Chapter 1024 Free City
Outside the inn.
Those who occasionally came and went together seemed to be in a hurry.
Two ordinary-looking young men dressed in blue and gray cloth walked out of the inn side by side.
"This is the time when various spiritual herbs and spiritual fruits in the Ten Thousand Realms Forest are ripe, and it is also the most suitable time for picking."
"If we brothers are lucky, we can pick some valuable spiritual fruits or spiritual herbs, and if we go back to the interior of the Northern Territory and sell them, we can still make a small fortune in spiritual stones."
"It's not easy for casual cultivators like us to earn some spiritual stones. There are monsters in the Ten Thousand Realms Forest, so this trip is still very risky."
"Wealth is found in danger. If you don't work hard, you will never have the chance to change your life. High-level monsters have a demon core in their bodies. If we can get one, we will get rich. I heard there is no such thing, so just go ahead. A few days ago, Longshan Li Si obtained a purple-faced demon monkey's inner elixir in the Wanyu Forest, and sold thirty high-grade spiritual stones when he returned to the Northern Territory."
"Thirty high-grade spiritual stones are really a big fortune. Dreams are full, but reality is very skinny. We'll be lucky if you and I don't get eaten by monsters this time."
"You crow's mouth, why don't you say something auspicious?"
"Ouch. Brother, please don't hit me on the head."
"I'm going to hit you, you crowmouth."
"The sky is full of spirits, the earth is full of spirits, Wanyu Forest and his party will make a fortune."
"That's pretty much it."
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Two male cultivators walking together left the inn, talking freely as they walked.
Xu Yang passed by these two people, and the two sides just glanced at each other, and there was no interaction.
Xu Yang restrained his martial aura along the way and hid part of his cultivation performance. Since he does not have a true elixir of the true elixir realm in his body, nor does he have a Yuanying that is only available at the Yuanhun realm or above, it is not easy for others to see his true level of cultivation.
A two-story wooden building with a wooden sign outside the door.
Perhaps due to exposure to wind and rain for a long time, the writing on the surface of the wooden sign has been mottled and blurred. The word "鄄" in the word "鄄站" is missing the horse on the left, but people all know that this is the "鄄站".
The first floor of the inn.
Facing the door, a deacon in black with a round figure and oily black hair stood in front of a black counter.
"There are obviously more people coming and going to the Ten Thousand Domains Forest this year than in previous years. But most of these people are casual cultivators, they don't have many spiritual stones on their bodies, and they are very stingy. There is really no gain in being on duty here. If you don't want to be comfortable, I'm not going to stay in this damn place." The fat deacon in black weighed the two middle-grade spiritual stones in his hands, then put them into the storage bag on his waist and tied them up.
After a while, a young man in green strode in from the door.
The fat deacon looked up and quickly looked at the visitor from head to toe.
She was wearing a green coat embroidered with silver threads and black satin platform shoes embroidered with gold threads.
This fat deacon has been on duty at this small inn for five years. Because of his fat body, he is called Fat San.
Fat San was once a ruthless character, responsible for hunting down those wanted evil cultivators in the business alliance. But five years ago, while chasing an evil cultivator, I encountered a powerful enemy and was seriously injured. Although he did not lose his life, his physical strength was greatly reduced. Now he is only at the Peiyuan Realm and has stopped making progress.
Fat San has seen countless people. When he saw Xu Yang walking in, he quickly made a calculation in his mind: "This young man has an extraordinary bearing and is well-dressed. His cultivation level cannot be seen clearly. He may be a master of the Peiyuan Realm, but he is probably a person with spiritual stones." Lord."
Fat San's eyes lit up when he looked at Xu Yang, as if a ray of sunshine had brought Xu Yang into the room, so upright.
Fat San came out from behind the counter with a smile and said respectfully, "Welcome to our station. Is there anything I can do for you, sir?"
Seeing that the other party was being polite, Xu Yang immediately clasped his fists in return and said, "Excuse me, this deacon, who is closest to this inn and is larger in scale?"
How to get to the big city? "
"Is this it?" Fat San held his fat head with one hand as he pondered, "Those larger markets are all located in places where people gather. This place is close to the Ten Thousand Domains Forest, and the location is too remote. There are no nearby places. There is no single city. The nearest large city is 300 miles inland from this station, and requires three transfers in the middle, and the cost is about three high-grade spiritual stones."
Xu Yang frowned slightly when he heard this, thinking: "If I turn back and go back to the Northern Territory, I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble..."
Seeing Xu Yang's worried look, Fatty San said: "For ordinary casual cultivators, three pieces of high-grade spiritual stones can be earned in a year if they are lucky. But for a rich man like you, young master, they are not much wealth." ”
"I just came here from the Northern Territory, and now I don't want to go back to the Northern Territory. It would be a waste of time." Xu Yang explained.
Upon hearing this, Fat San first looked around, then quietly waved to Xu Yang.
"Sir, come closer and talk."
Hearing this, Xu Yang came closer and said, "Please give me some advice, Brother Deacon."
Fat San smiled slightly, but remained silent. He stretched out his right hand and rubbed it gently with his thumb and index finger.
Xu Yang naturally understood that this fat guy wanted to ask for directions and money.
"How many?"
Fat San nodded, stretched out three fingers and shook them, then pointed upward again.
Xu Yang cursed in his heart: "Three high-grade spiritual stones, why don't you, a fat man, block the road and rob them?"
But on the surface, Xu Yang was as calm as water, stretching out a finger and shaking it.
Fat San stared into Xu Yang's eyes, then shook his head and shook two fingers.
Xu Yang did not hesitate, shook his head, and stretched out a finger to shake.
Fat San's face turned cold, his smile disappeared, and his round face became much longer, as if Xu Yang owed him the spiritual stone.
"Young Master, you can do as you wish." After saying that, Fat San turned his face away and stood back behind the counter.
A few high-grade spiritual stones were nothing to Xu Yang, but he didn't want to do this.
First, the wealth should not be revealed to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Secondly, Cultivation Jianghu is a bargaining place. It's just that most of the time it's the spirit stone that's chopped off, and a few times it's the opponent's head.
Xu Yang didn't look at the fat guy in black at the counter, turned around and left, striding out of the door in a few steps.
At this time, Fat San's brisk call came from behind Xu Yang: "Master, please stay. There is a white cloud in the sky, and the breeze on your sleeves makes you travel around the world. Let's make friends."
Xu Yang stopped, turned around, returned to the counter, took out a high-grade spiritual stone and handed it to the fat guy's hand.
"Please also ask the deacon brother to tell you the details." Xu Yang said seriously.
Fat San held the high-grade spiritual stone the size of a quail egg in one hand. The warmth like a furnace emanated from the spirit stone and flowed directly into Fat San's heart. His originally cold face suddenly melted, and the corners of his round mouth curved up.
Fat San quietly took his hand off and put it in the storage bag on his waist. A high-grade spiritual stone fell into the bag and the bag mouth was tightened.
"Master, please take a look." Fatty San had a serious look on his face, then skillfully dipped his fingers into the water cup on the counter with some water, and wrote eight words on the table of the counter in a serious manner.
"A hundred miles southwest, underground city."
Xu Yang saw the handwriting, nodded and said, "Thanks for the advice."
The deal is done with eight words and three high-grade spiritual stones.
After that, Fat San picked up a dirty and black tablecloth next to him and wiped clean the handwriting he had just written on the counter. At that moment, he smiled. It was as if his heart had been wiped clean by the tablecloth.
After getting the news he wanted, Xu Yang turned around and left.
Fat San looked at Xu Yang's back, his smile became brighter and brighter, and he whispered to himself: "No one can escape from my Fat San's eyes. A top-grade spiritual stone,
It’s already my monthly salary. But for the young master just now, it is nothing like wealth. "
In Zhongyuan Continent, the ratio between high-grade spiritual stones, middle-grade spiritual stones and low-grade spiritual stones is one hundred to one. One high-grade spiritual stone is also very valuable, and ten thousand low-grade spiritual stones would be a heavy bag.
The underground market is a market that is not controlled and protected by the business alliance. A few of the items traded are of high grade, but some of them are shady.
But that's how the world of cultivation is, there are always some shady things that make things that can be brought to the table appear upright.
However, the prices of items in the underground market are 30% lower than the prices of the same items in the normal market. It is precisely because of this that some people collect popular goods from underground markets, and then find ways to bring them to regular markets. After being endorsed by people from the business alliance, they become above-board items.
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Half a day later.
Xu Yang came to an unknown valley.
There is indeed a large-scale market in the valley, and there are a lot of people coming and going, but half of the people in the market are from the Southern Region.
It is said to be an underground market, but it is aboveboard.
Xu Yang entered Fangshi and found out after asking someone.
This city is adjacent to the Ten Thousand Domains Forest, and is the city closest to the Southern Territory in the entire Northern Territory that is not currently monopolized by the Merchant Alliance.
As the relationship between the Northern Territory and the Southern Territory has eased in the past year, this city has become one of the most frequent places for exchanges between the Southern Territory and the Northern Territory. It is also a place where many casual cultivators gather spontaneously to trade goods.
It's not a black city at all, it's a free city.
Xu Yang cursed the fat guy from before: "The only thing worse than Heifang City is the heart of a profiteer."
Since it was not an underground market, Xu Yang walked around the market generously. Without those people from the business alliance staring at me, I felt at ease.
There are also a dazzling array of things bought and sold in the market.
Some items that are only produced in the Southern Region are very common here.
Alpine Purple Robe Tea is a spiritual tea unique to the high mountains in the southern region. The tea soup is like a purple robe and has a mellow aroma. In the Northern Territory, this spiritual tea can only be enjoyed by prominent figures in large sects.
Blue-feathered peacock feathers are the favorite decorative items of young ladies in cultivation families. Silk scarves made with them are even rarer, often costing hundreds of high-grade spiritual stones.
The ground gold wolf hair has its own golden aura and is an excellent material for making pen tips. It is especially highly praised by Confucian sects such as Yu Daomen. When celebrities write, they must appear upright before writing.
Xu Yang walked around the market and collected all the eighteen auxiliary materials recorded in the prescription for refining the Kunling Baijie Pill, and only used eight high-grade spiritual stones.
The three main ingredients are "Demon King Ghost Dragon Scale", "Earth King Bailing Xiangguo" and "Sea King Spiritual Beast Inner Elixir". The Demon King's Ghost Dragon Scales are found on Ming Lin's body. However, the two main ingredients behind are not yet found in the market.
The sky was getting dark, and Xu Yang had turned around most of the city.
"Let's save the remaining half of the city and transfer it tomorrow. It seems that the other two main materials are difficult to find." Xu Yang thought to himself.
Xu Yang was going to find a place to stay and rest for the night.
Passing by a corner of Fangshi, as night falls, the place begins to become lively.
Many people gathered together, the atmosphere between the buyers and sellers was lively, and gleams of spiritual light could be seen in the dark gray night.
"Are there enough people? If there are enough people, the bags will be opened."
"This batch of Mongolian bags just came down from Muna Mountain in Nanyu."
“The quality is the best.”
"One knife makes you poor, another knife makes you rich."
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Xu Yang has a sharp ear and eyesight, and he can clearly hear the cries from a long distance.
"What is it? Do you need to use a knife to buy and sell?" With questions, Xu Yang walked over.