Establish A Long-Lived Family From The Son-In-Law

Chapter 74: Is the young master here for pleasure and revelry?

After leaving Southwest Street, Lu Changsheng did not go straight back. Instead, he found an inn on a nearby street and paid a spirit stone to rent a room.

Once in the room, Lu Changsheng took out a middle-grade purification talisman from his storage bag and used it on himself.

Among the various methods of cultivation, there were many ways to leave marks on others for tracking purposes. This purification talisman could dispel and cleanse such marks.

Seeing that the purification talisman had no effect on him, Lu Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that he was not being tracked.

After all, the last time he sold something at Niutou Mountain, he was immediately targeted as soon as he descended the mountain. It was better to be cautious.

Lu Changsheng could also feel that the comfortable life he had in the Lu family for the past two years had made him lose some of the vigilance he had when he first arrived at the Lu family.

So he constantly reminded himself to be alert and not to let his guard down. Otherwise, he might encounter danger unexpectedly.

After resting in the room for half an hour, Lu Changsheng changed into a different disguise and went out.

He still had a dark complexion, an ordinary appearance. After all, looking ordinary made it less likely for people to remember him.

Leaving the inn, Lu Changsheng returned to Southwest Street.

He had used so many spirit stones today, but he hadn't earned any. Naturally, he wouldn't go back so soon. He planned to sell something and exchange it for spirit stones.

He continued to stroll along the same street as before.

He had already bought a lot of spiritual materials for the Hundred Refining Body Technique earlier, enough for him to cultivate for a while, so he didn't buy any more.

After all, he needed to have some spirit stones on him for emergencies.

Then he saw a stall selling books.

He spent two spirit stones to buy a copy of "Locking Dragon Secret Technique" and "Jade Chamber Secrets."

They taught how to enhance certain abilities and lock the yang energy and blood during intimate moments to reduce depletion.

They were just ordinary techniques for the bedroom, not any secret cultivation methods. Otherwise, they wouldn't be priced so low.

In Lu Changsheng's opinion, it was just for fun. If he really wanted to learn dual cultivation techniques and methods, he would have to rely on the system.

After strolling around for a while, Lu Changsheng arrived at the toll booth at the intersection and paid a spirit stone, preparing to set up his stall.

The cultivator at the toll booth gave him a wooden sign.

The wooden sign had a number corresponding to a stall, allowing him to set up his stall for three days.

After receiving the wooden sign, Lu Changsheng found the corresponding street and sat down at the stall.

He took out a stack of low-grade talismans and five middle-grade talismans.

When he was strolling around earlier, he also observed other stalls selling talismans. He knew that he couldn't take too many, or it would easily attract attention.

Then, he displayed the flying sword, flying knife, and bell that he had obtained from the three bandits at Niutou Mountain.

He already had the Qingyan Sword and plenty of talismans, so he didn't need these three magical tools. Naturally, he chose to sell them for money.

As for the three storage bags he had obtained earlier, one was used to store miscellaneous items, and one was used to store talismans, so he temporarily didn't sell them. They might come in handy in the future.

After pricing everything, Lu Changsheng waited for customers to come.

However, half an hour passed, and although some people glanced at his stall from time to time, most of them weren't interested. He only sold five or six talismans.

"The location of my stall is not good, it's too far back."

"Moreover, in a place like Jiulongfang Market, where there are so many people selling talismans and magical tools, it's too chaotic. Most people rely on their reputation and regular customers."

"Although my prices are slightly lower than other stalls, I still can't compete. Unless I lower the prices even more."

"But even if I lower them a bit, it won't make a difference. I have to lower them significantly, but that would obviously disrupt the market and make it easy for others to target me."

After selling for so long and not selling much, Lu Changsheng became a little impatient and decided to close his stall and go see if there were any buyers for talismans and magical tools.

The price didn't matter much to him.

Otherwise, he wouldn't know how long it would take to sell everything by relying on the stall.

"I have thirty low-grade talismans and five middle-grade talismans. Will you buy them?"

"No."

"No."

"No."

"What price are you offering?"

After asking four stalls, one stall owner spoke up.

"I'll sell them at a 10% discount."

"Too high. 50% off, I'll take them all."

The stall owner said, "Well, in that case, I might as well set up my own stall and sell them myself."

Lu Changsheng turned around and left.

Damn it, there should be a limit to being shameless. I really don't know how he can say that it's 50% off.

"Brother, 40% off."

Seeing Lu Changsheng leaving, the stall owner immediately shouted.

"20% off." Lu Changsheng paused.

"Alright, let's meet halfway, 30% off."

The stall owner said.

Lu Changsheng looked hesitant for a moment, then nodded and said, "Deal."

He took out a stack of talismans and let the other party count them.

Suddenly, he felt a bit guilty towards Hong Yi. He was selling the talismans at 30% off here, but he had only given Hong Yi a 20% discount.

"According to the market price, it's a total of 80 spiritual stones. With a 30% discount, it's 56 spiritual stones."

The stall owner counted the talismans and quoted a price.

"Deal."

After completing the transaction, Lu Changsheng immediately left Southwest Street.

He changed his appearance again and found four spiritual talisman shops to sell the talismans.

Considering his identity, his disguise skills were not good enough, so Lu Changsheng didn't go to those large spiritual talisman stores.

The ones he found were relatively small spiritual talisman shops.

The prices for purchasing talismans were all around 30% off.

In this way, Lu Changsheng sold a total of 145 low-grade talismans and 60 medium-grade talismans in five spiritual talisman shops.

He earned a total of 366 spiritual stones.

After leaving the last spiritual talisman shop, Lu Changsheng didn't continue selling.

As the saying goes, there is still a long time ahead, so he needed to be careful.

He had over 400 spiritual stones on him, which would be enough for a long time.

Moreover, he only had five sets of human skin masks.

He had used them all up this time.

After leaving the last spiritual talisman shop, Lu Changsheng didn't change his appearance. Instead, he went to a nearby magic tool shop and asked if they bought magic tools.

When he heard that they did, Lu Changsheng took out three magic tools.

"These three magic tools may look intact, but they have obviously been used for a long time and have obvious flaws. They might get damaged when used."

"If you want to sell them, our shop is willing to buy them for 30 spiritual stones each."

The shopkeeper of the magic tool shop examined Lu Changsheng's three magic tools and then quoted a price.

"So expensive!"

Lu Changsheng couldn't help but think to himself when he heard this.

He had played with these three magic tools himself.

It could only be said that the three bandits from Niutou Mountain were very careful with their magic tools and didn't damage them.

To say they were 90% new would not be an exaggeration.

But the other party only offered 30 spiritual stones each.

"Well, forget it. The lowest price for the three is 120 spiritual stones."

Lu Changsheng shook his head and stated his bottom line, pretending to leave.

"That's too high, 120 spiritual stones is too high. How about 100 spiritual stones? I'll buy the three for 100."

The shopkeeper of the magic tool shop said when he saw this.

One step, two steps, Lu Changsheng was about to walk out of the door when the shopkeeper shouted, "115 spiritual stones."

"Deal."

Upon hearing this, Lu Changsheng felt that it was about right and could accept it, so he stopped.

He exchanged the three magic tools for 115 spiritual stones.

"Hmm?"

At this moment, Lu Changsheng saw a pair of green boots in the shop that matched his robe.

He couldn't help but point at the boots and ask, "Shopkeeper, what level are these boots? What effects do they have?"

"These boots are a medium-grade magic tool, made from the fur of the Green Wind Wolf, a demonic beast. They have six effects: size manipulation, dust avoidance, self-concealment, lightness, walking on water, and wind control."

The shopkeeper immediately introduced.

"A medium-grade magic tool?"

Lu Changsheng nodded slightly and asked, "Can I try them on?"

"Of course."

The shopkeeper smiled and said.

He took out the boots from the cabinet and let Lu Changsheng try them on.

The boots are not heavy, very thin, soft, and lined with fine fur.

When Lu Changsheng put them on, his first impression was that they were very comfortable and soft, as if there was nothing on his feet. He felt much lighter overall.

This is the effect of the boots being lightweight.

It's like having a constant lightweight technique.

As for walking on water and controlling the wind, when activated, they respectively allow for quick walking on water and the equivalent of a wind control technique.

"How much are these boots?" Lu Changsheng asked.

He was quite satisfied with these boots.

Not only were they stylish and effective, but they were also very comfortable to wear.

If he ever needed to run away, he would be able to do so much faster.

"This is the first sale of the day for our store. Originally priced at 210 spirit stones, but since you've just done business with us, you can have them for 200 spirit stones," the shopkeeper said.

"That's too expensive. Normally, a medium-grade magical item would cost around 150 spirit stones. Can you do 140 spirit stones?" Lu Changsheng directly negotiated.

Just now, when he bought the three magical items, the other party asked for 30 spirit stones each.

There was obviously a lot of room for negotiation.

And, not to mention buying things in his past life.

Just from his recent shopping experience, he knew that he had to haggle when buying things.

If someone says a price, you should readily agree, otherwise they might turn around and call you a complainer.

"That's too low. These boots are not only made of Qingfeng wolf skin, but also contain spirit silkworm silk. The weaving, dyeing, embroidery, and engraved formations on them are all very delicate."

"If you want them, the lowest price is 195 spirit stones," the shopkeeper said, re-quoting the price.

In the end, Lu Changsheng negotiated and bought the boots for 160 spirit stones.

After buying the boots, Lu Changsheng looked around the store again.

He wanted to see if there were any magical items suitable for his own use.

He felt that he still had too few means at the moment and needed more self-defense methods.

Afterward, he spent 63 spirit stones and 210 spirit stones respectively to purchase a low-grade magical item called the "Ever-changing Mask" and a medium-grade magical item called the "Cold Jade Spirit Pendant."

The Ever-changing Mask could be fitted to the face and could change into any other face at will.

Unless it was a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator with the Heavenly Eye Technique, no one could tell.

With this magical item mask, he no longer needed to buy those ordinary human skin masks.

The Cold Jade Spirit Pendant, when worn, had the effects of clearing the mind, concealing spiritual power, hiding one's aura, and shielding against divine sense detection.

And when faced with danger, it could passively generate a protective spell that could withstand a mid-stage Qi Refining attack.

"Take care, friend," the shopkeeper said with a smile as he saw Lu Changsheng off.

"Ah, money is never enough," Lu Changsheng sighed as he walked out of the store.

Just now, he thought he had a large sum of money and could use it for a long time.

But in the blink of an eye, he had spent almost all the money from selling talismans and magical items, leaving him with just over 100 spirit stones.

He didn't even have money left to buy magical brushes.

"Money is meant to be spent, and money for upgrading equipment cannot be saved."

"In about ten days or half a month, I'll come back and sell another batch of talismans. Then I'll have money again."

Lu Changsheng let out a sigh and went to a inn to rent a room.

Using a purification talisman, he checked if he was being tracked.

After confirming that he wasn't being tracked, Lu Changsheng put on the Ever-changing Mask and, with a slight movement of his mind, changed his appearance to that of Li Feiyu.

"It truly is a magical item. Now I don't need to change my appearance anymore."

Lu Changsheng looked at himself in the mirror, his face constantly changing, and nodded in satisfaction.

Unfortunately, this mask was only a low-grade magical item.

The changing appearance could be seen through by a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator with the Heavenly Eye Technique.

But it didn't matter, he could just wear another layer of human skin mask when the time came.

As long as people couldn't see his true face, it was fine.

After all, what more could he ask for from a low-grade magical item?

Lu Changsheng transformed into a common face with the Ever-changing Mask and walked out of the inn.

Then he turned left and right, and restored his original appearance in an alley.

Wearing a green bamboo embroidered robe and stepping on the Qingfeng boots, with a handsome face, he was truly a remarkable figure.

Just as Lu Changsheng was about to leave the alley, a seductive woman wearing a pink thin gauze blouse, with a curvaceous figure and revealing fair shoulders, happened to walk out of a small courtyard next to him.

When she saw Lu Changsheng, her eyes lit up and she smiled charmingly, saying, "Is the young master here for some pleasure?"

Lu Changsheng was full of question marks on his face.

"Since the young master is here, why not come in and experience it?" she said with a coy smile.

Lu Changsheng was completely puzzled.

"Since the young master has come, why not come in and enjoy yourself?"

"Just five spirit stones, and I can make the young master experience ultimate pleasure," the woman said in a coquettish voice, her eyes seductive as silk, as she reached out with her fair and jade-like hand to pull Lu Changsheng.

Lu Changsheng felt a slight tingling sensation, as if he had been electrified.

Especially with the woman exuding a captivating fragrance reminiscent of orchids and musk, it made his heart feel hot and his mind intoxicated, as if he wanted to be lost in the beauty before him.

At the same time, the cold jade pendant hanging from Lu Changsheng's chest emitted a pure and spiritual aura, slightly suppressing his restlessness.

"Enchanting technique!"

Lu Changsheng immediately became wary, knowing that the woman in front of him was using enchantment on him.

He quickly took a step back and shook his head, saying, "I'm sorry, I'm just passing by."

"Today, this humble woman sees that the young master is very fond of her. Just two spirit stones, and you can have me," the woman continued, her beautiful and charming face showing a pitiful expression.

It made people unable to help but feel pity and want to cherish and ravish her.

Upon hearing this, Lu Changsheng repeatedly recited the name of Amitabha Buddha in his heart, bowed slightly, and quickly walked away.

"Young master, even if you don't give me the spirit stones today..."

The woman continued to call out softly.

However, Lu Changsheng didn't even turn his head and had already walked out of the alley, leaving the woman with an unpleasant expression on her face.

She cursed angrily, "Hmph, ignorant fool, thinking he's all that just because he's handsome!"

Then she turned around and returned to the courtyard.

"Hoo!"

Lu Changsheng walked out of the alley and let out a long breath.

There was no trace of romance in his heart, only a sense of relief.

"I thought that with my experience in countless battles and my unwavering will, I wouldn't be easily affected by female charm. I didn't expect enchantment to be so powerful."

"That female cultivator just now shouldn't have a very high cultivation level, probably just in the late stage of Qi refining. But even in this situation, I was still affected and tempted."

"If it were a highly skilled cultivator with profound cultivation or mastery of enchantment, it would be truly difficult to guard against."

Lu Changsheng couldn't help but think to himself.

Although the woman just now had a decent appearance and a seductive figure, she didn't have much effect on him.

But as soon as she approached and spoke and acted, it made him feel restless and tempted to be lost in her.

"Strength, improving my strength is the way to go!"

Lu Changsheng let out a long breath and thought to himself.

If he were to encounter powerful enchantment or other undefendable means...

Even if one possesses talismans and magical treasures, it is still possible to be unable to use them.

"In the future, I can't just wander around these alleys casually. Who knows when danger might strike."

Lu Changsheng shook his head and walked towards the Spiritual Talisman Shop.

He planned to stay away from these deserted alleys as much as possible in the future.

Although the security in Jiulongfang Market is good, it is impossible for there to be no danger at all.

There are usually some incidents happening, and there might be evil cultivators or bandits lurking in these deserted alleys.

On his way back to the Spiritual Talisman Shop, Lu Changsheng passed by the "White Jade Tower" and couldn't help but pause.

Then, he looked at the White Jade Tower in front of him, squinted his eyes, and walked in with big strides.

After all, getting married, taking concubines, and having children cannot be delayed.

This is the foundation of his existence in this world.

If he can buy concubines with spiritual roots, it would be the best.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to find them on his own.

This difficulty does not only refer to the difficulty of taking concubines.

Lu Changsheng knew that with his current conditions, it wouldn't be a problem to marry several "fairies" with spiritual roots.

But after marrying and taking concubines, it would also require time, energy, and emotions to have them bear children for him.

With so many wives and concubines now, Lu Changsheng can already feel that his time and energy are limited, and he can't take care of everyone.

If he can solve it with money, then he doesn't need to invest so much emotion and energy into it.

The White Jade Tower is very spacious inside, and the decoration is also elegant. There are only simple and elegant seats set up, and there are seven or eight young women in red dresses standing.

In the hall, there are also two young women in red dresses explaining and introducing something to two seemingly customer-like cultivators.

"What does this young master want to know? Do you want to marry and take concubines, or buy maidservants? Let me introduce them to you."

At this moment, a woman in a red dress saw Lu Changsheng and approached him with a smile.

"Do you have concubines or maidservants with spiritual roots here?"

Lu Changsheng asked directly.

The woman in the red dress was slightly taken aback when she heard this.

Then she carefully looked at Lu Changsheng's appearance and temperament, and when she confirmed that he wasn't joking, her smile became even more profound.

Knowing that Lu Changsheng is a big customer, she quickly invited him to the second floor.

The layout of the second floor is different from the hall downstairs. It is divided into many small rooms. The woman in the red dress led Lu Changsheng to a room and knocked on the door.

"Come in!"

A lazy and charming voice came from inside, bewitching and causing a slight tremor in one's heart upon hearing it.

(End of this chapter)