Chapter 23 (1/2)

Chapter 23 – And now, it’s dead

(TL By: PiggyBottle and 生豆)

Having sensed so a hint of surprise After taking a few glances, he once more closed his eyes

Su Ming stared at a blue object on the sheet of hide, this object seees Only, on it were nuh the whole thickness

Sitting there quietly on the piece of hide, it inter of the illusion of it being alive to those who saw it

Through that crack, Su Ming could faintly see sohtening

“This is a da was inspecting it, he could hear a voice by his ears, looking up he noticed that the person speaking was actually the cross-legged old man

“Mán-tool?” Su Ming took a deep breath, he was already guessing so from the start He had read about them in books, Mán-tools were extremely precious objects, only awakened cultivators were able to own and refine the extremely hard to obtain, even if they did, usually it would be so they had to protect fro snatched away by the powerful awakened cultivators

“It has been da refined by an awakened cultivator, I a it for one thousand stones” The old man slowly declared

Su Ming looked at the blue dish with envy and desire apparent in his eyes But for hi he just couldn’t afford

Inwardly sighing, Su Ming glanced at the blue dish once ly

“I don’t knohen I will have ht to himself as he walked down the bazaar There were plenty of stalls set laid with leather ain

He did find soh They were sold by different people at a rather high price of one stone coin per leaf, equivalent to that of Black Dragon Saliva

As the sky darkens, dusk approached At the horizon, the setting sun bathed the land in its glow, but the crowd grew as the bazaar got busier

Looking at the sky, Su Ming chose to ree made from plant materials The items sold inside were expensive, but came with a warranty There was a steady stream of customers in and out

Su Ming observed that some of the Mán-people did not only come to buy stuff, but like him, carried a wooden basket, and sold the the items within to the stall owner

Witnessing this, a s the whole afternoon, and even details he did nothis mind, he had already learnt most of the rules of trade of the place

As the skies darkened, torches began to be lit up in the square Quietly Su Ming found a dark spot out of reach of those torches

After checking his surroundings, Su Ming hurriedly put down the basket he was carrying and quickly covered hi the basket Then further covering up hi, finally, he took out a piece of black leopard hide and shrouded himself with it

At this point, Su Ming’s appearance can no longer be recognised, his originally skinny physique was masked by a fat and bloated one, to others it would seem as if he was a completely different person

With a little adjusthtened the layers of hide on his body Inside the basket was one last object, it was soh it was really heavy to bring along, it had it’s use

Putting the basket back onto his back, Su Ming lowered his head and lowered his pose, giving off the impression that he was hunched over Quickly, he walked towards a pre-selected thatched hut

That thatched hut was the most dimly lit of all, and most of the people who entered that place had a sinificantly disguised to not be easily recognised

Although this was the first tiood part of the day observing the practices here Intentionally, he had avoided entering this thatched hut he selected, rather he frequently observed it from an obscure location

In no tiuised person hurriedly walked out leaving this bazaar

Su Ming had seen many of such people this afternoon and he had ascertained that no one would pursue anybody that left from there As such he took the opportunity where there were no other guests to quickly walk towards the shop entrance, unhesitatingly he opened the doors and walked in

The instant he entered he could feel the gaze of a toplesscampfire in the tent

One of this younghole but his other eye gave off an i a word