This crane tower is not actually a majestic and tall building, on the contrary, this building is not large, small and exquisite, only two floors. The name of this crane tower is because of a pair of jade carved cranes in front of the building, one leads the neck to the sky and sings, and the other snuggles up next to it and bows its head to feed, the carving is vivid, lifelike. Speaking of which, this crane tower is actually a teahouse, and you can spend some spirit stones upstairs to enjoy the lake view while tasting the spirit tea in the cup, but most of the qi refining disciples don't have many spirit stones in their bags, so there are not many people who are so luxurious.

I don't know when, on the sixth day of the first month of every month, the Qi refining disciples in the sect will gather at the Crane Tower to display the various treasures they found when they went out to find buyers.

This crane tower is located in a corner of the lake, surrounded by emptiness, usually it is a quiet place, but at this time it will become bustling, crowded, and noisy.

The five of them got out of Mu Xiufeng and headed towards the Crane Tower, and on the way, Lu Pingchuan remembered that he lost to Qian Chao in terms of speed, so he had to continue to compete with Qian Chao. This reminded Tang Ping that a few days ago, when he saw Qian Chao's spirit sword flying at an amazing speed, he clamored to try it himself, Qian Chao had no choice but to give it to her, and when Tang Ping could control the spirit sword smoothly, it became a competition between Tang Ping and Lu Pingchuan, and the other three slowly chased after him.

"Wow, that's a lot of people!"

Yan Xuan, who saw the excitement here for the first time, sighed after falling.

Li Jian has been quiet in his bamboo forest for a few months, but he didn't expect to see so many people when he arrived at this crane tower, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

That Lu Pingchuan liked to be the most lively, and when he saw that there were more people in the market in the county town than there were more people in the market in the county town than he had done here, he hurriedly walked inside.

Tang Ping had already come before, so it was not surprising, holding Yan Xuan's arm and chatting while walking inside.

Qian Chao doesn't matter, there are a few small markets in Jiuxuan that are slightly inferior in scale compared to this crane tower, but the small markets in Jiuxuan are mainly based on refining tools and materials, and he can be regarded as the first time to come to this crane tower, so he also looked around while walking inside with a few partners.

Speaking of which, this crane tower is naturally there for the entire sect, but most of the people who sell things here are from two sects, the first is Jiuxuan, the second is Qixia Mountain, and the other three sects also sell things here, but there are not many.

The sellers are next to each other, and each of them puts their good things there on both sides of the road, and some of them use a few poles to build a shelf, and then cover it with silk or blankets to make a simple small shed, and a wooden case is placed on the mouth of the shed, and people sit behind the wooden case, and there are all kinds of items waiting for people to choose from in the shed and on the wooden case.

The casual thing is to find a felt to spread on the ground, people sit on the felt, several items to be sold are placed around, if someone comes to ask, there is a conversation or negotiation with the visitor.

Qian Chao really met a lot of acquaintances along the way, and many of the things sold on the roadside were known in Chengqitang, and he kept greeting this senior brother and that senior brother.

"Hey, boy Qian, I see that the spirit sword sold by your senior brother seems to be much more beautiful than the one you gave me." Tang Ping looked at it carefully and then quietly asked Qian Chao.

Qian Chao turned his head to look at it, and said to her in a low voice: "If you are bold, take the sword I gave you and try it there, I dare to guarantee that the sword that senior brother will be cut off by you, but if people let you pay for the spirit stone, you don't want to pull me, I don't have a few spirit stones." ”

Tang Ping didn't believe it when she heard it, and muttered, "Really? Turning his head to look again, Yan Xuan was mistaken, took her back, and said angrily: "You really want to go, isn't that smashing other people's business?" ”

The disciples of Qixia Mountain naturally sell pills here, and the shops that sell pills are also distinctive, either a gourd is hung on top of a small shed, or a thin pole is erected, and a gourd is also hung on it. In short, when I saw a gourd, it was basically a shop selling pills.

Although Yan Xuan is in Qixia Mountain, she is not a sociable person, except for a few people who have entered Qixia Mountain together, there are several senior brothers and sisters like Senior Sister Min. Therefore, those people who sell pills here in Qixia Mountain, Yan Xuan does not know many people.

"Yang Yuan Dan!" When Tang Ping passed by the bunk of a disciple of Qixia Mountain, he suddenly saw a small jade bottle, which had a note with the words "Yangyuan Dan" on it.

"How did you sell this Yang Yuan Dan?" Tang Ping asked.

The stall owner, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, glanced at Tang Ping, and then said, "One spirit stone, one grain." ”

Yan Xuan was not familiar with the price of this Yang Yuan Dan, but she looked at the young man first, and then quietly pulled Tang Ping's sleeve.

Tang Ping naturally understood, so she continued to walk forward with an "oh", and after walking for a short time, Tang Ping asked Yan Xuan: "Sister Yan, what's wrong, isn't the pill that person sells bad?" ”

"It's not bad, it's just that I can't see it accurately, that senior brother is the same as me, he only has a spirit grass cardamom on his body, not even a hundred grass knots, if the pill is refined by him, then the quality is not very accurate. If another senior brother asked him to sell it, then the name of the senior brother who made it should also be written on the medicine bottle, this is the rule. ”

"Oh" Tang Ping nodded when he heard this, not to mention Tang Ping, Qian Chao and a few people can be regarded as having gained knowledge.

It was strange here, and there were all kinds of things for sale, and later they saw that there were also bird eggs for sale, and the seller claimed that he had found some kind of spirit bird eggs and sold them.

Tang Ping was really interested in this thing, a total of four bird eggs, each placed on a brocade in a delicate wooden box. Tang Ping got closer and took a closer look, but Qian Chao gave Yan Xuan a look, and Yan Xuan took Tang Ping's arm and said that he wanted to continue shopping and left there.

"What's wrong?" After Tang Ping asked Yan Xuan, he asked Qian Chao again.

"Three dead eggs, the last one, although it is alive, is by no means the egg of a spirit bird."

"How do you know?"

Qian Chao stretched out two fingers to his eyes and whispered, "Forget?" Little Lotus Lake. ”

Tang Ping suddenly remembered that this was not the place to talk, so he didn't ask anymore, and a few people continued to walk.

There are also ore sellers, a pile of ores of different sizes are piled in one place, look at the seller's burly figure, not like Jiuxuan's, the selling price is also interesting, the big ore asks for a high price, and the small one is cheap. Lu Pingchuan saw that the ore seller actually knew him, and he greeted the man and talked for a while, it seemed that this seller was a disciple of the Houtu Temple.

"Brother Lu, do you know that senior brother?" Qian Chao asked.

"That's right, that's Senior Brother Lie, a disciple of Senior Jiao in the Houtu Temple."

"How is your relationship with him?"

"Senior Brother Lie is a good person, well, quite a kind person."

"Oh, Brother Lu, if you want to have a good relationship with him, you might as well tell him that his things will be sold at a loss."

"Oh?" Lu Pingchuan was about to say it, and thought that he didn't know anything about the ore, so he grabbed Qian Chao's wrist again and went back to the place where the ore was sold.

"Senior Brother Lie, this is my brother, surnamed Qian, from the Nine Metaphysics Refining," Speaking of this, Lu Pingchuan was afraid that Senior Brother Nalie would not believe it, so he grabbed the jade pendant of the Qian Chao Master Gate and showed it to Senior Brother Lie, pointed to the small green sign on it and said to him, "Look, Chengqitang, my brother said that you will lose money if you sell this ore like this, hey, I don't understand either, let him tell you." ”

Since he was pulled over by Lu Pingchuan, Qian Chao had no choice but to salute the other party.

"Oh? Brother Qian, why did I sell this ore at a loss? ”

"Well, some are cheaper, some are expensive, hmm...... I can," said Qian Chao, pointing to the pair of ores.

Senior Brother Nalie understood that Qian Chao was going to get started, so he waved his hand and said "please".

Qian Chao had already used the Imperial Technique to inspect those ores one by one when he passed by, and the fineness of these ores was already clear in his heart.

"This piece," Qian Chao pointed to the largest piece, "it's useless, there's nothing in it." Can be thrown away. ”

"These three pieces," Qian Chao pointed to the three larger ones, "There are few things in them, and the three together are at most one spirit stone." ”

"These pieces," Qian Chao said, gathering a few pieces of ore together with the Imperial Technique, "each piece must not be less than one spirit stone. ”

"These pieces," Qian Chao piled a few spirit stones together, "every two spirit stones is about the same." ”

"Well, this one is in the best condition." Qian Chao alone took a piece of ore the size of a human head in his hand and handed it to Senior Brother Na Lie, "If I sell it, this ore can't be less than four spirit stones, in fact, Senior Brother Lie, even if you take this piece of ore to the inner hall of our Chengqi Hall, and find those senior brothers who build the foundation, they will definitely bid no less than four spirit stones, and they will definitely be able to sell it." ”

After saying this, Qian Chao added: "The price I gave is the price of the ore collected by Chengqitang, it is not high, Senior Brother Lie can make adjustments by himself, so as not to suffer." ”

"Oh, it turns out that these stones still have so much knowledge, hehe, I know this is ore, but I don't know that it can be worth so much, thank you, Brother Qian, this is for you."

Senior Brother Nalie is a generous person, and when he saw that Qian Chao was helping him, he picked up a piece of ore from the ore pile that Qian Chao had previously priced as a piece of spirit stone and gave it to Qian Chao.

"That's good, I'm just doing me a favor." Qian Chao hurriedly refused.

"Hey, Brother Qian, since Senior Brother Lie gave it to you, it must be sincere, you can accept it." Lu Pingchuan said, and also took over the piece of ore for Qian Chao, in fact, according to Lu Pingchuan's thoughts, he wanted to snatch the piece of ore that Qian Chao just said was worth at least four spirit stones.

Senior Brother Nalie is also very happy, this pile of stones can't be sold for many days, and now someone has pointed out, even if it is not sold now, go to the Chengqi Hall once tomorrow, and only that piece of ore can be exchanged for four spirit stones, no loss.

"How do you know the color of the ore?" After walking away, Tang Ping asked curiously.

"Imperial Technique, when Brother Lu was talking to Senior Brother Nalie at that time, I used Imperial Technique to try those ores piece by piece."

"But," Tang Ping was a little incredulous, "you were at least two feet away from the ore at that time." ”

"Well, I can do it a little further, in addition to lifting items, refining and controlling spiritual weapons, the Imperial Technique can also be used as an eye."

Qian Chao was better when others heard this, but Yan Xuan was stunned for a moment when he heard it, and immediately grabbed something, the imperial technique can be used as an eye, so when he was alchemizing, wouldn't he be a little more sure, after a while, he wanted to ask Brother Qian for advice.

There are also all kinds of monster beast leather tendons and horns sold in the back, and those that can be refined can be used in medicine. Qian Chao noticed that most of those skins had already been processed and could be used directly to make armor. However, he has a lot of leather sent by Lu Pingchuan, so he just looks at those.

I also saw all kinds of spirit grasses for sale, these spirit grasses were all found and brought back from outside when the disciples in the sect went out, and the years were different. In fact, it's not just Qixia Mountain, as long as the disciples of each sect can reach the third layer of qi refining, they will learn how to pick spirit grass, so that even if they can't refine the pill after picking it, they can still sell it here.

There is also a small amount of silk woven by spirit silk, these are also the materials of refining, although the robe made of this kind of silk cannot resist the power of the flying sword, but it can be invulnerable, and it is also very sought after, but this is an expensive thing, and a few people can only stagger when they look at the price.

But in the end, they found that the place with the most people was selling beautiful dresses, and Qian Chao had seen it, it was an ordinary silk cut, but it was better in a variety of styles, and the colors were bright, although it could not be used for any defense, but it was very popular with young female friars, and many young female monks gathered there, chattering and laughing while choosing.

There are also all kinds of jewelry sold, and the materials used are all ordinary gold and silver jewelry, but whether it is a headdress or a ring bracelet, all of them are exquisitely made and fancy and novel, which makes people love it.

When Tang Ping and Yan Xuan saw it, their four eyes widened, looking at those beautiful dresses and jewelry, they were reluctant to move their steps.

"It's really hard for these senior brothers and sisters, in order to earn spirit stones, they can really think of any idea." Qian Chao sighed, his hairpin didn't get here to sell in the end, but he paid attention to the style of those jewelry and looked at them one by one.

"Oh, how do you say?" Li Jian didn't understand the meaning of Qian Chao, he didn't know that those dresses were ordinary clothes, but they were better in style and color.

"Brother Li, those dresses are all ordinary clothes, and the jewelry is also gold and silver, and these things are all in the ready-to-wear shops and jewelry buildings in the world.

"That's what happened!" Li Jian was a little surprised when he heard this, he thought that those were all spiritual weapons.

"How's it going, is it good-looking?"

As soon as Qian Chao finished speaking, Tang Ping and Yan Xuan, each wearing a new skirt and a few more ornaments on their heads, were standing in front of Qian Chao, Li Jian and Lu Pingchuan with joy.

"Good-looking, good-looking!" Lu Pingchuan said loudly.

After listening to Qian Chao's words, Li Jian knew that these people who sold clothes and jewelry relied on the beauty of these female cultivators to earn spirit stones, and when he heard Tang Ping ask, he also nodded with a smile.

"How many spirit stones?" Qian Chao asked.

"I can't praise it!" Tang Ping glared at Qian Chao, "It's not expensive, Sister Yan and I add up to less than a spirit stone." ”

"Well, it's quite a few." Qian Chao looked at the female nun who was huddled there with several layers of dresses and said, there are several curtains behind the skirt jewelry that sells skirts, in addition to being airtight, there are mirrors and dressers inside, which are specially used for the nuns to buy dresses and change them inside, and they are really thoughtful!

The five of them walked around the crane tower for an afternoon, and later met a person selling all kinds of snacks, Tang Ping had a lot of spirit stones on his body, so he invited guests to the east, and a piece of spirit stone ate a lot of delicious things, both sour and sweet.

"Hmm!" Tang Ping tasted a small spoonful of the soft and sweet soup in the bowl and praised it, "It's very similar to the one I ate when I was a child, it's delicious." ”

"It's really hard for these senior brothers, what do you think, these things can be exchanged for spirit stones!" Qian Chao sighed as he looked at the sweet slurry in his bowl.

"So only Qi refining disciples come here to patronize," Tang Ping took another spoonful, "Those foundation-building senior brothers have long disdained to come here, if they have a big heart and a greedy mouth, they will go directly, pretend to be mortals, eat a big meal, and then leave a pile of gold and silver, and disappear, making people exclaim that the gods and immortals will not only leave a good story, but even bring that shop to become a famous store!" It's like us, but the things that were originally a few copper coins had to spend spirit stones to eat in their mouths, and they were really exploited. ”

Li Jian couldn't help but smile when she heard Tang Ping say something interesting.

Yan Xuan thought about it after hearing it and said with a smile: "In the incense picking city where my family lives, there is really a big restaurant called Yuxian Building, which is very famous. ”

"Well, it's quite possible!" Tang Ping nodded thoughtfully.

Lu Pingchuan suddenly thought of something interesting when he heard this, and said: "This is a good idea, we will also play as immortals in the future." ”

After the five of them finished eating, they turned around for a while, Yan Xuan had something in his heart, and when there were few people, he wanted Qian Chao to ask about the imperial art, and a few people found a secluded place by the lake, and Qian Chao told Yan Xuan how to practice the imperial art, not only Yan Xuan, but the other three people also had some gains from listening to the imperial art.

In the blink of an eye, it was evening, and the five of them were going back to their own divisions, Tang Ping looked at the large and small boats on the lake and regretted a little, and said: "Next time we come to play, let's get a boat, how about we also go rowing?" ”

Lu Pingchuan immediately agreed, and said that he would find a few fishing rods and nets, catch fish in the lake and cook them on the boat.

Qian Chao said: "I always feel that the next time we get together, probably Xiu Wei should take a step forward." ”

"Cheng, Qian boy, then borrow your auspicious words, and see if what you say is true next time."