Chapter 54: The Market of Yue

Master Jin Guang's aptitude is too low, and he probably has never learned the art of formation. He replied awkwardly,
"Master Tie, this really stumps me. My abilities are limited, and I have never been familiar with these formations, haha..."

Mo Juren did not blame him. After thinking about it, he began to understand a little.

After all, Master Jin Guang was born into a famous immortal cultivation family. There were many people in the family, and under the arrangement of the upper level, everyone showed their abilities. It can be said that there were people who practiced various ways.

Former direct disciples like Master Jin Guang only need to concentrate on practicing the main skills, and the other things such as making talismans, refining weapons, refining pills, and setting up formations will naturally be arranged and provided by the family.

Even if you are not good at something, you can still get what you need through exchanges with other forces at the family level.

Compared with the independent practitioners who have to do everything by themselves, the training environment can be said to be incomparable.

The owner of the Maoxiang Valley is probably a very talented person. He can open a market to exchange what he has with the surrounding cultivators and secretly form a dependent force. At the same time, he can obtain spiritual stones and use the spirit gathering formation to create an environment for his disciples to practice.

This Maoxiang Valley is just like a small sect. This form is very suitable for Mo Juren to use as a reference in the future.

Moreover, if you run a market yourself, it would be easy for you to exchange some spiritual herbs for spiritual stones. You don't have to worry about exposing your money and attracting the covetousness of those who are interested.

However, this spirit gathering formation is not easy to obtain. I can only pay more attention to it in the future to see if there is a chance to obtain it.

While Mo Juren was thinking secretly, Master Jin Guang had already changed the topic.

"Mr. Tie, are we really not going to wait any longer? In five days the Maoxiang Valley's triennial trade fair will be held."

Mo Juren patted the storage bag hanging on his waist and said,

"The owner of this place, Master Hei Jue, has not shown up yet, and his cultivation is unknown; and Madam Xiang is also a woman who can handle things on her own, and has extraordinary means. This Maoxiang Valley is a place where many hidden dragons and crouching tigers are hidden, but we have offended them a lot because of this storage bag. It is better to leave as soon as possible and find an opportunity to participate in these trade fairs in the future."

Mo Juren decided not to wade into this muddy water and turned to ask Jin Guangdao,
"By the way, besides this Thatch Fragrance Valley, do you know where else there are similar markets where independent cultivators would go?"

Master Jin Guang pondered and said,
"As far as I know, in the entire Yue Kingdom's cultivation world, there is one in Zijin Mountain in Yuejing, Zhongzhou, one at the foot of Lingshou Mountain in Qingzhou, and one in Tainan Valley in Lanzhou. These are all relatively famous independent cultivation markets, open all year round. Others, such as the irregular trade fairs held in Maoxiang Valley, are difficult for outsiders to learn about unless they are in the circle."

Lanzhou Tainan Valley? I didn't expect that there was a place where immortal cultivators gathered in Lanzhou. Mo Juren himself had been in Lanzhou for 30 years, but he had never heard that this place was the territory of immortal cultivators.

However, Mo Juren did not want to reveal that he was from Lanzhou, so he asked,
"Qingzhou Spiritual Beast Mountain? Isn't this one of the seven major immortal cultivation sects in Yue State that you mentioned? Why is it also open to the market to allow independent cultivators to go there?"

Mo Juren now knows that the seven major sects of immortal cultivation are Yanyue Sect, Qingxu Sect, Lingshou Mountain, Huangfeng Valley, Jujian Sect, Huadaowu and Tianque Fort. They are distributed in places with abundant spiritual energy throughout the Kingdom of Yue, and it is very difficult for ordinary people to enter their mountain gates.

Master Jin Guang gave a detailed answer:

"The disciples of Spirit Beast Mountain are good at driving spirits and controlling beasts, and they are good at fighting. But among the six arts of cultivating immortals, namely, alchemy, talisman making, weapon refining, formation, controlling beasts, and spiritual plants, they only specialize in controlling beasts. The other five arts are mostly obtained through trade with other sects. That's why they have made their business in the market very big, and even targeted a large number of independent cultivators to expand the scale of trade. This is the reason."

Master Jin Guang was still quite yearning for the Lingshou Mountain Market. He said with longing,

"The various spiritual beasts they sell are also good. Many cultivators like to buy their mounts. Master...ah, I have fantasized about going to the Spiritual Beast Mountain Market and buying a flying white tiger as a mount. Then...hehe."

“Flying White Tiger? Is it very powerful?” “Uh, hehe, the Flying White Tiger is a second-level spiritual beast, which is equivalent to… equivalent to the foundation-building cultivation level, hehe.”

You are so good, Jin Guang, you even want to ride a spiritual beast in the foundation-building stage. Your imagination is quite unrestrained.

Generally, only after building a foundation can one fly with a sword for a long time.

To be able to fly during the Qi Refining Stage, one can only use special flying instruments or tamed beasts.

However, these treasures have always been extremely expensive, and ordinary cultivators simply cannot afford them.

If there is such a large amount of spirit stones, priority will definitely be given to purchasing resources to increase the realm and build the foundation first.

Therefore, cultivators who can fly freely in the Qi Refining Stage are always disciples from powerful forces or large families, and their status is naturally noble.

The two chatted as they passed the peach forest and came to a rugged mountain road.

Jin Guang felt strange. They could obviously use magic to move faster, but Mo Juren seemed so leisurely, not at all like the man who wanted to run away quickly as he said.

In fact, Mo Juren did not find anything unusual. He just wanted to create confusion based on his experience in the martial arts world in order to avoid someone following him.

While walking slowly on the mountain road, Mo Juren took out the magic weapon "Red Thread Needle" he had just bought and immediately began to practice it.

This red thread needle is just a primary magic weapon, and there is also a ritual refining formula provided by the refiner, which describes in detail the array structure inside the magic weapon, how to communicate and control it, any special attack and defense methods, etc.

If you want to seize someone else's magic weapon, you still need to take the trouble to remove the original magic mark in the weapon before you can claim it as your own. However, it is different for the new magic weapon that has been processed.

With the help of this ritual, Mo Juren successfully refined the red thread needle and obtained the first magical tool that truly belonged to him on his path to becoming an immortal.

The magic weapon red thread needles form a set of three. After being controlled by the object-driving technique, not much mana is required, and it is easier to use than the small sword talisman.

These three needle-like objects are thicker than the Wuyou needles Mo Juren used in ordinary acupuncture. They are darker in color, and fly away flatly when used, making them invisible to the naked eye.

When the red thread needle is raised and flies out at full speed, its tail will light up red, as if it was carrying three red silk threads, which is indeed as its name suggests.

After the ritual was successfully completed, Mo Juren felt that there was still a missing part inside the magic weapon, and it seemed to have another function, but unfortunately it failed during the refining process, so he had no idea what its specific function was.

Master Jin Guang saw that Mo Juren was concentrating on the ritual and did not disturb him. It was not until he tested the power of the magic weapon and used the red needle as he wished that he asked,
"Master Tie, is this the magic weapon you are used to?"

"No, it's just a small magic weapon I just bought from the Grass Fragrance Valley."

Master Jin Guang was even more shocked when he heard this.
"What!? Master Tie, you are truly a genius. It only took a few incense sticks of time to successfully refine a magical weapon! You are truly gifted and talented!"

(End of this chapter)