Fantasy, starting with a treasure bowl

"Trading goods for pills?"

Faced with Lu Feng's request, the woman in black was taken aback at first, then said somewhat dismissively, "Young friend, don't blame me for being blunt, but with your cultivation level, you probably don't have any valuable treasures to offer, do you?"

"However, if you can really produce some priceless treasures, I wouldn't mind trading with you."

"Of course, I would never let a young lady suffer a loss..."

Seeing the woman in black relent, Lu Feng smiled and cupped his hands in greeting. He then took off another mid-grade storage ring from his body and handed it to her.

This was the last storage ring he carried. Although it didn't contain many spirit stones, it was still piled with some spiritual plants, medicinal herbs, and demon core talismans, including treasures such as a hundred-year-old Flame Cloud Wood, a sixth-grade Soul-Severing Grass, and a Mysterious Ice Spirit Talisman.

These items were obtained by Lu Feng through killing and robbing at the site of the Loyal King's Tomb, or by picking up bargains for free.

Among them, the Xuanbing Spirit Talisman originated from the Shangqing Spirit Alliance in Zhongzhou. It contains extremely cold ice energy, which can freeze the dantian energy of martial artists below the Kaimai Realm, greatly reducing their strength. It also has great killing power against demonic beasts below the Xuan rank. At that time, Lu Feng happened to have seven or eight of them left.

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing this, the woman in black accepted the storage ring with some suspicion, and then circulated her inner energy to examine herself.

"Young friend, although this storage ring contains quite a few treasures, it's far from enough to exchange for the pill I have..."

After briefly inventorying the treasures in the storage ring, the woman in black chuckled again, her tone low and seemingly insatiable.

After all, the influence of the Capital Alchemists Guild is second only to the current royal family. It has countless alchemists under its command, and the pills it produces are of excellent quality. It never has to worry about high prices and not being able to sell them. Moreover, the Soul Strengthening and Heart-Stabilizing Pill in the black-clad woman's hand is an extremely rare sixth-grade pill.

To put it bluntly, if the other party hadn't been so blind as to not know the value of this Soul Strengthening and Heart-Stabilizing Pill, Lu Feng would never have had the chance to snag it, even if he had a lot of spirit stones, he wouldn't have been able to buy it.

"You flatter me, young lady. I have another treasure that will surely win your heart."

Faced with the woman in black raising the price, Lu Feng grinned as if he had expected it, and then took out an ancient manual from his pocket.

"This secret manual is called the Divine Consciousness Avatar Technique. Although it is only a support-type martial art with no power of its own, after practicing it, one can enhance their soul power and even use their own divine consciousness to transform into a ghostly shadow and possess the body of another!"

"I wonder if this manual suits your taste, young lady?"

Lu Feng spoke confidently, as if he was certain that the other party would not refuse the deal.

After all, he had picked up this manual on the Divine Avatar Technique from the corpse of the "lewd monk" Huo Xie. Huo Xie was a veteran master of the Opening Meridian Realm, one of the Three Calamities Records and ranked twelfth on the list of villains. Naturally, the martial arts he practiced were of great value.

As for why Lu Feng didn't cultivate the Divine Sense Avatar Technique himself, but instead chose to sell it, the reason is naturally quite simple.

There's an old saying that goes, "If you have a watermelon, you won't want to eat sesame seeds."

Now that Lu Feng possesses two great divine skills, the Panlong Breathing Technique and the Jialuo Nirvana Scripture, and has also spent a full 500,000 low-grade spirit stones to buy the incomplete Medicine King Manual from Yan Wu, a mere Divine Sense Avatar Technique is naturally not worthy of his attention. He might as well sell it and exchange it for pills.

"It can enhance soul power, and even possess other bodies...!"

Upon hearing this, the woman in black initially showed a slight delight, but then her gaze returned to wariness. "However, there is still one thing I don't understand. Since this Divine Sense Avatar Technique is so powerful, why don't you cultivate it yourself, young Daoist?"

"I found this manual in an ancient ruin. I tried to practice it before, but the results were minimal..."

Lu Feng had anticipated the woman's doubts and immediately cupped his hands in response, his tone remaining calm, "Besides, this martial art seems to place high demands on the practitioner's comprehension and soul power. Since I haven't yet developed any soul power, cultivating it is extremely difficult, almost like reading a book from heaven..."

"Alright! I'm in a good mood today, and seeing how smooth you are with your words and how generous you are, this pill is yours!"

After hesitating for a moment, the woman in black accepted the manual on the Divine Sense Avatar Technique and tossed the small glass bottle in her hand to Lu Feng, clearly acquiescing to the "exchange of goods for pills" transaction.

After all, this manual on the Divine Sense Avatar Technique is quite valuable, and it comes with a bunch of medicinal herbs and talismans as bonuses. Even a master at the third level of the Meridian Opening Realm like her couldn't help but be tempted.

Moreover, Lu Feng's explanation was not without reason, and could even be described as impeccable; she couldn't find a single point of doubt.

"Thank you for your kind words, young lady."

Lu Feng glanced at the Soul Strengthening Pill inside the glass bottle, which was emanating a faint purple aura. He suppressed his excitement, cupped his hands in greeting to the woman in black, and then turned and hurriedly left the stall.

Although he has not yet developed any soul power and is not even qualified to become a first-grade alchemist, with this sixth-grade Soul Strengthening and Heart-Stabilizing Pill, all difficulties can be easily resolved!

Rustling sound...

Not long after Lu Feng left, a short figure secretly darted out from the shadows in the corner next to the stall.

The newcomer was also dressed in a black outfit, with a prominent wolf head pattern on the right side of his chest, resembling the attire of a martial arts master. However, his Yuan Power cultivation was rather weak, only around the third level of the Condensation Yuan Realm, far inferior to the black-clad woman beside him.

"Master Zhang, please forgive my rudeness, but you just sold the Soul Strengthening and Heart-Stabilizing Pill that Boss Jin gave you to that kid so easily?"

"That's a sixth-grade pill from the Alchemists' Guild in the capital. Even within our Blood Wolf Gang, very few people possess it. Even Boss Jin rarely uses it; it's incredibly valuable!"

The Blood Wolf Gang members first bowed to Zhang Shuang, then quickly stood up, their tone full of confusion, as if they had been lying in wait for a long time and had witnessed the transaction between Zhang Shuang and Lu Feng.

"Heh, I'm not even in a hurry, why are you so anxious?"

Faced with the Blood Wolf Gang member's question, Zhang Shuang merely curled the corners of her lips, a cruel sneer squeezing out from her scarred right cheek. "Since ancient times, it's always been about casting a long line to catch a big fish. If I don't use this Soul Strengthening and Heart-Stabilizing Pill as bait, how can I possibly lure out that kid's prized possession?"

"Hmph, my stuff isn't so easy to take. Send two men to follow him. Once that kid leaves the underground black market, make your move. Make sure he's not left with a whole corpse!"

Zhang Shuang crossed her arms, a ruthless glint flashing in her eyes, clearly indicating that she was also a seasoned veteran of the underworld, skilled in murder and robbery.