Chapter 60: Spending Extravagantly

Spending Extravagantly

From Green Jade Bright Hall to the Golden Wave Sect, it takes no more than ten days for Foundation Establishment cultivators to fly at full speed, and half a day for Golden Core cultivators. For Nascent Soul and Grotto-heaven cultivators, this place is like their own backyard. The Nine-Infant Snake was a rare accident, and the rest of the journey was peaceful. Everyone traveled day and night in the bamboo sea and soon arrived near the Golden Wave Sect’s mountain gate.

At this time, Ruan Ci had become familiar with everyone. After all, she was a female cultivator, so she walked closer to the female cultivators of the Pinghai Sect. Meng Lingyue’s knot was untied, and she was quite close to her, telling Ruan Ci a lot about the mountain gate. It turned out that the Pinghai Sect and the Golden Wave Sect both respected the Profound Heaven Sect—most of the areas radiating thousands of miles from the Profound Heaven Sect’s mountain gate respected the prosperous sects of the Profound Heaven Sect. However, because the Pinghai Sect and the Golden Wave Sect had similar cultivation methods, and the founding ancestors of the two sects obtained a remnant volume of classics together, the relationship between the two sects had always been close, and disciples often moved between them, just like one family. Since Meng Lingyue joined the sect, she often came to the Golden Wave Sect to practice, and after the Golden Wave Sect disciples formed the Golden Core, they went to the Pinghai Sect area to take risks. After all, the Pinghai Sect was closer to the Mizon Sea, and the situation in the deep ocean was dangerous, but low-ranking disciples were not easy to approach.

"I had just opened my meridians when I was brought by my master to visit friends in the Golden Wave Sect, participate in the Elixir Conference, and have come here many times since, so it is as familiar as my own mountain gate."

The group arrived at the market, and everyone just made an appointment to meet later, and then scattered. Li Pingyan naturally took a few junior brothers back to the mountain to heal their wounds, and all the loose cultivators went to the market to buy and sell spiritual materials. The two injured disciples of the Pinghai Sect were taken back to the Golden Wave Sect by Li Pingyan. Meng Lingyue volunteered to take Ruan Ci to visit the market with a junior sister, smiling, "There are a hundred miles of peach blossoms in the Golden Wave Sect mountain gate, and the Elixir Conference is held in the peach blossom forest. The inner-landscape scrolls are slowly unfolded, and with the fragrance of flowers, the beautiful scenery and fragrance make people drunk. If Junior Martial Sister came a few years later, maybe you could see the excitement."

She didn't know Ruan Ci’s sect identity, so her words were neither humble nor arrogant, neither saying 'humbly meeting the grand event' nor 'please give me advice'. Ruan Ci carefully savored Meng Lingyue’s actions and felt that there was a lot to learn, nodding and smiling, "What Senior Martial Sister Meng said, the number one beautiful scenery in this area is this thousand miles of peach blossoms? It can suppress the Green Jade Bright Hall, I think it must be beautiful, and I don't know if I have this eye blessing."

Her subsequent humble words were nothing, but the junior sister beside Meng Lingyue hummed and laughed when she heard Ruan Ci say 'number one beautiful scenery'. Meng Lingyue said, "Little Lian, what are you laughing at?"

This Junior Sister Lian was quite arrogant and didn't speak much on weekdays. Ruan Ci didn't report her full name, so she only reported a 'Lian'. Meng Lingyue actually quite doted on her, and there was no anger in her words. Junior Sister Lian said, "Nothing, it’s just that I think the peach blossoms are actually quite ordinary."

Ruan Ci couldn't help but laugh secretly, saying, "Don't talk about these, don't think about the scenery you can't see. I want to find a firm to unload the Nine-Infant Snake’s corpse. Does Senior Martial Sister Meng have any familiar merchants?"

Meng Lingyue smiled, "Yes, yes, I will take you. We won't go to Baozhi Firm. Their shop is big and bullies customers, and they don't give a good price. Let’s go to our Pinghai Sect’s outer sect firm to ask first."

Ruan Ci also had her three years of experience as a servant in the altar city, so she knew that asking Meng Lingyue to lead the way was the right thing to do. After all, there were countless firms in this market, and not all business had to be done with Baozhi Firm. Large firms like Baozhi Firm were indeed fair and honest, and their business was fair, but precisely because of this, the purchase price was lower, and the sales price had to be higher. If a cultivator came from afar and had no connections, the most worry-free way was to buy and sell with Baozhi Firm. Like Meng Lingyue, a local sect disciple, she naturally had a group of familiar firms to deal with.

Actually, the Profound Heaven Sect also had a firm here, and the storefront was not small, only inferior to Baozhi Firm and Golden Wave Firm. If Ruan Ci revealed her identity, she would naturally be treated with great hospitality, but she had no intention of contacting the sect, and entered the Pinghai Firm with Meng Lingyue. The steward greeted her hurriedly, smiling, "Miss Yue, the little one has been waiting here for a long time. I heard that you brought back a Nine-Infant Snake. Just now, Young Master Li of the Golden Wave Sect sent the goods to the Golden Wave Firm, and we were all very jealous after seeing them."

Meng Lingyue first smiled at Ruan Ci, "Any goods that are not produced here can be called a price. In the momentum field before sunrise in the Green Jade Bright Hall, among the thousands of monsters condensed, occasionally one will be condensed by sensing the true Yuan Qi. Although the Nine-Infant Snake has low cultivation, it is not produced in the Central Continent, so it is a rare treasure. Junior Martial Sister, don't worry, I will definitely sell it for a good price for you."

Only then did she introduce to Ruan Ci, "Uncle Zhang, this is the greatest contributor to killing the Nine-Infant. She has 50% of the Nine-Infant spiritual materials in her hand. You should have a count in your heart, don't suppress her price."

Steward Zhang said repeatedly, "That is natural. I heard that Miss Ci cut the Nine-Infant Snake with one sword. Her cultivation is truly admirable!"

His news could be said to be very well-informed. Ruan Ci took out the Qiankun bag and said, "Do you want to verify the goods first? The space here is not enough."

Steward Zhang looked at Meng Lingyue, and Meng Lingyue smiled, "Junior Martial Sister Ci is probably going out for the first time. Uncle Zhang, first take a few Qiankun bags and give them to her."

Ruan Ci didn't know the rules here, so she hurriedly asked Meng Lingyue for advice. Only then did she know that Central Continent cultivators mostly used Qiankun bags to carry goods. Both sides put their spiritual sense into it, and naturally they could verify the goods and money. Once the transaction was over, they would not recognize it if they looked back. It was not like the altar city where most transactions had to pour out the goods, pay the spiritual money on the spot, and each point and verify it before collecting it.

"The kind you said, that is buying and selling in the sect, or trading goods between fellow disciples, only then there is such a good thing. I heard that some scattered sect markets are also like this. Their cultivation is low, and the amount of precious materials they can bring to trade is not much."

"But we Foundation Establishment cultivators can't be like this. The flesh and blood of this Nine-Infant Snake is enough to fill two or three rooms. Sometimes the goods of Golden Core cultivators are like mountains and seas. If you really want to deliver them carefully, you can't do business. Besides, whether it is spiritual materials or spiritual money, there are many ways to fake them. Demon sect cultivators are best at changing. If they want to cheat you, even if you verify the goods, what can you do? If you want to find the account later, there are many ways. It is better for everyone to put things in the Qiankun bag, each relying on spiritual intent, and not recognize it after leaving the counter, so as to avoid a lot of lip service." Meng Lingyue smiled.

Ruan Ci immediately thought of the Heavenly Fate Cloud Seed given by her father-in-law. If it was as Meng Lingyue said, couldn't she go everywhere to do business without capital? This Cloud Seed was a Grotto-heaven level magic treasure. I think no shopkeeper in the firm could see through the illusion it created.

As soon as this thought came to her, the Cloud Seed sent a trace of displeasure. Ruan Ci thought with a bitter smile, "I’m just thinking about it for fun, I won't really do it."

Although she said so, she still listed this move as a means of dealing with the enemy, looking for an opportunity to discuss it with Wang Pan after parting with this group of people. Steward Zhang took a dozen Qiankun bags for her to choose. Ruan Ci picked five or six without any marks at will, saying, "Please fold it into the price of the goods."

Steward Zhang smiled, "Miss Ci is polite, I will find an empty space for Miss Ci."

As he said, several people went out from the shop and found a space outside the market. Ruan Ci poured out all the flesh and blood of the Nine-Infant Snake. Her storage bag was very large, and the flesh and blood contained in one bag were divided into three Qiankun bags before being collected. Steward Zhang was clearly watching from the side, but after Ruan Ci handed over the Qiankun bag, he still checked it in front of her, put his spiritual intent into it, verified it, and said, "The flesh and blood held by Miss is very fresh. If it is spiritual jade, I can give up to 3,000, and the five-element attribution is specified by Miss. If it is spiritual money, I don't know which family’s money Miss wants."

The spiritual money mentioned in the Southern Zhu Continent refers to a currency made of mother-of-pearl. The spiritual money given in the monthly allowance after Ruan Ci came to the Central Continent is a pearl containing weak spiritual power. She thought this was the spiritual money of the Central Continent. At this time, hearing this, she knew that there were differences in spiritual money. Steward Zhang took out several kinds of spiritual money from the cabinet to show her, saying, "Prosperous sects in the Central Continent have their own spiritual money. Take the Profound Heaven Sect near us as an example. Profound Heaven money can be used in all Profound Heaven firms. There is a Profound Heaven firm in the Golden Wave market, so we all accept and pay Profound Heaven money. If it is a cultivator from the Northern Underworld Continent, they prefer Rouge money, which can also be used when returning to the Northern Underworld Continent. However, Yanshan and the Profound Heaven Sect are at odds, so our markets do not have Rouge money. The truly most common spiritual money in the Central Continent should be Baozhi money. After all, all markets in the Central Continent, regardless of size, have Baozhi Firm’s storefronts, and even in other continents across the ocean, Baozhi money is still used, so Baozhi money is the most expensive. 3,000 spiritual jade can be exchanged for 300,000 Profound Heaven money. If you exchange for Baozhi money, there are only 250,000. If Miss sells the goods to Baozhi Firm, the money they give will be more, probably one spiritual jade can be exchanged for 90 Baozhi money."

Ruan Ci’s monthly allowance is dozens of spiritual jade. In the sect’s canon jade, one spiritual jade can be exchanged for 120 Profound Heaven money. She thought about it, and knew that this was the sect encouraging disciples to bring back spiritual jade. She couldn't help but say, "If this is the case, everyone wants spiritual jade. After all, spiritual money is exchanged back and forth, and there is always loss. Why do you still want to change money?"

Meng Lingyue smiled, "Junior Martial Sister Ci, do you know how much 3,000 spiritual jade is? Besides, every spiritual jade has a slight difference in spiritual energy. Today is you and I knowing each other, and I have a name and a surname, and I brought you here, just like guaranteeing with my reputation. When Uncle Zhang pays you spiritual jade, you probably don't want to verify it. But those cultivators who come from afar, who knows when the next visit will be? Compared to spiritual jade, they would rather have some spiritual money."

She picked a mother pearl from the Profound Heaven money and showed it to Ruan Ci, "You see this mother money, all use the Profound Heaven Sect’s prohibition. Who can crack it? There is no imitation. If you want 300,000 Profound Heaven money, the steward will give you 30 mother pearls, which is easy for you to carry, and he is also cheaper."

And said to Junior Sister Lian, "Little Lian, don't be distracted, listen carefully to these. The world is dangerous. I don't know how many cultivators grew up in the sect since childhood. They don't know these things at all. After going out, I don't know how many losses they will suffer before they can learn these little things one by one."

Ruan Ci also felt that she benefited a lot. Although Wang Pan could teach her these things, it was also a good thing to listen to other people’s experience in the world. She didn't bargain with Steward Zhang anymore, smiling, "Then I want 250,000 Baozhi money."

She didn't want spiritual jade because spiritual jade was of no use to her. Others wanted spiritual jade, and there was also a way to protect themselves. In dangerous places, they could absorb the spiritual energy in the spiritual jade as a guarantee. But Ruan Ci had the Donghua Sword, no matter how dangerous the outside world was, the Donghua Sword would extract spiritual energy and transport it over. Although she was walking outside at this time, her meridians were still refining spiritual energy to fill the high platform, but the speed was naturally not as fast as closing in the cave dwelling.

Steward Zhang didn't say a word, counted 25 Baozhi big money, but didn't hand it directly to Ruan Ci, but put it into the Qiankun bag as before, and handed it to Ruan Ci. Ruan Ci pinched the Qiankun bag, put her spiritual intent into it, verified it correctly, and then collected the Qiankun bag and refined it at will. Smiling, "Thank you Steward Zhang for teaching me the rules, I owe you a favor."

Steward Zhang indeed intended to teach her, so he executed the rules meticulously. However, he knew how to do favors, and Ruan Ci had to be able to understand. Hearing this, he hurriedly thanked her. Meng Lingyue smiled, "Junior Martial Sister Ci, don't be like this, it’s just a little effort. Our old steward is the most shrewd. Today is because the Nine-Infant Snake is rare, so he doesn't have to deduct from you, so he gave a generous price. If you bring other precious materials another day, maybe Uncle Zhang’s price won't be so good. You can also ask a few more shops, and sell it when the price is good. Your eye is good, and you have a background, so you won't suffer."

She said Ruan Ci’s eye was good, naturally because she saw through the weakness of the Nine-Infant Snake and defeated the enemy with one move. Ruan Ci smiled, "My eye is good, but how do I have a background?"

Meng Lingyue said, "You are still hiding it from me? You are young, your cultivation is high, and it is your first time to go out on an errand for the sect. Looking at the world, only flourishing sect disciples have not left the mountain gate before Foundation Establishment. Which of us prosperous sect disciples is not running around after opening meridians? If you didn't exchange for Baozhi money, I would have guessed you were a Profound Heaven Sect disciple."

Her friendship like this really had considerations, but Ruan Ci was not a Profound Heaven Sect disciple, but Meng Lingyue was still enthusiastic, smiling, "You are walking in this direction at this time, presumably not going to Wan Diegu, but to the Precious Cloud Sea. Flourishing sect Foundation Establishment disciples go out on errands at this time, which is just these few errands. I see that there are no subordinates around you, so you should be going to Wan Diegu, right? I am also going to Wan Diegu, why not go with me?"

She was so open and aboveboard, Ruan Ci looked at her highly, and asked, "Where is Wan Diegu? Why don't I know there is such a place?"

Meng Lingyue was somewhat surprised and sighed, "Junior Sister Ci, are you going to the Bao Yun Sea? That would mean going with Li Lang. However, we can still travel together for a stretch and part ways at Yiyunbei. Li... Senior Brother Li is a person of upright and open character. If Junior Sister trusts him, you can support each other within the Hengze Heaven, and only engage in a gentleman's competition at the very end."

Then she explained Wan Diegu’s errand to Ruan Ci in detail. It turned out that Wan Diegu was also a space crack, leading to a grotto-heaven on the verge of breaking. This grotto-heaven was already extremely dangerous for cultivators, but many rare butterfly species were raised in the grotto-heaven. When the grotto-heaven was revealed in the intersection of virtual and real, many spiritual butterflies would fly out, which was also designated as a test place. The Foundation Establishment cultivators must first capture the Dream Flower Butterfly, then entrust a wisp of spiritual intent to it, fly back to the grotto-heaven, pick strange flowers and weeds, and before the grotto-heaven turns back to virtual numbers, they must return in time. The sect that picks the most flowers and weeds can manage the spiritual objects of the grotto-heaven before the next manifestation of the grotto-heaven.

This practice is limited compared to Hengze Heaven, but it is extremely safe. Cultivators lose at most a wisp of spiritual intent, but the gains are quite generous. Just this dream butterfly passing through the grotto-heaven is a rare experience. However, Ruan Ci didn't know what the benefit of winning the first place was to the sect, after all, it was an extremely broken grotto-heaven. Meng Lingyue couldn't say why, only knowing that this kind of practice place like Wan Diegu was rare, the gains were generous, and there was no risk. It was just that the road was not easy to walk. She originally thought Ruan Ci was going to Wan Diegu alone, and the two happened to be on the same road. Knowing that Ruan Ci was probably going to Hengze Heaven, she couldn't help but sigh again and again, and even tried to thread the needle, wanting to match Ruan Ci and Li Pingyan as allies, obviously not optimistic about Li Pingyan’s strength, fearing that he would be killed by Ruan Ci with one sword in Hengze Heaven.

Meng Lingyue was careful and kind, Ruan Ci actually admired her quite a bit, and was also curious why she didn't go to Hengze Heaven. After all, Li Pingyan was going. Meng Lingyue said that this was all arranged by the elders in the sect. Ruan Ci smiled, "Is there any disciple in your sect who is more outstanding than you in this generation?"

Hengze Heaven is manifested once every thousand years, which is enough for Foundation Establishment disciples to rotate for a generation. If the cultivation was not enough to fight for it last time, this time, if there is no breakthrough to the Golden Core, the lifespan has also reached the end, and there is no qualification to go to Hengze Heaven. There are naturally many powerful cultivators in the prosperous sect, but there are not many suitable candidates. In Ruan Ci’s view, Meng Lingyue’s cultivation and temperament are top-notch, and her fighting experience is also very rich. I don't know who else in the Pinghai Sect can suppress her to go to Hengze Heaven to take treasure.

Meng Lingyue smiled, "I dare not say whether it is outstanding or not, it is all the arrangement of the teacher."

Ruan Ci said, "That’s right, the son of a thousand gold, sitting and not hanging down, Wan Diegu should be more stable, it is only us who are not a pity to die, that we go to Hengze Heaven."

Meng Lingyue couldn't help but cover her lips and laugh a few times, and then explained politely, "No, no, flourishing sects and prosperous sects are very different. Flourishing sect disciples fight for the Hengze Jade Dew, and the casualties are naturally greater. We prosperous sect disciples have no such luxury. Wan Diegu and Hengze Heaven are the same for us. It is the incompetence of the elder sister, not worthy of going."

Junior Sister Lian interrupted, "It’s not like this. In the grotto-heaven, each relies on ability. Prosperous sect cultivators also have those who win the Hengze Jade Dew. Senior sister’s cultivation is also enough, and she could have gone, but this time Senior Brother Li is going, so the teacher didn't allow senior sister to go."

Meng Lingyue scolded, "Little Lian, is it only you who has a mouth?"

Her face was a little red, fortunately the group had walked out of the firm, otherwise if this was heard by Steward Zhang, Meng Lingyue’s face would be even more unable to come down. Junior Sister Lian said, "Senior sister, you have done it, what is wrong with me saying it? Is that Senior Brother Li so good? You only think about these things, delaying all your own future, and wasting the teacher’s painstaking efforts."

She hummed, and flew away on her own. Meng Lingyue was a little embarrassed. After a while, she gave Ruan Ci a reluctant smile, "Junior Martial Sister Ci, do you want to find an inn to rest?"

Ruan Ci wanted to go to a restaurant to have a meal first. She rarely had spiritual money, so she was very generous and took the initiative to treat. Meng Lingyue chose a restaurant, ordered two dishes at will, and said to Ruan Ci, "I knew Junior Martial Sister had a preference for spiritual food, so I should have left some Nine-Infant flesh and blood just now to let the restaurant make it, which would be cheap."

The precious materials she shared were all given to Steward Zhang just now, and there was no residue. Ruan Ci said, "It doesn't matter, I don't want to eat the dishes made by the Nine-Infant Snake. It has three human faces, it is ugly, and I feel disgusted when I see it."

Meng Lingyue couldn't help but smile, "Junior Martial Sister’s little temper is really cute. You must be very doted on in the sect."

Ruan Ci had to take spiritual food to survive during the Qi Refining stage, but she didn't have the mouth blessing. Now after Foundation Establishment, she could abstain from grain, but the pursuit of delicious food remained. It was the first time she went to a restaurant to eat, and she was also very fresh. She turned the menu over and over, ordered two or three thousand spiritual money dishes, and Meng Lingyue stopped her again and again before stopping. She said, "Where am I doted on? Master doesn't love me much. You see, I came out for the first time, I don't know anything, and he didn't even give me any instructions."

Actually, Wang True Person should know that Wang Pan would follow, so he didn't give instructions. Ruan Ci stuck out her tongue, thinking that the distance from the Profound Heaven Sect was not very far, and for a Grotto-heaven True Person, she was still active in the courtyard, so she didn't dare to arrange it indiscriminately, and then remembered to say, "Senior Martial Sister Meng, is there any famous spiritual tea in the market? My master likes to drink tea, I will buy some back to honor him."

Meng Lingyue said, "The best spiritual tea in this area is naturally produced in the Profound Heaven Sect. After eating, we will go to both firms to see. Maybe we can meet a few familiar faces in the Profound Heaven Firm."

Ruan Ci didn't understand what she meant. Meng Lingyue smiled, "Profound Heaven Sect disciples also go out on errands. At this time, disciples going to Wan Diegu and Hengze Heaven may stay here. If you can get to know one or two, maybe it will be a support in the future. Like us, we have to go on errands ourselves, and we want to go together. Therefore, the Golden Wave market is very lively during this period, and disciples of prosperous sects nearby will gather here. Even if Profound Heaven disciples don't come, it is good for everyone to communicate with each other."

Ruan Ci said, "Then Senior Brother Li still went to Green Jade Bright Hall to hunt demonic beasts? He doesn't need to get to know Profound Heaven disciples?"

Meng Lingyue said, "After all, these are very hard to say. No one knows what the temperament of Profound Heaven disciples is, and whether they will protect us. Senior Brother Li has high aspirations and doesn't take these things to heart. He only believes in his own cultivation."

"So that’s it."

Ruan Ci took a bite of spiritual food and sent it into her mouth. She only felt fine, soft, fragrant, and smooth. It melted in her mouth, and the spiritual energy was gentle and nourishing, rippling on the tip of her tongue. She narrowed her eyes enjoyably, intoxicated for a while before saying, "Then what about you, Senior Martial Sister Meng? Why did you follow? I see that you are not unwilling to make friends with flourishing sect disciples."

Meng Lingyue’s face turned red again. She said, "Junior Martial Sister saw it? Little Lian is complaining about me because of this. I also know that many of my junior brothers and sisters hope that I will wait here."

Ruan Ci thought, it is also very difficult not to see it.

She smiled and didn't pick up the conversation. Meng Lingyue poured a glass of spiritual wine for herself, took a sip, and said, "Actually, I also want to ask Junior Martial Sister, you are a flourishing sect disciple, but you got married so early—Junior Martial Sister, I want to ask first, what are you cultivating for?"

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Updated, sorry for the long wait, this chapter mentioned the currency system and transaction methods, which will be useful later, and I love writing these, and I also love watching these. I will unconsciously calculate whether it is suitable to buy when I see other articles buying things, hahaha

I finished *The First Rake of the Great Song*. Later, it was basically skipping chapters. I am not very interested in fighting. I like the part on Liangshan the most. I feel like I have watched a lot of articles recently, so I have to slow down for a few days...

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