Chapter 63 New Captain
Half a month later, in a small shop in Guiyunfang, a fat shopkeeper with a smiling face was recommending a white mid-grade flying sword in his shop to Song Qingming, who came to buy a magic weapon.
"Daoyou, this Yunlong Sword is the best mid-grade flying sword in my shop. If you are not satisfied, I can only take you to see other high-grade flying swords."
"Alas, I don't have many spirit stones with me this time, so I can only buy a mid-grade magic weapon first, but this flying sword is sold for 35 spirit stones, the price is still a bit too expensive, can the boss be cheaper?" Song Qingming sat on a wooden chair in the shop and negotiated with the shop owner slowly, hoping to save a few spirit stones.
Although he has saved hundreds of spirit stones in the past few years, he is not short of these two or three spirit stones, but Song Qingming, who has been poor since childhood, has been accustomed to saving every spirit stone. When he goes out to buy various materials, he often loses face and bargains with others for one or two spirit stones.
In all these years of cultivation, the only time he was generous was when he first came to Guiyunfang and spent all his 150 spirit stones to buy the top-grade magic weapon Taixu Sword.
Although he was generous and won some face on the spot, he still regretted not bargaining with the two people at that time. Maybe he could save 10 or 20 spirit stones.
This was also the only time in his many years of cultivation that he didn't take the spirit stones too seriously for something he wanted. Whenever he thought of this, he smiled bitterly.
"I said, fellow Taoist, the 35 spirit stones I mentioned are already a lot less for you. You can also see the quality of this flying sword. A lot of top-grade white jade crystals were used to refine this magic weapon. It was originally sold for 40 spirit stones in the store. You can't let me do business at a loss." The fat boss shook his fat body and continued to explain to Song Qingming with an embarrassed face.
After paying the fat boss 32 spirit stones, Song Qingming bought the medium-grade magic weapon and walked out of the shop with the boss's smiling farewell.
After returning to the Feiyun Guard's base in Guiyunfang, Song Qingming's team of Feiyun Guards was unable to go out for missions in the short term, so they got a vacation for a while, and Song Qingming also began a relatively leisurely time.
In the past half month, Song Qingming, who lived in the market, ran around all the shops in Guiyunfang again, asking about the news of Bailongshan and purchasing all kinds of materials to prepare for the next mission at any time.
However, Song Qingming almost ran around Guiyunfang, but he didn't find out any useful information. Whether it was the boss or the clerk, when they heard the three words Bailongshan, they all evaded and shook their heads.
Fortunately, he successfully purchased a lot of useful materials this time, and also bought a lot of talisman making materials. In the next mission, he can also make talismans in exchange for spirit stones when he has free time.
Now, as his cultivation level is getting higher and higher, there are more and more places where he needs to spend spirit stones. Now when he goes out, he needs to use spirit stones to purchase spiritual rice, elixirs, magic tools and other things.
Even if he does not eat or drink and lives in Guiyunfang, he has to hand over two spirit stones to the market manager every month.
Fortunately, Song Qingming returned from this mission. With the reward for completing the mission and the compensation for merits promised by Liu Xingfeng, Song Qingming received a total of more than 40 spirit stones.
In addition to the nearly 20 spirit stones he and Feng Laogui got when they went to hunt a high-level monster, Song Qingming earned nearly 70 spirit stones in total during this three-month trip.
Minus his damaged Lieyang Sword and the dozen or so spirit talismans he used, there is still a net income of 30 spirit stones, which is much more than his income from a year of garrisoning in Lingyuan Mountain. Seeing piles of spirit stones entering the storage bag, Song Qingming was also in a much happier mood.
Although it seems that Song Qingming earned a lot of spirit stones this time, it is also because the missions carried out by Feiyunwei are indeed more dangerous. Higher income also comes with greater dangers.
Going deep into the Fuyun Mountains and exploring those unknown monster territories is often prone to encounter some unimaginable dangers. For example, this time, only half of the 16 cultivators of their 11th Guard returned to Guiyunfang intact.
After experiencing this dangerous mission, on the way back to Guiyunfang, Song Qingming also wanted to quit Feiyunwei for a while, but after returning to Guiyunfang and receiving the spirit stones for this mission at the Feiyunwei station, he quickly gave up this idea.
Song Qingming also knew in his heart that it was an accident for them to encounter demon cultivators on this mission. Even if he chose not to join Feiyunwei and entered Fuyun Mountains alone to hunt monsters, if his personal luck was not good, he would have a great chance of encountering demon cultivators like Gu Liangshan who were capturing fellow cultivators.
Even if Song Qingming had a few life-saving talismans, if he encountered a demon cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining like Gu Liangshan, his chances of escaping would not be very high. He would most likely be captured by the demon cultivators and used to refine magic tools like Hu Daozhen and others, and die in the vast Floating Cloud Mountains.
Since he came out to train, if he turned around and left immediately when he encountered a little danger, it would be better for him to return to Funiushan as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, he slowly accepted the fact that the pursuit of the Tao by a cultivator is a matter of opportunity and danger. If he had not encountered the bandit cultivator who robbed him, he would not have had the opportunity to obtain the incomplete map, a treasure that helped him turn his life around.
Seeing several foundation-building cultivators from Xiaoyao Sect appear in the camp, Song Qingming and his companions slowly learned some news.
This group of demon cultivators has now been exposed, and Xiaoyao Sect has sent a large number of cultivators to search for them. If they are smart enough, they must have escaped from the Floating Cloud Mountains.
Otherwise, if so many foundation-building cultivators find their whereabouts, even if Yang Wuqi has refined the magic knife, he will definitely be doomed.
Just yesterday, Song Qingming had received news from Feiyun Guards that they would go to the Floating Cloud Mountains again in three days.
After receiving this news, Song Qingming hurried to the market to purchase all the magic tools he was missing. This time, with enough time, he was finally fully prepared.
After coming out of the shop, Song Qingming strolled around the market for a long time before slowly returning to the Guiyunfang station in the east of the market.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to the gate of the station, he heard the guards of the station tell him that the eleven guards had gathered. Song Qingming hurried to the gathering place in the backyard of the Feiyunwei station.
When he arrived at the backyard, Song Qingming saw that more than a dozen monks had gathered in the yard, and they were gathered in groups of three or two in the yard to talk about something.
Song Qingming looked at the scene. In addition to the original six eleven guards monks including Jia Sixing, there were also several monks wearing Taoist robes of Xiaoyao Sect. These monks looked relatively young, and there was a hint of arrogance in their eyes when they looked at Song Qingming and other monks.
After approaching and chatting with several monks he knew, he learned that these monks were also disciples of Xiaoyao Sect who came to Guiyunfang to train, and they were probably going to go to Fuyun Mountains with them this time.
After more than half an hour, fifteen or sixteen cultivators had gathered in the courtyard, and a woman in red came out of the courtyard.
When everyone saw the person coming, including Song Qingming, there was a hint of surprise on their faces.
This woman in red was Xu Ziyan, the senior sister of Gao Yuyao who had dealt with them in the Floating Cloud Mountains a month ago.
When they fought against the demon cultivators that day, it was the two of them and Liu Xingfeng who arrived in time to save the lives of Song Qingming and his group. In a sense, she saved Song Qingming and his group's lives.
After Xu Ziyan walked in, she looked at everyone and said softly: "Dear fellow Taoists, because Senior Brother Lu, the captain of the 11th Guard, has returned to the sect to heal his injuries, after the master and several senior uncles discussed, I will temporarily take over the position of the captain of the 11th Guard."