Chapter 144: There are no surprises
As far as you know, which shops in the East Market might have the spiritual materials I need?" Yuan Ming asked casually.
"The mobility of spiritual materials is very high, especially near the White Deer Hill Alliance, where monks from all walks of life gather, even more than before. It's just that the Southern Regions are far richer than our Northern Regions, and the Great Jin Dynasty in the Central Plains is even more of a heavenly kingdom, if there are any spiritual materials needed by Daoists in Black Rock City, it can only be the Eastern City." Gu Yue explained with a smile.
"Well, there is some truth in what Daoyou said, so Yuan will go over and take a look first. What is the situation in the South City and the North City?" Yuan Ming nodded and asked again.
"The southern city is the concentration of the scattered alliances, and as for the northern city, it is the smallest in area, and it is the place where the city lord's mansion is located, and no one else is allowed to approach it except for those related to the city lord's mansion." Gu Yue said.
"What is a disband?" Yuan Ming didn't pretend to be reserved, and asked if he didn't understand.
"Daoist friends don't even know about the disbandment of the alliance? You monks who have sects to rely on, you really don't know the hardships of our scattered cultivation! The so-called Scattered Alliance is a group of many loose cultivators spontaneously formed, most of whom complete various tasks in exchange for remuneration." Gu Yue looked surprised and said with a light sigh.
Yuan Ming had already learned from chatting with Zhao Tong in the sect before, as well as some anecdotes in the Guizang Pavilion, that the division of forces in the immortal cultivation world was dominated by the sect and the Xiuzhen family, among which there were naturally large and small strong and weak, and in general, these belonged to the mainstream forces.
The descendants of the Xiuzhen family have a greater possibility of spiritual roots than ordinary mortals, as well as better cultivation resource support, and these families are often inextricably linked with the sect, for example, the patriarch of a certain family is also the elder of a certain sect, and the core disciples of some families can directly obtain the qualification to become disciples of the inner sect of the sect.
As for the scattered cultivation that accounts for the largest proportion in the immortal cultivation world, some of them come from the descendants of the declining Xiuzhen family, and some are ordinary people who have accidentally stepped into the immortal cultivation world by various chances, and Yuan Ming belongs to the latter.
In this way, it is normal to think about it, most of the loose cultivators have poor qualifications, in the vast immortal cultivation world, like a rootless duckweed, helpless, generally if there is no special opportunity, can only linger in the Qi refining period, it is difficult to survive on their own, and they will naturally choose to huddle together for warmth.
"How many Scattered Alliances are there in Nanshi?" Yuan Ming thought for a moment and asked.
"There are quite a few, most of them are ordinary scattered alliances, composed of Qi refining period cultivators, there are only two or three scattered alliances with foundation building existence, if you are interested, you can go there and take a look." Gu Yue said.
"Let's talk about it." Yuan Ming was noncommittal.
His current mind is mainly on how to refine the herring fish sword into a magic weapon as soon as possible, and he can't take care of other things.
The two talked as they walked, and soon left the West Market.
A rather open circular plaza appeared in front of it, and the square was paved with large black stones, which was quite neat.
There are no shops in the square, there are small stalls everywhere, some use wooden planks to prop up a simple counter, more directly set up stalls on the ground, many monks walk around in the square to look for it, the crowd is loud, more lively than the big shops in the West Market.
"This is Black Rock Square, the most central area, and the city lord specially divided this place for the cultivators to set up stalls." Gu Yue said.
"The location here is so good, the Black Rock City Lord is willing to leave it for casual cultivation, it's a wonderful person." Yuan Ming glanced in the three directions of the southeast and north and said.
"The largest group in the Immortal Cultivation Realm is Loose Cultivation, and the City Lord should have seen this, and he has been treating Loose Cultivation well all these years, so that Black Rock City Fang City can flourish to this day." Gu Yue said with admiration.
Yuan Ming nodded, expressing his agreement with this view, did not stop here, and walked towards the East Market on the opposite side of the square.
Halfway through, he suddenly stopped and looked at a small booth nearby.
"What, Brother Yuan has found what he wants?" Gu Yue glanced at the stall with some strange eyes.
Yuan Ming didn't speak, and looked at a section of verdant trees on the stall.
This wood texture resembles a pine tree, exuding a faint fluctuation of spiritual power, and it is obviously a spiritual pine.
"Brother Yuan wants that piece of spirit wood? What is the highest price you can sell?" Gu Yue looked at Yuan Ming's line of sight and said softly.
"Five spirit stones." Yuan Ming hesitated for a moment and said.
"Okay, don't talk later, leave it to me." Gu Yue said.
Then he came to the little stall, which was owned by an old man with gray hair, with a red rosacea, and looked rather funny.
"Fellow Daoist, how do you sell this piece of wood?" Gu Yue pointed to the emerald green spirit wood and asked.
"Your Excellency, this thing was obtained by a friend of mine from a fierce beast's lair, it is a fine spirit pine, and thirty spirit stones will be sold to you." A hint of cunning flashed in the old man's eyes, obviously he had already paid attention
I realized what Yuan Ming and Gu Yue were muttering just now.
"Thirty spirit stones? Old man, why don't you rob it, isn't it just a piece of rotten wood, in my opinion, a spirit stone is not worth it." Gu Yue pretended to be taken aback, and exclaimed a little exaggeratedly.
"How can it be rotten wood, this is a genuine spirit wood, I found someone to inspect it, this wood is a grain pine spirit wood, and it is already very cheap to sell thirty spirit stones." The old man said urgently.
"Grain pine spirit wood? You and I don't know! The Pattern Pine Spirit Wood is a high-grade spiritual material, and a fist-sized piece can sell a hundred spirit stones, and you will set up a stall here to peddle it?" Gu Yue sneered and exposed the old man's lies.
"Even if this thing is not a grain pine spirit wood, it is also a good spirit wood, if you want to buy it sincerely, twenty spirit stones will be sold to you, and it cannot be missing." The stall owner blushed and said.
"That's right, I don't know where it came from, if you sell it sincerely, I can sell two spirit stones." Gu Yue pressed forward step by step.
"Two spirit stones? Impossible, at least ......-fifteen spirit stones." The old man's head shook like a rattle, and his confidence was a little lacking.
Next. Gu Yue and the old man stall owner argued with each other.
Gu Yue seemed to be very fond of bidding with people, the more she fought, the more courageous she became, the more she devalued the emerald green spirit wood, and the old man she killed was losing and retreating, and even began to wonder if her piece of spirit wood was really worthless, and finally succeeded in winning it at the price of three spirit stones.
The old man had long lost his previous momentum, hung his head, and handed over the spirit wood like a defeated rooster.
Yuan Ming took out three spirit stones and handed them over, took the emerald green spirit wood, and carefully collected them.
"Guyue Dao's friendly methods, admire." He didn't notice a little change in Gu Yue, and took out a spirit stone and handed it to the other party.
"Thank you! In the lower cultivation is shallow, and he has been in Black Rock City for many years, relying on his lips and being quite neat, if Brother Yuan has such an errand again, just leave it to me." Gu Yue happily accepted the spirit stone, patted her chest and said, quite a little bit of thinking about working hard in front of Yuan Ming.
Yuan Ming snorted, and his palm couldn't help but caress the storage bag on his waist, secretly happy in his heart.
In any case, it was definitely a good deal to spend four spirit stones to accept this piece of spirit wood, in the previous shop, such a grade of spirit wood would cost at least ten spirit stones or more, and there would be no bargaining.
"What kind of spirit wood is that piece of wood? If it's convenient to reveal, it will also give you insight into the rise and rise?" Gu Yue saw Yuan Ming's actions and asked curiously.
"I don't know anything about it, only that it's a piece of spirit pine." Yuan Ming said frankly.
Gu Yue thought that Yuan Ming didn't want to say, so she smiled, and didn't ask again.
Yuan Ming actually didn't hide it, he really didn't know what kind of spiritual material this emerald green spirit wood was, he could only see that it was a piece of spirit pine.
That's enough, what he wants to buy is Lingsong.
According to Wusang's unreliable analysis, one of the materials in the black incense is pine powder, and if it is replaced by a higher grade of pine powder, there may be unexpected effects.
As for which spirit pine has a better effect, Yuan Ming himself doesn't know, so he will try it first.
The two continued to move forward, and Yuan Ming's eyes swept to the surrounding stalls from time to time, but unfortunately he didn't find anything useful.
The two walked through the square and all the way to the East Market.
The layout of the East Market is basically the same as that of the West Market, but the shops here are all built by foreign forces, and the architectural style is very different from that of the West Market, which is refreshing.
According to the introduction of Guyue Road, many of the spiritual materials sold by the shops in the Eastern and Southern Regions were produced in the sea
This is because the two places are quite far away from the 100,000 Great Mountains, and there are no other decent spiritual vein peaks in the territory, and the land products are quite barren.
Fortunately, both of them are close to the sea, and there are countless spiritual materials and sea beasts in the sea, which are in no way inferior to the 100,000 mountains, providing a solid material foundation for the immortal cultivators in the two places.
"The world is so big that there are no wonders." Yuan Ming visited several shops in the Eastern Regions and the Southern Regions, and sighed.
The spiritual materials in the sea in the two places, sea beast materials and other things, opened his eyes, and a desire to swim in the world emerged in his heart.
Of course, this will have to wait until he has enough power to protect himself.
Gu Yue didn't stop, and continued to move forward with Yuan Ming.
"I look at the shops in the Eastern Regions, and there are a lot of medium-grade spiritual materials in the shops in the Southern Regions, but there are not one or two cold ice spiritual objects?" Yuan Ming asked.
"It's okay to look for them in these shops, but the resources in places like Southern Xinjiang are still far behind those of the Central Plains Great Jin, and the chances of finding cold ice spirit materials there are even greater." Gu Yue said.
"The rest of the itinerary is up to you." Yuan Ming didn't pretend to be smart.
"Thank you Brother Yuan for your trust, I will definitely not let you down." Gu Yue is colorful.
The two of them continued on their way and soon reached the other end of the East Market.
The atmosphere of southern Xinjiang here began to decrease, and more and more Central Plains-style shops appeared in his field of vision, including magic weapon shops, talisman shops, pill shops, etc., but all the things that immortal cultivators need can basically be found here.
Yuan Ming nodded secretly, the Great Jin Immortal Cultivation Realm is indeed not comparable to Southern Xinjiang.
Many people from the Central Plains are busy inside and outside these shops, and most of them are mortals without the slightest magic power, and they can still hear a few words of the Central Plains from time to time.
In addition to possessing the little emperor and Wang Shun before, Yuan Ming was the first time to see such a forgiving Central Plains person, and he was very cordial.
"Black Rock City's largest Dajin shop is right in front, dealing in a variety of businesses such as spiritual materials, pills, magic weapons, etc., let's go there first, if not, then go to other shops." Gu Yue pointed forward and said.
Yuan Ming naturally had no opinion, and was about to speed up his pace, when his eyes suddenly swept to a shop next to him and stopped.
It is a small shop, with only three rooms and a backyard, and judging from the plaque on the gate and the goods inside, it should be a ritual shop.
Yuan Ming noticed this, not because he wanted to buy magic weapons, but because of a rather large sign hanging at the entrance of this store, with a few big words written on it: Acquisition of refining runes.
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