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.”

charms. For us ordinary cultivators, it’s pretty much useless.

five hundred thousand spirit coins each, they’re not too pricey. The real challenge, however, would be finding a high-level charm

cultivators’ chatter, his interest was immediately piqued. He hurriedly squeezed his way into

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

it. The patterns on the tortoiseshells were distinct, and spiritual energy

golden chain mail. However, if one can draw runic talismans and combine them with the black tortoiseshell, it’ll be capable of

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

high-level charm master to draw the runic talisman, the cost would

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

I were to buy all of these black tortoiseshells, would it be possible

the stall owner asked, looking at Jared with a hint of

right. I’ll take them all, but your price needs to be

“There are thirteen black tortoiseshells here. You can just pay

hesitation, Jared pulled out five purple spirit coins and handed

the thirteen black tortoiseshells

Jared didn’t linger and got