A road about ten feet wide runs from the bottom of the mountain to halfway up the mountain.
There are houses on both sides of the avenue, densely packed and neatly arranged, with nearly a thousand of them.
There are many grottoes excavated on the cliffs of the mountain. Some of the grottoes even emit a faint light. They are obviously caves for cultivators.
"Fang Yang, this is your first time here. First go to Yanyunfang and buy an identity jade slip. With this jade slip, you can freely enter and exit Xiaoyun Market." Lu Xueshuang reminded with a smile.
"By the way, you have to remember to find a place to live first. You can rent a temporary cave in Changsheng Pavilion, and the price is relatively reasonable. I will take you there first."
"Thank you, Fairy Lu."
Fang Yang and Lu Xueshuang were quite attracted to each other. He felt that Lu Xueshuang was very kind-hearted and a person whom he could get along with.
During the chat, we learned that although Lu Xueshuang's family was a cultivator family, since the death of his grandfather, the only foundation-building cultivator in the family, the entire family had become increasingly declining.
Today, the Lu family has reached a difficult stage.
Although Lu Xueshuang's cultivation level is only in the middle of the sixth level of Qi training, he is already a second-level weapon refiner and is best at making armor.
The armor she made from animal skins became famous in Xiaoyun Market.
If she hadn't been able to earn spiritual stones to support her family, her family would have fallen into pieces long ago.
While talking, the two of them got a jade slip of identity for Fang Yang in Yanyunfang.
This jade slip is pure white, exactly the same as the jade slip that Lu Xueshuang opened the mist formation just now, except that Fang Yang's name is engraved on the back.
Lu Xueshuang led Fang Yang to a loft next to a cliff.
I saw the big words "Eternal Life Pavilion" hanging on the plaque on the attic.
As soon as the two of them stepped through the door of the attic, an old man from the second floor of Qi Refining greeted them.
"It turns out to be Fairy Lu, you are finally here. This time several monks came to ask when you will come to sell the armor!" The old man greeted him with a smile.
"Thank you Mr. Song. If Mr. Song hadn't recommended it, it wouldn't have sold so well." Lu Xueshuang said with a smile.
"Where is this? If it hadn't been for your grandfather and Immortal Master Lu to save me, I would have died long ago." Mr. Song said with a smile. "By the way, who is this?" Mr. Song looked at Fang Yang and asked.
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"I met Fang Yang, a monk from the Western Shu Kingdom, on the road. He is the first to come to Xiaoyunji and may have to stay for a while. I know that Mr. Song's Changsheng Pavilion is the most reasonable, so I brought him here."
Lu Xueshuang's mouth was as sweet as honey, making Mr. Song smile from ear to ear.
"Fellow Taoist Fang, since you were introduced by Fairy Lu, I will try my best to give you the lowest price."
Mr. Song introduced the situation of the Changsheng Pavilion here, "The temporary caves here are divided into long-term rentals and short-term rentals. I wonder which one Daoist Fang should choose?"
"What's the significance of this?" Fang Yang asked.
"The temporary caves here are divided into three categories: upper, middle and lower. If rented for a short period of time, the lower ones will get one spiritual stone per month."
"Medium-grade ones will get 10 spiritual stones every month, and top-grade ones will get 100 spiritual stones every month."
"If it is a long-term lease, the lower grade will get 8 spiritual stones per year, the middle grade will get 80 spiritual stones per year, and the upper grade will get 800 spiritual stones."
Mr. Song introduced it carefully without any hesitation.
"Then what are the differences between these caves? Why are the prices so different?" Fang Yang also wanted to understand.
"Of course there is a difference. This distribution is also based on the richness of the spiritual energy in the Lingshi Cave."
Mr. Song introduced it without any boredom.
"The upper-grade caves are all built on spiritual veins with richer spiritual energy. Although the middle-grade caves are not above the spiritual veins, their spiritual energy is also higher. The spiritual energy of the lower-grade caves is very weak. Generally, it is used as a shelter for monks.
That’s all.”
"Mr. Song, I'm still the same, a low-grade cave for one year." Lu Xueshuang said with a smile.
Lu Xueshuang began to earn spiritual stones through the art of weapon refining after the death of her family's foundation-building ancestor.
She has several younger brothers at home, and her father's spiritual skills are also very poor, and he is only at the fourth level of Qi training.
In order to support her family, she had to be extremely harsh on herself.
"Mr. Song, let's do this. I will pay Fairy Lu's rent. I want a middle-grade cave. Here are 88 spiritual stones. I'll trouble you."
Fang Yang knew Lu Xueshuang's suffering, so he immediately handed over 88 spiritual stones.
"How can this be done?" Lu Xueshuang said embarrassedly.
Fang Yang was worried about hurting Lu Xueshuang's self-esteem, so he immediately smiled and said:
"First of all, thanks to Fairy Lu, this is the first time I have come out of my family to practice. If it weren't for Fairy Lu, I wouldn't even be able to find the gate of Fangshi."
"Secondly, after I refine the elixirs and talismans, I will have to ask Fairy Lu to help contact the buyers."
"Fellow Daoist Fang is actually both a talisman maker and an alchemist?" Lu Xueshuang and Mr. Song exclaimed at the same time.
You must know that although Talisman Makers and Alchemists can earn a lot of spiritual stones, they must consume a lot of materials to succeed.
Not to mention being able to become alchemy practitioners, they are basically geniuses.
They couldn't help but think more highly of Fang Yang, and even secretly guessed that Fang Yang should be the core disciple of the big cultivation family, and he came here specifically to practice this time.
But they didn't know that because Fang Yang had Qingyuan Immortal Mountain, he could refine many elixirs regardless of cost.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Fang Yang became a talisman maker and alchemist by using spiritual stones.
"Yes, it's just a fluke. The fairy is familiar with this city. I will have to trouble the fairy to make connections in the future." Fang Yangxiao said politely.
The reason why Fang Yang chose the middle-grade cave is because he felt that he was already at a bottleneck stage.
Moreover, his own qualifications are not good. If he wants to improve, of course he needs a cave with better spiritual energy.
However, choosing a top-grade cave seems too abrupt, and Fang Yang has left most of the spiritual stones at home, and it will take some time for the spiritual stones planted in the Qingyuan Immortal Mountain to be harvested.
"No problem, but if I buy elixirs and talismans from you in the future, remember to give me a discount."
Lu Xueshuang smiled and stuck out his tongue, looking very cute, obviously acquiescing to Fang Yang's help, and Lu Xueshuang's innocence and cuteness actually made Fang Yang's face turn red.
Mr. Song took two jade slips and distributed them to the two of them: "These are the jade slips used to control the formation outside the cave. Please keep them."
Fang Yang discovered that the runes on the jade slips of the middle-grade cave he was in were many times more complex than those of Lu Xueshuang.
"Mr. Song, Fellow Daoist Fang, I still have things to do, so I'll leave first." Lu Xueshuang then left in a hurry.
Fang Yang took the formation jade slips and used the wind control spell to reach the Lingshi Cave located halfway up the mountain.
Following Mr. Song's instructions, Fang Yang input spiritual energy into the formation jade slips, and suddenly a ray of light led Fang Yang into the cave.
Fang Yang discovered that although this was a cave dug from the stone wall, there were three or four rooms with different purposes inside.
Luminous pearls hang from the roof, illuminating the entire room.
In the cave, all kinds of tables, beds and chairs are simple and plain, but they are all well-equipped.
"The middle-grade cave is not bad. It even has an alchemy room and a practice room. It also brings mountain spring water to the cave. You can even plant spiritual grass directly in the cave." Fang Yang was quite satisfied with such a spiritual stone cave.
"But I heard that there is a spiritual spring in the top-grade cave. It is said that using it when refining elixirs can increase the rate of elixir formation. However, there is a spiritual spring in my Qingyuan Immortal Mountain, so this is not necessary."
Fang Yang first adjusted his breath in the practice room for a while to restore himself to the best condition, and then began to refine the elixir.
Along the way, I gained a lot because I had enough money to explore.
Moreover, Fang Yang has reached the sixth level of Qi training, and his skills have improved a lot, so Fang Yang has more expectations for this time of making pills.
The first level Spirit Gathering Pill, the first level Detoxification Pill, the second level Cloud Spirit Pill, the third level Fire Spirit Pill...
Fang Yang spent three months in seclusion to refine alchemy this time.
Nowadays, the success rate of Fang Yang's Spirit-Gathering Pill has increased to 80%, and the success rate of the second-level Yunling Pill is also about 50%.
As for the success rate of the third-level Fire Spirit Pill, it is about 30%. This result is enough to make many alchemists in the foundation-building stage stunned.
Of course, Fang Yang's achievements were all due to the support of a large number of spiritual flowers and herbs provided by Qingyuan Fairy Mountain.
Only then could he refine it regardless of the cost.
You know, one day outside is equivalent to one year of spiritual grass growing in Qingyuan Fairy Mountain.
It took Fang Yang more than half a year to travel all the way, which is equivalent to adding nearly 200 years of medicinal properties to the magical herbs in the fairy mountain.
Moreover, there are some low-level spiritual herbs that were planted a few years ago and now have nearly a thousand years of medicinal properties.
However, Fang Yang didn't dare to take it out. After all, the spiritual herb with thousand-year medicinal properties was a hot commodity everywhere.
Even the foundation-building monks and golden elixir monks would be very eager to get it, so Fang Yang did not dare to take it out, and would rather spend a lot of time refining low-level elixirs.
Fang Yang takes most of his elixirs himself, and only sells a small number of them.
After all, Fang Yang's spiritual roots are very low, and without enough elixir, it is impossible to improve his cultivation level.
At the same time, Fang Yang is not willing to let a large amount of elixirs flow into the market, otherwise interested people will definitely find out the secrets.
Every time Fang Yang sells elixirs, he goes through Lu Xueshuang.
Lu Xueshuang is very familiar with Yanyun Mountain. After all, her ancestor was also a foundation-building monk born and raised here. Although he died, many relatives and friends are still there, so most of them will give some thin noodles.
Therefore, Fang Yang's elixirs and talismans are sold at very high prices.
Of course, Fang Yang would always take out some spiritual stones as a reward for Lu Xueshuang. Over time, the two became not only business partners, but also good friends.
Fang Yang's white-skinned fire rhinoceros and other materials were given to Lu Xueshuang for processing.
Lu Xueshuang also specially used the white-skinned fire rhinoceros to refine armor for Fang Yang.
Lu Xueshuang also refined the armor into a medium-grade magic weapon by restraining formations on the leather armor.
An aura shield is engraved on the front of the armor, an earth shield talisman is engraved on the back, and two wind control charms are engraved on both sides.
As long as it is worn, it not only has amazing defense, but also doubles the speed. If it is put on the market, it will be sold for at least three to four hundred spirit stones.
Lu Xueshuang only asked for the cost price of two hundred spirit stones, which made Fang Yang very grateful.
Fang Yang also took the time to buy a spirit animal bag, which was specially prepared for Qian Duoduo.
Spring passes and autumn comes, and a year passes.
Fang Yang also gradually became familiar with Xiaoyun Market, and also met many low-level monks in the Qi training period.
These people were first introduced by Lu Xueshuang. When they first arrived, they were full of suspicion.
It wasn't until Fang Yang came up with good quality pills that they felt relieved.
In addition, they often came to Fang Yang to buy elixirs, and they often discussed their cultivation experiences with Fang Yang, and over time they became familiar with him.
Interacting with them also allowed Fang Yang to learn a lot of knowledge about the world of cultivation, which can be said to have benefited a lot.
After a year, Fang Yang gradually established a firm foothold in Xiaoyun Market.
Although Fang Yang's qualifications are very poor, with the unlimited supply of the third-level spiritual pill Huoyun Dan, he was promoted from the sixth level of Qi training to the seventh level of Qi training.