Chapter 32 - Spirit Stones
With excitement on his face, Lin Mu searched the spatial rift. He did not have to search for long as the object itself found him, or rather hit his hand. The object was quite hard and felt painful to him when it hit him. He pulled his hand out once the object was stored inside the ring.Ñøv€lRapture marked the initial hosting of this chapter on Ñôv€lß¡n.
Lin Mu withdrew the object to examine it. The object this time was a pouch that seemed to be made out of high-quality beast leather. The texture and feel of the pouch made Lin Mu think that it was something only nobles or rich merchants would use.
He opened the pouch to take a look inside. The first thing that caught his eyes was the glow that came from inside the pouch. As it was still nighttime and there was barely any light except for the stars, Lin Mu could not figure out what was inside the pouch as the glow covered the items inside it, making it hard to distinguish them.
Lin Mu went back to the hunting shack and lit a lamp to illuminate the place. Once there was sufficient light, Lin Mu poured the contents of the pouch on to the table that was inside the shack. Small stones started to pour out from the pouch and soon formed a pile on the table.
The stones were translucent and were glowing with a pale white light. There were nearly a hundred of them in the pile, with each stone being the size of a fingernail. Lin Mu’s gaze was locked onto the pile of glowing stones. He picked one up and felt a comfortable feeling coming from his hand that was holding the stone.
"This is... this is a spirit stone!" Exclaimed Lin Mu.
"And... and there are so many of them." Thought Lin Mu out Loud.
Lin Mu had once seen a spirit stone before. It was two years ago when he had visited the Wu Lim city to watch the annual martial competition. The top three prizes of the martial competition were spirit stones. One of the top hunters of the northern town had participated in it at that time and won the third prize.
The third prize was a single spirit stone. The hunter who had won it back then showed it off to many people during the celebration party that was organised in the northern town. Lin Mu had the opportunity to observe it back then.
That hunter who had won the third prize became a cultivator six months later by obtaining a cultivation manual. Though no one knew where or from whom the hunter obtained the cultivation manual, as the hunter never answered those questions. That hunter is one of the only two hunters of the Northern town who are cultivators.
There were numerous thoughts that were going through Lin Mu’s head, so much so that he had to chant the calming heart sutra to forcibly calm himself down. Once he calmed down, Lin Mu systematically went through the multiple points he had thought of before.
’I wonder how the small purple spirit fruit I found would compare to the spirit stones.’ Thought Lin Mu.
Lin Mu entered the town and observed the absence of the merchants. All the stalls and shops that were present three days ago were nowhere to be found. The aura of the town had returned back to how it was before.
Lin Mu thought about where he should sell the corpse of the coyote beast. Now that the merchants had left the town, he would have to sell it to a shop in the town. He remembered the incident from last time and decided against it.
’If I try to sell it to a shop, many people will see it and some of them will definitely want to try to steal from me again.’ Though Lin Mu.
As he was thinking about this, Lin Mu had unknowingly reached the main street of the town. An idea suddenly stuck his mind, and he determined where he could sell the beast corpse.
’That’s it, I can sell it at Jing Wei’s emporium. That woman and the old man will definitely not bother me, and I can also buy more weapons there.’ Thought Lin Mu.
Thus he changed his path and walked towards the desolate alley which housed the dusty shop. Once he reached the shop, Lin Mu put the sled to a side and then opened the door of the shop, which was still hard to open, and creaked loudly on opening.
After the door was open, he picked up the beast corpse and walked inside the shop. He saw that there was no one at the counter, so he rang the small bell that was kept on it. Lin Mu waited for five minutes before the woman Duan Ke walked out of the door behind the counter.
Duan Ke was dressed in a light pink dress and had a small hairpin in the shape of a lily in her hair. Seeing this, Lin Mu wondered how many types of hairpins she owned. Duan Ke looked at him the same as before, with her signature poker face.
She walked up to the counter and asked,
"What do you want today?"
"I want to sell a beast corpse, I wonder if that’s fine?" said Lin Mu with a polite smile on his face.
"That’s fine. Show me the corpse." Replied Duan Ke.
Since Lin Mu had slung the corpse of the beast on his back, Duan Ke could not see it clearly. Lin Mu pulled the corpse from his back and put it on the counter. He then turned his eyes on Duan Ke’s face and saw surprise on her face for the first time.