Chapter 48: Bai Long Mountain Black Market

The largest black market near Guiyunfang was Bai Long Mountain. Bai Long Mountain was located more than a thousand miles northwest of Guiyunfang and was a place controlled by several Foundation Establishment itinerant cultivators. The Bai Long Mountain black market opened once a month, and it was said that there were many things inside that could not even be found in Guiyunfang. Many cultivators near Guiyunfang would go there to purchase spirit items.

After all, the black market had many things that could not see the light. It never cared about the source of the items sold inside, and there were all kinds of people, from itinerant cultivators to robbers. It had always been despised by the righteous sects, and the Xiaoyao Sect also explicitly forbade its disciples from going to such places.

"Senior Shi, this junior was just in the market when I heard a friend say that there are Foundation Establishment Pills for sale in the black market near Guiyunfang. Does Senior know if it is true or false? Does the Bai Long Mountain black market have such spirit items?" Seeing that the atmosphere had been paved well enough, Song Qingming asked intentionally.

"Foundation Establishment Pills? This old man doesn't know if this kind of spirit item is true or false. I have heard people say before that Bai Long Mountain has auctioned Foundation Establishment Pills, but I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so I don't know if it's true or false. There is also a lot of news like this that is deliberately released by those people to attract cultivators to go. Even if there are, it has nothing to do with us, right?"

Shi Mofeng was also somewhat surprised when he heard Song Qingming ask about Foundation Establishment Pills. He looked at Song Qingming meaningfully. In the eyes of an itinerant cultivator like him, it was probably impossible to even smell the scent of such a spirit item as a Foundation Establishment Pill in this life. How could he have thought that Song Qingming would actually ask him about the news of Foundation Establishment Pills?

Seeing Shi Mofeng somewhat confused, Song Qingming hurriedly explained, "This junior just heard it, so I asked casually. I think the news should be false. Sigh, I thought I could have the luck to see a Foundation Establishment Pill."

"That's hard to say. You are still young, and maybe you will have this opportunity in the future. However, if you want to say where there might be Foundation Establishment Pills near Guiyunfang, then only Bai Long Mountain might have them. It's just that the black market doesn't welcome strangers. If you want to go, you can find Feng Laogui in the team to take you there together and let him be your guide. There are people on our side who want to go and all find him to guide the way. He is familiar with that place and will go there at least two or three times a year. It is safer to have him with you. You must be very careful when you get to that kind of place. Many bandit cultivators wanted by the market will appear there, and if you are not careful, it is easy to be targeted. Although this person Feng Laogui is a bit stingy, he is still loyal. As long as you don't treat him badly, there shouldn't be much of a problem in terms of safety."

After listening, Song Qingming nodded repeatedly and said, "Thank you for the guidance, Senior. If this junior goes in the future, I will definitely be careful."

The Feng Laogui in Shi Mofeng's mouth was a cultivator at the sixth layer of Qi Refining in the team. Because he looked relatively ugly, he got such a title. However, this guy's metal-attribute technique was very powerful, and he also had a puppet to help him fight, so his combat power was quite good. Sometimes he even dared to fight with high-tier demonic beasts.

In Song Qingming's eyes, his impression of Feng Laogui was actually not bad. This person's personality was indeed a bit calculating, but when Song Qingming encountered several mid-tier demonic beasts chasing him during a task, it happened that Feng Laogui was also nearby. The Flying Cloud Guards were all equipped with some rescue spirit items. Once they were entangled by demonic beasts during the task, they could release these rescue signals, and fellow Daoists nearby who saw them must also come to the rescue.

Seeing Song Qingming release the rescue information, Feng Laogui, who was closest to him, was the first to arrive at the scene. After the two spent some effort, they managed to escape. After the incident, Song Qingming went to thank him, but this person Feng Laogui insisted that Song Qingming compensate him with two spirit talismans, saying that he used them to rush to the rescue for Song Qingming. Song Qingming had no choice but to give them to him. Although he also knew that this might be Feng Laogui talking nonsense, he had saved him once after all. How could a few spirit talismans be more important than his own safety to Song Qingming?

Shi Mofeng and Song Qingming chatted for a while. Seeing that it was getting late outside, Song Qingming had nothing else to ask, so he got up to say goodbye, but stopped at the door.

"Little friend Song, I heard that you are also a formation master. Some time ago, I just refined a magic robe and haven't found a formation master to help me draw a formation. If little friend has time, I would like to ask you to help me draw one or two formations on it. Don't worry, the reward will definitely not be lower than in the market."

"Senior Shi has cleared up many of my doubts today. How could I dare to speak of rewards for such a small matter? This junior will definitely do my best to draw the formation. Please rest assured, Senior."

After Song Qingming finished speaking, he specifically took out a pack of spirit tea and stuffed it into Shi Mofeng's hand. Having inquired about so much news he wanted to know from this old man today, Song Qingming naturally didn't want to take advantage of him for nothing.

Shi Mofeng nodded with a smile after listening, and then left Song Qingming's place satisfied.

The next day, this old man Shi really sent a magic robe over. The magic robe was shining with golden light and was actually a top-grade magic robe. Song Qingming didn't expect that this old man Shi, who didn't look prominent and was smooth in handling affairs, was actually a top-grade refiner, which also surprised him.

He immediately looked at him with admiration and added a trace of respect. A top-grade refiner was a very popular skill even in the Flying Cloud Guards.

At first, Song Qingming only knew that he was a refiner, but he didn't expect his refining level to be so high.

These people mixed in the Fuyun Mountain Range where demonic beasts appeared every day. Although it was explicitly stipulated from above that to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, they were only responsible for investigating demonic beast information and were forbidden from taking the initiative to attack demonic beasts to avoid attracting second-tier demonic beasts to harass the camp.

However, most members of these Flying Cloud Guards didn't take this rule seriously. Often people would directly attack some demonic beasts outside the camp. Among the demonic beast materials obtained, refiners and talisman makers had the most use for them.

Lu Yunfei and other leaders also turned a blind eye to these things. As long as they didn't attract demonic beasts to attack the camp, they were too lazy to manage these things.

Song Qingming had been here for two months and had also received a lot of mid-tier demonic beast essence blood. It was just a pity that he didn't know these situations at all when he came, and he didn't make preparations in this regard. He didn't bring blank talisman paper on his body, and this place couldn't receive such things either.

The Flying Cloud Guards had to rotate at least every three months. Even if he wanted to return to Guiyunfang, he would have to wait another month. In these two months, this mid-tier talisman maker of his could be said to have no use at all.

It was precisely because of this that Song Qingming readily agreed to Shi Mofeng to help him draw the formation on the magic robe.

Drawing a formation on a magic robe was like drawing a spell into a spirit talisman, embedding the original spell into these magic treasures in the mode of a formation, which could allow these magic treasures to possess some spells that could be automatically released, strengthening the effect of these magic treasures a little. However, these were mostly small and common spells, and the improvement to the magic treasures was also very limited.

It took Song Qingming three days to finally complete the formation drawing on Shi Mofeng's magic robe. This time, Song Qingming drew two low-grade formations in total. One was the "Water-Avoiding Technique," which only had some auxiliary effects, allowing the cultivator wearing the magic robe to automatically block rain and walk in the water without getting clothes wet.

There was also a "Jin Guang Shield," which could automatically release a metal-attribute light shield when encountering a sneak attack to block one attack. However, this spell was not of a high grade and could only block the attack spells of Qi Refining early-stage cultivators. When encountering opponents in the mid-to-late stages of Qi Refining, the light shield could only play a delaying role, giving the owner of the magic robe a little more reaction time.

In the past few years, Song Qingming's formation level had also improved greatly. After comprehending the Liu family's formation classics, Song Qingming's formation level had also reached the verge of a breakthrough. With another year or two of precipitation, he would have the confidence to impact a mid-grade formation master. Now, drawing two low-grade formations was not a difficult task for him.

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