Start building the foundation: What is the Southern Xinjiang Corpse Puppet?

"What's the matter with you?"

The person who spoke was Li Tongzong, whom she had dealt with in Songwu Forest not long ago. Unlike his rejection of her that day, Li Tongzong now had a smile on his face and his tone was quite gentle.

"It's nothing serious. I just need to go out of town to deal with some miscellaneous matters today. I didn't expect to bump into you, fellow Taoist."

Li Tongzong looked at Luo Shan. Although he was a cultivator from Southern Xinjiang, he could not be recognized because he was wearing the long gown and robes of Dongyue.

Seeing that Luo Shan's cultivation had reached the middle stage of foundation building, Li Tongzong was extremely surprised, and he made up his mind that he must not offend this woman, and it would be best if he could make friends with her.

Thinking of the fellow cultivator who has recently become quite famous in the Corpse Puppet Tribe in Southern Xinjiang, Li Tongzong was secretly surprised and had more speculations about Luo San's identity.

In his mind, he recalled what he had heard about the Donglin Secret Realm that day. He heard that the southern border area had a rich harvest this time. The Corpse Puppet Tribe and the Gu Tribe changed their previous state of confrontation and began to work together. In the secret realm, they competed with the Dongyue and Western Region Demon Sect for the Yin-Yang Tree and divided most of the resources.

And in that fight, in addition to Gu Qingcheng from the Wuji Sect and Ying Chan, the saint girl from the Gu Clan, there was also a female cultivator named Luo Shan from the Corpse Puppet Tribe, who used the art of splitting the mind and controlling corpses to fight on equal terms with Yin Zizhan from the Yinshan Sect, who was on the Demon Sect's Prodigy List.

In addition to this, it was at the Monster Bone Peak that later forced Yinshan Sect's chief disciple Yin Zizhan to use a teleportation talisman to leave the secret realm.

He secretly guessed who the female cultivator opposite him might be, but his expression remained unchanged.

"You have been in Suyue City for a few days now. I wonder if you have been able to buy the pet you want in the dark market. If not, why not have a look at the auction that my Li family will hold soon?"

As Li Tongzong said, he took out a jade plate from his storage bag. There was a number written on it and five small characters "Li's Auction House" engraved at the bottom.

Luo Shan lowered his eyes to look at the thing the other party handed over, then raised his head and looked at him again: "My fellow Taoist, no merit should be given, we just met by chance, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do this."

Although the two of them had no grudge against each other, they were not friends either. Now that she was invited to participate in the so-called auction, Luo Shan couldn't help but become suspicious.

Of course, what is more clear is that she is not actually interested in the auction, because after paying the cost of forging magic tools, she has very few spirit stones left. Luo San is not so free as to participate in the so-called auction with only a few hundred low-grade spirit stones.

After all, it was because she was too poor. The items in the auction were worth tens of thousands of spirit stones, and she could only look but could not afford to buy.

What if I get itchy and want to kill someone to steal the treasure...

Once this precedent is set, Luo San will clearly understand that his lower limit will be infinitely lowered in the future.

"Li also wants to make friends with fellow Taoists. I wonder if you can tell me your name."

Li Tongzong smiled and said:

"Don't worry, my friend. This is just an ordinary token to enter the auction house. You can buy it even if you go to the shop under my Li family's name. It is not worth a few spirit stones. I give it to you because I really want to make a deal with you."

"Luo San." Luo San spoke.

"I am Li Tongzong. If you are free in the future, you can come to the Li family to find me. I have other things to do, so I won't bother you."

Seeing Luo Shan being so direct, Li Tongzong thought to himself that it was indeed the female cultivator with corpse puppets from Southern Xinjiang.

Thinking back to the encounter with the other party in the pine mist forest that day, he was glad that he took his younger sister's cultivation level into consideration and did not argue with him. According to the other party, he was not even inferior to Yin Zizhan from the Yinshan Sect. If he had really fought, he and his younger sister would have had no chance of survival that day.

"Ah."

"By the way, regarding the dark market that I talked about with Fellow Daoist Luo that day, Fellow Daoist Luo can go to Wanbao Tower to find the shopkeeper, and he will tell you how to get to the dark market."

He was cautious that day and only said that there was a red-tailed fox in the dark market, but did not tell how to enter the dark market. Today, since he had decided to make friends with this fellow Daoist Luo, he should naturally tell him so as to improve his favorability.

Taking the token from the other party, Luo Shan nodded: "Thank you."

The other party was being careless, but Luo Shan was not a fool. Based on the situation that day, she could understand it.

Seeing that Li Tongzong really hurried out of the city after he finished speaking, Luo Shan retracted his gaze and went straight to Wanbao Tower.

Wanbaolou is the property of the Li family. This was the information she got from the owner in the restaurant lobby that day.

The Li family is the largest family in Suyue City, with many businesses under its umbrella, Wanbao Tower being one of them. Many of the magical weapons there were not only purchased, but most were forged by the weapon refiners trained by the family.

The shopkeeper of Wanbaolou was sitting at the front desk as usual, counting a stack of talismans. Opposite him was a middle-aged male cultivator in white clothes.

After the two people agreed on the amount of spirit stones, the shopkeeper saw the Luo umbrella.

"It turns out to be you, fellow Daoist. I haven't seen you for a few days. You have made a lot of progress in your cultivation. Congratulations." The shopkeeper was shocked. You know, ten days ago, this female cultivator was still in the initial stage of foundation building, but in just half a month she has reached the middle stage. Judging from her age, her background is not simple.

"Fellow Daoist, are you here this time to sell something or..." the shopkeeper asked in a warm tone.

"I heard from fellow Taoist Li Tongzong that coming to Wanbao Tower can tell me how to enter the dark market, so this time I came here to find out how to enter the dark market."

"So you're the young master's friend." When the shopkeeper heard this, the smile on his face became even warmer, and he quickly called the servant to serve tea.

Seeing this, Luo Shan waved his hand and refused:

"No need, thank you very much, shopkeeper, but I have something else to do and cannot stay here any longer."

"Yes, yes, since you are busy, I won't waste your time." The shopkeeper smiled awkwardly and said:

"The entrance to the dark market is in a coffin shop at the corner of the alley on West Street. You need to pay ten spirit stones to enter. If you want to go in, it's best to cover up a little."

Luo Shan still took note of the other party's kind reminder. She naturally guessed that the situation might be a bit complicated.

To the west of Suyue City is a pine mist forest, and to the north is a volcanic mountain range with no grass. Although the city has a small population, there are many monks coming and going.

Not to mention the Dongyue cultivators, there are also many evil cultivators. The one who died under her white jade coffin not long ago was an evil cultivator who wanted to kill people and steal treasures.