I Just Want to Cultivate Quietly and Farm

Chapter 737: Chapter 394: Treasure City Treasure Hunt (Part 4)

After speaking, Li Mu turned around to leave, and Xue’Er, Wang Wenbao hurriedly followed.

It was not easy to get a big customer, so the owner of the Spiritual Object Store was reluctant to let him go like this. He quickly called out to Li Mu: "Senior, please wait a moment.

"I have another batch of spiritual objects obtained from ancient ruins here, which might catch your eye." The store owner wore a polite smile and called out to keep him.

Upon hearing this, Li Mu paused, turned to look at the owner, and was quite interested in his words. After all, ancient ruins often hold unknown secrets and rare spiritual objects.

"Oh? Are you sure they were obtained from ancient ruins?" Li Mu raised an eyebrow, showing a hint of curiosity, and gestured to the owner: "Then hurry up and bring them out."

"Senior, please wait a moment, I’ll go to the warehouse to get them." The owner gestured to Li Mu and hurriedly turned to walk towards the warehouse at the back of the inner hall.

Wang Wenbao and Xue’Er followed Li Mu, stopping to wait together.

"Lord Li, a small store like this wouldn’t have anything good. Why not check out an auction or a trading fair?" Wang Wenbao proposed to Li Mu.

"No problem, it won’t take much time. If there’s nothing gained from this trip, we’ll head to the trading fair." Li Mu smiled and replied.

Compared to the gains from auctions or trading fairs, Li Mu preferred browsing markets and spiritual stores, using the Innate Divine Power - Recognition of Ten Thousand Spirits to seek out spiritual objects, hoping for unexpected findings.

Soon, the spiritual object store owner returned quickly, dragging a rather large wooden box.

He carefully placed the ancient box on the floor, then looked at Li Mu and the others in anticipation to open it.

Once the box was opened, an ancient and mysterious aura immediately spread out, as if traversing a space-time tunnel, bringing everyone into an old and mysterious ruin. Inside the box, various old spiritual objects lay quietly. Blades, swords, cyan lamps, broken jade discs, black banners... various items with dim spirit lights, some flashing with a faint glow and others appearing ordinary, unremarkable. They varied in shape, some like jade, others like beast bones, each exuding an extraordinary aura.

"Senior, please take a look. These spiritual objects are definitely from ancient ruins. They were obtained by Qu from a treasure hunting team. See if there’s anything you fancy," introduced the store owner, watching Li Mu expectantly as he opened the box.

Li Mu quietly scrutinized these spiritual objects, having silently activated his Innate Divine Power - Recognition of Ten Thousand Spirits. A trace of brilliance flashed in his eyes as he analyzed the attributes and value of these objects.

However, at that moment, a slight sound suddenly came from Li Mu’s body, as if something small was moving. This unexpected noise immediately attracted everyone’s attention.

"Chirp chirp!"

A cheerful sound arose, and a little white worm peeked its head out from Li Mu’s embrace. Its body was slender and as white as jade, with a pair of lively, black eyes that seemed capable of perceiving people’s hearts. Its gaze was fixed on a certain item inside the box, filled with desire and curiosity. If not for the presence of others around, it might have already pounced eagerly.

"Xiaobai, awake now!" Li Mu felt Xiaobai’s movement, smiled lightly, and reached out to gently hold its little head, knowing this little guy always had a motive, and something definitely caught its attention this time.

Li Mu couldn’t help but carefully examine the items inside the box to see what was attracting Xiaobai.

"Xiaobai, long time no see, come to me," Xue’Er also noticed Xiaobai. Her eyes gleamed, and she hurriedly beckoned Xiaobai.

Xiaobai was quite close to Xue’Er. Seeing her gesture, it immediately flew to her happily, twisting in her palm, though its gaze remained fixed on the spiritual objects within the wooden box.

The store owner of the Spiritual Object Store saw Xiaobai, a flash of fear crossing his eyes. He could sense the powerful and eerie aura emanating from Xiaobai, as though facing a terrifying demon insect, stirring a soul-deep fear within.

"Senior, the spiritual insect you rear is truly miraculous!" The store owner forced a smile, praising Li Mu in an attempt to cover his internal fear.

Wang Wenbao also felt Xiaobai’s terrifying presence, looking at Li Mu’s back with increased admiration.

"It’s alright, as long as I’m here it won’t harm anyone." Li Mu noticed the other’s trepidation and quickly reassured them with a smile, asking, "Let’s continue with the transaction! I’m going to take out these spiritual objects for a look, is that okay?"

"No problem, senior, please go ahead." The store owner let out a sigh of relief and quickly gestured for Li Mu to proceed.

Li Mu nodded, his gaze returning to the box. With a slight movement of his divine thought, he summoned the spiritual objects within out of the box, leaving them suspended in mid-air, fully displayed before him.

Under the Innate Divine Power - Recognition of Ten Thousand Spirits, the attributes of forty to fifty pieces of old spiritual objects were revealed one by one.

Li Mu immediately understood why Xiaobai was so restless. In this batch of old spiritual objects, three pieces were worth acquiring, among which one hid the remnant soul of a great master. Moreover, its aura was extremely weak. If not for Xiaobai’s exceptional talent in sensing it early, he might have missed it.

"I want this, this, and this." Li Mu pointed to three spiritual objects and then said to the store owner, "You name a price."

Upon seeing this, the store owner’s heart surged with excitement. He hadn’t expected this business deal to come through. These old relics were actually able to be sold in three pieces.

Just now he had introduced many fine spiritual objects in the store, none of which were found appealing by the other party. Yet now, three were chosen at once, leaving the store owner somewhat at a loss about how to quote a price.

This batch of old spiritual objects was acquired from a second-hand dealer for tens of thousands of middle-grade Spirit Stones. After the store’s Spirit Appraisers reviewed it, most were noted to lack spiritual energy and had little value. However, this senior before him possessed discerning eyes and was quite selective. Now, choosing three at once seemed to indicate these three spiritual objects had considerable value, leading him to suspect the store’s appraisers might have overlooked something.

Li Mu could roughly guess the owner’s thoughts and asked sternly, "What? Is there a problem?"

Upon hearing this, the store owner came back to his senses and quickly explained, "To be honest, these spiritual objects haven’t been appraised by our store’s Spirit Appraisers yet, so pricing them is a bit tricky."

Hearing the store owner’s words, Wang Wenbao felt a surge of anger and was about to question, when Li Mu quickly held out his hand to stop him, smiling meaningfully, "No problem, just take these three spiritual objects to your store’s Spirit Appraisers for a careful appraisal, then quote me a price. If it’s really difficult to price them, we’ll call off this transaction."

"Uh! Senior, please wait a moment, I’ll be right back." The store owner, hearing Li Mu’s words, showed a hint of embarrassment on his face and quickly nodded in agreement, carefully collecting the three spiritual objects and turning to head inside. He went to find the store’s Spirit Appraisers for a re-appraisal.

Soon, the store owner returned with the three spiritual objects, and respectfully asked Li Mu: "Senior, after our store’s Spirit Appraisers carefully appraised them, I’ll give you an honest price. This stone bead as a spiritual object is priced at 150,000 middle-grade Spirit Stones, this jade copper ancient bell at 180,000 middle-grade Spirit Stones, and this jade scroll at 220,000 middle-grade Spirit Stones. Offering you a discount, a total cost of 500,000 middle-grade Spirit Stones, how does that sound?"

"Your quote is too high, are your store’s appraisers alright?" Li Mu gave the store owner a cold look, laughing coldly, "These three old spiritual objects, with their spiritual energy dissipation, can’t even be considered proper artifacts. The artifact patterns are somewhat interesting, but I’m buying them purely to study these patterns, nothing else, at most 100,000."

Being unveiled by Li Mu face to face, the store owner’s old face grew a bit embarrassed. The store appraisers had already evaluated them at about 50-60,000 middle-grade Spirit Stones, as Li Mu said, with the three old spiritual objects not being worth much more.

"The senior has sharp eyes, let’s trade at your offered price!" The store owner had a thick skin, keeping a respectful smile as he agreed.

Li Mu had no interest in bickering further, waved his hand, and retrieved a thousand top-grade Spirit Stones from the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl to hand over to the opposite party.

The store owner accepted the Spirit Stones, his expression of awkwardness alleviating slightly, and he hurriedly offered the three spiritual objects with both hands, respectfully saying, "Senior, these are your spiritual objects, please keep them safely."

Li Mu received the spiritual objects, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes, storing the three spiritual objects into the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl, then turned with Xue’Er and Wang Wenbao to leave.