"Nantianmen is a market." Ji Dongyan looked at Luobei and replied, "To be precise, it is a secret trading market for ascetics closest to our place."
"It turned out to be one of the secret cities. Not far from here, there is actually a secret city?" Luo Bei's heart moved, "Do you want to go there to try your luck and see if there are these three elixir?"
Luobei gained a lot of knowledge after receiving the help from Tong Wuwu.
Now Luobei already knows that almost all sects, even Kunlun, will trade with other sects in the world to obtain something they want, or in other words, directly use their resources to control some sects.
A high-grade panacea may save the average ascetic from ten years of hard work to absorb the aura of heaven and earth. A handy magic weapon may be able to raise the strength of ordinary ascetics to a higher level.
Cultivation methods, magic treasures, elixir, and even some materials for refining tools and alchemy are all useful resources for the cultivation of ascetics.
In addition to some organizations like middlemen, there are also some markets in the world dedicated to the transactions of ascetics.
Tong ignored it and told Luo Bei that there were about thirty such ordinary ascetics in the trading market.
Several sects controlled by Zhanzhou Zedi have people stationed in some of the markets, keeping an eye out for useful things.
But the secret trading market is different from this ordinary trading market.
The so-called secret trading market not only means that the location of the trading market is hidden, but mainly refers to the fact that all the people who enter this trading market hide their identities.
Of course, if you flaunt your name and make it known to everyone, and enter this kind of market swaggeringly, no one will care about you.
Because this concealment of one's identity actually means that it is open to anyone, no matter if you are a demon clan, a member of the demon sect who cultivates demons, or a member of the orthodox Taoist sect, you can enter the transaction.
In this situation, it is equivalent to that all the people who enter are turning a blind eye and closing one eye, just pretending not to know the identity of the other party.
"Because everyone is hiding their identities, and I don't know whether he is a demon or a demon." So even if there is any connection afterwards, the people who trade inside can use this to evade it.
Everyone knows this kind of statement and the existence of this kind of market, it is very unclear, but because the vast majority of sects actually hope to have such an unfettered trading market, almost all orthodox orthodox sects are very ignorant of this kind of market. The market also adopts an attitude of turning a blind eye and closing one eye, pretending not to know.
And these secret markets will not go too far, will not be too arrogant, be careful not to expose things, and not touch the bottom line of some righteous Taoism.
To put it bluntly, this kind of secret market is like some royal cities in the world. In fact, the government knows it, but no one will ban it, because the government will take advantage of it. It opens in the middle of the night, and everyone covers their faces. The kind of black market that ends.
There are not many such secret markets in the monastic world, and no one who has traded in this kind of market will talk nonsense. Luobei seems to have heard Tong Wuwu say that there will not be more than five in the entire monastic world, even if Because of Tong's influence, he only knew about one of the secret markets in Zhongzhou called Huang Fengling. Unexpectedly, there is such a secret city in the area of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
"Oh? So you've heard of this kind of secret market." Because this kind of secret market is completely different from ordinary markets. Many general markets have experienced thousands of years, or even thousands of years of interpretation, and many markets have formed their own characteristics. For example, some markets mainly deal in refining materials, and some markets mainly deal in pills. It is suitable for ascetics to target, and those who mainly have those resources on hand can also choose to trade in those markets as much as possible. But this secret market is full of variety, there are all kinds of strange things, and there are many liquidity and uncertain factors, so although you may encounter some rare things that cannot be seen in the ordinary market, it may not guarantee that those things will be sure. have. Now that Dongyan heard Luobei's tone, which meant to try his luck, he knew that Luobei must know something about this kind of secret market.
"I asked Tong Wu about these things before. The real power of a behemoth like Kunlun lies not only in the existence of so many people with high levels of cultivation, but also in the resources and foundations it controls. So to weaken Kunlun's strength, continue I think we have to start with these most fundamental things. Otherwise, Kunlun will always be like a snowball. Asked, "Where is this Nantianmen Market?"
"It's eight hundred miles due south of here."
"Is this the black wood compass car?"
After hearing An Dongyan's answer, Luobei took out the black wooden guide car and pointed it straight to the south. An Dongyan recognized this magic weapon at a glance, and watched Luobei's imperial envoy flying the demon king lotus platform to the north When fleeing, her face also showed a serious look, "Luobei, you really think much more far-reaching than us. It's good for you to think this way. In the wars of mortals in the world, it is often the one who decides the outcome. Money and resources, if you think about it this way, I think you will have more chances of being able to compete with Kunlun, or even bring down Kunlun."
"You seem to know more about these resources and transactions than we do, and I still need your help." Luo Bei nodded, looked at Dongyan, and asked for advice: "But I just thought of something I don't understand. , In the ordinary trading market, there are many orthodox sects restricting each other, and some big sects are controlling the order, so it is unlikely that there will be robbery and stealing, but these are basically personal identities, and regardless of Who is in control of the identity of the other party, the secret market of the secret transaction? How can we ensure that there will be no such robbery?"
"Mostly it depends on the restriction of the secret city itself." Dongyan glanced at the whirling clouds outside the demon king's lotus platform, then turned to look at Luobei and said, "I know three secret cities in total, Huangfengling in Zhongzhou, Yi Dragon Bone Valley in Zhouzhou, and the Nantian Gate closest to Shiwanda Mountain. Huangfengling is a place where the heaven and earth spirit energy is naturally disordered, and any spells and magic weapons cast in it will have unexpected consequences. For example, the most common A thunderball technique, when cast as a thunderball in normal times, might turn into a lightning whip there, or even become a technique that is more than ten times more powerful, and it may not necessarily hit oneself. As for Dragon Bone Valley and Nantianmen is where any spells cast will suffer strong backlash. The difference is that Dragon Bone Valley was a big battlefield for ancient ascetics, while Nantianmen is a relic of a gathering place for ancient ascetics. The unknown magic circle is shrouded, and it is the restriction of this magic circle that people will suffer backlash when casting spells inside."
"Spell backlash?"
Hearing what Dongyan said, Luobei, Nalan Ruoxue and Caishu immediately thought of the Yunmeng Palace on the Golden Summit of Emei. Caishu couldn't help but said, "It seems that the battle between the ascetics in Dragon Bone Valley in ancient times was no less tragic than the battle of the Nether Blood Demon at the Golden Summit. Unexpectedly, between the ancient ascetics, There was also such a tragic battle.”
"I've also heard about this. There are more than one or two battles of this magnitude." Nalan Ruoxue said suddenly, "I also heard from my father that there are still several places where ancient ascetics fought against each other outside the pass and in Yinshan. Battlefield. My father has been to those places, and he said that the battles in those places may not be smaller than the battle of Jinding. It’s just that there is no natural restriction like Dragon Bone Valley in those places. My father even I feel that such a big battle in the monastic world may be destined to break out every certain time."
"Oh?" Luo Bei's eyes flashed, "Why does your father think so?"
"My father thinks that even if this is not the so-called law of heaven, there is a certain cycle." Nalan Ruoxue said softly: "My father thinks that after a long period of time when the monastic world is stable, the formulas of all sects will prosper. Get up and form a grand scene where a hundred flowers bloom. Under such circumstances, many people with the highest cultivation will often emerge... If these people's cultivation is higher, there may be thousands of miles of red land with every gesture, destroying the world If there are many such people, one day such a person is in a bad mood, or something goes wrong, the world may be completely destroyed. So my father thinks that it may be in the dark There is a certain law, so many people who are so powerful to this level are not allowed to appear. Just think that some things must decline after their prosperity. After the cultivation world is at its peak, there may be such a big battle naturally, and then it will decline again After many years, it slowly prospered."
"That's right." Luo Bei's eyes flickered, and Nalan Ruoxue's words made him think of a lot of truths, "If a large number of cultivation techniques in the cultivation world are lost, and now they are all cultivators who have only reached the golden core stage, no matter what , it is impossible to form such a war.”
When Luo Bei said these words, the four people on the demon king's lotus platform fell into a slight silence.
Because all four of them thought that it had been four hundred years since the last battle of the Nether Blood Demon at the Golden Summit... After the Nether Blood Demon battle that day, almost all masters in the monastic world died. They are all extremely weak, and the big factions like Qingcheng and Kongtong are also weak up to now.
But four hundred years have passed...now many sects have prospered, and there have been many figures with high cultivation levels...Huang Wushen, Kuang Wuxin, Yuan Tianyi...such an existence, this The four of them couldn't help thinking, could it be said that the four hundred years of qi circulation is just about to meet such a big battle again
And what makes the four of them can't help being slightly silent is that if this is the case, then these four people must also be the protagonists caught in it.
... ..
"It's almost there."
The demon king Liantai was moving fast in the night sky. Suddenly, An Dongyan stretched out his finger and pointed forward.
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