disappointment and sadness on Mo Zhenzhen's face, she quickly continued, "How about this, I can tell him you want to see him, and ask him to come back to find you."
Mo Zhenzhen's sorrow turned to joy, "That would be good too. Thank you, Sister Xiaoyue."
"But you must promise me not to wait by this river every day. As long as I tell him, I believe he will definitely come back to find you," Lu Xiaoyue said.
"Okay, I promise," Mo Zhenzhen smiled.
About twenty li from Tianyun Mountain, there was a town called Wuxia Town, a place where immortal cultivation families and rogue cultivators gathered. The town mainly dealt in items needed by cultivators, primarily elixirs, spiritual herbs, spirit stones, magical artifacts, and alchemy furnaces, with everything imaginable.
Mo Qi, Xue Nu, and Wu Siqi were currently strolling down the artifact street in Wuxia Town. As they entered the first artifact shop, the dazzling array of magical artifacts immediately caught Wu Siqi's eye.
A beautiful shop assistant girl ran over at the opportune moment and asked with a smile, "What kind of magical artifacts are you gentlemen looking for?" Seeing that Wu Siqi had the strongest desire to purchase, she directed her sparkling eyes towards him.
This girl had a pretty face and a hot figure. She wore a strapless dress with an open-front short jacket over it, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin below her neck. She was particularly lively and active, fiery in her enthusiasm, constantly swaying, making people's gazes inadvertently slide from that patch of snow-white skin... and then slide back...
Wu Siqi immediately became a little unsteady, "I want to buy..."
Xue Nu said faintly, "We'd like to look around first."
The girl kept her eyes fixed on Wu Siqi, as if waiting for confirmation. Wu Siqi nodded upon hearing this, "Let's look around first."
A hint of imperceptible displeasure flashed across the shop assistant's face, but she quickly recovered with a radiant smile, still looking at Wu Siqi, "Perhaps I can introduce some to you."
Before Wu Siqi could respond, she immediately walked to a row of magical artifacts and pointed to one shaped like a fan, "These are all high-grade magical artifacts. This is the Soul-Seizing Fan, most suitable for cultivators like yourself who possess profound magical power and righteous spirit. It can be folded or unfurled. When unfurled, it can emit divine light of ten thousand zhang. Wherever the divine light reaches, it dissolves all things, making it impossible to guard against or evade. It can truly serve as a powerful aid for cultivators with unfathomable cultivation like yourself. Moreover, it can be used as a fan or an accessory. Paired with your fair complexion, it will make you appear even more dashing and handsome."
With this barrage of praise for both the artifact and the person, Wu Siqi was immediately infatuated. He straightened his back and struck a very dashing pose, walking to that row of magical artifacts. He took down the fan, weighed it in his hand, and pretended to examine it, "How much is this?"
The shop assistant girl remained unhurried and unhurried, with a smile on her face, "This is not expensive, esteemed customer. It only costs one thousand spirit stone coins."
Wu Siqi's hand trembled, and he almost dropped the Soul-Seizing Fan.
He flipped through the Soul-Seizing Fan again, feigning a careful inspection. Suddenly, he frowned and said, "It's a good magical artifact, and the price is fair, but the color is not to my liking."
Mo Qi and Xue Nu followed behind him, smiling and silent.
The girl was well-seasoned. Upon hearing this, she showed no signs of discouragement. The warmth of spring continued to flood in, "Perhaps you'd like to look at this one? This is the Radiance Bag. Open the bag's mouth and recite a spell, and it will spew out radiance, enveloping the person and drawing them into the bag. This is most suitable for cultivators with elegant demeanor like yourself. With just a slight, elegant movement of your finger and reciting a spell, you can capture enemies with ease."
"How many people can it hold at once?" Wu Siqi was somewhat tempted again.
"There is no limit to the number of people. It can hold as many as are within the range of the radiance," the shop assistant girl said with a smile.
"That's amazing?" Wu Siqi licked his lips and said, "How much is this?"
"This is also not expensive, three thousand spirit stone coins," the girl said with a smile.
"It's really not expensive, it's just not very good-looking. It doesn't quite match my appearance."
The shop assistant girl was clearly a bit displeased and could tell this fellow might be a pauper. Her smile faded slightly, and she walked to another row of magical artifacts, "Perhaps you'd like to look at the mid-grade magical artifacts here? These artifacts are of good quality and reasonable price, and quite practical. In terms of effectiveness, they are not much inferior to those high-grade magical artifacts, but they are much cheaper. For a quality customer like you, with such noble bearing, of course you wouldn't care about the price of things. You're mainly looking for a feeling, for magical artifacts that are particularly comfortable to use."
"Yes, yes, yes," Wu Siqi couldn't help but clap his hands, "You've said it very well. That's exactly what I mean."
As they spoke, Wu Siqi had already walked to that row of magical artifacts, picked up a glove-shaped magical artifact, and examined it in his hand, "How is this used?"
"This, esteemed customer, you have truly discerning eyes. You've immediately picked up the most practical magical artifact in our shop. This is called the Spiritual Rhinoceros Glove, used for close combat to break through the opponent's spiritual energy shield. Of course, it can also be used for defense. It can form a sharp attack when advancing, and a stable defense when retreating. It can be used for both offense and defense, truly a must-have treasure for low-key and profound cultivators like yourself."
Wu Siqi hesitated, even daring not to ask the price. He touched his storage bag, weighing his financial capacity. He probably only had enough to buy a few low-grade magical artifacts here. He was stuck in an awkward position, unable to advance or retreat.
Seeing his fidgety demeanor, not only the shop assistant girl lost patience, but even Mo Qi and Xue Nu lost patience. They each walked to the side to choose their own magical artifacts.
Xue Nu also estimated the spirit stone coins she had on her and quickly reached an astonishing conclusion: she only had enough spirit stone coins to buy one low-grade magical artifact.
The shop assistant girl looked at Wu Siqi, a flicker of disdain flashing in her eyes. Then, with a face full of spring, she said, "Esteemed customer, why don't you look first? If you see anything you like, just call me." Without waiting for Wu Siqi's response, she swayed her hips and walked away.
Wu Siqi casually replied, "Okay." He continued to hold the glove there, hesitating.
At this time, Mo Qi saw several formation flags on the display shelf and became interested. He had always wanted to find some formation flags to set up his teleportation array.
As Mo Qi picked up the formation flags to examine them, the shop assistant girl, with her keen insight, ran over, "This Master has truly excellent taste, immediately spotting our best formation flags. These formation flags are used for teleportation arrays. With the array eye artifact and the support of formation spells, you can set up the array. The special feature of our formation flags is that once the array is activated, the formation flags automatically become invisible, preventing others from seeing the existence of the array. I see that Master is handsome and extraordinary, with profound magical power and outstanding bearing. You must understand the many benefits of our formation flags."
Mo Qi was also flattered and felt a bit lightheaded. He forcefully suppressed his somewhat floating state of mind and asked, "What basic materials are these formation flags refined from?"
"They are made from the skin of the thousand-year-old giant crocodile from the Primordial Sea and the wings of the Blue Eagle from Xihe Continent. They are absolutely genuine, with no deception," the girl said with a smile.
Mo Qi secretly used his spiritual power to investigate. He did feel spiritual energy flowing, but whether it could be used for setting up an array remained to be verified. So, he looked at the shop assistant girl, "Can I verify it first?"
The shop assistant showed a look of difficulty, "Once this is used, it will incur some wear and tear..."
Mo Qi patted his chest, "If it's effective, I will definitely buy it."
The shop assistant girl's face brightened slightly, "If it's ineffective, you don't have to buy it, and we will bear the resulting losses. If the activation fails due to the activation of spells, then you will still need to bear the resulting losses."
Mo Qi nodded, "I agree!"
"But you will also need to purchase two array eye artifacts."
"No problem," Mo Qi said.
"Then, do you want the button-activated, rotating, or spell-activated ones?" the shop assistant girl said with a face full of smiles.
"I'll take the spell-activated ones," Mo Qi said. In his opinion, buttons and rotations could be activated by anyone, and might even be accidentally activated. However, spell activation was more secure, as only someone who knew the spell could activate it.
"Okay," the shop assistant girl said. As she spoke, she quickly went to another display shelf and brought over two array eye artifacts.
Mo Qi took the array eye artifacts and counted on his fingers, "Let me see, I need to set up four formation flags here, and four on the other side. Give me eight formation flags." Xue Nu rolled her eyes at the side.
The shop assistant girl suddenly hesitated, her face showing a look of difficulty. After Wu Siqi's fuss, the shop assistant girl had serious doubts about this group's purchasing power. At this moment, Mo Qi made an unreasonable request, because if Mo Qi set up four formation flags here, and he wanted to test them, he would have to go to another place to set up another array. She couldn't follow him all the time, and he might very well take the other four formation flags and not return them.
Seeing the girl standing there motionless, Mo Qi immediately understood her concern. He walked to the counter with a meaningful smile. Within that smile, he took out a storage bag and turned it upside down. With a rustling sound, spirit stone coins fell from the storage bag and piled up on the counter. In an instant, they formed a small mountain, the dazzling golden light attracting the attention of everyone in the shop.
All the shop assistants and customers in the shop turned their gazes towards them. Wu Siqi and Xue Nu, who were looking at magical artifacts, also looked over.
Mo Qi seemed to be enjoying the sound and couldn't stop. Seeing the girl's eyes widening, as if afraid her eyeballs would pop out, he continued to pour them out while asking, "Is that enough?"
"Enough, enough," the girl's eyes were shining with golden light, and she nodded repeatedly.
Mo Qi immediately turned his storage bag over and stopped pouring spirit stone coins. He said, "I'll leave this here as a deposit for now. I'll settle the bill when I return later."
The little shop assistant girl was a little disappointed. I thought it was all mine.
However, she quickly regained her composure, "Okay, I understand." She flashed away to get eight formation flags, and then flashed back, appearing before Mo Qi. She handed the formation flags to Mo Qi, told him the spell, and then no longer paid attention to him, but quickly returned to the counter.