An hour later, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu arrived at the Anyang City market.
At a glance, the market looked chaotic.
However, if one looked closer they would notice an order in the chaos.
'Just like the creation of the world.' Zhen Yuan thought and a golden light flashed in his eyes.
However, the thought didn't linger in his mind.
Before he could grasp anything, the insight disappeared and his mind returned to the present.
"We seem to be on the South side of the market." Shen Xu said.
From what he knew, the market was divided into several regions.
Since he could see beast cages a short distance away, he supposed they were on the South side.
"Do you want to buy a pet?" Zhen Yuan asked but Shen Xu subconsciously took a step back.
"I don't dare." He hurriedly said, waving his hands in refusal.
In Two Reeds town, they found an egg in a gambling stone.
After Shen Xu contracted it, Zhen Yuan dug a small pool in the Chaos Flame space, filled it with spiritual water, and placed the egg there.
Soon after, the concentration of spiritual aura in the Chaos Flame space dropped dramatically.
When that happened, the two were a little surprised.
However, they didn't suspect the egg.
Instead, they thought the space was undergoing some kind of transformation which required a lot of spiritual aura.
Thinking this way, the two happily invested another five million spirit stones into the space.
Unfortunately, their happiness didn't last.
Only a day later, the spiritual aura disappeared again.
At this point, the two were at a loss.
However, there was nothing they could do but invest more spirit stones.
Within seven days, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu used twenty million spirit stones to sustain the Chaos Flame space.
However, they had also realised the problem.
After careful observation, Zhen Yuan realised that the aura in the space was disappearing into the egg.
Since then, the two fell into a desperate situation.
Originally, Zhen Yuan didn't plan to sell the talismans he accumulated until they arrived in Dragon City.
However, because they couldn't sustain the consumption of the space, he was forced to sell.
In every town they passed, Zhen Yuan sold a batch of talismans and Shen Xu sold the few weapons he had refined.
Fortunately, after the first seven days, the crazy consumption slowed to a manageable rate.
However, Shen Xu was deeply traumatised.
Recalling the experience, the double shuddered and desperately wanted to leave the beast region of the Anyang market.
"Maybe it will hatch a powerful creature." Zhen Yuan comforted with a smile in his eyes.
"It better be." Shen Xu snarled through gritted teeth.
Excluding the cost of buying the gambling stone, the two had already spent more than fifty million spirit stones on the egg.
If the egg didn't hatch a powerful creature, Shen Xu didn't know what he would do.
"It better be powerful." He repeated himself in a slightly threatening tone.
Hearing this, Zhen Yuan rubbed his wife's hair.
Without a doubt, he knew the stone would hatch a powerful creature.
However, the hatchling would likely be a helpless baby for the first few years.
Most importantly, powerful creatures needed specific and rare resources to grow up.
If their luck was bad, he and Shen Xu would continue to bleed for hundreds if not thousands of years.
'I better not mention it.' Zhen Yuan thought and stole a glance at the double who was still gritting his teeth in anger.
"Xiaoxu, there are many ingredients in this beast market. Do you want to look around? Maybe you will find something you like."
Hearing this, Shen Xu immediately revived.
"Let's go quickly." He said and the two began to walk around.
An incense stick later, the two arrived at a stall selling three coloured earth chickens.
"Boss, how do you sell these?" Shen Xu asked.
Although he still had a lot of chicken-type ingredients, Shen Xu couldn't suppress his desire to try new foods.
When he saw the three coloured earth chickens, he naturally wanted to taste them.
"Ten spirit stones for one chicken." The owner said and Shen Xu couldn't help but frown.
"Why are they so expensive?" He asked.
"My chickens are different from ordinary three-coloured earth chickens." The boss said with a proud expression.
"How are they different?"
"My chickens were raised with herbs. When they are cooked, they release an herbal fragrance and their meat has a medicinal effect."
When he heard this, Shen Xu couldn't help but be surprised.
[Ayuan, what do you think?] He transmitted.
[We can buy a few to try. If you like them, we will come back for more.]
[Good.] The double nodded.
After that, he bought ten chickens, and while waiting for the boss to slaughter them, the two went to a nearby stall and replaced their level one demon horses with level two demon horses.
An hour later, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu arrived on the East side of the market. The East side was mainly for herbs, seeds, soil, and other plant-related things.
Seeing this, Zhen Yuan looked around and pointed at a stall.
"I want to buy some seven-leaf fir grass seeds." He said.
When drawing talismans, three things were needed; talisman paper, talisman brush, and talisman liquid.
Generally, these three things were easy to buy and their price wasn't high.
However, Zhen Yuan preferred to refine his own talisman paper and talisman liquid.
Now that they had the Chaos Flame space, he wanted to plant more seven-leaf fir grass which was the main ingredient for making talisman paper.
"You don't need to. We have them in storage." Shen Xu winked at Zhen Yuan.
Although he still didn't recognise most of the seeds in the Chaos Flame Space storage room, Shen Xu had a preliminary understanding of the common ones.
Fortunately, the seven-leaf fir grass seeds were one of the few he recognised.
"I will let Xiaoren plant them." Shen Xu said and immediately contacted the ginseng spirit.
A moment later, he smiled at Zhen Yuan and nodded before he continued.
"Let's look around. Maybe we will find a leak." He said.
Unfortunately, their search was not fruitful.
Although they bought a few spirit grasses, all were common and there were no leaks to be found.
After searching for more than three hours, the two left the East and arrived at the Western region.
The West stalls mainly sold weapons, ores, and different refining materials. As a weapon refiner, Shen Xu was naturally interested in these things.
"Xiaoxu, did you read the encyclopaedias we previously bought?" Zhen Yuan suddenly asked.
"Mmmm." Shen Xu nodded.
Although it was difficult to buy a weapon refining inheritance, it was easy to get refining materials encyclopaedias.
Because he carefully read these encyclopedias, Shen Xu could recognise thousands of ores and weapon-refining materials.
"Good." Zhen Yuan smiled and the two began to walk around.
"The ores are slightly cheaper than buying from a shop." Shen Xu said after buying thirty pieces of black iron ore.
"Stalls are easier and cheaper to run than shops. It makes sense for goods to be cheaper." Zhen Yuan said.
"I will take advantage." The double smiled and led Zhen Yuan to another stall.
In this way, Shen Xu bought two hundred pieces of black iron ore, one hundred pieces of snake skin, and a batch of random ores.
"Xiaoxu, did you buy too many?" Zhen Yuan couldn't help but ask.
After all, Shen Xu could only refine three kinds of weapons.
If he successfully refined all the materials, they would have hundreds of swords, hammers, and whips in their hands.
However, although the weapons were level one, they were ordinary and had no special characteristics. Because of this, their value and demand were not high.
"After reading the refining materials encyclopedias, I got some ideas. When I have time, I want to try out some things. Maybe I will be able to improve the quality of the weapons I refine." Shen Xu confided.
"Is that so?" Zhen Yuan smiled and looked at his wife with a proud expression.
"Don't you think I am wasting spirit stones?"
"Since you have new ideas, it's beneficial to explore them. If the spirit stones are lost, we will earn more." Zhen Yuan assured.
In the Canglan continent, few cultivators dared to try new things.
Instead, they faithfully followed the formulas left behind by their predecessors.
Now that Shen Xu wanted to try new things, Zhen Yuan didn't want to discourage him.
"Thank you." Shen Xu smiled with a soft look in his eyes.
"XiaoXu, when you advance to the foundation establishment realm, you can refine a natal weapon. Have you thought about what kind of weapon you would like to use?"
Hearing this, an unnatural look appeared on the double's face.
In his first fight, he used a sword.
After that, he continued using the sword and didn't really think about the kind of weapon he wanted to use.
However, when their caravan stopped at Heilong Town, Shen Xu happened to see a fight between two cultivators.
One of the cultivators was a double who used a whip and the other was a burly man who used a hammer.
Although the double won the fight, Shen Xu was more impressed by the hammer in the burly man's hand.
Since then, Shen Xu felt the hammer was a domineering weapon and also wanted to use it.
"What's on your mind?" Zhen Yuan asked with a curious look in his eyes.
"Ayuan…" Shen Xu couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
"What's wrong?"
"What do you think of a hammer?" The double asked.
Hearing that, Zhen Yuan couldn't help but be surprised.
Because of their small stature and weaker bodies, most doubles preferred soft weapons like whips and fans.
If not soft weapons, they would choose swords which were relatively light and easy to handle.
Since Shen Xu had always used a sword, Zhen Yuan assumed the double preferred swords over other weapons.
Unexpectedly…
However, Zhen Yuan wasn't against it.
Although it was a little out there for a double to use a hammer, Zhen Yuan wanted to support Shen Xu.
At this time, he naturally smiled and rubbed his wife's hair.
"If you want to use a hammer, I will support you. However, it's not easy to handle such a weapon. In the future, you will have to pay a lot of attention to body refining." Zhen Yuan reminded with a solemn look in his eyes.
Hearing this, Shen Xu nodded but still looked a little uncertain.
"Don't you think it's a little strange?"
"It doesn't matter." Zhen Yuan assured and Shen Xu chuckled.
"I see." He muttered and quickly continued.
"It's best to refine my natal weapon before I condense a golden core. However, it's not easy to find good materials in the Canglan continent." Shen Xu frowned.
"Let's take our time. Although it's preferable to refine the natal weapon as early as possible, it won't make a big difference if you wait a little longer."
"Mmmm…, how about you? Do you have a natal weapon?"
"Not yet." Zhen Yuan stated and then explained.
"I will refine the brush I got into my natal weapon."
"Is that okay?" Shen Xu couldn't help but frown.
If possible, it was best to personally refine a natal weapon rather than use a contracted weapon.
"It's okay." Zhen Yuan nodded.
For some reason, he always felt the brush was created just for him.
Even if he personally refined a natal weapon, his ideal would be no different from the brush.
"If you are sure." Shen Xu said and the two continued to look around.
On their way out of the west market, Zhen Yuan suddenly stopped in front of a stall.
The stall was ordinary and the wares were common.
However, Zhen Yuan couldn't look away from a large piece of grey stone.
"Boss, how do you sell this ore?" He asked, pointing at the stone.