Chapter 85: Talismans - 85
When Zhou Fan walked out of the arena, he was once again greeted by the sight of floating buildings.
Since the colosseum was one of the buildings on the ground, Zhou Fan was looking upwards.
One of the very highest buildings drew his attention. It was in the shape of a padoga and seemed to have 9 floors. Along with being one of the highest, it was also one of the busiest places. People with varying cultivation levels could be seen coming in and out.
There were both people at foundation establishment and people at nascent soul realm coming out.
Zhou Fan flew up there and decided to take a look. There were two guards at the entrance, but they just stood still as people entered and exited.
Above the entrance was a sign that said 'tinming pavilion.'
Zhou Fan walked in freely and looked around the first floor. The floor was quite big and there seemed to be a hundred people in it. The color theme seemed to be red and gold. There were a few paintings on the walls, but the floor wasn't too decorated besides some carpet.
There were shelves and glass containers that had items, but there were no price tags or anything special.
Zhou Fan walked up to one of the glass containers and looked inside. Laying there was a green bottle with a small formation covering the outside and a couple of pills inside.
With a brief glance, Zhou fan was able to tell that it was a healing pill. It would be able to quickly heal a Qi condensation cultivator and minorly heal a foundation establishment cultivator.
Next to the pill bottle was a bunch of other pills. In fact, it seemed that half of the floor was filled with pills. There were pills that increased Qi absorption for recovery or cultivation and pills that temporarily increased damage, although most of those had side effects.
After looking at the pills, Zhou Fan walked over to the other side of the floor. On that side, there were many things besides pills. Zhou Fan walked around and saw weapons, martial art manuals, formation plates, and even a few cultivation techniques.
When he saw the techniques, Zhou Fan went over to take a closer look. Although a normal person wasn't able to look at it before buying it, Zhou Fan used his divine sense to read it without opening it.
Contrary to the technique he gave to the first celestials, which could be cultivated by anyone regardless of Qi affinity, these manuals could only be cultivated by people with certain affinities.
The ones in front of him were related to the affinities of fire, water, earth, and air. The most interesting thing was that they did not provide a faster cultivation speed, but simply increased the abilities of certain elements or concepts.
That meant that if two people had an affinity to fire and were in the same realm, the person who used this manual would theoretically be stronger.
However, Zhou Fan found a flaw that must have gone invisible to the creators of the manual. It limited one's future ability. Since the manual tweaked Zhou Fans, it messed up some parts. Therefore, if one cultivated this manual, they would forever be stuck at nascent soul.
That means that anyone who was in soul formation must have either started cultivating using his method, or restarted cultivation after realizing that they couldn't go any further with the manual.
If Zhou Fan created a specific manual, the result would be different. One could get the boost but still be able to go however far their talent allowed.
But the creators of the affinity specific manuals were merely copying Zhou Fan and slightly tweaking it. Based on the creator's strength, there would be a limit to how far someone using the manual could go.
Zhou Fan soon lost interest in the manuals and continued to look around the first floor. Just as he was about to leave, something caught his eye.
On one of the pedestals, Zhou Fan saw a rectangular piece of paper with a formation on it. Zhou Fan walked over to it and looked at it closely. It was similar to a formation plate, but it was one use and the formation wasn't on metal.
Zhou Fan had never seen nor created such a thing. He looked around and signaled at one of the attendants to come over.
"Hello sir, how can I be of assistance?" She asked politely.
"What is this?" Zhou Fan said while pointing at the piece of paper.
"That is a talisman, sir. It was invented by the celestial lord Anna." She said, not questioning why Zhou Fan didn't know what it was.
"What does it do?" He asked in order to see if there was anything else about it he couldn't see.
"It depends on the talisman. This one will send an attack at whoever the user wants to attack. Since the creator was in the foundation establishment realm, its attack is only at the level of a Qi condensation realm cultivator. On other floors, there are stronger attack talismans and ones with different uses all together." She said.
"Can anyone create one?" Zhou Fan asked.
"No. In fact, the talent to be a talisman creator is very rare. If a thousand people try to learn it, only one will succeed. Do you have any more questions?" She asked.
"Just one. What does it cost?" He asked. Zhou Fan had no idea how payment was made in the celestial lands and this was a good time to find out.
"It is 50 spirit stones." She answered.
Spirit stones! Although Zhou Fan hadn't created them on this planet, it seemed that they managed to exist either way.
"Where are spirit stones from?" Zhou Fan asked, breaking his promise of one more question.
The attendant's mouth twitched as she almost broke character.
"Umm.. They come from spirit stone mines." She answered, trying to keep a straight face.
"Ohh, okay. Thank you." Zhou Fan said.
The attendant nodded and walked away.
'It seems that spirit stones have naturally formed from the Qi in this world.' Zhou Fan thought. He had no idea how rare a spirit stone was, but he was going to find out soon.
Chapter 86: 1st to 5th floor - 86
After speaking to the lady, Zhou fan walked over to the counter in the back of the store. When he arrived, he saw a transaction going on between a young man and a clerk.
"I want a 1st grade healing pill and a 1st grade fire formation plate." He said, already pulling spirit stones from his bag.
"Alright, I'll go get those for you." The clerk said before she walked into the back.
It was only a couple of seconds before she came back with what he asked for.
"A first grade healing pill and a first grade fire formation plate will be 10 spirit stones." She said.
The man, who had already pulled that many out, pushed them to the clerk and grabbed his stuff.
"Thank you for coming, young master mun. Please come again." She said as he was walking out.
From their conversation, Zhou Fan was able to tell two things. First, that weapons, pills, and other things sold in the shop were ranked in grades based on their level, and two, the price and importance of spirit stones.
With the transaction, Zhou Fan was able to tell how valuable a spirit stone was based on the value of the items the young man bought.
Another thing he learned about spirit stones from that transaction was that the spirit stones on the Zhou world seemed to be lesser than the ones he had created.
There may be better spirit stones in the world, but it seemed they wouldn't be used on the 1st floor.
After understanding some things, Zhou Fan walked up to the counter.
"Hello, how may I help you?" The clerk asked.
"I would like to buy that talisman over there." He said, pointing at the talisman the previous clerk showed him.
"Yes sir, I'll get it right now." She said before once again entering the back.
While she was gone, Zhou Fan condensed a couple of spirit stones identical to the ones the young man used earlier.
By the time the clerk came back, there were already fifty spirit stones on the desk.
"That will be fifty spirit stones sir." She said.
Zhou Fan responded by pushing the stones towards her.
The clerk counted the spirit stones and handed the talisman to Zhou Fan.
"Thank you." He said before leaving towards the stairs to the second floor.
"You're welcome. Come again!" She said.
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Before long, Zhou fan made it to the second floor. It looked like an exact copy of the first floor besides the fact that there were less people.
Zhou Fan walked over to the counters and shelves, examining the items.
After looking at a few, Zhou Fan was able to tell that they were still at the Qi condensation realm. However, they seemed to be of much better quality compared to the ones on the first floor.
The weapons were sharper and more durable and the pills and formations were more effective.
Since there was really nothing new, Zhou Fan didn't spend long on the second floor.
As he left, he bought a weapon worth 50 spirit stones. It was more expensive than any other sword on the first floor.
On the third floor, there was a change. Instead of the previous red and gold color, there was now a green and gold color. It was pleasant and even elegant. The layout, however, stayed the same.
Another noticeable difference was the amount of people. There were no more than 5 people on the 3rd floor.
Zhou Fan looked around and saw pills, weapons, formations and other things at foundation establishment, or rank two.
He first went over to the pill counter as per usual. Besides the difference in pill rank, there were also different types of pills.
The first one he noticed was a poison pill. Opposite to healing pills which saved lives, these pills would take them. Zhou Fan looked around the pill counter and found a few more new pills, some of which being hydration pills, saturation pills, and stamina pills.
He didn't stay at the pill area long before he went around looking at the other items.
There was nothing too interesting, so he headed to the counter quickly. As he arrived, he saw another transaction taking place.
"A 2nd rank poison pill and a 2nd rank earth shifting talisman will be two hundred low grade spirit stones or two mid grade spirit stones." The clerk said to the man.
The man proceeded to pull out two spirit stones that were different from the ones Zhou Fan had seen before.
Unlike the earlier spirit stones, these ones were bigger and purer.
The clerk pushed the man the items and took his payment. The man then left the store.
After seeing the transaction, Zhou Fan walked over to the counter and repeated the process of buying but with mid grade spirit stones this time.
He ended up buying a 2nd rank poison pill and a 2nd rank spear.
Zhou fan went to the 4th floor and once again saw foundation establishment items. He didn't stay long but left with a scythe.
On the 5th floor, the items were all core formation. He looked around and saw the colors had changed once again to blue and gold.
As he walked around the fifth floor, he saw something new. On a weapon rack, there was a yellow sword. Unlike the swords he had seen before, this one had a formation covering it. It also had what seemed like a talisman wrapped around the handle.
Zhou Fan walked up to the counter and asked the clerk about it. This time, the clerk was a man.
"What does that formation on the sword do? And what does the talisman on the handle do?" He asked.
The clerk looked at it and spoke. "The formation around the sword makes it much faster and stronger once you input Qi into it. As for the handle, it will automatically shoot out and attack whoever you target as long as they are somewhat close. It has limited uses, but you can come back and we will replace it for a small fee." He said.
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