Chapter 64

Spending lavishly.

From Green Jade Bright Hall to the Golden Wave Sect, it is only a ten-day journey 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 courtyard. The Nine-Infant Snake was a rare accident, and the rest of the journey was peaceful. The group 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 already 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 heart knot was gone, so she was quite close to her and told Ruan Ci a lot about the mountain gate. It turned out that the Pinghai Sect and the Golden Wave Sect both respected the Shangqing Sect—most of the thousands of miles radiating from the Shangqing Sect's mountain gate respected the flourishing sects of the Shangqing Sect. However, because the Pinghai Sect and the Golden Wave Sect had similar cultivation methods, the founding ancestors of the two sects obtained a remnant volume of a classic together, so the relationship between the two sects had always been close, and disciples often visited each other, just like one family. Since entering the sect, Meng Lingyue often came to the Golden Wave Sect to train, 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 Miasma Sea, and the situation in the deep ocean was dangerous, so low-tier 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 and attend the Elixir Assembly. Since then, I have come many times, and this place is as familiar as my own mountain gate."

When the group arrived at the market, everyone just set a time to meet later and scattered. Li Pingyan naturally took several junior brothers back to the mountain to heal. All the scattered 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 planted in the Golden Wave Sect mountain gate, and the Elixir Assembly is held in the peach blossom forest. The inner-landscape scroll slowly unfolds, and with the fragrance of flowers, the beautiful scenery and fragrance make people drunk. If Junior Martial Sister came a few years later, maybe we could watch the fun together."

She didn't know Ruan Ci's sect identity, so her wording was neither humble nor arrogant, neither saying "humbly attending 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, so she nodded and smiled, "What Senior Sister Meng said, this is the number one beautiful scenery in this area? Being able to surpass the Green Jade Bright Hall, I think it must be beautiful, and I don't know if I have this eye fortune."

Her subsequent humble words were nothing, but the junior sister beside Meng Lingyue couldn't help but hum and laugh when she heard Ruan Ci say "number one beautiful scenery". Meng Lingyue said, "Junior Sister Lian, what are you laughing at?"

This Junior Sister Lian was quite arrogant and didn't talk much on weekdays. Ruan Ci didn't report her full name, so she only reported a "Lian". Meng Lingyue actually loved her quite a bit, and there was no anger in her words. Junior Sister Lian said, "Nothing, it's just that I think that peach blossom is actually very ordinary."

Ruan Ci couldn't help but laugh secretly, so she said, "Don't talk about these, what's the point of missing the scenery you can't see? I want to find a firm to unload the Nine-Infant Snake's corpse. Does Senior Sister Meng have any familiar merchants?"

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

Ruan Ci also had three years of experience working in the altar city, so she knew that asking Meng Lingyue to lead the way was right. 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 honest and did business fairly, but precisely because of this, the purchase price was lower, and the sales price had to be a few points 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 batch of familiar firms to deal with.

Actually, the Shangqing 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 warmly, but she had no intention of contacting the sect. She entered the Pinghai Firm with Meng Lingyue. The steward greeted them early, smiling, "Miss Yue, I have been waiting here early. I heard that you brought back a Nine-Infant Snake. Just now, Li Lang of the Golden Wave Sect sent the goods to the Golden Wave Firm. We all looked at it and were very envious."

Meng Lingyue first smiled at Ruan Ci, "Any goods that are not produced here can be called a price. Before the sunrise in the Green Jade Bright Hall, among the thousands of monsters condensed in the momentum field, occasionally one will be condensed by sensing the true essence. Although this 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 her to the steward, "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's natural. I heard that Miss Ci killed the Nine-Infant Snake with one sword. Her cultivation is truly admirable!"

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

Steward Zhang and Meng Lingyue looked at each other. 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 most transactions of cultivators in the Central Continent were loaded with Qiankun bags. Both sides put their divine sense into them, 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, and spiritual money had to be delivered on the spot, and each side had to count and collect them.

"The kind you mentioned, that is the good thing that only happens when buying and selling in the sect, or trading goods between fellow disciples. 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 hand over carefully, you can't do business. Besides, whether it is spiritual materials or spiritual money, there are many ways to fake it. 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 even more ways. It is better for everyone to put things in the Qiankun bag, each relying on divine sense, and not recognize it after leaving the counter. Only in this way can we avoid a lot of lips and tongues."

Ruan Ci immediately thought of the Heavenly Fate Cloud Seed given by the old man. 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 mind, the Cloud Seed sent a trace of displeasure. Ruan Ci thought bitterly, "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, thinking about discussing it with Wang Panpan after parting with this group of people. Steward Zhang took a dozen Qiankun bags for her to choose from. Ruan Ci picked five or six unmarked ones at random and said, "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 spoke, several people went out from the shop and found a venue 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 was 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 put his divine intent into it in front of her, checked it, and said, "The flesh and blood held by the Miss is very fresh. If it is spiritual jade, I can offer up to 3,000. The five elements attribute is specified by the Miss. If it is spiritual money, I don't know which family's money the Miss wants."

The spiritual money mentioned in the South Zhuzhou refers to a currency made of mother-of-pearl. After Ruan Ci came to the Central Continent, the spiritual money given in the monthly salary was pearls containing weak spiritual power. She thought this was the spiritual money of the Central Continent. Only then did she know 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 Shangqing Sect near us as an example. Shangqing money can be used in all Shangqing firms. There is a Shangqing firm in the Golden Wave market, so we all accept and pay Shangqing money. If it is a North Sea Continent cultivator, they prefer Rouge money, which can also be used when returning to the North Sea Continent. However, Yanshan and the Shangqing Sect are at odds, so our markets do not accept Rouge money. The 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 storefronts, and even in other continents, Baozhi money can still be used, so Baozhi money is the most expensive. 3,000 spiritual jade can be exchanged for 300,000 Shangqing money. If you exchange for Baozhi money, there are only 250,000. If the 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 salary was dozens of spiritual jade. In the sect, one spiritual jade could be exchanged for 120 Shangqing money. She thought about it slightly 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 change money?"

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

She picked out a mother bead from the Shangqing money and showed it to Ruan Ci, "Look at this ten-thousand mother money, all of which use the Shangqing Sect's restrictions. Who can crack it? There is no imitation. If you want 300,000 Shangqing money, the steward will give you 30 mother beads, which is easy for you to carry, and he is also cheaper."

She also 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 and don't know these things at all. After going out, I don't know how much they will suffer before they can learn these small things one by one."

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

She didn't want spiritual jade because spiritual jade was useless to her. Others wanted spiritual jade, and there was also the use of self-defense. 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 automatically 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 off 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 and handed it to Ruan Ci. Ruan Ci pinched the Qiankun bag, put her divine intent into it, verified it was correct, and then collected it and refined it at will. She smiled, "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 it. Hearing this, he hurriedly thanked her modestly. Meng Lingyue smiled, "Junior Martial Sister Ci, don't be like this. It's just a small effort. Our old steward here is the most shrewd. Today it is because the Nine-Infant Snake is rare, so he doesn't have to suppress you, so he offered a generous price. If you bring other precious materials another day, maybe Uncle Zhang's price won't be so good. You can also go to a few more shops to ask, 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 Nine-Infant Snake's weakness 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 still hide it from me? You are young, your cultivation is high, and it is your first time to go out on an errand. Looking at the world, only prosperous sect disciples have not left the mountain gate before Foundation Establishment. Which of us flourishing sect disciples is not running around after opening the meridians? If you didn't exchange for Baozhi money, I would have guessed you were a Shangqing Sect disciple."

She had indeed considered making friends like this before, but Ruan Ci was not a Shangqing Sect disciple, but Meng Lingyue was still enthusiastic, smiling, "You are walking in this direction at this time, I think you are not going to Wan Die Valley, but to Precious Cloud Sea. Prosperous sect Foundation Establishment disciples going out on errands at this time are just these few errands. I see that there are no followers around you, so you should be going to Wan Die Valley, right? I am also going to Wan Die Valley, why not go with me?"

She was so generous, Ruan Ci looked at her with high regard, and asked, "Where is Wan Die Valley? Why don't I know there is such a place?"

Meng Lingyue was a little surprised, sighed, "Junior Martial Sister Ci, are you going to Precious Cloud Sea? That should be with Li Lang, but we can still go the same way for a while, and then part ways at Yiyunbei. Li... Senior Brother Li is upright and honest. If Junior Martial Sister trusts him, you can support each other in Hengze Heaven, and then have that gentleman's competition at the end."

She explained the errand of Wan Die Valley to Ruan Ci in detail. It turned out that Wan Die Valley was also a space crack, leading to a Grotto-Heaven on the verge of shattering. This Grotto-Heaven was already extremely dangerous for cultivators, but many rare butterfly species were raised in the Grotto-Heaven. When the Grotto-Heaven manifested in the intersection of reality and reality, many spiritual butterflies would fly out, which was also designated as a test place. The group of Foundation Establishment cultivators first had to capture the Dream Flower Butterfly, then entrust a wisp of divine sense to it, fly back to the Grotto-Heaven, pick exotic flowers and weeds, and before the Grotto-Heaven returned to the imaginary number, they had to return in time. The sect that picked the most flowers and weeds could control the Grotto-Heaven spiritual objects before the next manifestation of the Grotto-Heaven.

This training was limited compared to Hengze Heaven, but it was extremely safe. Cultivators would lose at most a wisp of divine sense, but the gains were quite rich. Just the experience of the Dream Butterfly crossing the Grotto-Heaven was a rare experience. However, Ruan Ci didn't know what benefit winning the first place had for the sect. After all, it was an extremely broken Grotto-Heaven. Meng Lingyue couldn't explain it either, only knowing that this kind of training place like Wan Die Valley was rare, the gains were rich, and there was no risk. It was just that the road to the past was not easy to walk. She originally thought Ruan Ci was going to Wan Die Valley alone, and the two happened to go the same way. Knowing that Ruan Ci was probably going to Hengze Heaven, she couldn't help but sigh again and again, and had already tried to thread the needle, wanting to match Ruan Ci and Li Pingyan as allies. Obviously, she didn't look at 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 appreciated 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 it possible that in your sect, there is a more outstanding disciple in this generation than you?"

Hengze Heaven manifests 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 when it manifested last time, when it manifested this time, if there was no breakthrough to the Golden Core, the lifespan would have reached the end, and there would be no qualification to go to Hengze Heaven. There were naturally many powerful cultivators in the flourishing sects, but there were not many suitable candidates. In Ruan Ci's view, Meng Lingyue's cultivation and temperament were top-notch, and her fighting experience was also very rich. She didn't know who else in the Pinghai Sect could suppress her to go to Hengze Heaven to take treasure.

Meng Lingyue smiled, "Outstanding or not, I dare not say, it's all the teacher's arrangement."

Ruan Ci said, "That's right. A child of a thousand gold, sitting not under the hall. Wan Die Valley is more stable, and it is only us who are not a pity to die who go to Hengze Heaven."

Meng Lingyue couldn't help but cover her lips and laugh a few more times, and then explained politely, "It's not like this. Flourishing sects and flourishing sects are very different. Flourishing sect disciples fight for the Hengze Jade Dew, so the casualties are naturally greater. We flourishing sect disciples have no such luxury. Wan Die Valley and Hengze Heaven are the same to us. It is the foolish sister's cultivation that is insufficient and not worthy of going."

Junior Sister Lian interrupted, "But it's not like this. In the Grotto-Heaven, each relies on their own ability. Flourishing sect cultivators also have those who won the Hengze Jade Dew. Senior Sister's cultivation is also sufficient, 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 shouted, "Little Lian, is it only you who has a mouth?"

Her face was a little red. Fortunately, the group had walked out of the shop, 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 did it, what's wrong with me saying it? Is that Senior Brother Li so good? You are full of these things, delaying all your own future, and wasting the teacher's painstaking efforts."

She snorted and flew away on her own. Meng Lingyue was a little embarrassed. After a while, she gave Ruan Ci a forced 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 finally had spiritual money, so she was very generous and took the initiative to treat. Meng Lingyue chose a restaurant, ordered two dishes at random, and said to Ruan Ci, "If I had known Junior Martial Sister had a preference for spiritual food, I would have left some Nine-Infant flesh and blood just now and asked the restaurant to cook it, which would have been 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 food made by the Nine-Infant Snake. It has three human faces, it's ugly, and I feel sick when I see it."

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

Ruan Ci had to take spiritual food to survive in the Qi Condensation stage, but she didn't have the mouth blessing. After Foundation Establishment, she could already fast, but the pursuit of delicious food remained. It was also fresh to go to a restaurant for the first time. She flipped through the menu again and again, ordered two or three thousand spiritual money worth of dishes. Meng Lingyue tried to stop her again and again, but she finally stopped. She said, "Where am I favored? Master doesn't love me much. Look at me going out for the first time, I don't know anything, and he didn't even give me any instructions."

Actually, Wang Zhenren should know that Wang Panpan would follow, so he didn't give instructions. Ruan Ci stuck out her tongue, thinking that this place was not very far from the Shangqing Sect. For a Grotto-Heaven True Person, she was still active in the courtyard, so she didn't dare to make up nonsense, and remembered to say, "Senior Sister Meng, is there any famous spiritual tea in the market? My master likes to drink tea, I will buy some to honor him."

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

Ruan Ci didn't understand what she meant. Meng Lingyue smiled, "Shangqing Sect disciples also go out on errands. When this season comes, disciples going to Wan Die Valley and Hengze Heaven might stay here. If we can get to know one or two, maybe it will be a reliance in the future. Like us, who are going to run errands ourselves, we want to go together even more. Therefore, the Golden Wave market is very lively during this period. Disciples of flourishing sects nearby will all gather here. Even if Shangqing disciples don't come, it's good for everyone to communicate with each other."

Ruan Ci said, "Then Senior Brother Li still went to Green Jade Bright Hall to hunt monster beasts? Does he not need to get to know Shangqing disciples?"

Meng Lingyue said, "After all, this is very hard to say. No one knows what the temperament of Shangqing 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 it was fine, soft, fragrant and smooth, melting in her mouth. The spiritual energy was gentle and nourishing, rippling on the tip of her tongue. She enjoyed squinting her eyes, intoxicated for a while before saying, "Then what about you, Senior Sister Meng? Why did you follow? I see that you are not unwilling to make friends with prosperous sect disciples."

Meng Lingyue's face turned red again. She said, "Junior Martial Sister Ci 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 would be 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, sipped it, and said, "Actually, I also want to ask Junior Martial Sister. You are a prosperous sect disciple, but you got married so early. Can you teach me—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. It will be useful later. I also love writing these, and I also love watching these. When I see other articles buying things, I will unconsciously calculate whether it is suitable or not, hahaha.

I finished "The First Dandy of the Great Song". Basically, there is no plot. It's just talking about eating. I'm quite happy to see the food description, and I have the idea of writing one myself.

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