Chapter 208 Encounter
Every year, many cultivators from Yue and Daliang come to Longyu Sea to seek opportunities.
Therefore, Changhe Sect and Xuedao Sect took advantage of the situation and built a market town in the valley on the opposite bank of the river where the ancient ruins passage of Longyu Sea was located.
It was for business and to guard the passage and collect passage fees.
Southeast of Youhe Valley is the market town of Changhe Sect of Daliang State, and on the other side of the river is the market town of Xuedao Sect.
The market town is not big, and the people who run and look after the shops are basically Qi-refining cultivators, but most of the customers in the market town are foundation-building cultivators, and there are very few Qi-refining cultivators. Even if there are any, they are all Qi-refining ninth level or Qi-refining perfection.
The goods sold in the shops are mainly divided into two categories. One category is the items that may be used to enter Longyu Sea, such as the fragrant bait needed to trap certain monsters, the map of Longyu Sea, the magic tools for traveling in the sea, etc.; the second category is the products produced by Longyu Sea, including spiritual medicine, minerals and water beasts.
Some cultivators come to the Dragon Fish Sea to find some special materials they need, but when they see that there are some for sale, they may just buy them and leave, unwilling to risk entering the Dragon Fish Sea.
Near the market, the four people got off the flying boat.
The four people did not enter the passage immediately, and they still needed to buy some items needed to enter the Dragon Fish Sea in the market.
Wan Yan's main purpose of coming to the Dragon Fish Sea this time was to find the thousand-year-old dragon clam pearl, while Shao Shiyu and Mo Yongzhi's biggest purpose was to catch and kill dragon fish fry and refine Shenglong Dan.
This pill can greatly enhance the cultivation of true essence and mana.
Shao Shiyu wants to cultivate to the perfection of foundation building, and Mo Yongzhi wants to break through the middle stage of foundation building. In addition to a deeper understanding of the Tao, he also needs to greatly enhance the strength and purity of true essence and mana.
Shenglong Dan is incredibly expensive, costing 40,000 to 50,000 spirit stones.
The two people usually spend a lot of money on cultivation, and it is difficult to accumulate spirit stones on hand.
So they decided to come to the Dragon Fish Sea and catch and kill dragon fish fry.
Preparing the materials for alchemy by yourself can save a lot of spirit stones.
If they can find some more spiritual medicines or demon beasts that can be used as medicine, they can also sell them in exchange for some spiritual stones.
To catch dragon fish fry, you need to use fragrant bait, which needs to be purchased in the market.
The map of the Dragon Fish Sea also needs to be purchased in the market.
In addition, you also need to buy information about the current situation in the Dragon Fish Sea.
For example, which places are more active in demon beasts now; which places have more opportunities recently; which places are more dangerous; and which powerful people are active in them now, etc.
The information is related to their gains and dangers, even if the price is not cheap, it must be purchased in advance.
Xia Daoming saw that there were many Dragon Fish Sea specialties for sale in the market, so he said hello to Mo Yongzhi and the other two, and went around to ask for blood-rain dragon breath grass that was more than 3,000 years old. Unfortunately, although there was blood-rain dragon breath grass for sale in the market, there was no more than 3,000 years old, and at most 2,000 years old, and most of them were less than 1,000 years old.
"In the Dragon Fish Sea, there are very few Blood Rain Dragon Breath Grass that are even 1,000 years old. If you want Blood Rain Dragon Breath Grass that is more than 3,000 years old, you have to go to the area where the fourth-level monsters live.
But those areas are the restricted areas of the Dragon Fish Sea. Even the perfect foundation cultivators dare not go in. You will die if you go in."
A shop assistant saw Xia Daoming asking about Blood Rain Dragon Breath Grass that is more than 3,000 years old, looked him up and down for several times, and shook his head repeatedly.
"Restricted area?" Xia Daoming's heart moved slightly.
If there is in the restricted area, then the probability of high-year Blood Rain Dragon Breath Grass appearing in the vicinity of the restricted area must be higher than other places.
A fourth-level monster is comparable to a golden elixir cultivator.
Naturally, he dare not easily run to its lair to provoke it.
But if he only moves around the restricted area, it should be unlikely to alarm or encounter a monster.
Besides, with his strength and the wisdom of the human race, if he really encounters a fourth-level monster, it should not be a big problem to escape.
If it is really dangerous, he still has a small teleportation talisman.
Soon, Xia Daoming bought a copy of the latest map and product book of Longyu Sea in a shop.
The product book records the valuable spiritual medicines, water beasts and some minerals produced in Longyu Sea.
The market is not big, and soon the four met in a teahouse.
Xia Daoming saw that Shao Shiyu and the other two looked solemn.
"Three uncles, what's wrong?" Xia Daoming asked.
"I just bought some information, saying that in the past year, the conflict between the Yue Kingdom cultivators and our Daliang Kingdom cultivators in Longyu Sea has been quite severe, and just over ten days ago, two foundation-building perfect cultivators from Yue Kingdom entered Longyu Sea one after another.
One of them is Shen Tu Xiao from the Shen Tu family, a great Yue cultivation family. This person is not only cruel by nature, but also extremely powerful. It is said that he can fight with fake Dan cultivators. Therefore, after we enter Longyu Sea this time, we must try our best to avoid the Yue Kingdom cultivators." Mo Yongzhi said in a deep voice.
"Disciple understands." Xia Daoming nodded in response.
Then Mo Yongzhi shared some more information.
Just after sharing the information, a man and a woman, who seemed to be a couple, walked in.
The man wore a fairy robe embroidered with stars, and the woman wore a dress embroidered with a crescent moon.
They both looked to be in their thirties.
The man had a refined temperament and a handsome appearance, and the woman had a regular appearance and a graceful figure.
The two walked in leisurely, giving people the feeling of a fairy couple.
Mo Yongzhi saw the two of them walk in, and his face suddenly darkened.
Wan Yan saw the two of them, and first a flash of surprise flashed across his face, and then he showed a sarcastic and disdainful look without concealing it, saying: "Long Bingkui, Che Fei, I haven't seen you for many years, and your cultivation has become more and more advanced. It seems that the two Yunfeng fruits back then have amazing medicinal effects!"
"The elixir is only available to those who are destined to receive it. We are just lucky." Long Bingkui said with a smile, seemingly not hearing the sarcasm in Wan Yan's words.
"Lucky?" Wan Yan smiled coldly and said, "Long Bingkui, don't you feel embarrassed when you say this? Senior Sister Mo and Senior Brother Lin trusted you and your wife and joined forces with you..."
"Hmph, Wan Yan, don't go too far!" The smile on Long Bingkui's face disappeared, and he interrupted with a cold voice, with a powerful aura bursting out of his body.
"I am going too far?" Wan Yan stood up suddenly, and the true energy and magic power in his body surged.
"Forget it, Wan Yan, Senior Sister Shao, Daoming, we should also pay the spiritual stones and go to Longyu Sea to look for opportunities." Seeing this, Mo Yongzhi stood up and pulled Wan Yan.
Wan Yan's face changed several times, and finally he followed Mo Yongzhi and followed her out of the teahouse.
"Who are those two? Have you ever had a grudge with Uncle Mo?" Xia Daoming asked after leaving the teahouse.
In the past, Xia Daoming always called Mo Yongzhi elder to show respect.
This time, at the request of Mo Yongzhi, he changed his words.
"They are disciples of Xingyue Sect. They are all disciples of the three major sects, and sometimes they have some exchanges and cooperation. In the early years, your Uncle Mo and a deceased Uncle Lin once teamed up with them and their husband and wife in a secret realm.
That time, the four of them were very lucky and found two Yunfeng fruits, which should have been divided equally. But the couple was very insidious and treacherous. When your Uncle Mo went to treat Uncle Lin who was seriously injured in the fight with the guardian monster, they took the Yunfeng fruit.
Hum, if it weren't for the two of them being treacherous and the couple eating the two Yunfeng fruits alone, your Uncle Mo should have been in the late stage of foundation building now." Wan Yan said.
"It's all in the past, what's the point of talking about it? I can only blame myself for not having a good vision back then, and being deceived by their appearance, temperament, words and deeds.
Now both of them are in the late stage of foundation building, and it is said that they have become the registered disciples of a Jindan elder. We are not as strong as them, and arguing with them is nothing but humiliating ourselves." Mo Yongzhi said.
"Sister Mo is right, this kind of verbal dispute is useless. If you have the ability, you can suppress or even kill them directly one day. If you don't have the ability, just forget about that matter." Shao Shiyu said with a gloomy face.
"Even if I don't have the ability, I will use words to stimulate and humiliate them, at least I will feel better." Wan Yan said disapprovingly.
"Okay, go to the Xianyuan Hall to pay the fee." Mo Yongzhi said.
The Xianyuan Hall is located in the place closest to the river bank in the market, and it is magnificent.
The payment hall is very spacious.
As soon as Xia Daoming entered, he felt like he was being secretly monitored.
It is obvious that there are strong people here.
There is a notice on one wall of the hall offering rewards for various spiritual medicines, water beasts and minerals.
The rewards are quite high.
Wan Yan and others deliberately ran to stand in front of that wall to scan the various reward notices and memorize them.
"Qingyuan Sect disciples, 200 spiritual stones. You cannot stay in the Dragon Fish Sea for more than one month. If you stay for more than one month, you will have to pay an extra 100 spiritual stones for each day, and you will also have to be interrogated when you come out." A Qi-refining disciple at the payment counter said after checking the sect token handed over by Xia Daoming.
In Daliang State, Changhe Sect disciples have their own sect rules for entering the Dragon Fish Sea.
As the super sects of Daliang State, Qingyuan Sect and Xingyue Sect have a discount for their disciples to enter the Dragon Fish Sea, 200 yuan per person, while other sects, families or individual cultivators have to pay much more, 600 spiritual stones per person.
Xia Daoming paid 200 spiritual stones, and the Changhe Sect's working disciple handed him a token.
The space around the passage to the vortex had long been isolated by the formation. Without this token, once entering, the formation would be triggered.
Holding the token, the four people passed through an invisible formation barrier on the river bank and came to the sky above the Youhe River.
The river water was dark and exuded a cold breath, which made the black vortex above it more gloomy and terrifying, making people feel frightened and uneasy, always thinking that it was the passage to the land of death.
Wan Yan and Mo Yongzhi's eyes became solemn unconsciously, while Shao Shiyu was just the opposite. Looking at the gloomy and terrifying black huge vortex, his cold eyes revealed a touch of hot expectation.
"Let's go!" Shao Shiyu said impatiently.
After that, she took the lead and stepped into the air towards the vortex.
Xia Daoming and the other two hurriedly followed.
The four people were about to fly into the vortex.
On the side controlled by the Blood Knife Sect, a black-clothed man with shawl hair, a red beard, and a murderous aura came in the air.
This man was extremely domineering. Before he reached the whirlpool, a terrifying aura burst out from him, stirring up the water of the You River and causing huge waves to hit Xia Daoming and the other three.