Chapter 41: Setting up a Stall

Qingyun Market is a small market. There are countless such markets in the entire Lingxi battlefield. The monks always need a place to trade and rest, so this kind of spontaneous gathering market came into being.

Because no one manages the market, everything in the market seems very messy, especially those buildings. Buildings of different styles from all over Jiuzhou stand scattered, making the market look like a hodgepodge.

These buildings are built by the monks who live here all year round. There are actually many cultivation resources in the nearby Qingyun Mountain, and the safety factor is also very high, which naturally attracts many low-level monks, especially those casual monks without sects.

Each building is a storefront, selling various cultivation materials, and even teahouses and restaurants.

Low-level monks also need to eat and drink, and because the daily needs of monks are more than those of ordinary people, they are bound to have these livelihoods.

Lu Ye walked through the shops one by one, only looking but not buying, mainly because he had no money to buy, and gradually figured out the trading methods between monks.

Lu Ye didn't know what currency system was used in the mortal world of Jiuzhou, but transactions between cultivators usually used spirit stones, which were the hard currency of the cultivation world. In the daily practice or battle of cultivators, or even in drawing talismans and setting up formations, spirit stones were very useful. It was for this reason that spirit stones could be the measure of transactions between cultivators.

Lu Ye had never seen spirit stones before. When testing the talent level before, the third senior brother of Qingyu Sect did place spirit stones on the formation, but he didn't pay much attention to it at that time.

Now I know that the spirit stone is a translucent crystal, the size of a thumbnail, and it is divided into high and low quality. However, perhaps because the cultivators here are very low, they use low-grade spirit stones.

In this way, there should be better high-grade spirit stones.

The most common thing in the market is the medicine shop, which sells elixirs used by cultivators. Lu Ye has no money, so he can only watch the excitement.

However, after walking through the shops one by one, he has a better idea of ​​the general prices.

In addition to the shops in the market, there is also a street where many casual cultivators gather. They set up simple stalls on the roadside and put the things they need to sell on the stalls. If they like something, they will bargain.

This street is extremely lively, much more lively than other streets that Lu Ye has walked through. There are all kinds of things for sale, just like a market.

After walking around the market for most of the day and seeing everything he should see, Lu Ye simply found an empty spot on the street, sat down cross-legged, took out a few pieces of ore from his storage bag and put them on the table. After thinking for a while, he took out a fist-sized piece of Yuanci ore.

He didn't want to sell these ores, but mainly wanted to know how much these things were worth.

After walking around for most of the day, he was also hungry, so he took out the beast meat to eat. He had killed a lot of beasts before, roasted them and put them in the storage bag, which was no problem to sustain the needs for a few days.

While eating, he watched the cultivators coming and going and observed them carefully.

The level of a cultivator is a mystery to him. Now he only knows that those who are qualified to walk in the Lingxi battlefield are at least at the first level of Lingxi, but he can't tell how high their cultivation level is.

This is not a good thing. He will definitely have conflicts with others in the future. It is dangerous for him to not be able to determine the level of others' cultivation.

If he encounters a cultivator who is invincible, he may lose his life before he can test the depth of others.

So he wants to try to find some clues through such observation, so that he can have more capital to save his life in the future.

One by one, the cultivators passed by, and Lu Ye carefully observed each cultivator, but he couldn't see anything.

"This junior brother, what are you looking at?"

Lu Ye's abnormality attracted the attention of the stall owner next to him. It was a plump female cultivator wearing a green dress. The dress had been starched and washed many times, but it was still neat. The cloud hair was lightly tied, revealing a slender white neck.

Lu Ye hadn't noticed her before, but when he turned his head and looked, he immediately saw a scene of undulating mountains.

Retracting his gaze, Lu Ye shook his head: "I didn't see anything." He took a bite of dry meat and drank a sip of water.

The female cultivator pursed her lips and said: "You don't want to see the level of others' cultivation, do you?"

Lu Ye was surprised: "So obvious?"

The female cultivator laughed: "Because when I first entered the Lingxi battlefield, I was also like you, stupid."

It turns out that everyone has the same idea... Lu Ye laughed.

"It's not easy to be a casual cultivator. There is no one to guide you, no elders to protect you, and even no place to shelter from the wind and rain." The female cultivator obviously recalled her previous experience, sighed, and stopped thinking about it. She pointed out: "You can't see anything just by looking with your naked eyes."

Lu Ye asked: "Then what should I do?"

"Since you have become a Lingxi, you should have enough spiritual power. Why don't you try to activate the spiritual power?"

Lu Ye was stunned when he heard this, secretly scolding himself for being stupid. He immediately tried it as the female cultivator instructed, urging the spiritual power to gather in his eyes. The next moment, he seemed to have opened the door to a new world.

The monks who came and went in front of him were all covered with a layer of spiritual light that was invisible to the naked eye, flowing slowly. It was a sign that the spiritual power in the monks' bodies was flowing.

At first glance, the spiritual light did not make much difference, but if you look closely, you can still see some differences.

Some people's spiritual light flows faster and more densely on the surface of their bodies, while others are the opposite.

Lu Ye suddenly realized that those with strong aura and faster flow were obviously higher in cultivation level, and vice versa.

"Did you see it?" the female cultivator asked again.

Lu Ye kept nodding.

The female monk said: "If you can enter the sect, you will naturally know these things, but casual cultivators have no one to guide them, so they have to explore on their own."

At this time, Lu Ye saw a few strange people. There was no aura in them, which made him puzzled. After those people walked over, he asked the female cultivator on the side about this question.

The female monk said: "It's normal. They have spiritual weapons that cover their aura, or they practice some secret techniques to conceal their aura. However, the monks who appear here are not very high-level, and they won't have the energy to practice any secret techniques, so there is a high probability that they will It’s the former one.”

"That's it!" Lu Ye nodded clearly.

"I'll give you a piece of advice." The female cultivator said seductively, "If you encounter people like this in the future, run as far as you can, because they must come from some powerful forces with deep foundations, which are beyond the reach of small cultivators like us. In addition, this Although this method can roughly judge the level of a person's cultivation level, it is not completely accurate. Only when someone actually takes action can you judge someone else's specific cultivation level from the fluctuations of their spiritual power. "

Lu Ye said gratefully: "Thank you, senior sister, for your advice." After thinking for a while, he took out a piece of dried meat from his storage bag and handed it over.

The female cultivator laughed and did not refuse his kindness. She reached out to take it and started to eat it slowly, but the appearance of eating it was obviously much better than Lu Ye's.