Yuan Ming randomly accepted a mission to find spiritual materials in the execution hall, then asked for leave from Fangge and left the mountain gate of Biluo Cave, heading northeast.
After he was far away from the mountain gate, he muttered something, and a green light like air flow appeared around his body. His whole body became extremely light, and he could fly forward several feet with a light touch on the ground.
This is exactly the skill of wind and agility that he got from Huhuo. He spent a little time practicing in his spare time in the past two days, and he has already mastered it roughly.
Generally, no one will spend time to master this kind of spells. Proficiency can be gradually improved by using them on the road every day.
With the blessing of this technique, Yuan Ming can travel much faster than before. He can travel nearly three hundred miles a day. At night, he can find a nearby mortal town to stay in a hotel and meditate.
At noon a few days later, he came to a remote valley about a hundred miles away from the nearest mortal town.
The valley looks lush and green, with white mist filling the entrance. Perhaps the peaks on both sides are too tall, blocking the sunlight. Looking from a distance, the valley is always shrouded in huge shadows. Other than that, there is really nothing eye-catching. place.
Yuan Ming came to the entrance of the valley, stopped for a moment, then walked forward and plunged into the white mist.
As a result, after walking forward for only half a stick of incense, the vision suddenly opened up. A rather large town appeared in front of us, and the originally permeable fog had long since dissipated.
The buildings in this town are all made of a kind of black rock. At first glance, they seem a bit messy, but they are vaguely gathered into a round black rock shape with the valley as the center.
When Yuan Ming saw this, a smile appeared on his face.
This is the Black Rock City mentioned by Ulu. It is not an ordinary mortal town, but a city of monks. The fog outside the valley is to prevent ordinary mortals from entering by mistake.
Before setting off, he also spent some time in Guizang Pavilion to check some records about this city. He knew that this city has a special location. It is located at the intersection of Biluo Cave, Qingyan Society and Black Fire Sect. The other two sects are also fairly far apart, so they were originally established to facilitate the monks from each sect.
As time went by, monks from the Southern Region and the Central Plains, as well as some casual cultivators came here from time to time, and the town gradually prospered and became a quite famous market in the Northern Region.
It is said that this city is not currently controlled by any of the five sects in the Northern Territory, but belongs to an ancient cultivating family and is under the jurisdiction of its city lord.
This family is very mysterious and keeps a low profile. No one in the Northern Territory even knows where its territory is. However, the people of the five sects do not dare to show any disrespect to them and they honestly do business in the city.
At this time, Yuan Ming was not wearing the Biluodong disciple uniform, but was wearing a set of ordinary southern Xinjiang clothes, and also wore a hat with a veil on his head to cover his appearance.
Black Rock City was a mixed bag, so most of the people coming and going, especially casual cultivators, were dressed like this. He just followed the crowd and could avoid some trouble at the same time.
Standing at the entrance of the town were two guards wearing black armor, one tall and one short. They both had the aura of mana on their bodies, and their cultivation levels were not low, both were above the fourth level of Qi Refining.
"Your Excellency, you want to enter the city? Please pay a spiritual stone for the entrance fee." The short, round-faced black-armored guard on the left stopped Yuan Ming and said politely.
"Why do you still need to pay the entrance fee?" Yuan Ming frowned slightly when he heard this.
He doesn't have many spiritual stones on him, and he hasn't seen anything yet, so he needs to give him one.
"The number of monks coming and going has increased significantly in recent times. In order to reduce the chaos caused by idle people in the city, we temporarily require payment of the city entry fee. If you are unwilling, please return the same way." The tall and thin black-armored guard on the right said calmly.
"It's just a spiritual stone, take it." Yuan Ming snorted, took out a fire attribute spiritual stone and handed it to the round-faced guard.
The guard took the spirit stone, moved out of the way, and let Yuan Ming enter the city.
He didn't feel it outside. Only after entering the city did Yuan Ming feel the unique prosperity of Black Rock City.
Ahead is a wide, slightly empty black stone street, enough to accommodate three carriages from the mortal world running side by side. The black stone houses next to the street are simple in shape, with small doors and windows, like small fortresses.
These seemed to be shops, selling mostly mortal goods, mostly rice, noodles, and insect food from southern Xinjiang. Many people were busy inside, but they were all mortals without magic power.
From time to time, you can see an animal cart driving away from a certain shop, carrying various ingredients and transporting them to the city.
Yuan Ming was not surprised by this. The essence of cultivating is a mortal body. Before reaching the state of being able to live without grains, you also need to eat, drink and have diarrhea. Especially for low-level monks who have just reached the tenth level of Qi refining, even if they want to live without grains, they can only
Lasts for a few months.
The mortals on the street seemed to be used to seeing Xiu, so they didn't pay attention to Yuan Ming's arrival and continued to go about their own business.
Yuan Ming walked along Blackstone Street to the end, and a wider street appeared in front of him.
There are also many shops on both sides here, but they are much taller than those at the entrance. The proportions of doors and windows are close to normal. At first glance, the shops selling things are all monks' things.
There were many monks coming and going, but the streets were open and did not seem crowded. The voices and cries of hawkers came and went one after another, converging into waves of sound that stimulated people's ears.
"I've been looking at it when I passed by. The brain of a black-backed lizard is a piece of spiritual stone in a bottle!"
"Selling sapphire, two spiritual stones per catty!"
"Bloodwing bat liver can enhance eyesight when consumed. It only costs two spiritual stones per kilogram!"
There is almost always a waiter standing at the door of these shops, shouting about business, just like traders in the mortal world.
Yuan Ming curiously looked at everything around him, especially the goods in the shops on both sides.
He had been in Biluo Cave for a while, during which he had some opportunities, and obtained spiritual materials classics such as "Herborist Collection" and "Qishi Lu". He was somewhat confident in the identification of spiritual materials, but the types of goods in Black Rock City were
There were so many items, many of which he had never heard of before. The journey along the way opened his eyes quite a bit.
"It seems that I will have to visit this kind of market more often in the future, even if it's just to broaden my knowledge." Yuan Ming said to himself with some excitement.
"Selling spirit beasts! We have everything from flying spirit beasts to aquatic spirit beasts. Don't miss it if you pass by!" A voice like a broken gong came from the front, full of enthusiasm, attracting the side glances of people nearby.
"This voice..." Yuan Ming was stunned and looked over.
A large shop appeared not far ahead. It occupies a large area and has white walls and green tiles. Compared with the surrounding shops, it feels like it stands out from the crowd.
Through the open door, you can see part of the store. There are many cages containing all kinds of ferocious beasts. The person shouting at the door of the store is a round-faced young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He is Yuan Ming's.
An old acquaintance, Zhao Tong.
"It's him? Why did he come to Black Rock City?" Yuan Ming was very surprised.
His eyes immediately moved up, and there was a plaque with gold letters on a white background hanging on the door of the shop, with the three characters "Biluopu" written on it.
"Biluo Shop? They sell spiritual beasts. Zhao Tong is here to solicit business. It seems that this shop is the official property of Biluo Cave, right?" Yuan Ming thought to himself, but the turmoil in his heart did not subside.
He had long known that there was an industry in Biluo Cave in Black Rock City, but he did not expect that the products being sold were actually spiritual beasts.
Biluo Cave is famous in the Northern Territory for its ability to control beasts. Spiritual beasts can be regarded as the foundation of Biluo Cave, but they are willing to sell them to Black Rock City?
At present, Yuan Ming naturally does not know that the daily expenses of the sect are quite large. The various resources and spiritual materials required are not small. Biluo Cave cannot be completely self-sufficient. It needs to communicate with the outside world from time to time.
The shop is one of the important channels and sources of income.
In the face of absolute interests and needs, it is normal to sell the spiritual beasts that are the foundation of the sect, but the price is not cheap.
The spirit beasts in Biluo Cave are quite popular, and people are attracted in from time to time. Most of the people who come out are smiling and have a spirit beast bag around their waists.
Yuan Ming already had a black toad and had no intention of buying any more spiritual beasts. Under such circumstances, he had no intention of reminiscing with Zhao Tong and walked over as if nothing had happened.
After a few small and medium-sized shops, another large shop appeared in front. The door was deserted and there was a plaque hanging with the three characters "Black Fire Pavilion" written on it.
"Black Fire Pavilion? Could it be that, like Biluopu, it is the Black Fire Sect's property in this city?" Yuan Ming looked inside the Black Fire Pavilion.
The layout inside Black Fire Pavilion is very different from ordinary shops. Looking from the door, you can only see a few cabinets, but you can't tell what the shop sells.
Yuan Ming summoned his consciousness and quickly scanned inside.
The layout of the Black Fire Pavilion is similar to that of Biluopu. There are many sealed cages and cabinets inside. What are kept inside are not spiritual beasts, but some refined corpses and ghosts.
Seeing this, Yuan Ming no longer had any doubts.
The Black Fire Sect is a sect that is good at manipulating corpses, refining corpses, and raising ghosts. This Black Fire Pavilion must be the property of the Black Fire Sect.
"Bi Luo Cave and Black Fire Sect have shops here, and the other three sects from the Southern and Northern Regions, Baidu Cave, Beast King Sect, and Qingyan Society probably all have shops here as well." Yuan Ming thought to himself.
Judging from the information about the five sects in the Northern Territory that he collected before leaving home, the Black Fire Sect, which is good at controlling corpses and exorcising ghosts, is the strongest among the five sects, and the other four sects are almost the same.
Baidu Cave is good at using poison, especially good at controlling various poisonous insects, which is quite similar to the beast control in Biluo Cave.
The Beast King sect is proficient in the secret art of totem tattooing, which can enhance physical strength and is good at close combat.
As for Qingyan, which is located in the Kasi tribe, it is special. This sect occupies the largest spiritual stone mine in the southern and northern regions, and is the richest among the five sects.
Qingyan Hui was founded the shortest time. It was formerly a large chamber of commerce and maintained long-term trade relations with sects such as Biluo Cave. After establishing the sect, it expanded its spiritual stone business to other areas of southern Xinjiang and even the Central Plains of Jin Dynasty.
In terms of martial arts and secret techniques, Qingyan Hui is not unique. The martial arts methods practiced by the disciples in the guild are all opened with spiritual stones and purchased or stolen from the other four sects. Since the trade with Da Jin, they have also learned
Without the magic of the Central Plains, it is a hodgepodge of sects.
Although the other four sects were not happy about this, they all needed the Qingyan Society's spiritual stones, so they had no choice but to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and they were able to live in peace for so many years.