Mogan City is not very big.
Chen Lin stood in front of the city gate, watching the sparse numbers of people coming in and out.
The cultivation base of these people is generally not high, and most of them are even mortals without any fluctuations of mana. However, these mortals are tall and full of strength, and their combat effectiveness is not low at first glance.
Moreover, the clothes that people wear here are very different from those in the Starry Continent.
Most of the clothes are made of animal skins, with simple styles and natural wild beauty.
This made his attire seem different.
Moreover, his figure looked very thin here, and the women wearing simple animal skins were taller than him, so passers-by looked at him strangely.
After looking for a while, Chen Lin walked into the city.
There is no management here at all. The city gates are open and no one collects any entrance fee.
He once asked Teng Huawu and learned that this city was jointly built by several large tribes nearby. The main purpose was to allow tribes to share what they had and to provide a place for supplies for those who went out hunting.
Equivalent to a market town.
There are many shops in the city, but there are more individual stalls, and the things sold are mostly furs, meat, bones, etc. of various exotic animals.
There are even some exotic animal cubs that are put in cages and sold as pets.
After walking around, Chen Lin saw many kinds of exotic beasts, as well as some strange objects that were completely unseen on the Starry Continent. It was quite an eye-opener.
After visiting the stalls, he started browsing the shops.
The things in the shops were slightly better than those outside, but also more expensive. After visiting two stores, Chen Lin unexpectedly discovered that there were thousand-year-old bone-eroding tree leaves for sale, and he immediately went forward to buy some.
"Shopkeeper, how do I change this leaf?"
Chen Lin looked at it for a while, then pointed at one of the larger leaves and asked.
There are no spirit stones on the Falling Star Continent, and the spirit stone mines have been contaminated by alien energies and are completely useless, so most transactions are based on barter.
However, there are also two kinds of hard currency that are used as currency, the leaves of the bone-eating tree are one of them, and the other is fairy rice.
"Two hundred hundred-year-old tree leaves, or ten scoops of immortal rice. Other items of equal value are also acceptable."
The shopkeeper was also tall and strong, and he looked down at Chen Lin.
Scoop is a unit of measurement here. One scoop of rice weighs about a little more than one pound.
Chen Lin also took some immortal rice from the white-browed old man, but not much. The immortal rice tasted very good, so he kept it for himself and had no intention of trading it.
He probed his spiritual sense into one of the storage bags where low-level items were placed, and after searching for a while, he took out a pill bottle.
"Yes, let's see how many leaves these pills can be exchanged for."
What he took out was a bottle of Ninghua Pills, with a total of ten pills. It was unknown in which year they were refined, but the medicinal properties had not been lost.
The shopkeeper looked at Chen Lin with surprise, took the pill bottle with suspicion, poured out a pill and examined it carefully.
After looking at it for a while, he seemed unsure, so he took out a few tools that Chen Lin was completely unfamiliar with, scraped off some of the powder of the elixir, and began testing.
After a while of busy work, the shopkeeper said with surprise: "It turned out to be a pill that improves cultivation, and the effect is very strong. Are you an alchemist?"
Because spiritual medicines are rare and elixirs are precious things here, it's no wonder that the shopkeeper was a little out of control.
Chen Lin said expressionlessly: "Whether I am an alchemist or not has nothing to do with the transaction. Just tell me how many thousand-year-old leaves this bottle of medicine can be exchanged for?"
The shopkeeper didn't care after being rebuked. He carefully put all the pills back into the pill bottle and said, "I can give you ten pills. I guarantee that this is the maximum amount you can get in the city. No one can get a higher amount than me."
Ten pieces, if converted, would be equivalent to more than one hundred kilograms of immortal rice.
But there was no comparison, and Chen Lin didn't know whether the price was reasonable. However, a mere bottle of Ninghua Dan was of no use to him, so he directly agreed to the exchange.
After getting the leaves and leaving the store, he checked them to make sure there were no problems, then threw a piece into his mouth and began to refine it.
A bone-eating pain appeared, much stronger than that of a hundred-year-old leaf, and more alien energy was generated. He immediately activated the Vajra Link Technique to guide it and began to temper his body.
After a leaf was refined, Chen Lin's eyes lit up.
These thousand-year-old leaves are really useful. They are much better than refining a hundred hundred-year-old leaves. If they can be used for a long time, the Vajra Body Refining Technique may be able to reach a higher level.
This discovery surprised him so much that he immediately began to purchase large quantities of these leaves.
After going around the city, I found that there were not many thousand-year-old leaves, and I only received a few hundred pieces in total.
As for the bone-eating fruit, I only received one.
The fruit is the size of an apple, has a very strange shape, and tastes indescribable, not very delicious.
Even so, he understood the effect of the bone-eroding fruit, and his heart immediately became excited.
The effect of this fruit is much stronger than that of thousand-year-old leaves. He feels that if it can be supplied in sufficient quantity, it won't take many years for him to complete the third level of the Vajra Body Refining Technique.
"It seems that coming to the Falling Star Continent this time is a blessing in disguise!"
Feeling the effect of the Bone-Eroding Fruit, Chen Lin decided that he must obtain a large amount of it and see if he could get it through other channels. If not, he would have to go to the Flaming Mountain himself.
According to the information he received, the bone-eroding tree has very strict requirements on its growing environment. Although it can be transplanted to general areas, the trees will only grow leaves after transplantation, and even if they bloom, it is difficult to bear fruit.
Within a radius of ten thousand miles, only the Bone-Eroding Tree in the Flaming Mountain can bear fruit, so the fruit is so scarce.
Chen Lin collected all the stalls and shops in the city and planned to leave the city and continue searching in other gathering places. Although the area was vast and sparsely populated, and the gathering points were far apart, it was nothing to him.
"Friends in front, please stay!"
As I was walking towards the city gate, I felt someone approaching quickly, and then a voice like a huge bell rang out.
Chen Lin stopped and turned to look at the person who came.
This was a dark-skinned middle-aged man, eight feet tall, standing there like an iron tower.
The other party was not only tall, but also had strong magical power fluctuations. He actually had the cultivation level of the initial stage of foundation building, which surprised him quite a bit.
"Are you calling me?"
After looking at the other person, Chen Lin spoke calmly.
He had checked before and found that there were no Jindan-level cultivators in the entire market town, so they posed no threat to him.
The middle-aged man forced a smile and said, "Yes, I am Qingyan from the Ring Snake Tribe. I heard that an alchemist came to the city, so I came to meet him."
Chen Lin's eyes flashed.
As expected, it was his action of exchanging elixirs for leaves that attracted attention.
Pills are too eye-catching in this place. Even those in the Qi training stage are rare. Otherwise, people here would not have to rely on immortal rice to practice.
He guessed that the other party had guessed his identity as an outsider. After all, his figure, attire and behavior were very different from those of the people here.
"Now that we have finished paying our respects, is there anything else?"
Chen Lin still had no expression on his face and just said something perfunctorily.
He knew that the Ring Snake Tribe was one of the tribes that built this market town, but it was ranked relatively low. In his eyes, such a small force was not worth mentioning.
The middle-aged man felt Chen Lin's coldness and indifference, and felt a little angry, but because he could not be sure of Chen Lin's identity and cultivation, he did not show it.
He forced a smile again and was about to speak when he saw another figure approaching quickly in the distance.
"My dear warrior, my master wants to see you."
A young man with a feather on his head appeared in front of the two men. He first glanced at the middle-aged man, then clasped his fists towards Chen Lin.
This person was also in the initial stage of foundation building, but Chen Lin found that although the middle-aged man named Qingyan had an ugly expression on his face, he did not get angry because of the other party's interference.
The fact that the other party could swallow his anger only showed that the young man was not ordinary.
"Who is your young master and why should I go to see him?"
Chen Lin is still neither salty nor bland.
The young man was stunned, his face darkened, and he pointed to the feathers on his head and said, "I am from the Golden Eagle Tribe."
"Then what?"
Chen Lin raised his eyebrows and looked at the other party.
Because he didn't want to be too conspicuous, he restrained his magic power before entering the city. Therefore, neither the black-faced man nor the young man could sense his cultivation level. Otherwise, they probably wouldn't dare to speak like that.
He had also heard from Teng Huawu that the Golden Eagle Tribe was a larger tribe, and according to him, it was similar to the former Blue Wolf Tribe.
However, this tribe was not nearby, but in the farther Golden Eagle City, which happened to be one of the places he wanted to go.
After being choked by Chen Lin, the young man's face became even uglier, and he seemed to be unable to suppress his anger.
At this moment, a clear voice sounded, "Master, please don't blame me. My subordinate has a reckless personality, so please bear with me."
As the voice was spoken, a figure appeared in front.
Chen Lin was slightly surprised.
This was also a young man with a very handsome appearance. He was wearing silk clothes. The most important thing was that his figure was no different from that of an ordinary person. It was obvious that he had never used the leaves of the bone-eroding tree to train his body.
This phenomenon is rare.
You have to know that in order to increase the survival rate, the people here have to practice physical training since childhood. Otherwise, not only will they not be able to survive in this harsh environment, they will also not be able to resist the invasion of alien energy.
Moreover, everyone is practicing physical training, even women are tall and mighty. If you don't practice physical training, you will seem too different and you won't even be able to find a partner.
"I am Jin Chenyu from the Golden Eagle Tribe, nice to meet you, Master."
The young man came up to Chen Lin and bowed respectfully.
"Um."
Chen Lin hummed, but showed no intention of returning the gift.
Then he said calmly: "If you have anything to say to me, please tell me as soon as possible. Don't waste my time. But please make it clear in advance that if you want me to do something, you have to give me what I need."
The reason why he communicated with these two people was to see if they had the bone-eroding fruit on them, otherwise he would not bother to pay attention to them.
The young man was not angry at Chen Lin's attitude, and still said respectfully: "I heard that the master is collecting bone-eating fruits. It happens that I have some on me and can give them to the master. In addition, I have a good thing for you!"