Chapter 322: Keeping a Low-Profile
"When entering the city, you will need some spirit coins. Take the rest of these herbs to the Lingcao Pavilion and sell them. Although they are not worth a lot, it should still be enough for your group to find a place to rest for a few nights until you figure out your future actions."
The guard was patient with Bai Rouyun and wished to help her become a bit more familiar with the current situation. Although he was not endowed with great talent for cultivation, his polite and friendly personality had managed to get him through life without any troubles.
He always believed that as long as he showed enough respect, no one would make life hard for him. On the other hand, he also liked to help those in need to the best of his abilities.
"Thank you." Bai Rouyun clasped her fists as a show of grat.i.tude. She was truly grateful for the a.s.sistance this middle-aged guard had given her, and while she was not currently able to return the favor, she would remember it, so that she could return it one day, if possible.
"Xiao Bao, do you know what these spirit coins are?" As they entered the city, Bai Rouyun looked around the stalls placed by the roadsides, and at the bustling crowd that was rushing forth and back.
She noticed that some were using a coin-like item to pay for the various items they bought, but the coins all had different colors, so she was aware that certain things had to be taken into account. It did not seem as if these spirit coins were all the same.
"I have never used spirit coins before." Xiao Bao could only shake his head regrettably as he looked at the various coins as well, "but looking at the coins being used, the amount of energy within seems to determine the color of the coins"
Bai Rouyun had also noticed that the coins had various colors and that the energy contained in the coins was different from each type. Even so, she would like to have a more in-depth explanation of these coins.
"We will go to the Lingcao Pavilion for now. I am not going to sell the herbs right away, but look around a bit first, to get an impression of what price the various herbs sell for right now.
"The herbs we are going to bring out will be some of the more ordinary ones. Although they are not too rare, every alchemist will need these herbs, so if we can provide good quality, we will definitely benefit.
"For now, our aim is not to become rich but to have enough money for us to live a decent life. Since we have no one covering our backs, and considering that our strength is still not enough to run around wantonly on the Wushi Continent, we better keep a low profile."
Xiao Bao and Xiao Jin were both divine treasures, and they had not been contracted to such a weak master before. Although Bai Rouyun"s mental strength was outstanding, and her views on the world were impressive, she had not been cultivating for long enough to have become a true powerhouse.
She knew very well that she had to lower her presence and bide her time while growing, or she would be stumbling along the way.
Even so, Xiao Bao and Xiao Jin were usually contracted by those who had already become powerhouses. Even if they had died relatively shortly after being contracted, these powerhouses had never been willing to lower their heads and stay unnoticed. They would much rather charge head-first towards death, and throughout the pa.s.sing of time, it had become a standard preconception by the two spirits, that this was what dignity was.
However, it was not before meeting Bai Rouyun that they understood that it was not worth it to pay with your life for something that could be solved differently or straight up avoided.
By the time the Primal Chaos PaG.o.da was created, the original creator, Bai Rouyun"s previous incarnation, was already powerful, so Xiao Bao had never seen her progressing towards the top of the world.
Now that he witnessed her going step by step towards the apex, he understood why she had managed to become a powerful ent.i.ty unlike any other, while the temporary masters he had throughout history had died so swiftly.
Dignity was important to any living being, but arrogance would often cause everlasting pain. Throwing themselves head-first into danger without considering the various options and consequences was not bravery but stupidity.
The group of children had no comments on Bai Rouyun"s decision about being a low-key person, but they needed to do something about the sheer amount of members their family had.
"Enter the alley over there. We will all go back inside the Primal Chaos Dimension, and only leave Xiao Hua outside to accompany you. Xiao Hua will wrap herself around mother"s wrist and look like a simple bracelet, but it will be our younger sister"s responsibility to keep mother safe." Xiao Bao had made a decision, and the others quickly accepted it.
Since they wished to keep a low profile, their group was genuinely not suitable to travel together as they had done so far. They were much too conspicuous with their strange appearances.
Bai Rouyun smiled happily and patted all the heads of her children to praise them. "Each one of you has to take the time and cultivate well while you are inside the Primal Chaos Dimension. Use the time and become stronger. We will need the strength of one another to stand firm on this new land."