Chapter 372: Market

In the dead of night, Lu Mingshu entered the heavenly wheel.

The green colored number flashed on the wooden wheel, and on it was written, one thousand, one hundred and sixty-eight.

Lu Mingshu narrowed her eyes to check if she saw wrongly. "Xiao Sang, I gain a thousand accumulated points at one go?"

"Yeah." Xiao Sang was still there as usual.

"How come?"

"You got into the last round in the sea of cloud debate held in the other world, and that was three hundred accumulated points. Since it affected the world you are in, two hundred more points were earned. Increase in ability will gain you five hundred points and one thousand points in total. Since you have a thousand points, you will be upgraded to level two and be gifted a free chance to draw the lottery."

Indeed, the small number underneath the green numbers had turned into the number two.

"Level one is hundred, level two is one thousand. So level three is ten thousand?"

"It's for you to find out." Xiao Sang answered.

"Okay." Lu Mingshu had gotten used to Xiao Sang's vague answers. "Since my level has upgraded, the facilities have too, am I right?"

"Yes. You will gain storage space in the heavenly wheel when you reach level two and you can also use the functions you exchange here on others. Lastly, the market is open."

"What do you mean by using the functions exchanged here on others?"

"For example, healing. But using these abilities on others will cost 50% more accumulated points than normal."

~I can heal someone else with the heavenly wheel?~ this fact gave Lu Mingshu more hope. "Can I exchange for my master's meridians to be restored?"

"Yes." Xiao Sang replied immediately.

"How much do I need?" Lu Mingshu clenched her fist to calm herself, not letting her excitement show.

"A hundred thousand if used on you, but a hundred fifty on others."

As if someone had poured a bucket of cold water on her, Lu Mingshu stood rooted at the answer.

~A hundred and fifty thousand? I worked so hard yet I only earned one thousand. How am I supposed to get so many accumulated points?~

"Restoring meridians through the heavenly wheel is extremely costly, but it guarantees efficacy. But you can also exchange for ingredients in the heavenly wheel and refine them. It requires less points, but it comes with the risks of failure."

"How much would I need for such ingredients?" a spark of hope lit up again.

"Ten to twenty thousand for the more expensive ones, and a few thousand for the cheaper ones. It isn't easy to find them and will take up a lot of time if you try to collect them all from the heavenly wheel. I suggest you visit the market to do some exchanges."

"Market?" ~Oh, right. The new function.~ "What's the market about?"

"I think it will be better for you to experience it yourself." Xiao Sang replied and the wooden wheel started rotating. Soon, a square wooden button protruded with the word "Market" on it.

Lu Mingshu reached out to press the button.

Suddenly, the six-coloured streamers surrounded and wrapped around her.

Soon after, she disappeared into the heavenly wheel.

The six-coloured streamers then dispersed, and she was now at an unfamiliar place.

It was a vast place, with many pavilions and kiosks everywhere. There were people wearing different types of clothing everywhere. Some were in a hurry while some were strolling.

She didn't notice anything special about this place originally. But when she looked down, it dawned on her that she was stepping on clouds, and not normal ground.

There was no sun or moon in the sky, but the place was brightly lit.

"Xiao Sang?" Lu Mingshu called, but there was no response.

Xiao Sang did not contact her outside the heavenly wheel, and Lu Mingshu wasn't surprised. She took a deep breath and ventured around.

Not long after, she discovered an odd scene.

A huge tree, almost a thousand feet tall was right smack in the middle of the market. It reached high into the sky, and it was so huge that even a hundred people surrounding it might not be able to go around it.

There were many people leaning against the tree, and holding on the branches. All of them had their eyes shut.

She wasn't sure what they were doing, but the scene felt oddly familiar. ~I connect with the rest like this in the heavenly wheel too!~

~So, this is a forum?~

She slowly walked over and grabbed a branch. Indeed, numerous messages started flowing towards her.

The only difference was the messages changed faster, and the forum was a larger scale one.

Lu Mingshu saw someone requesting for a huge spell formation that covered a thousand-mile diameter. A spell formation that only large sects or powerful people like kings could possess and make use of. The formation would require the blood, sweat and tears of a few generations to build, and the world she was in had no sect or person that is so powerful that they could create such a formation.

She let go of the branch and walked away.

There were people of all kinds around and their style of dressing was very diverse, many wore things Lu Mingshu had never seen before. She spotted a teenager wearing skin tight leather clothing walking past. His hair was dyed colorfully and cut extremely shortly, almost as if he had just survived an explosion.

Not only so, but a slender woman has also just walked passed her. She had long wavy hair and a.....tail?

~Is this a Yokai?~

~We do have demonic beast in our world, but not one has successfully took the shape of a human being.~

Suddenly, she felt someone tugging on her shirt. She looked down to see a little child which was half as tall as her tugging her. He was small, with puppy eyes and baby-like skin. Yet his head was bigger than hers and he was in weird green clothing.

"Little boy, what's wrong?"

"Miss, this is your first time here at the market, right?" The boy blinked. He had a cute voice. "I'm not a child anymore though. I am Qing Mu, and I turn three hundred this year."

"....."~Wait, that's even older than my grandfather's grandfather!~

"Do you need a tour guide? I can guide you around. It will only cost you two accumulated points!"

He lifted his hand, showing his fingers that were longer than a normal person's.

"So....."Lu Mingshu tried to figure out the situation she is in. "Do you have a heavenly wheel? And your earn accumulated points as a tour guide?"

"Yes." Qing Mu nodded. "Everyone here has a heavenly wheel. One three seven seven two is my code."

~Mine is one five one two seven, so he is a few thousand people before me. Well, he is three hundred years old!~

"Miss, I have been here for two hundred years. I know this place like the back of my hand and I can spend the whole day guiding you. It's cheap!"

Two accumulated points was indeed not much for Lu Mingshu. With her cultivation, she could earn them by completing a forum request. Furthermore, being a tour guide was not an easy job.

"Qing Mu, this is a tough job, and you don't earn much. Why don't you earn accumulated points other ways?"