Wuling City was known for its martial spirit, so naturally, there were plenty of antique swords, armors, and protective gear.

In ancient times, musical instruments, chess, calligraphy, paintings, antique swords, and the like could all give birth to spirits and transform into pets.

As for now, similar spirits could only be found in relics preserved from ancient times, such as Spirit Ruins.

Wuling City might not have any antique sword-type pets for sale, but there were quite a few broken swords, broken blades, tattered armor, and the like, which hadn't given birth to spirits but had a long history, or antiques that once possessed spirits.

Besides these, there were also modern equipment imitating ancient weapons, such as Shi Yu's Ice Dragon Blade. These equipments were unexpectedly popular here. After all, in Wuling City, Beast Tamers would be embarrassed to go out and fight without some equipment on them.

To avoid disturbing Senior Lu and the beast-eared Senior's pleasant shopping time, Shi Yu chose to wander around on his own. He followed the navigation and went straight to the most popular antique street in Wuling City.

"Hey, young man, young man."

As soon as Shi Yu entered the street, he was called out by an uncle who was setting up a stall on the ground.

"Want to take a look at my jars?"

"None of them are empty."

Shi Yu: ???

The last time someone said that, it seemed to be an owl.

Shi Yu looked over and saw the uncle in a brown coat smiling and pointing at dozens of jars of different sizes placed on the ground. The large ones were the size of water tanks, and the small ones were the size of soda cans...

"10,000 for one draw, definitely an antique. 90,000 for eighty consecutive draws, and an extra jar as a gift."

"90,000 for eighty consecutive draws?" Shi Yu asked.

"98,000 for ten consecutive draws!"

Shi Yu said, "Do you think I'm stupid?"

The uncle said, "Hey, don't say that. You're not a local, are you? Ask around at other stalls about our jars. A customer once got an antique chess set from our jars."

"He just wanted it as a collectible, but guess what? A chess spirit was sleeping inside the chess set!"

"You have to know that these antiques can no longer give birth to spirits in modern times, so that's an ancient spirit. The buyer made a killing! If these ancient spirits are in a dormant state, these antiques are just like ordinary objects, so who can guarantee that what you buy for 10,000 yuan isn't a ruler-level ancient spirit?" The uncle patted his thigh, very excited.

"Chess spirit?" Shi Yu said, "Really?"

"Really," the uncle said. "Under the guidance of the chess spirit, that person is now the number one Gomoku player in Wuling City. Everyone knows that he got the chess spirit from opening a jar."

Shi Yu: "Sorry to bother you."

Shi Yu turned around and left.

Although 10,000 yuan wasn't much, he wouldn't be idle enough to buy antique jars.

The main thing was that he couldn't use his special meditation technique to determine the age of the antiques through the jars. This scammer was very insidious!

The beast-eared Senior didn't lie to me. There were no good people on this antique street.

...

Next, Shi Yu slowly strolled around the antique street. There were no particularly large stores here, only stalls or small shops, which looked very unreliable.

But saying that would be too absolute. Between the data jumps in front of Shi Yu's eyes, he discovered in a certain shop that a large black dog lying there was a commander-level pet. The shop owner looked like a kind old man. A Beast Tamer who could afford to keep a commander-level pet shouldn't be a scammer, right?

Shi Yu entered the shop.

A moment later, Shi Yu exited the shop.

"Scammer."

Shi Yu went into the shop and walked around, then came out. Okay, he understood why the other party could afford to keep a commander-level pet. They were ruthless. Their hearts were truly black.

He stood in place, closed his eyes, and meditated for a while. He didn't find a single item that was more than a hundred years old, but the dates below were obvious.

So the dog was used to drive away knowledgeable people.

"How boring."

After only shopping for more than ten minutes and not even reaching a tenth of the length of the street, Shi Yu suddenly realized something.

He didn't have the protagonist's halo. He couldn't find treasures just by strolling around a stall.

He should have followed Senior Lu and the others to the perfume store. Even if he didn't buy perfume, he could sell a few bottles to the shop owner.

Shi Yu continued to wander around, feeling bored.

"82-year-old candied hawthorns."

"Ring toss, ten yuan for a ring, bring an antique home."

"Guess the age, and get it for free if you guess correctly."

"Brother, do you want to look at my sword? A sword from the Empress Dynasty."

"Come and see my jade pendant. It is said to be a teleportation jade pendant made by the Sky Emperor, which can instantly teleport you to the Underworld Ancient Kingdom, but the activation method is unknown."

The more Shi Yu listened, the more outrageous it became. He even saw scams that were common on Earth.

He stood outside a crowd of people and looked at a teenager sitting on a stool with a broken stall, wearing old clothes.

The teenager looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a resolute expression. He seemed like a good kid, but with the words written on the wooden board next to him, he could only attract people to shake their heads.

[Mother seriously ill, selling family heirloom, from the Totem Era]

[Unknown function, price 5 million]

Shi Yu: "..."

I believe you.

Born in an era where even old people don't dare to help others, and being an orphan himself with a less than smooth upbringing, Shi Yu naturally found it difficult to have sympathy. He felt like this was a scammer at first glance.

However, his gaze subconsciously looked at the items displayed by the other party.

It was a stone mirror.

Shi Yu subconsciously entered a state of meditation.

Perhaps because of his Listening Talent, Shi Yu was exceptionally skilled at using the meditation technique taught at school to determine the age of antiques.

At this time, Shi Yu, who had entered a state of meditation, observed the stone mirror with his consciousness.

With this observation, Shi Yu was directly stunned.

Because there were indeed dense traces of time on this stone mirror. Shi Yu didn't have time to carefully judge, but just by roughly looking at it, this stone mirror was definitely six or seven thousand years old. It was indeed an antique from the Totem Era.

"This is real," Shi Yu opened his eyes and said.

Next to Shi Yu, a middle-aged man in a black coat, smoking a cigarette, glanced at Shi Yu and said, "So what if it's real? Which spendthrift would spend millions to buy an antique with an unknown function?"

Shi Yu: "..."

That's right.

The key wasn't whether the age of this antique was real, but its price... If the price was dozens of yuan, it would have been bought long ago, but five million...

He could buy a commander-level pet with good aptitude.

Shi Yu shook his head and was about to leave when suddenly, an unexpected change occurred.

His brain suddenly roared.

[Change!]

[Change for me!]

Shi Yu:?

Shi Yu seemed to hear the childish voice of a child, not with his ears, but with his heart.

This sudden voice made Shi Yu shiver.

He suddenly looked at the stone mirror.

Did the Listening to the Voice of History work again?

This stone mirror was not only old but also gave birth to the "Spirit of History." It was a treasure???

"No way..."

"Is there really a protagonist's halo?"

Shi Yu turned around and stared at the stone mirror. At this time, Shi Yu's perspective continued to zoom in, and his gaze seemed to fall into the world of the stone mirror.

The blurry image of history appeared.

In Shi Yu's perspective, he saw a child who might not be more than ten years old, with pigtails.

She was holding the stone mirror and shining it on the stones and trees on the roadside.

Under the illumination of the stone mirror, a surprising scene occurred.

Everything the mirror shined on changed.

The stones evolved into elemental lifeforms, turning into a Rockfist with a fist floating in the air.

The trees opened their eyes, gained legs, and became tree spirits and tree demons.

The scene was extremely incredible.

Seeing this scene, Shi Yu said "Holy shit" in his heart. Then, the scene came to an abrupt end, and Shi Yu's perspective was pulled back to reality.

At this time, Shi Yu was slightly shocked and looked at the stone mirror with a serious expression.

Wait, wait a minute?!

This stone mirror…

This stone mirror can evolve ordinary objects and ordinary life into extraordinary lifeforms??!!

A similar "Awakening Talent" ability???

Awakening Talent was a very perverted Beast Taming talent that could evolve ordinary stones, lakes, and mountains on the roadside into extraordinary lifeforms and turn them into life.

Although this talent didn't have strong combat power, it could create pets in batches. From the Shi Emperor Dynasty to modern times, the rulers of each era would give official titles and grant nobility to Beast Tamers with this talent. The reason was that with their development of Beast Taming talents, they could steadily produce high-quality and excellent pets.

Although it might be difficult to create ruler-level species, it was still possible to create monarch-level species with a certain price.

They were the creators of pets.

As long as the object of Awakening met the qualifications, they could accelerate the process of the other party evolving into extraordinary life and increase their potential.

This talent began to rise in modern times.

A Beast Tamer in the Divine Wind Country used "Awakening Talent" to open up the era of mechanical life. A Beast Tamer in the Eastern Ancient Kingdom followed closely behind. The concept of the Mechanical type quickly became popular all over the world. In the last Totem War, the Mechanical type played a crucial role in the war.

As far as Shi Yu knew, Gao Xuan of Imperial Capital University seemed to have the Awakening Talent. His mechanical pets were created by himself with the help of the Awakening Talent and the help of the big shots of the Fourth Bureau according to his own ideas.

And now, Shi Yu rubbed his eyes. What did he see?

This was an item with the effect of Awakening Talent?

At this time, a new group of people had gathered at this stall, but these people glanced at the price tag and shook their heads and left.

Behind the stall, the teenager sitting on the wooden stool was pinching his pants. His legs were already numb, but he still stared straight at the stone mirror.

He didn't believe that the treasure passed down from his family for generations was just an ordinary item. As long as he waited… someone who knew the value of the item would definitely appear.

"You…"

Just when the teenager's heart was in a mess, a black shadow appeared in his sight.

He looked up and saw a tall youth wearing a dark red windbreaker and cloak who didn't look much older than him.

"What's your name?" Shi Yu asked.

"An Chang." He answered Shi Yu's question directly.

"Is what's written on the wooden board true?"

An Chang nodded heavily.

"I'll buy this stone mirror," Shi Yu said directly, stating the key point.

At the moment, Shi Yu was also very nervous. Although he knew that this stone mirror used to be a treasure, he didn't know what the situation was now.

If it wasn't that he hadn't found the right way to use it but that it had lost its function, then Shi Yu would have suffered a huge loss. But on the contrary, if he found the way to use it, he would make a killing!