ATPnovel Chapter 94: Dazeshan Market
Chapter 94: Dazeshan Market
A second-tier bloodline among spirit beasts is equivalent to a genius with a mid-grade spiritual root among cultivators!
This little snake doesn't need to be distracted by alchemy or talisman-making.
It cultivates diligently day and night, so it's normal that its cultivation speed is a bit faster than that of humans.
Of course, that first-tier spirit beast could not reach that speed.
Unless fed large amounts of elixirs.
Because first-tier spirit beasts do not inherit breathing techniques, their cultivation speed is naturally slow.
Li Yourong was unaware that the Xuan Yu Python had already reached the mid-stage perfection of the first rank, comparable to a cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining.
The cultivation level displayed at this moment was suppressed by a "Concealing Breath Talisman" that Yang Jiuli had inscribed for it.
Unless one is a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage, ordinary people would not be able to detect anything unusual.
As he spoke, Yang Jiuli had a thought, and the little snake crawled up and came to the white jade table in the pavilion.
The little guy wasn't shy at all and reached for Li Yourong's delicate hand.
Li Yourong was quite pleased to see this and reached out her hand.
The little guy nestled directly in Li Yourong's palm.
Even after three years, the little guy still looks like a snake.
It wasn't that it hadn't grown up; rather, it had awakened a bloodline ability that allowed it to transform into a small snake.
Of course, it's also possible that it feels more convenient to move around in its small snake form and that it's more suitable for being cute, so it doesn't want to grow bigger.
"What did you name it?" Li Yourong asked, gently stroking the white jade head of the Xuanyu Python.
"I'll name it Bingbing!" Yang Jiuli said.
"Bingbing? Hanyu Ruobing... that's a good name!" Li Yourong said thoughtfully.
She could feel the chill emanating from Bingbing.
Afterwards, the two chatted for a while, and Li Yourong gently stroked Bingbing's head before reluctantly leaving.
She had also obtained two second-tier beast eggs in the past.
Unfortunately, despite her careful incubation and various methods, she ultimately failed!
Seeing Yang Jiuli hatch such an adorable little guy, I feel both envious and envious.
I wish I could hold this little guy in my hands and play with him for a while longer.
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"Someone has already started attacking Li family cultivators outside; a storm is brewing!" Yang Jiuli muttered to himself as he saw Li Yourong off.
"It's time to acquire a top-tier magical artifact!"
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Three days later, Yang Jiuli sailed out of Yunmeng Lake aboard a mid-grade jade flying boat.
The moment he emerged from the lake, the bones in his face cracked, and his body suddenly rose half a foot in height.
He transformed into a young man with a chiseled face and sharp features.
He was extremely tall and slender, a stark contrast to his previous appearance.
This is a disguise technique that Yang Jiuli acquired in his previous life.
This disguise involves altering facial features through changes to the skeletal structure.
After flying out of Yunmeng Lake, he released his divine sense.
After sensing that no one was nearby, he used earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique that allows one to escape from a distance) and disappeared from the spot.
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As early as six years ago, Yang Jiuli predicted that Yunmeng Lake would be hit by another storm.
In order to cope with the unexpected events, he cultivated the "Heavenly Fiend Body Refining Technique" to the first level of perfection.
He was still lacking a suitable magical artifact, so he went out to buy a top-quality magical sword at the Dazeshan Market.
As for Yunhufang Street.
Even top-grade first-tier magical artifacts in the shops on the street require advance reservations to be collected.
Not to mention top-grade magical artifacts!
Osawayama-bo City is located in the north-central part of Osawa District.
Located north of Yunmeng Lake, it was built by the Qingyan Immortal Sect, and contains a second-tier formation and Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Within the market town, shops are opened by major cultivation families from Daze County and the Chu Kingdom.
The Azure Flame Immortal Sect will extract commissions from the business operations of various immortal cultivation families.
As a result, the Azure Flame Immortal Sect made a fortune.
Although the major families of Daze County were envious, they dared not open public markets to compete with the Qingyan Immortal Sect.
At most, they would be like the Li family, opening a market street within their own clan for trading only.
There was once a family that had achieved the Foundation Establishment stage and opened a market near their home.
As a result, the market was looted and ransacked in less than six months.
Even that Foundation Establishment family was attacked and wiped out overnight.
At this point, those powerful families abandoned their idea and obediently set up shops in the Immortal Gate Market.
Dazeshan Market is 1,600 li away from Yunmeng Lake.
Yang Jiuli rode on the Xuanyu Python and used the Earth Escape Technique to advance at great speed, arriving near Daze Mountain by the early morning of the following day.
underground.
The Xuan Yu Python transformed into a giant python three zhang long and as thick as a water bucket, its scales gleaming with a metallic sheen, and a chilling mist swirling around it.
We were almost at the vicinity of the Daze Mountains.
Yang Jiuli found a deserted area and escaped from underground.
The Xuanyu Python transformed into a small snake the size of a palm and disappeared into a spirit beast bag he had purchased.
Yang Jiuli summoned the Azure Jade Flying Boat, leaped inside, and flew towards the Great Marsh Mountain ahead.
The area near Dazeshan is a marshland and lake.
The towering Daze Mountain, thousands of feet high, stands prominently in the center of the swamp.
At the foot of the mountain stood a spacious city called Daze City, and its market was located within the city.
There were two Qi Refining Level 7 cultivators guarding the city gate, responsible for registering cultivators entering the city and issuing temporary identity badges.
Before setting off, Yang Jiuli inquired about a lot of information about Dazeshan Market from Li Sisi at Yunmeng Lake.
Fighting is forbidden in the city. Anyone who dares to break the city's rules will be killed.
Once you leave the city, there are no such restrictions.
Yang Jiuli urged the flying boat to slowly come to a stop at the city gate.
He packed up the flying boat and walked forward.
"A fifth-level Qi Refining cultivator, also coming to Oze Market?"
A seventh-level Qi Refining Guard, clad in crimson-gold armor and wielding a long spear, indifferently sized up Yang Jiuli and murmured under his breath.
"Immortal Master, I wish to enter the city!" Yang Jiuli stepped forward and said.
"One low-grade spirit stone must be handed over for each day you enter the city, and one more stone will be added for each day you stay longer," the guard at the seventh level of Qi Refining said coldly.
"I've been in the city for a day..." Yang Jiuli said.
As he spoke, he took out a low-grade spirit stone.
The cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining accepted the spirit stone.
Beside this cultivator, another cultivator with a horse-like face sat at the city gate, with a table set up for him.
"Name, background!"
This monk was responsible for registering information and issuing temporary identity badges.
"Li Chun...a rogue cultivator!" Yang Jiuli said.
"Li Chun, a rogue cultivator, has been in the city for one day!" The horse-faced cultivator took out a jade plaque and used his magic to inscribe the information.
"This is your nameplate!" The horse-faced monk then tossed the nameplate to Yang Jiuli.
Yang Jiuli accepted the plaque, bowed, and entered the city.
A short while later, a tall, middle-aged man with a fierce aura descended from a flying boat. He was at the ninth level of Qi Refining.
"Senior, how many days will you be staying in the city?" The guard, dressed in crimson-gold armor, immediately stepped forward and greeted him with utmost respect.
"One day!" said the cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining.
As he spoke, he tossed down a low-grade spirit stone.
The man had a scar on his forehead that resembled a centipede, and his eyes showed a hint of impatience as he looked towards the city.
"May I ask your name?" the guard at the seventh level of Qi Refining asked politely.
"Lin Zheng, a rogue cultivator!" the scarred cultivator said.
Beside him, the horse-faced cultivator immediately engraved his identity information and handed over a jade identity plaque.
The scarred monk took the plaque and hurriedly entered the city.
With his powerful divine sense, Yang Jiuli naturally took in the attitude of the guards before and after.
However, he was used to such things in his previous life and naturally wouldn't take them to heart.
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As Yang Jiuli entered the inner city, he saw wide and clean streets.
There weren't too many people inside, and occasionally you could see someone walking out of the shops on both sides.
This is the outer city, where most of the items sold are things needed by Qi Refining cultivators.
In addition, there are courtyards available for short-term rental.
As for the inner city, one needs to pay five low-grade spirit stones to enter.
Although there aren't many shops, they sell second-tier spirit talismans, second-tier pills, and second-tier puppets.
There are even villas with second-tier spiritual veins available for long-term rental.
As long as you can afford the price.
Yang Jiuli's purpose this time was to purchase a top-grade magic sword, and he had already made inquiries about it beforehand.
There is a shop called Qingqi Pavilion in Dazeshan Market, which is opened by the Qingyan Immortal Sect and sells top-quality magical artifacts.
However, Yang Jiuli did not immediately go to the Qingqi Pavilion.
His gaze swept across the shops on both sides.
"Hehe, fellow Daoist, you look unfamiliar. Is this your first time visiting Dazeshan Market?"
Just then, a shrill voice suddenly rang out.
Then a man wearing a blue robe, with an ugly face and a large black mole on the right side of his chin, approached with a smile.
The man had a long hair growing from a mole on the right side of his chin.
At this moment, the man stroked the long hair while looking at Yang Jiuli.
"Qi Refining Level 5... Unfamiliar face, looks like a rogue cultivator!" the long-haired cultivator muttered to himself.
"Hehe..." He chuckled to himself, thinking that a fat sheep had arrived.
Yang Jiuli didn't even glance at the long-haired cultivator with the mole, and walked straight towards the street ahead.
Upon seeing this, the long-haired monk immediately jogged over to meet him.
"Hehe, fellow Daoist, I am Xu Jiang, and I have been mingling in the market of Daze Mountain for ten years... I am very familiar with all the shops in this market. If you don't have an acquaintance to guide you, you will definitely suffer a great loss if you go to buy supplies rashly. I see that you have a kind face, so I will treat it as making friends. Tell me what you want to buy, and I will definitely find a shop for you and save you spirit stones."
As he approached, the long-haired cultivator Xu Jiang spoke repeatedly.
"No need! I'm just here to stroll around, I don't intend to buy any supplies!" Yang Jiuli said indifferently, not wanting to have too much interaction with this kind of person. Having had experience in several lifetimes, he naturally knew that there were brokers mingling in the market.
Some of them are there to attract business for shops and earn a commission.
There are also the "Dark Serpents" who roam the market.
They will keep an eye on every unfamiliar face that enters the market.
Especially those solitary cultivators living alone in cities.
Once they discover a fat sheep, they will seize the opportunity and bare their sharp fangs.
Therefore, it is called "Dark Serpent".
As for what kind of person this spear-wielding cultivator named Xu Jiang was, Yang Jiuli didn't care.
He went straight to a shop.
The shop is called Chen Ji Danpu.
It was a shop opened by the Chen family, the third immortal cultivation family under the rule of the Azure Flame Immortal Sect.
In the past, the Chen family's elixirs were highly sought after in the market.
Unfortunately, it has been surpassed by the Li family of Yunmeng Lake in the last decade.
When Yang Jiuli entered the alchemy shop, there were no customers inside.
Seeing Yang Jiuli enter Chen's alchemy shop, Liu Jiang had no choice but to leave.
Clearly, his claim of having connections with all the shops was a complete lie.
The Chen family was one of the seven Foundation Establishment families under the Qingyan Immortal Sect, so he dared not solicit customers here and had to leave temporarily.
"Oh, fellow Daoist, what kind of pills do you need? Our Chen Family Pill Shop has all kinds of first-grade pills!" The old manager, who was dozing off at the counter on the first floor, seemed to sense the unfamiliar presence and immediately looked up.
Upon seeing that guests had arrived, he immediately stood up and greeted them with a broad smile.
"Fellow Daoist, may I speak with you in private?" Yang Jiuli did not answer, but instead spoke seriously.
"Shall we talk in private?" Chen An sized up Yang Jiuli.