The Xianlai Town's Xianlai Market was concentrated on the only street in the town, right next to Lou Xiaoyi's noodle shop. It was very small and very convenient. Simply put, it was a regional Xianlai market. Its influence was very limited. It might have some reputation in the area around Anshun Prefecture, but it wasn't well known beyond that.
There was no jostling and endless traffic. If this were the mortal world, it would be an example of a business failure. However, everything changed when it came to Xianlai. Even if a shop didn't make a single transaction in a year, they wouldn't care about that year's rent and labor. The currency of Xianlai Town and the currency of the mortal world were two completely different systems. They couldn't be compared at all.
This was also the key reason why the locals didn't reject Xianlai Market. It was quiet, there was money to be made, and there were few problems. Who wouldn't like this kind of business?
In the whole of Xianlai Town, the so-called dozens of Xianlai Market wasn't actually accurate. There were only seventeen shops that really had something to do with Xianlai Town. This number reflected the general situation of Xianlai Town and the nearby Xianlai Town, which was very underdeveloped.
However, for Lou Xiaoyi, it was just right!
He started from the west side of the street. The first shop was called Xianlai Pavilion. It sounded very impressive, but in fact, it had nothing to do with a pavilion in terms of architecture. A pavilion, you had to have two floors to be called a pavilion, and in Xianlai Town, there were no two-story buildings!
The inside of the shop was dim. Perhaps it was because he had arrived early, or because there were very few people here to begin with, but in the entire small space, there was only one customer who was looking at something. He was indifferent to Lou Xiaoyi's arrival.
The furnishings here were very simple. There was a shopkeeper's tall counter, and someone who he didn't know was wiping the counter weakly. There were also seven or eight stools randomly placed in the shop, and there was a worn-out bookcase against the wall. That seemed to be all?
It was impossible to expect the service industry to have the same attitude as in his previous life. There were no bright lights, no enthusiastic shop owners, and no neatly arranged goods … It was like the atmosphere of a ghost market in the mortal world at dawn.
Lou Xiaoyi was not surprised. Yesterday, in the small noodle house, he had a general understanding of the market. His pretense was not in vain. He had learned a lot of common sense.
He arrived in front of the bookcase that was placed against the wall. There were five bamboo slips neatly placed inside. He casually took one of them. Then, without saying anything, he found a stool to sit down on and began to carefully read it.
This was the unique characteristic of the Town of Immortal Lai's Market Square. It might also be the unique characteristic of this world's Market Square. You wouldn't be able to see the real spiritual items, cultivation techniques, jade slips, pills, talismans, and so on. The shopkeeper would only provide a detailed catalog. If you took a fancy to something, you would have to tell the shopkeeper. Then, you would pick up the item and look at it. This was the standard procedure.
Of course, if you were a financial backer, you could throw a bag of spirit stones over and request to see the goods in batches. There were privileges everywhere. The key was whether or not you had the ability.
Lou Xiaoyi had some strength, but he didn't dare to show it, so he could only look at the catalog. Through the catalog, he could roughly judge what kind of things he could come into contact with among the rogue cultivators in this world. How much was the price?
The catalog was very detailed. It included the introduction of the goods, their functions, their quality, their price, and so on. Of course, the seller's introduction was always overstated. If you really took a fancy to a certain cultivation item, you could ask the shopkeeper to look at the real thing. There was probably a limit to the number of times you could ask the shopkeeper to look at the real thing. Usually, if you didn't buy after looking at two or three items, it would be very difficult to look at them again. You had to know your limits.
Lou Xiaoyi's problem was that he didn't have a comprehensive and systematic understanding of the cultivation technique system of the Qi Eater stage. He wasn't too sure if the various cultivation techniques here had any restrictions on the orthodoxy. Would it affect his future direction? In addition, was there a difference between the level of cultivation techniques? What was the difference? Was it just based on the price?
Without the guidance of an experienced person, it was very difficult for a rogue cultivator in this aspect.
Due to the small size of each shop, each shop had its own focus. For example, the Fenglai Pavilion was a place that sold cultivation techniques and secret techniques and provided basic materials for refining weapons. Some other shops were more focused on talismans, some on elixirs, some on refining weapons, and some focused on formations. These things were not something that Lou Xiaoyi could come into contact with at this stage.
Unless he lived here in the future, he wouldn't be able to obtain an endless supply of materials for refining elixirs, making talismans, and setting up formations. It was too troublesome to go back and forth. He could only take one of the red thread worms in Pu City and the Immortal Arrival Formation.
Lou Xiaoyi had never thought of turning himself into an alchemist, talisman master, or formation master. He simply believed that if cultivation turned him into a skilled worker, a person who focused on doing business, then what was the point of cultivation?
He still preferred those colorful techniques and a carefree life. He didn't want to carry the heavy pressure of cultivation and spend his days haggling over every little thing.
Therefore, due to his current physical conditions and the yearning in his heart, he didn't even look at these areas that held a very important position in cultivation. He came here to find a basic cultivation technique that could allow him to continuously improve until he sensed the Foundation Establishment. He didn't want to be high and mighty, he only wanted to be peaceful and compatible. He didn't want to choose a direction.
After confirming his direction, there were only a limited number of shops left to choose from. Among them was the largest shop in Immortal Arrival Town, which had the most comprehensive range of goods, was the oldest, and had the backing of Crane Mountain's orthodoxy, the Yunlai Pavilion.
Lou Xiaoyi spent ten days studying the catalog of almost every shop. He didn't dare to say that he had a detailed understanding of this world's bottom-level Cultivation system, but he was more or less familiar with it.
Most of the shopkeepers in the shops were taciturn, but there were also those who talked incessantly and liked to teach others. This was Lou Xiaoyi's opportunity. He always humbly asked for advice from others and lowered himself. Through conversation, he gave others the satisfaction of being a master.
Not only did he satisfy others, but he also enriched himself. How great was that!
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