Li Yan followed the people in front of him, smelling the faint fragrance, and walked upstairs. He soon arrived at the second-floor lobby.
Li Yan just took a quick glance and found that the layout of the second floor and the first floor hall were the same, but there were far fewer guests here than on the first floor, so it seemed much quieter.
Just as Li Yan was looking around, the people in front of him did not stay in the second-floor hall. Led by Su Hong, they walked towards a side hall.
“Only cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building can go up to the second floor, while cultivators in the Qi Condensation stage to the early stage of foundation building stay on the first floor. They divide the magic weapons and elixirs into different levels according to their realms, and store them on different floors for sale.
I heard that the third floor is only accessible to cultivators above the Fake Dan Realm. I have only been on the first floor before, and I never thought that Brother Five could actually go up to the second floor."
Just as Li Yan was puzzled, Lin Daqiao's voice came into his mind at the right time, as if she was paying attention to Li Yan all the time. This made Li Yan turn his head to look at Lin Daqiao, with a hint of gratitude in his eyes.
Li Yan had noticed some problems just now. Most of what he saw on the first floor were high-level spiritual weapons and spiritual treasures. Although there were some magic weapons and magic treasures, they were all ordinary stuff.
After seeing the foundation-building masters of the four major sects and the treasures of those demon cultivators in the secret realm, he can now roughly distinguish the good from the bad of some magic weapons. He has already seen some of the tricks on the first floor just now.
Now after listening to Lin Daqiao's explanation, Li Yan suddenly understood and couldn't help but agree.
It's not that there aren't some low-level cultivators with wealthy fortunes, it's just that such people are very rare. Moreover, even if low-level cultivators buy high-grade magical instruments and treasures that exceed their own realm, they usually cannot control them, so no one would buy them for viewing purposes.
Just like Li Yan's control of Miao Zhengyi's flying sword, those more than 300 flying swords were all magical instruments. Even with the profound spiritual power condensed by Li Yan's Guishui Sutra, and with about one to two times more magic power than the cultivators of the same level, it was still difficult to control them.
They can only exert about half of their power, let alone other cultivators.
Under the strange gazes of some monks on the second floor, the four of them had walked to the door of a side hall, where there were six rooms in a row.
Su Hong in front stopped, her skirt swaying, revealing the smooth, snowy skin underneath. She turned around, her eyes bright and colorful, her red lips slightly parted.
"Brother Wen, are your two fellow apprentices selling together, or..."
She paused at the end and when she looked at Wen Xinliang, Su Hong smiled with a hint of inquiry on her pretty face.
"Of course we should separate. Yes, it's better to separate."
Wen Xinliang also said with a smile, then he glanced at Li Yan.
Li Yan was a little confused. After hearing this, Su Hong smiled on her pretty face. She raised her jade hands and patted her breasts lightly. Suddenly, two voices came from the nearby cubicles, one gentle and one old.
"Room C is open!"
"You can enter the B-shaped room!"
Su Hong turned to look at Lin Daqiao and Li Yan, her voice as sweet as an oriole.
"Two junior brothers, each of you can go to one room. Brother Wen will be entertained by my younger sister."
Hearing this, and seeing Wen Xinliang motioning them to go over, Li Yan, who was standing aside, finally understood what was going on. At this time, Lin Daqiao beside him had already bowed to Su Hong, then turned to look at Li Yan and chuckled.
"Junior brother, let's go our separate ways. I'll see you later."
After saying that, he winked at Li Yan, and walked directly to the first room where the sound came from. After gently pushing the door, he slipped in.
Li Yan touched his nose, bowed to Su Hong and Wen Xinliang who were looking at him with a smile, and walked towards another room.
Behind him, Su Hong could be heard laughing softly.
"Brother Wen, please come this way. It seems that Brother Wen must have gone to the Shiwandashan Mountains again recently..."
Then the two of them turned around, pushed a door, and walked in one after the other. The moment they entered the room, the sound disappeared immediately.
Li Yan thought to himself as he was walking forward.
"Every room here is restricted by formations, which can isolate the internal and external auras and block the penetration of spiritual consciousness."
While he was thinking, he had arrived at the door of a room. Looking up, he saw a character "丙" written in the middle of the dark yellow door, and the characters "乙" and "丁" were written on the doors of the rooms on both sides respectively.
"It turns out that they are arranged according to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. The Fifth Brother entered the first room, which is 'A'. This should be related to Su Hong's status and position..."
While thinking, Li Yan had already stretched out his hand and pushed open the door. With a slight "creaky" sound, the door opened inward.
"Please come in, my friend."
At the same time, an old voice came from the room, which was one of the two voices before.
Li Yan did not hesitate and took a step inside. The moment he stood still in the room, the small door behind him closed automatically and quietly.
The room was not big, with soft lighting. In the middle of the ceiling was a bowl-sized luminous pearl, emitting soft white light.
This was the first time that Li Yan had seen such a large night-shining pearl. If this kind of night-shining pearl were placed in the mortal world, it would definitely be a treasure passed down from generation to generation, and only the imperial family could own it.
But in the world of immortal cultivation, something like this without any spiritual energy can only be used as a decoration at most.
Opposite the small door of the room, there was a large table. Behind the table was an old man in a black robe, who was looking at Li Yan who came in.
The old man had a head full of black hair and a weathered face. He took one look at Li Yan's cultivation and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. When he saw Li Yan come in, he looked around and felt a little strange.
"He's just a little guy in the Qi Condensation Stage. It's obvious that this is his first time entering this kind of trading venue."
However, the old man was a man who had been through many battles. Since the young lady brought him here, he certainly would not underestimate him. Moreover, he could see clearly at a glance what Li Yan was wearing - a cultivator from the Wuliang Sect.
"Please take a seat, young friend, and then we can talk about it in detail."
The old man in black robe smiled slightly, pointed to a chair in front of the table, and said in a gentle voice. Li Yan glanced around the room and already knew what was going on.
"As I guessed before, the rooms in the corners of the first floor are just like this one. They should be places for private transactions. I believe that every store in the market will have such a secret transaction space.
In this way, whether buying or selling, when it comes to precious things, there will be a certain degree of protection. "
Li Yan retracted his gaze, smiled when the old man in black robe greeted him, lifted his robe with one hand, and sat down opposite the old man.
"My friend, do you want to buy elixirs? Or cultivation manuals? Or raw materials for refining equipment and elixirs
Although our store is not the largest in the city, we have 80% to 90% of what other stores have, and we also have what other stores don’t have.”
When the old man in black robe saw Li Yan sit down, he went straight to the point.
"Oh, there are secret manuals for sale here. I didn't find them on the first floor just now?"
After hearing the old man's words, Li Yan's heart moved and he asked.
"Hehehe... My friend, you don't know that ordinary martial arts secret manuals can be bought at any place in this market. If you put them out, they will still take up space. People who know about them usually just ask the waiter directly.
The real secret manuals are not available to the public. As long as you raise the relevant needs, we will recommend the relevant secret manuals to you."
The old and gentle voice of the old man in black robe sounded again, and then he looked at Li Yan with burning eyes.
Li Yan nodded after hearing this. He just heard that there was a secret manual of cultivation, so he asked out of curiosity. He didn't expect that there would be a secret manual of cultivation. This made him think of Master Ji. "It seems that the Xunxian lineage was unable to integrate into the cultivators at the beginning. Otherwise, they could have directly bought a copy from the market, and they wouldn't have been poisoned."
After seeing Li Yan asked a question, the old man remained silent and spoke slowly.
"Do you need a secret manual of martial arts, or..."
Li Yan glanced at the old man. He didn't need the secret manuals of martial arts now, so he should consider how to sell them. So Li Yan said.
"I have some remaining things on me, and I want to exchange them for some spirit stones."
Upon hearing this, the old man in black robe still smiled on the surface, but he lost interest in his heart.
“The items of a Qi Condensation cultivator can be sold on the first floor. Why did you have to come to the second floor to entertain me? I guess Miss Su was embarrassed because of the face of the Wuliang Sect and the identities of the other two Foundation Establishment cultivators.
However, the two foundation-building cultivators with the highest cultivation level have not yet reached the middle stage of foundation-building, and are also not qualified to go to the second floor. It’s just that according to their status, we still have to give them some face. After all, this is the area under the jurisdiction of their Wuliang Sect. "
On the surface, he looked kind and there was no sign of impatience on his face. Instead, he looked a little interested.
"Well, then please take out your things and I'll give you an estimate of their value. How about that?"
… …
Half an incense stick later, Su Hong stood at the entrance of the first floor, her face as pretty as a flower and her sweet smile, and she returned the greetings and said goodbye to Wen Xinliang and the other two.
"When you have time in the future, I hope the three of you will come and have a few drinks with me."
"Of course, I have something else to do today, so I won't bother you any more. We'll say goodbye now."
Wen Xinliang said yes, and Li Yan and the others bowed and said goodbye.
Looking at the three people walking further and further away, the smile on Su Hong's face slowly faded, and without turning back, she asked in a low voice.
"How is it? Did you find anything?"
At this moment, standing behind her were a middle-aged man in a gray shirt and an old man in a black robe, while people like Ying Cai stood far away.
Hearing Su Hong's question, the middle-aged man in gray took another step forward, moved closer to Su Hong, and then spoke in a very low voice.
“That fair-skinned cultivator who was in the early stage of foundation building, although his aura showed that he had only been in foundation building for a few years, we could confirm some things from what he took out.
It should be related to the disappearance of a Foundation Establishment cultivator and four Qi Condensation cultivators from the Mi family in Hengshui some time ago, as well as the disappearance of the eldest son of the Wan family in Wancheng and his six guard cultivators.
They may have died at his hands, or at the hands of several of them. There are four other items whose origins cannot be determined."
"Oh, this does have some value. If I verify it with these things of mine, maybe I can figure out the place and time of their death, and then calculate the areas where the various families and sects were active, and then check it with the previous relevant information.
Well, I also have some relics left by other cultivators that Wen Xinliang took out. I can roughly guess their identities, and from this, I can infer which sects have problems with the Wangliang Sect.
But there are still some things that may be from independent cultivators or those who simply hid their identities and entered this place, but it is impossible to judge..."
Su Hong seemed to be talking to herself, and sighed softly at the end.
"Okay, let's go, go back to work, and hand the stuff over to me later."
After saying that, Su Hong turned around and walked into the store.
"Miss, I have also discovered something."
Just as Su Hong turned around and was about to leave, the old man in black robe standing behind her couldn't help but speak in a low voice.
When the old man in black robe spoke, Su Hong stopped immediately and looked at him with a hint of surprise. Even the middle-aged man who was about to leave looked at the old man strangely.
Both of them knew that the old man in black robe had taken over a cultivator in the Qi Condensation Stage. Although he was also a cultivator of the Wuliang Sect, the Wuliang Sect would never allow such people to come out for training.
That kid came here today probably just to broaden his horizons and buy some low-level pills, herbs, etc. Could it be that he is a core junior disciple of the Wuliang Sect, and Elder Liu managed to get something out of him