Futa glanced at Lu Changan with a lukewarm expression, and simply said hello.
Jiang Ruotong has an elegant temperament and a sweet smile, and entrusts Futa with help.
"Setting in order? It's on Futa's body."
Futa looked at Fairy Jiang, who was as clear as a hibiscus, with hot eyes, pursed her chapped lips, and patted her chest in assurance.
The big tribal men in the desert don't like gentle and fair men. But she is very eager for the dignified, graceful, fair-skinned and beautiful fairies in the outside world.
The land and water support the people, and among the indigenous women in the desert, the proportion of beautiful women is relatively low.
Some of the indigenous female cultivators practice physical training, or even pure physical training, and there are some types with big muscles among them.
Therefore, the female cultivator of Xuanyin Pavilion, who was synonymous with stunning beauty and talented women in Feng Yuan Kingdom.
Futa didn't dare to hope for Fairy Jiang, even though he dreamed of her in his heart. If he can marry a female disciple rewarded by Xuanyin Pavilion, he will be satisfied and gain more face in the tribe.
However, due to the influence of aesthetics and customs, most of the female cultivators in Xuanyin Pavilion looked down upon the rough old men in the Huangcheng tribe.
"Zhenren Xu! I will take you to apply for the settlement order."
Futa walked up to Lu Changan, bold and rude, waved his hand and patted him on the shoulder.
It looks like a light pat, but it contains almost half of the power of Futa's quasi-third-level body training.
If he were just an ordinary fake elixir cultivator, he might suffer a secret loss or even be embarrassed.
However, Lu Changan's big hand patted him on the shoulder, but the latter did not move at all.
That few percent of strength was lost in the ocean.
After the temptation, Futa couldn't help but put away his contempt.
In this case, Lu Changan either has body refining attainments similar to his.
Either he has strong magic power and can dispel the power lightly without disturbing the monks next to him.
Lu Changan did not hide his clumsiness deliberately. If he was labeled as a soft persimmon by the people of the Huangcheng tribe, and he later acted in the city, he would be more likely to face unfair treatment.
Futa took Lu Changan to a tower next to the city wall.
This time I saw a pure fake alchemy monk with brown skin and sharp eyes like an eagle.
This person has good spiritual awareness and is good at exploration.
From the verbal dialogue, Lu Changan could tell that the status of this fake alchemy cultivator was higher than that of Futa.
Futa's body training is a true way of physical cultivation, with physical body having magical powers. Qi training is only an auxiliary to increase the diversity of methods.
Real physical cultivation, breaking through the second and third levels, also requires strategic resources of the same level as the Crystal Condensation Pill, and the power of the fourth level of heavenly tribulation is even more terrifying.
The lifespan is about 10% lower than that of Dharma cultivators of the same realm.
Lu Changan was just the opposite of Futa. He mainly practiced law and body training as a side dish to increase his error tolerance.
Less than a quarter of an hour.
After simple review, inquiry, exploration...
Lu Changan got a settlement order engraved with a black scorpion.
Of course it is not free.
The settlement order itself only requires one hundred spiritual stones to be paid, and one can temporarily settle in the deserted city and have a legal status.
In addition, Futa asked Lu Changan for six hundred spiritual stones, a bottle of second-level elixir, and two spiritual herbs.
It’s euphemistically called hard work.
Futa bribed half of the spiritual stones to the fake elixir monk responsible for the review.
Lu Changan secretly thought that Futa was greedy and shady.
Not only did he sell favors to Jiang Ruotong, but he also killed Lu Changan, a foreign cultivator.
Fortunately, the work efficiency is relatively high and not too excessive.
Lu Changan doesn't hold grudges.
"Zhenren Xu, with the settlement order, there will be unimpeded traffic and free trade around Scorpion Desert City..."
"Repay my name to Futa, and the tribal monks in Scorpion Desert City will not make things difficult for you!"
Futa made a fortune easily and felt very happy.
"Okay! If you encounter trouble in the future, Xu will definitely report the name of Mr. Futa."
Lu Changan readily agreed.
Futa's expression was slightly dull. Did this kid believe the tribal monk's boastful words?
He doesn't care.
If you really encounter trouble, you need to mediate yourself. Then you can unite with the locals to kill this kid.
…
After getting the move-in order, Lu Changan and Jiang Xianzi and the other girls from Xuanyin Pavilion entered Scorpio Desert City together.
Futa has a city patrol mission and cannot accompany him all the time.
Watching Mr. Xu flying side by side with Fairy Jiang, talking and laughing happily, Futa couldn't help but feel a little bit disgusted.
Jiang Xianzi, who was dignified, reserved, cool and elegant in front of him, smiled more times today than in the past combined.
But Mr. Xu was by no means a good person, and he didn’t know his whereabouts. Futa didn’t know the details, so he didn’t dare to provoke him easily.
After entering the city, Lu Changan and Jiang Xianzi from Xuanyin Pavilion parted ways.
Refuse an invitation to stay at the same inn as them.
Lu Changan also noticed that the girls from Xuanyin Pavilion were receiving as much attention as stars in the Huangcheng tribe.
After walking around the deserted city, Lu Changan found that more than 80% of the monks were indigenous monks, and they could be clearly distinguished from their skin color, dress, and accent.
Less than 20% are outside cultivators, including businessmen, monks who have taken refuge, and a small number who are married to natives.
Most of the shop buildings in the deserted city are stone castles and stone palaces, and there are very few wooden buildings.
Lu Changan visited several stores and confirmed that most of the prices here were lower than those in Liang Guo.
First- and second-level elixirs and spiritual herbs are more popular here and are scarce materials.
The various mineral materials for refining weapons and puppets are several percent lower than those of the Liang Kingdom.
Prices are very friendly.
Lu Changan has hoarded a lot of supplies in Liang State and can make a lot of money.
However, the people here are not friendly.
Lu Changan noticed the rejection, discrimination, indifference, and malicious greed in the eyes of those tribal monks.
The prices quoted by monks from some shops to Lu Changan were obviously one to two percent higher than those from local monks.
In Lu Changan's eyes, the development of Feng Yuan Kingdom's civilization of cultivating immortals was obviously lagging behind that of the Wei Dao Alliance.
Not to mention compared with Fengguo, he was far worse than Liangguo.
However, the local monks of Feng Yuan Kingdom have an inexplicable sense of pride.
It claims to be an ancient desert country and a superpower with a long heritage. Under the leadership of the Snow Mountain Holy Land, it has created a miracle of brilliant civilization in the desert.
Those outside cultivators could not survive in the small country of cultivating immortals and had not experienced the hardships of wind and sand. When they came to Feng Yuan Kingdom, they had to be in awe and admire the greatness of their tribes.
When inquiring about information from a shop assistant, the other party asked Lu Changan if he was shocked to see such a great deserted city in the desert.
Lu Changan responded: "Feng Yuan Kingdom is the greatest ancient country that Xu has ever seen. Scorpio Desert City is also the largest fairy city that Xu has ever seen. In one word, absolutely!"
"My guest is very insightful, but it is a pity that our tribe in Huangcheng does not easily recruit outside cultivators. Unless they are beautiful and virtuous female cultivators..."
The shop clerk felt proud and very happy. He revealed a lot of information and hidden rules in the city to Lu Changan, and future transactions were based on the local fair price.
…
Half a day later.
Lu Changan rented a third-level spiritual cave in the highest area of Scorpion Desert City.
Due to the barren land and the scarcity of spiritual veins, the rental fee for a third-level cave is slightly higher than that of the Liang Kingdom.
Seeing that Lu Changan was a foreign cultivator and the person in charge of leasing the cave, he raised the price by half in an attempt to make a profit.
"The city patrol deputy general 'Futa' is Xu's introducer. Your Excellency deceives me into not knowing the market and dares to drive up prices? Do you dare to go to the chief's mansion to confront me?"
Lu Changan scolded loudly, full of energy, as if "I have a backer."
"Your Majesty, please lower your voice..."
The owner felt guilty and quickly gave in and gave Lu Changan a one-year lease at the normal price.
The cave in the deserted city is a rough fortress building with good material strength, but the interior decoration is rough.
Lu Changan felt like he was entering a cave dwelling. Occasionally, a few grains of sand would fall from the walls.
The formations are not powerful either, and only the simple second-level high-grade formations are deployed in the third-level spiritual vein cave.
Lu Changan re-arranged the third-order formation and restrictions.
When Lu Changan first entered the deserted city, although he had a large amount of resources that could be exchanged to make a fortune, he did not act rashly.
In the first few days, I mainly focused on understanding the local situation and unspoken rules.
If you are unfamiliar with the place, showing off your wealth in such an exclusive area can easily lead to trouble.
Five days later.
Jiang Xianzi and others from Xuanyin Pavilion said goodbye to Lu Changan and left their contact information.
The location of Xuanyin Pavilion is within the sphere of influence of the Outer Sect Alliance.
After they traded supplies in the city, they were leaving Scorpio Desert City.
Before leaving, Jiang Ruotong reminded Lu Changan two things:
"Mr. Xu is doing business with those merchants in the deserted city. Remember to pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other."
Lu Changan nodded, knowing this.
People from the Huangcheng tribe are very untrustworthy when dealing with foreign cultivators and like to default on their debts.
"In addition, Mr. Xu's identity as a third-level alchemist must not be revealed. Otherwise, the little girl is afraid that Mr. Xu will not be able to escape..."
"Thank you Fairy Jiang for pointing it out."
Lu Changan knew that Jiang Ruotong's last reminder not only had good intentions, but also had some selfish motives.
It does happen that someone who practices alchemy outside is caught by the tribe in Huangcheng and forced to practice alchemy day and night in a small black room.
But for third-level alchemists, the senior officials in Huangcheng will also treat them with courtesy. If they find a reliable master, they can integrate into the privileged class of the Huangcheng tribe.
Jiang Ruotong said this, worried that Lu Changan would be bribed by other forces.
Regarding Mr. Xu's identity as an alchemist, she made several other female cultivators swear an oath to strictly keep it a secret.
…
More than half a year later.
Lu Changan spent his 213th year in the deserted city of Fengyuan Kingdom.
On this day, inside the Shibao Cave.
Lu Changan carefully put the prepared black ink venom into a black bottle and sealed it.
The black ink-like liquid is a third-level mid-level poison called "Corrupt Heart Erysipelas."
Infected by this poison, Master Jie Dan's internal organs, heart, and even his true elixir may be seriously corroded, and his strength will be greatly reduced.
If it is a fake alchemy monk, the gray elixir in his body cannot withstand ten breaths and will turn into corpse water soon.
The disadvantage of this highly toxic poison is that it is not concealable enough and is not colorless or odorless.
It must be inhaled into the body or invaded through wounds to effectively exert its toxicity.
"With good luck, the most critical poisonous material of 'Corrupted Heart Erysipelas' was successfully purchased at the tribal oasis in Scorpio Desert City."
The smile on Lu Changan's face was warm.
In the vast desert area of Feng Yuan Kingdom, there are extremely terrifying poisonous species, such as snakes, scorpions, and some special plants.
Unpopular poisonous materials that are hard to find in the Weidao League were unexpectedly encountered here.
Huangcheng is the economic and trade center of Fengyuan Kingdom, surrounded by large and small oases, hills, and water pools.
In those oasis tribes, you can buy some specialty materials much cheaper than in the deserted city.
In the past half year, Lu Changan, as a Baihuan Mask simulation, traded a lot of resources in major shops, chambers of commerce, and nearby oases in the deserted city.
The tribesmen of Feng Yuan Kingdom are eager for the elixirs and spiritual herbs cultivated by foreigners.
Lu Changan sold a lot of low-level elixirs and spiritual herbs that he had no use for.
Not only were useful supplies replaced, but the spiritual stones on his body increased by ten to twenty thousand.
There are still some important supplies, and Lu Changan plans to go to the foreign sect alliance to take action in the future.
I heard that there are more terrifying poisons in the outer sect alliance, including the ancient puppet inheritance.
Lu Changan did not intend to take action on the spiritual beast cubs and eggs obtained by killing the Yellow Wolf Master in Huangcheng.
Lu Changan asked the rock rats and black water turtles to take care of the spiritual beast cubs.
In the early days, several weak cubs died due to lack of experience.
After identification, it was found that some of the cubs and eggs were of earthly origin.
However, he didn't have a very special talent, and he was not very attractive to Lu Changan, so he was too lazy to cultivate him.
Cultivating a spiritual beast to the point where it can stand on its own requires investing too many resources, as well as a long period of time and energy.
Blackwater turtles and ground rock rats are relatively easy pets to keep.
One mainly survives the years, and the resource requirements are not high.
Another omnivore, it often forages for its own food.
Lu Changan would only consider cultivating a spiritual pet like a five-color peacock with powerful and rare supernatural powers and a thin true spiritual bloodline.
Among the trophies of Master Huang Lang, there are also some ingredients for the main ingredient of the Crystal Condensation Pill and the second and third level Life Extension Pill.
Lu Changan plans to refine the Life Extension Pill and Crystal Condensation Pill by himself after all the materials are available.
In this way, you can save some costs by eliminating the need for intermediate links.
…
Two months later.
After Lu Changan stayed in Scorpion Desert City for a year, he went to the clan official office in the city to renew the settlement order for another year.
There was no middleman this time, and Lu Changan only spent an extra two hundred spirit stones.
Lu Changan also considered getting aboriginal status.
However, he lives in a third-level spiritual cave, and his ordinary status is not enough.
Those who are at the level of pill formation are all prestigious figures in the Huangcheng tribe and are not easy to replace.
Lu Changan also didn't like the exclusive environment of the Huangcheng tribe. This was just a temporary transitional place.
"Stay there for another year, cultivate the "Golden Luo Hegemony" to the peak of the early stage of the third level, and then go to the Outer Alliance to find an oasis to practice comfortably..."
Lu Changan has clear plans for the future.
Body refining is popular in Feng Yuan Kingdom, and related materials are extensive and abundant.
In Scorpio Desert City, under his other identity, he purchased some body refining materials to promote the practice of "Jinluo Hegemony".
Lu Changan has practiced both physical training and cultivation. It has been forty years since he entered the third level. He also switched to martial arts in the middle, which slowed down the pace a little.
He predicts that "Jin Luo Ba Ti" can be cultivated to the mid-third level within ten years.
Even in Feng Yuan Kingdom, where body training is popular, those who have reached the mid-level third level of body training are still famous and strong.
If it weren't for the threat of the Peacock Saint, Lu Changan would definitely stay in Liang Kingdom for more than ten years before running away to Feng Yuan Kingdom.
On the way back to the third-level cave, Lu Changan sensed someone spying on him in the dark.
He was used to this, every time he went out.
After all, he is a newly arrived foreign cultivator. He lives in seclusion and practices in a low-key manner. This is why he is out of place in the exclusive tribe of Huangcheng.
Lu Changan didn't care much. The strongest person in Scorpio Desert City, "Chief Scorpio", was not stronger than the Peacock Saint.
After all, the Six Demonic Sects are the top immortal cultivation force in Daqing, and the monks of the same level from the Feng Yuan Kingdom tribe are far behind.
As long as he doesn't fall into a trap and be beaten by a group of his peers, Lu Changan's life will not be threatened.
Moreover, every two months, Lu Changan would calculate the bad luck.
A hundred feet away, in a spire building made of crystal stones.
"That person is the Master Xu mentioned by 'Futa'?"
A cold voice sounded in front of the window, coming from a long-braided young man wearing a mink cloak.
"Back to Mr. Ada, it's the Master Xu. According to rumors, this person is suspected of possessing precious elixirs and spiritual herbs brought from the wilderness."
A black-faced old man in the late stage of foundation building responded respectfully.
The long-braided boy's name is Adamaru. He is the grandnephew of the chief of the Scorpio tribe. His father is the deputy city lord of Huangcheng and is in the middle stage of alchemy.
Adamaru has a skinny figure, sunken eyes, and long braids on his back that reach his waist. His attire is unconventional in Scorpio Desert City.
"Nonsense!"
Adamaru sneered, with a mocking look on his face.
"Although the amount of elixirs and spiritual herbs flowing into Huangcheng has increased in the past year, it has not broken the twenty-year record. It is completely natural to attribute this to a new fake elixir monk."
"Young Master is right. In my opinion, Futa's Deputy City Patrol was jealous of Master Xu for being favored by Fairy Jiang of Xuanyinge Pavilion. He deliberately spread rumors and wanted others to come forward to kill people with a borrowed knife, or to find out the true nature of this person."
The black-faced old man echoed.
"Sex makes you stupid. What's the point of being a woman? There's no fun in being a puppet."
Adamaru's mood was waning and he waved the black-faced old man away.
Adamaru was the only one left in the room.
He took out a female puppet with a human face and a dragon tail from the storage bag.
The puppet has a beautiful face, and its torso and arms are no different from those of humans. Only its lower limbs are the tail of a dragon.
"Amaru, I miss you again..."
The beauty puppet's dragon tail wrapped around Adamaru's body.
The breathing in the room gradually became heavier.
Snap!
Suddenly, one of the beauty puppet's eyes fell to the ground along with a ball of mucus.
"Hey, there is a lack of spiritual stone resources, and the materials on Gillian's body are not of sufficient grade."
"I had known that the requirements for attacking third-level puppets would be lower. The puppets based on the legendary true spirit 'Human Faced Jiao' would be too difficult to refine..."
Adamaru sighed, picked up the eyeballs, and installed them in the beauty puppet's eye sockets.
The last minute embedding is done.
puff!
The beauty puppet's eyes exploded, and juice splashed all over Adamaru's face.
…
Ten months later.
Inside the third-level stone castle cave.
Lu Changan's body was soaked in the golden and black body tempering liquid.
The dark copper-colored muscles are convex like hills, and the surface of the skin is covered with shiny golden discs. The physical energy and blood exuded have reached the peak of the early stage of the third level.
Its body shape is also more than one foot tall, like an Arhat giant.
At this moment, Lu Changan's powerful punch can easily break the body-protecting shield of the early stage of the true elixir, and can even compete with non-heavy low-grade magic weapons.
"The "Golden Luo Hegemony" has been cultivated to the peak of the early stage of the third level, and the third-level mid-grade 'Corrupted Heart Erysipelas' has been prepared. This trip to Scorpion Desert City is well worth it."
Lu Changan felt happy, wiped his body, and left the medicine pool.
He calculated the time and found that there were still two months left for the entry order and the third-level cave to expire.
Lu Changan simply took out the materials and refined a third-level puppet.
Before leaving Liang Kingdom, he collected a lot of third-level materials.
In Scorpio Desert City, some puppet materials were added.
Two months later, an early-stage third-level bow and arrow puppet was basically formed, with only the key parts of the weapon remaining and not refined into a magic weapon level.
"The occupancy order has expired."
Lu Changan put away the puppet and let the spiritual pet return to its place.
He stopped lingering and stood up to leave the third-level spiritual vein cave.
After flying out of Scorpion Desert City, Lu Changan felt a little bit of spying again, and quickly turned away without knowing the source.
He was used to it.
Before setting off, Lu Changan predicted bad luck for himself.
I don’t know if Xiaoji’s hexagram is accurate or not.
Last year, I bought a key poisonous material in an oasis near Huangcheng. It was also a Xiaoji divination at that time.
Take this into consideration.
After Lu Changan flew dozens of miles out of the deserted city, he turned into a native of the deserted city with fake alchemy cultivation and tried his luck in the surrounding oases.
Even if you buy some common materials, these oases and water-based communities are much cheaper than deserted cities.
Two days later.
Lu Changan had no unexpected gains and gradually flew to the edge of Scorpio Desert City's influence.
At a certain moment, Lu Changan flew into a sandy fog area.
Sand fog weather appears from time to time in the desert. It is composed of impermanent fog and windy sand, which affects the monks' senses and sight.
Low-level monks may get lost in it.
"Huh? This is no ordinary shabu!"
Lu Changan felt his breath was hot, his skin was itchy and numb, and Jinluo Ba's body was covered with imperceptible golden round electric lines.
"Third-level poison! Who is it?"
In the sand and fog, Lu Changan's figure was shaking as he escaped from the light and darkness.
What is the promised Xiaoji hexagram?
This is a bad time to go out and encounter a third-level poison.
"Jiejie...Zhenren Xu's reaction is quick."
"Tsk, tsk, he was hit by a third-level poison and didn't fall down immediately. It doesn't look like he's the kind of weak Dan-Jie Daoist."
On the other side of the shabu, two or three figures emerged.
(End of chapter)
