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Chapter 28: The Pitiful Rogues
After leaving Yunshang Tower, Zhang Wei still did not leave Izumo Market, but continued to stroll around the market with the cover of the moonlight.

There is not only the Yunshanglou business in the market, but also the strongholds set up in Chuyun Market by the immortal cultivation families from Yun Country and several neighboring countries.

At first, it was mainly used to facilitate the exchange of Yunbei with Yunshang Sect. But later, as the scale of the market expanded, these bases gradually turned into shops, and they also sold some of their own special products on weekdays.

For example, the cloud tea of ​​Jiang family in Cloud Valley, the Luoxia fruit of Wang family in Luoxia Mountain, the Qingzhu rice of Mi family in Qingzhulin, etc., are all the flagship products produced by their respective spiritual veins. Zhang Wei bought some of them.

Relying on the nourishment of spiritual veins, these spiritual foods have less turbid air than ordinary foods, and spiritual energy is easier to absorb. They are also very beneficial for cultivation, but the corresponding prices are also ridiculously expensive.

The cheap green bamboo rice costs one tael of spiritual stones per pound. If it were Cloud Mist Tea, the price of one tael would be no less than that of a second-level spiritual pill. It was impossible for casual cultivators to take it daily.

This almost spent all the 400 taels of spiritual stones that the shopkeeper of Yunshanglou had found. Zhang Wei couldn't help but sigh that the money was really wasted.

This was because he inherited the tomb of Master Luoxia. If it were in the past, he probably wouldn't even dare to think about such a level of consumption.

Unfortunately, after walking around the streets for several times, Zhang Wei did not find the industries of the Hehuan Sect that were widely distributed in the heavens and the worlds. Otherwise, he would have to go in and see... and criticize them.

"It seems that immortal cultivators also want to save face. After all, they have already cultivated immortals. If they were placed in the mortal world, they could easily live a life of wealth and luxury. How could they sell their bodies for a little profit? Even if they need to cultivate, they can go to brothels in the mortal world to absorb Yin to replenish Yang or Yang to replenish Yin. Isn't it safer than staying in the market where immortal cultivators live together?"

Zhang Wei continued to wander around the market until he found that he had unknowingly walked to the end of the street. However, it was not that there were no cultivators at the end of the street. On the contrary, there were still many people. It was just that there were no shops like Yunshanglou. Instead, there were markets consisting of stalls.

There were people selling pills, talismans, fish, grains, and daily necessities. It was a hodgepodge of chaos, in stark contrast to the business street next door.

Zhang Wei was planning to leave, after all, he had already bought everything he needed in a regular store. But in the market, Zhang Wei suddenly saw an old friend who stopped him in his tracks.

Zhang Wei brushed her face, and Yueying's expression changed slightly. She then walked to a stall selling talismans and called out to a middle-aged man with gray hair who looked like a scholar.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao?"

Xiao Yunshan, who was resting with his eyes closed, raised his head and looked at the person who came, and found that it was a strange cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining.

"Ah you are……"

Zhang Wei bowed and smiled, "It has been three years since we parted at Luoxia."

At this point, Xiao Yunshan suddenly showed a look of realization. He said in surprise: "Oh, it turns out to be Fellow Daoist Zhang! Oh, I'm old and my memory is not good.

I didn't expect that after three years, you have already broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining. Come on, please take a seat."

Xiao Yunshan quickly moved a chair for Zhang Wei. Only then did Zhang Wei realize that behind Xiao Yunshan's stall there was a little boy with a pigtail on his head, who was timidly holding onto the corner of Xiao Yunshan's clothes and looking at him.

"He is...your son?" Zhang Wei asked.

Xiao Yunshan laughed, touched the little boy's head lovingly, and said, "Well, my son Xiao Ke, how is he? Cute, right?"

Zhang Wei nodded, took out a few candies he bought from the market and handed them to Xiao Ke. The three-year-old boy's eyes lit up immediately, but he still looked at his father cautiously.

After getting Xiao Yunshan's permission, Xiao Ke said thank you to Zhang Wei in a baby voice, then took the candy and started eating it happily.

Zhang Wei smiled and said with emotion: "I didn't expect that you already have a child after not seeing you for a few years."

"There is no way. I am already past the age of knowing the destiny, and the hope of obtaining the spiritual essence of heaven and earth to build a foundation is extremely slim. It is better to make more money and spirit stones while I am still young and can still draw talismans, so that my descendants can have an easier time on the road of cultivating immortals." Xiao Yunshan shook his head and smiled. He looked free and easy, but the disappointment in his words was also very obvious.

After hearing Xiao Yunshan's words, Zhang Wei also fell into silence.

As the saying goes, a man is established at thirty, has no doubts at forty, and knows his destiny at fifty. For most cultivators, fifty is the bottom line for building a foundation.

It doesn’t mean that you can’t build a foundation after the age of fifty, but that your spirit is insufficient.

Wasting half a lifetime is enough to make most cultivators lose all their energy, so cultivators over fifty years old often stop working hard on the path to immortality and choose to give up their obsession with building a foundation.

Either he could return to the mortal world and rely on the money he earned and the skills he learned in the world of immortal cultivation to become a wealthy man. With time, it would not be impossible for his family to become a powerful force in the mortal dynasty.

But there are very few cultivators who make this choice. Most cultivators, like Xiao Yunshan, place their hopes on the next generation, while they themselves struggle in the market town to accumulate cultivation resources for their offspring.

Then Zhang Wei chatted with Xiao Yunshan about their respective experiences over the past three years. He attributed his breakthrough to an opportunity encountered in the wild, which made Xiao Yunshan envious.

Why didn't I have such good luck?

"Xiao Lang, is this an acquaintance?"

At this time, a sweet and innocent voice was heard. Zhang Wei looked back and saw a familiar beautiful woman in palace dress walking towards him with a basket of vegetables.

Zhang Wei was very familiar with this man. He had bought medicinal pills from his stall before!

"Um!!!!"

Zhang Wei was shocked and turned his head mechanically to look at Xiao Yunshan who looked embarrassed.

"Xiao...Lang?"

"Ahem, this is my wife, the first-class intermediate-grade alchemist Qin Xiaoling." Xiao Yunshan coughed twice and introduced her to Zhang Wei.

"Not only do you know each other, but you have actually been having an affair for a long time, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have become Taoist couples and have a child. So when you asked me to go to Daoist Qin's stall to buy pills, you were actually ripping off a stranger?" Zhang Wei said with a gloomy look.

Xiao Yunshan said awkwardly: "Ahem... It's good to keep the wealth within the family, and I didn't cheat you. Just tell me whether my elixir is useful or not!"

Zhang Wei immediately defended himself, "I have never used that thing. I bought it for my brother. But your pill is indeed useful. In the past three years, I have three more nephews and one niece."

Qin Xiaoling's memory was much better than Xiao Yunshan's. Not long after she met Zhang Wei, she remembered the junior she had talked to several times in Luoxia Mountain. So she covered her mouth and teased, "Ah, isn't this Brother Zhang who had a bad back?"

"I told you I haven't used it!"

"We understand. We all understand."

The perfunctory attitude of the couple made Zhang Wei unable to vent his anger, so he simply stopped worrying about it. Anyway, this vengeance was nothing compared to the grudge he had for destroying the market price of the Luoxia Mountain Talisman with 800 thunder bombs.

So Zhang Wei still wins!
"It's just right. Fellow Daoist Zhang, you just arrived in Chuyunfang City and are unfamiliar with the place. Then I will host some of my friends at Zuixianlou today so that we can get to know each other." Xiao Yunshan said at this time.

Zhang Wei asked, "You don't want to do business anymore?"

He knew that Zuixianlou was a restaurant in Chuyunfang City that specialized in spiritual food. He had originally planned to go there to try some fresh food after visiting the market. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yunshan actually brought it up first.

"I'll close the stall today. Besides, business matters are not as important as welcoming you, Brother Daoist Zhang."

Xiao Yunshan stroked his beard and said. Then Qin Xiaoling, who was standing next to him, picked up her son Xiao Ke and said mercilessly: "I think you are greedy for Yun Boyao from Zuixianlou? You want to drink in the name of welcoming Zhang Daoyou."

"No way!" Xiao Yunshan immediately retorted, followed by a bunch of words like "Drinking is not drinking alcohol. Can the business of cultivators be called something as vulgar as drinking?" This made Qin Xiaoling and Xiao Ke, the mother and son, giggle continuously, and for a while the stall was filled with a happy tone.

Behind them was Zhang Wei, who was silent.

He felt that he didn't need to go to Zuixianlou anymore. Just watching the couple flirting was enough for him!

But having said that, I still have to go to Zuixianlou. After all, it was Daoyou who kindly invited me to dinner, and it was a spiritual meal. He also introduced me to a friend. If I don't go, I will not only be sorry for Daoyou Xiao's kindness, but also sorry for my own stomach!
Moreover, Zhang Wei was also very interested in the person Xiao Yunshan would introduce to him.

Although Xiao Yunshan was a casual cultivator, he was also a casual cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining. He was considered one of the top people in the Chuyunfang City. The friends he made must be people of the same level, which would be very helpful for Zhang Wei to further explore the world of immortal cultivation.

Of course, Zhang Wei knew that the reason why Xiao Yunshan paid so much attention to him was because the other party saw his potential and strength.

The cultivation level in the late stage of Qi Refining is already enough to attract the attention of Xiao Yunshan and others, not to mention that Zhang Wei is still young. If he is lucky enough to obtain the spiritual essence of heaven and earth to build the foundation one day, it would be equivalent to him, Xiao Yunshan, knowing a master of foundation building!

Not long after Zhang Wei sat down at Zuixianlou, the spiritual food had not yet been served. A middle-aged man dressed like a fisherman walked in.

"Brother Xiao! Is this the Fellow Daoist Zhang you wanted to introduce to me?" the middle-aged man asked casually after walking in.

Xiao Yunshan immediately introduced: "Here I am, let me introduce you, Brother Daoist Zhang. This is Brother Daoist Jiang Shun! This is Brother Daoist Zhang Xiaofan!" "Hello, Brother Daoist Jiang."

Zhang Wei smiled and bowed to Jiang Shun, but his nose couldn't help but twitch.

Such a strong fishy smell.

Jiang Shun was a straightforward and outgoing person. After greeting Zhang Wei, he laughed and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhang is truly a young talent. When I was your age, I hadn't even made it to the middle stage of Qi Refining."

"It was just a fluke."

Having said that, Zhang Wei still felt a little proud. At this time, Xiao Ke's nose moved, and then he couldn't help sneezing.

“A-choo—”

Jiang Shun sniffed his own body belatedly, then said apologetically, "Oh, it's my fault, I was in such a hurry to leave that I didn't even clean off the fishy smell on my body. I made Xiao Ke feel sick. I'll drink a glass as a punishment!"

Just as Jiang Shun raised his glass, a cold voice came from outside the restaurant.

"Get rid of the fishy smell on your body before you talk about drinking!"

Zhang Wei looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man in brocade clothes walking in with big strides. There was such a sharp feeling when he walked.

The young man sat down as soon as he arrived here, and gave Jiang Shun a body cleansing technique to drive away the smell, while explaining: "Old Jiang is from the Izumo Shell Farm. He is usually responsible for going into the water to drive away the fish, so it is inevitable that he has a bit of fishy smell on him."

Then he introduced himself: "Si Junpeng, nice to meet you, Fellow Daoist Zhang."

Jiang Shun said, "Don't be fooled by Xiao Si's frail appearance. He is a famous martial arts master in our Chuyunfang City! His main job is to catch monsters. He is often out hunting down monsters that cause chaos. He is like a man who doesn't open for business for three months but can make a living for three years after opening! It's not easy to call him here at this time."

Si Junpeng also smiled and said, "If you find any traces of monsters in the future, please let me know. I will definitely give you a satisfactory reward!"

"must!"

Zhang Wei looked at the two of them and couldn't help but sigh at Xiao Yunshan's good taste in choosing friends.

Whether it is Si Junpeng, a professional monster catcher, or Jiang Shun, who works at the Izumo shell field, both are high-quality customers who are not short of money and have a fixed demand for talismans and elixirs.

Moreover, both of them have high status among the independent cultivators in Izumo City, and they are also the wives of alchemists and talisman masters themselves.

As long as Xiao Yunshan doesn't go head-on and confront those shops in the market that have backgrounds of immortal families and sects, he can basically walk around the market with his head held high, and even those shops will give Xiao Yunshan some face.

At this time, the spiritual meal ordered by Xiao Yunshan was also served.

The dishes were normal, the same standard as a banquet in the mortal world, eight dishes and one soup. But all the dishes here exuded a dense aura, and just smelling it made people salivate.

Zhang Wei had already looked at the menu before he came. This table of spiritual food would cost at least twenty taels of spiritual stones.

"Oh my god, Lao Xiao, have you made a fortune? You spend so much money and you don't even care about Xiao Qin." Jiang Shun couldn't help but sigh.

"It doesn't matter. We haven't seen each other for a long time. We can take this opportunity to get together." Qin Xiaoling said with a smile as she picked up a chicken leg for Xiao Ke.

Xiao Yunshan poured himself a full glass of wine, and then said, "That's right, come on, let me toast everyone first!"

After saying that, he drank it in one gulp, and then showed a series of expressions like Zhang Wei's father in his previous life after drinking.

First there was a bitter face, then a grimace, and then the relief as if the constipation had been relieved.

It can be seen that since having a child, Fellow Daoist Xiao has been under strict control by Fellow Daoist Qin. I'm afraid he has been coveting Yun Boyao for a long time.

Zhang Wei also tried to take a sip.

"Hmm~~This wine..."

As the wine went down his throat, Zhang Wei's facial features immediately wrinkled.

Very spicy. It feels like I'm drinking liquor from my previous life. I'm not used to it.

Jiang Shun smiled and said, "Yunbo Niang is famous for its soft taste, just a line down the throat! How is it? Is it stronger than those ordinary wines? I like to drink a sip before going into the water, otherwise I will soak in the water for a long time, and even if I am in the late stage of Qi Refining, I will still feel cold."

Zhang Wei exhaled a breath of alcohol and asked, "Are the people in your Yunshang Sect also so hard-working?"

Si Junpeng put a fried peanut in his mouth and sneered, "How can he be considered a member of the Yunshang Sect? He is just a contract worker, working underwater. The official disciples of the Yunshang Sect will not go into the water unless it is necessary."

Oh, I get it, outsourcing.

Then Si Junpeng said, "But there is an advantage to a job like Lao Jiang's. You can practice with the spiritual energy from the spiritual veins openly. The spiritual stone reward given by the Yunshang Sect is pure profit! It is much more stable than those of us monster hunters who have to hang our heads on our belts."

Jiang Shun replied in a muffled voice: "But you monster hunters make a lot of money too."

It would have been better if he didn't say it. Now it was like bringing up Si Junpeng's sad story, making him pour out his grievances.

"Hey, stop talking about it. I get angry when I talk about this. A few months ago, I heard that there were traces of monsters in Luyang County, so I rushed over to exorcise the monsters. Guess what happened?"

Si Junpeng clapped his hands and complained: "Someone got there first!"

"Cough, cough, cough..." Zhang Wei suddenly couldn't catch his breath and coughed violently a few times.

"Oh, why are you so careless?" Qin Xiaoling said with concern, pouring a cup of tea for Zhang Wei.

"thanks, thanks."

Zhang Wei drank his tea with his head down, complaining secretly in his heart.

If he guessed correctly, the person Si Junpeng was talking about should be almost himself.

At this time, Si Junpeng was still complaining, full of resentment, "I heard that he was beaten to death by a martial arts genius from an ordinary family! I made this trip in vain!"

Xiao Yunshan advised: "A monster that can be killed by a mortal means it is just a monster that was lucky enough to enter the Qi Refining Stage. It is not worth much money."

"I heard from the villagers that the monster was as thick as an anaconda at that time. Even if the monster materials it produced were worth a little less, they would at least be worth fifty taels of spirit stones. Add to that the filial piety from the villagers after I conquered the monster, and I will have what I need for the next two months of practice, right? It's better than making a wasted trip!" Si Junpeng was obviously still feeling aggrieved about this.

At this time, Zhang Wei asked, "Friend Si, is this monster valuable?"

"That's extremely valuable." Si Junpeng explained, "The monsters are full of treasures. Monster blood, monster bones, and monster meat are all excellent whether used for making medicine or as raw materials for spiritual ink. They are also good for refining tools.

Unfortunately, there are too few monsters in Yun Country, and it takes too long to hunt them down. If you want to find a large number of monsters, you can only go to the coast, but this is too dangerous. This has led to the high price of monster materials in Yun Country. The corpse of a monster in the early stage of Qi Refining costs fifty taels of spirit stones. "

Zhang Wei asked, "What about those in the late stage of Qi Refining?"

Si Junpeng shook his head and said, "The demon beasts in the late stage of Qi Refining are too dangerous. Even cultivators like me are in danger of dying. The last time a demon beast in the late stage of Qi Refining was sold to Chuyun Market, how much did it sell for?"

Xiao Yunshan held up three fingers and said, "Three hundred taels of spiritual stones, and then that person went to exchange for a magic weapon. It's a pity that I haven't seen that person for several years."

"Who knows? Maybe he died while hunting monsters, or he left Izumo City to venture somewhere else." Si Junpeng said nonchalantly.

Sleeping in the open air and living in fear of death is the norm for monster hunters like them, so Si Junpeng is not very interested in the fate of the monster hunter who hunted down a monster in the late Qi Refining stage. He cares more about where he can hunt monsters.

While these people were discussing, they didn't notice that Zhang Wei next to them had a complicated expression.

A demon beast in the late stage of Qi Refining... very strong?
But how did I solve the problem with just a few moves?

(End of this chapter)