Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 159: Traveling Alone, Mu Shi Searches for Medicine [Subscription Request]

Zhou Daoyi successfully broke through to the late stage of foundation building, and there was no need to conceal this news.

Soon all the cultivators of the Zhou family learned the good news.

All members of the Zhou family were sincerely happy about this.

But if we were to say who the happiest people are, it would definitely be Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoquan.

For Zhou Chun, Zhou Daoyi's breakthrough to the late stage of foundation building meant that he could switch to practicing "Golden Tripod Mysterious Art" without any worries.

As for Zhou Daoquan, after Zhou Daoyi's breakthrough, he can leave his family without any worries and travel far away to look for opportunities to open up the Purple Mansion.

Therefore, not long after Zhou Daoyi came out of seclusion, Zhou Chun asked him to take charge of family affairs again, while he himself prepared to go out to find materials for refining Jinling Regulating Qi Powder.

Pills like Jinling Tiaoqi Powder have very few uses, and it is unrealistic to buy or exchange them.

But without this item, the cauldron-casting stage of "The Mysterious Art of the Golden Cauldron" will become very difficult.

Therefore, Zhou Chun must get this thing.

Now, through various channels, he has gathered the other auxiliary medicines for refining this substance. He only lacks two important main medicines and can ask someone to start refining the medicine.

"The world of immortal cultivation is full of dangers. Although your Silver Lightning Thunder Python has been promoted to the second level, you still need to be careful when going out alone. Remember the lesson from the last time you exchanged pills!"

Before Zhou Chun left, Zhou Daoyi gave him some sincere advice, asking him to be more careful.

Although the foundation-building cultivators have initially acquired the strength to travel far away on their own in the world of immortal cultivation, they are still not completely free from danger.

Especially for cultivators like Zhou Chun who go out alone to look for certain materials, they are more likely to be targeted for this reason.

Being alone in a foreign land, even if he was attacked by someone, his family would not be able to avenge him, and they would not even know who had attacked him.

So Zhou Daoyi could only remind him to be careful and not to show off his wealth or reveal his cards easily.

"The younger generation must remember the clan leader's instructions."

Zhou Chun nodded seriously, then left the family alone.

The place he was going to was Cangzhou of Jingguo, which was thousands of miles away. It was the territory of the Yanyang Sect, a major sect in Jingguo.

The two main ingredients used to refine Jinling Tiaoqi Powder appear more frequently there.

After he left Jiufeng Ridge, he flew into the air and headed towards Cangzhou.

This was also the advice Zhou Daoyi gave him. Don't easily reveal the fact that he possessed a second-level flying magic weapon on the road, and don't reveal the existence of the second-level silver electric thunder python.

In this case, those powerful bandits with evil intentions would simply look down on him, and if the weak ones really attacked him, they would be killed by him instead.

However, if you fly by air, not only is the speed average, but the mana consumption is also high.

Generally, in order to retain enough mana to fight the enemy, cultivators in the early stage of foundation building would need to find a place to restore their mana after flying less than a thousand miles.

But this is not a problem at all for Zhou Chun.

He didn't have to take a detour to find a place along the way where he could restore his magic power. He just flew in a straight line all the way.

When your magic power is consumed too much, just hide in a forest and meditate to recover.

In this way, he would not go into the market town or the gathering place of monks, and would have less trouble of being targeted.

So it only took him a little over three days to reach Cangzhou.

Cangzhou is located in the central and western part of Jingguo, and its neighboring Yanzhou is the location of the Yanyang Sect's mountain gate.

This state is mountainous and rich in mineral resources. The environment for cultivating immortals is better than that of Lanzhou, and it is more prosperous overall.

However, the situation in this state is also rather complicated. Although the Yanyang Sect is the nominal ruler, in fact, because of the rich mineral resources in Cangzhou, the Yuelun Sect and the Qinglian Temple have also intervened here and supported some forces.

In the past, there would be a reshuffle among the small forces here every few years. Except for a few families with deep roots, not many local immortal cultivation families could survive here for a long time.

Especially when a new mineral vein is discovered, a major battle often breaks out over the competition for the mineral vein.

Before Zhou Chun came, he knew that the situation here was rather complicated, so after arriving in Cangzhou, he did not use the name of the Zhou family.

But this time he did not use the identity of a casual cultivator, but instead assumed the identity of a descendant of a cultivation family in Yunzhou who had moved their family's mountain gate due to the invasion of the Hualong Sect.

After all, a casual cultivator of his age who is at the foundation-building stage is not unique, but extremely rare. It would be too conspicuous to use this identity.

If it was replaced by a family monk, although it was also relatively rare, it would seem much more normal.

Cangzhou and Yunzhou are thousands of miles apart. Unless you happen to meet someone who is familiar with the situation in Yunzhou, it will not be easily exposed.

After searching around in Cangzhou, he easily entered Jinquan Market, the largest market in Cangzhou.

Compared to the Hongya Market and Dongling Market that Zhou Chun had visited before, the Jinquan Market was much larger, with more shops and a much larger flow of monks.

Moreover, Zhou Chun discovered that there were also a lot of foundation-building cultivators coming and going here.

When he was in Hongya Market, he could hardly see a foundation-building cultivator after walking around the street.

But after he walked around Jinquanfang Market, he saw three foundation-building monks passing by.

Obviously, the fact that so many foundation-building monks can be attracted here means that they can find what they need in the shops in Jinquanfang City.

This made Zhou Chun feel more excited.

After some investigation, he walked into a shop called "Mushizhai" in the market.

This "Mushizhai" is a grocery store. They sell spiritual medicines, spiritual gold ores and other items, but the prices are slightly higher than the market price.

After Zhou Chun entered, he saw the shopkeeper doing business with a customer.

When he saw him come in, the shopkeeper, although he was only in the Qi Refining Stage, did not immediately neglect the previous customer just because he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Instead, he bowed to him apologetically and said, "Please wait a moment, senior. I will entertain you after I have completed the transaction with this fellow Taoist."

Perhaps it was precisely because of this attitude that the customer who was at the Qi Refining Stage felt extremely satisfied.

He quickly and readily paid the spiritual coins and left the store with his purchases.

At this time, the shopkeeper, who was already gray-haired, came forward with an apologetic look on his face, bowed and apologized to Zhou Chun, saying, "I am sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. I would like to apologize to you."

"It's okay. First come, first served is the rule. The shopkeeper did nothing wrong."

Zhou Chun waved his hand to indicate that it was okay.

Then he looked at the shopkeeper and asked, "Does your shop have any golden bamboo roots over 500 years old or top-grade gold-eating rat gallbladders for sale?"

Hearing his words, the shopkeeper shook his head and said, "Senior, we have both of the two spiritual objects you mentioned, but their age and quality do not meet your requirements."

Zhou Chun had already expected this answer.

After all, golden leaf bamboo roots that are more than 500 years old can be used to refine Golden Spirit Regulating Qi Powder, as well as some more advanced elixirs, which cannot be bought in ordinary stores.

The top-grade golden rat gallbladder must be taken alive from the body of a first-grade, top-grade monster, the golden rat.

Generally, this first-grade, high-quality gold-eating rat is the rat king of a rat group. It is extremely difficult to capture it alive and extract its gallbladder! So he did not show any disappointment at this time, but continued to look at the shopkeeper and said, "Jiang heard that your store has a business of offering a reward for finding items. If Jiang is willing to buy these two items at a price higher than half of the market price, what do you think?"

Offering a reward for found items is a special business of some shops in the market town.

Generally, only stores with wide channels will open this kind of business.

They will ask the customers to add a certain reward amount based on the value of the spiritual objects they want to purchase, and then use their own powerful network of contacts to collect relevant spiritual objects for the customers.

Zhou Chun came here to inquire because he heard that "Mushizhai" had this kind of business.

The shopkeeper who heard his words also quickly replied: "Our store does offer a reward for finding something, but if you want to do this business, it is not for me to decide."

"Then please ask the shopkeeper to invite someone who can make the decision to come over."

Zhou Chun waved his hand and asked him to go and invite someone.

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper bowed to him and said, "Then please come back in the evening. Our store manager should be able to arrive at the store by then."

"Okay, Jiang will come back in the evening."

Zhou Chun stared at the shopkeeper for a while, finally nodded, turned around and left the shop.

After he left, the shopkeeper quickly closed the door and went to the backyard of the store.

Not long after, he returned to the front hall, reopened the door and resumed business.

In the evening, Zhou Chun arrived at the "Mushizhai" store as scheduled.

Seeing him coming, the shopkeeper hurried forward to greet him and said, "Junior greets you, Senior. Our store manager is already waiting in the backyard. I will take you there to meet him right away."

After saying that, he took Zhou Chun to a living room in the backyard, and then returned to the front hall.

When Zhou Chun walked into the open hall, he saw a middle-aged woman with the cultivation level of the middle stage of foundation building sitting inside and making tea.

Seeing him enter the room, the other party stood up and greeted him, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, I am honored to meet you. My name is Luo Qingyi, and I am currently the manager of this Mushizhai."

"Thank you for your courtesy, Brother Luo. My surname is Jiang, my name is Zishan, and I am from Yunzhou."

Zhou Chun bowed and also reported the origin of his pseudonym.

Hearing what he said, the woman named Luo Qingyi just smiled, and it was unclear whether she believed it or not.

Immediately, he raised his hand slightly, made a gesture of invitation to him and said, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, please take a seat first and have a cup of tea before we talk."

As he spoke, he picked up the steaming teapot, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Zhou Chun.

"Thank you, Brother Luo, for the tea."

Zhou Chun thanked him, but just took the tea, smelled it, and put it on the table.

When he was out, he naturally didn't dare to actually drink the tea and wine given by strangers, so he pretended to do this to give them enough face.

Seeing this, Luo Qingyi did not show any displeasure.

He just took a sip of the hot tea, then looked at Zhou Chun and asked, "Did Brother Jiang come all the way from Yunzhou just to buy two spiritual medicines?"

"Yes, Jiang Mou has inquired from many sources and found out that only in Cangzhou in Jingguo can you find golden bamboo roots over 500 years old and top-grade gold-eating rat gallbladders."

Zhou Chun nodded and admitted it without hesitation.

This is not something that needs to be kept secret, and there is nothing wrong with admitting it.

Seeing this, Luo Qingyi immediately continued, "Golden Leaf Bamboo Grass that is over 500 years old is extremely rare. There are almost no wild ones. We can only look for them in the medicinal gardens of various families."

"Although our store knows which forces have this kind of spiritual herbs, if Brother Jiang wants to buy it with spiritual coins, I'm afraid no one will be willing to sell it to you!"

"As for the top-grade gold-eating rat gall, it is difficult to preserve for a long time and is also hard to obtain. Our store cannot find it for you right now. We can only provide you with information about a few wild gold-eating rat groups. See if you can get the medicine yourself!"

After saying this, she picked up the tea and sipped it, waiting for Zhou Chun's reply.

After hearing what she said, Zhou Chun frowned slightly and began to think deeply.

After a while, Zhou Chun looked at Luo Qingyi and said, "When Jiang went out, he only brought spirit coins for buying spirit medicine. If he bought the golden bamboo root at twice the market price, wouldn't that be okay?"

Hearing this, Luo Qingyi immediately shook her head and laughed, "Fellow Daoist Jiang is also a cultivator of the family. You should know how hard it is to find spiritual medicines of this age. Generally speaking, unless they are in urgent need of money, which family would exchange such spiritual medicines for spiritual coins?"

"Not to mention twice the market price, even if it's three times the market price, no family would be willing to sell it!"

How could Zhou Chun not understand this truth?

But after suffering a great loss at the hands of Master Jiang last time, how could he dare to easily expose any rare things now?

Especially when exposed in a place like "Mushizhai".

At the moment, he could only sigh helplessly: "Hey, I understand what Fellow Daoist Luo said. Then please tell me which families have golden bamboo roots. After I return to the family, I will ask the elders in the family to bring things of equal value to exchange!"

After that, he clasped his fists and said, "Also, please ask Brother Luo to tell me the location of those gold-eating rats. Jiang will go there with the elders at home to get the medicine!"

"That's easy. If you just want to provide information, Brother Jiang only needs to pay 500 spirit coins."

Luo Qingyi narrowed her eyes and quoted a price with a smile.

I have to say, the price she quoted was very unfair!
Five hundred spirit coins are enough to buy a five-hundred-year-old golden-leaf bamboo grass.

Of course, it was the wild elixir bought from the casual cultivators.

But Zhou Chun knew that he had to give the money himself.

Otherwise it wouldn’t just be a matter of five hundred spirit coins!
"Okay, here are five hundred spirit coins, please keep them, Brother Luo."

He happily took out a big purse, counted out five hundred spirit coins from it and put them on the table.

"Then please wait for a moment, Brother Jiang. I will write the information you want into the jade slip for you."

Luo Qingyi, with a smile on her face, scanned the number of spirit coins on the table with her spiritual sense, then took out the jade slip on the spot, entered the relevant information, and then handed it to Zhou Chun together with a map of Cangzhou.

After Zhou Chun received the gift, he didn't want to stay any longer, so he immediately clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your hospitality, Brother Luo. Jiang will take his leave now."

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, take care. I won't see you off."

As Luo Qingyi spoke, she watched Zhou Chun leave the room.

Then she looked at the five hundred spirit coins on the table and immediately put them into her storage bag with a smile on her face.

This is the advantage of doing the bounty-finding business. Many times, you don’t even need to actually help exchange things, you just need to provide a piece of information.

The prerequisite is that you must have a broad enough network of contacts and a strong background.

"Well, if any of them really make a deal with someone, we'll give them a hundred spirit coins. That way, they won't say that our Mushizhai only takes in money but doesn't give out anything!"

Second update!

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