(On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I wish everyone a Happy New Year with coffee. I also bowed my hands and asked for red envelopes from fellow Taoists, such as collections and recommendation tickets. The more the merrier, thank you very much!)
Yinfeng Canyon is only a few hundred miles away from Xuanji City. Su Che and Lei Xiao relied on the magic of lightening to reach the ground in only two hours.
On the plain, a huge canyon winds for more than two thousand miles from north to south. There are countless cave-dwelling monsters living in the canyon, such as dark wind rats, black gold pythons, red-tailed foxes, etc.
The two of them stood on a mound and looked far away. Lei Xiao pointed at a small town at the east end of the canyon and said, "That is the supply camp our Tianxuan Sect built here, but outsiders are not allowed to enter the canyon."
Hunting monsters and beasts, over time, it turns into a small cultivation market. If you are lucky, you can also find some good things."
Suche nodded. He was not interested in any other good things for the time being. He was just eager to get a monster beast and decipher the secret of the black tower in his mind as soon as possible.
"Then go over there." Su Che made a move to walk off the mound.
"No hurry, no rush!"
Lei Xiao chuckled, took out a wine gourd from Qiankun Bag, pulled out the stopper and said: "After walking for so long, let's take a break and try the fruit wine I brewed myself."
"Drinking at this time?" Suche was stunned for a moment, but took the gourd and took a sip.
It is indeed a good wine that leaves a fragrance on your lips and teeth, but right now, how can you think of tasting the wine?
Lei Xiao saw his anxious mood and whispered softly: "Those people doing business in the cultivation market are all like ghosts. If you are so anxious, if they see through your mind, it will definitely not be conducive to bargaining."
.Although we are not short of those few spiritual stones, if we are lavish and careless, we will easily be spotted."
"Okay." Suche nodded humbly.
In fact, Su Che knew these truths even if Lei Xiao didn't say them. However, Lei Xiao regarded Su Che as a junior disciple who had just stepped into the immortal path and had no experience, so he would give such careful instructions.
Su Che must appreciate his kindness. Speaking of it, he was really lucky. He met two good people just after joining Tianxuan Sect, one was him and the other was naturally Senior Brother Yuqing.
Of course, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the Tianxuan Sect, some are good and some are bad, and there must be many people with evil intentions like Jiang Chen and Fatty Song...
A quarter of an hour later, the two entered the supply camp, located on the widest street in the middle of the town, which was what Lei Xiao called the Cultivation Market.
On both sides of the street, there are a row of street stalls selling elixirs, talismans, low-level magic weapons, and everything else. Su Che found that most of the stalls along the street were outside casual cultivators, and there were almost no Tian who was wearing a white Taoist uniform.
Disciple of Xuanzong.
By coincidence, I heard Lei Xiao explain in a low voice: "I am sending disciples to maintain their identity, and would rather bring the materials that they cannot use back to the sect and exchange them for contribution points. If you set up a stall along the street with the casual cultivators here, you will be criticized by your fellow disciples.
Ridiculous."
"Understood."
Su Che nodded, but in his heart he was a little dissatisfied with the so-called arrogance of the disciples of the sect.
After walking around, Lei Xiao bought several pieces of metal minerals for refining weapons from two stalls. He also explained: "I don't have the ability to refine weapons yet. I just saw that the price of these pieces of metal was relatively suitable, so I bought them."
It is more cost-effective to turn over the sect and exchange it for contribution points. Haha, a little adds up to a lot..."
Suche patiently followed him all the way to the central area of the town, where he saw someone selling low-level monsters.
There are four three-foot-square iron cages placed under a big tree on the street. Each of them has a big mouse trapped in it. The stall owners are two young casual cultivators who look somewhat similar. They should be from the same mother.
Two brothers.
"Yinfeng Rat!" Lei Xiao whispered: "The most common low-level monster in Yinwind Canyon. These four Yinwind Rats are the lowest level of low-level monsters. I wonder if they can meet your requirements?"
"Okay." Su Che nodded and said, "Just one is enough."
"That's good." Lei smiled and said, "The price should be no more than fifteen spirit stones. If it's too expensive, don't buy it."
"Okay." Suche nodded in agreement.
When he came to the stall, Lei Xiao asked one of the casual cultivators: "Fellow Taoist, how do you sell these Yin Feng Rats?"
"Twenty spiritual stones." The casual cultivator who answered had a dark red birthmark on his right temple. He looked slightly older and should be the older brother of the two brothers.
"Too expensive!" Lei Xiao shook his head and said, "The lowest-level monster in Yinfeng Canyon is not worth the price. Two days ago, one of my senior brothers bought one for only ten spirit stones."
"Ten spiritual stones?" The casual cultivator shook his head repeatedly: "This price is impossible!"
"Such monsters can be found everywhere in the Dark Wind Canyon. If we hadn't been able to spare the time, we would have gone into the valley to capture it ourselves..."
Next, Lei Xiao used his best verbal skills and patiently bargained endlessly. Finally, he negotiated the deal for Suche at the price of twelve spiritual stones.
Su Che paid the spirit stone and picked an iron cage at random and carried it in his hand. The iron cage was not valuable and was purely a gift. The Yinwind Rat inside was motionless but his breathing was stable. He had obviously eaten something psychedelic.
Drugs, always in a comatose state.
After successfully buying the monster, Suche and Lei Xiao left the stall.
Ordinarily, this is just the most ordinary transaction and should not attract anyone's attention; Lei Xiao took the trouble to bargain and appeared to be a little fussy. There is no issue of showing off his wealth, and it should not arouse the jealousy of others... Nothing
Suddenly, the two brothers setting up the stall stared at the backs of Suche and Lei Xiao, their eyes clearly showing unkindness.
The casual cultivator with the birthmark winked, and the other person nodded slightly, wiped it quickly on his face, and instantly transformed into another face.
It turned out to be a very good disguise technique!
Afterwards, the disguised man left the stall and followed Su Che and Lei Xiao all the way...
Su Che and the other two did not know that they were being targeted, and after walking not far, Lei Xiao asked, "Junior Brother Su, you have bought the monster beast you need, what are your next plans?"
"Senior brother, what suggestions do you have?"
Lei Xiao said: "I accepted a sect mission a few days ago. I need to enter the Yinfeng Canyon to collect the roots of ten 'Escape Poison Ivy' plants. Originally, I planned to take you into the canyon and help you capture a monster beast. What happened?
Can you save more than a dozen spirit stones? However, seeing that you are quite anxious, there must be a reason, so..."
Su Che understood what he meant and immediately said: "That's it, I need the flesh and blood and soul of a demon beast to sacrifice a magical weapon. If the sacrifice is successful, the ability to protect myself will be greatly improved. When the time comes,
Go into the canyon with your senior brother to experience it, so that you won't become a burden to your senior brother... I estimate that it only takes half a day, and that's enough."
Lei Xiao nodded happily: "It happens to be getting late. Let's find an inn to rest for the night and then enter the canyon again tomorrow morning. What do you think?"
"Okay." Suche nodded in agreement.
Lei Xiao was not surprised by what Su Che said about the need for demonic beast flesh and blood and demon souls to be sacrificed to refine magic weapons. This kind of thing is extremely common in the world of cultivation. Many types of magic weapons require special sacrifices before they can be used to their fullest potential.
power.
However, neither of them noticed that there was an ordinary-looking follower not far behind them. He seemed to be casually browsing the goods on a certain stall. In fact, the big and striking ears were trembling slightly, which made Su Che and
Lei Xiao's conversation was clearly heard.
It wasn't that Su Che and Lei Xiao were low on vigilance. It was true that they didn't expect that they would be targeted even though they had already behaved very low-key. Moreover, the other party also had some kind of special eavesdropping ability, which allowed them to listen in noisy places.
Under such circumstances, I overheard other people's whispered conversations several feet away.
In a certain inn, Su Che was alone in a room, and Lei Xiao lived next door.
Only monks in the foundation-building stage can cultivate their spiritual consciousness and penetrate the walls to peek into other people's houses. This is basic common sense. Therefore, Su Che is not worried that his little secret will be discovered by Lei Xiao.
"For the time being, Senior Brother Lei is a good person, but he must be wary of others, especially when faced with the temptation of high-level magic weapons. No one in the world of cultivation can be trusted! Things that only you know are true secrets.