Bexia took out the object that Lady Cloud gave him, an octagonal item about two fingers thick and palm-sized in diameter. Lady Cloud called it the "Soul-Locking Octagram"! In addition to that, Lady Cloud also gave him the method to create a vessel for the power of the soul. The Soul-Locking Octagram was just a collection tool and couldn't store the power directly. It needed corresponding props.
"What is this, master?! Christine feels a dangerous sensation," Christine suddenly opened her eyes and looked suspiciously at the Soul-Locking Octagram in Bexia's hand. That thing gave her a terrible sense of suppression.
"This is called the Soul-Locking Octagram, a special treasure!" Bexia explained, handing the Soul-Locking Octagram to Christine and asked, "Do you want to take a look?"
"No!" Christine decisively refused. This thing made her feel very uncomfortable, as if something bad would happen if she touched it.
"Alright then." Bexia put away the Soul-Locking Octagram, sat up, and said, "Let's go to the grand gathering again today. I want to buy something. Do you want to come, Christine?"
"Wherever the master goes, Christine will go too!"
After dealing with their personal matters, Bexia took Christine out again. Before they left, Bexia looked at the gold coins on him, not knowing if it would be enough to buy the materials for making concentration talismans.
There are four different qualities of concentration talismans, and the materials for making them vary. Lady Cloud said that concentration talismans were not only for her use, others could also use them. And Lady Cloud highly recommended Bexia to use them because, according to her, the stronger the soul, the more things hidden in Bexia would also appear. Bexia knew this would help him recover his past memories, although Lady Cloud didn't reveal exactly what they were.
The four levels of concentration talismans required different materials, with the primary ones being able to store the soul power of a sovereign and the intermediate level for a monarch like Bexia had just learned. As for the advanced level, it was for a saint. As for the top-level concentration talisman, it could store the soul power of any level below gods.
Bexia already had all the materials he needed in his mind, but he didn't know if he would encounter them at the gathering. In his opinion, the materials for making such items, even for the primary concentration talisman, would probably not be cheap, considering it involved the special existence of soul power.
After wandering around the gathering, Bexia did find quite a few materials that could be used, but none of them were cheap. He spent all of his gold coins and only got some secondary auxiliary materials, and he couldn't afford most of them. As for the main materials, Bexia didn't see any at all.
Bexia suddenly found himself in an embarrassing situation of being out of money. Christine seemed to notice his difficulty and tugged at his sleeve, asking, "Master, what's wrong?"
"I want to buy something, but I don't have any money in my pocket right now!" There was never any need for secrets between Bexia and Christine.
"No money?!" Christine frowned slightly, then relaxed and said, "Master, you can sell some things for money! After all, there are things that the master doesn't need. It's better to exchange them for gold coins!"
"Said it!" Bexia was awakened by Christine's words. Clearly, he was wealthy, so how could he be troubled by gold coins?
"I heard that at the center of the grand gathering, there is a free trade market where you can freely buy and sell goods. Owners can go there to sell their items and directly make purchases without any trouble," Christine suggested. After her soul power grew stronger, her perception of the surroundings became even more powerful, and she inadvertently overheard conversations from passersby.
"Then let's go to the free trade market as you suggested!" Bexia held Christine's hand and they walked. After about ten minutes, they arrived at an abandoned arena. Outside, a yellow cloth was used to write the words "Free Trade Market," while inside, it was surprisingly quiet, much to Bexia's surprise.
Entering the abandoned arena, Bexia realized that it was not a gathering like outside, but a simple free auction house. People gathered here to auction off their own items, and the highest bidder would win. Most of the transactions were conducted through bartering.
In the center of the platform, there was an old man in a black robe currently trading a bottle of secret medicine with an alchemist. The secret medicine in his hand was an improved version he had researched, and he was currently selling the method of its improvement.
Soon, the old man's improved secret medicine was sold, and this arena, which was an open-air structure that could accommodate tens of thousands of people, likely only had about a thousand people at the moment, making it look empty and somewhat deserted.
As soon as the old man left, Bexia jumped into the center of the arena. There was no order here. If you wanted to auction something, you just had to go up there, without any extra words needed.
"Kid, what can you trade here? Could it be what's behind you..." a middle-aged, obese man looked at Christine with a lewd smile, as if he were laughing at a fat pig.
"I don't have much, just one Extreme Meditation technique, along with three accompanying martial arts techniques. How about that? Does it catch your eye?" Bexia deliberately retorted, even wanting to rush up and beat the man for some reason. He was really angry that someone would treat Christine like this.
"Hiss!" After hearing Bexia's words, at least half of the people present took a gasp of surprise. If it was just one Extreme Meditation technique, it would still be fine. But to have three accompanying martial arts techniques along with the meditation, now that was a rare and valuable item. Not to mention three martial arts techniques, even just one accompanying martial arts technique would greatly increase the value of this meditation scroll, even to the point where it could become a system for a family's cultivation.
"You..." The middle-aged man originally wanted to refute Bexia, but when he saw the four scrolls radiating magical fluctuations in his hands, he swallowed his words. Because in this situation, it was almost impossible for someone to be joking. That meant the young man in front of him really did bring out an Extreme Meditation technique with accompanying martial arts!
"I want to sell this meditation scroll for gold coins. I don't know what price you all can offer?" Bexia scanned the surroundings. Many people showed greedy expressions, and in gatherings like this, there were people from all walks of life. When they saw Bexia bring out the Extreme Meditation, many people had thoughts of how to obtain what Bexia had in his hands, but of course, this was not a good method.
Bexia felt the gazes from those around him. Naturally, he could tell what these people were thinking. He simply sneered disdainfully at them and activated the Magic Imprint on the back of his hand without a word. When they saw the Magic Imprint belonging to Bor, many people present broke into a cold sweat.
