A Man Like None Other

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.”

For us ordinary cultivators, it’s pretty much useless. Does anyone here know how to draw runic

real challenge, however, would be finding a high-level charm master to inscribe the talisman. That’ll

interest was immediately piqued. He hurriedly squeezed his way

was an elderly man who appeared somewhat aged. In front of him, he had arranged a dozen or so black tortoiseshells. Astonishingly, those shells were all of the same size, and even more intriguing was the faint spiritual

patterns on the tortoiseshells were distinct, and spiritual energy emanated continuously from within. Jared reckoned those tortoiseshells were

tortoiseshell is incredibly tough, it only works in conjunction with charms. Without drawing runic talismans onto the tortoiseshell, it’s 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 charm master. Let’s go check out other places.

no small

to hire a high-level charm master to draw

Alastair’s words, Jared was overjoyed inside, yet he managed to maintain a poker face. He was cautious not to let the vendor seize the opportunity

owner and asked, “If I were to buy all of these black tortoiseshells, would it be possible

the stall owner asked, looking at Jared

take them all, but your price needs to be reasonable.” Jared casually fiddled

owner studied Jared, then glanced at his black tortoiseshells and said, “There are thirteen black tortoiseshells here. You can just

pulled out five purple spirit coins and handed

away the thirteen black

linger and