Chapter 212

Every year, the number of cultivators coming to Dragon Fish Sea from the Yue Kingdom and the Great Liang Kingdom to seek opportunities is not small.

Therefore, the Changhe Sect and the Blood Blade Sect took advantage of the situation and each built a town market in the river valley on the opposite bank of the river where the Dragon Fish Sea Ancient Desolate Ruins channel is located.

It is both for doing business and for guarding the channel and collecting channel fees.

The southeast side of Youhe Valley is the Changhe Sect market of the Great Liang Kingdom, while the opposite bank of the river is the Blood Blade Sect market.

The market is not big. The disciples who manage the shops are basically Qi Refinement cultivators, but a large part of the customers coming and going in the market are Foundation Establishment cultivators, and Qi Refinement cultivators are few and far between. Even if there are any, they are all at the ninth layer of Qi Refinement or the perfection of Qi Refinement.

The goods sold in the shops are mainly divided into two categories: one category is items that might be needed when entering Dragon Fish Sea, such as fragrant bait needed to lure certain demon beasts, Dragon Fish Sea maps, magic treasures for traveling in the sea, etc.; the second category is things produced in Dragon Fish Sea, including spirit medicines, ores, and water beasts.

Some cultivators come to Dragon Fish Sea to seek certain special materials they need. As a result, when they come here and see them for sale, they might just buy them and leave, not willing to take the risk of entering Dragon Fish Sea.

Approaching the market, the four of them got off the flying boat.

The four of them didn't enter the channel immediately and still needed to buy some items needed for entering Dragon Fish Sea in the market.

Wan Yan's main purpose for coming to Dragon Fish Sea this time was to seek the Thousand-Year Dragon Clam Pearl, while the biggest purpose of Shao Shiyu and Mo Yongzhi was to capture and kill Dragon Fish fry to refine Ascension Dragon Pills.

This pill can greatly enhance the cultivation of true essence and magic power.

Shao Shiyu wants to cultivate to the perfection of Foundation Establishment, and Mo Yongzhi wants to break through to mid-stage Foundation Establishment. Besides needing to understand the Dao more deeply, they also need to greatly enhance their vigorous and pure true essence and magic power.

The price of Ascension Dragon Pills is shockingly expensive, with one pill costing forty or fifty thousand spirit stones.

Both of them consume quite a bit in their usual cultivation, and it is very difficult to accumulate spirit stones on hand.

So they decided to come to Dragon Fish Sea to capture and kill Dragon Fish fry.

Preparing the alchemy materials themselves can save a lot of spirit stones.

If they can find some spirit medicines or demon beasts that can be used as medicine, they can also sell them to exchange for some spirit stones.

Capturing and killing Dragon Fish fry requires the use of fragrant bait, which needs to be purchased in the market.

The Dragon Fish Sea map also needs to be purchased in the market.

Besides this, they also need to purchase current information about the situation inside Dragon Fish Sea.

For example, which places have more active demon beast activity; which places have had more opportunities recently; which places are more dangerous; and what powerful figures are active inside, etc.

Information concerns their gains and dangers, so even if the price is not cheap, it must be purchased in advance.

Seeing many Dragon Fish Sea specialties for sale in the market, Xia Daoming greeted Mo Yongzhi and the three of them and went everywhere to inquire about Blood Lin Dragon Breath Grass over three thousand years old. Unfortunately, although there was Blood Lin Dragon Breath Grass for sale in the market, there was none over three thousand years old. Most were under two thousand years old, and most were under a thousand years old.

"In Dragon Fish Sea, even Blood Lin Dragon Breath Grass under a thousand years old is extremely rare. If you want Blood Lin Dragon Breath Grass over three thousand years old, you must go to the fourth-level demon beast living area to seek it."

"However, those areas are all restricted areas of Dragon Fish Sea. Even cultivators at the perfection of Foundation Establishment dare not go in. If you go in, you are simply courting death."

A shop assistant, seeing Xia Daoming inquiring about Blood Lin Dragon Breath Grass over three thousand years old, looked him up and down several times and shook his head repeatedly.

"Restricted area?" Xia Daoming's heart moved slightly.

If there is one in the restricted area, then the probability of high-year Blood Lin Dragon Breath Grass appearing near the restricted area is definitely higher than in other places.

Fourth-level demon beasts are comparable to Jin Dan cultivators.

He naturally wouldn't dare to run to its lair to provoke and attract trouble easily.

But if he only acts on the periphery of the restricted area, he thinks the possibility of alarming or encountering demon beasts should be very small.

Moreover, with his strength and human wisdom, if he really encounters a fourth-level demon beast, the problem of escaping should not be big.

If it is really dangerous, he still has the Small Displacement Talisman.

Soon, Xia Daoming bought the latest Dragon Fish Sea map and product book in a shop.

The product book records spirit medicines, water beasts, and some ores with high value produced in Dragon Fish Sea.

The market is not big, and soon the four of them met in a teahouse.

Xia Daoming saw that the expressions of Shao Shiyu and the three of them were relatively grave.

"Three senior uncles, what's wrong?" Xia Daoming asked.

"Just bought information, saying that in the past year, the conflicts between Yue Kingdom cultivators and our Great Liang Kingdom cultivators in Dragon Fish Sea have been quite fierce. And just over ten days ago, two cultivators at the perfection of Foundation Establishment from the Yue Kingdom side entered Dragon Fish Sea one after another."

"One of them is Shentu Xiao of the Shentu clan, a major cultivation clan of the Yue Kingdom. This person is not only extremely cruel by nature, but his strength is also extremely amazing. It is rumored that he can trade blows with False Core cultivators. So, this trip, after we enter Dragon Fish Sea, we must try our best to avoid Yue Kingdom cultivators," Mo Yongzhi said in a deep voice.

"This disciple understands," Xia Daoming nodded in response.

Then Mo Yongzhi shared some more information.

Just after sharing the information, a man and a woman, who looked like a couple of Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivators, walked in.

The man was wearing an immortal robe embroidered with stars, and the woman was wearing a rosy dress embroidered with a crescent moon.

Both looked to be around thirty years old.

The man's temperament was elegant and his appearance was dignified; the woman's appearance was decent and her figure was graceful.

The two walked in leisurely, giving people a feeling of a fairy couple.

Seeing them walk in, Mo Yongzhi's face suddenly sank.

Seeing the two of them, Wan Yan first flashed a look of surprise, then revealed a look of mockery and disdain without any concealment, saying: "Long Bingkui, Che Fei, it's been many years. You two are becoming more and more diligent in your cultivation. It seems the medicinal effect of those two Cloud Phoenix Fruits back then was amazing!"

"Spirit medicine is obtained by those who are destined. We couple are just lucky," Long Bingkui said with a smile, as if he hadn't heard the mockery in Wan Yan's words at all.

"Lucky?" Wan Yan gave a cold smile: "Long Bingkui, don't you blush when you say this? Back then, Senior Sister Mo and Senior Brother Lin trusted you couple and teamed up with you..."

"Hmph, Wan Yan, don't go too far!" Long Bingkui's smile disappeared, and he said coldly, a powerful aura erupting from his body.

"I'm going too far?" Wan Yan stood up suddenly, her true qi and magic power surging.

"Forget it, Wan Yan, Senior Sister Shao, Daoming, we should also pay the spirit stones and enter Dragon Fish Sea to seek opportunities," Mo Yongzhi saw this and stood up to pull Wan Yan.

Wan Yan's expression changed several times, but finally she followed Mo Yongzhi and left the teahouse.

"Who are those two? Did they have a feud with Senior Uncle Mo before?" After leaving the teahouse, Xia Daoming asked.

Before, Xia Daoming called Mo Yongzhi "Elder" to show respect.

This trip out, at Mo Yongzhi's request, he changed his address.

"They are disciples of the Star Moon Sect. Everyone is a disciple of the three major sects, and sometimes there will be some dealings and cooperation. Years ago, your Senior Uncle Mo and a Senior Brother Lin who has already passed away teamed up with their couple in a secret realm."

"That time, the four of them were very lucky and found two Cloud Phoenix Fruits. Originally, they should have been split equally. But their couple was very insidious and cunning, taking advantage of your Senior Brother Lin being seriously injured while fighting the guardian demon beast, and your Senior Uncle Mo going to treat him, they picked the Cloud Phoenix Fruits."

"Hmph, if it weren't for them breaking their promise and the couple swallowing the two Cloud Phoenix Fruits alone, your Senior Uncle Mo should have already been at late-stage Foundation Establishment now," Wan Yan said.

"It's all in the past, what's the use of saying this? You can only blame yourself for having poor judgment back then and being deceived by their appearance, temperament, and words and deeds."

"Now they are both at late-stage Foundation Establishment, and it is said that they have also become named disciples of a Jin Dan Elder. Our strength is not as good as theirs, so arguing and theorizing with them again is nothing more than taking humiliation upon ourselves," Mo Yongzhi said.

"Even if we don't have the ability, I still want to use words to stimulate and humiliate them, at least to feel happy in my heart," Wan Yan said disapprovingly.

"Even if we don't have the ability, I still want to use words to stimulate and humiliate them, at least to feel happy in my heart."

"Fine, let's go pay the fee at the Immortal Fate Hall," Mo Yongzhi said.

The Immortal Fate Hall is located at the place in the market closest to the river bank, magnificent and spectacular.

The fee-paying hall has a large space.

As soon as Xia Daoming entered, he had a feeling of being monitored in the dark.

Clearly, there were powerful people sitting in charge here.

On a wall in the hall, there were notices posted offering rewards for various spirit medicines, water beasts, and ores.

The reward money was quite high.

Wan Yan and the others specifically ran to stand in front of that wall to scan the various reward notices and keep them in mind.

"Qingyuan Sect disciple, two hundred spirit stones. You must not stay in Dragon Fish Sea for more than a month. If you exceed a month, not only will you have to pay an extra hundred spirit stones for every day you exceed, but you will also have to accept questioning and interrogation when you come out," said a Qi Refinement disciple at the fee-paying office after checking the sect token handed over by Xia Daoming.

Great Liang Kingdom, Changhe Sect disciples entering Dragon Fish Sea have their own sect's regulations.

Qingyuan Sect and Star Moon Sect are super major sects of the Great Liang Kingdom. Disciples entering Dragon Fish Sea have a discount, two hundred spirit stones per person, while other sect families or loose cultivators entering Dragon Fish Sea have a much more expensive price, requiring six hundred spirit stones per person.

Xia Daoming paid two hundred spirit stones, and the Changhe Sect's handling disciple handed him a token.

The space around the vortex channel had long been isolated by a formation. Without this token, once you enter, you will trigger the formation.

Holding the token, the four of them passed through an invisible formation barrier on the river bank and came to the sky above Youhe.

The river water was pitch black, exuding a cold aura, setting off the black vortex above it, which was even more eerie and terrifying, making people feel fearful and uneasy, always feeling that it was a channel leading to the land of death.

Wan Yan and Mo Yongzhi's gazes unknowingly became grave, while Shao Shiyu was just the opposite. Looking at the eerie and terrifying black huge vortex, her cold eyes revealed a trace of burning anticipation.

"Go!" Shao Shiyu said impatiently.

Having said that, she took the lead and stepped into the air toward the vortex channel.

Xia Daoming and the three of them hurriedly followed.

The four of them were about to fly into the vortex.

On the side controlled by the Blood Blade Sect, a black-clothed man with disheveled hair, a face full of red whiskers, and a murderous aura stepped into the air.

This person was extremely domineering. Before he even reached the vortex, a terrifying aura had already erupted from his body, stirring the water of Youhe and setting off monstrous waves that slapped toward Xia Daoming and the four of them.

(End of chapter)