The next day, Su Bai arrived at Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
As soon as she arrived, Zhang Wanshan, who was sitting at the counter, saw her.
He immediately came forward enthusiastically to greet her.
"Oh, isn't this Senior? Why do you have time to come today? Do you need to buy anything?"
Looking at the Shopkeeper walking towards her, a hint of excitement immediately appeared on Su Bai's face, and she quickly said, "Isn't this the Shopkeeper? I just happen to have something to find you for."
"Oh, I wonder what Senior needs?"
Zhang Wanshan was a little confused, wondering what Su Bai could possibly need.
Su Bai mysteriously pulled Zhang Wanshan aside and whispered, "Shopkeeper, to be honest, I obtained a mysterious fragment in the Outer Sea Secret Realm, but I don't recognize it. I thought that since Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion has so many goods, I'd like you to help identify it."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Wanshan's eyes narrowed slightly.
He naturally knew the purpose of his building master coming here despite the long journey.
Now, hearing that Su Bai had an unknown fragment obtained from a Secret Realm, he immediately paid attention.
"Oh? Senior, you obtained it from that Outer Sea Secret Realm?"
Su Bai nodded and said, "That's right."
"Then Senior, please follow me. Let's find a quiet place to talk."
Zhang Wanshan led Su Bai to a private VIP room.
After Su Bai was seated, Zhang Wanshan walked over with a pot of brewed tea.
Su Bai smelled the tea aroma wafting through the air and couldn't help but praise, "This tea is good."
Hearing Su Bai's praise, Zhang Wanshan chuckled softly.
"Hehe, this is our Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion's signature tea. Even if Senior is a Core Formation Cultivator, drinking it will be of great benefit."
After the tea was poured, Su Bai picked it up and took a sip.
The tea entered her mouth with a faint sweetness.
And the circulation of Spiritual Qi within her body seemed to speed up by a few points.
"Ha! Good tea! Shopkeeper, why didn't you serve me this kind of tea before?"
"Hehe, Senior, our Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion is, after all, a business. We naturally categorize our trading partners by Rank. Senior, you have cooperated with our Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion many times and bought quite a few things, so you are naturally our honored guest. We will naturally serve you the highest-grade tea."
In fact, the reason Zhang Wanshan served Su Bai such good tea was entirely because of the fragment in Su Bai's hand.
Although Zhang Wanshan had not seen the physical object, he was very cautious about things that came out of the Outer Sea Secret Realm.
After finishing a cup of tea, Su Bai still felt a lingering desire.
And Zhang Wanshan, seeing Su Bai finish a cup of tea, immediately poured another without urging Su Bai to quickly take out the fragment. He just maintained a smiling, unhurried demeanor.
After Su Bai finished another cup of tea, she finally held the fragment in her hand.
"Shopkeeper, the item I want you to identify is this. Please take a look."
After taking the fragment out of her Storage Pouch, Su Bai spread it out in her hand.
Zhang Wanshan leaned closer, his eyes covered with a layer of Spiritual Qi, and began to identify it.
It didn't take long before Zhang Wanshan shook his head with a troubled expression and said somewhat apologetically, "Alas, my knowledge is shallow. Senior, please wait a moment while I call over the best appraiser in the store."
"Mhm, Shopkeeper, go ahead. I'll wait."
After Zhang Wanshan left the VIP room, he immediately headed towards the top floor of Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
After a simple appraisal of the fragment Su Bai brought out, he already had a general idea of its origin.
Now he needed to inform the building master of this matter.
And Su Bai, after Zhang Wanshan left,
casually placed the fragment on the tea table and poured herself a cup of tea.
This item had no great use in Su Bai's hands.
Its appeal was even less than that of Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion's tea.
Zhang Wanshan's expression did not change when he left.
So Su Bai couldn't guess how attractive this item was to Zhang Zihua.
However, Su Bai didn't believe Zhang Wanshan when he said he couldn't identify it.
Although Zhang Wanshan's cultivation was only Late-Stage Foundation Establishment, his knowledge must be extensive, otherwise he wouldn't be able to hold the position of manager.
Zhang Wanshan was currently the highest-ranking and most skilled appraiser in Xingluo City's Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
Now that he said he was going to invite an appraiser even more skilled than himself,
that person's identity and status must be above Zhang Wanshan's.
Slurp~
After drinking the tea in her cup, Su Bai wondered about the identity of the appraiser who would be coming soon.
Most of Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion's high-ranking members, along with some Cultivators from the Six Sects, had previously perished together in the Outer Sea.
Recently, among those at Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion with a higher status than Zhang Wanshan,
Su Bai only knew of Zhang Zihua.
While Su Bai was waiting,
Zhang Wanshan had already arrived at the top floor of Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
Arriving in front of a door, Zhang Wanshan respectfully cupped his hands and said, "Building Master, Fellow Daoist Su Bai has come to appraise a treasure obtained from the Outer Sea Secret Realm. Your subordinate has already examined it."
As soon as Zhang Wanshan finished speaking, the door opened.
Zhang Zihua walked out from inside.
He glanced at Zhang Wanshan and said, "You did very well. I'll credit you with a achievement. Go to the warehouse later and claim your reward."
"Thank you, Building Master."
Zhang Zihua didn't say what the reward would be, but the meaning was simple: take anything from the warehouse.
From that single sentence Zhang Wanshan had just spoken, Zhang Zihua knew it must be something he needed, otherwise Zhang Wanshan wouldn't have come to him.
"Where is Fellow Daoist Su Bai now?"
"To the Building Master, in the Ziluojian room."
Upon hearing Su Bai's room, Zhang Zihua stepped forward, with Zhang Wanshan following closely behind him.
Su Bai had only just finished a cup of tea when footsteps sounded outside the door.
After the door was pushed open, Zhang Zihua's voice came through.
"Hehe, Little Friend Su, we've only just parted ways, and we meet again."
Zhang Zihua's face still held that gentle smile.
And Su Bai, who was drinking tea, looked as if she hadn't expected the new appraiser to be Zhang Zihua.
She quickly put down her teacup and cupped her hands towards Zhang Zihua, saying, "So it's Senior. I didn't expect to meet you again when I came to appraise an item this time."
But Zhang Zihua just waved his hand and said, "Isn't this also fate?"
"Come, Little Friend Su, where is the item you want to appraise? Bring it over and let me see."
As Zhang Zihua spoke, he waved his hand at Zhang Wanshan beside him, indicating that he should leave and that he would handle things here. Then he walked to the seat next to Su Bai and sat down.
Upon seeing Zhang Zihua's gesture, Zhang Wanshan closed the door and left.
At this point, Su Bai picked up the fragment from the tea table and handed it to Zhang Zihua.
"Senior, it's this item. Please take a look."
Zhang Zihua first pretended to take the fragment into his hand, turning it over front and back.
Then he activated his Spiritual Eye technique and began to examine it carefully.
Zhang Zihua's eyes glowed with Spiritual Qi, and the pattern on the fragment in his hand became clearer in his sight.
Under the enhancement of the Spiritual Eye technique, the fragment showed not only mountains and rivers but also Spiritual Qi nodes and Restriction coordinates.
It was just a pity that this fragment was too small, and the information recorded on it was also limited.
There was no way for Zhang Zihua to directly pinpoint the location of the Secret Realm recorded on it.
After examining it, Zhang Zihua nodded.
It was indeed the Ten Thousand Demons Hall Secret Realm!
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