After a stick of incense, Hu Sailei appeared from the door and nodded at Shi Mu.

Shi Mu understood, and dodged and followed.

Moments later, Shi Mu appeared in a more simply decorated room.

A middle-aged man with a white face and a gray robe sat on a sandalwood chair, his gaze swept over Shi Mu in front of him, and returned to Hu Sailei on the side.

"Deacon Quan, this is the senior Mu who is said below, he belongs to the Qiancheng Branch, and has a great friendship with Zaixia, this time he passed through Picheng, and asked about going to sea with Zaixia. The matter of going to sea has always been under the jurisdiction of the general altar, and I immediately remembered that the deacon had hands and eyes to the sky, and he also had many friends in the general altar of the sect, so he was introduced to the deacon. Hussele arched his hand at the white-faced middle-aged man and slapped his ass.

Shi Mu arched his hand at the white-faced middle-aged man with a smile on his face, and then took out the Dark Moon Order and handed it over.

He concealed his martial aura, but he did not hide his warlock cultivation, and at this time, his whole body faintly exuded mana fluctuations that only star-rank warlocks have.

"Oh, it turned out to be Mu Daoyou, fortunately. If I'm not mistaken, your Excellency is planning to go out to sea to patrol and hunt sea beasts, right?" the white-faced middle-aged man glanced at the Dark Moon Order in Shi Mu's hand, and did not reach out to take it.

"Deacon Quan, it is true. Shi Mu put away the Dark Moon Order and said.

"It's nothing to go to sea to patrol, as long as you go to Quyang City to register, you can take the giant boat that is held every two months in the sect to go to sea. However, the situation has changed recently, and I advise Your Excellency not to go. lest you run in vain. The white-faced middle-aged man said.

"What do you mean by that?" Shi Mu was stunned.

"This matter is related to some things that have not yet been announced, so it is inconvenient to say more about it below. The white-faced middle-aged man shook his head. Make a helpless look.

"Quan Daoyou, this matter is very important to you. If you can give me some advice, I would appreciate it. Shi Mu took out ten lower-grade spirit stones from the dust ring and gently placed them on the table of the white-faced middle-aged man.

"That's it, this matter is not particularly confidential, and you are not considered outsiders......" The white-faced middle-aged man flicked his sleeve lightly, quietly put the spirit stone in front of him into his sleeve, and said after a little groaning, his voice was lowered a little.

Seeing this, Shi Mu and Hu Sailei hurriedly got closer. Make a deaf look.

In the following time, through the narration of the white-faced middle-aged man, the two finally understood what happened.

It turned out that the top leaders of the Stygian Moon Sect had recently decided to send people to explore the Xihe Continent on the other side of the West Sea, where it was said that the cultivation resources were far more abundant than those of the Dongzhou Continent, and in addition, there were a large number of demon beasts to sacrifice.

However, the number of places in this operation was limited, and after deliberation, the middle and senior leaders of the sect decided to select two hundred elite disciples through a competition. In order to cooperate with this operation, the recent overseas affairs will be suspended.

Half a year later, the election will be held in Quyang City, the ancient capital of Western Xia.

Before the general election line. The primary election will be held in the branch altars of more than a dozen cities, and Picheng is one of the primary election venues.

In a month's time, the primary election in Picheng will begin. The winners will then travel to Quyang City together.

After listening to the white-faced middle-aged man's explanation, Shi Mu hurriedly got up and thanked him. And after some politeness, he left the room with Hussere.

Soon. The two reappeared on a certain street in Picheng, when there were not many pedestrians on the street.

"What do you think about this selection?" Shi Mu glanced at Husselei and asked.

"Senior Mu seems to be interested in participating in this selection, right?" asked Hussere.

"Not bad. Shi Mu nodded.

"With all due respect, such an important selection competition in the sect will strictly check the identity during the preliminary round, and it is not enough to rely on the Stygian Moon Order, why don't you join the Stygian Moon Sect first?"

"It's not that simple to join the Stygian Sect, is it?" Shi Mu asked.

"It is only necessary to participate in a ritual to worship the Lord of the Underworld, during which the spirit will be baptized. Hussele said.

"I don't want to join the Cult of the Moon. Think about it again, is there any other way?" Shi Mu shook his head and asked.

According to the situation in previous years, although the primary selection of such competitions is set up in various sub-cities, they are all directly supervised by special envoys sent by the general altar, and the quota for this preliminary round is also a matter of the special envoy's words. When the time comes, it will not be difficult to ask Deacon Quan to help build a line, spend some spirit stones to move, and directly buy a primary election place. As long as you can enter the primary list, you will not be able to check your identity again during the retest. Husseret groaned for a moment and then spoke again.

Shi Mu thought for a moment and nodded.

In the following time, he took Hussele with him to find a place to live in the city.

After more than half an hour, Shi Mu rented two ordinary rooms in an inn in the east of the city.

The guest rooms are not big, but each room is covered with a prohibition to isolate the divine sense, and the price is also very amazing, and the daily rent of two rooms is as high as 10,000 taels of silver.

Such an expensive price scared Hussere.

Speaking of which, this is still related to this overseas competition.

Although the Moon Sect's main altar has not yet officially announced this matter, many people may have learned some rumors in advance through various channels, so they have poured into these cities with sub-arenas from all directions early.

Among them, the disciples of the Stygian Moon Sect are the mainstay, and there are also some outsiders who want to make a fortune through this.

Picheng was already small, but now that so many people have poured in at once, all the inn rooms have become tight, and the prices have naturally risen with the tide.

However, Shi Mu still has more than 10,000 spirit stones in his pocket, so he doesn't care about this expenditure.

Five days later, in the evening.

In a remote alley in Picheng.

Shi Mu was dressed in a gray robe and stood at the door of a relatively dilapidated residential compound, and the same was true of Hu Sailei behind him.

It turned out that two days earlier, Husayley had received a message from the parishioners in the city.

Because of the influx of a large number of people inside and outside the sect in Picheng, a certain force in the city is ready to take this opportunity to hold an underground trade fair. It is said that there will be a lot of things that are rare to see in the outside world, and Shi Mu is naturally quite interested after hearing it. That's why I made this trip.

Hu Sailei stepped forward and knocked directly on the door, and Shi Mu followed him unhurriedly.

"Knock...... Boom...... "Two long and three short." There were five knocks in total.

A moment later, there was a "squeak" of the door opening.

The courtyard door opened, and there were two young men with naked upper bodies and green trousers on the lower half, standing behind the door with a vigilant face, looking at Shi Mu and Hu Sailei.

Shi Mu swept over the two of them with his divine sense, and found that both of them were martial artists of the Great Perfection of the Day After Tomorrow.

Before the green-robed young man could speak, Hu Sailei took out a jade token with mana fluctuations and shook it in front of the two, and the two green-robed youths softened. Immediately turned sideways and got out of the way.

A moment later, Shi Mu and Hu Sailei appeared in an underground space below the residential compound, and at this time, both of them had an extra black robe with a hood, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.

Shi Mu's eyes moved, and he looked left and right.

The underground space here is quite wide, the size of a hundred zhang, and in the circular open space in the middle, a long stone table is placed nearly a foot long.

By this time, three or four hundred people had gathered in the secret room. The aura on many people is quite powerful, and they are all innate martial artists, or star-level warlocks.

However, because the black robe covered outside the body is relatively wide and has a certain effect of isolating the divine sense, there is a difference in height in addition to the difference. All look the same.

Shi Mu was quite satisfied with this arrangement.

Although it can't be compared with the scale of the Immortal Ascension Auction in Tianyu City, there are many strong people, and there will be a trade fair for a while. There should be a lot of things that make him feel excited.

He took Hussere with him and casually found a seat in the back row. Wait patiently.

Within half an hour, another hundred and ten people came in one after another. The underground fair has finally begun.

"Ahem, it's almost time, the Daoists who should come have arrived, and this trade fair will start now. An old voice rang out from behind the long stone table.

At some point, there was a figure in a green robe behind the long stone table.

The chatter in the underground chamber gradually stopped, and everyone's eyes showed excitement, and their eyes looked at the stone long table in unison.

"In this trade fair, there are no restrictions, rare materials, pills, magic weapons, exercises and other items can be traded, but all items can only be priced with spirit stones. During the trade fair, each person is limited to one time on the stage. As long as the transaction is completed, both parties to the transaction must pay a commission of 3% of the transaction price. The green-robed man spoke again.

As soon as this person finished speaking, there was a buzz in the underground secret room.

Shi Mu nodded secretly.

No wonder the forces in the city want to hold such an underground trade fair, there are nearly 500 people here, and the transaction only recognizes spirit stones, and each transaction has to charge a commission of six percent, I am afraid that you can earn a lot of money overnight.

Moreover, in this kind of underground trade fair, the organizer can also take the opportunity to collect a lot of rare resources.

However, in this kind of trade fair, the privacy and security of both buyers and sellers are relatively guaranteed, so everyone is willing to pay such expensive trading commissions.

"Fellow Daoists, if you are in a hurry, you will throw bricks and lead the jade first. Before the discussion could subside, a thin black-robed man came to the long stone table with a few ups and downs.

The five or six people below who were a step late could only retreat stupidly.

......

Two hours later, Shi Mu returned to the inn.

In this underground fair, except for a "Dry Heaven Rune Sutra" that circulated from the Stygian Moon Sect, there was nothing that made it particularly valuable.

According to the original owner, dozens of high-level talisman secret techniques are recorded in this classic.

With his current star-level warlock's magic cultivation, coupled with the blessing of the spiritual eye, he has long wanted to try a high-level talisman.

So after some competition, he finally spent nearly 1,500 spirit stones to win one of them.

This move caused a lot of sideways glances and ridicule at the scene.

After all, a rune master is a very money-burning profession, and there is no big sect behind it, relying on his own strength, I am afraid that even the beginner rune may not be able to be practiced, and it is not necessary to raise the rank.

And some high-level talisman masters in the sect who have the strength to draw high-level talismans will naturally not lack this kind of talisman classics.

So this kind of talisman classics that have been circulated from the sect seem a little chicken.

Of course, there are some people who like to hunt or have a collector's habit.

Shi Mu was obviously classified as the latter category by everyone at the scene.

Shi Mu naturally didn't care about this.

He carefully took out Cai'er, who was still asleep, from his arms and put it aside, and then sat cross-legged on the wooden bed, pasted the gray jade slip that recorded the "Dry Heaven Rune Sutra" on his forehead, and read it carefully. (To be continued.) )