Traveling through time to cultivate immortality: a life and death test

Liu Xing changed his appearance again and hurried along the street, heading for the next shop. Passing by a Shunyilou teahouse, he was suddenly stopped by a woman dressed as a maid.

"Sir, please stay. My lady invites you."

"Who is your young lady?" Liu Xing was puzzled. He didn't know any young lady.

"My young lady is the owner of Xuanyin Tower. She is currently waiting for you in the VIP room of this teahouse." The maid revealed her identity.

"What does the owner of Xuanyin Tower want to see me about?" Liu Xing was horrified. Could it be that Xuanyin Tower had already learned about his frequent transactions? This was too unbelievable. He had always been very cautious and could not understand how he had been exposed. His first thought was to flee Yinshan Market as quickly as possible. It was too unsafe here.

"Don't be alarmed, sir. My young lady is sincere in discussing business with fellow Taoist, so she is waiting at Shunyi Teahouse. Please follow me and you will know the situation at a glance." The maid explained politely.

Liu Xing's thoughts raced. The Yinshan Market was owned by the Xuanyin Sect, making it easy for them to cause trouble for him. They could easily order other shops not to trade with him, or even arrange for experts to surround and kill him. The fact that the Xuanyin Tower owner had waited for him at the teahouse indicated that they were still primarily interested in trading and expressed goodwill, so there was no need to rush and he should be safe for the time being. Furthermore, he had originally planned to purchase a large quantity of elixirs and formations at the Xuanyin Tower last, and since the Xuanyin Tower owner had already discovered this, it would be a good idea to trade beforehand, saving him the trouble of searching for small shops to sell the goods. He instantly understood all this and decided to go all out, deciding to meet this powerful young lady.

"In that case, please lead the way, I'll go see the young lady."

"Sir, please follow me." Seeing Liu Xing agreed, the maid happily led the way and entered the teahouse.

After a cup of tea, the two arrived at the private room on the second floor. The maid escorted the person to the room and then left. Liu Xing saw that there was only a beautiful woman sitting at the tea table in the room. She was in her thirties and had an astonishing twelfth-level cultivation. He felt much more at ease. If there really was a forced sale, he should be able to leave the teahouse easily.

The young lady was also quietly studying Liu Xing. He looked ordinary, at the tenth level of Qi training. However, she possessed a treasure, and she could sense a strong sense of danger from Liu Xing. If they were to fight, she doubted he would be her match. She suspected that Liu Xing was hiding his cultivation level, secretly admiring his exceptional concealment. However, he was undoubtedly a Qi training cultivator, not a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"I'm Wei Qingqing, the manager of Xuanyin Tower. Nice to meet you, fellow Taoist. May I ask your name?" The beautiful woman stood up, looked at Liu Xing with a smile on her face, bowed deeply, and asked.

"My last name is Mei, nice to meet you, Manager Wei." Liu Xing also bowed and sat down opposite the coffee table. He looked at the woman with clear eyes and said politely.

"Fellow Daoist Mei, where is the fairyland? You have been in our Yinshan Market for so long, and we, the Xuanyin Sect, as the host, have not fulfilled our duty and are very ashamed." Shopkeeper Wei apologized, but in his words he was inadvertently trying to find out about Liu Xing's background.

"Manager Wei, you are too polite. I wonder what you want to talk to me about?" Liu Xing naturally would not fall into the trap, nor did he want to delay time, so he went straight to the point.

Seeing that Liu Xing was so experienced, Wei Qingqing smiled lightly and activated the soundproofing formation in the room.

"Fellow Daoist Mei is really impatient, so I'll get straight to the point. Fellow Daoist has been selling a large number of magical instruments frequently recently, so naturally my Xuanyin Tower has also taken a fancy to this batch of goods. I believe that with the strength of Xuanyin Tower, whether you want to exchange them for spirit stones or for elixirs, we can meet your needs. You don't have to waste time going to small shops one by one to trade, as we in Xuanyin Tower can get them all, and the price will definitely satisfy you. Moreover, as the long-term foundation of the Xuanyin Sect here, Xuanyin Tower has always had an excellent reputation, and we will definitely be able to offer fair prices and no deception. So, I wonder how many magical instruments does Fellow Daoist Mei have for sale?" Wei Qingqing did not hide anything and directly stated her purpose, as well as her own advantages and strengths.

"Manager Wei is investigating me?" Liu Xing did not respond, but just looked at the beautiful woman with a grim face.

"Please forgive me, Fellow Daoist Mei. Yinshan Market is the property of Xuanyin Sect, so all abnormal situations here are under surveillance. We are not targeting you personally. We only discovered you because of the continuous large-scale transactions of magic tools. Please rest assured, Fellow Daoist." Shopkeeper Wei was not surprised by Liu Xing's questioning, but explained generously and expressed his apology.

The beautiful woman continued to greet him with a smile, constantly exuding kindness. Being monitored was standard market practice, so it wasn't her fault. Liu Xing felt a sense of rage that he couldn't vent, and he could only secretly blame himself for not being cautious enough, which had led to his actions being discovered. At this point, there was no other way. Ultimately, they had to trade with Xuanyin Tower, and since Xuanyin Tower was quite sincere, they could trade here. So Liu Xing took out a storage bag and handed it to Shopkeeper Wei.

Wei Qingqing watched Liu Xing's actions, and the stone in her heart finally fell to the ground. It seemed that he had agreed to the deal. She took the storage bag and released her spiritual sense to explore it.

"So many..." Wei Qingqing stood up in shock. Even though she had been the shopkeeper for so many years and her Qi cultivation skills and knowledge were top-notch, she was still shocked by the number of magical instruments in the storage bag. There were three top-grade magical instruments, over thirty high-grade magical instruments, over a hundred mid-grade magical instruments, and only a few dozen low-grade magical instruments. Estimated to be worth over thirty thousand spirit stones, even a senior in the late Foundation Establishment stage would have about the same net worth.

"Could it be that your restaurant can't handle so much food?" Liu Xing sneered at the beautiful woman's surprised expression.

"Please forgive me for laughing, Brother Mei. I lost my composure a little. We want all the goods, and Xuanyin Tower will naturally be able to take them all." Shopkeeper Wei was distracted for a moment, but he immediately reacted.

"Fellow Daoist Mei, do you have anything you'd like to purchase? My Xuanyin Tower offers a 10% discount. Let's settle the bill together." The beautiful woman, with a discerning eye, guessed Liu Xing was definitely looking to exchange for cultivation resources, so she offered a discount to entice him into buying. Her calculations were truly brilliant: purchasing magical instruments at a low price, profiting from the difference, and selling elixirs at a high price, profiting from the difference again. This combined effort netted her several thousand yuan in profit.

Without hesitation, Liu Xing explained his need for mana-boosting elixirs and various forbidden formations. Manager Wei immediately arranged for someone to fetch the elixirs from Xuanyin Tower and completed the transaction with Liu Xing. Without further ado, Liu Xing departed. Because Liu Xing's demand for the elixirs and the dozen or so forbidden formations was so high, he ended up breaking even, earning no spirit stones.

"The pills are so expensive!" Liu Xing sighed, but this time the harvest was huge. There were so many pills, enough to push his cultivation to the peak of the twelfth level. Then, he could prepare the foundation-building pill to break through the bottleneck of the foundation-building period.