44th Shihlin Night Market

  Tianyun Xianyuan City, located on the peak of Tianyun Peak, is a city that never sleeps.

  After the sunset, the sky was filled with stars, and the special lanterns on both sides of the streets in the city shone brightly, illuminating the entire city. The cultivators and warriors who had been busy all day came to the streets to relax, or went to taverns and pavilions for entertainment. The streets were crowded with people, making the city even more lively.

  "Master has sent a letter saying he will arrive today, how come it's almost dark and he still hasn't arrived?"

  Zheng Zhicheng stood at the city gate of Xiancheng, anxiously waiting and looking around.

  The city gate of Xiancheng, guarded by more than a dozen cultivators holding the door handles. Outside the city, many warriors who were not allowed to enter the city gathered, as well as vendors and fortune tellers, making it quite lively.

  Just as Zheng Zicheng was getting anxious, he saw from afar an old man with a green face riding a fiery red spirit horse, galloping towards the Immortal City in the darkness of night.

  "Master!"

  Zheng Zicheng was overjoyed as soon as he saw the old man and rushed up to greet him.

  That old man with a green face was none other than Zheng Yuan, the national master of Wu State, who had cultivated his energy to the eighth level and become an immortal.

  "Are you used to staying in this fairy city?!"

  Zheng Yuan arrived at the gate of Xian City with a smile on his face, but as soon as he saw Zheng Zicheng's empty right sleeve, he was shocked and enraged. "Disciple, what happened to your arm? Who severely injured you? How detestable! Your master must kill him!"

  Zheng Zicheng touched his empty right sleeve with his left hand, thinking of the grudge of losing his arm. He couldn't help but say in a hateful tone, "My disciple was injured by several guards of Princess Wu on the way to Xian City. But it's nothing, I've been diligently practicing and cultivating my skills during this time. Half a month ago, I had already refined my primordial spirit and become a Qi-refining cultivator. This matter hasn't come up yet, so there's no need for Master to worry! Revenge is only a matter of time, no need for Master to be concerned!"

  "Refining Qi period Yuanshen?! Good, my disciple has finally embarked on the path of immortality! I've said it before, you're just lazy, otherwise you would have become a cultivator one or two years ago." Zheng Yuan looked at him with a serious expression, his shocked and angry face suddenly turning into great joy. "I came to Xian City this time to return to Jindeng Xianmen. Since you can avenge yourself, I won't linger here any longer."

  As they spoke, they passed through the city gate and entered the Immortal City.

  The guardian of the mansion just took a glance at the two of them and saw that they were cultivators, so he let them pass.

  "Master, you did some things that were unfavorable to the Wu family of Wuguo when you returned to Jindeng Gate. Will the Xianmen Wu family take revenge on you?"

  Zheng Zicheng expressed his concern.

  "Xianmen Wushi has lost a true disciple, shaking its foundation, and is now in deep trouble. As the master returns this time, there will naturally be a way to deal with it, no big problem. However, the master cannot take you to Jindeng Xianmen."

  Zheng Yuan said this, feeling a bit ashamed in his heart. Because of some unspeakable ugly things, he couldn't take Zheng Zhicheng to the Golden Cauldron Immortal Gate himself.

  "Disciple, in this immortal city, you can only rely on yourself to cultivate everything. Work hard and strive to enter the immortal gate with your own strength as soon as possible. Master has a thousand pieces of spiritual stone here, which have been accumulated over the years through hard work. Now I give them to you, they should be able to help you speed up your cultivation."

  Zheng Yuan took out a Ling Stone pouch and handed it over to Zheng Zhi Cheng.

  Zheng Zicheng was overjoyed and took over the large bag of spirit stones.

  One thousand spirit stones, this is no small sum! A Qi Refining stage cultivator would have to work for many years to possibly earn such a large amount of spirit stones.

  Zheng Zicheng hastily said, "Thank you, Master. I will definitely work hard to cultivate in Xian City and avenge my enemy as soon as possible, then strive to enter the Golden Cauldron Sect early." He was once the best warrior in Wu Guo, so he still had some confidence and pride.

  Zheng Yuan nodded with a hint of comfort and instructed, "In the past, I cultivated in Tianyun Xianyuan City and made friends with several seniors. You can contact them and make some connections with younger juniors, maybe they can help you a bit and assist you in taking revenge. However, don't take action within the city, or else you'll stir up trouble. I'll head back to Jinding Gate to handle important matters first."

  "See you off, Master!"

  Zheng Zicheng sent Zheng Yuan to the Hanging Moon Platform in Xian City, and after seeing off Zheng Yuan flying away from Xian City on a celestial crane, he happily took the one thousand pieces of spiritual stones given by Zheng Yuan and went to the street to make large purchases of cultivation supplies.

  This period of time could have impoverished him to death, with no spiritual stones, almost nothing can be bought. Had to reluctantly work in a small workshop with other warriors doing rough and miscellaneous chores, exhausting themselves to earn just one piece of spiritual stone, still had to pay rent, squeezed into a room with other warriors, feeling suffocated and wanting to vomit blood. Now with a large amount of spiritual stones at hand, whatever he wants to buy can be bought, it's finally relaxing.

  Inside Xian City, a small inn.

  After taking the herbal medicine in the severe cold, he was tempering his body and cultivating it. The qi and blood in his body were surging, constantly producing essence of qi and blood, which gradually became full and rich.

  He spent two blocks of Ling Stone, which he had earned with great difficulty in a month, to buy several stalks of nine-grade tempering body cultivation herbs. These were Qi and blood herbs used by warriors, not spiritual medicines used by cultivators, so the price was still relatively cheap, and one block of Ling Stone could buy many stalks.

  The herbs produced in Tianyun Xianyuan City are far superior to those produced in Wuguo in terms of variety and quality. As long as the method is correct, the cultivation speed of warriors in Xianyuan City is still very fast.

  "Today I finally broke through the 9th layer of the Body Refining Stage! There's still a distance from the peak of the 9th layer."

  A cold glint flashed in his eyes, "I must become a cultivator, the first cultivator of the Yan family, one of the top ten aristocratic families in the Martial Nation!"

  Ye Chen bid farewell to Wang Fangzhong and strolled along the main street of Xian City, watching the night market stalls on both sides of the streets.

  Ye Chen had been in Tianyun Xianyuan City for over a month, and except for the first day when he arrived at the fairy city and took a stroll around, he hadn't had the leisure to wander around the streets again. Today was a rare opportunity to take a walk through the night market of the fairy city.

  "Come and take a look, the most commonly used and powerful low-level attack spell for cultivators, 'Fireball Technique' manual, only ten spirit stones!"

  "Isn't it too expensive? Is there a cheaper version of the magic manual?"

  "This is still too expensive, this is the cheapest magic manual! You want to buy 'Wind Control Technique', 'Water Arrow Technique', 'Golden Bell Shield', and you may not even be able to afford it with this amount of money!"

  "Selling various low-grade Yuanqi Dans, Yiyuan Dans. Best dan medicine for primary cultivators in the Refining Qi stage to improve their cultivation. One pill only needs one piece of spiritual stone! A small bottle contains eleven pills, buy ten get one free, only need ten pieces of spiritual stone."

  Ye Chen listened to the vendors and other cultivators haggling over prices, but he couldn't get a word in edgewise.

  He is too shy to take it out of his pocket.

  In the immortal mansion, I have been refining equipment for half a month, but so far I haven't earned a single piece of spiritual stone, and instead I've lost one.

  At this time, he had only one piece of spiritual stone in his arms.

  "What can this piece of spirit stone be used to buy? Definitely not enough for a book of spell secrets! Even the lowest-grade yuanqi dan is only enough for one pellet, and one pellet is just enough for one day's use, then it's gone."

  Ye Chen smiled bitterly as he walked away.

  Bustling street stalls and markets, almost everything is for sale.

  Secret books, spiritual elixirs, ritual instruments, talismans, and all sorts of spirit beasts captured from outside.

  Ye Chen snapped his fingers and made a rough estimate. He had to earn at least one hundred spirit stones, which was barely enough to buy several basic spells required for the first level of Qi Refining, a low-grade magic tool, and other equipment. This didn't even include the Yuanqi Dan he needed for cultivation. Spirit stones were spent like flowing water, but earning them was nowhere to be seen.

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