Chapter 12: Market

Money is not small, but it is not what Liu Xiaolou needs, and spirit rice—the spirit herb collected in the treasury of the Jinping Shanzhuang, no matter how you think about it, it is not a matter of fifty liters of spirit rice.

People come and go here. Liu Xiaolou sat for half an hour when he suddenly saw an acquaintance. It was Longshan Sanren who accepted the Heroic Invitation and broke into the Jinping Shanzhuang together.

Longshan Sanren had a full beard and was very conspicuous. After entering, he smiled and greeted several acquaintances, then saw Liu Xiaolou sitting in the corner, froze, and walked over slowly.

For Longshan Sanren, Liu Xiaolou was still quite grateful. When he was in the chaotic Jinping Shanzhuang, it was Longshan Sanren who greeted him to follow, which led him to the treasury. Later, he helped him righteously, helping him repel the thieves who coveted the spirit herb. It can be said that he maintained him in many ways, so he stood up and saluted: "Senior."

Longshan Sanren nodded and greeted him: "Follow me."

Liu Xiaolou followed behind him, left the wooden shed, and came to the end of the alley.

Longshan Sanren looked at the bustling wooden shed in the distance and said in a low voice: "Didn't check you?"

Liu Xiaolou answered: "Junior hid out, and returned recently."

Longshan Sanren praised: "Still smart." He asked again: "On our Wulong Mountain side, did Wei Hongqing of Ghost Dream Cliff also accept the Heroic Invitation? Why didn't I see him that day?"

Liu Xiaolou shook his head: "No, only I and Senior accepted."

Longshan Sanren frowned: "Then why has the Dongyang Mountain been wandering around Ghost Dream Cliff before?"

Liu Xiaolou said: "Before the Heroic Assembly, he left Wulong Mountain, saying he was going to wander the world. Perhaps the Dongyang Mountain recognized the wrong person."

Longshan Sanren nodded: "You should also be careful. The wind has not passed yet. The Dongyang Mountain has found many people. I heard that Gao Feiyan and Wan Jianxin have been exposed and fled Southern Hunan. Now I don't know where they are."

Liu Xiaolou was not worried. Those two were magnates among rogue cultivators in Southern Hunan, famous people. It was normal to be found. He was such a nameless little character, who would care?

Longshan Sanren added: "And the Seventh Branch of the Raft Sect, the nest was broken by the Dongyang Sect. Lou Zhenwu did it."

Liu Xiaolou was horrified. It is said that the nests of the Raft Sect branches are not only hidden, but also frequently changed, and the guardian array is also quite powerful. This is their reliance for participating in the Heroic Assembly repeatedly without fear of retaliation. Unexpectedly, it was still destroyed by the Dongyang Sect this time. Famous sects are famous sects, you have to serve!

Thinking carefully, the matter of his participation in the Heroic Assembly was only known to Dai Shenggao who issued the Heroic Invitation and the Longshan Sanren in front of him. As long as they two were fine, he would not be fine. After all, there were hundreds of heroes who participated that day. He, such a small character, should not be able to enter the vision of the Dongyang Sect.

"As long as Senior and Dai Sanren are fine, Junior will not be fine." Liu Xiaolou answered.

Longshan Sanren understood Liu Xiaolou's meaning and felt much relieved. Suddenly remembering Liu Xiaolou's sentence just now, he asked: "You just returned?"

"Yes."

"Then... are you here to sell..."

"Thanks to Senior's blessing, I did get a spirit herb that day."

"Spirit herb?" Longshan Sanren's eyes lit up, his tone slightly nervous: "What spirit herb?"

"Er... ashamed to say, Junior can't call out the name, but this spirit herb doesn't seem to be an ordinary product. Junior urgently needs spirit stones, so I want to come and try my luck."

Liu Xiaolou told the truth, and took out the spirit herb to show Longshan Sanren: "If Senior has any needs, just give it to Senior."

Receiving the kindness of others, he must repay it. Although a spirit herb is a pity, it cannot be compared with the virtue of Longshan Sanren's help that day, so he offered the spirit herb.

Seeing the spirit herb, Longshan Sanren blurted out: "Sure enough, it is Water Ganoderma!"

"Senior recognizes it?"

"Not only recognize it, not to hide from Xiaolou, I went to the Heroic Assembly, just because I heard that the Zhang family treasury collected a Water Ganoderma. Who would have thought it would fall on Xiaolou, it is truly..."

"What is this used for?"

"This is one of the eighteen spirit materials for refining Foundation Establishment Pills."

"Ah, congratulations to Senior, Junior will use this Water Ganoderma as a congratulatory gift, wishing Senior an early Foundation Establishment." Saying that, he offered the spirit herb.

Longshan Sanren did not decline. There are rarely Foundation Establishment Pills for sale in the world. Major sects refine one and use one. His cultivation at Qi Refinement Stage 10 is just the time to impact Foundation Establishment. Unfortunately, there is nowhere to buy spirit elixirs, so he can only seek various materials for Foundation Establishment Pills himself. Today, he gathered another kind of spirit material. How can he be hypocritically polite and not accept it?

Pondering, he touched two spirit stones and a wooden box from his bosom, and handed them to Liu Xiaolou: "Ashamed, I don't have many spirit stones on me. I'm afraid I've taken advantage of you. I will compensate you in the future. By the way, this box of pine fragrance essence is just right for your Three Mystical Sect, consider it a little heart."

Liu Xiaolou also did not decline, took the spirit stones and a small wooden box, opened the wooden box, and saw a piece of pine fragrance three inches square lying inside, the fragrance faintly filled with a rotten meaning, it was pine fragrance essence.

This is the main material for refining one of the three absolute arts of the Three Mystical Sect, the Bewildering Fragrance Tendon, which is very rare. After the teacher ascended, Liu Xiaolou lost the source, and the last remaining Bewildering Fragrance Tendon had long been used up. I don't know when it will be refined again to restore the style of the sect. Unexpectedly, I got a piece today.

"Senior... seems to be very familiar with Junior's sect?" Liu Xiaolou blinked and asked.

Longshan Sanren sighed: "I am a close friend with your teacher."

The so-called close friend, for rogue cultivators in Wulong Mountain, is a commonly used phrase. Liu Xiaolou didn't have a deep feeling about this, but this Longshan Sanren must have had some friendship with the teacher Three Mystical Master, otherwise he wouldn't have taken out the pine fragrance essence to give to others.