Chapter 304

Hearing Lu Xingde say this, Song Qingming immediately understood his purpose. Lu Xingde knew that he was about to go to the front lines of Lu Guo, so in order to improve his ability to save his own life, he wanted to purchase a few second-level spirit talismans from him here.

Previously, the Song family shop in Qinghe Market had sold a portion of second-level spirit talismans and acquired many high-level talisman-making materials. That the Song family possessed a second-level talisman master had long since ceased to be a secret in Qinghe Market.

However, it was not only the Song family that had second-level talisman masters in Qinghe County. That Lu Xingde had come to him so directly did indeed catch Song Qingming somewhat by surprise.

"Brother Lu wants to purchase a few spirit talismans? That's simple. Several shops in our Qinghe Market sell second-level spirit talismans. Why don't you just go and purchase them from them?"

Hearing Song Qingming say this, Lu Xingde hurriedly shook his head and said: "Little Brother doesn't know, but the second-level spirit talismans still being sold in those shops are all common attack talismans. I am not lacking those on my person. This brother wants to purchase a few more defensive spirit talismans to use for life-saving in critical moments. Can you understand, Fellow Daoist?"

"This! Naturally, I understand. Fellow Daoist Lu also knows that it will be my turn immediately after you leave. I only have these few spirit talismans on me. If I give them all to you, won't my own life be without protection when I go to the front lines of Lu Guo?" Song Qingming also shook his head, revealing a look of being in a difficult position.

It wasn't that Song Qingming didn't have spirit talismans on him; ever since he advanced to a second-level talisman master, that was the thing he was least lacking. It was just that now that Lu Xingde had begged him directly, if he didn't take the opportunity to earn a good sum from him, he feared his own conscience wouldn't agree to it.

Sure enough, seeing that Song Qingming really had the spirit talismans he wanted but was acting as if he didn't want to sell them, Lu Xingde hurriedly spoke loudly:

"Fellow Daoist Song, we are all fellow Daoists of Qinghe County. Please help this Lu out first. Fellow Daoist, rest assured, as long as you are willing to do this favor, I, Lu, am not a stingy person. How about I give you twenty percent more than the market price for each spirit talisman? If you agree, I can give you the spirit stones right here. This way, you can consider it a big favor you've done for me.

Besides, Fellow Daoist still has a year before going to the front lines of Lu Guo. You still have time to go to other markets to purchase and add to your spirit talismans. With Little Brother's such profound talisman-making skills, if it really comes to it, you can collect some materials and redraw a few yourself, can't you?"

"Haha! I actually only have these few spirit talismans on me. If Fellow Daoist Lu likes them, I will let you have them first!" After Song Qingming finished speaking, he took five second-level spirit talismans directly from his storage bag and placed them in front of Lu Xingde.

These spirit talismans were all ones Song Qingming had specifically kept on his person for self-defense, and they were considered a relatively useful type of spirit talisman. After Lu Xingde scanned them casually, he quickly took three of the defensive spirit talismans.

After accepting Lu Xingde's spirit stones, and amidst the other party's thousand thanks, Song Qingming left Qinghe Market with a calm face.

After returning to Mount Funiu and hurriedly giving a word to Song Changfeng, Song Qingming left the Song family again and headed south to Yangshan Market.

Song Changfeng already knew about the drawing of lots at Qinghe Market. Hearing that Song Qingming was going to take a trip to Yangshan Market, his first reaction was that Song Qingming must want to go there to purchase some spiritual objects to prepare for going to the front lines of Lu Guo a year later, so he hurriedly took out all the spirit stones accumulated in the Song family's Golden Treasury over the years and gave them to Song Qingming.

Regarding this good intention of Sixth Uncle Song Changfeng, Song Qingming thought about it and did not refuse. He might indeed need quite a few spirit stones for his long journey this time, and being able to bring more with him was always good.

When he brought back the Sky Fire Peng from the Floating Cloud Mountain Range a year ago, Long Feng also brought up the condition he had previously agreed to with Song Qingming. Long Feng was recently refining a magic treasure and needed Song Qingming to help him get some Geng metal or silver sand-type refining materials.

As for why Long Feng wanted this thing, even if he didn't say it, Song Qingming could guess that this Demon clan brother must be refining a magic treasure, which was why he needed these materials.

Geng metal and silver sand are very difficult to find in Wei Guo, and their value is not low. But compared to allowing the Sky Fire Peng to advance to the second level, Song Qingming still believed in his heart that these costs were worth it.

However, regarding this request put forward by Long Feng, although Song Qingming agreed on the spot, in reality, he had no bottom line in his heart. He could only say that he would look for it first after returning and try it out. If it really didn't work, he would only be able to think of a way later to have Long Feng change his request.

In Wei Guo, the Grand Void Gate controls such high-level materials very strictly. Although there is a not-so-small Geng metal vein near the Song family's territory in Qinghe County, that place has already been directly taken over by the Grand Void Gate. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for any ore to flow into other places.

For more than a year, Song Qingming had also sent people to try to purchase them at a high price from the Wang family of Mount Fengtou, but they only received a few pieces of ore that were not large in size and had been hidden by the Wang family before, which was far from reaching the quantity Long Feng needed.

In the entire Wei Guo, Song Qingming had only seen someone auctioning refined materials of this kind once at an auction of the Heaven Pill Alliance. He had come to Yangshan Market this time just to try his luck. As long as he could successfully obtain this material, even if he had to spend a few more spirit stones, it would be worth it for the current Song Qingming.

A year ago, Song Qingming had actually already come to Yangshan Market for this matter, but it was just an unfortunate coincidence that the auction had just ended not long before, and he hadn't managed to catch it. This time, in order not to have any more accidents, Song Qingming had arrived at Yangshan Market early.

After arriving at the Heaven Pill Pavilion, Song Qingming discovered that after not coming for a year, the cultivator in charge of this place had actually been changed, and the one receiving him had been replaced by a very young woman in yellow.

"Senior Brother Deng was transferred to another branch a few months ago. I am temporarily responsible for managing this place. I hope Fellow Daoist will forgive any neglect." Seeing Song Qingming inquiring about Deng Zhongkuo as soon as he entered the shop, this woman in yellow, named Hu Wanqing, hurriedly sent someone to lead him to the back hall and began to explain to Song Qingming.

Song Qingming nodded somewhat unexpectedly and said: "I have come this time to participate in the auction. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Hu can inform me of the specific time the auction will be held?"

"Fellow Daoist Song has come a bit early. The time for the auction has not yet been determined, and it is estimated that it will not be known until next month." Hu Wanqing shook her head somewhat embarrassedly.

"No matter! I will stay in the market. Once Fellow Daoist has determined the time, just send someone to notify me. I still need to purchase some elixirs. Does Fellow Daoist Hu have time to introduce them?"

"Easily done, Fellow Daoist Song, please follow me!"

After staying in the market for a full month, Song Qingming finally waited for the person Hu Wanqing sent to notify him. After going through a set of steps he was already familiar with, and putting on the familiar pig-head mask, Song Qingming finally took the teleportation array to the Heaven Pill Alliance auction, which he hadn't visited for many years.