"In the spiritual world, a person's strength is small after all, and if you want to be free from the fetters of some small things, you can only go further by joining a group, relying on everyone's strength, and cooperating and helping each other. ”

"You also join the Fang Market, the refining materials you need, the materials that are missing in the Fang Market, I will buy them from the sect for you. And the materials purchased from the Fang Market, I can also ask the shop run by the sect to keep an eye on the materials you need, how about it?" Senior Brother Du looked at Xiao An with a smile on his face, as if he was sure that Xiao An would definitely not be able to refuse.

Xiao An glanced at Senior Brother Du with some surprise, "What do you need me to do?"

"At some point, it's enough to support my suggestion, and of course I'll explain it to you in advance. ”

Just as Xiao An was thinking about this, Ma Ruitao, the shopkeeper of the Treasure Pavilion, walked in angrily and didn't even knock on the door, "Du, shopkeeper, you gave the woman a piece of Vermilion Bloodstone that I just received in my store." Do you know how precious this is?"

The shopkeeper is an old man over half a hundred years old, and his actual age is sixty or seventy years old, and he usually focuses all his energy on the operation of the Treasure Pavilion. Everyone has been getting along for more than half a year, and the shopkeeper has been a good person to everyone, but I didn't expect to be so angry today.

The shopkeeper's words made Du Zhiyun a little embarrassed, "Shopkeeper Ma, please correct your position, I am the big shopkeeper in this city, and I have the right to dispose of the items purchased by your store!"

Du Zhiyun's words made the old man, who was already over half a hundred years old, angry, and left angrily with a flick of his sleeves.

Xiao An, who was on the side, heard that Du Zhiyun actually gave a piece of Vermilion Bird Blood Stone to the woman, and he also called Du Zhiyun a loser in his heart.

There are many theories about the origin of the Vermilion Bird Bloodstone, but one of the most recognized theories is that the stone was formed by the blood of the sacred bird Suzaku sprinkled on the stone.

It is rumored that in the catastrophe of destruction millions of years ago, countless Vermilion Bird Sacred Birds died in this catastrophe, and the blood it spilled became the precious and abnormal Vermilion Bird Bloodstone.

Although the Vermilion Bird clan is born to be a master of fire resistance, for some reason, this bloodstone does not contain the spiritual power of the fire attribute, but contains a powerful vitality, but this vitality cannot be combined with the elixir.

Later, a monk used it in a refining weapon, but accidentally refined a healing weapon that could save a seriously injured monk from a near-death state. Although this ritual weapon is disposable, it is still used by monks as a means of saving life at the bottom of the box.

Therefore, this kind of material has always been hard to find, and the shopkeeper originally planned to use this material to honor the pavilion master, but who expected that before he could put away the material, he was seen by Du Zhiyun.

Especially under a few whispers from the beautiful woman next to him, Du Zhiyun forcibly asked for the materials from Ma Ruitao, and gave them to the beauty next to him.

You must know that the purchase price of this thing alone has reached 1,200 spirit stones, and with the size of this thing, it should be able to refine three healing magic weapons, and each magic weapon cannot be taken down without two thousand spirit stones.

It was originally a treasure of gold, but it was used by Du Zhiyun to laugh at the beauty, no wonder the shopkeeper was so angry.

After the shopkeeper left, Du Zhiyun was embarrassed to continue the topic just now, so he asked Xiao An to reply the next day.

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"Okay, okay! It's great that Senior Brother Xiao is willing to stay in Fang City to help me!" Du Zhiyun was very happy when he heard that Xiao An had accepted his invitation.

Before the two could talk a few words, they heard a sudden rush of bells in Senior Brother Du's study, and Senior Brother Du said apologetically to Xiao An, and hurried to the study.

Xiao An knew that the teleportation table brought by Senior Brother Du was arranged in the study, and every time the bell rang, it meant that there was a transmission note.

Before he could take a few sips of tea, Xiao An saw Senior Brother Du walking out of the study with a sad face.

"I have an urgent matter to return to the sect, you can help me keep an eye on the affairs of Fang City first. After speaking, Du Zhiyun hurriedly left Fang City.

Not long after Du Zhiyun left, Xiao An sensed a slight fluctuation in the formation at the gate of the courtyard, which was a sign that a monk was staying outside the gate of the courtyard, and Xiao An hurriedly walked out.

When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Xiao An did not rashly open the ban, but first observed the situation of the people who came through the ban. Moreover, under the effect of the prohibition, people outside could not notice the situation in the hospital at all.

Outside the courtyard gate, several monks stood quietly, one of them facing the courtyard gate, while the other three monks were scattered around the three wide-backed demon cows.

Each wide-backed demon ox carried a lot of things, but they were covered with a cloth.

After seeing the face of the monk facing the courtyard gate clearly, Xiao An hurriedly opened the ban, and at the same time thought that this world was so small.

"Team Su, this time you are transporting supplies?" Xiao An greeted the monk facing the gate of the courtyard with enthusiasm, and the main person in charge of transporting the materials was Su Qinghai, the deputy team leader when escorting the monks of the Xu family.

Seeing Xiao An here, Su Qinghai was also surprised, after all, among the materials provided by the sect, there was no Xiao An among the several disciples in charge of Fang City.

After Xiao An confirmed Su Qinghai's documents according to the rules of the sect, he welcomed the entire team to the mansion.

Because all the income of the entire Fang City and the materials and income of several shops in the sect are placed here, and the materials are huge enough to make some scattered cultivators go and it is quite dangerous, so the formation is usually fully opened, and outsiders are strictly prohibited from entering.

At this time, the other monks in Fang City were busy with their own affairs, so they could only let Xiao An, an "outsider", accompany Su Qinghai and the others.

In the evening, when the monks of each shop returned to the courtyard, they were glad to see the pile of storage boxes in the courtyard. It has been more than three months since the opening of the Fang Market, and this is the first time that the sect has delivered supplies, and now many items in the store are out of stock.

"Senior Brother Su, the 'Golden Armor Talisman' and 'Fireball Talisman' in my store were sold out two days ago, please open the storage box for the talisman first. After Zhao Ruiliang, the shopkeeper of the Fu shop, finished speaking to Su Qinghai, he walked to the storage box, and it seemed that if he wanted to do it himself, he would take away the supplies of the Fu Zheng first.

Su Qinghai snorted coldly, and the two monks who were in charge of guarding the materials immediately stopped in front of Shopkeeper Zhao.

Su Qinghai glanced at Shopkeeper Zhao a little apologetically, and said, "The sect stipulates that no one can move the things here until Du Zhiyun confirms the supplies. ”

Su Qinghai and the others waited in the courtyard of the house all day, and it was not until the evening of the second day that Du Zhiyun returned to Fang City. When he came back this time, Du Zhiyun also brought a monk.

After returning, Du Zhiyun only said hello to Su Qinghai and the others, and asked Xiao An to gather all the monks.

Du Zhiyun was in a hurry, even if there were still customers in the store, he asked the shopkeeper to persuade him to leave, and all the monks in the sect hurriedly returned to the mansion.

After everyone arrived, Du Zhiyun brought amazing news to everyone:

"Master He was seriously injured, and in addition, six monks in the foundation building period of the sect died, and the sect is very likely to close the mountain, and now a list of remaining disciples is being drawn up. ”

According to the grapevine, except for a very small number of talented people, the other disciples are all apprentices. ”

"It is possible that the sect will give up some resources, and Qishifang City is among the resources that may be given up. ”

After hearing the news from Senior Brother Du, everyone was stunned, which meant that among the monks present, except for Du Zhiyun, everyone else might become a loose cultivator.

Then the monk next to Du Zhiyun gave a detailed introduction to the changes in the sect:

"It is said that the sect has been breaking the ban on a certain relic in recent years, and when the ban was about to be opened a few days ago, the Xuanjian Sect suddenly joined and injured Master He and Old Man Kou Minglie.

Then the Chu Sect Master of the Xuanjian Sect entered the ban alone, and as a result, two Heavenly Demons were released, and only He Zhangmen and one Foundation Refining Period monk of our sect escaped by luck, and the other six Foundation Building Period monks and more than a dozen Qi Refining Period monks all died in the hands of the Heavenly Demons.

And the Xuanjian Sect was not much better, and it also lost eight or nine foundation building period monks, and in the end, the Chu Sect Master of the Xuanjian Sect only returned to the sect with two or three Xuanjian Sect monks. ”

When they heard that Kou Minglie had also become a Jindan monk, everyone was very happy, one sect and two Jindan period monks, that could definitely be regarded as the most powerful sect among the five sects, and the prosperity of the sect was just around the corner.

Later, when they heard that Kou Minglie and the head of the sect had joined forces and were still defeated at the hands of the Chu Sect Master of the Xuanjian Sect, everyone was extremely disappointed.

In the end, when they heard that six Foundation Building Stage Cultivators and more than a dozen Qi Refining Stage Cultivators had all died at the hands of the Heavenly Demons, everyone had lost much sorrow.

Only Xiao An heard that the monks of the Hundred Array Pavilion had all died at the hands of the Heavenly Demons, so he thought of Lingyue, and there was a pain in his heart.

"You should have heard that nine out of ten casual cultivators can't even earn back the spiritual power they use for cultivation. Today's sect has changed greatly, you and I are about to be reduced to casual cultivation, if you want to ensure that the path of cultivation continues in the future, you can only work together to protect this city. ”

After listening to the affairs of the sect, everyone fell into a hesitation, and Du Zhiyun threw out his suggestions in time.

"My current cultivation is the peak of the eighth layer of qi refining, and the cultivation of this junior disciple next to me is the early stage of the eighth layer of qi refining, plus everyone present, he can completely defend this city. ”

Under Du Zhiyun's introduction, everyone knew that the monk beside him was named Chai Xingyan, who had been in the eighth layer of qi refining for a while, and was also a monk who was good at alchemy.

Usually this person is very close to Du Zhiyun, and the matter of the sect this time is the news that this monk sent to Du Zhiyun in time.

Among the monks present, there were nine monks on the seventh level of Qi refining, namely the three shopkeepers, Tian Yuankui and Xiao An who guarded the entrance of Fang City, and the other three monks Su Qinghai and the other three monks he brought.

And among these nine Qi Refining Seventh-Layer cultivators, only Su Qinghai is a peak cultivator, if these monks all stay, there is indeed no problem in guarding Fang City.

The guys in the shop and the other monk guarding the entrance of the Fang Market were all monks at the fourth or fifth level of Qi refining, and these people could only do miscellaneous work in the Fang Market.

"We have no problem dealing with the Scattered Cultivators and Immortal Cultivators with this little strength, but if the Wuji Sect Cultivator comes to attack, how can we deal with it?" Tian Yuankui, who was guarding the entrance of Fang City, asked in a deep voice.

Because the location of Qishifang City happens to be in the middle of the Cangyue Sect and the Wuji Faction, if the Cangyue Sect closes the mountain, the current income of Qishifang City is completely worthy of the Wuji Faction.

"This won't happen, the Xuanjian Sect has already sent out a message to the outside world, and the sphere of influence of the five factions will not move, otherwise the Xuanjian Sect will take action. Therefore, we are only facing the scattered cultivation and immortal cultivation families. ”

Du Zhiyun was extremely sure of what he said, which made everyone's hearts feel a lot more at ease.

"Are you talking about everyone, including how many of us?" asked a monk in charge of escorting the goods after receiving Su Qinghai's signal.

"Including, I welcome you with both hands. Senior Brother Du smiled kindly at Su Qinghai.

Even Chai Jinyan, who was beside Du Zhiyun, deliberately glanced at Su Qinghai, and Su Qinghai also responded to Du Zhiyun and Chai Jinyan with a smile.

It's just that everyone didn't notice that Su Qinghai had a look of resentment in his eyes after greeting Chai Jinyan and bowing his head.

"Senior Brother Du, you are a disciple of the apprentice, don't you have to go back to the sect?" Lu Maolin, the shopkeeper of the Lingdan Hall, asked suspiciously.

"My master has passed away, that is, he died at the hands of the Heavenly Demon. Hearing Du Zhiyun say the news in a painful tone, everyone fell silent.