Chapter 25: First Meeting
What is recorded in this catalogue is a secret technique called the "Giant Spirit Palm". It looks a little old, even dilapidated. However, with Zhao Yingluo's insight and vision, just looking at the material of its cover, you can conclude that this secret technique is extraordinary.
In front of this stall, after seemingly casually flipping through a few secret art catalogs, he found that the stall owner here, a middle-aged man who looked quite capable, did a very good job of secrecy.
A number of catalogues here that record exercises, supernatural powers, and secret arts, all of which are blessed with a unique divine soul prohibition, before the ban is lifted, the purchaser can only refer to the first few pages of each exercise, and after paying for it, can only see the appearance of the whole text.
When Zhao Yingluo began to look through "The Giant Spirit Palm", the capable stall owner wasted no time in selling: "Little brother, you have a good eye, the few exercises and secret techniques you read just now are all high-quality products. Especially this one, you don't want to miss it, although it is incomplete, less than one out of ten, but with the contemptible eyesight can be seen, its origin must be extraordinary. ”
Zhao Yingluo finally purchased this secret art catalogue for the price of two medium-grade spirit stones. When the stall owner lifted the spiritual prohibition behind him, and he browsed the whole exercise with great interest, the stall owner groped for the two spirit stones in his palm, and said happily: "Childe, about the broken part, you may be able to go to the Wanbao Zhai shop on Caiyuan Street to try your luck." ”
After purchasing the remnants of the secret technique of "Giant Spirit Palm", Zhao Yingluo, who was in a good mood, was already standing on a long stone arch bridge at this moment. This bridge is a 36-hole long-span arch bridge, which has silently spanned the surface of East Lake for thousands of years, connecting East Lake City and Shiqiao Island, the nearest island in the lake.
When noon came, Zhao Yingluo was already sitting in a characteristic tavern on Shiqiao Island. Lunch is the busiest time of the day in the tavern, and the lobby on the first floor is almost full. He was idly looking at the scenery outside the window and waiting for the food to be served, when the shopkeeper here suddenly led two customers, a man and a woman, to his table. But seeing that his face was full of apologies, he said: "There are a lot of customers at noon, can you give in and sit at the same table for three people?"
As the sun set, back at the Zhuangyuan Pavilion Inn, Zhao Yingluo took a comfortable hot bath, changed into clean clothes, and lay down on the warm bed.
For today's trip to East Lake, he summed it up: I felt a lot of emotion and gained a lot. After coming out of the Shiqiao Island tavern with a full stomach, he walked back to the East Lake. Look at the octagonal pavilion, stone arch bridge, open garden, lakeside rocky reef, lakeside alley, lakeside dragon boat club...... Visitors are all couples, family members, or friends. He was the only one, and at that time he laughed at himself with emotion: "To be lonely is to swim in East Lake alone." ”
Quite a lot of gains: after a day of shopping in East Lake, except for a little loss, my overall mood is very good. At the same time, at the stall selling exercises, he used two medium-grade spirit stones to find the cherished fragment of the secret art "Wild Giant Spirit Palm". In his opinion, this exercise should be called "Sichen Giant Spirit Palm". At noon, when I was eating at the Shiqiao Island tavern, I also received an invitation from Li Qingmao and Yin Mingyue of the Yin Eye Sect to go to the back mountain of Shiqiao Island three days later to hunt the second-level late-stage demon beast - the thornback turtle.
As a demon beast in the late stage of the second level, the strength of the thornback turtle is equivalent to that of a monk who cultivates to the late stage of atomization. But as a low-level demon beast, it is almost none, and it only relies on its natural ability and rough skin when fighting. It is difficult to take advantage of the fact that the Terran monks of the same level are flexible and changeable in the same way in terms of supernatural powers, secret arts, talismans, magic weapons, formations, etc., or when they are involved.
The reason why Zhao Yingluo readily agreed to the invitation of Li Qingmao's brother and sister was mostly due to the above considerations. After all, he thought that his trio would not be in much danger when hunting the second-level late stage demon beast Thornback Turtle. Moreover, for so many years, he had been cultivating silently by himself, and he seriously lacked actual combat experience against the enemy. This is quite unfavorable for him to deal with the unexpected events that may endanger his life, as well as the test of the Heavenly Tribulation that he will face when he breaks through the Great Realm in the later stage.
Therefore, although Zhao Yingluo did not lack spirit stones, he did not want to rely on hunting demon beasts to obtain spirit materials in exchange for spirit stones. However, he gladly accepted the invitation, hoping to sharpen his mind in a similar battle with the demon beast, and at the same time accumulate some experience against the enemy.
Thinking of this, he slowly started the "Cold Flame Turning Earth Technique", and with the operation of the exercises, Zhao Yingluo felt that the mana in his body seemed to be a little more full than when he went out in the morning. In fact, with his current situation, he could go to the Fang Market or the auction house to buy a large amount of atomization stage pills to restore his cultivation. However, in order to lay a solid foundation since the beginning of the atomization period, and also to avoid spending a large amount of spirit stones to buy batches of pills in the identity of minor repairs during the atomization period, the matter of attracting the attention of people with intentions. Therefore, he chose this simple and slow method to restore his cultivation step by step.
After a night's sleep, Zhao Yingluo, who was in good spirits, had breakfast on the first floor of the Zhuangyuan Pavilion Inn, and then set off in the direction of Caiyuan Neighborhood Market in Donghu County. He was born in the Zhao family, and the Zhao family has governed the Beiyi Kingdom for tens of thousands of years, so he is still quite familiar with one of the important towns of the Beiyi Kingdom. It's just that when I was young, I came a few times with my old grandmother, Yuwen Yingyue. So this time walking on the land of Donghu County, listening to the familiar local sounds in his ears, his sense of belonging to this Donghu County seems to have become a little stronger.
Yesterday, the stall owner who sold exercises and secret techniques on the shore of the East Lake, and the Caiyuan neighborhood market mentioned in his mouth was not too far from the Zhuangyuan Pavilion. After about half an hour's walk, Zhao Yingluo had already arrived at the entrance of Fang City. Although this place is called Caiyuan Street, it is actually a huge courtyard, standing in this courtyard, Zhao Yingluo found that more than half of the shops have the banner of the four big characters of "Weidong Commercial Bank" in front of the door.
After careful comparison, Zhao Yingluo walked into a century-old shop called "Doom Auction House". There was no sign of a trading house hanging in front of the store, and the scale was relatively large, and more importantly, after his observation, most of the customers who walked out of this "Doom auction house" were ecstatic or smiling. This shows that most of the customers' goals for coming to the auction house have been achieved, which makes him full of confidence that this trip to the auction house can be successful.
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