Cold Essence is the most refined part of Cold Iron Ore.

Cold Iron Ore, incredibly hard, can be forged into armor that is impenetrable by knives or spears, but in the cultivation world, it's not considered rare.

However, Cold Essence is incredibly precious, even in the cultivation world, it's priceless!

A small piece of Cold Essence absorbs the essence of the sun, moon, and stars, taking hundreds or even thousands of years to form, and the energy it contains can be imagined.

Below the Entering Dao Realm, cultivators favor Jiuyang Warm Jade, which can help elevate one to the Innate Realm.

However, upon reaching the Entering Dao Realm, the energy of Jiuyang Warm Jade becomes insufficient, making similar items more scarce, and Cold Essence is one of them.

A small piece of Cold Essence can absolutely cause a sensation in any part of the cultivation world!

At this moment, Xu Fan discreetly led Gongsun Qin and Jiang Wu toward a small stall.

This stall, unlike the bustling atmosphere of others, seemed rather desolate, with only a few people standing in front and sighing, despite the stall owner's eloquence, they still looked as though they were about to leave.

The reason is simple, this stall was filled with all kinds of stones.

What is the most sought-after thing in the cultivation world?

Surely it's something related to enhancing strength! Next, it's those that can bring someone back to life, or at least keep them alive with a breath!

Stones like these are hard to interest anyone unless you're a Casting Master or such.

Now, Xu Fan, appearing like an expert, checked each stone by tapping, then incessantly shook his head and sighed.

Xu Fan's performance quickly made the stall owner lose interest in haggling with him and resumed trying to retain the previous hesitating group, "Old sir, these ores, my brothers and I brought them out from a tomb, that tomb was extraordinary, these ores must be valuable items!"

Fearing disbelief, the stall owner wore a reminiscent expression, "The tomb was full of traps, of dozens of brothers, only a few of us reached the main chamber, the main chamber was scattered with treasures and diamonds, but the central spot was filled with these ores, proving their higher value!"

In front of the stall, there was an old man with a youthful face, a burly middle-aged man with a red face, and several younger generation members, seemingly a family.

Upon hearing the stall owner's words, the old man, who was about to leave, hesitated again.

The elder's identity was a Casting Master named Li Ye, who had been dealing with stones for years and held quite a reputation in the cultivation world. Yet strangely, this pile of stones left Li Ye uncertain.

They indeed looked like ordinary stones, but Li Ye had an urge to buy them all.

Finally, after listening to the stall owner's extensive spiel, Li Ye decided to buy them all back for gradual study, that feeling in his heart couldn't be wrong!

Under the stall owner's eager gaze, just as Li Ye was about to gesture and announce his intention to purchase all the ores, suddenly a voice echoed.

"Owner, aren't these just ordinary stones? Where are the ores?"

This voice, of course, belonged to Xu Fan standing nearby, who already regarded the Cold Essence as his prize, how could he hand it over at this point?

The reason he didn't immediately voice to buy the Cold Essence is that it's too precious, revealing it could cause a commotion, so Xu Fan had to handle it cautiously.

Upon hearing Xu Fan's voice, not only the stall owner but also Li Ye and his group glared at Xu Fan.

This young man, by the looks of it, understood nothing, but among these stones, there were indeed some ores that Li Ye could identify, although they were just ordinary Cold Iron Ores, hence Li Ye hadn't immediately bought them.

Right now, the stall owner glared at Xu Fan angrily, "Young man, aren't you going too far? These are rare ores taken from a grand tomb!"

"Tch!" Xu Fan assumed a cocky young master's demeanor, carelessly waving his hand, "Who can't brag? I say I'm the reincarnation of Qin Shi Huang. What if you pay me, I'll make you a Great General, would you pay me?"

Poof!

Gongsun Qin burst into laughter; only a carefree girl like her could laugh at such a critical moment.

Jiang Wu, on the other hand, looked helplessly worried, after thousands of warnings and reminders, they hadn't even entered the market yet offended the young master of the Huang Family, and now Xu Xian was stirring trouble again.

Upon seeing Xu Fan step up to mess things up, Li Ye instead became less inclined to buy the ores; when undecided, someone stirring the pot might reveal something.

Li Ye wasn't worried, thus the stall owner became even more anxious, glaring at Xu Fan with growing animosity, the cold aura seeping through, "Young man, it's best to stay humble, since you claim they're ordinary stones, how about we make a bet?"

Every participant in this gathering was no ordinary person, even a stall owner seeming so common was actually a master of the Innate Realm.

However, a mere Innate Realm master was nothing to Xu Fan.

Now, Xu Fan feigned anger, "A bet it is, if you cut out an ore, I'll buy all your stones!"

The stall owner was delighted, finally the boy was playing along!

Indeed, among these stones, some were taken from the tomb, identified by an expert, only ordinary Cold Iron Ores, with the rest being ordinary stones mixed in to confuse.

In this cultivation world's market, suddenly a heap of seemingly ordinary stones with a few ore among them ensured a chance someone might be lured into buying.

Such an act bore some risk, yet with Xu Fan stirring things up now, all the better, once an ore was unveiled, the rest ordinary stones would sell along.

"It's your word!"

The stall owner suppressed inner glee, laughed coldly, carelessly picked a stone, and sliced it open.

Swish!

Stone chips flew, revealing a faint mining stone underneath.

"Cold Iron Ore!" Xu Fan feigned surprise and then an embarrassed rage.

"A bet is a bet! I'll buy all the ores! Money is not an issue!" Xu Fan suddenly showed a troubled face, "But with so many, I can't carry them all, I'll just pick the smallest one! That one, wrap it up for me!"

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