Chapter 9: Night Market
In addition to the annual sect assessment, there is only a three-day night market held privately by the disciples of the sect.
The location of this night market is on Dapeng Peak, the highest peak of the seventy-two peaks from the sky, the head of Dapeng Peak, Huo Peng, is the leader of the second generation of disciples, and has been in the Litian Sword Sect for more than ten years, in the middle of the condensation vein, he is limited to talent and cannot enter the ranks of the first generation of disciples, but he is the leader of secular affairs in the door under the elder, he knows that his talent is limited, and he cannot achieve Jindan with his own strength, so he turns to manage his contacts and relies on his own qualifications and strength to occupy a mountain in the door. Although the night market claims to be organized by disciples in private, it is actually in harmony with the elders. The Litian Sword Sect is rich in products, such as fire spirit fruits, Qingfeng stones, and all kinds of medicinal herbs are very rich, most of them are taken care of by disciples, so many third-generation disciples and second-generation disciples have some savings in their hands, and the night market can be bartered for goods, and spirit stones can also be traded. Because the hierarchy in the door is strict, and it is not very good to buy and sell the elixir spirit fruit that they take care of privately, most of them appear in the night market, and only a few powerful second-generation disciples openly show their true faces.
Lin Han wore a cloak, covered his face, sneakily walked through the crowd, the night market has been held for nearly ten years, Senior Brother Huo Peng specially opened up a long street, more than a foot wide, there are many stalls on both sides of the street, there are all kinds of strange treasures, Lin Han has thought about the price of the world these days, according to the instructions in the medicine scripture, but also practiced a pair of sharp eyes to identify medicinal herbs. It's a pity that he is really shy in his pocket, and there are only a few spirit stones left after buying the things he needs, and he can only get by.
"Jade Spike Grass, Condensing the Cold ......" He whispered the herbs he wanted to buy on the stalls on both sides as he walked, and when he saw the things on the stall in front of him, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Shoushan brass?"
Except for a few small bits and pieces, there was only a huge piece of yellow ore, weighing about a few hundred pounds, with a very faint glow on it.
"Hey, this senior brother is a knowledgeable person!" The owner of the stall is a small man, and he is also masked in a cloak, but just listening to the voice is very obscene: "This piece of copper was also handed over to me by a junior brother to pay off the debt, I am anxious to use the money, otherwise how can I give it up, and I don't want more than you, three hundred taels of spirit stones! Everyone is the same ......."
"Since you know that I am a knowledgeable person, why are you still bullying?" Lin Han is used to seeing the cruel power struggle in the door these days, and suddenly saw this person looking like a slippery profiteer, and immediately felt very funny: "Shoushan brass, even if it is cooked copper, it costs less than half a pound of two spirit stones, not to mention that you are still raw copper." ”
"Raw copper is good, raw copper contains the aura of heaven and earth......" The stall owner was about to break it blindly, his eyes accidentally crossed Lin Han's shoulder, and he saw Ji Biao standing behind him, and was frightened by Ji Biao's wolf-like cold eyes, and he forgot even the words, and he didn't dare to show off: "Two, two hundred is always wanted, right?"
"One hundred and fifty taels of spirit stones, that's all. I still have to sacrifice when I go back, I don't know how much fuel it costs, this year's fire spirit fruit harvest is not good, the price has also gone up, and all the spirit stones are burned. ”
The juice of the fire spirit fruit is the best fuel for alchemy, the elixir is the same as the herb, it is divided into lower, middle and upper grades, and then there are elixirs, elixirs and legendary elixirs, the better the elixir needs more precious fuel, like the fuel needed to refine the elixir, such as the golden silk velvet mushroom, phoenix grass and the like, which are more expensive than a beginner-level elixir.
"Senior brother is really generous, and the fire spirit fruit is also burned. The owner of the stall originally wanted to please Lin Han, but he was glared at by Ji Wei again, and hurriedly realized: "One hundred and sixty taels of spirit stones, please have a good fortune, and I wish my senior brother to practice a spirit flying sword." ”
"It's good to have a medium grade. Lin Han pretended to sigh and took out the spirit stone very distressed.
The stall owner sent away the two customers with mysterious identities, looked at Ji Wei's back, and shuddered.
Obviously just a little follower who has just broken through the Qi refining period, how can it give people the feeling that it is so scary?
Lin Han walked along the street for a while and saw a lot of good things, but unfortunately he either couldn't afford them, or they weren't on his shopping list - he came to the night market this time, in addition to wanting to buy a piece of Shoushan brass to make the golden crow ball, he also wanted to buy some easy-to-upgrade medicinal herb seeds and immature medicinal herb seedlings, and it would be better if he had spare money to buy some materials to help Ji Wei with cultivation.
The Heavenly Sword Sect was rich in products, and he also bought some medicinal seedlings one after another along the way, and when he saw a stall in front of him, his eyes suddenly lit up and he ran over.
There were many strange herbs on the stall, the most conspicuous of which was a elixir with green leaves and bright red fruits, the leaves were like orchids, but they were much thicker, and a long spike grew in the middle, more than three inches long, and it was densely covered with bright red fruits, there were hundreds, crystal clear, and it looked like it was about to ripen.
"This is a top-grade herb drinking blood coral fruit?" Lin Han was very excited.
"Exactly!" The owner of the stall is one of the few people who dare to show his face in this night market, he is a thin young man, but he is about twenty years old, sloppy, wearing a red Taoist robe of a second-generation disciple, which is also tattered, with a few gourds piled up beside him, which does not look amazing, but it makes Lin Han greedy.
These gourds are obviously golden vine gourds, and they are also immortal vines of spiritual products, and each gourd has at least a square square mile of space, which is about the same size as the cave where Lin Han Ji Biao lived.
Seeing that Lin Han was very concerned about the herb, the stall owner smiled slightly, and began to introduce: "This coral fruit was found by me from the mountain behind Elder Taishang's Lingyun Mountain, you see this fruit, there are a hundred of them, if you plant them, it will be a hundred coral fruits, and I won't charge you a hundred taels of spirit stones, right?"
"Bah, Huoyi, you still have to be shameless, even deceiving your fellow disciples. A crisp female voice sounded behind Lin Han, Lin Han turned around and saw a woman dressed in red with bright facial features standing behind him, and scolded the stall owner: "How many people have you deceived with this trick, the blood-drinking coral fruit can't be planted with seeds at all! It can only grow to fifty years later, and the top-grade primary-grade medicinal herb is only ten taels of spirit stones, how many people do you want to pit?"
Oops, it's Senior Sister Huoling who is in charge of the medicine field.
Lin Han secretly complained in his heart, in order to make money, he took over the job of helping Senior Sister Huoling grow medicinal herbs and then sell them to her, as long as he opened his mouth, he would definitely be recognized. He didn't want anyone to find out.
But this coral grass is the opportunity he is looking for to get rich - it is rare to meet a medicinal herb with so many seeds, it is still a top-grade one, as long as he follows the method on the Hundred Herbs Sutra, he will definitely be able to sow all the seeds successfully, and then raise the grade, and become a high-grade high-grade medicinal herb with fifty taels of spirit stones, not to mention completing the share of the fire spirit fruit, I wonder if there is still a surplus to buy weapons for himself and Ji Wei.
He wanted to buy this herb, but he couldn't speak, so he could only poke Ji Biao who was standing behind him with his elbow fiercely, Ji Biao was staring at the flying sword in the stall next door, and he poked it, which was a little inexplicable, but after Lin Han poked it twice, he felt that he understood Lin Han's meaning, so he looked grim and "replaced" Lin Han to negotiate with the stall owner:
"Ninety taels!"
"Deal!" The stall owner didn't expect that Huo Ling would have bad things happening, and there were still people willing to bite the hook, so he was overjoyed, and hurriedly picked up the herb and stuffed it into Ji Wei's hand.
Ji Biao looked like he was shaking his hand, took the herb, and looked at Lin Han: "He gives money." ”
Lin Han was so distressed that he was about to drip blood, and without saying a word, he took out the spirit stone from his arms to settle the bill, Huo Ling probably had never seen such a stupid person, and glared at him with hatred.
Not long after walking out of the stall, Lin Han punched Ji Biao twice on the shoulder, but unfortunately the divine body that had entered the Qi refining period didn't feel it at all, but it made Lin Han's own hand hurt.
Ji Biao glanced at him and stated very calmly: "You beat me." ”
Putting aside the fact that he was wronged, when he returned to the cave, Lin Han still had a feeling of returning with a full load.
Since Ji Wei stepped into the path of cultivation, he couldn't wait to enter the condensation period in one day, not to mention eating, and even sitting and absorbing aura when he slept, but the aura required by the divine body was too terrifying, Lin Han once checked the condition of his body and found that he had absorbed so much aura, but only the skeletal muscles were stronger, and there was not even a trace of aura. Lin Han gritted his teeth and pulled out some elixirs for him to eat, and there was no change at all. Lin Han thought that the herb was ineffective, so he boiled a small bowl of the leftover mustache he ate, but it turned out to be like beating chicken blood, and he was awake for a day and a night, and he couldn't sleep.
Ji Biao himself probably knew that his cultivation path was more difficult than others, so he worked harder. Lin Han didn't bother him, he took out all the things he bought and quietly tinkered with them.
The spiritual energy in this cave is more abundant than Lin Han's bamboo house, and there is a medium-grade spiritual spring, but most of the spiritual grass is still sun-loving, and if it is planted in the cave, it will grow very slowly. Fortunately, after repeatedly pondering the Hundred Grass Sutra, Ji Biao found a solution that could be carried out during the Qi refining period - the Golden Crow Ball. Others, such as Jiuyang Ding and Shifang Small World, all need at least cultivation above the condensation period, and Ji Biao can only hope for Mei to quench his thirst.
The golden crow in the golden crow ball actually refers to the sun, the ten suns in ancient mythology are the ten sons of the demon emperor Donghuang Taiyi, and the body is the golden crow. The principle of the Golden Crow Ball is to cast a round ball with metal, draw fire attribute and yang attribute runes on it, put it in the sun to absorb the sun essence, and then take it back and put it in a place where there is no sunlight, which is used to accelerate the growth of herbs, and the effect on fire attribute herbs is particularly significant.
However, Lin Han, as a small Qi Refining Stage disciple, was also very troublesome because he couldn't draw spells, and second, he didn't have the fuel to melt the brass of Shoushan.
Fortunately, he still holds the secret of the Fire Palm Tree in the Hundred Herbs Sutra.
The more than 300 Fire Palm Trees of the Heavenly Sword Sect have been inherited from the beginning of the establishment of the Sect, but the people of the Heavenly Sword Sect have no idea where the Fire Palm Tree is truly precious.
According to the records of the Hundred Herbs Sutra, the most precious thing is definitely the palm of the fire palm leaves full of trees. In fact, all things are born with spirits, demons and immortals, and they can all cultivate congenitally, but human beings are created by Nuwa. The so-called talismans, flying swords and magic weapons on the seals of human beings are all observed from the patterns on the ancient spirit beasts and spirit grasses, which are the most primitive runes, after generations of exploration, gradually formed a systematic rune science, and some of the partial runes have been lost under the inheritance of generations. The veins of the palm of the fire, like the lines of the palm, are one of the runes hidden in the heavens and the earth. The reason why the Fire Palm Tree was able to convert sunlight into the aura of the fire attribute and condense it in the fire spirit fruit of the tree was because of the leaf veins on the leaves that resembled palm prints.
This is simply a rune born for the Golden Crow Ball.
And the leaves of the fire palm tree, wash off the mesophyll, and the remaining dark red leaf veins, due to the perennial refining of sunlight, also contain a large amount of fire attribute aura, although it is not as abundant as the aura of the fire spirit fruit, but as a fuel to support the refining of the elixir below the spiritual product, there is absolutely no problem, Shennong Baicao Sutra has this good, there is a way to be poor, and a way to be rich and rich.
Lin Han put the leaves of the Fire Palm Tree on the Spirit Spring to wash, and the leaf flesh was quickly corroded by the cold Spirit Spring Water, leaving only the dark red leaf veins, which became a lot of fuel after drying. He lit a fire, put the brass of Shoushan in his silver boat, and melted it on the fire.
The copper juice flowed slowly in the silver boat, and the light of the fire made his face red. He put his hands on the silver boat, infused with aura, and controlled the copper juice to slowly gather, forming a round hollow spherical shape.
And then comes the most critical step.
The veins of the leaves of the fire palm tree are attached to the copper ball, connected to each other, and one by one they are covered with the surface of the copper ball the size of a human head, and finally the shape is finalized. The yellow copper ball is covered with dark red lines, which looks irregular, but there is a faint atmosphere of ancient mystery that makes people unable to take their eyes off.
Succeed with flying colors.
Lin Han glanced at Ji Wei, who was still cultivating, and ran to the entrance of the cave with the golden crow ball still in his arms, removed the branches blocking the entrance of the cave, looked outside, and after confirming that it was safe, he put the golden crow ball
In the evening sun.
No response.
Just when Lin Han thought that this golden crow ball had failed, a line on the sphere suddenly slowly lit up, as if there was golden juice flowing in the lines, almost instantly, the entire golden ball lit up with a faint light, and on the contrary, the surrounding light suddenly dimmed, as if all the sunlight had gathered on this golden crow ball.
"It worked!"
Ji Biao was now accustomed to the pain of the aura penetrating his body, and he felt that his body was like a bottomless pit that could not be filled with no amount of strength. The desire for aura even made him hungry. He remembered the gluttony mentioned at the beginning, the gluttony that can swallow all things in heaven and earth. He seemed to feel that there was one such ancient beast roaring in his heart, shouting for destruction and killing.
"One, two......" Lin Han's voice interrupted his train of thought.
He opened his eyes, flickered by the bright light in front of him.
The cave was filled with many golden balls, each the size of a human head, and all emitting a warm golden glow, some dim, some very bright. All the golden balls surrounded Lin Han's medicinal field, illuminating the herb seedlings on it, Ji Wei felt that those herbs were greedily absorbing the light emitted by these balls, and he could almost hear the sound of the herbs pulling joints.
"We now have one hundred and nine blood-drinking coral fruits, sprouting. Lin Han pointed to the nursery on the side, and touched a bunch of dwarf seedlings like open palms: "There are also fifty Vermilion Bird Grass, which grows very well. Both of these are likely to break through to the high-grade high-level, and the market price of the high-grade high-grade herbs is about fifty taels of spirit stones each, and these more than ten herbs are planted for you, and they will grow in two days. There are some top-grade beginner-grade herbs, which are to be sold to Senior Sister Huoling. If all these are sold, we will have 8,000 taels of spirit stones, 3,000 to hand in, 3,000 for you to sacrifice to refine the sword fetus, and the remaining 2,000, one person to buy a piece of armor......"
Ji Wei leaned against the mountain wall and looked at Lin Han quietly.
I don't know why, Lin Han's current appearance of silently calculating the degree of use of the two of them seems to make the fierce beast in his heart quiet a little.
He wasn't so hungry anymore that he didn't even think it would be nice to go on like this.
But he knew that this was just an illusion, and there was no power as a guarantee, and this qiē was all a mirror and vulnerable.
He silently made a decision.