Chapter 11 Purchasing Talismans in the Ghost Market
After Xu Dao left the stone house, he soon noticed a cold feeling in the air. He felt a chill in his heart and quickly walked out of the place where the Taoist boys lived.
After completely walking away, Xu Dao looked back and saw a little bit of will-o'-the-wisp coming out of the ground, then floating on the stone slabs, forming a procession, and drifting silently towards the stone houses.
Xu Dao lowered his gaze and clearly saw these will-o'-the-wisps floating by, and trailing water traces appeared on the ground, as if someone was walking wetly.
Xu Dao did not dare to observe too much. He tightened his Taoist robe tightly, and then led the two skeletons to the dormitory courtyard in White Bone Temple.
The Lao Yuan is the courtyard in White Bone Temple that is responsible for supervising the rules, inspecting the surrounding areas, receiving outsiders and other matters. It is also called the "Liu Yuan".
When Xu Dao went down the mountain, he took over the task in the dormitory. Now he needs to go there again to hand over the task and collect the talisman money he deserves.
Fortunately, there were people standing guard in the dormitory at twelve o'clock every day, so Xu Dao was not in a hurry. He walked around and around in the view, and after half an hour he entered a palace of black bricks and white tiles.
Xu Dao did not go to the brightly lit halls in the middle, but quietly slipped into a dim small hall.
About half an hour later, he led the skeleton out of the hall.
The task that Xu Dao received three months ago was to help deliver letters to the Taoists in the temple. The task was not difficult, but it was time-consuming and labor-intensive. It usually took three to five months to get off the mountain.
This kind of task delays practice, and not many people receive it, but the reward is relatively generous, which coincides with Xu Dao's previous thoughts.
He walked out of the dormitory and touched his sleeve pocket secretly.
Xu Dao now has a total of twelve talisman coins in his hand, three of which are original savings, and three are regular money that has not been collected in three months. The rest are mission rewards and money collected from the dead.
A piece of talisman money.
This money is already considered a small asset if left in Tao Tong.
In addition, there is a red-eyed fox in Xu Dao's hand. When he sells its skin and flesh at the ghost market, he should be able to get a few more talisman money.
With these talismans, Xu Dao's subsequent retreat practice is also guaranteed.
After sorting it out, his heart was filled with emotions, and he quickly led the skeleton to the trading place in the view.
Xu Dao couldn't wait to retreat and break through to the realm of Qi refining in one fell swoop!
In the gray fog, he walked around and slowly walked into a dark street.
As soon as we entered the street, the fog suddenly became thicker. Xu Dao could see a lot of people walking around, legs and feet stepping back and forth in the fog, which was misty and eerie, but he couldn't tell how many people were around.
This is the "ghost market" where Taoist boys and Taoist disciples trade privately in White Bone Temple.
This place is only open at night. No one knows how long this foggy street is. They only know that everyone who comes and goes is like a ghost, taciturn, and there are even ghosts and ghosts that appear on the street from time to time.
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Many pale-faced Taoists walked past Xu Dao one after another, all of them with dull faces, as if they were wearing masks.
Xu Dao also had a dull face at this time, wandering in the street like a dead man.
"whee!"
Suddenly, the strange laughter of a child sounded in Xu Dao's ears. When he turned his head, he saw a gray shadow fluttering.
A crow flew past with a child's head in its mouth. The head under the crow's beak continued to laugh until it finally disappeared in the mist.
"This is a ghost market, it's not surprising." Xu Dao suppressed the fright in his heart and continued walking through the streets.
He walked with his head lowered, and the two skeletons beside him followed suit, which gave others no less of a sense of horror.
Simple stalls are randomly placed on both sides of the street. The items traded there include medicines, talismans, ores, vegetation, as well as monster bones, furs and other items.
This is not Xu Dao's first time here, but he is still surprised every time he sees the various things on the stalls.
Because he was carrying a white fox with red eyes, many Taoists also paid attention to him and stared at the fox in his hand. However, the Taoists were all silent and no one stopped him to ask.
Along the way, Xu Dao saw a lot of spiritual materials that could be used as talismans. But although these things have spirituality, they are only fetal breath level materials. They are only suitable for use by Taoists in the fetal breath realm, or for drawing fetal breath.
Level talismans.
When Xu Dao came to the ghost market this time, what he wanted most was Qi refining level spiritual materials, which could be used to make Qi refining spells.
After he got the characterless urn, he tried it many times, and vaguely felt that if he wanted to condense the talisman, Qi-level talisman was indispensable.
If he only used fetal breath level talismans, he might get stuck in the last step of condensing the talismans.
Xu Dao, on the other hand, has always been brave and diligent in his cultivation, and he does not want to make any more mistakes, or even waste time and cause a big mistake.
Suddenly, Xu Dao paused and looked at something on a certain stall, "Ghost-faced scorpion venom!"
The dark black liquid is contained in a three-inch high jade bottle. It is as steady as metal and slowly releases a soul-stirring light.
Many people have heard that if an ordinary person is scratched by this venom, their organs will rot and suppurate and they will die within three breaths.
If this kind of venom is used to draw a talisman, the poisonous talisman can easily poison a monster in the Qi Refining realm. If the person who draws the talisman is not careful, it is very likely that he will also be poisoned to death.
In addition, Xu Dao glanced at the other things on the stall and suddenly breathed heavily: "Three-step snake bones, beetle and ferret body fluids, corpse-eating canine teeth, red cloud rosin..."
Most of the things on this stall are Qi refining level materials!
One of the materials, called "Red Cloud Rosin", is extremely suitable for use as talisman ink. As long as cinnabar is mixed into it and ground evenly, it can be used to make most Qi-level talismans.
Xu Dao stood in front of the stall and bowed slightly, pointed at the red cloud rosin and said, "I have met the Taoist priest. How much does this cost?"
The stall owner was concentrating with his eyes closed, and his face was tattooed with weird runes that were twisted like tadpoles, from his forehead to his cheeks to his neck, everywhere.
This person has a deep temperament, and most of the materials on the stall are at the Qi refining level, so he must be a Taoist disciple at the Qi refining level.
The stall owner heard the sound, so he slowly opened his eyes. Xu Dao looked over, his eyes suddenly glazed over, and he actually saw runes in the other person's eyes.
The whites of this person's eyes are all covered with rune veins that look like bloodshot eyes, densely packed like tiny worms, which is quite strange and penetrating.
"Is this stall owner from Fuyuan?" Xu Dao guessed in his heart.
The stall owner didn't speak, he just held out two fingers in reply. His fingers were also covered with runes.
Xu Dao saw it and muttered: "Twenty talisman coins?"
The stall owner nodded.
Seeing the other party's answer, Xu Dao's mood suddenly sank. He asked about other materials on the stall, and suddenly found that as long as the materials on the stall were Qi refining level, the price was not lower than fifteen talisman coins.
If Xu Dao must purchase Qi-refining grade talismans, he may have to try to see if he can buy some scraps.
He frowned secretly, "What if I buy some leftover materials and can't even draw a complete rune by then?"
And even if he sells the red-eyed white fox and spends money to buy Qi-refining-level talismans, his future practice in seclusion will become a problem again.
The quiet room used for individual practice in White Bone Temple also requires money to rent.
Xu Dao pinched his sleeve pocket and immediately felt the poverty of being a mere Taoist boy.
Just as he was struggling, a scream suddenly came from beside Xu Dao...