Chapter 146: Nothing Is Too Strange

"As far as you know, which shops in the East Market may have the spiritual materials I need?" Yuan Ming asked casually.

"The mobility of spiritual materials is very high, especially near the White Deer Hill Alliance, where cultivators from all walks of life gather, even more than before. However, the South Region is far richer than our North Region, and the Central Plains Jin is even more superior to the Celestial Empire. If you ask where in Black Rock City you can find the spiritual materials you need, it can only be in the East Market." Gu Yue explained with a smile.

"Well, what you said makes sense. I will go and take a look first. What are the situations in the South Market and the North Market?" Yuan Ming nodded and asked again.

"The South Market is the concentration area of ​​the scattered alliances. As for the North Market, it has the smallest area and is where the City Lord's Mansion is located. Except for people related to the City Lord's Mansion, no one else is allowed to approach." Gu Yue said.

"What are the scattered alliances?" Yuan Ming did not pretend to be reserved and asked without understanding.

"Fellow Daoist, you don't even know about the scattered alliance? You cultivators who have the support of the sect really don't know the suffering of us scattered cultivators! The so-called scattered alliance is a group formed spontaneously by many scattered cultivators, most of whom complete various tasks in exchange for rewards." Gu Yue said with a surprised look on his face and sighed.

Yuan Ming had previously learned from chatting with Zhao Tong in the sect and some strange stories in Guizang Pavilion that the division of forces in the world of cultivation is mainly based on sects and cultivation families, among which there are naturally differences in size, strength and weakness. Generally speaking, these are all mainstream forces.

The descendants of the cultivation family have a greater possibility of spiritual roots than ordinary mortals, and better cultivation resource support, and these families and sects often have inextricable connections. For example, the patriarch of a family is also the elder of a sect, and the core disciples of some families can directly obtain the qualifications to become inner disciples of the sect.

As for the scattered cultivators who account for the largest proportion of the world of cultivation, some of them are descendants of declining cultivation families, and some are ordinary people who accidentally get various opportunities and fortunes to step into the world of cultivation. Yuan Ming belongs to the latter.

In this way, it is normal to think about it. Most of the scattered cultivators have poor qualifications. In the vast world of immortal cultivation, they are like rootless duckweed, helpless and helpless. Generally, if there is no special opportunity, they can only linger in the Qi Refining Stage. It is difficult to survive on their own, so they will naturally choose to keep warm in groups.

"How many scattered alliances are there in Nanshi?" Yuan Ming asked after thinking for a while.

"Quite a few, most of them are ordinary scattered alliances, composed of Qi Refining cultivators, and there are only two or three scattered alliances with foundation building beings sitting in charge. If you are interested, you can go there to have a look." Gu Yue said.

"Let's talk about it later." Yuan Ming said without comment.

His main concern now is how to refine the Green Fish Sword into a magic weapon as soon as possible, and he can't take care of other things.

The two walked and talked, and soon left the West Market.

A rather open circular square appeared in front of them. The square was paved with large flat black stones and was quite neat.

There were no shops on the square, but small stalls everywhere. Some of them used wooden boards to support a simple counter, and more of them were directly set up on the ground.

Many cultivators were walking around in the square, and the noise was so loud that it was even more lively than the big shops in the West Market.

"This is the Black Rock Square, the most central area. The city lord specially divided it out for the casual cultivators to set up stalls." Gu Yue said.

"The location here is so good, and the Black Rock City Lord is willing to leave it to the casual cultivators. He is a wonderful person." Yuan Ming looked in the east, south and north and said.

"The largest group in the world of immortal cultivation is the casual cultivators. The city lord should have seen this point and has been treating the casual cultivators well over the years. Only then can the Black Rock City market flourish until now." Gu Yue said admiringly.

Yuan Ming nodded, indicating that he agreed with this view. He did not stop here and walked towards the East Market opposite the square.

Halfway through, he suddenly stopped and looked at a small stall nearby.

"Why, Brother Yuan found what you want?" Gu Yue glanced at the stall with some surprise.

Yuan Ming did not speak, and his eyes looked at a piece of green wood on the stall.

The texture of this wood is like a pine tree, emitting a faint spiritual power fluctuation, obviously a piece of spiritual pine.

"Brother Yuan wants that piece of spiritual wood? What's the highest price you can offer?" Gu Yue said softly, following Yuan Ming's line of sight.

"Five spiritual stones." Yuan Ming hesitated and said.

"Okay, don't talk for a while, leave it to me." Gu Yue said.

Then, he came to the stall. The stall owner was an old man with gray hair and a red rosacea, which looked quite funny.

"Daoyou, how do you sell this piece of wood?" Gu Yue pointed at the emerald green spiritual wood and asked.

"Your Excellency has a good eye. This thing was obtained by a friend of mine from a beast's nest. It is a good spiritual pine. I will sell it to you for thirty spiritual stones." A trace of cunning flashed in the old man's eyes. Obviously, he had noticed the muttering of Yuan Ming and Gu Yue just now.

"Thirty spiritual stones? Old man, why don't you go rob it? It's just a piece of rotten wood. In my opinion, it's not worth a single spiritual stone." Gu Yue pretended to be shocked and shouted exaggeratedly.

"How can it be rotten wood? This is a genuine spiritual wood. I asked someone to check it out. This wood is a pine spiritual wood. Selling it for thirty spiritual stones is already very cheap." The old man said anxiously.

"Pine spiritual wood? Do you think I have no knowledge! Pine spiritual wood is a top-grade spiritual material. A fist-sized piece can be sold for a hundred spiritual stones. Would you set up a stall to sell it here?" Gu Yue sneered and exposed the old man's lie.

"Even if this thing is not a pine spiritual wood, it is also a top-grade spiritual wood. If you really want to buy it, I will sell it to you for twenty spiritual stones, no less." The stall owner blushed and said.

"I should be the one to say this. If you are sincere in selling this broken piece of wood from who knows where, I can give you two spiritual stones." Gu Yue pressed on.

"Two spiritual stones? Impossible, at least... fifteen spiritual stones." The old man shook his head like a rattle, and his confidence was already somewhat lacking.

Next, Gu Yue and the old stall owner started arguing with sharp words.

Gu Yue seemed to particularly like bidding with others. The more he fought, the more courageous he became. He devalued the emerald green spiritual wood to nothing, and the old man was defeated step by step. He even began to doubt whether his spiritual wood was really worthless. In the end, he successfully won it with the price of three spiritual stones.

The old man had long lost his previous momentum, and he was dejected, like a defeated rooster, handing over the spiritual wood.

Yuan Ming took out three spiritual stones and handed them over. He took the emerald green spiritual wood and carefully kept it.

"Fellow Daoist Gu Yue has good skills. I admire you." He felt a little changed in his opinion of Gu Yue, and took out a spiritual stone and handed it to the other party.

"Thank you, fellow Taoist! My cultivation is shallow, and I have been hanging around in Black Rock City for many years. I rely on my good words. If Brother Yuan has another job like this, just give it to me." Gu Yue happily accepted the spirit stone and patted his chest, thinking of trying hard to show off in front of Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming hummed, and his hand couldn't help but stroke the storage bag on his waist, secretly happy.

In any case, spending four spirit stones to accept this piece of spiritual wood is definitely a good deal. In the previous shop, such a grade of spiritual wood would cost at least ten spirit stones, and no bargaining was allowed.

"What kind of spiritual wood is that piece of wood? If it is convenient to reveal it, let me broaden my horizons?" Gu Yue asked curiously when she saw Yuan Ming's actions.

"I don't know much about this thing, I only know that it is a piece of spiritual pine." Yuan Ming said frankly.

Gu Yue thought Yuan Ming didn't want to say it, so he smiled and didn't ask again.

Yuan Ming actually did not hide it. He did not know what kind of spiritual material this emerald green spiritual wood was. He only knew that it was a piece of spiritual pine.

That was enough. What he wanted to buy was spiritual pine.

According to Wu Sang's unreliable analysis, one of the materials in the black incense was pine powder. If it was replaced with spiritual pine powder of a higher grade, it might have unexpected effects.

As for which spiritual pine was more effective, Yuan Ming himself did not know. He would try it first.

The two continued to move forward. Yuan Ming's eyes swept around the stalls from time to time, but unfortunately he did not find anything useful.

The two crossed the square and came to the East Market.

The environment layout of the East Market is basically the same as that of the West Market, but the shops here were built by foreign forces. The architectural style is very different from that of the West Market, which is refreshing.

According to the introduction on Gu Yue Road, many of the spiritual materials sold in the shops in the East and South Regions are produced in the sea. This is because the two places are far away from the Ten Thousand Mountains, there are no other decent spiritual veins and peaks in the territory, and the land products are quite barren.

Fortunately, both are close to the sea, and there are countless spiritual materials and sea beasts in the sea, which is no less than the Ten Thousand Mountains, providing a solid material foundation for the cultivators in the two places.

"The world is so big, there are really all kinds of wonders." Yuan Ming visited several shops in the East Region and the South Region and sighed.

The spiritual materials in the sea, sea beast materials and other things in the two places opened his eyes, and he had a desire to travel around the world.

Of course, this has to wait until he has enough self-protection power.

Gu Yue did not stop and continued to move forward with Yuan Ming.

"I see that there are many medium-grade spiritual materials in the shops in the East Region and the South Region, but there are no one or two ice spiritual objects?" Yuan Ming asked.

"It's okay to look for them in these shops, but the resources in Nanjiang and other places are still far behind those in the Central Plains Dajin, and the chance of finding ice spiritual materials there is greater." Gu Yue said.

"You can arrange the next trip." Yuan Ming did not act smart.

"Thank you for your trust, Brother Yuan, I will definitely not let you down." Gu Yue said seriously.

The two continued forward and soon arrived at the other end of the East Market.

The atmosphere of Southern Xinjiang began to decrease here, and more and more shops in the Central Plains style appeared in his field of vision, including magic weapon shops, talisman shops, elixir shops, etc. Basically, anything that a cultivator needs can be found here.

Yuan Ming nodded secretly. The Great Jin cultivation world is indeed not comparable to Southern Xinjiang.

Many people from the Central Plains are busy in and out of these shops. Most of them are mortals without any magic power. From time to time, you can hear a few words from the Central Plains.

Except for the previous possession of the little emperor and Wang Shun, Yuan Ming saw so many people from the Central Plains for the first time and felt very cordial.

"The largest Dajin shop in Black Rock City is just in front, dealing in spiritual materials, elixirs, magic weapons and other businesses. Let's go there first. If there is nothing, go to other shops." Gu Yue pointed to the front and said.

Yuan Ming naturally had no objection. Just as he was about to speed up his pace, his eyes suddenly swept over a shop next to him and stopped.

This is a small shop with only three rooms and a backyard. Judging from the plaque on the gate and the goods inside, it should be a magic weapon shop.

Yuan Ming noticed this place not because he wanted to buy magic weapons, but because of a large sign hanging at the door of this store with a few big words on it: Purchasing magic weapon runes.