At night, there were only a few players left in the market.

Everyone rushed to get out of the Five Elements Wu Earth Formation to kill monsters, upgrade, and get items, etc. After all, there were so few shops in this market, what was there to visit?

"Kill monsters randomly. Kill whatever you see. I want one with high defense."

"If you're a ruthless person, go two kilometers into the gray fog. Anyone want to join you?"

"Experience is distributed by the system, and the spoils are divided equally. Come find a friend with powerful output skills or equipment."

"Is there a team for leveling up? Please help!"

"Hurry, hurry, come and form a team! I'm being chased by an elite monster. Once we form a team, we'll go back and kill it!"

"Who has a blood-recovery pill? I'd like to buy one at a high price."

"Will the golden wound medicine work?"

The exit of the Five Elements Wu Earth Formation was extremely lively. Players formed teams here and even made temporary transactions. When they encountered monsters they couldn't defeat, they would run in and hide for a while, and then go out after forming a team.

When they saw Lin Xiang slowly walking out and Feng Jianan who was suppressed in the land temple, they all stopped to greet them, their eyes shining, knowing that good things were about to happen.

"Greetings, Master Jiling!"

"Good evening, Lord Jiling."

"Master Ji Ling, why are you here?"

After greeting each other, the players gathered in groups of three or two, whispering to each other.

"Why did Lao Lin come down from the statue in the middle of the night? Is there some monster?"

"I only now realize that Lao Lin is really becoming more and more like a master."

"What is he doing here? He's not here to inspect the work, is he?"

"Do you think Lao Lin is really a land god? I feel like there's something wrong with him. Which land god is as powerful as him?"

"Hurry, hurry, notify the others to come back and watch the fun."

Immediately, players quickly informed their companions through forums and pigeon messengers.

Ordinary NPCs cannot see flying pigeons, but Lin Xiang can see the pigeons flying all over the sky, and knows that his appearance means a mission and rewards for the players.

He could only pretend not to see and said, "Thank you all for helping me fight demons and defend the Dao at night. I will be holding an auction in the Huanyu Market next, and I need you to help me deliver some invitations. You are still too weak now, so come back to me when you are stronger."

"Auction?"

"I told you, an NPC as powerful as Lao Lin can't be as quiet as a chicken. He's bound to cause trouble!"

"When there's an auction, there's bound to be conflict. It's going to be interesting then."

"Who should we invite?"

"When will we be considered strong?"

"Hehe, I want to see what big things this little mountain village can do."

"Is the auction safe? Will it be snatched away by others?"

"If you try to steal Old Lin's things, you'll probably be suppressed!"

The players were very excited as this was their first time participating in a major gaming event.

The game doesn't have a so-called main storyline at all. Everyone is the protagonist of his or her own story, and there is only a macro background.

Lin Xiang wanted to maintain his masterful demeanor, so he told the players, "The world of cultivation is very dangerous. You young heroes are new to the world and don't know the dangers of the world, so I've asked Fellow Daoist Feng Jianan, who has been in the cultivation world for many years, to introduce common sense and precautions to everyone. Starting tomorrow, the lectures will be held by the pond behind the Earth God Temple at the following times: Si, Wei, Shen, and Xu. I ask everyone to choose a time that suits them."

This is not a suggestion, but a request.

He didn't want to send the players out to deliver the invitations, only to have them sent back by monsters or monks who hijacked them along the way.

At this time, the players were counting on their fingers to figure out what the four time periods mentioned by the sacrificial spirit were. They were somewhat confused.

I'm used to a 24-hour workday, and suddenly being scheduled into these hours feels strange. I can only force myself to get used to it.

Faced with Lin Xiang's rare strength, the players were somewhat reluctant.

I'm here to play games, not to attend classes, so why should I sit there for two hours listening to some bullshit experience?

"No way, there are only 16 hours of gaming time a day, and I have to take up 2 hours of class time."

“Will it be useful if I attend the class?”

"Isn't that just bragging?"

"It should be quite interesting. I can learn more about the world of cultivation."

"Just treat him as a storyteller."

"If all else fails, just stay here and practice for two hours, and then we can chat on the forum."

At this time, the players had no idea of ​​Lin Xiang’s painstaking efforts.

Level 10 is really just the level of a beginner. Even if members of a sect or family want to travel, they still have to be taught all kinds of common sense and precautions.

They rely on their immortality and don't care about these things at all.

Lin Xiang knew that this was the best he could do. These careless players might remember the importance of common sense in the world of cultivation when danger came or their lives were at stake.

After he made this request, he disappeared, leaving Feng Jianan to everyone.

This is not only a test for the players, but also a test for Feng Jianan, to see if he can subdue the players and tell them about what he has experienced, seen, and heard.

It’s the first time for everyone, and everyone is crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Lin Xiang had important things to do and had no time to deal with the players.

After returning to the Universe Cave Heaven, he first collected and absorbed the soul beads collected from Xishan Village, and then began to transplant the spirit fruit trees.

The area of ​​the Universal Cave Heaven has expanded to the size of ten football fields. Its existence does not affect the land of Dongshan Village. It is more like a dimensional space attached to the world of cultivation.

Players and villagers from outside have no idea that there is such an expanding cave world behind the land temple!

Three thousand-year-old fire jujube trees were transferred from the Qiankun space in his sleeve. Lin Xiang had already dug a pit to place them in. They were nearly a hundred meters tall and as thick as eight people could hug with their arms outstretched.

The tree was still full of ripe jujubes, and Lin Xiang was only now picking them up one by one.

[Millennium Fire Dates: Consuming them can significantly and continuously restore fire attribute spiritual power. Consuming them repeatedly can slightly enhance the aptitude of fire attribute spiritual roots and can be used to refine medicine.]

[Millennium Golden Apricot: Consuming it can significantly and continuously restore gold-attribute spiritual power...]

[Millennium Amethyst Grapes: After consumption, it temporarily increases spiritual awareness and mental strength. Consuming it repeatedly can slightly increase spiritual awareness.]

These three kinds of spiritual fruits can be regarded as natural treasures. The more you eat, the better the effect will be, which is completely different from the effect of elixirs.

Most elixirs are effective after the first few pills, but the effects gradually decrease or even disappear, and they can also cause toxicity. However, spiritual fruits can be eaten without worry, which is why many powerful immortals like to plant fruit trees for themselves.

Even if the effect is very weak, it will still be effective if you eat it for thousands of years.

Moreover, they are the best aids when breaking through the level and breaking the mirror. For example, when preparing to build the foundation in the Qi Refining Stage, taking spiritual fruits with corresponding attributes can provide a continuous supply of spiritual power.

Spirit stones are from the outside to the inside, and these spirit fruits are from the inside to the outside, which saves time, energy and is smoother.

"The ripe fruits this time have been picked. I don't know when the next ripe fruits will be." Lin Xiang stared at the lush and green Universe Cave in a daze. He felt that he should start putting some species like spirit bees in it to help with pollination.

Without bees to pollinate, and with no wind in the cave, even if the fruit trees bloomed, they wouldn't bear fruit. Furthermore, spirit bees could also make honey, which, in the Nine Elixir Immortal Scriptures, was a good adhesive and neutralizing material, helping to condense more elixirs.

Plant three kinds of fruit trees and sow a variety of medicinal herb seeds.

Lin Xiang kept a few seeds of each kind of spiritual medicine, so that if he failed to grow them this time, he could try again next time.

The cave was filled with innate spiritual energy. After absorbing enough spiritual energy, the mysterious apricot kernel finally sprouted a green bud, and its overall name changed at the same time.

[Thunder God Apricot (Embryonic Stage): An acquired spiritual root. Upon maturity, it will produce Thunder God Apricots. Consuming them grants acquired thunder magic powers. It matures once every three hundred years and can suppress qi and regulate spiritual meridians.]

The true face of the mysterious fairy apricot was finally revealed. It was originally just a fruit core produced on an innate spiritual root, but after sprouting again, it degenerated into an acquired spiritual root.

Lin Xiang didn't feel too sorry, he even felt a little relieved.

If it really is an innate spiritual root, the spiritual energy in my cave may not be enough to nourish it, not to mention how long it will take for it to mature.

Even the Thunder God Apricot in front of us will take 300 years to mature. In fact, it will take even longer because it is still a embryo and has not yet grown into a big tree!

"I don't know when I'll be able to eat a Thunder God Apricot again."

Directly obtaining a thunder technique is much better than practicing it painstakingly. He had seen spells such as □□ and Five Thunders in the Qingwei Sword Sect, and finally chose the promising skill of Five Elements Extinction Divine Light.

Lin Xiang decided to use the incense value to cast the skill of abundant harvest on it. The innate skill of the land god must be effective, otherwise hundreds or thousands of years would be too long.

Ordinary crops such as rice and wheat can only withstand the skill of a bumper harvest once, while other spiritual plants and medicinal herbs can withstand it more times because of their stronger physique.

Not to mention this acquired spiritual root, Lin Xiang's incense value dropped rapidly, and its growth seemed to be injected with hormones. The embryos kept emerging, then stretched out the leaves, and moved upwards little by little.

"Sprouting quickly, growing up quickly!"

The Thunder God Apricot sprouted, and the entire universe was filled with rumbling thunder. Its boundaries continued to expand outward. Spiritual energy was absorbed from its roots and then released into the air through its leaves. It seemed extremely docile and had no difficulty absorbing it.

No matter how violent the spiritual energy is, it will be tamed when it encounters acquired spiritual roots.

The cave, which was originally the size of ten stadiums, expanded faster and faster, and the distance between the sky and the ground continued to widen, as if Pangu was creating the world.

Lin Xiang just silently recorded these scenes in his mind. They might not be useful now, but they would come in handy after his strength reached a certain level.

As the area of ​​the cave expanded, he finally had room to build a small house for himself.

"Look back and see where there are some spiritual bamboos. Dig some and plant them next to the house."

Lin Xiang was in a particularly good mood, and then he placed the alchemy furnace, which was of the highest grade magical instrument level, in the cave, as he didn't need it now.

The good cave became his storage place. The cold iron ore that had nowhere to be piled up finally had a place to be placed without squeezing the grids of the space ring, space bag and game package.

Changes occurred inside the Universe Cave. Although the players could not feel the cave, they could sense that the spiritual energy level was increasing rapidly in a short period of time.

It used to take half an hour to run the Zhoutian Qigong method, but now it only takes twenty-five minutes, which is a huge improvement!

There are many benefits brought by abundant spiritual energy, such as the expansion of the planting area of ​​silver arrow grass and spiritual rice, the planting of spiritual medicine, etc.

The spiritual medicines grown here are of the type that do not have high requirements for the environment. Special types of spiritual medicines need to grow in specific environments. If this is not possible, they must be simulated using formations.

Lin Xiang recorded the effects and appearances of the three kinds of elixirs and three kinds of spiritual fruits into the jade slip. Finally, he also added a five-hundred-year-old snake skin of the Mo Jiao to the auction items, and finally copied it 100 times.

Such a large snake skin is enough to refine several Taoist robes, and if used properly, it can even be refined into a top-grade magical robe.

The more advanced six hundred to nine hundred year old snake skins were kept by Lin Xiang for his own use. These levels of snake skins were already magical weapon grade materials!

At the same time, he also found the locations of some small sects, cultivation families, and markets on the map, and then asked the players to run errands and deliver the jade slips to their doors one by one.

The most likely possibility is that you will be rejected, and the other possibility is that the forces on the map may have been updated many times.

Anyway, no matter who the opponent is, as long as he is a cultivator, it’s fine.

At the same time, he also wanted the players to contact the Treasure Pavilion in Taichang Market to see if they could attract their attention and come to Huanyu Market for inspection.

The empty shops are prepared for other monks and chambers of commerce. He does not need to open a shop, he just needs to collect rent and taxes.

If necessary, grocery stores, bookstores, and pharmacies that are already open can be closed and handed over to others to run.

Now it is just for the convenience of players.

I am weak and alone, and it is impossible for me to compete with the chambers of commerce that span various continents in terms of supply.

Once a large chamber of commerce is introduced, I can spend more time improving myself and expanding the influence of the Universal Market, and I won’t have to run around all day looking for sources of goods.

If you have to do all the alchemy, weapon refining, and talisman drawing by yourself, you will be extremely busy!

Lin Xiang just needs to get through the early stages, and now the dawn is in sight.

Once the auction gathers popularity, he can hand over the matter of refining weapons to a specialized chamber of commerce or some sects that are good at refining weapons.

Now what he has to do is to arm the players.

After all, if you want to represent the Universal Market to visit other cultivation forces, you must have the necessary presence.

Better weapons and protective gear can make them feel safer on the road. Otherwise, they will be sent back to the resurrection point in the market town by monsters and demons before they reach their destination, which will waste a lot of time.

Lin Xiang didn't pursue the goal of refining any high-level magic weapons as a beginner. It would be enough if he could refine one from time to time.

The underground fire brought to the ground is relatively weak. It is okay to use it for refining pills, but the temperature is not high enough for refining tools.

So he simply took a lot of cold iron ore into the ground, went all the way down, and finally found the surging underground fire and magma.

The magma flowed with a gurgling sound, illuminating the cave with a fiery red color.

The underground fire continuously burned the rocks, and ordinary monks could not set foot there at all. Even if they arrived, they could not stay there for long.

"Hey, there's a treasure in the magma!"

Lin Xiang stared at the stones that were not floating in the magma. These things looked very high-level. Ordinary magic weapons would be burned quickly if placed in the magma.

Only then did he realize that he was guarding a treasure trove without knowing it.

Although the ground in Dongshan Village is barren, deep in the earth's core, it is extremely fertile, for this is a world of magma and subterranean fire. Magma occupies the vast majority of the area, with only a few islands in the middle.

The magma flows everywhere, bringing treasures from far away, and then taking them to other places.

As long as you have the strength to take it out of the boiling magma!

Lin Xiang's divine power has been greatly reduced here, but it is still stronger than in other places.

At this moment, there was a piece of angular ore being washed over by magma from a distance. He used the Panlong Whip in his body to control the whip with his spiritual sense to hit the ore towards himself.

The Panlong Whip is a magic weapon after all, and it was not destroyed by the magma.

The flying ore and splashing magma came towards Lin Xiang with impact force, and he quickly bound it with his spiritual power.

Even though he was in a spiritual state, he could still feel the heat from the ore!

[Red Gold Ore: A mineral associated with the Earth's core magma. Adding it to weapons can increase their sharpness.]

Being here is like waiting for a rabbit to come to you. You may harvest a piece of ore after a short while, or you may sit there all day and get nothing.

Without a suitable path, even Jindan Yuanying stage cultivators would not be able to go down to the center of the earth, let alone stay here for a long time.

Lin Xiang knew that this kind of gift from nature was hard to come by, and he was very satisfied to get a piece of red gold ore, so he immediately began to smelt the cold iron ore.

He did not refine the weapon first, but made a set of blacksmith tools for himself first, and then turned this small island into a long-term blacksmith shop and training place.

Because he found that he could condense the essence of fire and earth very quickly in this place. Perhaps after forging the weapon, he could collect the two essences here and practice a part of the Five Elements Extinction Divine Light first.

If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. Lin Xiang's progress is indeed slow.

The air above the magma was filled with sulfur and other fire poisons. He made himself a sturdy anvil, and then used the hard rocks around him to help make a huge, weird hammer.

After getting the hammer, he spent time making iron clamps and molds.

Lin Xiang had previously obtained the blueprint for the Black Snake Sword. Originally, it was just a blueprint for an ordinary weapon, but due to the current earth fire and cold iron ore, the Black Snake Sword he created was completely a magical weapon embryo.

As for why it is not a magic weapon, it still requires processes such as quenching, sharpening, and engraving of formations.

The cold iron ore was melted into iron slurry by the high-temperature core flames. Lin Xiang's spiritual sense acted as a slag stone, filtering out the stones and other impurities in the iron slurry, leaving only the red-hot molten iron flowing into the mold.

Then he took down the slightly cooled mold and knocked out the snake sword blank.

The clanging sound of blacksmithing could be heard continuously from deep within the earth's core. Lin Xiang swung the hammer and smashed it down again and again, making it extremely solid.

All the tools were made by himself, and Lin Xiang only made six black snake sword blanks in one night, which was considered extremely efficient compared to others.

He called up the black dragon that was practicing in the Longxi River and condensed the essence of cold water to carry out the first tempering.

Then he went to the riverside and used the stone he brought out from deep underground as a whetstone. He began to sharpen the sword, gradually polishing it until it was smooth and sharp.

The whole sword looks slightly like a curved black snake, with a thick body and a sharp blade. When it is swung, it makes a loud sound of breaking through the air.

Lin Xiang inserted it into the pebbles by the river without much effort and stood it up, swaying slightly in the morning breeze.

Even if it is a semi-finished product, the materials and the manufacturing environment are there, which is definitely not comparable to ordinary weapons.

If this were to happen in the martial arts world, it would definitely be a dimensionality reduction attack!

[Black Snake Sword (Semi-finished): Half-step magical weapon, attack 10-25, no special effects.]

Only the finished Black Snake Sword has the ability to poison enemies. Currently, without the formation, it can only rely on its own sharpness to attack. A quick comparison will show that the attack range of the ordinary Black Snake Sword is 5-12, only half of the current semi-finished product.

The attack range of the Green Light Sword, a truly low-grade magical weapon, is 12-38, and the upper limit is much higher.

While sharpening his sword, Lin Xiang started issuing tasks on the NPC's game panel.

[Outbound Delivery: Huanyu Market is about to hold its first auction. Players are requested to deliver the auction item book and invitation to the designated cultivation factions. Mission Requirements: Players must deliver invitations to at least five factions. Player level must be ≥ LV.10. Mission quantity is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Mission Reward: 500 EXP points and an early reward of the Half-Step Magical Artifact-level Black Snake Sword. Upon completion of the mission, it will be upgraded to the finished product.]

As soon as this task was posted, it immediately caused a sensation among the players who had just come online!

A mere errand task, and the reward was a magical weapon-grade longsword? This reward was too extravagant!

The magic weapon is sold at the grocery store in Huanyufang City for 200 low-grade spirit stones.

Normally, everyone can only sigh in despair, and many people feel that even if they leave the Novice Village, they cannot afford such expensive magic weapons.

But now the sacrificial spirit has no idea what's going on and actually gave the reward of a magic weapon-level long sword.

This might lead to an overabundance of magical instruments.

Although the mission rewards are so attractive, the mission is actually quite difficult.

The first is the level limit. If you are not level 10, you cannot accept the task.

In addition, you have to travel to at least five places, and the journey alone may take a long time, not to mention the various dangers you may encounter along the way.

It was obviously impossible to visit all five cultivation forces in one day. After all, each cultivation force was very far apart, often tens of kilometers apart. This meant that one would have to spend the night in the wild or in other towns or markets, which was very dangerous.

In addition, the letter delivery mission cannot be completed as a team. After all, everyone's destination is different. At most, they will go the same way to some places, and then they will need to go their separate ways.

It takes a thousand days to cultivate players and only a moment to use them.

Lin Xiang knew that no player could withstand the temptation of such a magical weapon. Even Han Mu, who possessed the Green Light Sword, would definitely choose to take this task.

After all, if you don’t need it, you can sell it for more than one hundred or two hundred spirit stones!

Lin Xiang only hopes that the players will die less often after going out. If the unfinished Black Snake Sword is dropped due to death on the way, it would be an unprecedented injustice.

Even if I complete the task later, there is no way to create a finished product for him out of nothing.