Beiyin Great Sage

The top of the Black Mountain.

The thick black wind roared out from the depths of the ground and rushed into the sky thousands of feet high. It lasted for a long time, and the deafening roar kept echoing.

More than ten people stood on the rocks and looked at one of the figures.

Zhao Kui!

One of the seventeen inner disciples, a supporter of Immortal Master Zizhen, and a person in the late stage of Qi refining.

Unlike the slender and slender Yushu, Zhao Kui is tall and strong, with his feet on the ground like a standing mountain.

The inheritance of divine elephants!

It is said to be the strongest among the Five Poisons and Eight Evils.

His physical strength is stronger than that of bears and tigers, his body is pure and fearless of the five poisons, he has eyes that can detect treachery, and he has powerful magic power as thick as a mountain.

What's more important is that Zhao Kuinian is only in his early forties, and his cultivation is in the late stage of Qi refining, which means that he is expected to hit the Dao foundation.

"Is everyone here?"

Scanning the audience, Zhao Kui spoke in a muffled voice.

His voice was just like his own person, steady and powerful. Even if there was a deafening black wind beside him, it still reached his ears clearly.

"It's all ready." Yushu said with a serious look on his face:

"Senior Brother Zhao, let's go."

"good."

Zhao Kui nodded and waved his hand, and a palm-sized wooden boat appeared out of thin air, hanging in the air.

The surface of the wooden boat was glowing with a hazy clear light. As Zhao Kui made a gesture, it swelled in the wind and became more than ten feet tall in the blink of an eye.

Long banner hunting.

It is more than enough to seat a dozen people.

Magic weapon!

A magic weapon that can be changed in size at will and can carry people on a flight.

This was the first time Zhou Yi had seen something like this. He couldn't help but look at it carefully and felt eager in his heart. He decided to buy one someday.

Monks in the Qi refining stage cannot fly, and can only travel in the void with the help of special magic weapons. This can satisfy many monks' dreams of flying into the sky.

"Get aboard."

Zhao Kui waved his sleeves lightly and landed steadily on the flying boat.

Yushu jumped lightly and jumped behind him.

Others used their skills to jump onto the flying boat one after another. For a moment, toads, poisonous snakes, tigers, and giant apes all came into battle, showing great ferocious power.

"Walk!"

When everyone got on the boat, Zhao Kui waved his hand, and the flying boat shuddered suddenly, then cut through the void and flew into the distance.

Watch it from a distance.

A stream of light penetrated the thick black clouds in the sky, flew out on the other side of the clouds, brought out curls of black smoke, and finally disappeared into the horizon.

…………

Xiaoheishanfang City was established a year ago to facilitate the trade of foreign monks. It was originally a barbarian town.

nowadays,

All the Taoist priests have gone, but the market has not been cancelled. There are still monks coming from the north and south gathering here to trade the necessary supplies.

"What Senior Sister Zizhen means is that Batu Cave has little contact with outside monks, so it would be nice to have such a market near Batu Mountain."

Yushu spoke:

"However, this city must be in our own hands!"

"yes."

Zhao Kui nodded, his eyes flashing:

"I have investigated the market turnover, and it turns out that there are at least thousands of spirit stones every day. As long as I can intercept a small part, it will be a lot of income."

"There are also various spiritual objects and elixirs, which are all things that Batu Caves don't have."

"It's a pity that the people in Fangshi are unwilling."

The market was set up by outsiders. Currently, there are three families maintaining order, and behind each family there is a Daoji monk background.

"Not willing?" Yushu's beautiful eyes were fierce:

"This is our Black Wind Mountain territory. There are no people from us in Fangshi. No matter how you say it, it doesn't make sense, right?"

"Hey!" Zhao Kui sighed:

"If the three true disciples join forces, it would be easy to occupy this place, but..."

It is obviously their own territory, but it is managed by others. It would make them laugh out loud if they told it, but it is a pity that they are powerless to take action.

Not to mention joining forces, the other two true disciples were afraid that Zizhen and his men would be killed in the market so that they could take advantage.

"I don't know what Master is thinking."

The jade writing is full of anger:

"If you want to establish a successor, you should decide on it early, but he didn't and let the three true successors fight openly and secretly, wasting their strength in vain."

"Junior sister, be careful what you say." Zhao Kui's face darkened:

"Master has his own arrangements, you don't understand."

"But we must start with Fangshi. This is very important to senior sister. What we lack now is an opportunity to attack the three families."

"Simple." Yushu said:

"People often go missing in Fong City. We found an excuse and said that the Qi Master of Batu Caves was killed nearby. We went directly to the door to ask for an explanation."

"If you don't give it, I'll make a scene!"

"Well..." Zhao Kui touched his chin:

"It's okay, but it's just empty talk. I'm afraid they won't admit it. It's best to catch the murder and looting scene so that they have no excuse."

"There is no need to be killed, as long as there is evidence. We are not seeking to monopolize the market, but first occupy a management position."

"In this way..." Yushu thought for a while, with a strange smile on his face:

"I happen to have such a person under me. He is very timid. It is his first time to trade in the market. I can let him try it out."

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Is this the market where practitioners gather?

Zhou Yi was wearing a black robe, covering his face, standing on a busy street, looking around with a slightly dazed look in his eyes.

If it weren't for the powerful aura he sensed, he might have thought he was in a mortal market.

"Magical weapons! The wholesale of magical weapons has been greatly improved. A good magical weapon can kill enemies at different levels and increase your strength several times."

"A low-grade magic weapon only requires ten spirit stones. Don't miss it when you pass by!"

At a stall, the stall owner was shouting with his own strength. There were seven different magic weapons on his stall, most of which were made of hundred-year-old bamboo.

The magic weapon can indeed greatly increase the strength, but the magic weapon of the stall owner is really mediocre.

I am afraid that a spiritual bamboo can be directly cut into seven sections, each section can be carved into an object, and after a little refining, it can be sold as a magic weapon.

"Spiritual talismans! Amulets, powerful talismans, and magical talismans, all with one spirit stone and three; high-grade thunder talisman, two spirit stones per one."

"Big sale on elixirs..."

"Eating essence, flesh and blood, condensing Yin Qi, and all kinds of spiritual things..."

Shouting, shouting, and bargaining came and went, making it overwhelming.

Zhou Yi used his Qi-gazing technique, and many spiritual lights poured into his eyes. The spiritual lights were chaotic and colorful, making people dizzy.

After going around in a circle, he finally got some understanding of Fangshi.

Most of the people setting up stalls outside were casual cultivators, and some were not even Qi Practitioners, but Tianman, or even Tianman.

Most of the shops that have shops are run by 'disciples of the sect', and two of them are exclusive to Batu Caves, selling red gold sand and various venoms.

The items at the stalls are usually 20 to 30% cheaper than those in stores, but since they are casual cultivators, there is no guarantee.

If you buy a fake product and get deceived, don’t think about follow-up maintenance.

Things in the store are a bit expensive.

However, generally speaking, the quality is better, and it is endorsed by the ‘sect’ force, so it will not ruin its reputation for petty gains.

There are even some stores that will take care of the follow-up maintenance of the magic weapon after buying it. Even if you don't want it in the future, you can recycle it at a certain discount.

"So……"

In front of a stall, Zhou Yi stood slowly:

"Ask about the prices of various things in the spiritual world."

After calming down, he squatted down, picked up a dark orb, and asked:

"Boss, how do you sell these Yin Qi beads?"

"Taoyou has good eyesight. He got the only high-grade among these Yin Qi beads as soon as he made a move. I'm afraid the method he practiced is related to it." The stall owner was old and gently stroked his beard and said:

"These Yin Qi beads are made by the old man who spent his efforts to condense the Yin Qi in the ground. Ten of them are low-grade spiritual stones, which can help the cultivation of Yin attributes."

"Ten pills?" Zhou Yi shook his head gently:

"It's too expensive. How about twenty spiritual stones for one?"

"Fellow Taoist, please don't joke." The stall owner was speechless:

"I don't think you can bargain like this. The maximum number is eleven spiritual stones. If you think it's expensive, you can look elsewhere."

Zhou Yi chuckled lightly, put down the Yin Qi Pearl and stood up.

The Yuan-Suppressing Demonic Ape Transformation he cultivated can indeed be accelerated with the help of Yin Qi beads, but there is no rush to start now, let's find out the market situation first.

"Your Majesty, you want to sell Red Gold Sands?"

Inside the store, the shopkeeper’s eyes moved slightly:

"The Black Wind Cave sells a pound and a half of spiritual stones refined from red gold sand, but if the customer wants to sell them, I can only give you one."

"Huh?" Zhou Yi frowned:

"so little?"

"No way." The shopkeeper spread his hands and said:

"The Batu Caves are strictly controlled. Once someone is found to be selling or buying red sand without permission, they will be severely punished. Small shops cannot afford to offend them."

"Really?" Zhou Yi thought thoughtfully, then clasped his fists and raised his hands:

"Farewell!"

"Hey! Hey..." The shopkeeper's expression changed:

"Sir, don't leave in a hurry. The price can be negotiated. If you don't get one, how about I add another point?"

Zhou Yi turned a deaf ear and blended into the crowd in the blink of an eye.

drug store.

"Death Mushroom."

The pharmacist put down the magic weapon similar to a magnifying glass in his hand, caressed the dead mushroom in front of him, his eyes flickered:

"For such a piece of dead spirit mushroom, I can give you the price of three spiritual stones. Of course, fellow Taoist can also exchange it for the elixirs in the shop."

"If you change the elixir, you can get a 10% discount!"

"Mr. Qin." Zhou Yi cupped his hands and asked:

"What kind of pills can be taken during the middle stage of Qi refining?"

"Middle stage of Qi refining." Mr. Qin's face turned slightly serious when he heard this. He actually didn't realize that the man in front of him actually had the cultivation level of the middle stage of Qi refining.

Looking at the entire spiritual world, Taoist masters are not mentioned.

Those who are in the late stage of Qi refining or even those who have reached perfection can be regarded as great monks. They are unique and require a complete set of talents, inheritance, and luck to achieve success.

In the early stage of Qi refining, it is located on the bottom floor.

mid-term,

No matter where they are, they are the backbone of the force, and the peak of casual cultivators is only in the middle stage of Qi refining, and there are very few casual cultivators who can reach the later stage.

certainly.

They are both in the middle stage of Qi refining, and their strength can also be divided into high and low, strong and weak, but who knows that the person in front of him is not a strong one?

"In the middle stage of Qi refining, some low-level elixirs are not suitable."

Mr. Qin spoke:

"The most common ones are Huanglong Pill, Wuyun Pill, Juling Pill, and Wuchen Pill. In addition, each family has special pills, but not many are circulating in the market."

"Just like the Five Poison Pills and Eight Evil Pills in Batu Cave, in fact, most of the pills from each sect are coordinated with the corresponding exercises, and it is useless to give them to others."

"What kind of pills do Mr. Qin have here?" Zhou Yi asked immediately.

"Lao Xuan's shop has Huanglong Pill and Spirit-Gathering Pill. Among them, Huanglong Pill has five spiritual stones for one pill, and Spirit-Gathering Pill has two spiritual stones for one pill." Mr. Qin stretched out two fingers and said:

"Fellow Taoist, don't think it's expensive. The Spirit-Gathering Pill requires more than ten kinds of elixirs to refine, and whether it's successful or not depends on the alchemist's ability. If it fails, all the elixirs will be useless."

"The cost is quite high!"

"Well..." Zhou Yi said in deep thought:

"I want to take these two elixirs back and try them first."

"That's fine." Mr. Qin nodded:

"Don't worry, fellow Taoist, I will definitely make your wish come true."

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The southeastern corner of Xiaoheishanfang City is the territory of many Batu Caves Qigong practitioners.

Although barbarians are ugly, they are still human beings.

Moreover, after becoming a Qi Refiner, there are many ways to improve your appearance, so there are also many handsome men and beautiful women among the Qi Refiners in Shiwanda Mountain.

Even because of the environment, he has a fierce and wild nature that is not found in outsiders in the mountains.

And Batu Caves...

Except for a few inner disciples, most of them have strange shapes. They are more like monsters than humans. When they appear, it is like a group of beasts coming out of the cage.

Scorpion, spider, eradication, black bear, vicious ape...

The smell is weird and unpleasant.

night.

Zhou Yi sat cross-legged in the exclusive room for Batu Cave disciples, took out several pills from his body and placed them one by one in front of him.

After the four kinds of elixirs mentioned by Mr. Qin, he also bought two others, namely the Soul-fixing Pill, which can boost the power of the soul, and the Chalcedony Pill, which can help with physical cultivation.

Pick up one of them, look up to the sky and swallow it.

As the Immortality Skill operates, the power of the elixir is refined at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning it into pure mana that circulates orderly in the body.

A few hours later.

Zhou Yi stopped and made a silent calculation in his mind, then picked up another pill and swallowed it again.

Three days later.

"The Huanglong Pill and the Wuyun Pill are about the same effect. They are weaker than the pills I refined with the Dead Soul Mushroom. The Spirit Gathering Pill and Wuchen Pill are stronger."

"Among them, Wuchen Dan is the best, and it has the special effect of purifying the soul, but it is too expensive and not cost-effective."

Zhou Yi thought silently:

"The most cost-effective one is Huanglong Pill, but Huanglong Pill doesn't provide much medicinal power, and the progress is not as fast as taking the Spirit-Gathering Pill."

"Um……"

"A little amount of Juling Pill combined with a part of Huanglong Pill can be taken in rotation to maintain the progress while being cost-effective."

"The Soul-fixing Pill is very helpful in practicing the Xuanxin Mirror. You can buy a few bottles to assist in the practice; the Chalcedony Pill can assist in the transformation of the Abyss-Suppressing Demonic Ape."

He touched his pocket again.

In the past few days, in addition to taking pills, he also quietly took away the red gold sand and some dead mushrooms in his hand, holding nearly a hundred spiritual stones.

For an ordinary Qi practitioner, this is a huge sum of money, enough to buy a high-quality mid-grade magic weapon.

Many monks in the middle stage of Qi refining, at least among casual cultivators, can only count on one hand to have such a large fortune.

But if all of it is used to buy elixirs, it will only last less than half a year. Thinking about the past consumption, Zhou Yi can't help but feel ashamed.

Such a waste, I'm afraid it would be nothing more than this.

"Senior Brother Zhou, Senior Sister Yushu is looking for you."

"oh!"

Zhou Yi raised his head, coming right now.

in the room.

Yushu asked slowly:

"When do you plan to go back?"

"When will Senior Sister return?" Zhou Yi asked.

"I won't go back." Yushu rolled his eyes, having already guessed the other party's plan, and said:

"If you plan to go back with me, don't wait any longer."

"ah!"

Zhou Yi's complexion changed slightly.

"It's only a few hundred miles, even if there are a few mountains blocking it, if you run with all your strength as a Qi practitioner, you can go back in less than a day." Yushu curled his lips:

"What are you afraid of?"

"I'm not afraid." Zhou Yi sighed:

"It's just that I don't know the path, so it will inevitably cause some trouble."

"It's up to you." Yushu waved his hand:

"You can help me bring these things to the store later and take them with you when you return to Batu Caves. These things are very important and must not be mistaken."

"Yes." Zhou Yi responded.

"I'm not leaving." Yushu said:

"When do you plan to leave?"

"Hmm..." Zhou Yi thought for a while and said:

"The day after tomorrow."

"Okay." Yushu nodded:

"The day after tomorrow, bring your things up. Don't worry, this is our Batu Caves territory, there won't be any danger."

That night.

Yushu was about to take a rest when Zhao Kui suddenly came over.

"Zhou Yi is gone!"

"What?"

"Zhou Yi left at night."

"ah!"

Yushu slapped his thigh fiercely:

"This guy, did you bring anything with you?"

"Bring it with you." Zhao Kui smiled bitterly:

"You're right. He is indeed cowardly enough to run away at the slightest sign of trouble. He is worthy of being an outsider."

"What should we do now?" Yushu gritted his silver teeth and said fiercely:

"Did those people follow?"

"Most likely not." Zhao Kui sighed:

"Even we have been shaken. The news will be released the day after tomorrow. Those people may have just made preparations and have already escaped."