Chapter 393 The Trade Fair Begins

After several people sat down in the hall, Chen Jinliang chatted with Huang Shengxin and others for a few words, all of which were about daily cultivation topics, and from time to time he would give some pointers to the foundation-building cultivators present.

Seeing that this Jindan ancestor was so approachable, Song Qingming, who was originally a little nervous after seeing him, gradually relaxed naturally.

It seems that the rumors outside are indeed true. Although this ancestor Chen of Tuoyun Mountain has a high level of cultivation, he is indeed not as arrogant as other high-level cultivators, and does not take low-level cultivators seriously. Even when facing a young foundation-building cultivator like Song Qingming who is many generations younger than him, he speaks very kindly. No wonder so many casual cultivators like to live at the foot of his Tuoyun Mountain for a long time.

It is not an easy thing to get guidance from a Jindan real person at such a close distance. Even if Chen Jinliang simply gives Song Qingming a simple suggestion, it is also a great benefit to him.

Unfortunately, time passed too quickly. Song Qingming felt as if he had not sat in the hall for long when a young man in green suddenly walked in. After whispering a few words in Chen Jinliang's ear, Chen Jinliang soon stood up and said goodbye to everyone.

Seeing that Chen Laozu had left, Huang Shengxin and Song Qingming also left Jinyun Pavilion, and then temporarily rented a few caves on the mountain, waiting for the Tuoyun Mountain Trade Fair to be held in ten days.

As the time of the trade fair was getting closer, the number of high-level cultivators on Tuoyun Mountain gradually increased. Among these people, there were immortal cultivators from the northern cultivation families of Weiguo, many casual cultivators who mixed in the Fuyun Mountains, and many who came here from farther west.

During the waiting period, Song Qingming also went to Jinyu Pavilion several times with Huang Shengyue. As Huang Shengyue said, almost all the spiritual objects in Jinyu Pavilion were above level 2.

Moreover, because Patriarch Chen was an alchemist, the entire second floor of the Golden Jade Pavilion was filled with all kinds of second-level elixirs. Some of the rare elixirs refined by Patriarch Chen were not even seen in Yangshanfang by Song Qingming, and he was almost dazzled.

Although he saw many spiritual objects that interested him in the Golden Jade Pavilion, Song Qingming did not bring many spiritual stones with him to Tuoyun Mountain this time. In order not to miss the better spiritual objects in the trade fair, he only chose to buy a few elixirs that could improve the cultivation of late-stage foundation-building cultivators.

Fortunately, there were many foundation-building cultivators at the trade fair this time. In order to liven up the atmosphere of the trade fair in advance, Feng Yangde also specially organized some cultivators of the same level to hold several small-scale exchange meetings.

Song Qingming also took this opportunity to exchange several extra second-level magic tools and several second-level middle-grade spiritual talismans that he had on him for more than 2,000 spiritual stones. Together with the spiritual stones he brought from home, he already had almost 10,000 spiritual stones.

The storage bag on his body gradually swelled up, and Song Qingming felt more confident about the upcoming trade fair.

The most important thing for Song Qingming to come to Tuoyun Mountain this time was that he still wanted to purchase a second-level medium-grade array plate. As a second-level array master in these years, Song Qingming's array level has not improved much. This time he also wanted to try whether he could take advantage of the opportunity of the family's spiritual vein improvement to improve his array level.

Arranging a spirit gathering array to improve the spiritual vein is the easiest of all arrays. Generally, array masters will choose this simplest array to improve their array skills. However, if he wants to arrange a second-level medium-grade spirit gathering array, Song Qingming still lacks a same-level array plate.

The set of commonly used array flags and array plates that Song Qingming carries with him are only second-level low-grade, which is very difficult to use to arrange a second-level medium-grade spirit gathering array. The most urgent thing is that Song Qingming still has to improve the set of equipment in his hands first.

Time passed quickly day by day, and it was almost the first day of the Tuoyun Mountain Trade Fair. Early in the morning, Song Qingming had just finished his daily practice and walked out of the cave where he rented a house, when a series of crisp bells and drums suddenly sounded on Tuoyun Mountain.

When Song Qingming followed Huang Shengxin and the others to a huge flat land on the top of the mountain, there were already many cultivators who had gathered from the bottom of the mountain, and many disciples under the command of Chen Laozu of Tuoyun Mountain who had already been on the scene to maintain order.

The entire flat land was hundreds of feet in diameter, and was divided into three sections from inside to outside like a staircase. There were several long wooden tables on the highest wooden platform in front of the mountain wall, and the larger platform below was filled with hundreds of wooden chairs of different styles in a circle, and further down was a huge open space.

As an old-school foundation-building cultivator who had participated in several trade fairs, Huang Shengxin naturally knew the rules of the Tuoyun Mountain Trade Fair. He took Song Qingming and the others directly to a row of wooden chairs in the middle of the second-level platform and found a front seat to sit down.

Seeing the empty wooden chairs around gradually being filled up by the foundation-building cultivators who came over, Huang Shengyue couldn't help but sigh: "I remember that there were only 60 to 70 foundation-building cultivators at the last trade fair. I didn't expect that there were so many chairs prepared this time. It seems that Patriarch Chen invited quite a few people this time!"

Huang Shengxin squinted his eyes and stared at the front and said: "In previous trade fairs, it was common to have more or less foundation-building cultivators, but this time there were actually a few more tables. This is really strange. Could it be that in addition to Senior Ma, Patriarch Chen also invited other Jindan Zhenren to this trade fair?"

Hearing Huang Shengxin say this, Song Qingming also cast his eyes to the high platform in front of him. According to what Huang Shengxin said before, the people who are qualified to sit on the long tables facing the bottom are naturally other Jindan cultivators.

The Jindan cultivator who has the best relationship with Chen Jinliang near Tuoyun Mountain is naturally Ma Hongshan, the ancestor of the Ma family in Tiexian Valley. Since the ancestor of the Ma family formed a pill, he would come in person every time Tuoyun Mountain held a trade fair to help Chen Laozu support the scene. This trade fair will naturally be no exception.

Soon after Chen Jinliang appeared and sat in the first seat in front, a tall middle-aged man with a white beard on his face and a rather rough look also sat on a table on the right side of Chen Jinliang. Behind this man stood several young-looking cultivators, all of whom had cultivation above the foundation-building stage.

"Fellow Daoist Li, the person above should be Senior Ma from Tiexian Valley, right?"

"Yes, I met Senior Ma once when I first participated in the trade fair decades ago. We Tuoyun Mountain and Tiexian Valley have been helping each other for hundreds of years. The last time the monsters in the northern border were in chaos, Patriarch Chen led us to support Tiexian Valley. It is expected that Senior Ma will come to the trade fair held by Tuoyun Mountain this time."