Cautiously Cultivating Immortality in a Strange World

Chapter 59: Mechanical Puppet

Chen Lin had just put away his stall and wasn't walking far when he was stopped by someone.

"Friend He?"

Chen Lin was stunned. He really said Cao Cao and Cao Cao were here.

It was indeed He Xiao.

"Ah, Friend Lin, I thought I had mistaken you for someone else. I didn't expect your family to be so wealthy, and you even have the skin of a Green Flame Python."

Chen Lin's heart skipped a beat, realizing that the other party had been paying attention to him for a long time.

Unsure of the other party's intentions, Chen Lin could only force a laugh and say, "Where's the wealth? It's just a coincidence, a stroke of good luck. Have you been in the city for a while, Friend He?"

He Xiao laughed and said, "That's right, Friend Lin. If you have any business, you can come find me. And I'll remind you, that Luo Ziqing is not someone to be trifled with. Be careful when dealing with him!"

Chen Lin immediately nodded, "Thank you for the reminder, Friend He. After the trade fair ends, I'll be leaving this place, so I shouldn't have any dealings with him."

He Xiao was very satisfied with Chen Lin's attitude, and suddenly took out a small talisman the size of a palm, handing it to Chen Lin and saying, "If Friend Lin can't find what you're looking for outside, you can go to the small exchange meeting at Zhao Merchant House. This is an invitation talisman."

"A small exchange meeting?"

Chen Lin took the talisman, looking puzzled.

"Ha ha, you'll know when you get to Zhao Merchant House. I have business to attend to, so I'll take my leave!"

The other party didn't explain further, just smiled and turned to leave.

Chen Lin looked at the talisman in his hand and headed towards Zhao Merchant House.

As the largest merchant house in the city, Zhao Merchant House was naturally very crowded, and the goods they sold were also of higher quality than others.

The most crucial thing was that, within the entire city, only Zhao Merchant House sold pills, and even then, only occasionally.

Of course, this referred to high-grade pills like Qi Restoring Pills and healing pills, which weren't as rare.

This was similar to the situation in Kaiyuan City, where pills were scarce resources no matter where you went.

The reason for this was that Zhao Merchant House had their own alchemist, and aside from them, Guyuan City only had one other alchemist in the Mountain Sect.

Due to the large number of customers, Chen Lin was ignored after entering, and he could only take the initiative to find a shop assistant, showing him the talisman He Xiao had given him and asking about the situation.

As soon as the talisman was shown, the shop assistant's attitude improved significantly.

"Ah, you're an esteemed guest invited by Lord He. This is our shop's invitation talisman, which allows you to participate in our small exchange meeting, held on the upper floor of our shop. However, it hasn't started yet, and will begin at noon…"

The shop assistant explained what the small exchange meeting was.

In simple terms, it was a high-end version of a trade fair, where Zhao Merchant House would invite cultivators with impressive backgrounds to participate in a small-scale, auction-like event.

But unlike a normal auction, aside from Zhao Merchant House selling some items, other cultivators could also trade freely with each other.

However, the shop assistant said that during the trade fair, no matter who proposed a trade, Zhao Merchant House had the priority to trade, and the purpose of holding this small exchange meeting was precisely for this reason.

As a return favor, Zhao Merchant House had invited a senior Qi Refining cultivator to lecture and exchange cultivation experiences with all participants.

Upon hearing this condition, Chen Lin's interest was greatly piqued.

Forget about whether he could trade for good items or not; just the opportunity to exchange cultivation experiences was worth participating for.

When Chen Lin asked about the specific time to start, he temporarily left.

Next, he began to buy the materials he needed.

The items in the store were more expensive than those at the small stalls, but he didn't need anything precious, so he continued to select from the small stalls.

"What is this?"

Chen Lin came to a stall filled with various toy-like items and asked in confusion.

The stall owner was a chubby Qi Refining third-stage cultivator, who looked very wealthy, but because there were few customers, he was sitting on a stool with a lack of enthusiasm.

When Chen Lin asked, the chubby cultivator suddenly became spirited.

"Good eye, friend!"

The chubby cultivator jumped up from the stool, stretched out his thumb, and gave a thumbs-up without saying a word.

Chen Lin's face turned black.

What was this guy talking about? He didn't even recognize what this thing was, and yet he was praising his good eye?

Was this guy flattering or mocking him?

The chubby cultivator also reacted, laughing and saying, "Mistake, pure mistake! This is a mechanical puppet, a rare and good item. How many would you like to buy, friend?"

Chen Lin almost couldn't help but laugh.

"When did I say I wanted to buy it? You tell me what this mechanical puppet can do first!"

Mechanical puppets were also a type of cultivational art, made through special methods to create robot-like puppets that could have different uses.

There were combat-type and auxiliary-type puppets.

This kind of thing was rarely seen in Kaiyuan City, and Chen Lin's knowledge came from his original memories, so he wanted to see what was special about it.

"Okay, friend, take a look!"

The chubby cultivator jumped to the front of the stall, picked up a tiger-shaped puppet, opened the back shell, put in a spirit stone, and placed it on the ground.

Then, he heard the chubby cultivator shout loudly, pointing with his hand, "Rise!"

The tiger puppet suddenly lifted its two front paws.

Chen Lin's eyes lit up.

This thing had some meaning!

He realized that the opponent was controlling the puppet with spiritual power, so this item had already reached the level of spiritual treasures.

However, after staring for a long time, wanting to see the puppet's power, Chen Lin saw the chubby cultivator withdraw his hand, and the tiger puppet returned to its original state.

"How about it, friend? Isn't it powerful?"

The chubby cultivator took out the spirit stone from the puppet's back and showed off to Chen Lin with a proud expression.

Is that it?

Chen Lin forced a smile, nodding and saying, "Friend, this puppet of yours is indeed unexpected, not bad, not bad!"

While saying this, Chen Lin quickly left the stall.

No matter how the chubby cultivator called out, he didn't look back.

He felt that buying this thing back as a pet would be embarrassing, and he originally wanted to see a few more, but now he had lost interest.

Although he didn't intend to buy it, this thing had opened up a new path for Chen Lin. If he could get the refining method, he could try to see if he could make it with his innate abilities.

Of course, this childish thing wouldn't do; he needed something powerful, at least reaching the mid-Qi Refining stage combat power to be useful.

Chen Lin looked back, remembering the location of the stall, deciding to come back and ask when there were fewer people, to see if he could buy the refining method from the opponent.

Now, with many people around, it wasn't convenient.