Jared strolled through the market with Alastair. Although the stalls were plentiful, they lacked worthwhile finds.

No sooner had they taken a few steps than they discovered a stall up ahead that was surrounded by a crowd.

“Let’s go. There must be treasures up ahead. Let’s check it out.” Alastair could tell at first glance that the stall ahead must be selling a valuable item.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t have attracted such a crowd.

As soon as Jared and Alastair approached, they heard a flurry of heated discussions among the crowd.

“This black tortoiseshell is fake, isn’t it? This guy claims it can withstand attacks from an elite cultivator. What a joke!”

“It must be true, but suddenly acquiring a dozen or so black tortoiseshells is like hitting the jackpot.”

is authentic, it’s only useful when combined with charms. For us ordinary cultivators, it’s pretty much useless. Does anyone here

spirit coins each, they’re not too pricey. The real challenge, however, would be finding a high-level charm master to inscribe the talisman.

interest was immediately

arranged a dozen or so black tortoiseshells. Astonishingly, those shells were all of the same size, and even more intriguing was the faint

began to scrutinize it. The patterns on the tortoiseshells were distinct, and spiritual energy emanated continuously from within.

no more effective than a regular golden chain mail. However, if one can draw runic talismans and combine them with the black tortoiseshell, it’ll be capable of fending off attacks from elite cultivators. As for how powerful an attack the tortoiseshell can withstand, that’ll depend on the skill level of the

ordinary cultivators, half a million spirit coins for one item was no small sum. Moreover, they saw no use in

were to hire a high-level charm master to draw the runic

overjoyed inside, yet he managed to maintain a poker face. He was cautious

to the stall owner and asked, “If I were to buy

buy all of them?” the stall owner asked, looking at Jared with a hint of

to be reasonable.” Jared

black tortoiseshells and said, “There are thirteen black

purple spirit coins and handed

he stowed away the thirteen black tortoiseshells into his

was done, Jared didn’t linger and got up to

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