Chen Lin glanced at the storage bag on the young man's waist and said, "My name is Lin San. I'm here to participate in the trade fair. I heard from people in the city that the Xiuxian Market is here, so I came to take a look. I wonder your name, are you a local Xiuxian?"
He made up a random name and then bowed.
"Haha, no problem. I'm He Xiao from the Backer Sect. I've been invited by the Zhao Company to come and participate in the security of this trading conference. You've come a little early, but there should be some other Taoists who have come earlier. Let's go in together!"
"So you are a fellow Taoist from Kaoshan Sect. I will obey your orders respectfully!"
Chen Lin clasped his fists and walked towards the gatehouse with the other party, with a barely perceptible flash of strangeness in his eyes.
He never expected it to be such a coincidence that this person was actually a disciple of Kaoshan Sect, and he couldn't tell his cultivation level, but he should be a cultivator in the late stage of Qi training.
I just don't know what the relationship between this person and Li Ziqing is, and whether Li Ziqing is also here.
But his appearance has changed now, so it doesn't matter if we meet, I can just pretend not to know him.
As they were thinking, the two arrived at the city gate tower.
He Xiao stretched out his hand and swept it across a huge rock at the door. The white mist in the doorway cleared up immediately, and then a noisy sound suddenly came into his ears.
Seeing the surprise on Chen Lin's face, He Xiao smiled and asked, "Is this your first time in Guyuanfang City, Brother Lin?"
Chen Lin nodded, "To be honest with you, Fellow Daoist He, I have just broken through to the middle stage of Qi training. I have been practicing at home and rarely go out."
"That's not surprising. This stone is a sensing stone, which is mainly used to identify whether the person coming is a cultivator. As long as a little bit of mana is transferred, the gate of the market can be opened. Otherwise, once you enter the white fog, you will be teleported to another place."
"Of course, this is just the lowest level of illusion. It can be seen through with the Peeping Technique. A person in the middle stage of Qi training can easily force his way in, but that would be unfriendly and would be targeted by the guards in the market."
He Xiao explained patiently.
Chen Lin quickly clasped his fists and thanked him, "I see. Thank you, Daoist He, for clearing up my confusion."
He Xiao waved his hand and said indifferently: "It's okay, we are all in the same sect. I will be in the market these days until the end of the trade fair. If you have any questions, you can come to me. Well, fellow Taoist, you can go sightseeing by yourself. I have to go to Zhao's Trading Company first."
"Ah, please go ahead, Fellow Daoist He."
Chen Lin clasped his fists, watched the other party leave, and then looked around the market.
The area of the market town is not small, but there are not many buildings, only a dozen or so, and the rest are stalls.
The most luxurious building is located in the middle of the street, with a gold-plated plaque hanging on it, with the four big characters "Zhao's Trading Company" inscribed on it.
There were not many monks setting up stalls outside at the moment, and the place seemed a bit deserted.
As Chen Lin walked and looked, he found that the things for sale were all very low-end, mostly talisman paper, common herbs, or low-level minerals. There were basically no higher-end items.
After looking at all the stalls, he couldn't help but feel disappointed.
The things here are worse than those in the shantytowns of Kaiyuan City, let alone the inner city.
Losing interest in continuing to shop at the stalls, he walked into a random shop.
This shop is called Ruyifang. Although it is not as big as Zhao’s Business, it is not small either, and the interior is brightly decorated.
When he walked into Ruyifang, the store was deserted. Apart from him, there was only an old monk checking the items on the counter.
"What does this fellow Taoist want to buy?"
A young female cultivator who was only at the first level of Qi training came up, but unfortunately she was of ordinary appearance.
"Oh, I'll just take a look."
Chen Lin waved his hand, indicating that the other party should ignore him, and went to the counter to check one by one.
After looking at it for a while, he couldn't help but frowned.
There are too few things and they are too low-level.
Although it is better than the stalls outside, it is not much better.
He didn't even see a single magical herb, let alone any finished pills or recipes.
"Boss, are these all you have?"
This was so different from what he had imagined that Chen Lin couldn't help but ask questions in confusion.
The shopkeeper was a middle-aged, wealthy man at the third level of Qi training. Hearing this, he walked over and said, "There really aren't any good things lately. The main reason is that everyone is waiting for the trade fair, so the better materials can't be collected at all. If you want to buy anything, please tell me and I'll see if I have any in stock."
The other party's words made Chen Lin suddenly realize.
He overlooked this point.
The annual trade fair is about to begin. Whoever has good stuff will save it to sell at that time, and these shops should be the same.
No wonder you can’t buy red-veined ginseng in Baiyun Mountain and have to go to Duanmeng Mountain to look for it yourself.
He felt that he should refine more Chuyuan Pills or make more talismans, so that he would not see something he wanted but not be able to exchange it.
In addition, he also needs to refine some Thunderbolt Beads, especially a Thunderbolt No. 4, which is the most powerful means he can use at present.
Thinking of this, he immediately named several materials.
It’s really good. I bought some materials for making Thunderbolt Beads, and also bought quite a few materials for making Fireball Talismans and Power Talismans.
However, I only bought one kind of material for refining Chuyuan Dan.
The most important thing is that the price of elixirs here is much more expensive than that in Kaiyuan City!
If the shopkeeper hadn't vowed that the price would definitely not be higher than that of other stores, he would have turned around and left!
Next, Chen Lin visited several more shops, including Zhao's Trading Company, and finally bought most of the thunder beads and materials for making talismans, and the quantity was basically enough.
He also bought two spell secret books, one was the Peeping Spell that He Xiao mentioned before, and the other was the Water Arrow Spell.
At this time, he found that, apart from the spiritual medicine, other materials were much cheaper than those in Kaiyuan City. Especially the spiritual rice and spiritual wine, which were almost as cheap as those in Kaiyuan City.
This phenomenon surprised him very much.
But after thinking for a while, he came up with some possibilities, that is, Kaiyuan City is deep in the mountains, so it is relatively convenient to collect spiritual medicines, and there are also many monks.
However, because Kaiyuan City can only be entered but not exited, and is also restricted by that strange range, no one would grow spiritual rice or the like, and the ores used for refining can only be mined within a certain range, so other materials would become very expensive.
This is the price difference caused by different regions.
After he figured it out, he couldn't help but regret it extremely. If he had known this earlier, he would have stocked up more elixirs and could have made a small profit.
Unfortunately, it was too late to say anything. The materials for the Chu Yuan Pill, plus the previous reserves, only barely made up ten quantities, and only two types of materials for the Enlightenment Pill were purchased.
This made him very depressed.
His Chu Yuan Dan and Kai Wu Dan were not from normal recipes, the spiritual medicines they used were of very low grade. If even that wasn't enough, the stuff in this market was too shabby.
After thinking about it, Chen Lin felt that the timing was not right. These unscrupulous businessmen had kept the good stuff for themselves, waiting to sell them at a high price at the trade fair!
Fortunately, the transaction is coming soon, and I should be able to buy everything I need by then.
The most urgent task is to buy some elixirs such as the Fuling Pill, or treasures from heaven and earth that contain pure spiritual power, so as to condense the nameless sword energy again.
There are not many blood qi pills left, so we must get rid of the melanin bugs.
After walking around the market again, Chen Lin walked out.
As soon as I walked out of the gate tower, I saw a group of monks coming together, both men and women.
He took a look and his eyes suddenly froze.
But he immediately concealed his surprise and hurried past.
After walking a long way, he looked back and found that the group of people had already entered the textile market.
"Could it be her?"
Chen Lin was sure that he was not mistaken. One of the young female cultivators in the group seemed to be Han Lingyue from the Han family, one of the five major families!
This person was very famous in Kaiyuan City at the time. He reached the late stage of Qi training at the age of 18. His appearance and temperament were both top-notch. He was a star figure in Kaiyuan City.
In the original owner's memory, he had some fantasies about this woman, but of course, they were just fantasies.