No hope for eternal life

Chapter 359: Continue the Test

After walking through four stalls, Mu Changsheng finally found a treasure, a Flowing Heart Stone, a fifth-grade spiritual ore. This thing looks ordinary, but it has a lot of secrets inside. Below the Spiritual Transformation Realm, the spiritual consciousness has not yet transformed into the divine consciousness, and it is difficult to distinguish the Flowing Heart Stone, so the stall owner put this thing out as an ordinary spiritual ore.

However, finding the target is not enough, because Mu Changsheng does not even have the capital of a low-grade spirit stone now, so naturally he cannot afford the Liuxin Stone.

After thinking for a while, Mu Changsheng made up his mind and walked towards the stall immediately.

But before Mu Changsheng could speak, the stall owner said impatiently: "Get lost, you are begging for food now, don't delay my business."

It turned out that when the stall owner saw Mu Changsheng in rags, he thought he was begging.

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng did not dare to confront the other party, because his strength in this illusion was too weak. Anyone could kill him. Once he died in the illusion, the test in the Dragon Palace would be over. He did not want to return empty-handed.

So, Mu Changsheng directly stated his purpose: "Please don't blame me, sir. I came to remind you because I saw a treasure on your stall covered with dust."

"Treasures? Are you here to make fun of me?" The stall owner looked at Mu Changsheng with an unfriendly face. If he had treasures, why would he display them?

Seeing that the other party did not believe him, Mu Changsheng immediately pointed out the spiritual objects on the stall one by one, like they were his own treasures: "This is Lingzhu Grass, this is Canyang Stone, this is Feixuelu, this is..."

Mu Changsheng did this to show the stall owner his good eyesight and make him believe in him.

As expected, when the stall owner saw that Mu Changsheng could easily identify each spiritual object, he finally took Mu Changsheng seriously.

"Do I really have treasures covered in dust here?" the stall owner asked anxiously.

"Yes." Mu Changsheng replied affirmatively.

"Which one?"

"Don't be anxious." Mu Changsheng said with a smile. Now that the other party needed his help, the right to speak was in his hands.

"I can point out the treasure to you, but you need to pay me one thousand low-grade spirit stones first." Mu Changsheng stated his request. To be safe, he didn't even dare to ask for more. He only asked for one thousand low-grade spirit stones.

"One thousand low-grade spirit stones? I think you are trying to get something for nothing." The stall owner became suspicious again.

"That's wrong." Mu Changsheng shook his head and said, "The treasure I'm talking about is worth at least 100,000 low-grade spirit stones. It's not too much to charge you 1,000 low-grade spirit stones. Besides, if I lied to you, with my cultivation level, I can't run away even if I want to, so you don't need to worry."

"That's true." The stall owner nodded slightly and readily gave Mu Changsheng a bag of spirit stones, which contained a total of one thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Mu Changsheng took the spiritual stone and immediately pointed it out to the stall owner, saying, "This is a fifth-grade flowing heart stone. You only need to scrape off a few layers of the stone skin to see its true appearance."

Upon hearing this, the stall owner quickly scraped off the surface of the flowing stone and saw the magma-like flowing core inside, which is how the flowing stone got its name.

"It's really a flowing stone!" The stall owner was ecstatic and quickly accepted the flowing stone, fearing that others would see it.

Upon seeing this, Mu Changsheng also quietly withdrew, taking away a thousand low-grade spirit stones, for fear that the stall owner would be blinded by greed and take away even his thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Only after they walked away did Mu Changsheng breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the situation he was most worried about did not happen. Now that he had the capital, he could directly pick up the bargain!

However, when looking for his next target, Mu Changsheng spent ten low-grade spirit stones to buy a decent set of clothes. As the saying goes, clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse. His previous clothes were shabby and could easily be seen as weak and bullied, which would bring unnecessary trouble.

After changing his clothes, Mu Changsheng returned to the market to look for the second bargain.

Not long after, Mu Changsheng found the target again. It was a crimson pearl grass, ranked fourth grade, but it looked like a weed. The other party put it casually on the stall, obviously not knowing the value of it, and treated the crimson pearl grass as an ordinary spiritual herb.

Mu Changsheng calmly walked to the stall. In order to prevent the other party from getting suspicious, he did not go straight to the red pearl grass, but picked up another object and asked, "How much is this?"

"That's the rare poison Hehong. One drop of it can kill a Jindan cultivator. A whole bottle of it can kill a Yuanying cultivator. It's priced at two thousand low-grade spirit stones. It's absolutely worth the money." The stall owner introduced it in a exaggerated manner.

Mu Changsheng did not refute the other party, but picked up another object and asked: "What about this one?"

"Eight hundred low-grade spirit stones."

"what about this?"

"Nine hundred low-grade spirit stones."

After asking three questions in a row, Mu Changsheng picked up the red pearl grass and asked, "How much is this spiritual herb?"

"Three hundred low-grade spirit stones. This spirit herb is full of spiritual energy and can be used as spirit stones. It is definitely worth the money." The stall owner strongly recommended.

When Mu Changsheng heard this, he knew that the other party didn't know the Crimson Pearl Grass at all, but if he asked to buy it at this time, it might still arouse the other party's suspicion.

So, Mu Changsheng put down the red pearl grass and picked up another ordinary spiritual herb to ask the price: "What about this spiritual herb?"

"Four hundred low-grade spirit stones. The spiritual power in this spirit herb is more than the previous one." The stall owner explained.

Mu Changsheng nodded slightly, picked up the red pearl grass and said, "I want both of these spiritual herbs."

After saying that, Mu Changsheng directly paid seven hundred low-grade spirit stones. The prices quoted by the other party were all inflated, but he did not bargain. He bought two spirit herbs at once, which could give the other party a false sense of making a big profit and paralyze the other party.

"Goodbye, young master. You are welcome to come back next time." The stall owner said with a smile on his face. He did not have any doubts at all. Instead, he mistakenly thought that Mu Changsheng was a young master from a wealthy family who was used to spending money lavishly.

After Mu Changsheng got the Crimson Pearl Grass, he immediately left the market, found a shop that bought spiritual materials, and sold it for 90,000 low-grade spiritual stones!

With the spirit stones, everything was easy. Mu Changsheng immediately bought a special foundation-building pill and several pills to speed up his Qi-refining cultivation, then entered an inn and began to practice.

The second test required a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Stage within one month, but Mu Changsheng completed the breakthrough in just five days.

After Mu Changsheng completed the breakthrough, the voice of the Dragon Palace Spirit rang in his mind again: "You have passed the second test, and you can get a treasure worth about fifty top-grade spirit stones to end the test, or continue to the third test. If you fail the third test, you can only get ten top-grade spirit stones as a reward."

"Go on." Mu Changsheng answered in his heart.

The treasure hunt in Dragon Palace is still relatively humane. Even if you fail the test, you will still get a few top-quality spirit stones as a consolation.

Upon hearing this, the Dragon Palace Spirit immediately informed Mu Changsheng of the requirements for the third test: "Become a guest of the City Lord's Mansion in this city, and complete it within two months."

"Do I have to stay in the illusion?" Mu Changsheng pondered. He originally thought that he could escape from the illusion after passing the second test, but now it seems that the subsequent tests may also have to be carried out in the illusion.

Thinking of this, Mu Changsheng was not in a hurry to complete the third test task, but went to a study first. He wanted to have a general understanding of this fantasy world through books.

Mu Changsheng spent a day reading through many books and got what he wanted to know.

Generally speaking, there is not much difference between this fantasy world and the real world, but there are three points that need special attention: First, the highest level of cultivation in this world is only the Tribulation Realm, and the cultivators in the fantasy world have no idea that there are realms above the Tribulation Realm; second, this world is completely closed, and there are barriers in the sky, so it is impossible to fly out; third, this fantasy world is extremely bloody and cruel, where the strong prey on the weak, and dozens of countries coexist and are constantly fighting each other.