Chapter 39 | Sequence: Sacrifice

Finding two transcendent items and one unknown object in a single secondhand market—weren't the odds of that a bit too high?

Yin Yang never believed in his own luck, but this time, it seemed absurdly good.

Lin Zhen was sharp; she realized Yin Yang might have discovered something and immediately stopped, her expression showing no trace of anything unusual.

Yin Yang walked over to the stall and squatted down, casually picking up an old book.

“Is this 《Detailed Explanation of Ancient Techniques》? Is it an original edition?”

“Oh? Young people these days still know about 《Detailed Explanation of Ancient Techniques》?”

The owner was somewhat surprised, then said with great pride.

“Rest assured, young man. I’ve been running this stall for over twenty years and I never sell fakes. I have an excellent reputation.”

Yin Yang flipped through a few pages and, after confirming there was no damage, asked.

“Boss, how much for this book?”

“I can see you know your books, so I won’t give you a fake price.”

“This was published by the Great Wei Publishing House. Fixed price: two hundred!”

Yin Yang nodded repeatedly. The price the boss asked for was indeed not high.

He decisively gripped the book in his hand.

《Detailed Explanation of Ancient Techniques》 was a book from nearly thirty years ago. Many young people hadn't even heard its name, which was why the owner was so surprised that Yin Yang knew of it.

And this book actually possessed a certain practical value.

It was precisely because of this practical value that the book had been discontinued and even recalled in large quantities, leaving very few copies in existence.

Because of this, Yin Yang felt the price the boss quoted wasn't high at be all.

Seeing Yin Yang so agreeable, the owner was also very happy, feeling he had met someone who understood the trade.

After scanning the stall once more, Yin Yang’s gaze landed on a scripture.

This scripture was somewhat special; it had wooden covers on the top and bottom, with loose pages of scripture in the middle.

The whole thing was fixed in place by a cloth strap, and on the left side of the book, there was a scripture clasp.

This scripture clasp was very unusual, looking like two closed doors, while the parts where the cloth strap wound around looked like two doorposts.

Yin Yang picked up the scripture and asked in surprise.

“What scripture is this?”

The owner looked at it and shook his head.

“I really don't know about that one. It was given to me by someone when I went to the countryside to collect goods.”

“A gift?”

Yin Yang was a bit surprised. The owner sighed upon hearing this.

“Yeah. That family was having a hard time, so I gave them a higher price for their things. Unexpectedly, the family refused to accept the extra money no matter what, and finally gave me this scripture, saying it would protect me.”

Yin Yang looked at it and then put it back in its original place.

“Good deeds are rewarded, boss.”

“Heh, I don't believe in that stuff.”

“Then what do you believe in?”

“A conscience.”

Yin Yang couldn't help but give him a thumbs-up.

“You’re the best!”

The owner smiled even more proudly at the gesture.

However, he didn't notice that the ring on the necklace around the young man’s neck vibrated slightly.

Yin Yang looked back at Lin Zhen. Lin Zhen understood instantly and shook the statue in her hand.

“Xiao Yang, why don't you just take this scripture too? We can put it on the shelf as a decoration along with this statue later.”

Yin Yang put on a hesitant look.

“It doesn't seem to match very well. Boss, how much for this scripture?”

The owner thought for a moment and held up three fingers.

“Three hundred!”

Yin Yang decisively put the book down and prepared to leave, but Lin Zhen stopped him, simultaneously holding up three fingers.

“Three hundred is fine, but it has to include that 《Detailed Explanation of Ancient Techniques》!”

The shop owner’s eyes widened.

“What? That makes this scripture only a hundred yuan?”

“Deal or no deal?”

“Deal!”

Yin Yang quickly scanned the code to pay. The owner packed the two books into a black plastic bag, never leaving the sight of the two the entire time.

“Let’s go. It’s getting late.”

Yin Yang carried the bag in his left hand and held the statue in his right as he and Lin Zhen walked out of the secondhand market.

Only when the noisy sounds of haggling could no longer be heard nearby did Lin Zhen say excitedly.

“Is that scripture a treasure?”

Yin Yang shook his head.

The excitement on Lin Zhen’s face froze, and she said speechlessly.

“Then you really just bought it for the book?”

“This is 《Detailed Explanation of Ancient Techniques》. I’ve looked for it for a long time without finding it.”

“Then why did you buy that scripture? Can you even read it?”

“Uh, I quite like that scripture clasp. I plan to use it as a pendant.”

“Tsk, how boring!”

Lin Zhen was suddenly very disappointed. Yin Yang said amusedly.

“If transcendent items were that easy to find, they wouldn't be valuable anymore.”

“True enough.”

Lin Zhen nodded seriously. Yin Yang looked at the statue in his hand.

“Are you taking this back yourself, or should I bring it to you tomorrow morning?”

“Give it to me tomorrow. What you said earlier has me feeling a bit creeped out.”

The two of them bid each other farewell. Lin Zhen left in a taxi, while Yin Yang skillfully scanned a shared electric scooter.

Feiqi Back Alley was quite a distance from the apartment; he rode for a full twenty minutes before reaching home.

As soon as he entered his room, he couldn't wait to summon the lantern-carrying ghost to act as a protector, then took out a small knife to gently scrape away the golden paint on the scripture clasp.

Hum—

A wave of transcendent aura rippled out.

However, since Yin Yang was currently under the lantern-carrying ghost’s umbrella, no aura could escape, so there was no need to worry at all.

“It really is a transcendent item!”

Yin Yang silently communicated with the transcendent item in front of him. It took a full ten minutes before he roughly understood what kind of transcendent item it was.

【Traveler's Badge】.

Its effect was to randomly open a door leading to an unknown destination. The negative effect was that as the number of times the door was opened increased, the area behind the door would become increasingly dangerous.

Yin Yang’s eyes couldn't help but light up. This was definitely a god-tier tool for running away!

Next, he took off the prayer beads and used the small knife to gently scrape the gold paint off the gold tooth.

This time, the transcendent aura was even more intense!

This either proved the gold tooth was stronger, or it proved the gold tooth was newer!

Yin Yang repeated his previous method, communicating with this transcendent item again.

After a full twenty minutes, he finally had a rough understanding of the transcendent item’s ability.

【Berserker's Wisdom Tooth】.

The effect was to make the host enter a berserk state, with attributes like attack, defense, and recovery greatly increased!

The side effect was that it easily induced the host to lose control and would continuously emit berserk thoughts, making the host prone to irritability.

Yin Yang’s brows twitched slightly. This thing really had to be stored carefully.

The most dangerous transcendent items were those that could silently influence the holder’s mind and judgment.

Yin Yang put both the 【Berserker's Wisdom Tooth】 and the 【Traveler's Badge】 into the lantern-carrying ghost’s book box, thinking to himself that a big city really was different.