Chapter 188: Bustling Market

After walking around the construction area of ​​Tianhefang City, Li Qing finally understood what it meant to spend money like water.

Along the way, he visited three shops selling elixirs. The two thousand spirit stones he had on hand suddenly shrank to one thousand four hundred.

Such lavish spending made his heart bleed.

This was the wealth he had accumulated after working hard to dig spirit stones in the mine for more than a year!

"Fortunately, these elixirs on hand, if used sparingly, should be more than enough for a year!"

"The spirit stones are not really spent, they just accompany me in another way!"

Li Qing thought so comfortingly in his heart, and at the same time constantly comforted himself that misers have no good end, they are all external things, and the growth of his own strength is real.

However, after shopping all the way today, if you compare the prices of three shops, the price of the elixir shop opened by the Shi family of Yaowangling in Tianhefang City is relatively cheap.

The Danding Pavilion of Tianhe Sect is the most expensive. A Peiyuan Pill costs 55 spirit stones in Danding Pavilion, while only 45 in Yaowangling Shijia.

A pill is 10 spirit stones cheaper. If you calculate it over the years, this is not a small amount.

Of course, the Danding Pavilion of Tianhe Sect has a good reputation and is guaranteed by a large sect, so it is reasonable to be expensive.

Even so, the business of Danding Pavilion is quite good.

And for Tianhe Sect, they probably don’t really care about the little income of Danding Pavilion. In other words, the entire Tianhe Market belongs to them, and the spirit stone commission earned every year is a very amazing figure.

"I can try to compare them after I go back. If the quality of the pills is not much different, I am afraid that the bulk of the pills I buy in the future will have to be placed in the shop of Yaowangling Shijia."

Li Qing thought secretly in his heart, and calculated the cost of each spirit stone carefully, wishing he could break a spirit stone into two pieces.

The sky gradually darkened, but Li Qing did not forget about accommodation.

His token could only stay in Tianhe Sect for one day. Once the time was up, he would be expelled by the formation guarding the market.

If he wanted to stay longer, he had to find a place like an inn to stay.

Otherwise, it would take three days to come in again.

This was to prevent people from taking advantage of loopholes, because it only took one spirit stone to enter Tianhe Market, but if he wanted to stay longer, he had to spend at least three spirit stones to stay in the inn.

Someone did this when Tianhe Market was first established. After arriving at the market, in order to save the cost of staying in the inn, he would leave at the checkpoint every day, then turn around and run to the entrance of the market to hand in a spirit stone and get in again.

Later, there were too many people doing this, which led to an exponential increase in the workload of Tianhe Sect disciples stationed in the market. The number of tokens that needed to be registered every day reached an exaggerated number, and they finally felt overwhelmed.

And because of this reason, the inns in the market became deserted, and the income was greatly reduced, and they almost closed down.

Tianhe Sect made such a rule that after leaving the market and returning the token, you must wait three days before returning.

Otherwise, the formation will record your aura and prohibit you from entering. It will only disappear after three days.

"Alas, you really have to spend spiritual stones everywhere!"

After entering Tianhe Market, Li Qing deeply realized the importance of money among the four elements of cultivation.

Here, it is really difficult to move without spiritual stones!

In the end, Li Qing chose an inn that charged the cheapest spiritual stones, only three spiritual stones a day.

He paid the number of spiritual stones for three days of stay, and then asked the innkeeper to help him record the aura on the token and increase the time he stayed in the market. Li Qing was relieved.

"Sir, please keep your token!"

Li Qing took the token and turned to his room.

It was much simpler than expected. The room cost three spirit stones a day. There was only a bed, a table, and a futon in it.

Fortunately, the spiritual energy was rich enough, much richer than the small courtyard of the Liu family.

"After buying the elixir, I have to inquire about the news of spiritual wood and the related matters of refining techniques in the remaining time. I heard that other refiners would prepare special carving knives and forges for themselves when refining."

"In addition, I have to find time to visit the stalls in the square area."

Suddenly, Li Qing felt that his time became urgent again, fearing that he would not have enough time.

"Accommodation costs three spirit stones a day, and setting up a stall costs five spirit stones a day. In total, the cost for those stall owners to stay in Tianhe Market for a day is eight spirit stones!"

"I guess the things sold at the stalls are not cheap either. The spirit stones are probably earned by Tianhe Sect. No wonder everyone wants to become a disciple of Tianhe Sect."

Needless to say, Tianhe Sect has such abundant income. In addition to this market, there are other industries such as spirit stone mines. The welfare benefits of its disciples and elders must be very good!

Thinking of this, Li Qing is more and more looking forward to his token engraved with the word Lingyun!

After a while, Li Qing threw these distracting thoughts out of his mind and took out a round and glowing pill from his storage bag.

It was the Guangling Pill that he just bought from Danding Pavilion today!

It is worth thirty-five spirit stones. Its characteristic is that it has less pill poison and is most suitable for cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining.

"Time is tight. Eat one first to feel what it feels like."

After finishing his words, Li Qing directly put the Guangling Pill into his mouth.

The smell of the medicine was very strong, and Li Qing was reluctant to chew it, for fear of wasting the medicine's power, so he swallowed it in one gulp.

Soon, the surging medicinal power was released, and the pure spiritual power melted into his meridians.

Without saying a word, Li Qing closed his eyes and began to run the "Fire Source Skill", concentrating on refining the medicinal power of this Guangling Pill.

Buzz!

The rich spiritual energy between heaven and earth was also absorbed by Li Qing into pure spiritual power at this time and entered his body. As the days passed from week to week, Li Qing's mana began to grow again.

Originally, in the middle stage of Qi refining, the speed of cultivation had slowed down a lot. At this moment, Li Qing finally felt the joy of growing in cultivation again.

After a night passed, Li Qing opened his eyes, filled with joy.

"Yes, this Guangling Pill is really suitable for consumption in the middle stage of Qi refining. One pill can almost offset my many days of hard training."

Li Qing, who had tasted the sweetness of the elixir, wished he could take another one for himself.

I even wish I could eat this elixir like a jelly bean!

Unfortunately, with limited financial resources, he does not have the ability. After all, not everyone has the surname Han.

Putting aside the restless emotions in his heart, Li Qing stood up and walked out of the shabby inn.

Facing the warm sunshine, walking in Tianhefang City, with longing for the future, Li Qing walked towards the square area of ​​​​Fang City.

It was still very early, but many monks came early to set up stalls in order to compete for a good spot.

This time Li Qing came here intending to find something related to weapon refining or some spiritual wood seeds.

Before he had walked a few steps, a stall with many people gathered in front of him caught his attention.

At this time, the stall owner was shouting loudly, and he was no different from ordinary people in the market.

"Come and see, come and see, some of the newly excavated objects in Lingmiao Taoist's cave may contain rare treasures!"

"Taoist Lingmiao, the Taoist Lingmiao who was in the late stage of foundation building eight hundred years ago? It is said that this person has profound magic power and extremely tyrannical fighting power. He even had the lives of several fake elixir monks on his hands!"

"Hiss, the recent rumors in the restaurant are actually true? The magical Taoist was born in his cave?"

"But it's rumored that this person has left the Qingling Territory."

"It may be a cave where Taoist Lingmiao once lived. It's not a tomb inheritance. What's so strange about it!"

In the world of immortality, if you have poor talent and no background, there is still a way to climb up.

That’s good luck!

We have to admit that some people are really lucky.

When walking on the road, you can meet the appreciation of a Taoist master. When you go out to travel in the mountains and rivers, you can pick a peerless elixir. You can even be chased and killed by someone and fall into a cliff. You can fall into a cave left by a peerless strong man, and then get endless treasures. A blessing in disguise if passed down from generation to generation!

Most people hope that this incredible luck will accompany them, but unfortunately, such people are only a minority.

But even this can't stop many people's enthusiasm for treasure hunting.

For example, this stall owner may have unearthed various objects from the newly unearthed Lingmiao Taoist Cave, perhaps hiding some inheritance about that Taoist in the later stage of foundation building?

Although the probability was extremely small, even Li Qing couldn't help but be curious and stepped forward to watch the excitement.

I saw a lot of debris placed on this stall, and it was indeed stained with fresh soil.

"It does look old, but these old objects don't seem to have much aura!" Some people watching the excitement voiced doubts.

However, the stall owner was not in a hurry. He smiled cheerfully and replied: "Oh, you overestimate me. Now there are even monks in the foundation-building stage exploring the cave of that wonderful Taoist."

"I don't have the ability to bring out those spiritual objects."

"But, maybe the treasures are hidden, and the real good things may be hidden in these seemingly ordinary objects!"

"It depends on your luck!"

The stall owner's few words immediately aroused the emotions of all the monks present.

After all, it concerns a monk who is in the late stage of foundation building. If he really encounters great luck, maybe he will be the next magical Taoist?

As a result, many people began to touch the dirt-stained objects on the stall with their hands.

Among them, the shabby little tripod is the most eye-catching. It has three legs and two ears, which coincides with the true meaning of the great road.

Unfortunately, apart from touching the soil, there is no more gain.

Some people even used spiritual power to explore, but unfortunately there was no response.

Suddenly, a voice sounded:

"I want as many spirit stones as this broken and rotten blade."

All of a sudden, countless monks followed the sound, wanting to know who caught the eye so quickly.

I saw a young man with an extremely handsome face and sincerity in his eyes standing in the crowd, talking with a smile.

Shi Nantian!

Li Qing, who was hiding in the crowd, also saw the young man and recognized him at a glance.

I didn’t expect to meet him here!

But soon someone went to inspect the broken and decayed blade, wanting to know what was so special about it.

However, I can't see any problem at all.