The female nun just wants to live forever

Chapter 68 Entering the Cave
The fat man was wearing a green gown and his skin was slightly darker. He glanced at Gu Nian, scratched his head and said with a smile:

"Dao Youyou, my name is Qian Sihai. I am a casual cultivator from Tianyun Kingdom in Nanzhou. I just came to Biluo City two days ago and happened to meet Fellow Daoist Yu and Fellow Daoist Fang. Don't worry, although I only have the fifth level of Qi training, I will never hold you back.”

He spoke with a dialect somewhat similar to that of the Southwest in his previous life.

Gu Nian said: "I, Gu Nian, have met Taoist Fellow Qian and he is well."

Qian Sihai smiled naively.

Fairy Yuxia said: "Now that everyone is here, let's set off. I have prepared the quota for mining."

With that said, Yuxia took out two black bamboo signs from her arms, with 48 and 50 written on them respectively. The bamboo sign with 48 was given to Gu Nian, and the bamboo sign with 50 was given to Qian Sihai.

Gu Nian frowned.

She cupped her hands and said, "Jade Fairy, are there any extra bamboo cards?"

The woman shook her head: "This bamboo card is not easy to come by. It took me a lot of effort to get it. Now that the spiritual veins are about to be opened, I am afraid it will be too late to get another spot."

"This……"

Gu Nian originally wanted to take Nannan with her. After all, Nannan's strength could make her feel more at ease.

"Little friend Gu, we don't have enough time. We went too late. I'm afraid that someone will get to the hidden mine first and our efforts will fall short. We'd better set off as soon as possible."

The woman had never thought that the person Gu Nian wanted to take was Nannan, so she urged.

Gu Nian thought for a moment and decided to come back later to talk to her daughter. After all, she didn't wake up at this moment, so she said: "Let's go!"

Several people immediately set off from Zui Chunfeng and walked towards the center of Biluo City.

During the half month in Biluo City, Gu Nian often walked around.

According to the regulations of Biluo City, flying is prohibited in the city, and violators will be dealt with according to the laws of the city lord's palace.

So even though there are many monks in the city, not one of them dares to fly at high altitudes.

Those who stay in Biluo City are basically casual cultivators from various places, accounting for two-thirds of the entire population of Biluo City. The rest are just ordinary people who open shops and set up stalls. Of course, there are also monks who will set up stalls to do business, such as some formation masters, alchemists, etc., who will sell some low-level formations and elixirs.

Gu Nian didn't understand formations, but her knowledge of alchemy was far beyond ordinary people, so she could tell at a glance that the elixirs sold by these so-called alchemists were almost all incomplete.

And its medicinal properties are extremely poor.

If Gu Nian didn't have the capital, she would have wanted to open a stall in the city to sell elixirs. After all, she still has a lot of old elixirs in her Qiankun Bag.

Unfortunately, to set up a stall in Biluo City, you need to obtain a merchant token from the city lord's mansion before you are eligible to set up a stall and sell things in the city.

And this merchant token requires five spiritual stones!
But fortunately, it is only a low-grade spiritual stone.

During this half month, Gu Nian also learned about the explanation of spirit stones.

In this continent, spirit stones are the main currency.

There is gold and silver in the mortal world, but in the world of monks, embarking on the path of cultivation is equivalent to leaving the mortal world, so spiritual stones are the only criterion.

The production of spiritual stones comes from spiritual veins.

Spiritual veins are nurtured by heaven and earth, and the spiritual energy contained in them has accumulated over time, making it richer and more refined than the thin spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

Spiritual stones can not only be used as currency, but monks can also absorb the spiritual energy from them for their own cultivation.

Even if a mortal holds a spiritual stone, he can be nourished by the spiritual energy in it and achieve the effect of prolonging life. Therefore, the generation of spiritual stones is necessary.

But spiritual stones are divided into four types: low-grade, medium-grade, top-grade and top-grade. Among them, the most commonly used are low-grade spiritual stones, while medium-grade spiritual stones are produced in the main veins. As for high-grade and top-grade spiritual stones, the requirements for spiritual veins are too high. In Biluo City, I am afraid there are only main veins under Biluo City. There is only one piece of top quality among them.

As for the best ones... at least they have never appeared in Nanzhou. I heard people say that even places of immortality and blessings like Zhongzhou would be hard-pressed to produce the best spiritual stones.

The spiritual stones often referred to refer to low-grade spiritual stones.

For example, riding the Wang family's jade spirit boat requires thousands of spiritual stones, which means thousands of low-grade spiritual stones.

The four of them walked slowly. After passing through several busy streets, they walked out from the north gate and walked against the wind for several miles before finally arriving at an overcrowded rock mine.

There are already many people here, men and women, old and young, hundreds of people in total.

"Gu Xiaoyou, follow closely."

Fairy Yuxia whispered: "Don't look around at will, be careful to offend others. These people are casual cultivators from all over the country. Outside the mine, they may be afraid of the majesty of the Wang family and dare not make trouble, but once they enter the mine, life and death will be at stake." It’s up to personal means.”

When Qian Sihai behind him heard this, he hurriedly withdrew his gaze, lowering his head and no longer daring to look around.

"Line up in groups of two and a steward will hand out bags to you when you enter the cave."

At this time, a loud voice came from the front. Everyone looked around and saw a tall man in a black robe holding a long brown whip in his hand, beating the rocks on both sides.

"Don't make trouble at will, don't make loud noises, and don't hide spiritual stones secretly, otherwise you will be dealt with according to the laws of the City Lord's Mansion!"

The man glanced at the crowd, raised his head high, with some contempt in his eyes.

"This mine will be opened for seven days. After seven days, I will be here waiting for you to come out. If you miss the time, don't blame the monsters for eating people."

The man had a loud voice and kept repeating some rules and precautions.

After listening for a while, Gu Nian found it boring, so she withdrew her thoughts and thought about other things.

Although there were people maintaining order, there were still a lot of noises due to the large number of people.

Soon, the team moved forward a long way and arrived at Fairy Yuxia and Gu Nian.

The person handing out bags at the entrance was a pale-haired old man. He was dressed differently from the other men who maintained order. He wore a gray gown.

I heard from Fairy Yuxia that this person's name is Wang Xi, he is an elder of the royal family, and he is in the early stage of foundation building.

"Bamboo sign." Wang Heng said indifferently to Fairy Yuxia and Gu Nian.

Fairy Yuxia quickly took out the bamboo sign and saw that the number written on it was 47. Gu Nian also handed the bamboo sign with 48 written on it to the other party.

After Wang Heng took the bamboo sign and confirmed that it was correct, he took out two coarse sacks and handed them to the two of them.

He immediately said: "You two are in a group, and the limit is seven days." After saying that, he waved his hand and motioned for the two of them to go in quickly.

"Thank you, Elder Wang."

Fairy Yuxia thanked her and walked towards the mine. Gu Nian quickly followed.

After entering the cave, his vision suddenly dimmed, but the other party had no intention of stopping.

Gu Nian couldn't help but said: "Fairy Jade, don't we wait for fellow Taoist Qian and the others?"

Fairy Yuxia shook her head and said calmly: "No need, Fang Xing knows the way. Let's go explore the way first to prevent the place from being robbed."