Practice begins with a fisherman

Zhao Shoushou, as a well-known late-stage qi refining casual cultivator in Cormorant County, the major squares and cities naturally left predetermined places in advance during the transfer period, and he only needed to search for them one by one according to the map.

Of course, this kind of underground market is not a completely safe place. If you encounter some ghosts who are gifted and good at searching, you will not escape bad luck.

Also because of the disappearance of a large number of square markets, some temporary small square markets will spring up like mushrooms after a spring rain. Of course, the main sales here are some low-level spiritual things.

If these small square cities can grow up smoothly, maybe after several years of chaos, new square cities will appear in the cultivation world, fully embodying the survival of the fittest.

"I wonder if there are some good-quality underground auctions in Cormorant County?" Zhao Shoushou muttered and turned his head in another direction.

These underground auctions are organized by well-connected and prestigious monks, and all the treasures sold are of unknown origin, and the source is unclear. The only advantage is that the price is cheap, and only in the current chaotic situation Under the environment, there is only the soil for survival.

On weekdays, these underground auctions are items that all sects and families try their best to prohibit. Once they are discovered, they will be killed without any mercy.

I don't know if it was because of the lack of water attribute ghosts in the Demon Realm. Two days later, Zhao Shoushou drove a first-tier middle-grade spirit boat along the winding river and arrived at Cormorant Island without encountering any obstacles along the way.

However, when approaching Cormorant Island, he was also extremely careful. Although this place was surrounded by layers of Cormorant Lake, the possibility of encountering ghosts was not small.

Zhao Shoushou had already given up his original thoughts after realizing the power of demons and ghosts in two consecutive battles. He was more careful about the power of these demon creatures, and his degree of caution had never been raised.

Fortunately, everything is not as he imagined, the barren Cormorant Island is still like a quiet paradise, and there are not many ghosts appearing.

Occasionally, the first choice of scattered ghosts is naturally the Luohan Temple, which is very conspicuous in the center, and it is a good place to attract the firepower of ghosts.

As long as the temple in a county has not been officially destroyed, these ghosts from afar will definitely attack continuously. Zhao Shoushou can clearly hear the sound of fighting from the Luohan Temple.

"You've plotted against Zhao over and over again, let's see how you, the cunning old abbot, is dealing with yourself now? Presumably there won't be monks going to rescue him, right?" Zhao Shoushou murmured and left resolutely to the cave.

At this time, the situation of Luohan Temple on Lingshan Mountain is quite bad. More than [-] ghosts are trying their best to attack. This temple is only occupied by monks in the Kongming period (equivalent to the Qi refining period).

Even though this temple seemed to be equally difficult to mess with, there were already more than a dozen different types of ghosts who were suppressed under the Buddha's light and died miserably. The remaining ghosts still had no intention of giving up.

It seems that these creatures from the demon world have a heartfelt aversion to Buddha light and monks, and they must be eliminated every time they encounter them.

The ghosts are uncomfortable for the big and small monks in the Arhat Temple. After all, the Buddha's light is also a consumable. For some young monks with low cultivation or half-finished monks who have not completely transferred to the last operation, the Buddha's light behind their heads is already crumbling and powerless.If you continue to force it, the damage will be permanent, and it may even cause a lot of hidden dangers to your future practice.

Chapter 148 Preliminary Exploration of the Secret Square City

"Abbot, I don't have much Buddha's light left, what should I do? These ghosts are not easy to deal with, should I ask the surrounding monks or temples for help?" The little monk Huitong, the guest monk, was covered with sweat.

"Namo Amitabha, whoever will go to hell? I am ordered by the Buddha to guard a county. Naturally, life and death have long been ignored. Just resist with all your strength." The old abbot had a calm expression on his face. The performance of seeing through the world of mortals and attaining Taoism.

In fact, he just had expected the current situation. As for the little monk Huitong's call for help, there were no other late Qi refining monks around except Zhao Shoushou.

After the last alchemist cave incident, although the old abbot blocked him at the price of a first-grade pure heart jade pendant, it was impossible for Zhao Shoushou to come to rescue him.

Even if there is a chance to fall into trouble without any future troubles, it is very possible. As for the situation of the surrounding temples, how can they come to rescue?

"People in the world have misunderstood my Buddhist disciples. Today, in this chaos, I use my blood to be wise, Amitabha." After the old abbot uttered the Buddha's name, he took the lead in twisting Buddhist beads and sitting cross-legged at the gate of the Buddhist temple in front of the monks.

Afterwards, Zhike monk Huitong, the head of the Arhat Temple, etc. sat cross-legged respectively, and the powerful Buddha light injected into them by chanting Buddhist scriptures made them increase several times. The five ghosts who hit too far ahead were instantly suppressed under the Buddha light.

For a while, the Arhat Temple and the ghosts were in a stalemate war of attrition, but the ghosts continued to have vital forces to support them, while the monks of the Arhat Temple were fighting with their backs. It would take enough time for the two sides to win and who would lose.

On the other side, when Zhao Shoushou approached the cave, he didn't rush forward. Although the spiritual veins here are weak and there are formations interacting with each other, the instinct of ghosts is to chase the spiritual veins and live there. He is not [-]% sure that everything in the cave has been safe for a long time. There was no attack by ghosts.

But how can Zhao Shoushou, who has always been planning before acting, be helpless?I saw his index finger in his mouth and a rather special whistle sounded.

"Quack quack quack!" Soon two first-rank middle-grade cormorants had already climbed out of the cave with their short wings, and surrounded Zhao Shoushou.

This pair of cormorants was just the means for him to stay in the cave before going to the Taiyuling mine vein. If there were some not-so-strong ghosts attacking him, there shouldn't be any problem in protecting himself under the echo of them and the formation.

Even if you encounter a slightly stronger opponent, escape before the formation breaks, and save your life through the vast and boundless Cormorant Lake, you will not have any regrets.

"This spiritual meridian that has not been completed up to now is a blessing in disguise in this chaos. I think there will be no other ghosts except some little ghosts." Zhao Shoushou was also thinking happily in bitterness.

Now that everything in the cave was as usual, after a little tidying up, he embarked on a new journey again in the early morning of the third day, planning to search for the locations of some secret squares provided by Xiaokanshanfang City at that time.

Of course, if there was no harvest here, he would not let it go when he was in Xiaofang City in the Purple Jade Mountains. Zhao Shoushou would never return easily until the spirit stones in the storage bag were exhausted.

With his careful dodging along the way, it went quite smoothly, but when he saw that some places that were once very prosperous became depressed like never before, he couldn't bear the loneliness in his heart.

Two days later, Zhao Shoushou finally arrived at the raised position of two inconspicuous small mounds. A huge willow tree is the most distinctive feature of this place, and this is also the first choice of Xiaokanshanfang City.

"These ghosts are really dog-nosed. They can be found in such a hidden location? I don't know how many monks died in this battle." The bright blood red under the willow tree came into view immediately before entering it.

Seeing this scene, he already understood that there must have been a fierce battle here, and the cultivators here had already broken through and left after the demon found out.

However, judging from the clean and almost nothing left of the battlefield, it is obvious that many monks have been here before him.

This situation continued until the fifth day. During this period, Zhao Shoushou searched for three places without exception, but they were all destroyed by ghosts.

Judging from the battle traces left behind, it is obvious that every breakout is a fierce battle. Zhao Shoushou even found out at the last place when he even doubted whether the various vendors still existed.

In the process of searching for Fangshi, it was inevitable to fight some demons, and some of them were the ones he focused on attacking. He hunted and killed one little devil in the late stage of Qi training, and two little devils in the middle stage of Qi training. Only, a total of seven points can be exchanged, plus the previous two flame hyenas, Zhao Shoushou can exchange for [-] points.

According to the previous promises of the various sects, each surviving square city will have a point exchange point, and the points can be used to exchange for treasures on the spot.

Generally speaking, points cannot be exchanged, but there are always some supernatural monks who buy points in Fangshi all the year round, and the price is even higher than that of other sects.

Of course, Zhao Shoushou would not choose to exchange these points unless he had to. His goal is "Congealing Water Jue".

"The best healing pills, detoxification pills, and miasma-dispelling pills are all from the hands of first-rank top-rank alchemists, and the prices are cheap."

"Please take a look, fellow daoists. Since these fragments of magic weapons survived the battle, there is a reason for them. They are all the essence of magic weapons."

"The unhatched egg shells of a low-grade black mosquito ant, one low-grade spirit stone and ten spirit stones, as long as these little guys are cultivated to form a huge army of ants, mere ghosts and ghosts are just handy, so what's the point?"

Zhao Shoushou couldn't believe the lively hawking as soon as Fang entered. The entire cultivation world was in a depression within a few months after the chaos started. Such a huge difference feels like a world away.

Zhao Shoushou glanced at it, but it was a pity that most of the treasures sold in the stalls present were low-level goods, and almost none of them could meet his requirements.

Therefore, his immediate goal was to exchange points for points. It is not a good thing to always run around with the heads of some demons on his body.

"Three big and small demon heads, exchange for nine points"

"One large and small devil, three small and medium devils, two small and small devils, exchange for eight points"

"Seven monsters, big and small, exchange points for 21 points"

In fact, this place is undoubtedly the busiest in the entire city. The special voice of the monks who are responsible for point exchange makes every monk who hunts demons very comfortable, especially when there are envious eyes and voices from around. in this way.

The most eye-catching thing is that there is a large black box behind the point exchange office, all of which are densely packed with the heads of ghosts. In fact, this is only a day's worth. It is through this inconspicuous way of moving ants that the monks let the ghosts Little by little.

Chapter 149 Buying Panacea in Leisure Pavilion

Don't look at the very beginning, big and small ghosts charged bravely under the leadership of their respective leaders, wishing to occupy the entire cultivation world, but unfortunately they didn't know how to trade space for time.

What's more, the most destructive demons (equivalent to Jindan stage) and ghost kings (equivalent to Yuanying stage) among these ghosts are basically all entangled by monks with similar cultivation levels, always hovering around the gap in space.

The monsters that really turned into locusts and seemed to be invincible, the highest level of cultivation is nothing more than demons (equivalent to the foundation building stage), and sooner or later they will be submerged in the hands of elusive monks.

Naturally, no foundation-building monks would come to this exchange point in Xiaofang City, nor would there be any bewitched heads. The monks basically had no objections, so Zhao Shoushou soon arrived.

"Three big and small devils, two small and medium devils, can be exchanged for thirteen points. This flame hyena is very difficult to deal with, not only how many comrades have fallen under its double attack of poison and fire." Said with emotion, and at the same time handed out a small copper plate.

This seemingly inconspicuous small copper plate can record the aura of a monk's cultivation base. As far as Fuyu's other characteristics are concerned, only the aura will not change. This is also a small method used by various sects to suppress the exchange of points with each other .

"Fellow Daoist, do you need to exchange your points for treasures?" the exchange monk asked in accordance with the usual practice. In fact, every monk will not exchange until a certain amount is reached.

After the faint refusal of "I won't exchange it today," Zhao Shoushou quickly disappeared into the crowd before some monks with ulterior motives surrounded him, and went to the next target.

Now that the storage bag is filled with nearly 6000 yuan of low-grade spirit stones like never before, Zhao Shoushou must be the first to buy some first-order top-grade spirit stones.

Since stepping into the seventh level of Qi Refining two years ago, although he still persists in practicing daily, he spends most of his time running around, coupled with the lack of assistance from the spirit pill, his cultivation has never made much progress, and he has not touched it so far. To the bottleneck of the impact on the eighth level of Qi training.

Several fierce battles after the chaos erupted made him realize his biggest shortcoming, so improving his cultivation was the most important and imminent thing in the near future.

This time, he spent several days looking for traces of Fangshi just to buy some panacea, even if the price was higher.

Although the quality of the treasures sold on most of the stalls in the square city has declined, the price has increased, and there is not even a panacea for improving cultivation, but Zhao Shoushou does not believe that there is no such thing in the whole square city.

The first-order high-grade spirit pills are of high quality, difficult to refine, and relatively rare in quantity, but there is no substantial improvement after all, as long as you are willing to buy spirit stones, you can definitely buy them.

At the corner of Fangshi, there was a two-story attic that seemed to be carved in the ground. The monks who came in and out were basically monks in the late stage of Qi refining, but he had never heard of this shop named "Youran Pavilion".

"Youran Pavilion, how can you be leisurely in the midst of chaos? But to be able to openly occupy such a large area, I think it has some skills, and I hope it can meet someone's needs." Zhao Shoushou muttered and strode forward.

"Welcome to Youran Pavilion. I don't know what your needs are? I, Youran Pavilion, will definitely meet them with all my strength." A middle-aged Confucian monk in the middle of Qi training came up to him.

"Zhao came here today because of the reputation. He came here specifically to buy some panacea to help improve his cultivation. I wonder if Leisurely Pavilion can provide it? What's the price?" Zhao Shoushou said to himself very familiarly.

"Naturally, there are first-tier high-grade spirit pills in Leisure Pavilion, but there is a big gap between each kind of spirit pill. If you have any needs, you can just ask, and we will naturally provide a relatively suitable spirit pill." The middle-aged Confucian scholar said these Talk with unprecedented confidence.

"First-rank top-grade Heyuan Dan, Ningqi Pill, and Baishen Dan are all available. I don't know which one your pavilion can provide?" Several relatively common first-grade top-grade elixir Zhao Shoushou can be said to come immediately.

Among them, the most precious one is He Yuan Pill, which has a slight effect of breaking through the bottleneck, and Ning Qi Pill and Baishen Dan are the panacea used by most of the later stages of Qi refining to improve their cultivation.

This does not mean that there are no other more precious first-grade top-grade spirit pills, but that with his current cultivation of the seventh level of Qi Refining, there is no need to be so extravagant and wasteful.

"In addition to He Yuan Dan, Ning Qi Pills and Baishen Dan can be provided in sufficient quantities. If you really need He Yuan Dan, you can order it in advance, and you can come and pick it up after one month." The middle-aged Confucian scholar's response was very straightforward.

Zhao Shoushou looked very calm on the surface, but the surprise in his heart was unparalleled. It was not easy to refine the first-order high-grade panacea, but he knew what it meant to provide enough.

"How much is the price?" Zhao Shoushou did not continue to probe into the most concerned question of the concise inquiry office.

"One of the first-grade high-grade Ningqi pills costs 45 yuan of low-grade spirit stones, and one of the first-grade top-grade Baishen Dan costs 40 yuan of low-grade spirit stones. I wonder how much you need?"

"Thirty Ningqi Pills, forty Baishen Dan" decisively reported the numbers that had been carefully calculated.

He didn't expect that such a huge number would be enough to satisfy the consumption of several late-stage Qi training monks of a small cultivating family, which shocked the Confucian scholars who had always been calm.

You must understand that the price and importance of the panacea in this period of chaos is beyond doubt, but most monks only buy a moderate amount at a time. How have they ever encountered such a large-scale purchase?

You must know that most of the people who come to Leisure Pavilion to buy spirit pills are casual cultivators and small cultivating families. After all, for slightly older families with fixed inheritance, it is not too difficult for the sect to refine first-level top-grade spirit pills .

"Thirty Ningqi pills cost 350 low-grade spirit stones, and 600 Baishendan low-grade spirit stones cost [-] yuan." The middle-aged Confucian scholars quoted the total prices respectively.

After about a stick of incense, Zhao Shoushou left Youran Pavilion. This trip can be described as a combination of joy and disappointment. If he got [-] first-order high-grade spirit pills, if he was lucky enough, he could support his cultivation to the ninth level of Qi training.

The disappointment is because even in a shop of the level of Leisurely Pavilion, there is still no suitable first-tier top-grade defensive magic weapon, so they can only return empty-handed.

The importance of a first-tier high-grade defensive magic weapon has been proved in previous battles. If it weren't for the existence of a first-tier top-grade shemu shield in the Gu family's elixir garden, how could he have successfully picked the fire spirit grass and left.

"Forget it, I can only go to the underground auction for a try." Looking at the simple map drawn by a middle-aged Confucian scholar in his hand, Zhao Shoushou felt rather dumbfounded.

After willingly paying 950 low-grade spirit stones to prove his own strength, and after inquiring clearly about his needs, the middle-aged Confucian scholar acting as a clerk decisively recommended to him the news of an underground auction that will start tomorrow.

Since Zhao Shoushou embarked on the road of cultivation, he has been working hard. He has participated in only a handful of auctions, and he has only heard about underground auctions. He did not expect to be recommended inexplicably today.

Chapter 150 Rich Underground Auction

This may also be a kind of benefit that naturally comes with the improvement of cultivation base. Of course, what plays a decisive role is probably his quite full storage bag.

The guys in these shops are very strict about recommending people for underground auctions. After all, the risks they take are not small. Once they are found out, they will definitely be fired. If they don't have enough income, they won't sell.

Maybe they will enjoy dividends according to a certain ratio with the organizers of the underground auction, but for the current Zhao Shoushou, at least it is a good thing to form a group.

Every time there is an additional channel to buy treasures, there will be more opportunities to obtain the treasures he has dreamed of, and he will not refuse this.

As for the dangers of participating in the underground auction, it is relatively not worth mentioning. Even if all the purchases are stolen goods of unknown origin, who will hold them accountable in this chaos?

What's more, according to the middle-aged Confucian scholar's introduction, this underground auction is very likely to have one or two or even more foundation-building monks come to participate.

It is said that their target is a second-rank low-grade spirit weapon and a second-rank low-grade spirit pill. From this point of view, the level of this auction is not low, and there may be more treasures, which makes him even more Quite excited.

"The underground auction is full of fish and dragons, and there are many monks coming and going with malicious intentions. A mask to cover up the face and breath is essential." Zhao Shoushou always walked from one stall to the next.

He remembered that the mask here should be made from the bark of the illusory tree. Three or five low-grade spirit stones can be exchanged for one, and the effect is not bad.

On the second day, Yinshi Zhao Shoushou appeared in front of a piece of bluestone wearing a vivid pig-head mask. This was the entrance to the underground auction recommended by the middle-aged Confucian scholar.

On weekdays, these underground auctions that specialize in dealing with stolen goods of unknown origin are thorns in the eyes of various sects and families, and they can't wait to get rid of them quickly. Strong, no doubt this is a mockery.

"Dang, clang, clang" After one short and two long knocks on the door at the core position of Qingshi with mana as the core, Zhao Shoushou was waiting.

"Fellow Daoist, do you have an invitation letter?" After about a cup of tea, Qingshi did not move at all. Three to five feet away from it, an inconspicuous tree suddenly cracked, and a voice-changing, mask-carrying figure walked out. The monk who came out.

"Fellow daoist, please take a look." Zhao Shoushou threw the simple invitation letter with his hands, and it may be because of this caution that he has survived until now.

Even though many sects and families are gnashing their teeth with hatred (most of the treasures dealt with in the underground auction come from their disciples who were killed), there is still nothing they can do.

"The invitation letter is correct, fellow daoist, please come with me." The monk seemed to be slightly relieved after confirming it, and led him into it from the crack in the big tree.

In fact, this big tree was just a means of covering up. After entering it, Zhao Shoushou first walked down the steps, at a depth of at least [-] feet, and then turned back and forth, left and right, under the guidance of the guide.

In the end, Zhao Shoushou, a monk in the late stage of Qi refining, was dizzy and lost his direction. He didn't enter the underground auction until he was in front of a stone gate. I have to say that even for a monk, this is not a small project. .

It is said that each underground auction has many different exits, and each monk enters and leaves two completely different locations. Each fixed auction venue holds up to three auctions before being abandoned.

Perhaps the only requirement for the organizer of the underground auction is safety. If he is discovered once, the organizer's reputation will be ruined. Even if he continues to organize later, no one will come.

"These monks are really admirable, and I am convinced today." Entering the auction venue is not a common seat, but a special room of various sizes.