Chapter 9: The Heavenly Machine Tower

  A hubbub of voices.

  Compared with other places in Yun Cheng, this place is much more chaotic, but also much more lively.

  There are many stalls here, all of which are prepared for the scattered cultivators of the Southern Sea. From time to time, some disciples from small sects also come here to set up stalls and trade. Due to the scarcity of resources in the cultivation world, the trading process is also extremely cumbersome. Without sufficient spiritual stones, scattered cultivators have no choice but to frequently barter with each other, exchanging goods according to their corresponding values. In some cases, transactions even need to go through several people at the same time, because what you have may not be needed by others, and what others have may be needed by someone else.

  For tens of thousands of years, the inheritance has been passed down, and the resources in the Xianmen world have become increasingly depleted. The existing spiritual stone veins are all controlled by famous sects.

  Even a large sect like Qingyang Palace can now barely use the spiritual stones they excavate for themselves.

  And mostly low-grade spirit stones.

  The things displayed on the stall are very messy, from materials to techniques, from elixirs to treasures, almost everything is available, but most of them are not popular.

  Most of them were things found by scattered cultivators exploring the underwater world.

  They are usually things with spiritual energy and can be used as substitutes for some refining equipment and elixir materials. Sometimes, some unknown items found in the sea floor ruins will also appear.

  It even gave rise to the term 'Taobao'.

  Those things found from the ruins at the bottom of the sea may be sealed treasures or just worthless junk.

  However.

  The most lively place is still Tianji Building.

  The Tiān Jī sect excels at mechanical techniques and has in-depth research on the way of alchemy, their ability to transmit information is the best in the cultivation world.

  The entire Xianxia realm's Tianji Lou is interconnected, they can use special spiritual energy fluctuations to transmit information and share the information of another Tianji Lou here. The Tianji Lou is a place where tasks are released, it is also where scattered cultivators accept tasks, because this is a coastal area, most of the tasks that can be seen are released by alchemists and pill makers. These people will regularly release lists of required materials to here, and then hand them over to those scattered cultivators to search for.

  Occasionally, sects like Qingyang Palace would also release some tasks!

  All tasks inside Tianji Building have been prepaid with a full deposit, and as soon as the task is completed, the reward can be obtained immediately.

  Such arrangements are mainly because exploring overseas is extremely dangerous. If one has gone to great lengths to find the materials, but the other party does not want them after all, it would be troublesome.

  Li Qingyun's destination was Tianji Building.

  Because he wants to get Tear Drop Pearl, the fastest way is to collect it here.

  "Tears in her eyes?"

  The lower floor of Tianji Building is bustling with people coming and going, but the upper floor is relatively quiet, because this is where tasks are released.

  The shopkeeper here is an old man of considerable age, with only the foundation-building stage of cultivation. He looks like a demoted disciple of a sect. He looked at Li Qingyun in front of him with some surprise and stroked his beard, saying: "This tear-drop pearl is not ordinary material!"

  "Does the guest want the high-quality goods or the low-quality ones?"

  "If it's a low-end one, just pay the deposit and you can find it within three to five days."

  "But if it's of high quality, then it's quite rare."

  The person in charge was old and cunning, with a pair of eyes that were extremely vicious. Although Li Qingyun only had a cultivation base of the tenth layer of the Refining Qi stage, he couldn't help but feel that the person in front of him was extraordinary.

  Even has some of the demeanor of a famous school's disciples!

  But it was unknown why he had been sent out by the mountain gate with only a cultivation of ten layers in the Qi Refining stage.

  Maybe I need to temper my heart?

  "Top grade."

  Li Qingyun glanced around and took out a mid-grade treasure from the mustard seed bag, placing it in front of the shopkeeper. "This is the deposit," he said.

  Hiss!

  The shopkeeper involuntarily took a deep breath and quickly picked up that mid-range treasure.

  He carefully sized him up before gazing at Li Qingyun with a complex expression, a cultivator in the tenth layer of the Refining Qi stage who actually possessed a mid-grade treasure that only cultivators above the Void Core stage could use.

  What's this person's background?

  For a moment, he too had a small thought in his heart.

  But in the end he put it down, the shopkeeper has lived for so many years, if not clever and resourceful would have died long ago.

  Sometimes one should be content with what they have.

  In this world of immortals, there are hidden dragons and sleeping tigers. Every year, many who want to capture eagles end up being pecked blind instead!

  The other party seems to have some background.

  "Don't worry!"

  The shopkeeper put away his own thoughts and said enthusiastically: "Someone will post the task soon! I suppose there should be some news within half a month!"

  Tears themselves are somewhat rare.

  Especially the mermaids in the South China Sea have been gradually transferred to the deep sea area after being attacked by the cultivators.

  High-quality tear pearls must have a mermaid's cultivation that is not low, at least they must be in the foundation-building period. Mermaids are skilled in water spirit techniques and can challenge enemies of a higher realm in the ocean. Generally, after catching a mermaid, people won't immediately kill her to take the tear pearl. Instead, they will raise her to produce more pearls. If the mermaid cries too much, the quality of the tear pearl taken out later will also decrease.

  And tear pearls are a rare alchemy material, in the market they are mostly in short supply, basically there is nothing left!

  "Okay."

  Li Qingyun nodded slightly, if it wasn't for the need to refine a kind of elixir, he wouldn't want to use this material that was full of blood.

  But wanting to refine that elixir, the Tear of the Mermaid is an indispensable thing!

  Li Qingyun was born with a metal destiny, so although he had exceptional talent, he was unable to excel in alchemy and artifact refinement.

  However, people who are naturally metal-attribute in the way of the sword cultivate extremely fiercely and make rapid progress. Li Qingyun's swordsmanship is also one of the top-notch domineering techniques in the entire cultivation world!

  And people who belong to the gold element in their birth chart will have the strongest physical body after successfully cultivating and refining the Golden Elixir.

  Not to mention Li Qingyun, who had cultivated the Dragon Clan's law.

  To a certain extent, Li Qingyun's current Jindan True Body is equivalent to a top-grade treasure instrument. Unless one uses a spiritual instrument above the level of a magic treasure, it would be better for him to take action himself!

  Ling equipment without virtual elixir period cultivation foundation is driven by inertia, so Li Qingyun now mostly empty-handed.

  The Five Elements of the Human Body

  Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth.

  No matter which of the other four categories, they all have a traceable origin. The wood spirit's energy gathers in forests and grasslands, the water spirit's energy gathers in rivers and oceans, the fire spirit's energy gathers in volcanoes and mountains, and the earth spirit's energy is the most widespread, almost everywhere can be found. However, only this metal spirit's energy is the hardest to gather, ordinary iron is not enough to nurture spiritual energy, and the pre-heavenly metal is really too rare to obtain. Li Qingyun has been using the Gengjin Sword Technique to nourish, transform, and cultivate the metal spirit's energy to temper his body since he started practicing until now.

  He wants to refine a Dan medicine called "Golden Eyeball Dan", which is a kind of Dan medicine that does not need a furnace fire to be refined.

  Refining equipment or refining elixirs, those with a natal chart belonging to fire will always have twice the results with half the effort when cultivating fire-based immortal techniques. Just like how wood governs growth and development, people who cultivate mainly with wood-based techniques also recover from injuries the fastest within their realm. Throughout the entire cultivation world, except for a tiny minority of lucky ones, such as Situ Yilan, everyone else must wait until they've passed the heavenly tribulation before they can complete their pre-heavenly five elements.

  Jin Jing Dan, also known as Jin Jing Pill

  It is precisely because it requires the use of tear pearls, which are the eyeballs transformed from the blood tears in the mermaid's heart, that it is called Golden Eyeball Elixir.

  Gold generates water.

  Tear pearls can turn gold into water, allowing the medicinal properties of Dan medicine to penetrate Li Qingyun's body, replacing the effect of foundation-building pills and further refining her physique.

  What if we can't find enough foundation pills?

  Li Qingyun can also borrow the medicinal properties of Jinying Dan to absorb enough spiritual energy in a short period of time to achieve the effect of rebuilding his foundation.

  ………

  Tianji Building

  Just after Li Qingyun left, a man who looked like he had a few tricks up his sleeve came over and whispered: "Boss, who was that person just now?"

  "Don't mess with him!"

  The shopkeeper's eyebrows furrowed and he scolded the man, saying in a deep voice, "Although that person's cultivation is not high, but his demeanor seems extraordinary!"

  "Probably some disciples of famous schools."

  That man smiled and nodded: "I naturally know what's important."

  He said this with his mouth, but his eyes involuntarily glanced at the treasure, and a hint of greed appeared in his eyes.

  This is a fat sheep!

  Even if he is a disciple of a famous school, there are many people who dare to move him, the key is whether he is fat enough!

  This is the South China Sea.

  It's the largest gathering place for scattered cultivators, and things like killing people and stealing treasures have happened countless times.

  As long as he dares to take the risk.

  When the time comes, throw the corpse into the sea, and even his school will not be able to find out who did it!