Chapter 97: The Magnificent Treasure House
As a middleman, Han Yunzhi not only helped Mo Juren get the black iron, but also did not raise the price, which made Mo Juren even happier and he felt that this little female cultivator was even more adorable.

Moreover, she seemed to be very familiar with the entire Tainanfang City, so Mo Juren started chatting with her.

Soon Mo Juren had a general understanding of the entire market.

It turned out that Tainan Market was jointly established by five masters in the foundation-building stage. Among them, Qingyan Zhenren, who was in the middle stage of foundation-building, had the highest cultivation level. There were several others, some of whom were good at refining pills, some were good at refining weapons, some were good at setting up formations, etc.

Mo Juren was also quite interested in how so many independent cultivators in Tainan Market earned their spiritual stone resources.

After listening to Han Yunzhi's narration, I realized that the practice of a casual cultivator is not much different from that of an ordinary mortal making a living.

Qi-refining monks do not have a high level of cultivation, and they do not all live a life of eating wind and drinking dew, estranged from worldly affairs as ordinary people imagine. Instead, they experience more hardships in earning spirit stones.

To the south of Fangshi is a huge mountain range called Mengshan, which is a famous place with great resources for cultivating immortals and lies on the border between Yue State and Zijin State.

The entire Mengshan Mountain is an ownerless land and is not occupied by any sect, so independent practitioners can enter and exit freely.

They usually make a living from the mountains, doing things like collecting spiritual materials, making talisman paper, picking spiritual herbs, hunting spiritual beasts, digging minerals, etc. Occasionally, they will be temporarily hired by sects and cultivation families to do some chores.

Mount Meng is too huge, and there live a large number of monsters, spiritual beasts, and all kinds of spiritual herbs and materials. If you dare to go deep into it, you can get better harvests, but of course the danger will also double.

In order to deal with the danger, it is necessary to form a team.

The reason why so many independent cultivators gathered in the Tainan market was that, in addition to being able to buy and sell supplies, the most important thing was that they could find teammates in the market.

Many monks who do not have their own residences, in addition to participating in various tasks to obtain spirit stones, will stay in the market to practice in their spare time, treating this place as a temporary base for rest.

In the middle of the market town, there is a place specially rented for cultivation. As long as one can pay the spirit stones, one can live in the market town for a long time.

Not long after, Han Shanli also brought back spirit stones. It was said that he sold the Jinzhu Pen to a high-level cultivator in the market town. That person had always coveted this precious talisman pen passed down from the Han family.

Then the brother and sister used this batch of spirit stones to exchange for two bottles of Yellow Dragon Pill from Mo Juren. Only then did the brother and sister "let" Mo Juren leave with satisfaction.

Mo Juren and Han Yunzhi said goodbye to each other. After leaving, they felt a little reluctant, so they looked back after walking not far.

He saw Han Yunzhi also staring at his back. After a moment of embarrassment, they both avoided looking at each other. Mo Juren raised his head, laughed, and strode away.

In this way, half a day passed quickly, and Mo Juren hurriedly took Xuantie to find Master Zhang.

When I arrived at the magic weapon shop and went straight up to the second floor, I found that the rough-looking Master Zhang was no longer there, and he had turned into a sturdy man with a red face.

The man was wearing a short jacket, revealing his muscular arms and big hands with thick joints. He seemed to be an expert in refining equipment.

"Sir, welcome. Our store has ready-made magic tools, and we also accept custom orders. Please feel free to take a look..."

Mo Juren guessed that this might be the disciple that Master Zhang mentioned, so he said,

"Hello, fellow Taoist. When I first came here, I had an agreement with Master Zhang to help me refine a magical instrument. I have already found the main materials. Take a look..."

"Oh? I talked to my master about it." The red-faced man was a little surprised. After thinking for a while, he said, "Did you bring the things? Let me see it." Mo Juren then took out the piece of black iron that felt extremely heavy and handed it to the red-faced man for inspection.

The red-faced man gently took Mo Juren's materials, looked at them carefully and said,

"This piece of black iron is of pretty good quality. By the way, has my master told you about the cost of refining the weapon?
"Of course. Apart from the cost of replenishing the basic materials and refining the equipment, the rest will be charged according to the grade of the finished product."

"Okay. My master is refining a weapon. Since he wants to talk to you about it, please wait here for a while. Let me let my master take a look first."

So he opened a side door and entered the inner room, and inside the inner room there was another door leading to another space.

From the moment the red-faced man opened the door to the moment he closed it, you could hear the "ding-dong, ding-dong" sound and the slight surge of heat coming from inside.

I didn't expect that the place for refining equipment would be located here. It seems to be in the basement of this building, which is quite clever.

After a while, the red-faced man came out again and said to Mo Juren,
"My master has taken a look at it. This piece of black iron is of good quality. Its hardness is comparable to that of the second-grade iron. It is enough to make a sword-shaped magic weapon, and it can also repair the small shield magic weapon you left behind. I will give you all three items at the time. For the remaining basic materials and refining costs, you will need to pay 90 spirit stones."

"That's great." Mo Juren took out the spirit stone and asked, "I wonder if Master Zhang has confidence in the grade of this sword-shaped magic weapon?"

"Haha, don't worry. With my master's status as a second-level weapon refiner and his foundation-building cultivation, it's more than enough for him to create a mid-level or higher magical weapon."

Mo Juren was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect that Master Zhang, who had a rough appearance, was actually a foundation-building cultivator. It really shows that one cannot judge a person by his appearance.

In this way, he had nothing to worry about, so he readily handed over the spirit stones, exchanged them for a new contract certificate, agreed to pick it up in five days, and left happily.

It seems that I have to stay in this market for a few more days, and I still have plenty of time, so I went to visit the market again, look here, ask there, just to broaden my horizons.

The most imposing building in the entire Tainanfang City is a building called "Baibaolou". It is a large shop with a grand scale and gorgeous decoration, and there are monks coming in and out all the time.

After seeing the sights for a while, Mo Juren then stepped into the bright and spacious hall of Wanbao Tower, where he saw counters made of precious wood, displaying everything.

Several waiters in uniform blue shirts were serving beside him, giving people a sense of grandeur and professionalism, as if they were disciples of some sect.

Seeing a guest coming, two waiters welcomed Mo Juren into the hall and asked him politely about his purpose.

Mo Juren learned from Han Yunzhi early in the morning that this Baibaolou was the richest and could also recycle resources, so he got straight to the point.

"I heard that you can recycle spiritual herbs here, right?"

"Yes, I wonder what grade of spiritual herbs you brought?"

"See for yourselves."

After saying that, Mo Juren spread out the wooden box he had prepared early in the morning on the counter. Inside it were about forty plants of yellow dragon grass and melon, as well as two four-leaf blood ginsengs.

(End of this chapter)