The first floor attendant said to the cyan-dressed woman, "Sister Mei’er, these two customers want to select items on the second floor. I will trouble you to assist them. I will go to the warehouse to retrieve the goods they have chosen."

Mei’er nodded.

Although she could not see through Xiao Shou’s cultivation, her expression did not change at all.

She remained calm and polite, still wearing a gentle smile as she said, "Understood. May I ask what the customer would like to purchase? Pills, artifacts, talismans, formations, as well as various medicinal herbs and minerals related to these four techniques. Most materials needed for the Foundation Establishment stage are available here."

"Oh, then add another thirty thousand first-grade blank talismans, one set of Qi Gathering Pill formula, thirty thousand sets of required medicinal herbs, ten thousand sets of beginner artifact refining materials, ten thousand sets of beginner formation materials, twenty thousand beginner storage bags, and one copy of beginner cultivation techniques for each type of mutated spiritual root. As for the rest, first let my disciple pick a few magic artifacts usable at the Qi Refining stage. If I remember correctly, magical artifacts are sold on the first floor, while spirit treasure are on the second floor. Ah, also bring me a high-grade furnace, one that can be used for both alchemy and artifact refining."

Using the excuse of buying things for his disciple, Xiao Shou also added items for himself.

Previously, at the Heavenly Dao Sect marketplace his identity and background there would have been easy to investigate if someone was interested, so he had not dared to buy anything of high value.

He had only added two magical artifacts, both of which were very weak and only usable for basic self-defense.

But here, he did not need to worry for the time being, so he could freely buy as much as he wanted.

Upon hearing this, Mei’er immediately understood why Yue’er had shown such unusually respectful behavior earlier.

Everything he requested started in tens of thousands, just like the procurement orders of a medium-sized sect or aristocratic family.

This was truly a major customer.

She immediately adjusted her reception standards accordingly and while leading the way, she said, "May I ask whether the customer would like to select items in the main hall or go to the VIP room for a more detailed selection?"

"The VIP room."

Xiao Shou clearly understood the rules of Ten Thousand Wisdom Hall.

Mid and low-grade items on each floor were traded in the main hall, while high-grade and top-grade items were traded in VIP rooms through private face-to-face transactions.

By choosing the VIP room, he was indicating that he wanted to directly view the high-grade and top-grade magic artifact usable at the Foundation Establishment stage on the second floor and had no interest in lower-grade items.

As expected, everything followed the rules described in the book.

Not long after he sat down, Mei’er brought several attendants over and presented a few treasures.

Among them were two high-grade alchemy and artifact refining dual-use furnaces and one top-grade furnace.

Xiao Shou did not even glance at the high-grade ones and directly asked about the top-grade alchemy furnace.

He learned that its craftsman had named it the "Three Yang Furnace."

The Three Yang Furnace came with an integrated fire gathering formation.

There was no need to open a ground fire vein or use fire talismans.

It only required filling it with spirit stones to operate.

The materials used to refine the furnace itself were also quite excellent.

All materials below the fifth tier could be refined within it and even if the furnace exploded, it would not cause any damage.

For materials above the fifth tier, however, the effect could not be guaranteed.

This alchemy furnace was excellent in every aspect.

Its only drawback was that it consumed too many spirit stones.

Lower-grade spirit stones could not even supply enough energy to run it.

Only middle-grade or high-grade spirit stones were suitable as its energy source.

Because of this, although its functions were outstanding, there were very few buyers willing to purchase it.

It had been sitting here for over a month without being sold.

After hearing this, Xiao Shou was very satisfied.

He lacked nothing except spirit stones.

With a wave of his hand, he chose the Three Yang Furnace and continued looking at other magic artifact.

Among the many magic artifact, because Mei’er noticed that he had purchased a large amount of blank talisman paper and materials for alchemy, artifact refining, and formation arrays, and since the furnace for alchemy and artifact refining had already been selected, and formation bases only required divine sense engraving without external tools, the only thing left was talismans.

If one wanted to draw talismans well, a good brush was still needed.

Therefore, what was brought over for Xiao Shou to inspect were several talisman brushes used specifically for drawing talismans.

Their grade was at high-grade magic artifact level, but there were no top-grade ones.

The reason Xiao Shou bought so many things this time was, first, because he wanted to learn a technique but did not know which one suited him, so he decided to buy all the beginner-level ones to try them out.

Second, he wanted to establish an image of wealth in front of others so that anyone who noticed him would mentally fill in assumptions about his background and origins and would not dare to rob him.

In many novels, protagonists from humble backgrounds often behaved in this way.

Because they were generous in spending and acted in an unfathomable manner, they instead attracted so-called knowledgeable individuals who believed they came from mysterious and noble backgrounds.

Every action seemed profound and unpredictable, which then opened many doors of opportunity and assistance for them.

By the time their true identities were discovered, the protagonists had already climbed to a level above those people, making them untouchable and forcing others to swallow their pride.

For these reasons, Xiao Shou did not choose the best talisman brush.