Chapter 19 Three-incense Spiritual Grass
Jumping from the wall rock to the top of the cliff easily, Bian Yao rushed to the cave city as fast as he could. After breaking through to the Dream Walker, his speed was nearly twice as fast as before, and when he entered the cave city, it was just getting dark.
Bian Yao didn't know how many days he had been in that tree, but in addition to excitement, there was also a heavy worry in his heart. He was afraid that He Qingyin would have an accident because he was worried about himself, so after entering the city, he went straight to the Cloud Tourist Inn.
In front of the door of the inn, Bian Yao suddenly stopped, the luminous stones on the stone pillars on both sides shone brightly, and in the cold light, a familiar figure was sitting on the stone steps on his knees.
"Xiao Yin?" Bian Yao's eyes showed a hint of surprise, and then he whispered in a daze.
When the girl heard this, she suddenly woke up and raised her head.
"Brother~" He shouted lightly, his eyes glittering.
"What are you doing sitting here? I'm afraid I won't come back. After hearing the girl's voice, Bian Yao walked up to her and said with a smile.
He Qingyin wiped his eyes and stood up from the steps, a smile blooming on his beautiful little face.
On the way back to the guest room, Bian Yao learned from He Qingyin's mouth that he had spent four days in the mountains. The girl sat at the door of the inn and waited for her from the second day, and on the evening of the third day, she also asked the innkeeper to send someone to find Bian Yao on the mountain, but she refused. Today, I wanted to go to the Hengshui Mountains by myself, but I was afraid that Bian Yao would be anxious if he couldn't see him when he came back, so he sat until dark with a complicated and contradictory mood.
After Bian Yao listened to He Qingyin's words, he didn't make a sound.
He suddenly realized that since the two of them followed the night corpse, they had been causing the girl to be afraid of him, and Bian Yao's heart was very uncomfortable!
"Guess what I'm looking for?" asked with a smile as he sat down on the bed after returning to his room.
He Qingyin tilted his head to look at Bian Yao's empty hands, his eyebrows slanted slightly, and finally shook his head gently.
"Hehe~ I'll show you! This is called the three-spice spirit grass. Bian Yao knew that the girl would definitely not be able to guess, so he smiled and took out a piece of soil from his arms and handed it to her like a treasure.
He Qingyin took two steps forward, took the spirit grass from Bian Yao's hand, and carefully looked at this strange three-leaf three-color grass, with a deep curiosity in his eyes.
"You smell it, every leaf smells different, it must be a baby!" Bian Yao urged excitedly as he shook his feet.
He Qingyin lowered his head and sniffed the three leaves in turn, and found that there were indeed three different tastes, but the smell was lighter and not easy to distinguish.
"I'm going to take it to the pharmacy tomorrow and sell it, and I should be able to get a lot of money. Bian Yao lay down on the couch and expressed his intentions.
Joy rippled on the girl's face, if this strange spirit grass could be exchanged for a lot of money, and then exchanged for some spirit fruits back, in the days to come, there would be no night corpses, and Bian Yao would not have to leave him again.
That night, the two chatted nonsense on the bed until late. Bian Yao didn't tell He Qingyin about being chased and trapped, but just told her that he was more powerful than before. Naturally, the girl was very happy about it.
The next morning, it was just dawning.
Bian Yao hurriedly walked out of the Cloud Visitor Inn with He Qingyin and went straight to the central city of Cave City, where there were many shops selling spiritual herbs and strange medicines.
Qingfeng Street is a very prosperous, very special commercial street in the city of Xuecheng, the whole street is in the north-south direction, the road is about seven miles long, and the width is fifteen zhang.
There are only two kinds of shops on both sides of the avenue: the elixir shop and the spirit fruit shop. The whole street is filled with all kinds of strange smells day and night.
However, all cultivators, whether they were dream cultivators or other cultivators, or even ordinary people, needed to use elixirs and spiritual fruits. This street will always be the busiest street in the entire Cave City County.
If Qingfeng Street is the most famous street in Cave City, then "Wanlingtang" is the most famous elixir shop on Qingfeng Street.
"Qingfeng Street is seven miles long, and Qili Xiang Street is crowded with people; if you are looking for the fragrance of spiritual grass, why not go to Wanling Hall." This poem is about the busyness of Qingfeng Street and the fame of Wanling Hall.
Located at the southernmost end of Qingfeng Street, Wan Ling Tang is the undisputed number one in terms of appearance and scale.
Bian Yao and He Qingyin had come to Qingfeng Street with the night corpses to hang out, so they were extremely impressed by this place. When the two of them came to this street, there were not many pedestrians, and Bian Yao pulled He Qingyin and went straight to the south.
In the Dream Country, the forces behind Wanlingtang are well known. The owner of the "Feng family" is a relative of the emperor, and the patriarch is the uncle of the current country, so no one dares to make trouble.
The Hall of All Souls is divided into five floors. The first layer is a place where cultivators of the Dream Walker and below realms trade with ordinary people, the second layer provides trading services for Dream Cultivators of the Dream Mania and Dream King Realms, the third layer is only accessible to VIPs and cultivators of the Dream Venerable Realm, the fourth layer is the place where the people in the Hall of All Souls live and rest, and the fifth layer is only allowed to enter by the relatives of the Mu family.
The internal hall of the Hall of All Souls is divided into three areas, namely the elixir area, the spirit fruit area, and the special area for purchasing elixirs and spirit fruits.
Bian Yao was looking around after he entered the hall with He Qingyin, when a young man with beautiful eyebrows ran over with a smile and asked if the two of them needed anything. When Bian Yao said that he wanted to sell the spirit grass, the man led the two of them towards a compartment in the middle of the hall.
The compartment is semi-circular, and the trading counter is also arranged in a semi-circle, which can accommodate two or three hundred people in the middle without feeling crowded. Bian Yao and He Qingyin were led to a counter.
"What are you selling, and how much?" asked an old man with a white beard behind the counter with a smile on his face.
"Hmm...... It seems to be a three-spice spirit grass. Bian Yao felt uneasy. For he knew nothing of the grass, and even knew the name from the mouth of the man who pursued him, and only after a little hesitation did he speak.
"Do you have a three-spice spirit grass?" the old man was stunned for a moment, and then asked, but there was a little doubt in his eyes.
"Yes, do you see this?" Bian Yao was a little embarrassed by the old man, and reached out and slowly took out the spirit grass with soil in his arms, and asked with a flushed face.
After the old man saw it at a glance, he immediately took the spirit grass from Bian Yao's hand, and did not speak. He stared at the three leaves for a closer look, then at the soil that wrapped around the roots, and finally brought the leaves to his nose.
"How long has it been since you excavated this three-spice spirit grass?" the old man sighed slightly, turned his head to look at Bian Yao and asked.
"It was dug up in the evening three days ago, and today must be the fifth day. Bian Yao frowned and replied truthfully. Guessing from the old man's demeanor and tone, something was wrong, and his heart beat a drum.
"It's a pity, it's a pity! Although the three-spice spirit grass grows very fast, the entire survival period is also very short, and it will wither in only about a month. Although this plant of yours is considered a seedling, it has been dug up for too long to absorb the spiritual energy from the earth, and it has been greatly damaged, and the spiritual energy itself has almost been lost, even if it is replanted back into the soil, the medicinal effect will not increase much. The old man shook his head and sighed.
"So, it's useless anymore?" Bian Yao grimaced, his brows full of disappointment.
"It's not that it's useless, but the effect is still a little bit. In this way, if you are willing, this three-spice spirit grass will be bought by the main hall for a thousand dream coins. After the old man finished speaking, he stared at Bian Yao, waiting for his reply.
"You can sell it for a thousand dream coins!" The bitter color on Bian Yao's face suddenly swept away, revealing a look of ecstasy. He Qingyin on the side also showed surprise at this time.
"Yes, you can exchange it for a thousand Dream Coins. If so, I'll pay you now. ”
"I want to change it to a spirit fruit, okay? Bian Yao hurriedly asked.
"Yes, in that case, I'll give you a hundred Spice Fruits. The old man's smile remained the same, and he turned around and took a cloth bag from behind him, and without any movement, the empty cloth bag suddenly bulged.
"Here are a hundred fresh green fragrant fruits, next time there is a spirit grass that wants to be sold, I hope to come over as soon as possible." The old man put the cloth bag on the counter and said with a smile on his face.
Bian Yao nodded, happily carried the cloth bag, and He Qingyin turned around and left the acquisition area, and went directly out of Wanling Hall.
"Wait~"
Just a few steps out of the Ten Thousand Souls Hall, an unfamiliar voice suddenly sounded in Bian Yao's head, so he stopped and looked behind him.
What caught his eye was a middle-aged man with a thief's eyebrows, walking towards him. Looking at the smile on his face, the voice should be from this person. Bian Yao became vigilant, and couldn't help but tighten the cloth bag in his hand, and his eyes were fixed on the man.
"Don't get me wrong, I was also in the acquisition area of Wanling Hall just now, and I accidentally saw you. Some words can't help but want to tell you, and they don't mean anything else. The middle-aged man saw Bian Yao's actions, guessed his thoughts, and hurriedly explained.
Bian Yao looked at the man coldly and closed his mouth and did not answer, with a puzzled expression on his face.
"Do you know what the effect of that three-spice spirit grass is?" the man's gaze swept over the pedestrians on the street, and the voice sounded in Bian Yao's head again.
Bian Yao couldn't help but be curious when he heard this, he shook his head at the man, still didn't speak, and continued to listen to the voice in his head.
"The three-spice spirit grass is useless for dream madness and dream cultivation in the upper realm, or it has little effect. However, it has a great attraction to low-level dream cultivators! The three-spice spirit grass can increase the speed and effect of cultivation, and one day of cultivation is equivalent to one month of cultivation, and the speed is thirty times faster. If it took three years for an early dreamwalker to break through to the mid-stage through normal cultivation, then with the help of the Three-Spice Spirit Grass, it would only take more than a month to break through from the early stage to the mid-stage stage. The most important thing is that it can increase the chance of Dream Cultivator breaking through the bottleneck, with the Three-Spice Spirit Urging Grass, the success rate of the Dream Layman breaking through to the Dream Walker in the later stage can reach almost 100%, and when advancing from the Dream Walker to the Dream Maniac in the later stage, it can also increase the success rate of two layers. Generally speaking, low-level dream cultivators who get the three-spice spirit grass will never sell it, and will only find a quiet place to practice frantically until the three-spice spirit grass withers. This kind of spiritual grass starts from the beginning of breaking through the ground, until it loses its spiritual energy and withers and dies, and can only survive for a short month, and it can't be wasted for a moment. Yours is still a seedling, and it will survive for at least twenty days. Even if the aura is almost lost, as long as it is planted in a place with strong aura in time, or a spirit gathering array is set up, a temporary spiritual land is arranged, and the aura can be restored after being buried in the soil for a maximum of three days. When the time comes, if you take it up for auction, you can sell it for at least 100,000 dream coins! Some big families and big forces are very willing to spend money in order to cultivate their own heirs or proud protégés. Although your three-spice spirit grass is on the verge of death and its aura is extremely weak, if you shout on the street, there will definitely be a lot of people rushing to buy it, and you can sell it for at least 10,000 dream coins. You're at a loss!" After the voice stopped, the middle-aged man's face showed regret.
"Then why didn't you say it earlier! Bian Yao said angrily at the middle-aged man.
"Little brother, don't you know, if you do something that harms their interests in the Hall of All Souls, I will be killed. In addition to reminding you, there is one more thing I would like to ask this time. I don't know if you still have the three-spice spirit grass, I can buy it from you. The middle-aged man told his true purpose.
"No, why don't you buy it from Wansoultang? I've already sold it to them. Bian Yao looked at the man and asked curiously.
"Alas~ Even if that one is sold, it will have to wait until three days later, and the three-spice spirit grass is all taken to auction, and it will not be sold at a fixed price at all. The man sighed.
"You can go to the Hengshui Mountains to find it yourself, I found it there. Bian Yao hesitated for a moment, opened his mouth and said to the man, and then turned to leave.
"Wait, can you take me to the place where you found the three-spice spirit grass?" The middle-aged man's slightly eager voice sounded in Bian Yao's head again.
"I'll tell you the truth, where the three-spice spirit grass can grow, even the soil there will be some spiritual energy, I want to dig some soil and use it back. How about I can pay you 500 Dream Coins or 50 Spice Fruit?"
"Okay, I want the green fruit, but you'll have to wait for me to put things back in the inn first. And I don't remember that place very clearly, but I have some impressions. Bian Yao thought about it for a moment and replied with a grin.
In this way, the group of three came to the door of the Cloud Tourist Inn, Bian Yao and He Qingyin went back to the guest room together, and the middle-aged man stayed outside and waited.
Looking at the signboard of the inn, a trace of doubt flashed in the man's eyes.
It stands to reason that the people who can live in the largest inn in Cave City are not ordinary people, but Bian Yao and He Qingyin seem to be just children of ordinary people, and they don't seem to understand anything, unless there are masters around them.
About a moment later, Bian Yao walked out of the inn alone.
"You two live here?" the man asked seemingly casually after seeing Bian Yao come out alone.
"There's still an old ghost, but he's practicing behind closed doors in the guest room. Bian Yao said with a smile.
They didn't talk much along the way, and after leaving the cave city, the two of them went straight to the Hengshui Mountain Range at the fastest speed. Only then did Bian Yao realize that the man's cultivation was far above his own, at least a few points faster than his own, either in the middle or late stage of the Dream Walker.
After arriving at the Hengshui Mountains, Bian Yao relied on his memory to find the last walking route. Finally, near noon, the big rock was found.
"That's where I found it. Bian Yao squatted down and pointed to the stone that was recessed into it and said excitedly.
The man took a closer look, picked up some broken soil and put it in his nose and smelled it, nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, the aura is quite strong." There's fifty pieces of green fruit in it, and you take it. The middle-aged man stood up and handed Bian Yao a small cloth bag containing Bixiang fruit.
Bian Yao took the bag and smiled, said goodbye to the man and left.
"Haha~ A simple child is easy to deceive!" Looking at the distant figure, the man couldn't help laughing.