Chapter 570: 570 waiting
In fact, Tan Shaoting knew that this stall owner was another Golden Core Cultivator. That made sense; otherwise, how would the commission be calculated?
The father and his three sons continued to stroll, buying spirit rice seeds and some spiritual medicine seeds at a stall.
They wandered to a stall that seemed to specialize in selling second-hand magic artifacts.
Tan Shaoting took a liking to a dagger, which looked very ordinary, but he felt it would be suitable for his wife.
There were also several Alchemy Furnaces here. In the end, Qi Hong picked the most ordinary one for himself.
However, just these two items cost twelve hundred Spirit Stones, and the seller wouldn’t budge by even one Spirit Stone, but they ended up buying them.
"Qi Hong, you’ll have to wait until the Golden Core Stage to use True Fire Release. Later, we’ll buy some talismans; there should be some for this."
In the end, they couldn’t find any True Fire Talismans even after going through the black market. There was no choice but to rent an Alchemy Room in the future. It wasn’t that Tan Shaoting was reluctant to spend money, but Qi Hong was too young to be left alone in the Alchemy Room, which was certainly worrisome.
So they’d have to bring the three children together, which might affect Qi Hong.
As they were about to leave, there was still a stall in the corner. Tan Shaoting saw many Array Plates.
This was what they currently needed the most, and the one Array Plate they had was just not enough.
However, upon inquiring at the stall, the price was too high; a Third-Order Defense Array required twelve hundred Spirit Stones.
Ultimately, Tan Shaoting didn’t buy it because just having a defense array was not enough. He wanted to buy a Composite Array, one that included attack capabilities.
After leaving the black market and returning the cloak, the three children were quite reluctant.
"We’ll go to the Treasure House tomorrow to ask. They should have what we’re looking for."
But after they came out, Tan Shaoting smiled, thinking they hadn’t noticed the time below. Wow, it was already dawn.
"Let’s go, we’re heading to the Treasure House."
After asking, they found out that the cloak required five hundred Spirit Stones each, but it was a rank higher than the one they saw at the black market, so Tan Shaoting bought five of them. There were five of them in total, after all.
Back home, knowing the others were cultivating, Tan Shaoting prepared the meal. After the father and his three sons were full, they each went to cultivate.
They met in the courtyard at night. "Fellow Daoist, I heard from a friend at the City Lord Mansion that it’s estimated that we can enter the secret realm in the next few days. Too many cultivators have arrived outside, nearly fifteen hundred people already."
"Thank you, fellow Daoist. We’ll just wait for the notice then."
"Fellow Daoist, are you sure you don’t want to form a group with us?"
Tan Shaoting shook his head, "It’s not that I don’t want to, but you can see my situation; I need to take care of my three children, which might burden the team. We’re just going in to broaden our horizons; any gains would be great, but we won’t delve too deep otherwise."
"I understand, I understand, I’m in a similar situation."
After that, they didn’t say much. After all, their own situation was better than Tan Shaoting’s; one child had reached the third layer in cultivation. In other people’s eyes, Tan Shaoting was the real burden.
They had porridge for dinner and then went back to their own cultivation. In fact, Qi Yan was studying that sword, Qi Hong was researching the Pill Furnace, while Qi Wen found a peculiar place in the Demon Beast Record. But since she was still young, she only felt a blue electric light rush into her mind.
With no other sensations, she didn’t pay it much attention.
Tan Shaoting was also researching the True Fire Talisman, which was included in the Talisman Collection, but it was difficult to draw. However, for the sake of his son, he had to figure it out; otherwise, the other two children would have to accompany Qi Hong in learning.
The next morning after breakfast, the three children discussed with their father that they would only eat one meal for the day. Tan Shaoting understood this, knowing that sometimes interrupting an epiphany could affect subsequent progress.
So, he gave them plenty of fruit, so they could eat if they got hungry.
Actually, the three of them had quite a bit of food, even though it was ordinary, Mom had prepared it for them.
Since the three children were in closed-door cultivation, he didn’t come out either. He needed to organize as well.
They really did gain a lot, and after organizing his ideas, Tan Shaoting continued to study the True Fire Talisman. Though he wasn’t particularly talented, he had the advantage of a strong Divine Sense.
By evening, he finally drew the first True Fire Talisman. Holding it in his hand, he sincerely felt it was not an easy task.
The next day, again rising early for breakfast, the father and his three sons continued in closed-door cultivation.
However, by evening, Tan Shaoting received a message from a Communication Talisman: they were to gather at the City Lord’s Mansion entrance the following morning, where they would be led to the secret realm’s entrance.
So, the next day Tan Shaoting woke up the three children early. After the father and his three sons had breakfast, they divided the talismans and food, and each child was given two Thunder Shocking Pearls.
And he instructed them, unless absolutely necessary, not to use them, as they were truly dangerous.
After receiving affirmations from the three children, Tan Shaoting felt at ease.
When they arrived at the City Lord’s Mansion, it was almost like a sea of people.
Tan Shaoting thought to himself, if the secret realm was small, it wouldn’t be able to accommodate everyone.
After being inspected, they moved closer but still stood afar, not wanting to get acquainted with anyone.
About half an hour later, ten spaceships arrived. Tan Shaoting, along with his children, boarded one and sat quietly on the side, waiting.
The children sat quietly beside their father. Many people on the spaceship knew each other.
Some whispered among themselves, while others, like Tan Shaoting and his sons, sat quietly waiting.
Although the City Lord’s Mansion had announced information about the secret realm, they hadn’t disclosed its location. Some might know, but Tan Shaoting didn’t inquire about it.
He was prepared for the worst. If necessary, he would find a way to hide the children and escape by himself, believing he could manage that.
Giving up was not an option; if there was even a sliver of hope, he would try. Nothing could stop his determination to bring his children back to his wife.
About another hour of flight later, they saw endless mountain ranges, and the spaceship landed on a vast open ground, already filled with people.
Seeing the uniform clothing of these people, it was evident they were from a sect.
He wanted to stay far away from these people, having no desire to make friends or enemies with them.
Tan Shaoting glanced around and saw about six sects. It seemed to have attracted quite a crowd.
But was it really wise to let so many people in?
Everyone quietly stood on the open ground, and then several Golden Core Stage cultivators approached, causing a stir among the crowd. After all, in this dimension, the highest cultivation was at the Golden Core Stage.
These big figures were usually just names heard of, and now the small fry in the Cultivation World finally got to see them. Naturally, there was some excitement.
Altogether, there were seven Golden Core Cultivators. They communicated via Divine Sense. But it only took as long as a cup of tea. Together, the seven of them began to exert their powers.