Chapter 559: Cloud Coming Market

"That's not it... But I believe that good wine doesn't fear deep alleys. As long as it's good stuff, it will always attract people."

Fang Xing said lightly.

"Hmm, makes sense."

Old Man Lu took another gulp of monkey wine: "It just so happens that the old man is going to fight magic tomorrow, so I can prepare three or five to spare... Little brother, where will you set up your stall in the future?"

"If there are no accidents, it should be the Cloud Coming Market."

Fang Xing thought for a while and answered.

"That's very good."

Old Man Lu nodded and gave five rune coins.

After the first transaction, there were a few more buyers one after another.

By evening, Fang Xing counted his hands and found that he had thirty-seven rune coins. He nodded, withdrew the stall, and began to shop.

He came to this Cloud Coming Market, naturally having found out about many situations in advance.

This market was built by several Dao Foundation families in the vicinity, and the order was maintained by family disciples, which was barely considered safe.

And, the variety of goods was quite complete.

Fang Xing walked into a bookstore. Those with fixed shops had slightly better reputations.

"This guest, what kind of books do you want to buy?"

A middle-aged man dressed in Confucian robes and looking like a scholar greeted him.

"'Elder Qingmu Art' technique, and 'Great Zhou Customs and Products'..."

Fang Xing scanned the bookshelf and gave the answer.

"'Elder Qingmu Art' technique, ordinary wood-attribute technique, levels one to nine are all very detailed... selling for twenty rune coins."

"'Great Zhou Customs and Products,' divided into detailed and simple versions. I can use the simple version as a supplement to this transaction, and the detailed version requires ten rune coins."

The middle-aged scholar smiled.

"I'll take the detailed version..."

Fang Xing raised his hand and threw out thirty rune coins.

He had long known that introductory techniques in the cultivation world were relatively cheap. Comparing the two, he knew how badly the previous stall owner had cheated him.

Alas, at that time, it was a pure seller's market, and there was no other way.

"Hmm, guest, please wait a moment, I'll go get the books."

The middle-aged scholar retreated into the counter, reminding: "The real authentic ones, our bookstore usually hides them. The ones put out are either only a few pages, or contain traps and errors... If the guest is bored, you can browse through some."

Fang Xing: "..."

A moment later, the middle-aged man returned with a tray: "The Elder Qingmu Art and 'Great Zhou Customs and Products Detailed Version' are all here... In addition, the Elder Qingmu Art is an introductory technique of Elder Qingmu Ridge. If the guest uses this technique to cast a Dao Foundation, if you want subsequent techniques, you must still join this sect."

He reminded: "This is also a means for major sects to screen disciples."

"So that's it."

Fang Xing nodded. No wonder the technique was so cheap; there were indeed many pits inside.

However, he had also inquired about Elder Qingmu Ridge and knew it was an orthodox sect, with a style of conduct better than the Blood Shadow Sect.

And, most of the techniques on the market were like this; there was nothing to pick from.

Compared to the 'Great Zhou Customs and Products' in several volumes, the secret manual recording the 'Elder Qingmu Art' technique was only a thin volume.

He first flipped to the first page, compared it with the part he had obtained, and nodded secretly.

Then, he flipped to the lower levels of the realm.

"The cultivation of cultivators in this world in the early stage can be divided into two major stages: 'Nine Levels of Qi-sensing, Three Grades of Dao Foundation'..."

"Most casual cultivators are in the Qi-sensing realm, and those who can enter the Dao Foundation Realm are all small giants, enough to establish small sects and families, and even protect the market..."

"Nine levels of Qi-sensing... Qi-sensing, Qi-refining, Qi-transformation, Qi-gathering, Qi-merging, Qi-nourishing, Qi-evil, Qi-gang, Hunyuan Qi. The first three levels focus on 'sensing and refining,' the middle three focus on 'condensing,' and the last three pay attention to improving the quality of true Qi... By the end, it is 'a mouthful of Hunyuan Qi, laying my supreme foundation'... casting a Dao Foundation with 'Hunyuan Qi'?"

"It can be said that every step of the nine levels of Qi Sensing determines the quality of one's future Dao foundation... And what the major sects occupy are not spiritual veins, but 'evil acupoints' suitable for their Qi refining..."

Fang Xing even suspected that there was some secret technique in the Blood Shadow Sect that could fill it with corpses and improve the quality of the evil cave, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why they treated paper slaves so harshly, wishing they would die.

'For me, the best place to cultivate is naturally a place with abundant Vegetation Essence Qi... Just plant more trees near my residence.'

He flipped through the Elder Qingmu Art roughly, confirmed there were no omissions, and then flipped through 'Great Zhou Customs and Products.'

In fact, the region outside the territory theoretically also belongs to the Great Zhou.

Therefore, in 'Great Zhou Customs and Products,' there are also general maps of the region outside the territory and introductions to many forces.

Fang Xing bought this book, naturally to plan a place to settle down later.

Even, if the region outside the territory is not good, it is not impossible for him to sneak back to the Great Zhou Zhou Shenchao.

This is the confidence brought to him by the 【Wild Shape】 that has never appeared in this world.

Perfectly transforming into an ordinary animal, I think passing through the 'Three Absolute Passes' shouldn't be a problem—if the Great Zhou Zhou Shenchao is really that good, Fang Xing doesn't mind immigrating there.

He flipped to the introduction of the Great Zhou Zhou Shenchao, and his expression changed slightly:

"The Great Zhou Zhou Shenchao was built by the descendants of gods and has lasted for more than five thousand years..."

"In this dynasty, incense is prevalent, with family spirits, land gods, and city gods as the backbone of the legal network; temple keepers, god mothers, and god men as wings and claws; and yin soldiers and yin generals... Once an order is issued, cultivation among the people is prohibited. Those who practice must register with the government and perform labor... Casual cultivators and wild cultivators are all treated as serious criminals and killed without mercy."

"It looks like a dynasty flow, no wonder it's called a divine dynasty..."

"But I can be sure that this system with a tight legal network hates those who rely on their own strength the most... No wonder both orthodox and evil sides are driven to the region outside the territory."

"If I were an ordinary person, I could live well in the Great Zhou Zhou Shenchao, at least the lower limit is high... But if you want to be a carefree immortal, don't even think about it."

Fang Xing shook his head secretly, denying a certain plan he originally had.

If you want to completely avoid the trouble of the Blood Shadow Sect, going to the Great Zhou Zhou Shenchao is the best.

However, it doesn't matter if you can't go.

It's just a mortal slave who ran away, and even if that slave killed a few more slaves, it doesn't really count as anything.

Fang Xing estimated that the Blood Shadow Sect's degree of importance to him probably revolved around the managing disciples of the paper slave valley.

It was still far from the standard of being wanted by a major force.

In this way, as long as the distance is far enough, there is actually no need to worry about anything at all, even the name 'Fang Xing' doesn't need to be changed!

After all, there are too many people in the world with the same name and surname.

And by the time he becomes famous, it will definitely be years or decades later, maybe the managing disciples who knew about this have already died of old age...

After leaving the bookstore, Fang Xing strolled around the market.

As a druid, he was naturally very interested in various spirit plants, but there were very few in the market.

Finally, he bought some seeds of mulberry, hemp, etc., preparing to go back and plant trees himself.

Preparing to peel, pulp... make 'blood paper.'

Uh, the production process of blood paper might also require the secret methods of the Blood Shadow Sect, but at least making paper with quality similar to rune coins shouldn't be a problem.

This is to prepare for practicing the paper-making secret technique in the future.

After all, the best time to plant trees was ten years ago, and the second best is now.

As for actually starting cultivation?

Fang Xing wouldn't dare to put too much effort into it until he livered out the 【Ageless Body】 talent.

At most, he would occasionally practice 'Ten Thousand Perfect Hands' in his spare time, which counts as preparation for paper-folding in the future.

Late at night.

Fang Xing left the Cloud Coming Market and returned to nature, feeling particularly close.

This journey was very calm, and no robbery cultivators appeared, which made his idea of increasing profits by several times fall through.

'Also... it's just a transaction of dozens of rune coins.'

'If this were robbed, then the Cloud Coming Market wouldn't need to open again... The Dao Foundation families behind the scenes could completely drink the northwest wind...'

He came to the mountain cave where he rested briefly, silently lit the oil lamp, and began to read by the lamp.

First, he memorized the 'Elder Qingmu Art' formula, making it familiar to his heart.

Then he read 'Great Zhou Customs and Products,' focusing on the part about the region outside the territory.

"From the map, the region outside the territory is located in the southwest of the Great Zhou Zhou Shenchao, only considered a corner..."

"And in the region outside the territory, various forces are mixed, with the ten orthodox and evil sects as the leaders..."

"The Cloud Coming Market where I am now belongs to the northeast of the region outside the territory, already quite close to the Three Absolute Passes and the territory of the Great Zhou Zhou Shenchao..."

"Similarly, the 'Flying Sword Sect' closest to the Three Absolute Passes is considered the strongest sect among the ten orthodox and evil sects, it's just difficult to use all its strength internally... And according to the alliance, the other nine sects also contribute people and effort to assist the Flying Sword Sect in confronting the Three Absolute Passes... Once something happens, they must try their best to come to the rescue!"

"The strength of the Corpse-Driving Sect and Elder Qingmu Ridge is about the same..."

"According to my original assumption, if I can't enter the Great Zhou Zhou Shenchao, perhaps I can consider taking refuge in a force?"

"Among these two choices, I naturally lean towards Elder Qingmu Ridge..."

It's just that Fang Xing was still somewhat resistant to becoming an official disciple of Elder Qingmu Ridge.

After all, his druid cultivation requires being close to nature at all times, and some actions are very strange in the eyes of outsiders.

"Or enter the sphere of influence of Elder Qingmu Ridge and be a casual cultivator? Or hang on to a force under Elder Qingmu Ridge?"

Fang Xing didn't have much desire for cultivation resources.

The most critical Vegetation Essence Qi, he could solve it himself by planting trees.

Besides that, it was the technique after the Dao Foundation Realm.

Starting to plan from now on was not an urgent matter.

Even if he didn't rely on the cultivation system of this world at all and only walked the natural path of the druid, he could become a supreme powerhouse!

This is the confidence of holding the transcendent heritage.

'However, cultivating the techniques here can accelerate the accumulation of druid experience, so it's still worth practicing concurrently...'

Fang Xing looked outside the mountain cave and silently made a decision: "I can settle down in the sphere of influence of Elder Qingmu Ridge first... then start to improve myself. Of course, the most important thing is to find my original body... But where did my original body go? I can only slightly sense its state, but I have never been able to locate it?" ===== CHAPTER 560 =====