Chapter 632: Trading Conference, Red Dragon Elixir (Combined Chapter)

After the few left the port and entered the small island, they walked forward through a small market, and not long after, they arrived in front of a high mountain located in the center of the island.

After arriving here, Chen Yurong, who was walking in front, stopped directly, then took out a red jade plaque from her body and cast a spell to throw it into mid-air.

A moment later, a spiritual light shot out from above the red jade plaque and fell directly on the mountain wall in front. The originally calm mountain wall suddenly rolled up a vortex-like airflow, and then a white cloud mist four or five zhang high appeared.

After the white cloud mist appeared in front of everyone, Chen Yurong, who was standing below, had an escape light rise from under her feet first, directly soaring into the air, and her whole person disappeared into the white mist.

The rest of the people saw this and immediately followed, flying into mid-air and quickly passing through that group of white cloud mist.

Just after passing through the cloud mist, Song Qingming felt his eyes brighten, and his figure appeared in a very tall, somewhat magnificent cave abode. Several huge night-luminescent pearls on the mountain wall in front illuminated the vicinity of the crowd as if they were still outside.

Just as everyone stood firm, an old man with a round face and long beard in front had already rushed up to greet them.

"Hehe! Fairy Chen, your arrival is a great honor. I, Long, have failed to welcome you from afar. I hope you will not mind!"

Chen Yurong bowed with a smile and returned the bow: "Fellow Daoist Long is too polite. These few are also good friends of our sect and want to participate in this trading conference together. I hope you can make it convenient for them, Fellow Daoist."

The round-faced old man heard Chen Yurong's introduction, his gaze immediately scanned Song Qingming and the others standing on the side, then he nodded with a smile:

"Although I don't invite many strange newcomers to join recently, since it was introduced by Fairy Chen, there is naturally no problem. I welcome you all!"

After the round-faced old man finished speaking, he took the initiative to bow to Song Qingming and the others, and introduced his identity and some rules of the trading conference to them.

When Song Qingming went to the State of Wu to participate in the Xingchen Assembly for the first time years ago, he had also followed Chu Fengping and Chen Xuanxin to Dengyun Tower to participate in a trading conference between Jin Dan cultivators.

And from it, he used a "White Dew Elixir" to exchange with Old Monster Mo for a third-grade mid-quality magic treasure and a high-tier defensive spiritual talisman, gaining quite a lot.

The few talked as they walked, and soon arrived in a hall inside the cave abode.

This hall was also very spacious and bright, with several stone pillars standing in the middle, and exquisite landscape paintings hanging on the walls on both sides. At this time, twenty or thirty people were already sitting in various places in the hall.

Song Qingming scanned slightly and found that most of the people sitting there were cultivators above the Jin Dan stage, and the few Foundation Establishment cultivators were also sitting close to a Jin Dan companion, obviously having come here with a Jin Dan companion.

"Please sit for a while, fellow Daoists. The few fellow Daoists from Flying Crane Island and Yunlong Mountain have not arrived yet. I will go out to welcome them. Once they arrive, the trading conference will begin immediately."

"Fellow Daoist Long, please go ahead!" After the round-faced old man brought everyone into the hall, he bowed to Chen Yurong and soon turned and walked out again.

Not long after, two more waves of cultivators came from outside, and there were already more than forty people in the hall. At this time, the round-faced old man walked to the stone platform in the middle of the hall and directly announced that this trading conference had officially begun.

Through the mutual introduction with the round-faced old man just now, Song Qingming already knew the name of the organizer of this trading conference, whose name was Long Fuhai.

This person is a Jin Dan loose cultivator with a small reputation in the East Sea cultivation world, and his cultivation has reached the ninth layer of Jin Dan perfection. Like Chen Yurong, he is also a person who has impacted the Nascent Soul realm once.

However, Long Fuhai's age is much older than Chen Yurong's, and he is now over five hundred years old. Basically, he no longer has the possibility of breaking through to Nascent Soul, and his cultivation path prospects are far less bright than Chen Yurong's.

This trading conference was organized by Long Fuhai and his good friend Luo Cheng'an, who is also a Jin Dan loose cultivator, on this island named "Luolongdao" more than a hundred years ago. It has been held more than twenty times so far.

Unlike the last time Song Qingming was at Dengyun Tower, the trading conference held on "Luolongdao" does not have any links such as cultivators getting to know each other or discussing the Dao. The only purpose is for cultivators to exchange spiritual items.

However, all cultivators participating in the trading conference here, no matter who they are, need to take out a certain proportion of spirit stones to give to the organizer of the trading conference, "Luolongdao," for every spiritual item successfully exchanged.

"Luolongdao" is responsible for identifying and guaranteeing the value of spiritual items besides organizing personnel to participate in the trading conference, and provides some convenience such as exchanging spirit stones for cultivators who come to participate in the conference.

Long Fuhai just announced the start of the trading conference, and soon a young scholar wearing a yellow long robe and a purple-gold jade crown on his head took the lead in walking onto the stage.

This young scholar greeted everyone, waved his hand, took out a golden, shining white jade bead from his body, then displayed it in front of everyone, and then said slowly with a calm face:

"Fellow Daoists, this is a third-grade mid-quality White Jade Thunder Bead, a defensive magic treasure refined from the eyeballs of a Thunder Dragon, and it is particularly restraining against thunder-attribute spells."

"I want to exchange this item for a demonic king's inner core of the same quality. If anyone can take out a metal-attribute demonic king's inner core, I am also willing to add a third-grade low-quality spiritual talisman as compensation."

Seeing this person take out a third-grade mid-quality defensive magic treasure as soon as he came on stage, Song Qingming also revealed a trace of surprise on his face.

You must know that defensive magic treasures have always been relatively precious in the cultivation world. Song Qingming has also participated in many trading conferences of all sizes for so many years, and rarely sees anyone take the initiative to take out this level of spiritual items for sale.

Even when participating in the State of Wu's Xingchen Assembly, Song Qingming only saw one or two pieces, and basically, they were snatched up by everyone as soon as they came out, and they were only traded after a lot of premium.

This person took the initiative to take it out to exchange for a third-grade mid-quality demonic king's inner core, which really does not take much advantage of others. It is just that I don't know if anyone among the many people at the scene can take it out.

Although there are many strong people among the many Jin Dan cultivators at the scene whose cultivation has reached the late Jin Dan stage, not everyone can easily kill a mid-stage Jin Dan demonic king.

Song Qingming also has an inner core obtained from that "Black-Scaled Beast" not long ago, but unfortunately, that demonic core is only third-grade low-quality and does not meet this person's requirements. Otherwise, he would definitely have to send a sound transmission to try it.

The middle-aged scholar's voice had just fallen, and not long after, someone had already sent a sound transmission to the stage, wanting to exchange this item with him. What made Song Qingming somewhat unexpected was that He Mengxin, who was sitting not far beside him, actually sent a sound transmission to the stage.

Seeing this scene, Song Qingming remembered slightly that when He Mengxin and them were exploring the Nascent Soul cave abode in the State of Yue years ago, the inner core of the gray rat demonic king they killed together was finally obtained by her when they divided the spiritual items.

After so many years, Song Qingming thought that He Mengxin had long since used up this demonic king's inner core, but he did not expect that she had actually kept it until now.

You must know that spiritual items like demonic king's inner cores, unlike spiritual herbs and spiritual fruits, cannot be stored for a long time. Generally, they will start to deteriorate and be damaged within twenty or thirty years at most after being obtained.

Cultivators who obtain this kind of thing will mostly choose to deal with it quickly and will not keep it on their bodies all the time.

Although He Mengxin also sent a sound transmission, it was a pity that the middle-aged scholar did not choose her as the trading object, but exchanged the defensive magic treasure in his hand with another lean old man with an ugly appearance.

After Long Fuha checked the spiritual items provided by both parties and found no problems, the first business in the trading conference officially began to be reached, and the two parties to the transaction then left the middle stone platform with satisfaction.

Seeing that in the transaction just now, there were actually four or five people, including He Mengxin, who tried to compete for that third-grade mid-quality defensive magic treasure, Song Qingming was also quite shocked in his heart.

Unexpectedly, among the many Jin Dan cultivators at the scene, there were really many people who came with top-tier treasures like that middle-aged scholar, which also made him have a few more expectations for the spiritual items that would appear in the trading conference next.

Sure enough, the second cultivator who came on stage took out a third-grade mid-quality water-attribute spiritual herb of not low value, wanting to exchange it for a defensive spiritual talisman of the same quality.

Although the value of a third-grade mid-quality spiritual herb is far less than the defensive magic treasure taken out by the first person, this level of spiritual herb is also a spiritual item that most cultivators find very useful. Everyone at the scene, including Song Qingming, was somewhat moved when they saw this item.

Song Qingming had a third-grade mid-quality defensive spiritual talisman on him, but this item had always been hidden on his body as a trump card for self-defense. Although a third-grade mid-quality spiritual herb is good, it is not something Song Qingming urgently needs right now. After pondering for a moment, he still gave up the idea of wanting to exchange for this spiritual item.

With the smooth progress of the trading conference, not long after, this third-grade mid-quality spiritual herb also soon fell into the hands of a graceful white-clothed man.

Although it was a trading conference organized by Jin Dan cultivators, the trading conference Song Qingming participated in at "Dengyun Pavilion," although many Jin Dan cultivators came, the quality of the spiritual items taken out by most people was not very high.

And basically, they were all items that were relatively cold and difficult to sell in the market, which did not have much attraction to other Jin Dan cultivators. Many cultivators came on stage and were happy for nothing, failing to exchange for the spiritual items they wanted as they wished.

Unlike the last time, the participants of this "Luolongdao" trading conference were clearly all here with the sincerity of exchanging spiritual items. The spiritual items everyone took out were clearly much more practical and could basically attract many cultivators to send sound transmissions to quote prices.

Among the seven or eight people who came on stage in succession, only one late Jin Dan cultivator walked off the stage with a look of disappointment.

However, the reason this person failed to exchange for the spiritual item he wanted as he wished was not because the spiritual item he took out was not attractive enough, but because the third-grade top-quality fire-attribute demonic beast material he wanted to exchange for was really too cold. None of the cultivators at the scene had this spiritual item.

You must know that the East Sea cultivation world is full of vast seas everywhere. Fire-attribute demonic beasts do not like this living environment and are very scarce. Wanting to find materials from high-tier fire-attribute demonic beasts here is naturally not an easy thing.

Although he had already seen many good things come out, these things were good, but they were not the spiritual items Song Qingming wanted most at the moment. Therefore, he had only tried to send a sound transmission to quote a price once so far, and after failing to get the other party's permission, he immediately gave up and did not participate too much in competing for spiritual items.

It was not until the ninth cultivator went up that the things taken out made Song Qingming, who had been somewhat calm, reveal a trace of excitement on his face.

"Fellow Daoists are all people with successful cultivation. I don't think I need to introduce the function of this Water Spirit Fruit too much. I want to use this spiritual fruit to exchange for a wood-attribute magic treasure or a third-grade or higher elixir that can improve cultivation. If any fellow Daoist is interested, you can quote a price."

Hearing the spiritual item this person wanted to exchange for, Song Qingming just pondered for a moment, then immediately cast a spell and sent a sound transmission to the other party.

"Water Spirit Fruit" is the main herb that can refine Foundation Establishment Pills. As long as the mature spiritual fruit is taken directly to the Xiaoyao Sect's General Affairs Hall, it can be exchanged for a Foundation Establishment Pill. Song Qingming naturally did not want to miss such a spiritual item.

However, this "Water Spirit Fruit" did not just attract Song Qingming. After he finished casting the spell, not long after, two other Jin Dan cultivators at the scene also followed and quoted their prices.

The cultivator standing on the stage who took out the "Water Spirit Fruit" waited for a long while and saw that no one else participated in the quotation. After hesitating for a moment, he still sent a sound transmission to Song Qingming's side, agreeing to his quotation.

Seeing this, Song Qingming was also happy in his heart, hurriedly rose and came to the stage, then walked into a yellow formation restriction that isolated the vision from the outside.

This yellow restriction was specifically set up by the "Luolongdao" side to ensure that the information of the two cultivators would not be leaked during the transaction, and it was a formation that isolated spiritual sense and vision.

After entering the formation, Song Qingming waved his hand and took out a green short sword magic treasure from his body, handing it to Long Fuhai on the side.

This green short sword magic treasure was the "Green Willow Sword" that Hearing Huo Feng returned to Song Qingming when he formed his Core years ago.

Over these years, with the improvement of his own cultivation, Song Qingming already had more refined magic treasures in his hands and no longer needed this third-grade low-quality magic treasure, so he had given it to Jin Feng to use.

Just now, hearing that the other party wanted a wood-attribute magic treasure, Song Qingming immediately thought of the "Green Willow Sword" on his body and directly sent a sound transmission to the other party, saying his idea of wanting to use this magic treasure to exchange for the "Water Spirit Fruit."

The person who wanted to trade with Song Qingming happened to be cultivating wood-attribute techniques. Being able to hold a magic treasure of the same attribute could also improve his fighting ability. Therefore, the value of the "Green Willow Sword" to him was certainly higher than other magic treasures of the same tier.

After Long Fuhai checked the "Green Willow Sword" and found no problems, he let an alchemist on the side who was relatively familiar with spiritual fruits pick up the "Water Spirit Fruit" in the other party's hand and check it carefully for a while before safely handing the spiritual items back to the two.

After getting the "Water Spirit Fruit" he wanted, Song Qingming also revealed a few traces of satisfaction on his face, and immediately took out two mid-grade spirit stones from his body and handed them to Long Fuhai. This was also the fee that they, as the organizer of the trading conference, needed to extract from it.

After completing this transaction, Song Qingming did not rush to leave the middle stone platform, but directly took out a set of third-grade low-quality formations from his body and said to the cultivators sitting around:

"This item is a set of third-grade low-quality formations refined by myself. If used properly with the terrain, it can easily trap demonic beasts below the general mid-stage Jin Dan."

"I intend to use this set of formations to exchange for a five-element spiritual item that assists in Core Formation. If there is any deficiency in the price, I am willing to compensate for the price difference. Any fellow Daoist who is interested can quote a price and try."

Since advancing to a third-grade formation master, Song Qingming has also refined several sets of third-grade formations in these decades. The set of formations he has in his hand was refined by him more than ten years ago after finding materials in the Xiaoyao Sect's General Affairs Hall.

Seeing this high-tier formation floating in front of Song Qingming, most of the cultivators at the scene were immediately attracted, and many people had a trace of being moved in their eyes.

Third-grade or higher formation masters are not many in the cultivation world, and the time consumed to refine a set of formations is much longer than other skills. Many high-tier formation masters are not willing to spend too much time on this, so third-grade or higher formations are not common in the market.

The reason Song Qingming was able to refine several sets of third-grade formations while taking care of his own cultivation in just a few decades was mainly because of the reason for the residual map that could quickly restore magic power on his body.

If it were someone else, it would be impossible to do it so easily.

Although the high-tier formation that helps in hunting demonic beasts in Song Qingming's hand can be considered a very good rare spiritual item here, it produced a great attraction to the cultivators at the scene as soon as it was taken out.

However, the five-element spiritual item that assists in Core Formation that Song Qingming wanted was also not a common precious spiritual item. Although the many Jin Dan cultivators at the scene were very moved when looking at the formation in Song Qingming's hand, there were not many people who sent sound transmissions to quote prices.

Moreover, the people who sent sound transmissions to Song Qingming did not quote the five-element spiritual items he wanted, but some other high-tier spiritual items whose value was equivalent to the formation in his hand.

After a long while, seeing that no one gave a quotation for a five-element spiritual item, a trace of disappointment slowly appeared on Song Qingming's face.

"It seems that among the Jin Dan cultivators at the scene, there should be no one who has what he wants." Just as Song Qingming intended to put away the formation in front of him, a sound transmission suddenly flew into his ears.

"Fellow Daoist, I still have a third-grade mid-quality Red Dragon Elixir in my hand. This elixir can improve the magic power cultivation of a mid-stage Jin Dan cultivator by about ten years. Can I exchange it with you for this formation?"

Hearing the other party's sound transmission, Song Qingming also revealed a trace of surprise. After standing in place and pondering for a moment, he did not hesitate anymore and directly replied to the other party with a sound transmission, agreeing to this transaction.

The value of a third-grade mid-quality spiritual elixir that can improve magic power cultivation is higher than the third-grade low-quality formation in Song Qingming's hand. The other party's willingness to take it out to exchange with Song Qingming, to tell the truth, still made him take a little advantage.

Since the third-grade formation in his hand could not exchange for the five-element spiritual item he wanted, exchanging it for a third-grade mid-quality spiritual elixir that was helpful to his cultivation was certainly not something Song Qingming would lose out on.

After all, for Song Qingming, who has the help of the residual map, as long as there are suitable materials, it is not a difficult matter to spend some time to refine a set of third-grade formations again.

If it weren't for the fact that high-tier materials for refining formations are not easy to find around the State of Wei, Song Qingming could probably have refined several more high-tier formations on his body now.

This transaction, because according to the estimation of "Luolongdao," the third-grade mid-quality "Red Dragon Elixir" given by the other party was worth more than the third-grade low-quality formation in Song Qingming's hand.

Song Qingming therefore compensated the cultivator who came on stage to trade with him with five thousand spirit stones, and finally completed this transaction.

Although he had handed over an additional six hundred spirit stones to "Luolongdao" for two consecutive transactions, Song Qingming, who walked off the stage at this moment, still had a look of satisfaction on his face.

After all, everyone's luck is limited, and it is impossible to get the spiritual items you want every time you go out. At a trading conference of this level, as long as you can harvest one or two things useful to yourself, it can be considered not a wasted trip for Song Qingming.

In the trading conference that followed, the remaining cultivators, including He Mengxin and the others beside Song Qingming, also took the stage one after another to start exchanging the things they wanted. However, Song Qingming did not see any spiritual items he liked until the end, so he could only become a spectator.

Because Song Qingyu mainly followed Song Qingming, she did not have any spiritual items she wanted to trade, so she did not come on stage to quote a price.

It was He Mengxin who came with them who had good luck. She used an extra magic treasure in her hand plus some spirit stones to exchange for a third-grade spiritual fruit that could assist a Jin Dan early-stage cultivator to break through, which could be considered a good deal for her.

The other two, Chen Yurong and Liu Cuiyun, also exchanged for one or two spiritual items useful to themselves and did not come in vain. For everyone participating in the trading conference, it could be considered that they all had some gains.

After participating in the "Luolongdao" trading conference, Song Qingming and the three had already planned to return to the State of Wei immediately, so they directly took their leave of He Mengxin and the others and did not choose to return to "Wanhu Island" with them.

At the time of parting, He Mengxin pulled Song Qingyu to the side, took out some spirit stones and other spiritual items that had been prepared long ago from her body, and asked her to help transfer them to Liu Yuxin, who was cultivating alone outside.

From leaving Qinghe County until now, nearly a month has passed. Song Qingming and the three were also somewhat worried about the situation at home. After He Mengxin and the others left, they also immediately took the spiritual boat and left Luolongdao. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 633 =====