Chapter 75 Lingquan Ghost City, Du Family Brothers!
Night. Lingquan Ghost Market.
In a dilapidated and desolate small street, there were fires and some practitioners sitting on the ground.
In front of them, there were various items.
There was no noise or shouting. Both buyers and sellers were very quiet. They squatted down to ask and bargain about whatever they liked.
Xia Yu noticed that the buyers and sellers here were all wearing robes, with black gauze covering their faces, and they even spoke in deliberately lowered voices. He could not tell the men, women, old or young, nor could he see each other's faces, let alone each person's cultivation level.
Under the light of the fire, these figures with their heads hidden and their faces covered were walking around. From a distance, they thought they were ghosts walking at night.
Xia Yu sighed, "No wonder it's called a ghost market."
This was not the first time that City Master Liu came here. He explained, "Although Senior Du and his brothers are in charge of the ghost market, Senior Du will not care about it after leaving the ghost market. Therefore, no one is willing to expose their cultivation to prevent people with ulterior motives."
Xia Yu nodded.
This world is originally a place where the jungle prevails and there is no law.
Those who come to trade, if their cultivation level is not high, and if they reveal that they have huge sums of money, they may be targeted by hungry wolves, and they will have to face a large number of casual cultivators on their way back.
"This is the path of spiritual practice. You intrigue each other, kill people and seize treasures, and do whatever it takes to improve yourself!" Xia Yu said with deep feeling.
Fortunately, he came with City Lord Liu this time, and with the support of Old Man Du, no one should dare to attack him.
More importantly, Xia Yu has enough confidence.
"Senior Du, this is my friend Xia Yu." City Lord Liu brought Xia Yu to an old man.
The old man sat cross-legged by the well in the middle of the small street, with a pile of spiritual stones piled up in front of him. People in black kept coming over and placing pieces of spiritual stones in front of the old man.
These are all commissions from the traders. The Du brothers control this ghost market and earn a lot of money.
Although they are said to be brothers of the Du family, there is only one of them today. He naturally exudes a powerful aura from his whole body, and even those with low cultivation levels do not dare to breathe loudly when they walk in front of him.
"I've met Senior Du." Xia Yu also quickly saluted.
"Huh?" The old man opened his eyes, looked sharply at Xia Yu, and blurted out, "You have demonic energy."
Xia Yu was shocked, this senior Du definitely had some skills.
The previous Grand Master Qin of the Great Zhou Dynasty was also in the Changhe realm, and no demonic energy was found in him.
However, he reacted quickly and said quickly, "Senior Du, I and City Master Liu worked together last night to repel the ghosts released by the demonic monks, so it is inevitable that they will be contaminated by some demonic energy."
Although he explained, the old man was not that easy to fool. He stared at Xia Yu's eyes, as if he could see through Xia Yu.
Just when Xia Yu was shocked and wanted to fall out, he heard the old man say, "Why did you come to the ghost market?"
City Lord Liu quickly said, "Senior, this friend of mine wants to buy some elixirs to treat damaged meridians."
"The meridians are damaged?" Mr. Du shook his head and said, "It's not easy to treat. The necessary elixir is not available here."
Xia Yu quickly took out a piece of paper and said with a smile, "Senior, I need these herbs. I want to go back and refine the healing elixir myself."
Old Man Du took a look and then said, "I can help you find four of them. But the most difficult one to find is probably the thousand-year-level Silver Leaf Fruit."
Xia Yu frowned. The most important thing in this elixir recipe is the silver leaf fruit. This is the main ingredient. Without this thing, it would be impossible to successfully refine it.
But Old Man Du said again, "But since I am Xiaoliu's friend, I can help you buy it all year round. I will notify you when I receive it."
Xia Yu quickly thanked him. If he said it this way, he would have a greater chance of succeeding in the acquisition.
"Follow him for these four kinds." Old Man Du returned the note to Xia Yu.
Before he finished speaking, a man in black came over and made a gesture of invitation to Xia Yu. Then Xia Yu followed the man in black into the ghost market.
City Master Liu didn't have anything he wanted to buy, so he sat cross-legged by the Lingquan Well, bragging and spanking with Old Man Du.
The man in black was very familiar with the market and quickly led Xia Yu to several stalls selling elixirs.
These herbs are all valuable, each worth hundreds or even thousands of spiritual stones.
Although he had the support of the Du brothers, Xia Yu did not want to reveal his wealth easily. Instead of paying with a large amount of spiritual stones, he took out some captured spiritual weapons, talismans, heavenly materials and earthly treasures in exchange for things.
The corpse of the gold-eating beast he killed deep in the Hongyashan mine was also traded by him.
An hour later, all four elixirs were obtained.
He also sold a batch of unused spiritual weapons and materials, but the real spiritual stones didn't cost much.
In fact, this kind of exchange between practitioners, everyone prefers to exchange things for things!
You must know that each practitioner practices different techniques and wants different treasures. Many treasures are priceless and cannot be bought even if you have money.
So other practitioners are also willing to collect treasures.
As Xia Yu was walking in the ghost market following the man in black, he felt different wills coming from the metal bottle in his storage bag.
When in front of certain precious treasures, the bottle will feel a strong sense of hunger; if it is not precious enough, this sense of hunger will be much smaller.
If it is some ordinary items, the bottle will be very quiet.
Xia Yu was secretly happy. With the help of the bottle's induction, he could use it to pick up leaks!
In other words, you can buy some extremely precious treasures at extremely low prices!
Things like picking up leaks are widely spread among practitioners. If you pick up something at a low price, not only will you not be looked down upon by others, but you will be envied by others for your luck and eyesight.
Of course, Xia Yu was exposing his face today, and he didn't want to draw anyone's attention today.
More importantly, he did not want to attract the attention of the Du brothers.
So he suppressed his thought of picking up leaks, bought four kinds of herbs, and returned with the man in black, waiting for the next opportunity to come by himself and hide his face.
Then you can make a lot of money.
Xia Yu thought and returned to the Lingquan Well.
"Thank you, Senior Du. I have bought all four kinds of herbs." Xia Yu cupped his fists and said.
Old Man Du looked at Xia Yu and asked in a deep voice, "Alchemy is extraordinary. Without the deep foundation of a family or sect, it is simply too difficult to train an alchemist! Xiaoyou Xia, are you sure you can do it?
Refining elixirs?"
Xia Yu smiled and said, "Senior Du, I have never made alchemy before, but I was lucky enough to be favored by a senior who showed me his experience on alchemy, so I wanted to give it a try myself."
"I see."
Old Man Du nodded and said, "The art of alchemy is basically based on experience. I looked at your medicine list. They are all precious elixirs. It is too wasteful to use them for testing. I have some materials for low-grade Huanglong Dan. You can
Pick up the practice hand and give it to you for free."
After speaking, he waved his hand in front of his face.
He was using a storage ring, and wherever his sleeves passed, all the spirit stones in front of him were swept away, but what appeared in place were piles of sorted low-grade herbal medicines.
Even though they are low-grade herbal medicines, they still cost money to buy.
Xia Yu hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Senior Du, for giving me the medicine, but I can't take it in vain. There are many spiritual stones here, but I still have to buy them at market price."
"It's a gift from the elders, and you can't refuse it!" Old Man Du snorted coldly.
"But……"
Xia Yu also felt quite depressed. It was his first time here and he didn't have any friendship with the old man.
If helping to buy the elixir is for City Lord Liu's sake, then what is the purpose of giving away the herbal medicine for free?
Xia Yu didn't dare to take something unclear.
"You young man is not happy." Old Man Du sighed and then said, "If you are really good at alchemy, I'm afraid I will have to ask for something from you!"
Xia Yu suddenly realized that he was afraid that the old man wanted to refine some kind of elixir, but he didn't have the technology, so he spent a little money in the hope that Xia Yu could give him a surprise.
In this case, Xia Yu no longer refused, accepted a lot of low-grade herbs, and said with a smile, "Senior Du, I don't even have a medicine cauldron and a pill furnace."
After hearing this, Old Man Du almost spit out a mouthful of blood and seriously doubted whether his investment had failed.
But in this case, he still said, "Du Gang, go to the market and buy a better medicine cauldron."