When Xia Qingyang heard this, he looked up and looked forward, only to see a huge pillar reaching the sky straight into the sky, connecting the sky and the earth.

The whole body of the giant pillar is black, the diameter is about ten zhang by sight, straight and straight, and many vigorous and powerful branches are derived from it, which lie between the heaven and the earth, and the green leaves are densely packed and covered with branches.

The tree is so overshadowed that the forest around it usually does not see light, which is where the name Dark Forest comes from.

"This is the Divine Tree?" Xia Qingyang asked.

"Hmm. Although it was not the first time she had been here, Qiu Yue was still shocked by this sacred tree, and after being stunned for a while, she said, "Let's go, let's go down." ”

With the divine tree as the center, the dark forest stretches for hundreds of miles, and there are countless demon beasts and countless elixirs in it, which is a good place for soul masters to practice.

It was not the first time that the Autumn Moon Girl had come, and she took Xia Qingyang to an empty realm on the outskirts of the Dark Forest.

"It's not an exaggeration to say that this dark forest is a secret realm, and secret realms are not necessarily closed. Qiuyue said.

The appearance of Xia Qingyang and the others attracted the attention of many people, of course, this was mainly because of Miss Qiuyue, she refused Xia Qingyang's proposal to let her wear a veil, and the appearance of such a big beauty would naturally cause quite a stir.

"Are you two also going to enter the dark forest to find elixir? join our team, there are just two people left, by the way, what realm are you?"

A thin man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks stepped forward and said with his eyes fixed on Qiu Yue.

Although Qiu Yue may have no problem coping with this kind of scene, how could Xia Qingyang, as a man, let a woman show up, he took a step forward, blocked Qiu Yue behind him, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, we haven't planned to enter yet." ”

The thin man frowned, and was about to speak, when a person not far away suddenly said, "Come back, Xiao Lizi, what we need is an elite soul master." ”

Another person smiled and said: "Master Fan, you don't know Xiao Lizi, he is the master who can't pull out his legs when he sees a beautiful woman, and he is closer than seeing his own mother." ”

A group of people laughed, and the thin man laughed dryly, turned around and walked back, but he turned back three times in one step, and looked a little reluctant.

Xia Qingyang raised his eyes and looked over, there were more than a dozen people gathered over there, and the first person was the one who had just called the thin man to go back, his beard and hair were all white, but his face was not old, but he was radiant and elegant.

Including this person, there are five people in this group of people** wearing red soul master uniforms.

"So many elite soul masters?" Xia Qingyang glanced around, and found that among the hundreds of people gathered here, nearly half of them were wearing red soul master uniforms.

Qiu Yue said lightly: "It's not just elite soul masters, most of these elite soul masters are alchemists. ”

"Alchemist?" Xia Qingyang raised his eyebrows, and then understood.

When he got here, Qiu Yue no longer fought with him, and patiently explained to him, and Xia Qingyang understood.

The distribution range of elixir in the dark forest is extremely wide, and there is no special distribution law from one to five grade elixirs, and there are also occasional encounters with a five-grade elixir in the outermost periphery, so alchemists like to come here to find medicine.

Although there are no other dangers in this dark forest except for the extremely large number of demon beasts, which is much better than the ordinary secret realm, most of the alchemists are soul masters, and it is also dangerous to enter alone, so teaming up has become the best choice.

At first, the alchemists teamed up with each other, but often quarreled over the elixir, and later there were alchemists who pulled people to form a team alone, and the elixir found belonged to him, and the people in the team could get the corresponding elixir and the materials obtained by hunting demon beasts according to the size of the contribution.

Evolution to the present, this seems to have formed a mature business chain, alchemists are naturally well-deserved protagonists, most of the teams are formed with them as the core, of course, there are some outstanding teams that can choose the alchemist with high bids to form a team, everything is based on strength and interests.

Although Master Fan's team doesn't look down on Xia Qingyang and the two, it doesn't mean that other teams don't need them, after all, big beauties like Qiu Yue are still very popular, and some people take the initiative to ask, and some teams even don't even ask about the realm, and directly invite them to join the team.

Xia Qingyang shook his head and said with a low smile: "The treatment of beauties is different." ”

Qiu Yue smiled proudly, pointed to a small team in the distance, and said, "Let's join this team." ”

Xia Qingyang looked at it and said, "Except for the alchemist himself, there is not an elite soul master, it seems that this team is very weak." ”

"It's good to be majestic when you're weak!" Qiu Yue said happily.

Hearing this reason, Xia Qingyang was also speechless, but Qiu Yue had already walked in front of the team by herself, and said with a smile: "We want to join the team, what conditions do we need?"

Xia Qingyang then walked over, but noticed that the expressions of the people around him were very strange, quite gloating, and even a few people in that team were squeezing their eyebrows at him, behaving strangely.

Before he could comprehend the meaning, the alchemist in the team had already said indifferently: "As long as it is a soul master, no other conditions are needed." ”

"Gotcha! it's fun!" Qiu Yue leaned over with a smile and greeted the team enthusiastically.

However, the seven or eight people didn't seem to be in high spirits, but they reacted very coldly in the face of the big beauty, until the alchemist coughed a few times heavily, and then they greeted Qiu Yue.

"What do you call your seniors?" Qiu Yue is a self-acquaintance, and after getting to know the people in the team, he came behind the alchemist and set it up.

The alchemist's expression was still cold, and he said, "The seniors don't dare to be it, the girl calls me Yunxing." ”

"Oh, Master Yunxing, disrespectful, disrespectful, I think we have about the same number of people, why don't you set off?" Qiu Yue said impatiently.

"It's not yet an hour, and when the sky is dark and the beasts are dormant, it is the best time to enter the dark forest. After Yun Xing finished speaking, he closed his eyes and made it clear that he didn't want to speak.

"That's right. Qiu Yue sneered back and sat down next to a tree, and whispered to Xia Qingyang beside him: "I don't know how many alchemists it is, it's quite dragged." ”

Although she lowered her voice, the people here were all deaf and clear-sighted, how could they not hear it, but that Yunxing only shook his ears a few times, and did not have any other reaction, but the others were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out, staring at Yunxing with wide eyes, until they saw that he was not angry, they breathed a sigh of relief, and threw a blaming look at Qiu Yue.

"Hey, it's quite prestigious, yes, Qingyang, this girl has a good eye, and she has found a good team." Qiu Yue said proudly.

Xia Qingyang didn't think so, thought for a while, and said, "There is still some time before dark, I'll go around." ”

Qiu Yue may also be a little tired, leaning on the tree, closing her eyes and waving her hand, "Go, go, go." ”

Xia Qingyang saw that Yunxing didn't react, so he stood up and wandered around the field, hundreds of people gathered here, and it was close to the dark forest with rich resources, so naturally there would be transactions, and a small and scattered trading market would spontaneously form.

Of course, the main item traded is elixir, and there are also some alchemists selling elixirs, and other minerals and demon beast materials are also sold, but the quantity is not much.

Almost all alchemists had a sign erected in front of them, writing the varieties and prices of the elixirs purchased, Xia Qingyang looked at it, and it was much cheaper than the one on the market.

Looking at it, he also moved his mind, the plan for alchemy has always been there, he has no shortage of alchemy furnaces, pill recipes and alchemy, the only thing he lacks is a large number of elixirs to practice.

However, he was new to the city, and he didn't know some of the rules here, so he didn't want to make a rash move, and picked a few inconspicuous elixirs at a stall selling elixirs at random, and he didn't bargain, so he paid the soul stone happily, and chatted with the stall owner.

The stall owner saw that he was generous, and he didn't put on a posture of rejecting people thousands of miles away, and chatted with him.

"Brother, where did you get these elixirs, why didn't you give them to the alchemists in the team?" Xia Qingyang asked.

The stall owner smiled bitterly: "My strength is poor, I can't enter the alchemist's team, I can only follow the miscellaneous team to go in and mingle, but the ability of such a team to find elixirs is naturally much worse, and I also relied on luck and time to get these elixirs." ”

"Oh, that's actually not bad, at least the elixir you find is your own. Xia Qingyang said.

The stall owner suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Friend, I know what you mean, you really shouldn't have entered that Yunxing's team, he is a master who eats people and doesn't spit out bones." ”

Xia Qingyang quietly took out a soul stone and handed it over, saying, "Please also ask the brother to explain it in detail." ”

"You're here for the first time, aren't you?" asked the stall owner as he accepted the soul stone.

Seeing Xia Qingyang nodded, the stall owner continued: "Although the team that entered the dark forest to search for elixir is centered on alchemists, and they have an absolute say in the distribution of resources, they are generally not too outrageous, and if they can establish a long-term cooperative relationship with alchemists, there will naturally be indescribable benefits. ”

Xia Qingyang nodded in understanding, although it seems that there are a lot of alchemists here, but in the entire cultivation world, the proportion of alchemists is extremely small, and if you can have a relationship with alchemists, even if you suffer a small loss, it is worth it, after all, even if you take the elixir out and sell it, and then buy the elixir, it may not be cost-effective.

The stall owner peeked at Yun Xing in the distance and said, "This Yun Xing is different, he specializes in finding loose cultivators who are not familiar with the situation, and only brings ordinary soul masters to form a team, during which he uses all means to exploit him, and his reputation is extremely bad. ”

"With such a bad reputation, why are so many people willing to team up with him?" Xia Qingyang asked in surprise.

"Alas, the thief ship is good or not, unless you are willing to give up your hard-earned gains, and this person is strong and ruthless, not to mention ordinary soul masters, even other elite soul masters are not willing to provoke him, brother, you still have to find a way to get out." The stall owner sighed.

"Let's go, hey, stop chatting!" At this time, the cry of the autumn girl came, Xia Qingyang got up with a wry smile, and said in his heart: With this aunt and grandmother here, I am afraid that I will not be able to get out if I want to.