Chapter 393: The Trading Fair Begins

After the group sat down in the hall, Chen Jinliang chatted with Huang Shengxin and others, all of which were topics about daily cultivation, and occasionally pointed out a few words to the several Foundation Establishment cultivators present.

Seeing that this Golden Core Ancestor was so approachable, the nervous mood of Song Qingming after seeing him slowly relaxed naturally.

It seems that the rumors outside are indeed true. Although this Chen Ancestor of Tuoyun Mountain has profound cultivation, he is indeed not as arrogant as other high-level cultivators, not taking low-level cultivators seriously. Even when facing a young Foundation Establishment cultivator like Song Qingming who is many generations younger than him, he speaks very kindly, which is no wonder that so many rogue cultivators like to live under his Tuoyun Mountain for a long time.

Being able to get a Golden Core True Person to point out in such a close distance is not an easy thing. Even if Chen Jinliang just mentioned Song Qingming casually, it was beneficial to him.

It's a pity that time passed quickly. Song Qingming felt that he hadn't sat in the hall for long when a green-clad boy suddenly walked in and whispered a few words in Chen Jinliang's ear. Soon, Chen Jinliang got up and bid farewell to everyone.

Seeing that the Chen Ancestor had left, Huang Shengxin took Song Qingming and the others and left Jinyun Pavilion, and then temporarily rented a few cave dwellings on the mountain, waiting for the Tuoyun Mountain Trading Fair to be held ten days later.

As the time for the trading fair approached, the high-level cultivators on Tuoyun Mountain slowly increased. Among these people, there were those from the cultivation families in the north of Wei Kingdom, many rogue cultivators who mixed in the Fuyun Mountain Range, and many who came here specifically from farther west.

During the waiting period, Song Qingming also followed Huang Shengxin to Jinyu Pavilion a few times. Sure enough, as Huang Shengyue said, Jinyu Pavilion was almost all spiritual items above the second level, and because Chen Ancestor was an alchemist, the entire second floor of Jinyu Pavilion was all kinds of second-level elixirs. Some rare spiritual elixirs refined by Chen Ancestor, Song Qingming had not even seen in Yangshan Market, which made him almost dazzled.

Although he saw many spiritual items that interested him in Jinyu Pavilion, Song Qingming didn't bring many spirit stones to Tuoyun Mountain this time. In order not to miss the better spiritual items in the trading fair, he only chose to buy a few elixirs that increase cultivation for late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Fortunately, there were many Foundation Establishment cultivators coming to the trading fair this time. In order to liven up the atmosphere of the trading fair in advance, Feng Yangde specifically organized a few small-scale exchange meetings for cultivators of the same level.

Song Qingming also took this opportunity to exchange the few extra second-level magic tools on his body and a few second-level mid-grade spirit talismans that he had stored on his body for more than two thousand spirit stones. Coupled with the spirit stones he brought from home, he already had nearly ten thousand spirit stones on him. The storage bag on his body slowly bulged, and Song Qingming felt more confident about the upcoming trading fair.

Coming to Tuoyun Mountain this time, the most important thing is that Song Qingming still wants to purchase an array disk above the second-level mid-grade. Song Qingming has been a second-level array master for these years, and his array level has not improved much. This time he also wants to try to see if he can take the opportunity of the family to improve the spiritual vein to improve his array level.

Arranging the gathering spirit array to improve the spiritual vein is the easiest kind of array among all arrays. Generally, array masters will choose this simplest array to improve their array skills. However, to arrange a second-level mid-grade gathering spirit array, Song Qingming lacks an array disk of the same level in his hand.

The set of commonly used array flags and array disks that Song Qingming carries with him are only second-level low-grade, which is very reluctant to arrange a second-level mid-grade gathering spirit array. The top priority is for Song Qingming to first improve the set of equipment in his hand.

Time passed quickly, and it was soon the first day of the Tuoyun Mountain Trading Fair. Early in the morning, Song Qingming just finished his daily cultivation and walked out of the rented cave dwelling when a burst of crisp bell and drum sounds suddenly rang on Tuoyun Mountain.

When Song Qingming followed Huang Shengxin and the other two to a huge flat ground on the top of the mountain, this place had already gathered many cultivators who had gathered from the foot of the mountain, and there were many disciples and followers under the Chen Ancestor of Tuoyun Mountain who were already maintaining order at the scene.

The entire flat ground was a hundred zhang square, and it was divided into three sections of different sizes like stairs from inside to outside. In front of the mountain wall, there were several long wooden tables on a highest wooden platform. On the larger platform below, there were hundreds of wooden chairs of different styles arranged in a circle, and below that was a huge open space.

As a veteran Foundation Establishment cultivator who has participated in several trading fairs, Huang Shengxin naturally knows the rules of the Tuoyun Mountain Trading Fair, so he directly took Song Qingming and the other two to a row of wooden chairs in the middle of the second platform and sat down in a front position.

Seeing the empty wooden chairs around being filled by Foundation Establishment cultivators walking over, Huang Shengyue couldn't help but sigh: "I remember that there were only sixty or seventy Foundation Establishment cultivators at the last trading fair. I didn't expect that so many chairs were prepared this time. It seems that Chen Ancestor invited quite a few people this time!"

Huang Shengxin narrowed his eyes and stared closely at the front and said: "In previous trading fairs, it was common for Foundation Establishment cultivators to be more or less. However, there are a few extra tables on it this time, which is really strange. Could it be that besides Senior Ma, Chen Ancestor invited other Golden Core True Persons to this trading fair?" 【393-2

Hearing Huang Shengxin say this, Song Qingming also cast his gaze toward the high platform in front. On the several long tables facing the crowd below, according to what Huang Shengxin had said earlier, those qualified to sit there on equal footing with Chen Jinliang were naturally the other Golden Core cultivators.

The Golden Core cultivator who had the best relationship with Chen Jinliang near Mount Tuoyun was naturally the ancestor of the Ma family of Iron Immortal Valley, Ma Hongshan. Ever since this Ma family ancestor formed his Golden Core, he would personally attend every trade fair held at Mount Tuoyun to help support the scene for Ancestor Chen, and this trade fair would naturally be no exception.

Soon, after Chen Jinliang appeared and sat in the main seat at the front, a tall, middle-aged man with a somewhat grizzled beard and a rather rugged appearance also sat at a table to Chen Jinliang's right. Behind this man stood several young-looking cultivators, all of whom had cultivation bases at or above the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Fellow Daoist Li, is the person above likely the senior from the Ma family of Iron Immortal Valley?"

"Indeed. When I first participated in a trade fair decades ago, I also saw Senior Ma once. Our Mount Tuoyun and Iron Immortal Valley have been helping each other for hundreds of years. During the last Northern Border demonic beast chaos, Ancestor Chen once led us to support Iron Immortal Valley. It is actually within expectations that Senior Ma would come this time for the trade fair held at Mount Tuoyun."