Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

To be honest, this middle-aged man had been in Qizhuang Market for so long, receiving demon cores every day, but he only saw magical artifacts of the spirit talisman type once every few months.

The reason was simple: there were too few talisman makers in the cultivation world who could produce spirit talismans, making spirit talisman-type magical artifacts rare.

If it were low-grade or ordinary talismans, the middle-aged man wouldn't be too surprised.

But Chen Tian had taken out middle-grade Simu Sword Severing Talismans, and in such a quantity—twenty of them!—which greatly shocked the middle-aged man.

After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he pondered for a moment and then said, "Spirit talisman-type magical artifacts are indeed too rare, especially those above middle-grade. So, how about I offer thirty thousand immortal crystal stones per talisman?"

Instantly, a wind eye appeared on the blue spirit talisman, and a violent wind suddenly rose around it!

Chen Tian remained unmoved, continuing to inject spiritual power into the blue spirit talisman.

"Croak…"

"Croak…"

Suddenly, croaking sounds rang out from the wind eye on the spirit talisman. Immediately afterward, a blue frog leaped out, revealing itself in the empty stone house.

This frog was enormous in size, squatting on the ground like a small mountain. Its entire body's skin had a sapphire-like crystalline luster, and even more astonishingly, there was a golden lightning pattern on its back.

"This is a Thunder Frog!" Seeing the blue frog that suddenly appeared in the stone house, the middle-aged man was immediately shocked, standing up from his chair and saying in disbelief, "Could this talisman be the legendary Summoning Talisman?"

The middle-aged man was so excited that his throat was about to smoke. He had not expected Chen Tian to bring him shock after shock in such a short moment.

Looking at the proud Thunder Frog in front of him, the middle-aged man couldn't help but take a step forward, wanting to reach out and touch it.

But suddenly, at this moment, Chen Tian waved his hand, and the Thunder Frog shrank back into the spirit talisman, returning to his hand.

"Shopkeeper, recalculate for me. How much is this spirit talisman worth?" Chen Tian pinched the blue spirit talisman with two fingers, smiling strangely.

The middle-aged man had now regained his senses. He no longer dared to underestimate Chen Tian and said excitedly, "How about this? As long as you are willing to sell this Summoning Talisman to me, this shop is willing to offer two hundred thousand immortal crystal stones to buy it!"

"Two hundred thousand!" Chen Tian murmured in his heart.

This two hundred thousand, plus the previous six hundred thousand, had far exceeded the seventy-eight thousand immortal crystal stones needed for the demon cores.

"Alright, deal!"

After calculating for a while, Chen Tian nodded and agreed, then handed over the Summoning Talisman.

Upon seeing this, the middle-aged man immediately clutched it in his hand as if it were a treasure. After carefully examining it again, he was finally convinced that this Summoning Talisman was real.

After carefully putting away the Summoning Talisman and the other Simu Sword Severing Talismans, the middle-aged man flipped his hand, instantly taking out two boxes, one large and one small.

The large box had a circumference of three zhang and a height of two zhang. When opened, thousands of demon cores, shimmering with brilliant light, were piled inside.

"Here are the demon cores that you requested, please inspect them." After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he waved his sleeve, and the huge box flew in front of Chen Tian.

Chen Tian glanced at it, then nodded in satisfaction, putting the box into his storage ring.

At this time, the middle-aged man walked up holding the other small box and handed it to Chen Tian, saying, "The demon cores are worth a total of seven hundred and eighty-five thousand immortal crystal stones, while the spirit talismans you sold to this shop are worth eight hundred thousand immortal crystal stones. Therefore, this shop should pay you an additional fifteen thousand immortal crystal stones. Please accept them."

Looking at the box handed over by the middle-aged man, Chen Tian was somewhat surprised.

He had not expected that this time, not only did he not spend a single immortal crystal stone to buy demon cores, but he had also earned fifteen thousand immortal crystal stones.

Of course, facing immortal crystal stones that were offered to him, Chen Tian had no reason not to accept them.

So he shook his storage ring and put the box away as well.

Now that the matter was settled, Chen Tian had no need to stay any longer, cupping his hands and saying, "Shopkeeper, let's meet again someday."

After speaking, Chen Tian turned and walked out of the stone house.

At this time, the middle-aged man seemed to still be immersed in shock, looking at Chen Tian's departing figure, he murmured, "What exactly is this person's background?"

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After walking out of Qizhuang Market, Chen Tian did not linger for a moment. With a flash of his figure, he turned into a stream of light and flew east.

To be honest, Chen Tian was very excited at this time, because he had not expected that he could exchange so many demon cores with just a few spirit talismans.

You should know that the cost of Chen Tian's spirit talismans was only fifty thousand immortal crystal stones, but with this one transaction, it had increased by almost fifteen times.

No wonder it is always said that talisman makers have the highest treatment in the cultivation world. Chen Tian had thoroughly experienced it this time.

The more Chen Tian thought about it, the more excited he became, feeling that he could rely on this skill to earn some extra money in the future!

But now was not the time to daydream about these things, because Chen Tian's most urgent task now was to break through to the Spirit Gathering stage as soon as possible.

Fortunately, Chen Tian had already collected enough demon cores, and he already had demon blood. It was time to find a place to concentrate on closed-door cultivation.

Thinking like this, Chen Tian suddenly increased his speed a bit and flew forward.

"Hiss… Hiss…"

But suddenly, at this moment, a giant strange snake, more than seven zhang long with horns on its head, was swimming and flying towards Chen Tian from underground at lightning speed.

Looking at the strange snake that suddenly appeared, Chen Tian was slightly surprised, and his body suddenly paused.

And with just this moment of delay, the strange snake flew in front of Chen Tian, opening its mouth, revealing its fangs, about to bite Chen Tian.

"Monster, dare to hurt people, quickly die!"

At this moment, a roar suddenly rang out. At the same time, a sharp sword, shimmering with cold light, whistled from afar.

The speed of this sharp sword was astonishing. In just a breath of time, it had arrived in front of the strange snake, slashing down fiercely, cutting it into two pieces.

The strange snake let out a roar of unwillingness, then stopped moving and fell back to the ground.

All of this happened too quickly, only in the blink of an eye. Chen Tian had not yet figured out what was going on, and it was already over.

"Hmph, this world is really too chaotic. A mere beast dares to hurt people in broad daylight. It's simply too presumptuous." Just as Chen Tian was in a daze, the previous voice sounded again.

After hearing this, Chen Tian was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look, and found a handsome man with heroic spirit, sword-like eyebrows, and starry eyes flying towards him.

After seeing this person, Chen Tian frowned, cupped his hands, and asked, "Did you just lend a helping hand, fellow Daoist?"