Locust

Chapter 80 Black Mountain Magic Melon
Shoushanfang City, Shilongfang, Xuanjingshifang.

At this time, the street where the Xuanjing Stone Workshop is located was full of voices. There were monks gathered from all directions to participate in the meeting, and there were also other workshops. Smart shops set up stalls here. Just in time for this grand event, many monks from Shoushan, They all want to take a wave of dividends.

Cao Cuo and the three entered Xuanjing Shifang for a stroll.

At this time, half of the area in the workshop has been closed, shrouded in a thick fog barrier, and cannot be approached.

It seems that the venue for the Shikui Conference is being arranged, and the other half of the Xuanjing Stone Workshop is open for business.

The three of them wandered around for a while, and happened to meet Qing Yi, who arranged a private room for the three of them, and then took the three of them to appreciate stones in the stone workshop.

Cao Cuo didn't intend to gamble with stones, so he said goodbye to a few people, went out alone, and strolled around Xuanjing Street.

"Nine out of ten bets, I just want to do what I'm sure of."

Cao Cuo sighed, he had just accompanied a few people to choose stones, and walked around half of the stone workshop, but there was no movement from the green locusts. Obviously, there was no blood jade in these stones, so he lost interest.

"Instead of taking the risk of gambling with stones, it's better to visit this Xuanjing Street and see if there are any suitable treasures."

……

On Xuanjing Street.

There are hundreds of monks gathered, and there are countless rare treasures on hundreds of stalls: treasures and elixir, magical instruments and talismans, jade and spiritual materials, inheritance of skills...

After visiting again and again, Cao Cuoguang's knowledge has increased a lot.

Walking to a booth, Cao Cuo suddenly stopped.

"Is this... red ginseng that has grown for more than a thousand years?"

There are a lot of elixir on the booth, all of which are special products of Qinyun Mountain. The most eye-catching one is a red ginseng, which is almost as thick as a thigh, and has a strong fragrance of blood.

The stall owner is a big man and a foundation cultivator. He said roughly:
"That's right. This Chijing ginseng is at least 5000 years old. It's very rare and rare. If a customer is interested, he can take it away if he pays [-] talismans."

Cao Cuo also knew the market, shook his head and smiled:
"The price of Daoyou's label is too expensive. The 5000-year-old red essence ginseng has only one effect, and it is not worth [-] talismans at all."

The big man asked:

"How much is the guest willing to pay?"

"Up to eight thousand talisman coins."

"Eight thousand talismans are too low, the guest can take away the medicine by adding another [-] talismans.

Cao Cuo smiled and said: "Okay, deal."

……

The money and the goods were settled, and Cao mistakenly bought a 5000-year-old Chijing ginseng.

The stall owner took the money and said with a smile on his face:
"The guests are interested in Chijing ginseng, presumably because of the special skills, and need to replenish a lot of energy and blood."

Cao Cuo frowned and said: "What do you mean by this, fellow Taoist? Inquiring about the inheritance of exercises is a taboo among monks."

All kinds of inheritance have different characteristics, too much exposure, easy to be targeted by enemies, it is a little impolite for the stall owner to ask this question.

The stall owner cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoist, don't misunderstand me. I have no intention of inquiring about the inheritance, but I have an ancient pill recipe at hand, which can greatly replenish qi and blood. I wonder if you are interested?"

Cao Cuo became interested: "Oh, can I take a look at it?"

The stall owner took out a piece of animal skin from the storage bag. He was also bold and handed it directly to Cao Cuo.

"It really is an antique."

Cao Cuo carefully inspected the animal skin, and found that the charm on it was a little weak, and obviously he couldn't feel it a few times.

"Green Blood Pill?"

"Main material: blue-eyed golden-eyed beast..., auxiliary material: red essence ginseng..."

Mr. Cao handed back Dan Fang, regretfully saying:

"The alchemy recipe is good, but the main material for alchemy is the heart and blood of the blue-eyed golden-eyed beast. This beast is a unicorn species, which is precious and rare. The main material is hard to find. How to make alchemy?"

The stall owner smiled wryly: "If the main material was easy to get, this elixir recipe would have been put on the auction long ago, how could it end up in this small stall? If fellow daoists are interested, please give me the price just now. just take it away."

Cao Cuo pretended to ponder for a moment, and only paid the price of [-] talismans, and accepted the pill at the price of [-] talismans.

The effect of the Jade Blood Pill is astonishing. Although it is temporarily impossible to make a pill, but by referring to one or two, by analogy, it can also increase the foundation of the alchemy, which is better than nothing.

After Cao Cuo left, he bought three plants of Chijing ginseng from several other stalls. Unfortunately, the age of the medicine is only 900 years at most.

These Chijing ginseng are refined together into Chijing pills, the effect is very useful for Shigong practice, the effect is not inferior to a foundation building pill, and it can just help Lu Qian and others break through the bottleneck.

On Xuanjing Street, people come and go.

Cao paused and looked at a man and a woman at the intersection ahead, who seemed to be bargaining with the stall owner.

He knew these two people, they were Lian Jin and Qiu Ling'er from Huanlou.

why are they here

Among the two, Qiu Ling'er was not guilty of death, and could be killed or not, but he didn't intend to let Lian Jin go easily.

……

On the intersection stall.

Lian Jin is holding a bottle of elixir and is negotiating the price:

"Fellow Daoist, this bottle of panacea, I'll buy it after you pay three hundred talismans."

The stall owner said helplessly: "Guest, at most I will give you another one hundred talismans, otherwise I won't even be able to get back the cost of medicinal materials."

"Fellow……"

Lian Jin was shy and wanted to haggle some more, when someone patted his shoulder suddenly.

When he turned around, he saw a stranger with exceptionally bright eyes, and asked doubtfully:

"you are?"

Cao Cuo smiled slightly, and said softly, "This fellow Taoist, your talisman money has been dropped..."

"Oh?"

Lian Jin looked down and saw the ten talismans scattered on the ground. He was overjoyed and bent over to pick them up...

Under a talisman, a tiny green glow flashed...

"Thank you fellow daoist..."

As soon as he looked up, he was about to thank him, but there was no sign of the person just now.

Qiu Ling'er asked with concern: "Brother Lian, what's wrong with you?"

Lian Jin was in a trance, and suddenly forgot the appearance of that person just now...

He scratched his itchy throat and replied casually:

"Junior Sister Qiu, I'm fine..."

……

Cao Cuo had a smile on his face. The illusion just now affected the three qi-training monks at the booth, and there was almost no flaw. Lian Jin was planted with the green locust Gu unknowingly, which could kill him at any time.

Let him stay for a period of time to check the location of the main altar of the Huanlou, in case of emergencies.

"The trip to Xuanjing Street has yielded a lot."

In addition to Chi Jing's participation in the formula of Jade Blood Pill, Cao Cuo also found three things on Xuanjing Street.

A Refining Handbook of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator:

It is worth [-] talismans, and it was put out by a Qi-cultivating monk when he became a seller. Although it does not belong to the inheritance, the refining tools in it have unique insights and are worth far more than [-] talismans.

An alchemy handbook written by an ancient monk:

Worth [-] talismans, this ancient cultivator had a rebellious idea of ​​alchemy, and changed the alchemy formula many times, trying to make the most suitable elixir for his skills and physique, but it seemed unsuccessful. Because more than [-] pill formulas were tested in the notes, the records stopped.

It is estimated that after the body tried the medicine, the accumulation of erysipelas suddenly broke out, and the body died and the path disappeared, but this new idea is rare and valuable, and Cao Cuo is very interested...

A page of [Yin Lei Zi] the gold leaf of the refining inheritance:

Worth [-] talisman coins, this is a special weapon of great destruction. The power of an instant explosion can kill a monster at the peak of foundation establishment. If a monk at the peak of foundation establishment cannot protect himself, he will die. A certain person has a special liking for this kind of "massive" magic weapon, and regards them as his first choice for refining weapons.

……

Go back to Xuanjing Shifang Yajian, discuss Taoism and Xuan with two friends for three days.

Finally, on the third day, the Shikui Conference was held.

……

Cao Cuo and his party of three stepped into the venue of the Shikui Conference.

The venue is enveloped by an enchantment.

More than 800 Longkeng stones are placed in different stone scenes, which has a kind of beauty of the unity of man and nature. All the stones gather in a formation, stirring the vitality of heaven and earth here.

Fan Buchou sighed: "This must be the scenery set up by Shi Longweng himself. Using stones as the formation is exactly his specialty."

Cao Cuo observed the number of people around, and asked: "There are nearly [-] monks participating in the meeting. There are too many monks and too little porridge. It seems that these stones are going to be sold at sky-high prices."

Pei Donglai smiled bitterly and said, "Damn maggots, these stone workshops actually invited so many people..."

……

When all the monks who owned the stone box entered the venue, the barrier was closed again.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator wearing the uniform of Xuanjing Shifang read out the rules of the conference.

A cloud of magical fireworks exploded in the sky, and the Shikui Conference officially started.

The three of them discussed for a while, and then they also parted here, and each went to choose the stone.

……

Looking at the 800 yuan Longkeng stone material, Cao Cuo stopped in front of a black stone, shaped like a wax gourd.

"Black Mountain Magic Melon, base price: [-] talismans."

800 yuan Longkeng stone, only this piece of green locust has a sense.

He is bound to get this stone.

Cao took a wrong look at the stone tablet next to the Black Mountain Magic Melon. There were already two mana imprints on it, which were marked: eighteen thousand and twenty-one thousand.

It means that two stone customers have already bid.

"It's better to bid [-] directly to show your determination."

With a price tag of [-] yuan, ordinary bidders will definitely be discouraged after seeing the soaring price.

Cao Cuo wandered around for a while, and went directly to the booth area on the side.

Many rare treasures brought by the Quartet Stone Friends will be sold here.

Cao Cuo wandered around for a while, and found a fist-sized ten-thousand-year blood jade, priced at 1 talismans.

Seeing that the stall owner refused to bargain, Cao was rich and powerful, so he bought it directly.

……

Go back to the stone scene of the magic melon on the black.

There is another mana mark at the position marked [-], which is also [-].

Cao made a mistake and directly marked the price to [-].

After leaving for a while, and returning to Shijing, there was another mana mark next to [-], which was also [-].

Someone Cao said helplessly: "I wanted to solve the problem with money, but others won't allow it..."

Marking the same price means that the other party wants to use gambling to determine the ownership of the stone, and marking the same price twice in a row is full of provocation.

"It's unavoidable, so let's fight."

The fighting methods in the Shikui Conference are all literary fighting, mainly in the competition of magical weapons.

The ground is drawn as a circle, and the two parties drive the magic weapon to fight in the circle, which can be supplemented by various spells. Whoever loses the magic weapon and is knocked out of the circle is a loser, and half of the stone cost must be paid to the winner.

It's almost dusk.

The Shikui Conference on the first day is coming to an end.

Around the fighting platform in the center of the venue, monks gathered. This kind of fighting "performance" is also a great fun of the Shikui Conference.

Cao Cuo walked into the duel ring according to the number. Opposite him was a tall and thin old man in Tsing Yi. He was also in the early stage of foundation establishment, but his breath was deep, and he should be in the bottleneck stage.

"Fellow Daoist, be polite."

The two sides saluted.

The referee presiding over the fight gave the order: "Start!"

Cao Cuo took out the Huolin Saber first, turned it into a red light, and threw it into the circle.

Seeing that the red light was only a middle-grade magic weapon, the old man in Tsing Yi was smiling all over his face, and threw two black lights into the circle, which were a pair of black iron hooks. The two combined into one, comparable to a high-grade magic weapon.

Cao Cuo could only use the Huolin Saber to fight, and the rest of his magic tools were not clean, but using this knife to deal with an early foundation establishment fault was more than enough.

The red glow transformed by the Huolin Knife is majestic and unpredictable. It can deal with a pair of black hook magic tools with ease. After only thirty or so moves, it slashes horizontally and knocks the black hook out of the circle...

The old man in Tsing Yi had an ugly face, dropped a bag of talisman money and handed it over to the referee for inspection, and left the arena without saying a word...

He thought he was a junior who could be bullied, but he didn't expect his saber skills to be so advanced, so he lost [-] talismans for nothing.

……

"It saved [-] talismans, which is not bad."

Cao Cuo returned to the stone scene, paid [-] talismans, and directly started to dissect the stone.

The rules of the stone shop: Longkeng stones for sale must be disintegrated on the spot.

The Moshan stone melon was peeled off layer by layer, revealing the melon flesh in the middle, and the last layer of stone clothing was untied...

"It's not the Ten Thousand Years Blood Jade."

Cao Cuo looked at the stone ball in front of him, which was the size of a human head and appeared yellow and black.

"It looks like a big eyeball."

The green locust is very eager to devour this thing, and is restless in the red gourd.

"It seems that this object is also a treasure, and its function should not be inferior to that of the Ten Thousand Years Blood Jade..."

Cao Cuo knew it well, put away the yellow and black stone balls quietly, and ended the trip to the Shikui Conference on the first day.

(End of this chapter)