A visit to the market
The two cleaned up the room, and seeing that it was still early, they decided to go out for a stroll, and when they came to the street, Qiao Xiaojia asked; 'Where are we going?' Su Qing thought for a while and said; 'Why don't we find a teahouse and ask for news of the monks.' ’
Qiao Xiaojia nodded, found a teahouse that looked very big, and just went in to greet Xiao Er; 'The two fairies, please go up to the third floor, where the Gathering Immortal Residence is specially set up for immortals. ’
'Oh, really? Qiao Xiaojia was very interested when he heard this, and he didn't want to find a place dedicated to serving monks, "Yes, fairy, there is also a spiritual tea and spiritual fruit specially provided for immortals on this floor." Xiao Er said attentively.
Coming to the third floor, I feel that the line of sight is suddenly broadened, it turns out that the third floor has opened large windows on all sides, sitting in the room can see the outside scenery, the hall is scattered with more than a dozen potted plants, inadvertently dividing the hall into a small area, giving a person a warm and pleasant feeling.
When the two of them came in, there were more than a dozen monks here, gathered together in twos and threes, and when they saw someone coming up, they all looked here, Su Qing and the two found a place by the window and sat down, ordered a pot of spiritual tea, and a plate of snacks.
Su Qing took a sip of spiritual tea, pursed his lips and said; And that's it. Qiao Xiaojia tasted it and said directly; "It's not as good as the spiritual spring you brought," and he took another snack to eat.
Talking while eating; 'By the way, where did you get that spiritual spring?' How many? Su Qing was stunned for a moment, remembering that she was talking about the water she poured out of Taoyuan Mountain and Hantan, and she knew that it was spiritual spring water, so she poured a few more gourds out!
Just as he was about to answer, he saw a man in his twenties or thirties with a delicate face coming over, staring at Qiao Xiaojia and saying; 'Under the surname Li, may I ask if this Taoist friend has just come to Taoyuan Town? ’
Qiao Xiaojia said; 'Yes, my friend and I only arrived yesterday. ''Oh, that fellow Daoist must not know Taoyuan Town, no matter how talented he is, if he lives here for a while, what do you need, you can help solve your doubts. ’
Su Qing saw that the man had been standing, so he kindly pulled over a chair and said; 'Senior, please sit down and talk slowly. The man was stunned, as if he had only seen her; 'Oh-this, thank you! ’
Next, this man kept talking to Qiao Xiaojia, and didn't answer Su Qing at all, although he was completely ignored, Su Qing was still very happy, because listening to this Li Qi, there is a small market here, which is dedicated to buying and selling things for monks.
Although she is not a monk yet, that can't stop her yearning for Xiuzhenfang City, maybe she can sell some kind of spirit inducing elixir, so that she can successfully induce qi into her body.
In a blink of an eye, it was noon, Qiao Xiaojia made an appointment with Li Qi, and went to the Fang Market together in the afternoon, the two walked out of the teahouse and went to the vegetable market to buy some vegetables, and Qiao Xiaojia took out two spirit stones to buy a hundred catties of spiritual rice.
'Would you like to help?' Qiao Xiaojia stood at the door of the kitchen and asked Su Qing, who was busy cooking, "What will you do?" Su Qing asked while washing vegetables, and Qiao Xiaojia was speechless; 'Well, nothing, so I'll help you light the fire!' ’
Su Qing stuffed the rice, and fried two dishes neatly, and bursts of fragrance filled his nose, causing Qiao Xiaojia to drool.
'Whew! It's delicious! Qiao Xiaojia buried her head in eating three bowls of rice, rubbed her stomach and said; I didn't expect ordinary dishes to be so delicious! ’
After eating, when he came to the teahouse, Li Qi was already waiting, and there were three male cultivators with him, one with a baby face, Zhang Yun with his eyes, one with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and Xu Jie with a serious expression, and a person with slightly dark skin, deep eye sockets, and bright eyes called Sun Yi.
Seeing the two of them coming, several people got up, and the three of them all stepped forward to greet Qiao Xiaojia, only Sun Yi smiled at Su Qing, which made Su Qing suddenly have a good impression of him, and finally someone noticed her!
Li Qi took the lead, and a group of six people walked through several lively streets to a very wide and ancient street, with many fewer pedestrians than the outside streets, half of the shops on both sides were selling things needed by monks, and the rest were top jewelry and antique shops.
Su Qing and a few people entered a shop selling Fu Seal Pills, Xiao Er also looked like a monk, and when he saw a few people coming in, he stepped forward to greet them; 'A few Taoist friends, please look at it casually, and call me at any time if you have anything you like. 'Warm but not overly courteous, it feels relaxed and casual.
The store is divided into two parts, the east side sells all kinds of talismans, and the west side sells pills, but the east side of the shelves are more than twice as large as the west side.
Su Qing was planning to find the Guiding Elixir, which was also the main purpose of her coming to Taoyuan Town, when chatting with Qiao Xiaojia, listening to Su Qing talk about her own situation, Qiao Xiaojia casually said that she should try to take the Guiding Elixir, which might help her to induce qi into her body.
She came to the front of the shelf where the pills were placed, there were only less than ten grids on it, and a jade box was placed in each cell, and the name, function, and price of the pills were written on the side of the jade box.
Su Qing looked at it carefully, most of them were pills that helped with cultivation in the Qi refining period and healing injuries, as well as two kinds of pills used in the foundation building period, and after reading it twice, there was no elixir.
'Didn't find it?' Qiao Xiaojia came over and asked with concern, "No" Su Qing said with some disappointment, "What kind of pill is the girl looking for?" Sun Yi stepped forward and asked.
Without waiting for Su Qing to answer, Qiao Xiaojia said without thinking; 'Elixir, do you know there's one for sale?' When Xiao Er heard this, he stepped forward and said; This elixir is rarely used, so basically no one refines it, so you can go to the night market and have a look. ’
With Qiao Xiaojia coming over, this group of male cultivators also followed behind her, Hula was all here, except for Sun Yi standing beside her, everyone else gathered around Qiao Xiaojia, seeing Qiao Xiaojia's puzzled face, Li Qi said with a very good look; The night market is at the east end of the street and doesn't open until the evening. ’
'That's all loose cultivators and mortals set up stalls, selling some magic weapons, pills, spiritual herbs, talismans, and some mortal jade antiques or something. Zhang Yun continued, with some disdain for mortals in and out of his words.
Then I visited a few more shops, Qiao Xiaojia sold some talisman paper, cinnabar and other things used for drawing talismans, and several male cultivators saw that Qiao Xiaojia knew how to make talismans, and they tightly surrounded her in the middle.
Su Qing was squeezed to the back, only Sun Yi was one step behind her, and when she saw that she was still calm despite being ignored, she said; 'Miss Su is looking for the elixir, is it for her own use? ’
Su Qing nodded and said; 'Yes, how?' Sun Yi said with a smile; 'Girl is really good-natured, if you guess right, you're almost thirty years old.' ’
Su Qing was a little confused; 'Yes, I'll be thirty next year, what's wrong?' Sun Yi was about to say something, but he only heard Zhang Yuan say in front of him; 'We've been shopping for a long time, it's still early in the morning, how about we go in and rest for a while?' ’
Everyone had no objections, Zhang Yuan took the lead in walking into this teahouse, took everyone straight up to the second floor, opened a side room and went in, seeing Su Qing was a little surprised, Sun Yi came over and whispered; This teahouse was opened by Zhang Gongzi's family. ’
Su Qing thought in response; No wonder this Zhang Yuan statue enters his own home, it turns out that this is a person's own home!
There is a lot of space in the wing, the layout is simple and comfortable, everyone just sat down, Xiao Er immediately served a pot of spiritual tea, a few plates of spiritual fruits, and snacks.
Seeing that Li Qi and the others were all around Qiao Xiaojia and courteous, Sun Yi only sat on the side and drank tea quietly, Su Qing moved closer to him and asked; 'Why don't you go and join in the fun?' Sun Yi said with a smile; 'I'm so old, what do I have to do. ’
Su Qing looked at him when he heard this, and asked curiously when he saw that he was less than thirty years old; 'How old are you?' It looks so young! ’
Sun Yi smiled; 'I'm forty-eight years old, and I look younger than a cultivator'''Oh? It's true? So how old is he? Su Qing glanced at Zhang Yuan, who was talking to Qiao Xiaojia with his eyebrows fluttering, he looked like he was only eighteen or nineteen years old.
Sun Yi thought about it and said; He's probably forty, and I remember his daughters are married! Su Qing only felt that his mind was booming and blurted out; 'The children are all married, and they still pretend to be tender and chase beautiful women? ’
Although the voice was a little loud, fortunately no one paid attention to her, only Sun Yi explained; 'Appearance is also related to cultivation, the higher the cultivation, the longer the lifespan, the person naturally appears younger, he has already refined qi at the seventh level, and has a lifespan of more than one hundred and twenty years; He paused and continued; As for the pursuit of female cultivators after becoming biological children, this is also very convenient, because in the entire cultivation world, there are very few female cultivators, so some monks can only marry women without spiritual roots as wives in order to prolong their heirs, but when they meet female cultivators, most male cultivators are still very willing to make friends, and it would be better if they could become double cultivation partners. ’
Su Qing was still a little indignant, seeing her like this, Sun Yi continued; 'But if a woman who cultivates, that is not a flower and a moon, has a lofty heart, and is dedicated to cultivation, then she will make a love early, besides, if it is not for no brothers, generally male cultivators will not marry women without spiritual roots, except for small immortal families like the Zhang family, but there are very few such families, most of them are single male cultivators, and a very small number of female cultivators will choose male cultivators with wives and children. ’
He stopped to drink his saliva and said; Besides, double cultivation is not as good as getting married, if you are together, if you are not together, you will go your own way, and no one will be exempt from being stronger. ’
Although I heard Sun Yi say so much, Su Qing, who came from modern times, still has opinions about that Zhang Yi, but then I thought about it, in modern times, aren't there still many scumbags who cheat after marriage?
Su Qing asked when she saw Sun Yi frowning and looking at her; 'Am there something wrong with me?' I don't think this person will see that I am crossing! was only listening to Sun Yi in a hurry; 'According to what you said, you obviously have a spiritual root, why haven't you drawn qi into your body when you're almost thirty years old?' ’
Without waiting for her to answer, he continued; You must know that it is best to induce qi into the body before the age of twelve, so that you can lay a good foundation, after the age of twenty, the meridians have been formed, even if you successfully induce qi into the body, it is difficult to enter an inch. ’
Hearing this, Su Qing's heart was wow and cool, like a popping balloon, and the whole person was not good!
After that, including visiting the night market, she couldn't lift her spirits, or Qiao Xiaojia kept looking for the elixir for her, but she couldn't find it after shopping around the night market.
Back in the rented courtyard, Qiao Xiaojia saw that she was languishing, thinking that she hadn't found the reason for the elixir, and enlightened her, 'How can you find this by looking for it?' The people who go to the stall every night are not sure, but we searched for a while and probably found it. ’