Chapter 897: Qicao Pavilion
Outside the city wall is the sea. There are countless spirit ships docked on the coast, big, small, tall, short, and endless. Qingyang's spirit ship is mixed in with many spirit ships, as small as a grain of sand in the desert, and it is extremely inconspicuous.
There is an endless stream of cultivators coming and going, dressed in different clothes, many of whom they have never seen before. With so many cultivators coming in and out, the city gate cannot be small. Under the tall city gate tower, the cultivators lined up in several teams, and only when they enter and exit at the same time can there be no congestion.
On the top of the city gate tower, there is a huge plaque with three big characters "Jiuxian City" written on it. The font is simple and majestic, with dragons and phoenixes flying, vigorous and powerful, and there is a hint of arrogance and drunkenness. I don't know who wrote it.
The ancient continent is full of atmosphere. Such a large city of scattered cultivators, there is no one to maintain order, no identity tokens and entry and exit certificates are issued, and there is not even a city entrance fee. Although there were a few guards at the gate, they lazily leaned aside with their eyes closed to rest, and didn't care about the monks coming in and out. It was estimated that they would only take a look when there was trouble at the city gate.
After nearly ten years of sailing, the spirit ship that Qingyang and his friends took had long been dilapidated. It had been repaired and repaired countless times, especially in the last section of the journey, it was only with the superb refining technology of Master Shi Han that the spirit ship could barely be kept from falling apart.
Of course, this was related to Master Shi Han's pursuit of speed, which sacrificed the service life of the spirit ship. Otherwise, they would not have been able to reach the Ancient Wind Continent in just ten years.
The spirit ship was no longer usable, but it still had some value. Apart from other things, selling the materials after dismantling it could also recover a lot of spirit stones. It was just that everyone had finally arrived at the Ancient Wind Continent, and they were unwilling to delay outside the city. The spirit ship was too large and difficult to take away. Anyway, they would not need it in the future, so they sold the spirit ship as scrap to the middleman.
The spirit ship sold more than 10,000 spirit stones, and there were still a few thousand spirit stones left to provide energy for the spirit ship. The total was about 20,000. Master Shi Han did not keep them for himself, but directly distributed 1,000 spirit stones to each person, which made the hands of those casual cultivators much looser.
After selling the spirit ship, more than a dozen cultivators entered Jiuxian City together. They did not pursue speed, but walked and strolled, looked and asked, learned about the customs and habits of Jiuxian City, inquired about the customs and customs of the Ancient Continent, and became familiar with the price information nearby, hoping to adapt as soon as possible.
The biggest difference between this place and Zhongshayu is the price. Many materials and items with outrageous prices in Zhongshayu are common things here. The price is extremely low and can be bought with very few spirit stones. Of course, there are also things that are more common in Zhongshayu and in short supply in the Ancient Continent, and the price is higher, but this situation is very rare.
The more Qingyang looked, the more he regretted it. He had bought many materials for forming the golden elixir in Zhongsha Territory at a high price, and he had lost a lot of spirit stones. However, it was over, and there was no point in regretting it.
What excited Qingyang, Xiying and others was that while shopping, they actually found several materials for forming the golden elixir that they had been lacking before. They had tried their best to get them in Zhongsha Territory, but they could buy them easily here, which was also a big gain.
After collecting enough money for the boat, Qingyang had very few spirit stones left. Fortunately, the blood-clothed man blocked the way and Qingyang killed one of them. After Master Shihan packed up, he gave everything to Qingyang. There were 20,000 to 30,000 spirit stones in total, which was just enough to buy materials.
He bought ten portions of the materials he found according to the amount required for the elixir, and there were still several thousand spirit stones left, which was enough for Qingyang to use for a while.
According to the recipe left by the Thousand-Handed Pill King, there are five or six hundred kinds of main medicines, auxiliary medicines, matching medicines, and adjuvant medicines needed to make the golden pill. During the years in Zhongsha Region, Qingyang had collected all the matching medicines and adjuvant medicines, and most of the auxiliary medicines were collected. The only thing missing was two of them. There were more than twenty main medicines in total, and Qingyang only found two-thirds of them, which was nine kinds short, and they were the most important nine kinds. He spent countless efforts but still couldn't find the rest.
I didn't expect that I had only been in Jiuxian City for one day and found one of them. Now there are only the last four main medicines left. As long as these four are collected, the golden pill can be refined.
In these years on the spirit ship, Qingyang had studied the recipe left by the Thousand-Handed Pill King countless times, and had a thorough understanding of the main medicines. The four materials that were missing now were the key to the entire golden pill, and they had to be obtained. However, Qingyang also knew that the materials would be harder to find as they got closer to the end. If they couldn't be found in Jiuxian City, it would be more difficult to find them in other places.
But there is no rush for this matter. You can always find it if you look for it slowly. Others may be stuck in a bottleneck for more than ten years, decades, or even a lifetime, so what's the harm in waiting a few more years? Besides, I still have more than a hundred years of life left, so I can wait.
As a newcomer, I should get familiar with Jiuxian City first before thinking about other things. After that, Qingyang did not deliberately look for any materials, but continued to stroll with everyone. It took a group of casual cultivators three full days to figure out the general layout of Jiuxian City. Finally, they found an inn with good conditions in the city. Each of them rented a yard and settled down temporarily.
After settling down, everyone separated. Everyone had their own things to do. The Jindan cultivators had to find out the situation of the Ancient Wind Continent before deciding where to go. The poor scattered cultivators had to find a way to earn spirit stones as soon as possible, otherwise they would not be able to maintain their cultivation. As for Qingyang, Xiying and others, they searched for the four materials needed to make the Jindan separately.
This search lasted for nearly half a month, and the three of them found nothing. It was not known whether it was because Jiuxian City was too big and it was too difficult to find something, or because the four main medicines were too rare and not even sold in Jiuxian City. The three of them were very depressed. They thought that they would be able to solve the problem of making the Jindan easily after coming to the Ancient Wind Continent, but they still couldn't get the materials together. If the Ancient Wind Continent couldn't get these materials, wouldn't the matter of making the Jindan be completely ruined?
However, even if they thought so, they still had to do things. Small setbacks couldn't defeat them. They went out every day. On this day, Qingyang came to a remote shop called Qicao Pavilion.
Qicao Pavilion, from the name, you know that it is a place for buying and selling rare spiritual herbs. Maybe there is something he needs, so Qingyang walked in. Qicao Pavilion looks small from the outside, but it is surprisingly large inside, filled with various spiritual herbs, and they are all the kind that are not usually seen.