In the inn room, Shi Mu was sitting cross-legged on the stone bed, his brows slightly furrowed and his face looking thoughtful.
Now he has encountered a bottleneck in the practice of Yun Shen Technique. This bottleneck is different from the bottlenecks of other techniques, because this technique is not too difficult to practice, but its practice speed is really slow as described in the classics.
Incomparable.
With its five-dimensional spatial attribute sensing ability, it is reasonable to say that it is not low, but according to his estimation, it may not be possible to achieve anything within a few decades.
Even if you rely on the moon-swallowing technique in the dream, it will take at least several years to rise from a three-star warlock to a four-star one.
Speaking of which, although he has mastered how to trigger this dream, he has not actually mastered this technique. He has noticed before that the growth rate of the silver-white crystals in his mind after waking up is far less than that in the dream.
White ape.
Especially after the white ape in the dream completes the Moon Swallowing Pose, the moonlight essence he absorbs at one time can be as big as a thumb, which is enough for him for a month.
In other words, if I could truly master the Moon Swallowing Style, my cultivation speed would be astonishingly different compared to now.
But then I tried several methods, including changing the location, the distance from the moon, etc., but I still couldn't trigger the method of Moon Swallowing Style.
The moon-swallowing pose is like this, and the sun-sucking pose is the same.
If Yanluo is willing to help and continuously provide his kind of strange green flowers that contain a lot of lunar power, he will be able to practice it much faster.
It's just that now Yan Luo is completely indifferent to his summons, and he can only wait for the next time he takes the initiative to come to him before thinking about it.
After excluding the sorcerer, if you want to improve your strength, you can only practice the Red Ape Fire Sutra.
With the help of the Japanese Sutra in his dream, he has now reached the peak of the eighth level of the Red Ape Fire Sutra. He only needs to find a place of fire spirits and take the Fire Element Peach King to take advantage of the abundance contained in it.
With fire attribute aura, you can try to hit the late bottleneck in one fell swoop.
Since coming to Xihe Continent, he has not found any suitable fire spirit land along the way. This is why he has not taken Peach King yet.
Is there a place for fire spirits in Rikang City today?
Shi Mu shook his head helplessly, stood up, and pushed the door open.
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Three days later.
Shi Mu took Cai'er into a restaurant, found a seat and sat down, when a waiter-like person came over.
"Sir, what would you like to order?" As he spoke, Shi Mu had already poured tea for him and stood by him with a respectful expression.
Before Shi Mu could answer, Cai'er shouted: "A few signature dishes, as well as the barbecue skewers at the door, seventy or eighty skewers."
The waiter looked at Cai'er, his mouth widening in surprise. Several diners around him also turned back to look at them.
Shi Mu flicked Cai'er's head hard several times. Cai'er then covered her head and shut up, looking very aggrieved.
"Just have a few signature dishes." Shi Mu took a sip of tea.
The waiter finally came to his senses and agreed to go away. As he walked, he looked back at Cai'er from time to time.
Shi Mu frowned, picked up the cup and took a sip of tea.
Four or five days have passed since the monster beasts besieged the city. In the past few days, he and Cai'er have been asking around whether there is a suitable place for fire spirits in the city.
Speaking of which, it is not uncommon in the city. Some people used great supernatural powers to connect to the underground fire veins and built some fire chambers for refining weapons, elixirs, and forging.
It's just that these fire rooms are controlled by major forces such as the Fierce Snake Tribe or the Ming Yue Sect. Based on Shi Mu's current situation, it is basically impossible to rent one.
Even if I can rent one, I am afraid that the fire-attribute spiritual energy contained in these fire chambers for alchemy and weapon refining may not be able to meet my current requirements.
"Shitou, don't worry. It will be straight when the boat reaches the bridge." Cai'er said.
"You can see clearly." Shi Mu glanced at Cai'er and said.
"If you can't find the Fire Spirit Land, you can try to practice other techniques first, such as the Yun Shen Technique and the Powerful Demon Ape Rebirth Technique." Cai'er said.
Shi Mu raised his eyebrows. They were so busy looking for the fire room these days that they forgot to continue asking about the blood of the demon ape.
Although the shop owner previously said that it was difficult to find suitable blood essence in the Donghe area, he still planned to visit other shops.
At this moment, the conversations of several barbarian diners sitting next to him reached Shi Mu's ears intermittently.
"Have you heard? Tianwu Baoxuan plans to hold an auction in the next few days."
"Isn't it half a year before the next session starts so early?"
"I heard that it was because the monsters outside the city were besieging the city. In order to arouse the emotions in the city, the city lord gave special instructions. I heard that the city lord Youcan also brought out a lot of good things and planned to sell them at the meeting. Wow, this auction is promising.
head!"
"Wu Baoxuan is very wealthy today, and there are a lot of good things at the auction they held!"
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"Tian Wu Baoxuan..." Shi Mu raised his eyebrows, leaving Cai'er to enjoy the meal on the table, while he stood up and walked over.
When several people saw Shi Mu approaching, they were all shocked and closed their mouths.
"What's the matter, Your Excellency?" One of the pale middle-aged men stood up and asked.
The cultivation levels of several people are not high, they are all just acquired warriors. Only this middle-aged man is slightly higher and has reached the early stage of Xiantian, and the others are led by him.
Although Shi Mu had restrained his aura, the aura of a mid-term innate warrior was still there, so they were a little nervous.
"Don't get me wrong, fellow Taoists. I don't mean any harm. I just overheard a few conversations and wanted to ask about the auction house they just talked about. By the way, waiter, these friends have this meal.
Put it in my account." Shi Mu smiled and reached out to wave to the waiter who was not far away.
Several people looked at each other and their faces relaxed.
"Your Excellency, please take a seat." The middle-aged man sat down and pointed to a chair next to Shi Mu.
Shi Mu thanked him, sat down, and told him his name, but naturally it was a pseudonym.
"It turns out to be Fellow Taoist Mu. Does Fellow Daoist also want to participate in this auction?" the middle-aged man asked.
"Exactly. Mu is looking for the blood of high-level ape monsters. I wonder if you know if there will be any for sale in this auction?" Shi Mu asked.
"How can a little person know about this kind of thing? Fellow Taoist priests may go to Tianwu Baoxuan to ask." The middle-aged man said with a wry smile.
"From what some of you just said, Wu Baoxuan seems to be very powerful in this world?" Shi Mu was silent for a moment and then asked.
"Fellow Daoist Mu actually doesn't know about Tianwu Baoxuan Auction House?" Several other people had surprised looks on their faces.
"Mu came to Rikang City for the first time. He always stayed in a small place and had little knowledge, which made a few people laugh." Shi Mu said.
"Where, where." Several people hurriedly apologized.
"This is my first time for Taoist Mu to come to Rikang City. I don't know but it's strange. Wu Baoxuan is an auction house that has been opened in Rikang City in recent years. It holds regular auctions every year, which is considered a grand event here.
.But fellow Taoists must know about the Tianwu Chamber of Commerce that is the backer behind this auction house, right?" the middle-aged man said.
"Tianwu Chamber of Commerce?" Shi Mu was shocked, but nodded calmly.
"By the way, tell me who is running the Wu Chamber of Commerce today. I have seen their branches in several big cities." Another thin barbarian man said.
"Not only that, it is said that they also have business dealings with the demon clan, which is really not simple!"
"Yes, I heard that too!"
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Shi Mu chatted casually with the other party for a few words, asked Tian Wu Baoxuan's location, then hurriedly left and walked outside.
He did not expect that the Tianwu Chamber of Commerce would be so powerful that they even have business in Xihe Continent.
Cai'er had already had enough wine and food, and was about to take a rest. Suddenly she saw Shi Mu walking to the door of the store, and quickly followed her.
"Shitou, why are you so anxious? I just finished eating, let me digest it!" Cai'er burped as soon as it landed on Shi Mu's shoulder.
Shi Mu ignored it and walked towards Tianwu Baoxuan's position.
Half an hour later, he came to a not-so-busy street, where a plaque with the name "Tianwu Baoxuan" hung on an ordinary attic.
Shi Mu's eyes flashed slightly. It seemed that the Tianwu Chamber of Commerce in Xihe Continent was different from Dongzhou. Although the business was not small, it seemed to be quite low-key.
Before entering the store, a middle-aged man wearing a soap robe suddenly passed by him and walked towards the store with an anxious look on his face.
Shi Mu walked into the store and looked around. There were many rare spiritual materials and elixirs on the shelves, as well as some common magic weapons, but they seemed to pale in comparison to those in Dongzhou Continent.
Depending on the situation, the real treasure of Tianwu Baoxuan will not be revealed to others casually.
At a corner of the counter, a man who looked like a shopkeeper was whispering to the man in soap robe just now. However, with the power of Shi Mu's spiritual consciousness, if he listened carefully, he could tell that Wu Baoxuan had a batch of goods that was in trouble that day.
"Shopkeeper, let's see what we do. This batch of goods has been robbed again. It seems that these guys don't take us seriously, and they will definitely have trouble with our Tianwu Chamber of Commerce." The man in soap robe said in a low voice.
The shopkeeper's eyes gradually became gloomy and he said, "How much is the loss this time?"
"Fortunately, fortunately, Chen Kui transported the goods in batches, and the loss was not bad. But this is the third time in half a year."
"We will report this matter first and suspend the recent batches of goods until the matter is dealt with."
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After a while, the man in the soap robe disappeared. The shopkeeper had already seen Shi Mu, and after finishing the matter at hand, he immediately walked over with a smile on his face.
"What do you call this guest? What do you need?"
Shi Mu glanced at the shopkeeper, clasped his fists, and said, "I'm Mu Shi, I heard that an auction is about to be held here, so I came over to take a look."
"I wonder if you have anyone you can recommend? To be honest with you, our auction is only for regular customers." The shopkeeper said with a smile.
"This is my first contact with Guixuan, but I did have some dealings with the Tianwu Chamber of Commerce in the past. I wonder if this relationship is acceptable," Shi Mu said.