Longevity starts with choosing Hextech enhancement

Chapter 205 Participating in the Sea Spirit Festival · Ink Dragon · Fighting Crab

Since ancient times, there have been various legends about sea spirits in Nanlaohai.

Sea spirit does not refer to a specific god or a certain belief.

The sea spirit is the sea spirit, a natural existence like the alternation of the sun and the moon, the coming and going of spring and autumn, dominating everything in the Nanlao Sea.

From going out to sea to seek safety, to practicing to seek enlightenment.

From seeking a good marriage to seeking money when going out.

Anything can be related to the sea spirit, as long as you believe it exists.

One of the more famous rumors is that every April, a large number of fighting crabs, guided by sea spirits, will head to the eastern waters to reproduce.

In late June, the fighting crabs that have finished breeding will return to their habitat in groups.

The crab-fighting tide they form will just pass by Baicao Island.

Every time this happens, the monks on the island will take the opportunity to fish.

After a big harvest, a grand celebration is held and the largest crab king caught is thrown back into the sea to sacrifice to the sea spirit.

The sacrificial ceremony will begin at midnight sharp.

If a monk has a certain wish recently and wants to ask the sea spirit for blessings, or wants to pray for himself.

You can also catch them in advance, or buy a fighting crab during the day, and then throw it into the sea behind the king crab at night, asking it to bring your wish to the sea spirit.

To help foreign monks participate better.

Baicao City specially dispatched disciples to post notices on the streets stating the reasons.

Therefore, Xiao Chen easily learned the origin of this festival.

It was emphasized in red letters below the announcement that no matter where the monks came from, as long as they went out to participate in the Sea Spirit Festival, they could leave a message on the prayer wall for free and receive the blessing of the Sea Spirit.

At the same time, various special celebrations will be held throughout the city in the morning.

In the afternoon, a market will be opened in the east of the city for monks to trade freely.

"Free prayer?"

After reading the announcement, Xiao Chen thought about it and decided to go over and see what was going on.

Since it doesn’t cost any money, just believe it.

A free blessing is better than nothing.

Following the instructions in the announcement, he first came to the south gate of Baicao City.

A "prayer wall" several thousand feet long had been built here in advance, and it was evenly painted white.

There was a small table every hundred feet, on which were placed writing brushes, inkstones, and paper.

As long as the monks write down their wishes on red paper and stick them on the prayer wall, they can get the blessing of the sea spirit.

There are virtually no restrictions on what can be written, and no one is responsible for monitoring it.

Most of the cultivators' wishes are related to their own cultivation, such as a smooth cultivation process or breaking through the bottleneck as soon as possible.

A few people mentioned the Secret Realm of Hundred Herbs, hoping to gain good luck and successfully find high-level spiritual herbs.

However, Xiao Chen noticed that someone on the wall even wished that Huo Xinghuai, the lord of Baicao City, would be struck by lightning.

Some people also curse others to encounter shipwreck while sailing.

It can be seen that wishes here should really be made anonymously, otherwise no one would be so bold.

"What shall I ask for?"

Xiao Chen thought about it. His first reaction was to ask for a better Hextech enhancement, but logically speaking, this should not be the responsibility of Hai Ling.

In that case, let's just go with the flow.

So he also picked up his pen and wrote on the red paper: "I hope that Hai Ling can bring me good luck and that I can harvest natural treasures in the next Baicao Secret Realm."

Then he found a blank space on the wall and posted his wish there.

He also saw many strange wishes along the way.

"Please pray to Grandpa Hailing to show me your spirit and allow me to join the Dragon Slaying Sea and become a Sword Immortal."

"Lord Hai Ling, please grant me three wives: one cute and lovely, one mature and generous, and one considerate."

"I hope the sea spirit will bless me so that I can become the most powerful cultivator in the entire Nanlao Sea in the future, a hundred times stronger than those in Baicao City!"

This last one is a bit outrageous.

After all, Nanlaohai has produced many Yuanying Zhenjun, and there are more than one in existence.

Xiao Chen couldn't help but laugh in his heart. If you want to be a hundred times stronger than them, you must also have Hextech enhancement.

Strengthening alone may not be enough, the cultivation level must also be equal or even ahead.

After all, considering the different spiritual root qualifications, there are also differences between the same level.

Walking along the wishing wall, Xiao Chen saw a large group of monks gathered not far away.

Normally he might not join in the fun with a crowd.

But today he came out to attend the festival in the first place, so he took the initiative to go over and take a look.

Among the crowd, there was a ten-foot-long three-clawed, green-eyed, black dragon lying on the ground with its eyes narrowed, as if it was taking a nap.

However, its body was wrapped with bright red ribbons, which almost covered all of its originally dark scales.

At the same time, there is a big red flower tied on the forehead, making it look like a fake dragon.

Although Jiaolong is not a real dragon strictly speaking, it contains the word "dragon" in its name, so it is very closely related.

Moreover, the number of real dragons is extremely rare, and in the Eastern Region, they are only heard of but not seen.

Therefore, when a relatively rare dragon appears, it will naturally attract a large crowd of people to watch.

"Fellow Daoists, with just ten spirit stones, you can experience the feeling of riding a dragon!"

Suddenly, a shrill voice rang out: "No restrictions on cultivation level, safety guaranteed. Opportunities like this don't come often, don't miss it if you pass by!"

Xiao Chen looked over in the direction of the voice.

Only then did he see a tall, thin young man standing below the Mo Jiao. He had a high nose bridge, a mustache, and his eyes were staring at the people around him.

He was also wearing a bright red robe that almost blended in with the ribbons.

At this moment, he was trying his best to promote: "Dear fellow Daoists, this is a genuine third-level dragon. Today, you can ride it for only ten spirit stones. Don't miss this opportunity."

Third level?

Xiao Chen's eyes focused and he looked carefully. Only then did he see that although the black dragon had no horns on its head, it had two big bumps on it.

There are clear signs of transforming into a dragon!
"Is it really only ten spirit stones?"

A young man stood out from among the monks watching on the side and asked excitedly, "Can I ride a dragon too?"

He was only at the late stage of Qi Refining and was extremely looking forward to this.

"Of course you can. Ten spirit stones will get you one ride. I also have a photo stone here. If you add ten more spirit stones, you can take a photo as a souvenir."

The tall young man immediately started to promote the idea: "They say hearing is believing, seeing is believing."

"Why don't you take a picture back with you? You can show it to your friends and family when you meet them in the future."

Wow, there are even supporting services.

Xiao Chen took a look and saw that it was clearly the lowest grade photo stone.

High-level photo stones can save an entire scene, but the price is relatively high, costing dozens of spirit stones per stone.

Ordinary photo stones can only save three or four images, but they are cheap.

Generally only three spirit stones are charged, and there are discounts for bulk purchases.
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However, the young man who was practicing Qi in front of him had a red face and was breathing rapidly, and was obviously very excited.

He immediately took out twenty spirit stones and handed them over: "Senior, please take a picture of me."

"Easy to say, easy to say!"

The tall young man immediately took the spirit stone with a smile on his face, and then guided the other person to ride on it: "Don't be afraid, Xiao Mo is very obedient, just jump up boldly."

"Come on, move forward a little, a little further, okay!"

Then he took the photo stone and froze the scene in front of him.

In the moment before the photo was taken, the black dragon cooperated by opening its eyes, which scared many Qi-refining monks around it.

But then it lazily closed its eyes and rested, not wanting to bother with these weak monkeys.

Born as a dragon, and meeting a master who is only interested in money, what else can it do except sleep?

It was as if a hole had been opened in a dam. Many Qi-refining cultivators who were originally very excited but did not dare to show up, took out their spirit stones and expressed their desire to take pictures. In an instant, a huge crowd surged.

The tall young man was almost overwhelmed.

It only takes about ten breaths to take a photo with one person, and only twenty breaths including the transaction time.

In just a quarter of an hour, more than nine hundred spirit stones were deposited into the account. Even some foundation-building cultivators were tempted and took the initiative to purchase the more expensive photo stones.

According to this situation, about 5,000 spirit stones can be earned in one hour.

It should not be a problem to earn 20,000 to 30,000 spirit stones a day.

Xiao Chen calculated the profits in his mind and couldn't help but sigh, it really is a good way to make money.

But don’t think that this is not much. The entire Nanhu Su family can earn about this much in a year.

However, this kind of thing could only happen in the Eastern Region. If it happened in the Southern Region, no Jindan ancestor would be able to be so shameless as to earn spirit stones from Qi-refining cultivators.

"Brother Chang Geng, isn't that the current Sword Master of the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect, Ling Tianyi, and his Ink Dragon?"

A female cultivator not far away widened her eyes and covered her mouth with her hands: "How could he do such a thing?"

"This is simply... simply disgraceful."

She actually spoke in a very low voice, normally only people around her could hear it.

However, Xiao Chen is now wanted, so he is always paying attention to the abnormal behavior of people around him and notices the abnormality at the first time.

He only heard the male cultivator beside him sneer: "Humph, the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect is now in a period of transition, and it only has a name left."

"What a sword, it's just a joke."

"Junior Sister Yayang, you just read too many ancient books. Now is the era of our Zhaixing Sword Pavilion. There is no need to care about these poor people."

"Let's go. I've reserved a cave in advance. We've been traveling for two months, so we should take a good rest."

Having said that, he led the group of four and turned to leave.

There is a reason why he looks down on the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect.

As early as hundreds of thousands of years ago, as the demonic cultivators in the Eastern Region were basically extinct, no one dared to act under the banner of the demonic path, at least openly.

The Demon-Slaying Sword Sect, which was established to fight against demonic cultivators, inevitably began to decline.

The main reason is that many of the skills passed down by the founder of the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect were specifically used to restrain demonic cultivators.

But this means that it will not be as effective as it should be when confronting other righteous sects.

As far as Xiao Chen knew, there were three major sects in Zhanlonghai today, with Zhaixing Sword Pavilion being recognized as the strongest, and Fenshen Sword Pavilion being ranked second.

The once famous Demon-Slaying Sword Sect could only be ranked third, even considering its past glory.

Some even considered it unworthy of being ranked alongside the other two sects. This was because the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect had actually lost a large number of its resources and strongholds, essentially destitute.

Otherwise, Ling Tianyi wouldn't be thinking of various ways to make money, and the elders in the sect would turn a blind eye after hearing about it.

"The cultivators from the Star-Picking Sword Pavilion are here too."

Xiao Chen looked back at their departing figures, his eyes falling on the sword at his waist.

Although it is hidden in the scabbard, if you look closely, you can still vaguely feel the sharp aura coming out of it. The swords inside are definitely first-class spiritual swords.

Glancing at Ling Tianyi, he saw that he had no sword on his waist.

So much so that at first I didn't recognize that he was actually a swordsman.

These people came here at this time, most likely for the Baicao Secret Realm.

When you are in the secret realm, you still have to be a little careful.

It’s not that Xiao Chen is afraid of them, but there is no need to fight with them.

With the token in his hand, he could easily avoid everyone and make a fortune in silence.

So when you first enter the secret realm, you can keep a distance from them to avoid being involved in inexplicable conflicts.

It was only morning, and the market in the east of the city had not yet opened.

So Xiao Chen went to the west of the city to view the scenery first.

The Sea Spirit Festival is also being celebrated here, and there are many colorful festive decorations along the streets.

A large number of monks are mainly concentrated in two places.

The first place is the fighting crab market, which is dedicated to selling various fighting crabs that were caught half a month ago.

Many monks, especially outsiders, would come here to buy one and keep it for praying at night.

It is worth mentioning that the vendors here also provide disposal services without charging any additional fees.

The specific content is that after the monk buys the fighting crab, he tells the fighting crab his wish.

The vendors would then keep these fighting crabs separately in a tank, and wait until the auspicious time in the evening to throw them into the sea along with the king crab to deliver the message.

Of course, some people will choose to buy a few to try.

After all, fighting crabs are a specialty of Nanlaohai, and you can’t eat such fresh ones anywhere else.

The fighting crabs here vary in size.

But the strange thing is that there are only fighting crabs in the early and late stages of Qi Refining on each stall, and no ones in the middle stage of Qi Refining.

Xiao Chen couldn't help but feel a little curious, and only found out after asking.

Those fighting crabs were taken aside to participate in the annual pearl-grabbing competition.

The second place where the crowd gathered was where the pearl-grabbing competition was held.

There is a super large water tank here, which is ten feet high, six feet wide and twenty-four feet long.

The monks watching can buy a fighting crab, mark it with their own mark, and put it into the water tank to compete with the fighting crabs of the stall owner or other monks.

Pearls of different colors were placed in the water tank in advance and hidden inside the shells.

Whoever's fighting crab can win the pearl in the water tank will receive different levels of rewards based on the color of the pearl.

The fighting crabs sold around here are all mid-stage Qi Refining level, and they all look similar on the surface.

Therefore, the pearl-grabbing competition not only tests the monks' eyesight, but also requires a certain amount of luck.

The former determines how powerful the chosen fighting crab is, and the latter determines the color of the pearls the fighting crab grabs.

Indispensable.
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Live spirit beasts are very expensive. A fighting crab in the middle stage of Qi Refining is sold for fifty spirit stones, and the price is suppressed because there are too many of them.

If it were a land spirit beast, it would cost at least hundreds of spirit stones.

Therefore, although there are many people watching, most of them cannot afford to play and can only watch others participate.

Even some foundation-building cultivators were reluctant to give up.

However, Xiao Chen was rather interested. After all, fifty spirit stones were not a lot for him.

So he started to pick out suitable fighting crabs from the small tank nearby with great interest.

Soon I saw a fighting crab with black spots on its carapace, swimming around in the tank very lively.

"I want this one. Please write a red letter on its back for me."

The highest-level grand prize is the red pearl. Xiao Chen used red letters as a mark just to try his luck.

It turns out that he has always been very stable in terms of luck.

The black spot had just been put into the water tank for a quarter of an hour when one of its claws was removed by another fighting crab that was specifically responsible for guarding pearls. It was so scared that it hid in a corner.

Then I put another one in, but the result was still the same. I didn't even pick up a white pearl.

Xiao Chen was a little dissatisfied and carefully selected a pair of red pliers again.

I held on a little longer this time, but still failed.

He looked around and found a black-striped one.

Perhaps it was the result of the round-the-clock battles, this time he finally defeated the guarding fighting crab and successfully drove it away.

It turned out that the shell occupied by the black-striped fighting crab was empty, and the original pearl was taken away by the first wave of customers at noon in the morning.

"Hi~!"

Seeing that the two hundred spirit stones were wasted, Xiao Chen frowned and retreated directly.

Originally, he thought that he was able to catch the Rainbow Fish King before, perhaps because his luck had changed after he formed the pill.

I didn't expect that even after becoming a Jindan Zhenren, he still had the same gloomy face.

It seems that I should do less things involving gambling in the future.

I looked up at the sky and saw that it was only noon, so it was still early.

So Xiao Chen went to the North City first, which is also the core area of ​​Baicao City.

Not only is it home to a large number of alchemists, it is also the location of the city lord's mansion, and there is also a large square with several statues.

There is also a high platform in the middle, which was left over from the previous alchemy competition.

On such a big day as today, a large number of monks naturally gathered in the square.

There were even alchemists who started refining elixirs on a high platform on the spot and publicly showed off their skills.

They were not worried that someone could secretly learn alchemy. In other words, if someone could learn alchemy just by watching, then Baicao City would be considered to have found a treasure.

When Xiao Chen came over, he happened to see a new alchemist coming on stage.

Among the onlookers, a female cultivator immediately grabbed her companion's hand and exclaimed, "Ajuan, look! That looks like Senior Brother Lu!"

As soon as he shouted, many monks recognized the identity of the person on the stage: "It is indeed Lu Zicong. I didn't expect him to be here too."

"That's great. I joined the sect too late and have never seen Senior Brother Lu personally make pills."

"It's really Brother Lu. I'm so lucky! I must learn from him."

"I heard that Senior Brother Lu was accepted as the Grand Elder's closed disciple and received meticulous instruction. He then went into seclusion for three consecutive years until last winter. I wonder what realm he has reached now?"

"Needless to say, I believe Senior Brother Lu must have mastered the fourth-level pill formula and has taken a half-step into the realm of a fourth-level alchemist."

Listening to the discussions of the people around him, Xiao Chen also looked at the young man on the stage curiously.

The other party didn't look very old, but judging from his aura when he was manipulating the spiritual fire, he was estimated to have reached the late Golden Core stage.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

Xiao Chen can be considered a half-serious alchemist.

Although he hardly studied hard in his daily life, he had very solid basic skills thanks to Hextech.

At this moment, looking at Lu Zicong on the stage handling the spiritual herbs with ease, he immediately realized that the other party was indeed not simple.

Even if one were to be picky with his vision, there was basically nothing wrong.

The reason why it wasn't all of them wasn't because he saw anything wrong with the other party.

But because it involved third-level spiritual herbs, Xiao Chen didn't quite understand the correct processing steps.

It has to be said that as an alchemist from Baicao City, famous in the Eastern Region for its elixirs, Lu Zicong displayed quite impressive skills on the stage.

Soon after he came on stage, he showed off his Eight Dragons Sucking Water technique.

That is to say, eight kinds of spiritual herbs are processed at the same time, dissolved into liquid together, and injected into the main medicine together.

He then demonstrated several techniques one after another, especially some secret techniques for making elixirs. In just two hours, he had refined a furnace of perfect Bu Yuan Dan.

As the pill came out of the oven, a burst of praise immediately rang out from the audience.

"Wow, Senior Brother Chang Geng, this Senior Brother Lu is so amazing!"

However, Xiao Chen heard a familiar voice. He turned around and saw that he had met the four disciples of Zhaixing Sword Pavilion here again.

Then, he heard Senior Brother Chang Geng comment, "Average."

"From what I know, in this generation of Baicao City, Cui Yunxian, the direct disciple of City Lord Huo, is quite powerful. She can be considered a person of noble character and kindness."

"As for the others, they are just a bunch of mediocre people, not worth mentioning."

He said this without reservation, and many monks around heard it.

Many monks immediately glared at them, but when they saw the iconic robes of the Zhaixing Sword Pavilion, most of them calmed down again.

However, some people were not afraid to ask directly: "Who are you? How dare you look down on Senior Brother Lu?"

The questioning immediately attracted the attention of more monks.

Faced with the questioning, Senior Brother Chang Geng was nonchalant: "Who do you think you are? How dare a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator talk to me?"

He released the aura of the Golden Core Great Perfection unrestrainedly. "You are lucky. We are in Baicao City today."

"If we were in Zhanlong Sea, no one would dare to say a word even if I killed you."

Although his words were blunt, the surrounding cultivators were overwhelmed by his aura and saw the logo of the Zhaixing Sword Pavilion, so they were angry but dared not speak.

Everyone knows that many sword practitioners have bad tempers and will draw their swords if they disagree with someone.

If you really provoke the other party, you may be beaten to death on the spot.

Moreover, judging from the tone of his voice, the other party has a considerable background in Jiange, so it is very likely that in the end he will only be given a warning and will not receive any actual punishment.

Instead, Lu Zicong on the stage fixed his gaze and slowly released his own aura to offset the suppression.

At the same time, he bowed and said, "I am Senior Brother Gao Changgeng, the current head of the Zhaixing Sword Pavilion. Nice to meet you!"

"The person next to her should be Junior Sister Mu Yayang, right?"

"My father often said that Elder Mu was a master swordsman and a hero among men. A tiger father will have a dog daughter. Junior sister indeed looks heroic and valiant."

"The young disciple is ignorant. Why bother with him?"

He smoothed things over and looked at the disciple who had spoken: "What are you still doing standing there? Why don't you go back quickly!"

The disciple finally woke up and hurriedly fled the square.

　Thanks to the book friend "Qingqiuyi" for the reward and support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)