Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 92: Cultivators’ Bazaar

The four of them purchased the respective books they had taken a liking to. Out of a fascination for history, Man Gu had bought a copy of The Wild Unofficial History of Great Xia. Inscribed were numerous stories that even an insider like Meng Jingzhou found wild. Regardless, the four of them were satisfied with their choices.

As they continued sauntering, they began to realize that there were increasingly more cultivators in proportion to mortals in the crowd, as if some mysterious force had separated these two groups.

Lan Ting transmitted an auditory message to the other three, “An expulsion-type array has been set up nearby. Cultivators are unaffected, while mortals will involuntarily distance themselves.”

Meng Jingzhou immediately associated it with the news he had heard during his usual stroll. “It’s the monthly bazaar! They’re likely opening early for the upcoming Spring Harvest Festival.”

The Spring Harvest Festival attracted both mortals and cultivators alike.

They were currently at a proper bazaar, not a black market where killing and looting were common occurrences; in fact, they could even see constables patrolling the area. That said, there were still some people masking their faces and wearing black robes to conceal their identity.

This was nothing surprising. Some cultivators hid among mortals. If they showed their faces around here, wouldn’t that be akin to exposing their identities?

Lu Yang and gang were such examples.

The four had concealed their identities in different manners.

Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu chose to wear black robes because they found them to be cool; Meng Jingzhou even cackled sinisterly to add to the vibes.

Lan Ting removed her Shapeshifting Talisman, revealing her original peerless appearance which she donned whenever she was searching for clues about the diabolic creeds in Yanjiang Commandery.

Lu Yang tried to persuade Meng Jingzhou, “Why don’t I use the Animal Form Fist to turn into you?”

Meng Jingzhou responded by smacking a tofu mask onto Lu Yang’s face.

And thus, Lu Yang put on a tofu mask.

Inside the bazaar, it was quite the ambiance for cultivators, completely different from that of the outside world. A gigantic protective barrier enveloped the whole bazaar, emitting a soft glow. Cultivators who hadn’t seen each other in a while stopped by at roadside taverns to have a drink while freely exchanging news of their recent encounters. Vendors and cultivators would also get into quarrels over the prices, each of them haggling to squeeze out a few more spirit stones from the other party. The authorities had even put up an arena where cultivators could fight it out to their heart’s content.

“Come check this out! Ultra-Strength Pills concocted from an ancestral secret technique! One pill to gain infinite strength!”

Lu Yang was intrigued. He followed the voice and found himself at a medical clinic. It looks like this medical clinic is run by cultivators. I wonder if the one hawking is an apprentice or a pill-concocting master.

“How many spirit stones for one pill?”

The pill-concocting master’s apprentice replied, “Ten spirit stones for one. Buy three, get one free; buy five, get two free.”

Since the price was affordable, it implied that the pill’s target audience was Qi Training cultivators rather than Foundation Establishment cultivators like Lu Yang. Nonetheless, Lu Yang wanted to buy two pills as keepsakes; it was his first time seeing someone else not from the Dao-Seeking Sect concocting pills. “What about its effects?”

“It can boost your strength for a short span of time, but after the effect wears off, you’ll be left in a weak state for half a day.”

Lu Yang bought one pill. Just as he was about to leave, he saw a constable enter, and it was someone he recognized. The constable’s surname was Sun, and he was Captain Wei’s sidekick.

“I received a report that your Ultra-Strength Pills involve false advertising.”

The pill-concocting apprentice was stunned. False advertising?

Constable Captain Sun solemnly explained, “According to the law, one is not allowed to use words such as ‘limit’ and ‘most’ when advertising their products. Through our investigation, we found that your Ultra-Strength Pills are only suitable for cultivators at Level Three Qi Training Stage and below with no observed effects of ‘infinite strength.’ After this warning, we expect you to make the relevant amendments.”

The pill-concocting apprentice nodded compliantly. After Lu Yang left, he heard the voice from the medical clinic again, “Come check this out! Ultra-Strength Pills concocted from an ancestral secret technique! One pill to gain finite strength!”

Lu Yang suddenly thought to himself, Senior Brother Wu Ming’s Ten-Buffalo Strength Pills are really flawless. They don’t even face common problems like false advertising.

As for Meng Jingzhou, not only was he well-informed, but there were also fairly legitimate pill-concocting masters at home, so he wasn’t very interested in common items.

“What is this?” Meng Jingzhou picked up a small item from a stall; it encompassed two wooden sticks glued together. “For making jianbing guozi? [1] Even something like this is sold at the bazaar?”

The stall owner was a middle-aged man with a full beard with a calm and stern visage. He had been resting with his eyes closed. Upon hearing Meng Jingzhou, he reluctantly opened his eyes, exuding the aura of a great artifact-crafting master. “This item is called the Flying Apsara[2] Rod. Place it on the top of your head and activate it with spirit energy, and it will spiral upward to the sky. Level Seven Qi Training Stage is sufficient.”

Meng Jingzhou was astonished. This little bazaar is truly full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers in hiding to have hidden gems such as this great artifact-crafting master.

Without special means, cultivators have to be minimally at the Golden Core Stage to fly high up in the sky. If we consider special means, however, Lu Yang can already fly on his sword at the Foundation Establishment Stage, or he can use Animal Form Fist to turn into an immortal crane. That would let him fly too. In any case, barring special circumstances, the point stands that the minimal requirement for cultivators to fly is the Foundation Establishment Stage.

I’ve never heard of a Level Seven Qi Training Cultivator being able to fly. Since their power would be sparse at this stage, it would be challenging for them to command flying enchanted treasures.

“You don’t seem to believe it. That doesn’t matter, I’ll demonstrate it once for you.” The bearded middle-aged man confidently took out a wooden puppet. He tied the Flying Apsara Rod to the wooden puppet and shot a wisp of spirit energy from his fingertip at the Flying Apsara Rod.

As if it had just woken up from its slumber, the Flying Aspara Rod began rotating slowly. It then sped up until only a blur remained. Together with the wooden puppet, the Flying Aspara Rod flew upward.

There appeared to be no problem.

However, if one had to insist on picking out a problem, it would be that as the Flying Aspara Rod spun, the wooden puppet would spin along with its head as the pivot and its body twirling at the same breakneck speed as the Flying Aspara Rod!

Had it been a human underneath the Flying Apsara Rod, their brain juices would probably have blended into a mixture!

“See, I told you that my puppet is of supreme quality. It doesn’t come apart even when whirling at such rapid speed. I’m not trying to brag, but this puppet of mine can even hold its own when faced with a Foundation Establishment cultivator. The price is also a bargain. I'll give you a one-time offer of just eight hundred!”

“Give it to your grandpa!” Meng Jingzhou finally caught on to the other party’s tactic. He’s just promoting his puppet under the banner of the Flying Apsara Rod!

Evidently, the bazaar was riddled with trickery and schemes. Honest people like Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou were becoming rare nowadays.

Lu Yang and the other three planned to head to the district under the Luodi Merchant Guild. It was supposed to be more regulated, and they hoped that they wouldn’t meet with similar scams again.

“Dear customers, would you like to have your fortune told?”

Lu Yang turned back and saw that it was a fortune teller with a bagua flag behind him who had called out to them. The flag wrote “Vaticinate not heaven and earth but people.” The business seemed to be dismal with not a customer in sight.

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Noticing that he had caught the attention of Lu Yang’s group, he added, “No need to pay if it’s inaccurate. Do you want to give it a try?”

Lu Yang scrutinized whatever he had on his table: a bagua compass, dice, Four Treasures of the Study,[3] nine copper coins, a crystal ball...

Everything that is even slightly related to fortune-telling is on display.

Is this reliable?

And why is there a crystal ball?!

1. Jianbing guozi is a type of Chinese street food. You can try to imagine it as fried pancake skin wrapped into a roll with fillings inside. It is softer on the outside and partly crunchy on the inside. ☜

2. Apsara is a type of celestial being that flies in Buddhism. ☜

3. The Four Treasures of the Study refer to the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. ☜