The Man's Decree

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.”

this black tortoiseshell is authentic, it’s only useful when combined with charms. For us ordinary cultivators, it’s pretty much

not too pricey. The real challenge, however, would be finding a high-level charm master to inscribe the talisman. That’ll cost millions of

was immediately piqued. He

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 energy he

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

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.

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

master to draw the runic talisman, the cost would likely

face. He was

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

of them?” the stall owner

them all, but your price needs to be reasonable.” Jared casually fiddled with those black

studied Jared, then glanced at his black tortoiseshells and said, “There are thirteen black

pulled out five purple spirit coins

stowed away the thirteen black tortoiseshells

was done, Jared didn’t linger and got up