Master, you go first!

After hearing this, Shen Nian was silent for a while and said,

"There's no need to worry. You can't go back to the sect now. You can do it in the future."

She was happy but also quite conflicted. If her cultivation level could not improve, Shouyuan would be very different from Gu Jiuhui. For high-level monks, perhaps hundreds of years are just a flash in the pan. There are people who have been in seclusion for dozens or even hundreds of years.

"But..." Gu Jiu thought for a moment and said, "How about we just call Shanghai Bo Haifeng and host a simple table. I'll make up for you when we get back to the sect."

Gu Jiu always felt that living in such a muddle-headed way always meant something was wrong.

Shen Nian pillowed his arm, moved closer to his chest, and nodded. She could feel his true heart.

Gu Jiucai curled up his lips with satisfaction, this was the only way the situation could be.

…………

The next day,

Early in the morning, the morning light shines through the window into the room on the third floor.

Several people in the teahouse are also getting up and moving. It's the second day of opening, and it's time to open for business.

Xiaobai and Shi Fei went to boil water and prepare tea. Jin Yuan'er came to the counter, and not long after, she saw the waiter from Fatty Lin's family bringing pastries.

After Gu Jiu washed up, she also read the book she was going to talk about for a while, then went to the door and changed the chapters of what she was going to talk about today.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

There weren't many guests here today, maybe a dozen or so. However, there were several people who came yesterday, presumably for the story-telling purposes.

There were not many customers, so it was not as busy as yesterday. Xiaobai and Shi Fei entertained them easily.

When the time came, Gu Jiu started the story-telling session of the new day by beating the gong. At this time, Shen Nian came down to the counter and sat with Jin Yuan'er to listen.

When the store closed at the end of noon, Gu Jiu came to the counter and asked Jin Yuan'er,

"Did you hear any news about Lingji today?"

"Yes, there is an old man who said that the nearest Lingji here is at the foot of Qingyang Mountain in the north. There is a Qingyang Sect on that mountain, and Lingji was opened by this sect."

"Have you been more specific?"

"Well, he said that the Spiritual Market over there is by the river at the foot of the mountain. And even though it's called a Spiritual Market, most of it is a mortal market, so it's easier to find."

Jin Yuan'er told Gu Jiu the news.

Gu Jiu was very happy after hearing what she said, "Okay, then I'll go and look for materials."

Gu Jiu took Shen Nian out with him. Go north.

After leaving the town, he took up the flying sword to find this spiritual collection.

Qingyang Mountain is also a peak in the Taishen Mountains. Gu Jiu judged based on what Jin Yuan'er said, since it is a market where monks and mortals coexist, it must be Xiaolingji. Normally there wouldn't be any hidden formations like this, otherwise mortals wouldn't be able to get in.

All the way to the north, Gu Jiu focused his attention on the edge of the river. If he saw any place similar to a village market, he would pay more attention.

It didn't take long before Gu Jiu found him. Under a mountain that was not too high, there was a market by the river. Gu Jiu saw a monk flying away from the market with a sword.

Then it should be here, and the peak is undoubtedly Qingyang Mountain.

Gu Jiu landed near Lingji. The flying sword he used was Shen Nian's old Liuhuo. It wasn't too eye-catching. Many alchemy monks would use similar flying swords.

The two of them walked into the market. Gu Jiu did some research and confirmed that it was the place he was looking for.

The Spirit Collection is not big, not as big as the Qiankun Sect Spirit Collection. Along the river, at the end of Qingyang Mountain is the monks' spiritual gathering, and near the outside is the mortal market.

On the way here, Gu Jiu saw many villages nearby. I think this market is where these villages buy and sell things. The sects that open such spiritual gatherings where monks and mortals coexist are generally sects that are relatively close to mortals and will not be too overbearing. People nearby will also be protected by the sect.

Gu Jiu and Shen Nian, who just asked about the Mortal Market, now walked directly towards Qingyang Mountain. As he walked through the market, many mortals cast their eyes on him. Maybe it's because Shen Nian's appearance is more attractive.

However, seeing Gu Jiu pulling her, no one came up to talk to her, and there were monks here. Without knowing whether the two were mortals or monks, mortals didn't dare to mess around.

When we come to Lingji, the situation is much better. Each of the monks is more focused on the cultivation resources they want, and not many people pay attention to other people's affairs.

Gu Jiu searched for a while and saw a store selling the materials he wanted. If you want to create a cave space, you need to use a lot of things, and spiritual mineral materials with five elements attributes are indispensable.

He entered a formation materials store and inquired about it. He found that the materials for the spiritual mine were quite complete. Perhaps because Gu Jiu's current level could only create the lowest level space, the materials were relatively common and not difficult to find.

After asking about the price, Gu Jiu found it very cheap. A material could be purchased for only a few dozen spirit stones.

Since it was so cheap, Gu Jiu discussed it with Shen Nian,

"How about I buy more and make one for everyone?"

"Okay, you know this, just arrange it." Naturally, Shen Nian would not object.

The shopkeeper was grinning from ear to ear. The order he placed today could even catch up with his sales for several days. He was very polite and helped Gu Jiu get the materials together, and also gave him the most ordinary storage bag, which was probably worth a few spiritual stones.

When leaving the store, the shopkeeper greeted Gu Jiudao warmly,

"If you need any materials next time, fellow Taoist, please remember to come here."

Gu Jiu said with a haha, "I'm sure," and then left after bowing hands with the shopkeeper.

The spiritual mine was only part of it, Gu Jiu also wanted to see if there were any spiritual soil and elixirs for sale. So Shen Nian and I searched again. It was quite common to sell elixirs, and we quickly found one.

Although there are not many types of elixirs, there are still some of the most common elixirs used in tea and Bigu Dan. Gu Jiu spent less than two thousand spiritual stones to buy a lot of these commonly used elixirs.

Later, he found a shop selling heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Gu Jiu said that he really didn't like the spiritual soil in it. It was much worse than the spiritual soil in Danfeng before. But there is no other way. In the current situation, it is better to buy it first and use it first. When I have the opportunity, I can go to other larger spiritual collections to look for it.

The materials have been purchased. Gu Jiu still had to find tools related to refining weapons. He couldn't use his own alchemy furnace to refine weapons. It wouldn't work either.

He was a little regretful that he didn't go to Qiu Junhao to learn weapon refining in his free time when he was in the sect. At least he asked him to make a set of useful tools, so now he doesn't have to work hard to find them. And judging from this spiritual collection, the one found is definitely not as good as the one made by Qiu Junhao.