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Chapter 221: Yinshi Sect, Treasure Tower, and Soul-Absolute Nail

The Tianyin Sect actually sent people to explore the ruins, but it is not known whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.

In the past, there were many times when several major sects met with each other and then joined forces to block the entrance to the ruins, prohibiting unrelated cultivators from entering to pick up the bargains.

If this situation really happens, the nearby cultivators can only watch helplessly and consider themselves unlucky.

Xiao Chen is currently just a casual cultivator and has no connections in the Eastern Region. Of course, he does not want to encounter such a situation.

Therefore, it is inevitable to pay more attention to it.

As a result, Cao Mingjie happened to see this scene.

He glanced at the southeast corner and shook his head slightly: "Fellow Daoist Jin Guang, you have to be careful. I heard that the female cultivators taught by Tianyin have bad tempers."

"There was even an incident before where a casual cultivator was beaten to the point of vomiting blood and seriously injured because he stared at them."

what?
Xiao Chen retracted his gaze: "Is there such a thing?"

This is probably more than just a bad temper, right?
"That's a lot. Similar situations happen almost every year."

Cao Mingjie's tone was filled with a hint of gloating: "Especially the current head of the Tianyin Sect, Fairy Su Ruo. She has a high level of cultivation and is very ruthless. I heard that she has destroyed the vital organs of several independent cultivators."

"But it looks like she didn't come. There should only be a few sect managers sitting over there."

"By the way, there is one more thing you should be careful about."

Cao Mingjie lowered his voice and said, "I heard that the female cultivators of the Tianyin Sect are particularly fond of the art of preserving one's youth."

"Although they seem quite young, they might be older than you and me."

Most cultivators don’t pay much attention to their appearance. After all, once they have reached a high level of cultivation, they will definitely not be ugly as long as they don’t have obvious congenital defects.

At the same time, they will not deliberately control the changes in their appearance, so their age can be roughly judged based on their appearance.

But except for those monks who have taken anti-aging pills, their true age cannot be seen from their appearance.

As he was speaking, there was a burst of discussion at the door.

"Is that a disciple of the Yinshi Sect?"

"It seems to me that why would a normal person cover up their whole body?"

"Keep your voices down, don't let anyone hear us. Oh no, why is he coming this way?"

The casual cultivators at the table at the door immediately lowered their heads to eat, almost burying their faces in their bowls.

Soon Xiao Chen saw the receptionist at the door of the restaurant walking in with three special guests.

Leading the group was a young monk in a black robe with a gloomy face and cold eyes.

Behind him followed two companions, whose entire bodies were wrapped tightly in black cloth, leaving even their eyes and noses uncovered.

"There is an empty table here, please sit here."

The receptionist asked the other party to sit in the northwest corner of the hall, next to Xiao Chen and others, about six feet apart.

This is not intentional, but there are too many guests coming in the past few days, and the hall is basically full.

However, even though the three of them sat down together, the young man only ordered three dishes and poured himself a cup of tea.

Although the other two companions sat down together, they sat upright with their backs straight.

His hands hung naturally at his sides, his five fingers pressed together with his knees, and he remained motionless and silent.

Such a special situation immediately attracted Xiao Chen's attention.

Including the other monks in the hall, they all looked over here intentionally or unintentionally.

However, the young man seemed to have gotten used to being stared at, and continued to drink tea alone with an expressionless face.

"What bad luck! Let's go!"

Suddenly, a charming female voice was heard, and the three female cultivators from Tianyin Sect all stood up.

One of them went to settle the bill with the shopkeeper, while the other two frowned and glared at the young man in black robe.

Then he hurried to the door to wait for his companions, as if he didn't want to stay in the same room any longer.

Then a faint soothing voice came: "Senior Sister, don't be angry, let's go eat somewhere else."

"Forget it. I don't even have an appetite. Bringing a dead person to the table is just a bunch of perverts."

Ok?
Xiao Chen looked at the two monks wrapped in black cloth again. They were still motionless and seemed to have no reaction to what was happening around them.

The young man in black robe frowned slightly when he heard this.

But he glanced at the purse of the female cultivator in the store and didn't say much.

Many monks, especially those who came from the inland sea for the ruins, widened their eyes in surprise.

hiss~!

Xiao Chen couldn't help but take a breath.

The main reason is that the Eastern Region claimed a long time ago that the demonic cultivators had been extinct and there were no more demonic sects causing trouble.

So he really hadn't thought in that direction before.

Who knew that the Yinshi Sect was so openly raising corpse puppets and even dared to bring them to the streets in broad daylight.

No, isn't this even considered magic?

If it were in the Southern Region, the nearest sect would have been informed by now, and they would have mobilized manpower to start fighting against demons and defending the Way.

Then Xiao Chen realized that the most powerful sect in the Wuguang Sea was the Yinshi Sect.

Ah, this... doesn't make sense. What about other righteous sects?

Is there no one in charge?
Especially the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect, what are they doing?

Xiao Chen really couldn't figure it out, but since the facts were right in front of him, he guessed that there must be some special hidden story behind it.

Looking back, Utsumi had no inkling of this.

It seems that this level of secrecy is not something that ordinary Jindan cultivators can access.

"Has Fellow Daoist Jin Guang finished his meal?"

Yu Zhenyang asked in a low voice: "Why don't we go first?"

Following the lead of Tianyin Sect, two more tables of monks also stood up to pay the bill.

However, they did not dare to discuss it, but left in a hurry.

Of course, there are also monks who have been hanging around in the outer seas for many years and don’t care at all, and still eat and drink.

"I'm done eating, let's go."

Xiao Chen nodded, and the five of them went out together, turning around the corner before stopping.

"It's been ages, so I have to visit some old friends and see if I can get any news. Shall we meet again in a few days?"

Qiu Fanghui will speak first, and it seems that he will act alone.

"No problem, Fellow Daoist Qiu, you have many old friends, it's time to meet them."

Yu Zhenyang smiled and asked, "Then let's meet on the boat in three... five days?"

The ruins are about to open, and he still hopes that the other party can help.

"Five days is a bit stressful. You know I have a lot of friends here."

Qiu Fang would feign worry and say, "I'll try my best. I'll try to come in time, but I can't guarantee I'll be free."

Cao Mingjie immediately laughed and said, "We all understand. A person like Fellow Daoist Qiu will naturally have friends wherever he goes."

Yu Zhenyang also agreed, "Fellow Daoist Qiu, please go ahead and get busy. We will also use this time to make good preparations."

"If five days isn't enough, then six, seven. We'll wait for you on the boat."

Qiu Fanghui was pleased with himself, with a bright smile on his face: "Don't worry, I will try to reunite with you as soon as possible."

"After all, I'm also very envious of the treasures in the ruins."
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After watching Qiu Fanghui leave.

Yu Zhenyang looked at Xiao Chen and said, "Fellow Daoist Jin Guang, we are going to go back to the spirit ship and make some talismans for future use."

"Should we go back together to prepare, or meet up later?"

As he spoke, he slapped his head and said, "Look at my memory. I don't even know what kind of Taoist art did you practice?"

Xiao Chen shook his head: "I studied alchemy for a while in my early years, but later I was too busy with work to continue studying it. It's not worth mentioning."

"I just happened to want to take a walk around the area, so why don't we meet in a few days?"

Yu Zhenyang nodded: "That's fine, then we have a deal, see you on the boat in five days."

"If you don't plan to go far, you can come back to the ship and rest at night."

Cao Mingjie waved goodbye and reminded, "Fellow Daoist Jin Guang, the outer sea is quite chaotic. You should be careful when you act alone."

"Be especially careful not to go to the Black Water Area, as there are many Tribulation Cultivators there."

Xiao Chen also waved: "Okay, I understand."

But even though I know it, I still have to go and see it.

Now that you are here, you must go out and check the fish situation.

If you can come across a third-level sea fish, both the demon pill and the fish meat are good things.

Of course, before that, Xiao Chen planned to take a walk around the East Market and compare the prices in the outer sea.

Went around a few shops.

I have to say that the prices of things here are obviously polarized.

The prices of various spiritual objects, especially natural spiritual objects related to the sea, are generally more than 20% lower than those in the inland sea.

On the contrary, the prices of some elixirs and spiritual weapons are much more expensive.

Anyway, Xiao Chen looked at hundreds of spiritual weapons in total, and none of them was priced lower than 150,000 spirit stones.

If you can make good use of this gap, you can earn a lot of spirit stones by trading supplies back and forth between the two sides.

Of course, judging from the results, only a few chambers of commerce are relatively stable and have the ability to resist the robbers along the way or bear the losses.

“The things in East Market don’t seem to have much special features.”

Xiao Chen was a little disappointed. Most of the things here were also sold in the Inner Sea. In short, there were no surprises.

What’s more important is that there is no store that buys back spiritual weapons and spiritual herbs at high prices.

I got a lot of spiritual weapons in Nanlaohai before, but it is not convenient to sell them locally.

Now that he has arrived in the open sea, Xiao Chen naturally wants to deal with it and exchange it for spirit stones.

However, the highest recycling price in the East City was only 50,000 spirit stones, which was cut in half. This was really too low.

He thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the West Market first to check out the street stalls."

Besides, he is now a casual cultivator, and setting up a street stall is very consistent with his current status.

So Xiao Chen turned around and came to the west side of the island, and then he saw a group of buildings and various exquisite signs.

How should I put it, this place looks at least ten times more prosperous than the East Market!
Looking around, I couldn't see the imagined scene of a group of vendors setting up stalls.

Instead, they are all large attics that are more spacious than those in Baicao City, and each one is seven or eight stories high.

If there weren't a nine-story formation tower in the middle as a restriction, Xiao Chen suspected that these houses would be built even higher.

hiss~!

What is going on here?

He walked into the nearest shop, which was called Qibingfang.

There were indeed many spiritual weapons for sale, displayed in rows on the shelves.

However, Xiao Chen soon discovered that apart from the spiritual weapons placed in the outermost row.

Many of the spiritual weapons displayed on the shelves at the back had obvious signs of battle.

Some of them even look like antiques dug out from some secret place, and they look like they are hundreds of years old.

But you know what, this kind of thing is more in line with Xiao Chen’s inherent impression of street stalls.

It’s just that now it’s specially put inside the house for sale. Another difference is that there is no receptionist to receive guests here.

Apart from a manager at the front and back doors who was responsible for collecting money, there was no one in charge of the middle.

Xiao Chen saw some spiritual weapons on one of the rows of shelves that had obviously been messed up by the previous customers.

But I didn’t see anyone coming to clean up or organize them.

"Excuse me, do you accept spiritual weapons here?"

"Turn right on the second floor and look for Old Song."

The so-called Old Song was a short, thin old man with a goatee.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at the bright silver-red tasseled spear, narrow-blade spiritual sword, etc. that Xiao Chen took out.

"Of all your possessions, only this Splendid Mountain and River Seal is good. I can give it to you for 120,000 spirit stones."

Old Song stroked the tip of his beard and said, "The total is 470,000 spirit stones. I'll sign the contract for the items you're willing to sell."

From beginning to end, he only checked the quality and condition of the spiritual weapon itself.

He didn't ask any questions about the origins of these spiritual weapons, not even indirect inquiries.

“All sold!”

Xiao Chen did not hesitate. He had no use for these things anyway, so he might as well cash them in directly.

"Four hundred and seventy thousand spirit stones, have you counted them clearly?"

Old Song handed over a bag of spirit stones and pointed at the sandalwood door. "Once you leave this door, we will not be responsible for anything missing."

My goodness, why does this sound like a shady shop?

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen carefully counted the spirit stones: "Wait a minute, why are there only 446,000 spirit stones here?"

"How can you be so old and not be able to read?"

Old Song pointed with his right hand at the notice on the wall to his right: "You can't charge a handling fee if you come here to sell things!"

"Alright, forget it. One out of twenty, not bad."

He turned the contract in front of him and said, "Also, this old man will charge you 500 spirit stones as a signing fee. If you are not happy with this, just sign this contract yourself."

Xiao Chen looked down and saw that the contract was a transaction contract issued by the Yinshi Sect.

When trading spiritual weapons within the Lightless Sea, both the buyer and the seller must sign as evidence to facilitate the tracing of objects of unknown origin.

But from what Old Song said, if you pay 500 spirit stones, you don't have to sign.

Wow, such blatant fraud, without even putting on an act.

Objectively speaking, five hundred spirit stones is not a small amount, but Xiao Chen still chose not to leave any signature: "Then please sign for me."

After all, it wasn't much for him.

"That's all."

Old Song took the contract back, laid down on the rocking chair and picked up the teacup: "Okay, if you have nothing else to do, just go ahead. The door is open, no need to close it."

After coming out of Qibingfang, Xiao Chen also wandered around the West Market.

He now understood that the East Market was just a facade set up by the Yinshi Sect.

Xishi is the real offshore market.

In some spiritual medicine shops, Xiao Chen directly saw the third-level strange poison and third-level soul-bewitching incense being sold openly.

Of course, the corresponding antidote is also sold nearby, and it sells very well.

Even if many monks do not want to poison, they will buy an antidote and carry it with them in case of an emergency.
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In another talisman shop, Xiao Chen saw the Soul-Exterminating Talisman, which was specifically used to restrict cultivators from casting spells.

Once this talisman is affixed to the Mingmen acupoint on the monk's back, he will not be able to mobilize his true energy and magic power for the next day.

Another nail with a similar effect is the Soul-Defining Nail, which can be effective by directly nailing it into the spine.

Although the prerequisites for these things are not low, they are generally difficult to achieve.

But no matter what, it's still outrageous that such things can be sold openly.

But then again, the chaos of the Lightless Sea is also well-known throughout the entire Eastern Region.

From this perspective, it seems reasonable for these things to appear here, even a little too civilized.

Of course, Xiao Chen quickly overturned his idea.

In the center of West City, he saw a seven-story attic that was completely dark.

This building does not have a single window, and there are several guards at the door, which is rare.

"Treasure House?"

Xiao Chen walked over curiously to take a look, but was stopped at the door: "Excuse me, fellow Daoist, you look a little unfamiliar."

The bearded guard looked him over and said, "Please let me see your treasure order."

Ok?
Xiao Chen asked in return, "If I don't have the Treasure Order, you won't let me in?"

The guard's tone grew even colder. "We only receive distinguished guests here. You can go somewhere else."

Wow, it’s a membership system, right?

I didn't expect that this kind of thing would happen here.

Of course, this is also related to Xiao Chen's cultivation and background. If he was a Yuanying Zhenjun, the guard in front of him who only had the cultivation of a middle-stage Jindan would definitely not dare to stop him.

If he had a certain background, the so-called treasure order would not be difficult to obtain.

To put it bluntly, this place simply does not accept ordinary monks.

"Hey, Fellow Daoist Zhang, you're here!"

The guard suddenly smiled and bent over to greet a young man who was walking towards him.

The other person had a pale face, was dressed in gorgeous clothes, and was holding a beautiful female cultivator who was also in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm.

He ignored the guard and walked in with a swagger.

This should be the kind with a background.

Right next to the Jubao Tower is a very familiar organization - Zhaohui Pavilion.

Xiao Chen simply came here directly, ready to purchase information about the new ruins.

Perhaps because many people have been buying this kind of information recently, the other party directly took out two ready-made envelopes and said, "We have a basic version and a detailed version here. Which one would you like?"

The price was written on the envelope: the former cost one thousand spirit stones, and the latter cost a full five thousand spirit stones.

"Why is it so expensive?"

Xiao Chen asked, "Can I know where the extra four thousand went?"

The other party shook his head: "I'm sorry, I can't reveal any more information."

"But I can guarantee it with the reputation of Zhaohui Pavilion. This information is crucial for exploring the ruins. Your spirit stones will definitely not be wasted."

The most important thing for an intelligence organization is its reputation.

So Xiao Chen decisively chose the detailed version, and by the way asked for the latest information about the forces in the Lightless Sea.

He specifically requested, "Details must be provided regarding important cultivation families and the Jindan stage independent cultivators who frequently frequent the area."

The other party skillfully took out a thicker envelope again: "The original price of this information is one thousand spirit stones, but if you buy it this month, you will need to pay two thousand spirit stones."

"Also, the new ruins may cause a deviation in intelligence."

"Please consider carefully. No returns or exchanges are accepted for information sold."

Xiao Chen pressed on, "The price increase is because of the ruins, right? I've already purchased information related to the ruins. Can you give me a discount?"

The other party was stunned for a moment, put away the envelope and said: "Please wait a moment."

Then he left for a short while and said, "I'm sorry, the shopkeeper said that this is the price for buying now."

Xiao Chen thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll give them both a portion."

Things like spirit stones should be saved and spent when necessary.

I just made a fortune from selling spiritual weapons, there's no need to deduct this little bit of money for the information.

After coming out of Chaohui Pavilion, not far to the west, there stands a pink high-rise building. At the door, a group of scantily clad female cultivators are standing and posing coquettishly.

On both sides of the high-rise building is a row of neatly arranged small courtyards.

Further back is the real street stall.

Most of the people here are casual cultivators of the lowest level, or monks passing by, who are too lazy to even build a cabin.

Just find a piece of cloth and set up a stall to sell spiritual items.

There are two main features.

The first is that the price is cheap enough, much lower than that of various stores.

Of course, there is no guarantee of quality; it all depends on the monk's own vision.

The second is that you can pick up bargains. Some items come from very unconventional sources, and the stall owners only dare to sell them while wearing a bamboo hat.

Generally speaking, buyers will hide their identities, and some even deliberately speak in a pinched voice.

Anyway, when Xiao Chen looked around, he saw that many cultivators here had their faces covered or were wearing masks.

He took a casual glance and saw a small jade bottle with an open mouth, which contained a foundation-building pill.

Although the pill looks very round, its luster is very dull.

According to Xiao Chen's observation, this thing is most likely a useless pill.

Even if there are residual medicinal properties, it is difficult to say how much effect they can have.

A Qi-refining cultivator nearby was asking about the price: "Senior, how much is this Foundation Establishment Pill?"

"This one?"

The vendor looked him up and down at his clothes and said, "It's cheap. I'll give you a thousand spirit stones and you can take it."

When the Qi-refining cultivator heard the price, he was obviously tempted.

After a careful inspection, I started bargaining there.

Meanwhile, at the next stall, another Foundation Establishment cultivator was holding a top-grade magic shield and negotiating with the stall owner: "Your magic weapon is old. Give me a discount of 200 spirit stones."

Xiao Chen glanced at the shield.

Relying on his spiritual eyes, he immediately saw traces of splicing in the middle of the shield.

It is obvious that this is most likely a fake, or at least it is an inferior product being passed off as a genuine one.

Similar situations are everywhere here and are shocking.

Of course, there are genuine goods. A little further back, Xiao Chen saw a bamboo shed.

There were three rows of monks standing crookedly inside. There were twelve people in the front row, all of whom were at the Foundation Establishment stage.

The last two rows are all Qi-refining cultivators, a total of sixty-seven people.

Five of them had their hands tied and soul-killing nails nailed into their backs.

The remaining people were not tied up, but they all stood there with dull eyes, with no intention of escaping or asking for help.

These people had signs hanging on their bodies, with prices ranging from 500 spirit stones to 10,000 spirit stones written on them.

The distinction is mainly based on the level of cultivation. Only two naturally beautiful female Qi-refining cultivators are two hundred spirit stones more expensive than cultivators of the same level.

Noticing Xiao Chen standing in front of the awning, the round-faced Jindan cultivator next to him immediately walked over.

He greeted her warmly, "My fellow Daoist, all the items here are clearly marked with prices. Whichever one do you like, please take it away."

Before Xiao Chen could speak, a middle-aged man in a black robe walked over.

"Old Jin, give me two more."

He turned around and saw that the person was wearing a robe with the Yinshi Sect's logo.

(End of this chapter)