After running all the way, Xiao Qing and Mo Heng spent two days before finally arriving here from the Tianlan Mountains.
"Brother Mo Heng...you said that if we don't complete the sect's mission, is it really okay?" Outside the city, Xiao Qing blinked her eyes and looked at Mo Heng helplessly, like a child who had done something wrong.
"Although Tianxiang Mosaic and Leaves are ordinary spiritual herbs, we have been in the Tianlan Mountains for half a month and still haven't found anything. This can only mean that this mission has nothing to do with you and me."
Mo Heng said with a smile.
Of course he also wants to complete this sect mission, but that mysterious space involves too much! And... according to the wishes of the Tianlan Sect leader, it seems that he does not want the two of him to stay for a long time.
"Hmph! It's obvious that you are in the Tianlan Mountains and are only focused on looking for ferocious beasts. Only I have the intention to look for spiritual grass." Xiao Qing pouted, not agreeing with Mo Heng's excuse.
"Okay, okay...didn't I give you four ferocious beast inner elixirs? If you replace them with Qi and Blood elixirs, this would be equivalent to a month's worth of your cultivation resources."
Mo Heng had a look of pain on his face.
He had only hunted a total of ten ferocious beasts in the Tianlan Mountains. This time, he was lucky enough to kill half of them in an instant.
"Hehe..." Upon hearing this, a sweet smile suddenly appeared on Xiao Qing's face. The ferocious beast inner elixir is not an ordinary thing, and Mo Hengneng was willing to give her four Qi and blood elixirs, which is enough to show his broad mind.
While they were talking, the two of them had already arrived at Fangshi.
At a glance, you can see the bustling trading market and there are vendors setting up stalls everywhere.
Some of them sell elixirs; some sell mental techniques and martial arts; and some even sell spiritual herbs! It can be said that they have everything!
"Mo Heng... let's go over there and have a look, okay?" Xiao Qing pointed to a very busy alley in the distance, her voice filled with expectation.
He followed what Xiao Qing expected.
Mo Heng saw that in the alley in the distance, the most common daily necessities were sold, which had nothing to do with monastic resources.
Although he was a little reluctant, he still compromised and agreed.
After wandering around for a while, there were already many packages on Mo Heng's shoulders.
"Xiao Qing, why did you buy so much rouge and gouache? There are also mirrors, sachets... these don't seem to be relevant to our cultivation, right?"
"What do you know? I am a girl, and these things are necessary." Xiao Qing smiled sweetly, feeling quite happy in her heart.
She had been depressed in Tianlan Sect for several months, and now it was her first time to go to the market.
"Huh? That's..." While walking, Mo Heng's eyes were suddenly attracted by an incense burner on the stall.
"Old man, how can I sell this thing?" Mo Heng asked the price.
"Ten taels of gold."
As the old man spoke, he saw Mo Heng's brows frowning slightly. He knew that he said it was too expensive, so he changed his words and said, "If you want to be sincere, five taels of gold will do."
"make a deal!"
As a collateral disciple of the Mo clan, Mo Heng can receive a salary of ten taels of gold every year. Counting the daily food and drink, he has saved a lot in three years.
After installing the incense burner, Mo Heng felt happy, "Dad, he always likes the incense burner. I will go back and give this to him at the next clan sacrifice."
"Mo Heng, that hairpin is so beautiful." Pointing to an exquisite hairpin on the stall, Xiao Qing said shyly.
"Old man, how do you sell that?" Mo Heng even changed his title because he was afraid that the other party would ask for a random price.
"Hey, little brother, I'll tell you the truth, this hairpin belongs to my ancestor..."
"Okay, just tell me how much it is."
"Three taels of gold..."
"It's so dark..."
Mo Heng thought to himself that he had never bought any gifts for Xiao Qing, so he simply paid for them.
…
Stop and go.
In a blink of an eye, the two of them came to an alley selling cultivation resources for Body Refining Realm warriors.
"Boy, I'm here at Gu Zhong. I wonder if you have inner elixirs for sale?" Outside the alley, a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old walked up to Mo Heng from nowhere and looked at him with a smile and asked.
"How do you know I have the ferocious beast inner elixir in my body?" Mo Heng looked at the person coming next to him, his tone was unkind.
"Hehe... Xiongtai smells very bitter and smells of blood. Apart from the inner elixir, I really can't think of anything else."
"I see."
Mo Heng realized in panic. Judging from the young man's appearance, he should often wander around the market. He must be a toothman who brokers transactions and profits from them.
"I wonder if the inner elixir on my brother's body is going to be exchanged for the Qi and Blood elixir, or gold?" Seeing that Mo Heng did not turn him away, Gu Zhong asked with a smile.
"Gold? What's the point of bringing that thing?"
Mo Heng shook his head, but Xiao Qing couldn't help but ask, "How many taels of gold can I exchange for the first-level ferocious beast inner elixir?"
"The inner elixir of a first-level ferocious beast can be exchanged for 100 taels of gold." Gu Zhong said truthfully.
Gold... is not useless. At least in the Daoling Dynasty, gold is the universal currency and is in demand everywhere.
Because of Beilu Realm's remote location and lack of monastic resources, few people exchange elixirs for gold.
But in other places, many people are happy to do so.
"Okay, then I'll exchange it for one." After thinking about it, Xiao Qing felt that it was not a loss, so she agreed.
"I'll just exchange it for Qi and Blood Pills."
Mo Heng has no intention of trading gold. After all, in his eyes, martial arts is the best!
"Okay, you two come this way."
Gu Zhong made an inviting gesture and led the two of them to a stall.
On the stall, various jade bottles were arranged in uneven layers. An old man in his sixties was sitting behind the stall, his eyes closed tightly, as if he was in meditation.
"Deputy uncle, I brought someone here." Looking at the immortal old man, Gu Zhong spoke respectfully.
"Thank you."
Opening his eyes, the old man glanced at Mo Heng and the two of them, then picked up a jade bottle on the stall and asked, "How many levels of inner elixir do you want to sell?"
"Naturally it's the first level."
Originally, Mo Heng had a chance to obtain the second-level inner elixir. Unfortunately, in the Tianlan Mountains, the mysterious man's strength was too terrifying. He directly annihilated the blue-striped leopard and was unable to obtain even the inner elixir.
"The first-level inner elixir can be exchanged for a Qi and Blood elixir. This is the rule of Beilu Realm." After the old man finished speaking, he stopped talking.
"Old sir, here are the nine inner elixirs. Please count them." Handing Xiao Qing and his own inner elixirs forward, Mo Heng was not afraid that the old man in front of him would swallow them all.
After all, those who are willing to receive the ferocious beast inner elixir are basically alchemy masters from major monastic sects and families. They have a prominent status, and it is impossible for them to lower their status just because of a few inner elixirs.
Of course, it would be a different matter if Mo Heng took out a level 4 or above ferocious beast inner elixir.
"Well, the amount of the inner elixir is correct. Here are nine Qi and Blood elixirs." He poured out a few elixirs from the jade bottle in his hand, and the old man handed the rest to Mo Heng.
The transaction is completed.
Mo Heng put his six Qi and Blood Pills into his arms, and then handed the remaining three Qi and Blood Pills to Xiao Qing together with the jade bottle.
"You two, the place to exchange gold is still on the other side." Seeing this, Gu Zhong interjected again.
The time for half a stick of incense has passed.
This trip to the market will not come to an end until all the ferocious beast inner elixirs on the two of them are exchanged.
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Tianlan Sect.
Inside the impregnable Tiansen Hall.
Chu Feng, who now had a solemn look on his face, stood there restlessly.
Beside him, an elderly man had his eyes slightly closed, leaning on a jade chair that exuded an icy cold air.
"Feng'er, did you take your words seriously before?"
After a long time, the decrepit old man with white hair suddenly opened his eyes, and there was a strange color in his eyes as clear as water.
"Of course it's serious. This matter involves the Tianlan Mountains. How dare you talk nonsense?" The head of the Tianlan Sect nodded and said, his tone full of respect and admiration.
"Ancient Realm... I really didn't expect that such a mysterious cave from ancient times would be spread in the mere land of Beilu." The old man sighed, filled with emotion.
When he originally let Chu Feng occupy the Tianlan Mountains, he never thought that this region located in the far west of the 'Daoling Dynasty' would actually have such ancient caves.
"By the way, Third Uncle. What exactly is the Ancient Realm? Why have I never seen any relevant records when looking through ancient books?" After thinking for a moment, Chu Feng couldn't help but ask.
"The ancient realm was not originally handed down from those books recording the unofficial history of the mainland, so how could you possibly find it?"
"Oh?" Chu Feng immediately pretended to be asking for advice humbly.
"In ancient times, in order to better continue their traditions for future generations, living beings would pay a very high price to ask powerful people to open up independent spaces, set up great formations to attract spirits, and plant countless spiritual objects.
Countless years have passed, and those ordinary spaces, due to the existence of the spirit-guiding formation, have become extremely vast in the power of heaven and earth. And those originally ordinary spiritual objects have further escaped because of these dense powers of heaven and earth.
It has transformed into a rare spiritual object, the value of which is... immeasurable."
"So... the ancient realm is a treasure?" Upon hearing this, Chu Feng's eyes couldn't help but light up.
"No...that's not the case." The old man shook his head slowly, "In the ancient realm, although the power of heaven and earth is extremely vast, correspondingly, in that mysterious space, many innate beings will be derived. Innate beings are born with considerable strength.
, guarding the spiritual creature, it is difficult for ordinary people to approach it."
"Innate creature?" Chu Feng secretly exclaimed.
Regarding the innate creatures, he had seen introductions in ancient books. It was said that they were strange beings born from heaven and earth. They were strong and weak, but even the weakest ones were not something he, a warrior in the spirit transformation realm, could compete with.
"Yes, so since ancient times, some people have discovered the ancient realm and only used it as a place for cultivation. After all, practicing under such terrifying power of heaven and earth, it is easy to understand the secrets of Taoism."
"Enlightenment!"
Hearing this, Chu Feng's breathing became rapid.
He has been practicing for more than 150 years!
Staying in the Spiritual Transformation Realm for more than thirty years...
But even so, with his qualifications, it is still difficult to comprehend any of the secrets of Taoism.
Enlightenment is not that easy!
There are thousands of warriors in the Beilu Realm, and there are even more countless warriors in the Spirit Transformation Realm!
But there are only four people who have understood the profound meaning of Taoism and become warriors in the realm of Taoism.
It can be seen from this that the difficulty of enlightenment is like ascending to heaven!
"What? Are you excited?" The old man looked at Chu Feng and smiled slightly.
"That's right! A warrior in the Spirit Transformation Realm only has a lifespan of two hundred years. If a child cannot understand the secrets of Taoism within fifty years, I'm afraid he will turn into dust and be buried in the wilderness."
"Well... I understand your feelings very well, but now that the ancient realm has been opened, it will be very difficult for you to enter it."
The old man pondered for a long time and said, "Let's do this. I will let the family arrange this matter. When everything is ready, I will let the warriors of the Spiritual Transformation Realm in the family enter the ancient realm with you."
"Yes, Third Uncle!"
Chu Feng was also very excited when he heard the old man's promise in front of him.
"Next, tell me about the situation in the Tianlan Mountains. In recent years, the old guys in the clan can't wait to know what happened to that ancient thing."