Chapter 273: Attending the Exchange Meeting

When cultivators from Qinghe County go out to travel, most choose to come to Guiyun Market. Song Qingming himself had also spent five or six years wandering here and had even joined the market's Flying Cloud Guard.

However, Song Qingming did not come to Guiyun Market this time to look for Huang Siyuan. His main purpose was to sell some talismans and purchase some supplies he needed. After arriving here, he would incidentally see if there was any news of her.

Shi Chun had been inquiring around the market for the past few days but had not found any news of Huang Siyuan. There were at least several thousand loose cultivators wandering around Guiyun Market; finding an inconspicuous Qi Refining cultivator here was indeed a difficult task.

Song Qingming was not too surprised by this result. He nodded at Shi Chun with a smile and let him go back to rest first.

This time coming to Guiyun Market, Shi Chun's help was very significant, saving Song Qingming a lot of effort. This time he had brought over sixty second-level talismans to Guiyun Market, and he had already sold more than half of them in the past few days. If things went smoothly, in another few days, Song Qingming should be able to set off to return to Qinghe County.

Two days later, in the Phantom Cloud Pavilion, seeing Song Qingming arrive on time for the appointment, Fat Zhan brought him to the more secluded second floor with a fawning expression.

Compared to the unremarkable sign downstairs and the ordinary furnishings on the first floor, the second floor of the Phantom Cloud Pavilion appeared exceptionally magnificent. As soon as he went up, Song Qingming saw a spacious living room, carved with beams and painted rafters, golden and brilliant, beautiful and magnificent.

In the center of the hall, seven cultivators were already sitting. After scanning them, Song Qingming also saw the two people who had greeted him that day.

These people had varying levels of cultivation, but all were above the Foundation Establishment realm. The aura emitted by the one with the highest cultivation was not inferior to Huang Shengxin's.

Seeing Fat Zhan and Song Qingming walk over, everyone's gaze immediately shifted to the two of them.

"Fellow Daoists, this is Fellow Daoist Song. This is his first time attending the exchange meeting. Please take care of him a little later."

"Fellow Daoist Song, easy... easy!"

Hearing Fat Zhan's introduction, the few people sitting stood up one after another and greeted Song Qingming.

Seeing everyone so enthusiastic, Song Qingming hurriedly bowed and returned the greetings one by one, then sat on the side under Fat Zhan's arrangement. After waiting for about half an hour, several more cultivators arrived, and the participating cultivators were finally gathered.

Among the cultivators who arrived later, Song Qingming unexpectedly saw an acquaintance, Hu Longhai, who had gone to explore the Taiyue Secret Realm with him back then.

Although Hu Longhai had already established a family in Pingyang County, he had spent decades in Guiyun Market, so it was very normal for him to know the owner of the Phantom Cloud Pavilion. It was just that Song Qingming hadn't expected him to rush from Pingyang County to Guiyun Market, thousands of miles away, just to attend a small exchange meeting.

Although he knew Hu Longhai, the relationship between the two could only be considered average. They had come together on that secret realm trip because of the Huang family's mediation. Meeting unexpectedly in Guiyun Market this time, the two just greeted each other simply like everyone else, without any intention of deepening the relationship. To outsiders, it looked as if he and Hu Longhai had just met.

Just as Fat Zhan was about to announce the start of the exchange meeting, the last cultivator arrived in a hurry, bowed to everyone, and said, "I was delayed by something, sorry to keep you all waiting for so long!"

Fat Zhan coughed and said, "Fellow Daoist Luo, the exchange meeting is about to start. Hurry up and take your seat."

After everyone was seated, Fat Zhan walked to the front and said, "As you all know, the time for our small-scale exchange meeting is irregular. It is mainly to facilitate everyone to exchange some spiritual items, and incidentally, get to know like-minded people, and exchange cultivation insights, so that everyone can avoid taking too many detours and delaying their own Dao path in cultivation.

This exchange meeting is the same as usual. My Phantom Cloud Pavilion only charges the fee for handling things beforehand. Next, no matter what spiritual items everyone takes out, I won't take a commission. Everyone coming here can be considered as looking up to me, Zhan. If you need help in the future, you can come to my Phantom Cloud Pavilion. As long as it is within my power, I will do my best to help. Alright, I won't talk too much nonsense. The exchange meeting starts now!"

An exchange meeting organized by Foundation Establishment cultivators naturally wouldn't be dominated by spirit stone trading. If you want to exchange things here, you need to be able to take out spiritual items that others find valuable.

As soon as Fat Zhan's voice fell, someone couldn't wait. A loose cultivator surnamed Meng stood up directly and said, "I have something to do later and am in a hurry to leave, so I will be thick-skinned and try to see if I can win the first prize today."

The speaker was a fifth-level Foundation Establishment cultivator. He reached out and wiped the top of the storage bag at his waist. After a flash of yellow light, a golden jade box appeared in his hand.

"I have several pieces of second-level top-grade Cuiyun Bamboo, which can be used to refine second-level top-grade magic artifacts. Old friends who have been here several times should know the value of this item. I want to use this to exchange for a second-level mid-grade flying sword. If the price of the magic artifact exceeds the spiritual item in my hand, I am also willing to make up the difference with spirit stones. I will definitely not let you suffer a loss."

At first, seeing the Cuiyun Bamboo this person took out, Song Qingming was a bit tempted. This item could be considered a top-grade material among refining materials, but after hearing this person say he wanted a second-level mid-grade magic artifact, Song Qingming sighed slightly in his heart.

Although the value of this item was not lower than a second-level mid-grade magic artifact, it was still just a raw material. To refine it into a magic artifact, one still needed to ask a second-level top-grade refiner to take action, and a large sum of money would be needed in the middle. If the refining failed in the end, it would be a total loss.

For an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, most people would certainly not be willing to bet on this probability with a mid-grade magic artifact. Only those elite Foundation Establishment cultivators who needed to pursue top-grade second-level magic artifacts would want Cuiyun Bamboo more.

It was a pity that no one who came here today was pursuing top-grade magic artifacts. The owner of the Cuiyun Bamboo held the jade box and shouted a few times, but no one responded, so he could only put away the spiritual item and walk down dejectedly.

Next, two more people went on stage. The things they took out were relatively ordinary, and they also exchanged for the spiritual items they wanted. However, Song Qingming was not interested in these things and sat in his seat without speaking.

Until the fourth person walked on stage, Song Qingming finally saw something he really wanted.

"This 'Qingxi Notes' is a formation classic written by a good friend of mine for many years. It records dozens of different second-level formation diagrams. I want to use this to exchange for a second-level Purple Gold Orchid or a spiritual medicine of equal value."