Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 55 Material Procurement
"It's okay, it's okay, Junior Brother Qi, calm down." Song Xian hurriedly grabbed Qi Xiaobai's sleeve and took out three second-level spirit stones from his storage bag and handed them over. "These three are all my fellow disciples. Our sect has just arrived in this treasure land, and this is also our first time to go to Muhe Grassland for business. I hope you can give me some convenience. I appreciate the hard work of you fellow Taoists. This is just a small token of my respect."

The bearded man took the spirit stone and said with a forced smile, "No wonder you, despite having the lowest cultivation level, are able to serve as their leader. You truly know the situation. Since the Beast Taming Sect has come forward, we brothers should give them a favor and get out of here right away."

"Thank you, thank you. Let's go." Song Xian pulled the angry Qi Xiaobai and turned around, whispering, "Junior Brother Qi, be patient and don't act on impulse."

After the bandits collected the spirit stones, they immediately boarded a flying magic weapon and left.

Seeing them walking away, Song Xian breathed a sigh of relief. Several people climbed onto the camels and the team set off again. Qi Xiaobai looked indifferent and silent along the way.

"Junior Brother Qi, don't blame me. We are at the mercy of others. If a fight had really broken out, we would have been the ones to suffer. Besides, our sect is backed by Tianshan. Even if the monk can escape, the temple cannot. The Tianshan Sect is not something we can afford to provoke right now."

"I'm not blaming the master, it's just..." Qi Xiaobai felt a little regretful. He thought about when he was free and alone, although it was not glorious, he had never suffered such humiliation. Now, in order to repay the debt of gratitude, he joined the Hunyuan Sect, but was tied up in his hands.

Seeing his expression, Song Xian knew what he was thinking and said nothing more. He also wanted to take revenge, but his sect was weak and he had to bow his head under someone else's eaves.

Only by developing and strengthening the sect can we hold our heads high and say no to others.

After another two or three hours of travel, the leader of the camel caravan rode up to him on a blood camel and reported, "Master Song, judging by the weather, I'm afraid a storm is coming. For safety's sake, we suggest resting at the stone hill ahead for a day before continuing."

"Okay, let's do as you say." Song Xian knew that these were very experienced local indigenous people and respected their opinions very much.

They came to a stone hill, tied up their camels, and rushed into a cave inside the hill.

As expected by the team leader, at dusk, a howling wind blew outside, and the whole sky and earth suddenly became dark. As the wind grew stronger, yellow sand was rolled up outside the cave.

Although the storm was not too big, it lasted for a long time, blowing all night and ending at noon the next day.

The camel caravan stopped and walked along the way and finally arrived at Muhe grassland.

Looking down from the sky, Dongluo City is flat and there are no mountains or highlands within sight.

The largest market town in Dongluo City is located in its northeast, named Ziqidonglai. This is the name translated by the Qin people. According to the language of Muhe grassland, its original meaning is to look far to the east.

Since entering the Muhe grassland, the scenery I saw was completely new. The grassland people all had deep eyes and high noses. Men generally had long beards, and their clothing style was also very different from that of the Qin State.

Merchant caravans from Qin State could often be seen in the city, so the arrival of the crowd did not attract any special attention.

The Purple Donglai Market is not much different from most markets in the Qin State, and is surrounded by tall city walls.

Song Xian left Lin Zixiang and other mortals in the team to look after the blood camel, and he went into the inner room with Qi Xiaobai and Karisa.

"Junior Brother Qi, where is the shop that those independent cultivators from Qin State often go to? Take me there and have a look."

"There are three very famous shops in this market: Lingxiao Pavilion, Kaihua Pavilion, and Ziyuan Pavilion. These three mainly sell monster materials, and their prices are relatively fair. As far as I know, most caravans purchase directly from these three shops. If you want to make more profit, you can also go to the free market in the market."

"Let's go to Lingxiao Pavilion first. Oh, and our blood camels can't enter the market. What if there are too many monster materials and we can't carry them all?"

"This is easy. You can go directly to the market management office and pay a sum of spirit stones. They will arrange for someone to transport your purchases to the outside of the market."

After walking for a while, the three of them arrived in front of a towering palace. On it was a line of large characters written in the Muhe grassland language. Song Xian could not understand it, but he knew that this was the Lingxiao Pavilion that Qi Xiaobai had mentioned.

This shop covers a large area, with a spacious hall inside and rows of various goods.

Song Xian immediately noticed that there were several men who looked like Qin people selecting goods. They must be members of the Qin merchant caravan.

At this time, a woman with a good appearance came towards me, mumbling something that I couldn't understand.

"Master, she asked us what we need?" Seeing Song Xian's confused face, Carissa took the initiative to act as an interpreter.

"Please tell us about all the types of monster materials your shop has."

Carissa then chatted a few words with the woman, and the three of them were led to a row of goods on the left side of the hall, where they were introduced to the items one by one.

"This is the horn of a first-level Python Mountain Porcupine. It can be used to refine a sturdy magical weapon and is worth five spirit stones."

"This is the tusk of a first-level Python Mountain Porcupine, worth five spirit stones." "This is the fur of a second-level bloodthirsty wolf, worth ten spirit stones."

"This is the claw of a third-level monster, the Wind Blade Leopard. Its claw is extremely tough and is an excellent material for refining swords and other magical tools. It is worth fifteen spirit stones."

"This is ten kilograms of meat from the second-level monster Wind Blade Leopard. It's an excellent ingredient for refining spiritual food and is worth twenty spirit stones..."

Carissa acted as a real-time translator, introducing these monster materials to him. Song Xian remained calm and silent. After learning the prices of all the items, he turned to look at Qi Xiaobai: "Junior Brother Qi, what do you think?"

"Compare prices from three different stores. Since you're here, why rush? It's always a good idea to shop around and explore more. Although these three stores have good reputations, they may not necessarily offer the cheapest prices."

"Then let's go!" The three of them left the shop and went around other shops. When night fell, they left the market and met up with George Lam and others. They found a place and set up a tent to rest.

The next day, they spent another day strolling around the free market in Fangshi. It was not until the third day that everyone started purchasing supplies in various shops.

Various monster materials were loaded onto the blood camel in large and small bags. Song Xian did not spend spirit stones to ask the staff of the market management office for help. Instead, he brought ten strong men from the camel caravan into the market and asked them to carry the purchased items out in large and small bags.

"Brother Zixiang, you take the camel caravan ahead. I will go to her hometown with Brother Qi and Sister Carissa."

Lin Zixiang frowned and said, "I'm carrying so many monsters and supplies by myself. If something unexpected happens on the road, I'm afraid I can't deal with it. The Tianshan bandits are not so difficult to deal with. With the Beast Taming Sect pass, they shouldn't be too difficult. But if we are targeted by a group of independent cultivators with ulterior motives, it will be troublesome."

"Hmm." Song Xian pondered and said, "Senior Brother Zixiang's words make sense. In that case, you two will wait here. This place is close to the market, so no one should dare to rob us openly. We will hurry back as soon as possible and then we can set off together."

After the group had made their plan, they rested for a night and set off that same day.

The three of them set up the high-level flying magic weapon and traveled day and night. It took them almost ten days to reach Carissa's hometown.

It is located in Haixuan City on the Muhe Grassland. Karissa's hometown is in the southernmost part of Haixuan City, close to the sea.

Most of the people here make a living by fishing at sea. Panlong is a large marine creature in the sea, more than ten feet long and huge in size. It has several long whiskers on its head and looks like a dragon, so the locals call it Panlong.

Panlong will excrete a mass of black substance from its body, which is round in shape and of varying sizes. Because it emits a special fragrance, the locals call it Panlong incense.

Interestingly, when Panlongxiang is first excreted from Panlong's body, it is as hard as stone and has a faint fragrance.

But as it floats in the sea longer, it will gradually become softer and the fragrance will become stronger.

Panlong incense is not easy to obtain because Panlong lives in the deep sea and never approaches the shallow sea. Therefore, only deep-sea fishing fleets can catch it at sea.

At first, people did not find any practical use for Panlong incense, they just felt that it had a special fragrance. Some fishermen who went out to sea to fish stayed on the boat all day long with nothing to do and were extremely bored. Sometimes they stayed in the room all day long. It can be imagined that all kinds of sweat odors and foot odors mixed together, the smell of the room must be extremely unpleasant.

The fragrance of Panlongxiang makes people feel relaxed and happy, so they catch some and keep them in the room on the boat to remove the stench emanating from the men in the room.

Some sailors would also take this thing back home. It was not until a doctor discovered that Panlongxiang could treat colds and nasal congestion that it was developed into a medicinal ingredient.

Karissa's parents had passed away long ago. She had been away from home for many years and had no relatives here, so she did not visit her relatives. Instead, she took Song Xian straight to the pier at the seaport, where there was a large trading market.

On that day, Song Xian went to all the shops to buy Panlong incense at a high price. However, the Panlong incense in those shops had been dried and turned into medicinal materials. The dried Panlong incense had lost its fragrance and was naturally unusable.

Only a few Panlongxiang that had not yet been used as medicinal materials were bought at high prices.

The next day, Song Xian hired someone to erect a memorial archway at the dock, and offered to buy the herbs at a high price of ten taels of silver per catty. He also spread the word in various herbal medicine shops.

Soon the news spread throughout the entire dock, and people from the fishing fleets flocked to sell him all the Panlongxiang that they had caught from the sea and had not yet sold to the medicinal material shops. At the same time, those shops also used their own channels to purchase this product.

In just two days, Song Xian purchased nearly two hundred kilograms of Panlong incense, which was only worth twenty spirit stones.

More than two hundred kilograms of Panlong incense were enough for Qi Xiaobai to refine a lot of spices. What's more, the three of them came with a magic weapon, and it would be difficult to carry more, so he stopped. After leaving, Song Xian left messages at various shops, saying that he would come to buy Panlong incense next time and asked them to keep more.

After completing the acquisition of Panlongxiang, the three returned to Dongluo City.

(End of this chapter)