After leaving Qingzhu Mountain, Lu Changsheng transformed into a robust, valiant-looking middle-aged man and flew towards the Nine Dragons Market on a Spirit Boat.
This trip was indeed heading towards Jiuxiao Immortal City.
But he also took the opportunity to pay a visit to the Nine Dragons Market along the way.
To see if White Jade Tower had any decent maids.
And to buy and handle some materials as well.
The various items he had acquired from Meng Yibai and two robber cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage had yet to be dealt with.
He had decided to take care of them now.
Two days later.
A Spirit Boat descended outside of the Nine Dragons Market.
When the great battle between the Lu and Chen Families erupted, he left Nine Dragons Market. Apart from returning once to retrieve the maids, he hadn’t visited since.
Following the crowd, he queued up and, after handing over a Spirit Stone, he got a temporary identity card and entered the Marketplace, heading straight for White Jade Tower.
"What would you like to know, sir? Whether to take a wife or a concubine, or to purchase a maid?”
A red-dressed woman greeted him with a beaming smile as soon as he entered.
Giving Lu Changsheng a nostalgic feeling.
He hadn’t been to White Jade Tower for ten years.
"Is Feng Jiuniang, the manager, available?”
Lu Changsheng then asked.
Recalling that utterly charming manager.
"Sir, Manager Feng was reassigned and left seven years ago. Now the establishment is under the management of Manager Xia,”
The receptionist replied respectfully.
"Oh, reassigned,”
Lu Changsheng raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.
He didn’t expect that Manager Feng was no longer here.
But it didn’t bother him much.
Organizations like White Jade Tower operated branches in many places, so reassignments and promotions were quite common.
Shortly thereafter, under the reception of the red-dressed woman, he went to the second floor to meet Manager Xia of the White Jade Tower.
This Manager Xia was of superior beauty and form,
And her pleasant demeanour made others feel at ease.
One could only say that White Jade Tower truly excelled in their services.
"Does your establishment have any Middle Grade or Higher Grade Spiritual Root maids available?”
Lu Changsheng picked up the tea, took a light sip, and stated his needs.
"Middle Grade or Higher Grade Spiritual Root maids?”
Manager Xia showed a hint of surprise in her beautiful eyes upon hearing this.
Realizing she had encountered a major client.
With a dignified face and graceful posture, her voice soft and melodious, she said, “Mr. Han, both Middle Grade and Higher Grade Spiritual Root maids are quite rare in our White Jade Tower.”
"They are only supplied during our members-only events or the White Jade Tower auction.”
"If Mr. Han is willing to take a wife or a concubine, we do have a few female cultivators with Middle Grade Spiritual Roots that I can introduce to Mr. Han,”
Manager Xia said.
"Taking a wife or a concubine,”
Lu Changsheng, as a regular customer of White Jade Tower,
Well understood that this was White Jade Tower acting as a marriage broker intermediary.
Although it came with a certain guarantee,
It wasn’t like purchasing a maid where the transaction concluded with a binding Spiritual Contract, life and death at one’s whim.
So, he had no intention of taking a wife or a concubine from White Jade Tower.
"I do not currently have any plans regarding taking a wife or a concubine,”
"How often does your auction take place?”
Lu Changsheng asked thoughtfully.
He was quite familiar with the member-only supply at White Jade Tower,
Knowing that every year they offered a batch of top-quality maids.
Not only were these maids attractive and well-shaped,
But most also possessed Spiritual Roots and even cultivated certain Dual Cultivation Techniques, suitable for use as alchemic cauldrons.
However, due to the exorbitant price, starting at several thousand Spirit Stones,
He merely gleaned basic information and refrained from further inquiry.
Now, hearing this, he knew that the only way to purchase a Middle Grade Spiritual Root maid was through such means.
This was to be expected.
Although White Jade Tower was powerful, rumored to be overseen by a Nascent Soul True Lord,
They couldn’t possibly sell Middle Grade or Higher Grade Spiritual Root maids without limit.
After all, in the Cultivation World, ninety percent of cultivators possessed Lower Grade Spiritual Roots.
Owning a Middle Grade Spiritual Root indicated a certain worthiness for cultivation.
"Our White Jade Tower auction occurs once every three years, and it has been one year since the last auction,”
"If Mr. Han is interested, I can send someone to notify you when the time comes,”
Manager Xia spoke.
"Alright, thank you, Manager Xia,”
Lu Changsheng nodded upon hearing this,
Planning to check out the members-only supply and the auction when he had the time.
Afterward, Lu Changsheng bid farewell to White Jade Tower,
And proceeded to Qingyun Commerce Guild, Myriad Treasures Pavilion, and other major shops to purchase Second Rank talisman-making materials, Second Rank elixir materials, Third Rank talisman-making materials, and the black essence iron and five metals iron needed to forge the talisman artifact “Ninety-Nine Profound Truth Strategy.”
As expected,
After inquiring shop by shop, aside from Second Rank talisman-making materials and some alchemy materials, none of the Third Rank materials were available in the Nine Dragons Market.
"Third Rank heavenly and earthly treasures mostly belong to the category of strategic resources, only available in places like Immortal Cities,”
"In Nine Dragons Market, selling such high-level treasures not only proves challenging but can also attract trouble,”
Lu Changsheng exhaled lightly.
He had already speculated about this and was not disappointed.
After purchasing the talisman-making and alchemy materials, he sold those materials he himself did not need.
As for the ordinary magic artifacts, he didn’t sell them,
Since with so many children, he would eventually need the artifacts.
Selling these miscellaneous materials fetched him nearly ten thousand Spirit Stones.
Just as Lu Changsheng was finishing his business and preparing to leave, he sensed a covert Divine Sense stealthily scanning him.
"Hmm? Foundation Establishment early stage?”