Chapter 42: Taibai Sword Immortal

The Tianxing Sect marketplace is a fairly famous marketplace located between Yue Country and Yuanwu Country.

This is simply because it is a place where the two countries border each other, and furthermore, among the three Righteous Path sects of Yuanwu Country, the Tianxing Sect is famous for its formations, which has added even more to its reputation.

Most disciples of the Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom who have reached Foundation Establishment, after opening their own cave dwellings, will come to the Tianxing Sect marketplace to purchase a set of formations if they have not received any from their sect or elders to guard their dwellings.

As for the places with the best quality of these formations, besides the Xingchen Ge opened by the Tianxing Sect itself, there are the secret shop auction and trading venues.

However, the formations in Xingchen Ge are only relatively decent, and most are just some basic formations.

Yet even so, the cultivators coming to purchase formations and other items are an endless stream, and business is extremely good every day.

On this day, a distinguished guest arrived at Xingchen Ge and, without a word, headed straight for the fifth-floor hall.

Inside the hall sat a noblewoman in brocade palace attire, with a cultivation base of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

She saw that the person who arrived was a handsome young man who looked like a worldly scholar.

However, between his brows, there was a faint, hidden, and unreleased sharp murderous aura, as if he were a divine sharp sword that might be unsheathed at any moment and had been stained with blood for years.

This made the noblewoman's bright eyes sparkle with wonder, and a look of joy appeared on her face; she immediately stood up, performed a curtsy, and said very politely.

"I am Lady Lan, and I hold the position of manager of this fifth floor of Xingchen Ge. I wonder what you would like to purchase, fellow Daoist?"

"I am not here to purchase anything, but rather I wish to conduct a transaction with your pavilion."

Yan Taibai shook his head lightly and said.

After speaking, he sat down unceremoniously on the chair opposite Lady Lan.

Seeing this, Lady Lan was not angry and instead gave an order.

"Mei Er, serve tea!"

"Many thanks."

Yan Taibai chuckled and expressed his thanks.

"You are too polite, fellow Daoist. It is our honor that you could come to our Xingchen Ge to conduct a transaction. I wonder what kind of transaction you wish to make?"

Lady Lan pursed her lips and smiled as she spoke.

Her beautiful eyes remained fixed on Yan Taibai, the sparkle never fading in the slightest, but instead becoming increasingly bright.

"Inside this are some magical tools, materials, and a pile of other things. Please take a look at how much they are worth, Madam. Settling in Spirit Stones will suffice."

Hearing this, Yan Taibai took a bulging Storage Bag from his waist, handed it to Lady Lan, and spoke.

"Very well, I shall examine them now. Please wait a moment, fellow Daoist."

Seeing this, Lady Lan took a deep look at Yan Taibai and guessed where the items inside the Storage Bag had come from.

She did not press for details, but instead smiled charmingly, picked up the Storage Bag, and used her divine sense to peer inside and examine it.

At this moment, Yan Taibai also took the teacup handed to him by "Mei Er," took a light sip, placed it on the table, and waited for Lady Lan's reply.

If it weren't for the fact that he had obtained too many spoils of war during this period, he would have chosen to sell them directly at the Yanyue Sect and hand them over to the Yanyue Sect's manager.

But to avoid certain issues, he ultimately chose to process a portion of them at Xingchen Ge.

The main reason was that Xingchen Ge's reputation among the several major marketplaces was quite good.

After a quarter of an hour, Lady Lan finally withdrew her divine sense, her cheeks filled with surprise as she set down the Storage Bag, her beautiful eyes sparkling as she stared at Yan Taibai, and she opened her sandalwood lips to speak.

"The magical tools, materials, and talismans inside are worth four thousand six hundred Spirit Stones. What do you think, fellow Daoist?"

"Four thousand six hundred Spirit Stones, that is acceptable. However, could they be exchanged for Intermediate Metal-Attribute Spirit Stones or metal-attribute materials? Even if the price is a bit lower, that is fine."

Hearing this, Yan Taibai thought for a moment before putting forward a request.

Upon hearing this request from Yan Taibai, Lady Lan was slightly startled, then nodded her head, offered a slight apology, and asked in return.

"That is naturally possible, but the price will have to be slightly lower. At most, I can exchange them for forty-two Intermediate Metal-Attribute Spirit Stones. I wonder if you can accept that, fellow Daoist?"

"That is naturally no problem."

Having anticipated this, Yan Taibai did not deliberate further and nodded in agreement.

Earning forty-two Intermediate Metal-Attribute Spirit Stones in about a year is a windfall for any Foundation Establishment cultivator; the year had not been spent in vain.

But for Yan Taibai, it felt like a drop in the bucket.

However, besides Spirit Stones, it was not as if there were no other gains; there was the mastery and application of the cultivation technique "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash," the top-tier magical tools and Talisman Treasures on his person, as well as other spells and divine abilities he had practiced.

Most importantly, his understanding of the cultivation world was far beyond what he had seen in books.

Moreover, he had truly witnessed the cruelty and cold-bloodedness of the cultivation world; if he hadn't relied on the numerous methods and trump cards he possessed, he might have fallen several times, even with all the preparations he had made.

Besides that, there was the progress value for 【Slay Demons and Eliminate Devils】.

Host: Yan Taibai

Gender: Male

Spirit Root: Metal Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root

Age: Eleven years old

Status: Juvenile stage

Realm: Foundation Establishment Early Stage

【First simulation of cultivation completed: Reward: Metal Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root】

【Second simulation of cultivation completed: Reward: "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash"】

【Third simulation of cultivation requirement: Slay Demons and Eliminate Devils. Progress value: 3/100. Additional divine ability: Sin Eye. Sin requirement: sixty】

Although the progress was only one percent in a year, it was enough to show how many Qi Refining stage demonic cultivators Yan Taibai had exterminated over the past year.

Almost every few days, a demonic cultivator meeting the requirements would be slain by him, thereby increasing the progress by a little bit.

There was also the fact that he had gained a title: Taibai Sword Immortal.

He had originally thought his identity had been exposed, but it turned out not to be the case; it was a title given to him by a secular academy he had saved from being nearly wiped out.

One can only say that it was an extreme coincidence.

But he was quite fond of this title.

As for whether his identity would be exposed, he did not care, because he had made inquiries.

Yan Taibai, a disciple of the Yan Family of the Yanyue Sect, was still cultivating within the Yanyue Sect and had never stepped a foot outside the sect.

This news made him quite happy!

And now that he had fully mastered the top-tier magical tools, Talisman Treasures, and divine abilities and spells on his person, it was time to do a major deed that could further advance his progress value.

It was just that he was still considering whether to choose to call friends and summon people to come over and help with this matter.

After all, over this past year, there had been quite a few disciples among the Seven Sects who, like him, had been Slay Demons and Eliminate Devils and killing Demonic Path evil cultivators.

Most of them did it for the items on the Demonic Path evil cultivators or for revenge, while the rest did it for "justice" or, in other words, fame.

For example, Liu Jing of Huangfeng Valley was one of the small minority.

But regardless of the motive, it was ultimately a good thing.

Naturally, Yan Taibai would run into these people, and even had a few conflicts, but they were all smoothly resolved, and a little bit of friendship had formed between them.

Therefore, for the next matter, he was considering whether to call a few people to assist, so as to avoid any unexpected accidents.

However, as the matter was of great importance, he still abandoned this plan and chose to go alone.

There is a matchmaking event at home these few days, so for these two or three days, there will temporarily be two updates, specifically at eight o'clock and ten o'clock in the evening. The owed chapters will be made up later.

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