Envious Fang Yuan!

Chapter 9: Envious Fang Yuan!

Considering the total weight of the tree, thirty kilograms wasn't very much, but Fang Yuan decided to take it slow.

In a world where communication was easy, selling resources like Crimson Wood without having any land wasn't very intelligent.

The world had devices called mobiles that could be used for communication from one part of the Qingtian continent to another in moments. There was also something called Spiritnet, where cultivators could discuss things without meeting once and become friends.

The Fang family was too poor to afford even a single mobile since even the lowest variant of the device was sold for a hundred low-grade spirit stones, and that wasn't a sum the family could afford even if they pooled all of their savings.

There were hundreds of buyers of Crimson Wood in Yellow Peach City alone since Talismans was a thriving business on the continent, so there was no need for Fang Yuan to worry about others finding him if he sold the item in low quantity.

He was fourteen years of age and was at the second level of Qi refining, so thirty kilograms of weight was not much. He easily carried it and walked to the area where talismans and their materials were sold.

The talisman street on the evening market was the biggest due to the large number of stores, so it was easy to find the way.

Fang Yuan couldn't help but look in awe when he saw the vast number of people entering and exiting the street continuously. Large stores were littered all around the street and were thronging with people.

There were also stalls on the ground for those cultivators who couldn't afford to rent or purchase a shop. Bargaining between the buyer and seller rang in Fang Yuan's ears.

It wasn't his first time coming here, but he felt as shocked as he had last time when he came with Li Haoping.

"Grab that thief!"

Fang Yuan suddenly heard a plea for help from a stall owner. He looked in that direction and saw a woman in her middle age years yelling at a teenage girl, who seemed to have stolen something from her stall.

Being a conscientious citizen, Fang Yuan immediately rushed to help when he saw the girl not very far from him.

Whoosh!

He had only taken one step when suddenly, the girl flew past him at a quicker speed. Fang Yuan stopped and looked at her quickly receding back in envy since the girl had used a movement skill to escape before the patrolling officers arrived.

On the Qingtian continent, every person could cultivate due to a longstanding civilization. Every person needed a cultivation art for that, so whenever a child was born, the parents could apply for a basic cultivation art for free for their children from the Federation of Sects.

The cultivation art was of middle-level first grade, meaning the cultivators could cultivate up to the sixth level of Qi refining. To go further, the cultivators needed to purchase the higher-level arts.

The cultivation art provided by the federation was the 'Art of Qi', a basic and one of the oldest cultivation arts in the history of the continent. No skills were provided for free, so Fang Yuan had yet to learn a skill for himself.

Fang Yuan then calmed down and stopped worrying about the skills. If he used the broken pagoda well, he could purchase as many skills as he wanted. When he considered that factor, Fang Yuan no longer looked envious of the girl.

Since he had come to the market for a purpose, Fang Yuan stopped wasting any time and walked toward the largest store. To be precise, it was a combination of a factory and a store.

The owner of the factory was a Foundation Building level cultivator, so several talisman makers worked in the factory, and the store sold those exclusively. The factory also purchased the materials and had a good history of paying the best market prices; Fang Yuan had chosen them for his first sale.

While proceeding in that direction, Fang Yuan looked around and saw several stalls. His steps suddenly came to a halt when he reached an empty stall with a notice board.

The stall owner was a young man who looked around the same age as Fang Yuan. He had the nonchalance of those wealthy people.

That wasn't the reason for Fang Yuan to stop, but the content on the notice board. The stall owner was purchasing materials related to fire talismans with the promise of the highest purchasing prices.

Since what Fang Yuan was selling was material related to that, he couldn't help but stop.

"How much are you giving for middle-quality first-grade Crimson Wood?" Fang Yuan asked, intending to sell the wood if the price was satisfactory.

The boy looked up and down at Fang Yuan with the usual nonchalance, making Fang Yuan frown. The boy noticed that Fang Yuan didn't like his action, so he immediately sat straight and apologized.

"Forgive me for my rudeness. I am purchasing the wood for 275 spirit coins, but I will need to check the material first."

Fang Yuan nodded and immediately took one block out of the bag. A small burst of heat emerged, but that was nothing, so he remained unfazed. Fang Yuan then handed the piece of wood to the boy.

The boy calmly took the wood and immediately tapped on it. The wood wasn't hard but quite soft, making it even better than magical paper for engraving the talisman patterns. Its good fire conducting capability further added to it, making it a necessary resource.

The boy's eyes suddenly lightened up, and he looked at Fang Yuan in surprise.

"Where did you get this wood?"

"What has it to do with you?" Fang Yuan bluntly responded.

The boy noticed that he had asked the wrong question, so he immediately apologized and added, "I have never seen a better wood than this one. I will purchase as much as you have at a fixed price of 285 spirit coins."

Fang Yuan couldn't help but raise his eyes in surprise since 275 spirit coins per kilogram were already above his expectations, and the boy offered even more.

"I have thirty kilograms," Fang Yuan said, taking the remaining two blocks out from the bag.

(Chapter End.)