Immortal Road.

Chapter 196 Trading Magic

Lin Shan slowly finished his practice, opened his eyes, and felt the surging spiritual power in his body. At the same time, he reluctantly threw aside the last gourd containing spiritual liquid. The wool he had fleeced from the Gongsun family's "Spiritual Vein Tide" last time was completely used up by him.

He glanced at the Black Skeleton Demon Lord who was looking in from the window, and then put away the virtual star disk that was still maintaining the starlight formation. The skeletons outside opened their mouths in envy, and if they could, they would probably drool.

"Squeak~"

Pushing open the door of the training room, the Black Skeleton Demon Lord in the yard came over.

Ten years passed in a flash. Apart from summoning the mermaid girl once a month, he ignored everything else and had no idea how this guy's business was doing.

The Black Skull Demon Lord roughly reported to him the costs, operations, sales, services, rent, profits, and various relationship fees. In the end, he made a lot of spiritual stones, but most of them were invested in expanding the scale, so the cash flow was not much.

Lin Shan didn’t care too much about these things. What he cared about was whether he had enough qualifications for the “high-end trade fair”.

Facts have proved that this guy is indeed a talent. It only took ten years to get everything done for him. I don't know how much thought and effort were spent in the process to allow a newly born chamber of commerce opened by an outsider to gain a foothold in this fairy city and achieve remarkable results.

It flipped its hand and took out a square token with two ancient characters "Wangyue" on it.

"This is the exclusive token for the high-end trade fair in Wangyue City. It's not enough to just expand the chamber of commerce. I had to bribe many high-level officials before I finally got it."

Lin Shan took the token and discovered through the enhanced panel that it was a magical weapon with a very unique refining technique. It had the function of identifying identity and opening specific portals.

"With this token, it is equivalent to a pass to high-end trade fairs, and you can become a VIP and participate in transactions without any obstacles."

As the Black Skull Demon Lord explained, he rubbed his hand bones "la la la". His impatient expression made Lin Shan alert.

"In the high-end trade fair, there will definitely be no shortage of the cultivation pills you will need for the later stages of foundation building, and even the Purple Heart Pill that can help you break through bottlenecks!

Brother, I have been busy for ten years just to get this qualification, and I have always been thinking about you!"

Lin Shan couldn't help but be moved. Just thinking about it, he knew how difficult it was to get this thing. It really took a lot of effort.

But, does this skeleton really care about me so much?
The next moment, the Black Skull Demon Lord added another sentence.

"Besides, I need to restore my Jindan stage cultivation, and the konjac fruit I need is a spiritual object of heaven and earth, and it can only be found at high-end trade fairs."

Well, so when you instigated me to set up the Chamber of Commerce, it turns out you had planned this all along?

……

Half a month later, Wangyue City.

Lin Shan was walking alone on the street wearing a gray robe and hood. The two magical weapons were the same set as the one worn by the Black Skeleton Demon Lord, but he didn't want to work with this skeleton, so he asked it to refine a set for him. It had the function of concealing one's appearance and cultivation level, and was suitable for participating in places like trade fairs, where it would not be easy to expose one's true identity.

He came to a large attic building in the north of the city, took out the "Moon-Watching Order" and had it checked by the monk guarding the gate, then entered easily.

Led by a special maid, we came to the hall on the second floor, where rows of tables and chairs were arranged in an orderly manner.

At this time, hundreds of cultivators had already taken their seats. Most of them concealed their cultivation levels and changed their appearances. Only a small number of powerful people disdained this. These people were basically the most powerful among the Jindan stage cultivators.

Lin Shan quietly found a corner and sat down, waiting for the trade fair to open.

During this time, people came in from time to time, some alone, and some in groups of three or four.

Half an hour later, an old host came out and directly announced the start of the trade fair. The organizer gave each person present a disc-shaped mirror magic weapon.

"I believe you all have received the trading instruments. Some of you may be new here and don't quite understand the trading rules. I will briefly introduce them to you."

Most of the monks in the field were accustomed to it. This kind of opening remarks had to be repeated every time to help newcomers get familiar with the situation as quickly as possible. They ignored it and fiddled with the mirror magic tools in their seats.

Lin Shan didn’t understand much, so he could only continue listening to the host’s introduction on the stage.

“In order to protect the privacy and information security of traders, we specially made this on-site trading tool.

All you have to do is follow the corresponding spells, activate the magic weapon in your hand, and input the trading items into it, and then other people will be able to see your information.

If there is a matching item you want to trade, you can use this tool to have a private chat with the owner.

Once consensus is reached, we can go to the booths around the hall to conduct face-to-face transactions.”

After some explanation, Lin Shan roughly understood the function of this trading tool: it was equivalent to opening something similar to the local area network in his previous life, establishing an item library for everyone to choose from, and then having group chat or private chat functions.

A relatively unique method of refining and communicating should have been used to connect all the mirrors into a set of combined magical instruments, through which information could be exchanged.

This combination of online and offline transactions does protect people's privacy to a certain extent and is much safer than an auction.

From this we can see that the level of refining in the Lu Kingdom's cultivation world cannot be said to have surpassed that of the Song Dynasty's cultivation world, but in terms of innovation it is obviously more distinctive, and even things like "cultivation chat groups" have been created.

Although the information transmission distance is very short, it is limited to this trading hall.

He activated the mirror in his hand according to the corresponding spell and casually gave himself a nickname "Bear Mountain Man".

Enter "Phantom Wood", "Phantom Liquid" and "Small Magical Power Water Curtain Tianhua" as the trading items.

He had thought of these things before coming here. After all, these were all he could offer at a high-end trade fair.

Those present were either Jindan-stage cultivators, figures with powerful backgrounds, or self-made heroes, so naturally they had very high standards.

The Phantom Wood and Phantom Liquid are both fourth-level spiritual materials, which were plucked from the ancient Phantom Tree. The Water Curtain Tianhua was the legacy of the East Sea Turtle Master. There is no use for him to keep it. It would be best if he could exchange it for a small wind-based magical power.

Next, the mirror in his hand flashed, and items were listed one by one. Rows of small light balls appeared in the mirror for Lin Shan to identify and select one by one.

Various magic weapons, elixirs, spiritual objects from heaven and earth, spiritual beasts and insects, manuals on martial arts, etc., including the three items provided by Lin Shan, are also prominently listed.

Before he had even taken a second look, he found the "Foundation Building Pill" in the third row. He reached out and clicked on the small ball of light, and a chat box popped up.

Lin Shan felt a sense of familiarity and tried to enter some text to communicate. As a result, his nickname appeared on the mirror.

[Master Xiong Shan: Daoist friend, how can I exchange the elixir for the foundation-building period? ]

After a moment, a message came from the other side in the chat box on the mirror.

[Fishing old man: Which one do you want? I have Red Dress Dan, Blue Sky Dan, Chaoyun Dan, etc.]

【Master Xiongshan: I am not picky, I want them all. 】

[Fishing Old Man: One foundation-building stage pill recipe can be exchanged for five bottles, and one golden stage pill recipe can be exchanged for fifty bottles.]

[Master Xiong Shan: Do you need anything else besides the recipe? Can you exchange it with Spirit Stones?]

[Fishing old man: I just want the recipe for the elixir.]

The chat ends.

This person should be a cultivator who is proficient in alchemy. His purpose is very clear. He doesn't want anything except the alchemy formula, so we won't bother him.

Lin Shan continued to browse the mirror in his hand. When he saw "konjac fruit" in the dozenth line, he opened the chat box again.

【Xiong Shan Shangren: How to exchange konjac fruit? 】

This time the person who replaced him responded very straightforwardly.

[Eternal Confucianism and Taoism: Magic Treasure, Mixed Blood Ganoderma, Blood Path Minor Magical Power]

The magic treasure is a magic weapon that is more suitable for the magic method, and the remaining two are also related to the blood path.

Lin Shan secretly guessed that this person was most likely a demon cultivator who was disguised as a "Confucianist". After all, although the three sects of the demon sect were destroyed, there must be many cultivators who escaped and then hid their identities and lived freely.

Could it be a guardian of the Blood River Palace?
But this time he still didn't have what the other person wanted, and he still couldn't continue the conversation.

Next, he took a special look at the skills and magical powers. He had to admit that there were quite a few high-level cultivators present. He was dazzled by the variety of skills, which included all kinds.

But when it comes to minor magical powers, there are only more than twenty kinds to talk about, and most of them come from the official forces of high-end trade fairs. They probably put their names on the list just to make it look good, and they don't expect these individual tourists from all over the place to be able to afford them.

Because minor magical powers are not commonplace, they are kept secret by some large forces, and they are kept more strictly than anyone else, making it impossible for them to be spread out. However, it is already a great achievement for small and medium-sized forces to find a minor magical power as their foundation.

Although some of the Jindan-stage cultivators who were trading there possessed minor supernatural powers, it was impossible for them to hand over the secrets of the forces behind them. At most, they had other opportunities outside and could not use them themselves, so they gave them up for exchange.

As for the power behind the high-end trade fair, they could produce nearly a dozen minor magical spells at once. It was conceivable that they must be a top sect or family to possess so many treasures.

However, minor magical skills are extremely precious, and their value is even higher than that of magic weapons. Not many people can afford an equal exchange, and most people just enjoy the sight.

Lin Shan was also amazed. Normally, as he was only in the Foundation Establishment stage, it was difficult for him to come across such unique skills. But now, he saw so many of them at once, which made him extremely excited.

He picked and chose among the more than twenty kinds of minor magical powers, such as meteor shower, earth dragon flip, sunflower water palm, wood-breaking golden seal, benevolent rain, great Geng sword formation, purple Luo true fire, extreme cold ice flame.
Most of them were quite standard, with each category listed. After looking through them one by one, he actually found two minor wind-related magical powers.

However, they were not pure wind-related magic, but mixed magic. One was the Feng Shui-related minor magic "Tornado Rain Strike", and the other was the Wind and Thunder-related minor magic "Lightning Storm".

Ok?
Lin Shan's heart was instantly moved.

It doesn't matter that he is not a pure wind element, he has thunder spiritual roots, and he can fully utilize the wind and thunder elements to 100%!
However, according to the introduction, this small magical spell did not come from the official forces of the trade fair, but was in the hands of a distinguished guest called "A Generation of Poet Immortal". It should be something he obtained during his travels, and he couldn't use it himself, so he took it out for exchange.

Lin Shan thought for a moment and opened the chat box of this person.

【Xiong Shan Shangren: How to change "Lightning Storm"? 】

This time the person seemed to be very busy with work and was chatting with many people. I waited a long time before receiving a reply.

[The Immortal Poet: It depends on the situation. It is best to exchange one minor magical power for another. The more you give, the less you give. ]

[Master Xiong Shan: I have a small water-related magical power called "Water Curtain Sky Flower".]

[The Immortal Poet: Well, it’s good, it can be exchanged, but it’s still a little bit difficult to exchange a single-element magical power for a dual-element one.] [Master Xiongshan: A single-element magical power has a wide audience, and it can maintain its value. Although the dual-element magical power of wind and thunder is rare, it is not easy to find a suitable seller.]

[A generation of immortal poets: Doesn’t this let me meet you? 】

[Xiong Shanren:? ? ? 】

……

Lin Shan talked earnestly with the immortal poet, but the poet just sat back and watched. It was obvious that he was a veteran who had lived in the world of cultivation for who knows how many years and had a good grasp of people's hearts.

In the end, Lin Shan raised the price three times before the other party decided to take the deal.

[Master Xiongshan: Water Curtain Heavenly Flower, plus three one-foot long phantom woods]

[The Immortal Poet: Okay. All right.]

After two previous failures, he managed to successfully complete the transaction this time, and the other party invited him to go to the adjacent cubicle No. 5 to exchange.

Lin Shan raised his head and looked around, and found that everyone in the field was lowering their heads and drawing trading instruments.

Some people were undecided, some looked unwilling, some looked happy, and some seemed to have broken down and were typing away at each other frantically.
He stood up and walked into compartment number five, where a man in a bamboo hat was already sitting. The voice was hard to tell whether it was male or female, and it was obvious that he was intentionally hiding it.

"Bear Mountain Master?"

Lin Shan nodded in his grey robe and hood, and took out a jade slip from his storage bracelet and placed three branches on the table.

The man in the bamboo hat also took out a clam shell, the gray and blue colors of which looked a little weathered.

Lin Shan picked up the clam shell, and the reinforcement panel popped out:
Lightning Storm

Quality: Minor magical spells

Introduction: Wind and thunder dual-series attack magic power, created by True Lord Lingfeng by drawing on the blood magic power of the monster thunder clam. It can change the local celestial phenomena and carry out indiscriminate lightning and storm strikes on the casting area.

Enhancement required: 64 points

……

Lin Shan's heart was pounding.

Generally, only those in the Jindan stage are qualified to begin studying and practicing minor magical skills. Only a few geniuses with outstanding comprehension, like Lei Yuzi from the Zixiao Sect, can master one in the foundation-building stage.

But he has only mastered it in the initial stage, and at most he has condensed the mark of a minor magical power, and there is still a time before casting the spell. This is already an extraordinary existence in the same realm.

Now that he has no shortage of ancient charm, he can first start by cultivating a minor magical power mark, and then directly strengthen the mark to become a sect-defining magical power! At that time, relying on the exquisite characteristics of the strengthening panel, it may be very likely that after strengthening, it will directly become the magical power seed of the sect-defining magical power!
The mark of spells or magical powers is only the initial mastery, but the seed represents complete understanding.

By then, those in the foundation-building stage will be able to instantly unleash the sect's magical powers. Wouldn't that mean they can dominate their peers?
There might even be hope for crossing levels.
Just as he was yearning in his heart, the man in the bamboo hat opposite him examined the jade slip, picked up the three pieces of phantom wood to check them, and chuckled slightly.

"You have taken advantage of this transaction. You used a duplicate magical jade slip and three spiritual materials to exchange for my unique magical power. Tsk tsk tsk~"

The "Lightning Storm" that the man in the bamboo hat took out was a clam shell inheritance with the imprint of artistic conception. Its quality was indeed much better than that of the jade slip inheritance.

Lin Shan knew that this person would have something to say later, so he just dealt with it casually:
"Fellow Daoist, you are joking. I'm sure you have heard about how harsh the conditions for making a magical power inheritance jade slip are. It requires a Nascent Soul cultivator who has mastered the magical power to work hard for several years to make it. It contains illusions and phantoms, and personally demonstrates various tricks to those who come after. I don't have the ability to copy this jade slip.

Moreover, the jade slip can be read repeatedly, while your clam shell becomes invalid after one use, so each has its own advantages and disadvantages and neither suffers a loss."

Items like clam shells, which carry the true meaning of magical powers, are suitable for Lone Rangers to comprehend and absorb all at once, and they can understand deeply and quickly. As for things like inheritance jade slips, although it takes years and months to learn, or even decades to learn, it is better to resell or preserve value after learning, and even put them in a force as a foundation for many disciples to study.

Therefore, there is no specific answer as to who is taking advantage and who is suffering.

The man in the bamboo hat clearly knew the ins and outs of this, and he didn't dwell on this topic. Instead, he pointed at the phantom wood on the table and said, "I just happened to be planning to ask a friend to refine an illusion array. I'm just short of these three materials. You should have some extra, right? Please name a price."

Lin Shan had an idea and thought that perhaps he could continue the transaction.

"Sure, do you have konjac fruit?"

The man in the bamboo hat shook his head: "No."

"Then the magic treasure, the mixed blood Zhi, and the blood path small magical power can also be used."

Lin Shan thought it would be nice to exchange it with the previous "Confucianism and Taoism for Eternity".

The man in the bamboo hat still shook his head: "I don't have any of these magic things."

"What about the foundation-building elixir, or the elixir that can break through the bottleneck?"

This time the man in the bamboo hat nodded. Judging from his attitude, he seemed to be worth a lot of money. He took out a lot of bottles and jars from his storage magic weapon.

These were all the pills that he hadn't used up when he was in the foundation-building stage. There were several kinds of them, including the Purple Heart Pill that could break through the bottleneck. This was enough to show that this person had a powerful force behind him and had never lacked resources for cultivation.

"Fellow Daoist, you are exchanging these for the younger generation, right? How about adding these things together to form one Phantom Wood?"

Lin Shan picked them up one by one and identified them with the enhanced panel. After confirming that there was no tampering, he estimated that so many pills should be enough for his needs in the later stage of foundation building, so he agreed to the deal.

Both of them were very satisfied, and the man in the bamboo hat took the opportunity to suggest exchanging contact information, but Lin Shan decisively refused.

Are you kidding me? Once my real identity is exposed and I find out that I am in the foundation-building stage, you will probably come to my door the next day!

After walking out of compartment number five, Lin Shan returned to his seat in the hall.

At this time, a message popped up on his mirror screen, indicating that someone named "Teacher" had contacted him. He clicked on it and saw:
[Teacher: I am very interested in your Phantom Wood and Phantom Liquid! ]

【Master Xiongshan: Exchange it with konjac fruit. 】

The other party might be confused and stunned for a while.

[Teacher: I am a Confucian monk, there is no such thing as a demonic spiritual being.]

【Master Xiongshan: I only want konjac fruit. 】

[Teacher: Fellow Daoist, please be flexible. I have several different fourth-level spiritual materials here. Would you like to take a look?]

This time it was the teacher who tried his best to persuade Lin Shan, saying some things he had never heard of before. Lin Shan was not interested at all. He just wanted the konjac fruit anyway, and his attitude was very firm.

[Xiong Shan Shangren: There is someone on the field trading konjac fruit. You can trade with that person first.]

【Teacher: Okay, I’ll go take a look. 】

After a while, perhaps because the person on the other side had asked, there was new news in the mirror.

[Teacher: I got the konjac fruit after much effort.]

Lin Shan curled his lips. This person just said that he didn't have any magical spiritual objects, but in the blink of an eye, he got konjac fruit.

【Master Xiongshan: Three one-foot-long phantom woods.】

【Teacher: Five roots! 】

[Master Xiongshan: Fellow Daoist, you are exaggerating a bit. You should know how rare the Phantom Wood is.]

【Teacher: Seven! 】

[Xiong Shanren:? ? ? 】

[Teacher: Haha! I am the only one who has konjac fruit here. It is the only one of its kind. If you miss this opportunity, you will never see it again! ]

The teacher probably thought that Lin Shan was in urgent need of konjac fruit, so he tried every means to exchange it. So he wanted to ask for a very high price first to test him and find out his bottom line, and then take the opportunity to talk further.

Lin Shan could guess the man's shameless face through the screen and was so angry that he gritted his teeth.

Okay! You're asking for the price, right? Then I'll just give up and not follow you! Anyway, it's the Black Skull Demon Lord who needs it, so let him figure it out.

【Xiong Shan Shangren: Okay, you can keep it and enjoy it slowly! 】

【Teacher: ???】

Lin Shan ignored him and started to look through the other treasures in the mirror one by one. He was also tempted by some of the things and was considering whether to exchange them for some more.

The teacher on the other side probably waited for a long time without getting a response, and started to panic.

【Teacher: Then five. 】

Lin Shan ignored him and quickly swiped the small pop-up window on the mirror screen to the right~
After a while.

[Teacher: I was just joking with you. Let's take a step back. How about four? ]

Lin Shan sneered, if you had been more polite just now, maybe I would have agreed. But now? You are dreaming!

A little while longer.

[Teacher: Brother, please reply! Three is enough, just consider it as making friends.]

Lin Shan remained indifferent.

Finally, seeing that the trade fair was almost over, the host on the stage announced that everyone could leave in a quarter of an hour.

[Teacher: Brother, I was wrong. I was careless just now.]

【Xiong Shan Shangren: Two, you can change them if you want! 】

(End of this chapter)