The shuttle with the Kiriyama Gate emblem printed on it flew through the clouds and gradually lowered its altitude.
This allows passengers on the shuttle to see the land and buildings below the shuttle more clearly.
Several towering mountains stretched in the distance, with a number of imposing buildings faintly visible. Atop the central peak, a steep stone staircase stretched from the foot of the mountain to the summit. Occasionally, faint flashes of light could be seen, like traces of magic.
The children clinging to the shuttle's side had their eyes lit up and uttered small cries of surprise.
A little fat boy quietly turned his head to glance at the serious-looking monk behind him, and covered his mouth with his chubby hands, fearing that he would be scolded if he made a fuss.
Ning Sui is a Jindan cultivator under the Tongshan Sect, and is now responsible for recruiting new disciples for the sect.
This time, he led eighteen Foundation Establishment disciples on a mission, recruiting a total of thirty-five new recruits. It wasn't a large number, and none possessed exceptional or rare spiritual roots. But besides these new recruits with exceptional spiritual roots, his nephews seemed to have brought a small surprise to the sect.
Gathered beside the shuttle and looking down like the other children was a woman in a white robe.
She looked interested.
The shuttle did not enter the Kiriyama Gate directly, but lowered its altitude again and turned a corner.
Ning Sui came to the side of the white-robed woman and pointed downwards: "Fellow Daoist Er, this is the market near our Tongshan Gate."
The white-robed woman turned around and said with a polite smile, "Thank you, Daoist Fellow Ning, for showing me the way and giving me a ride."
The woman in white robe is Eryi who was riding on the shuttle.
She went to their gathering point with the two foundation-building cultivators from Tongshan Sect. It was unknown what the two foundation-building cultivators said to each other, but the Jindan cultivator Ning Sui was quite kind to her.
The closest sect to Zhaojia Village was the Tongshan Sect. However, it wasn't particularly close, otherwise there wouldn't have been a need to dispatch a Jindan cultivator to shuttle the Foundation Establishment cultivators to recruit disciples. This showed that when Master Nangu built his cave, he had indeed chosen a very remote location.
In places where there are no sects of cultivation, there are few cultivators, so naturally there is no market.
Upon learning that she was going to a suitable place to open a shop selling elixirs, the Jindan cultivator Ning Sui warmly invited her and suggested that she try the Tongshan Market at the foot of Tongshan Gate.
"Even if you feel that Tongshan Market is not suitable, you can still go to other places through here. There are shuttles that transport goods between the markets regularly, and people can take them by paying a certain amount of spirit stones."
He makes sense.
It’s different from going out shopping, where you know the general direction and can reach your destination.
The world of cultivation is so vast that even the slightest deviation in direction can lead to a completely different destination after flying hundreds or thousands of miles. Not to mention the numerous natural mazes and strange formations set up by powerful cultivators. If you stumble into one of them, you'll be completely lost even with a compass.
If you don't know the way, it's best to have someone to lead you.
The shuttle slowly landed on a flat area outside of Tongshan Market. Ning Sui cast a spell, and the shuttle exit automatically transformed into a staircase.
Ning Sui said goodbye to Er Yi and handed her a sound transmission talisman with his own mark. For cultivators, exchanging sound transmission talismans was a way to establish friendship.
Ning Sui didn't receive Er Yi's sound transmission talisman, but instead received two small jade bottles: "These are the Marrow Cleansing Pill and the Healing Pill I refined. The Marrow Cleansing Pill is most effective for those under ten years old, but its effectiveness decreases with age, and it's ineffective for those over twenty. Also, this bottle of Healing Pill has the effect of healing external injuries."
Ning Sui was delighted. As expected, Fellow Daoist Er was an alchemist just as his two nephews had said.
He couldn't tell her realm. Either she possessed a special magical weapon, or she was at least on par with him, at least a Jindan cultivator. However, when she first faced the pressure from the Jindan, she still had no reaction, which showed that it was the latter.
Judging from her words and actions, she seems unfamiliar with the world, as if she has never been out of the house before, which makes people have to guess her identity.
What alchemist would give someone a marrow cleansing pill? While it's more complicated and expensive to make than a typical spirit-replenishing pill, it's only useful before one reaches foundation building. Unless they have younger generations, they're completely useless. As for elixirs that can heal external injuries, their status in the world of cultivation is somewhat nuanced.
The wounds of cultivators can be healed by covering them with spiritual power. For a Jindan cultivator like him, as long as the external injuries do not endanger the fundamentals, they can be healed quickly after cultivation.
In theory, this type of elixir is quite good for disciples in the Qi Refining Stage, but considering the cost of refining...
After all, this is something that can be bought in the medicine store, but no one buys it.
Ning Sui assumed Eryi didn't know that cultivators should exchange sound transmission notes when making friends, so he reminded him again, "I've heard from you before that you might open a shop in the market. I'm wondering how I should contact you if the sect needs to purchase elixirs in the future?"
"If I open a store in Tongshan Market, I will send a message to Fellow Daoist Ning, okay?" Eryi certainly knew what Ning Sui meant, but she didn't have a sound transmission talisman.
"good."
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[Why did the host give him the elixir for free?] He even spent 40 energy points to buy two small jade bottles.
"That's the plane ticket money."
Zhaojia Village is more than 3,000 kilometers away from Tongshanfang City.
After the Three Thousand Worlds were absorbed by the power of the Law, they would no longer be destroyed, and no protective costs would be deducted during flight. However, even if it was just the energy consumed for flight, it would cost at least 600 energy points.
She saw Ning Sui placing spirit stones on the inner wall of the shuttle several times, so she knew that his shuttle also needed spirit stones to drive, and it seemed that the consumption was no less than her "Three Thousand Worlds".
Is this the way humans interact with each other?
"You can say that." As he said that, Eryi walked towards the entrance of Tongshan Market.
Tongshan Market is not very big, but it is very clean and tidy, and the roads are wide, so even when there are many people, it is not crowded when shopping.
The market was surrounded by a circle of low-lying blue bricks, seemingly one could step inside with just a step. But in reality, this was the formation that supported the market. Those below the Golden Core stage could not fly within the market.
The land just after entering the market town is where monks set up stalls and barter.
Most of the people selling items here were cultivators in the Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment stages. They sold a wide variety of items, mostly discarded second-hand magical instruments, or homemade props, as well as basic materials used to refine magical instruments, elixirs, and talismans.
Eryi paused and decided to go in and take a look.
It's quite interesting to see the monks setting up stalls.
Most of them do not set up stalls for a long time, but just want to sell things they don't need. Naturally, they are not as experienced as ordinary mortals and do not know how to shout.
They would bring their own piece of cloth.
Put some things on the cloth, sit cross-legged on the ground, and that's what it means to set up a street stall.
Because the stalls were located quite close to the market entrance, they needed to keep their money safe. The monks operating the stalls would naturally keep a close eye on every potential customer/thief who passed by. The monks had never learned to control their expressions, so they looked bitter and resentful.
Once someone takes a fancy to something, they will start asking the price.
If they wanted to barter, they would start talking. If they wanted to exchange spirit stones, they would start gesturing with their hands. The two people next to Eryi couldn't agree on anything, their hands flying around like they were preparing some grand spell.
Eryi found what he needed here, spiritual herbs.
Not only are the silver silk flowers and smoke grass needed to convert healing spells into elixirs available for sale, but even the spiritual herbs needed for skills such as magic stimulation, mental soothing, and combat power enhancement are all available.
The fact that they can be purchased at street stalls proves that these spiritual herbs are not particularly difficult to obtain and are not expensive.
Eryi walked over to a monk with his arms folded in front of him and a frightening look in his eyes. On his blue cloth were many useful spiritual herbs.
"Silver Silk Flower, Smoky Grass, and White Fortune Grass, how much are they?"
The monk raised his chin and pointed to the sign beside the stall. —Exchange for Replenishing Elixir.
"Not selling spirit stones?"
The monk shook his head.
Okay.
Eryi looked up and saw that most of the stalls selling spiritual herbs had a sign in front of them, stating the elixir they were trading for. Some even didn't even list the spiritual herbs, simply stating they were offering ingredients and hoping an alchemist would help them refine a batch of elixirs, with a 50/50 split, 40/60 split, etc.
Seeing that he couldn't find anything suitable at the stalls, Eryi turned around and headed into the market.
Equipment Refining Pavilion - selling magical instruments.
Baiyulou - pawnshop.
Linglong Pavilion - a magic tool shop set up for female monks.
Baibaotang - a grocery store...
Passing by one shop after another, Eryi stopped in front of a shop called Lingcao Pavilion. His eyes fell on a small sign at the lower right of the shop entrance - Buying various spiritual herbs.
The medicine shop should be here.
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