Luanluo City, black market.
Two days later, Chen Ping went to the black market again, wondering if he could buy a more powerful flying magic weapon.
It took two full months to travel from Lingxiao Sect to Luanluo City. If I could find a good flying magic weapon, I might be able to save a little more time when I go back.
Sometimes, more time means more danger.
After Chen Ping entered the black market, he put on a mask and walked cautiously along the narrow and damp alleyways of the black market.
There are many monks selling various goods here, such as magical instruments, talismans, books and so on. But most stall owners only have one or two items placed on the temporary stalls in front of them.
"Fellow Taoist, would you like a book or two?" A stall owner saw Chen Ping walking by and greeted him with a grin, revealing a mouth of jagged and sharp teeth.
Chen Ping turned sideways and saw that they were all books or jade slips, so he squatted down and flipped through them.
Unfortunately, I didn’t see any rare books, so I couldn’t help but frown:
"These books from fellow Taoists are just normal books found in shops. They are nothing good."
The stall owner grinned, pulled out a jade slip from the bottom, and handed it to Chen Ping:
"what about this?"
The reason why the stall owner took the initiative to greet Chen Ping on the way was not random.
These monks who live in dark corners have been engaged in this kind of shady business for a long time, and they have the ability to observe words and emotions to some extent.
From the body language of Chen Ping walking on this path, the stall owner roughly guessed that Chen Ping was a cautious and attentive monk.
This type of monk likes things that can be used for plotting.
Chen Ping heard this and took the jade slip. There are a few words stuck on the jade slip——
——The longevity skill.
this...
Foundation building technique.
...What do I need you for?
But as soon as the released spiritual consciousness entered the jade slip, he was stunned for a moment.
The jade slips are divided into two parts. The formal content of the book is not visible and needs further refinement, but the preface part is fully exposed.
...This is a secret book for refining poison pills.
——"The elixir is for you, the poisonous elixir is for me."
Medicinal pills are a skill with a relatively high status among the four skills of cultivating immortals, and it is also relatively easy to make money. Books about elixirs are usually not available on the market.
Within the sect, there are some low-end ones that can be exchanged for merit.
But there is absolutely no poison pill.
"How about it? I'm sure Taoist friends will like it, right?" The stall owner smiled obscenely.
Chen Ping glanced at the stall owner and wondered what he was laughing at.
Did this stall owner misunderstand me?
When would someone as brave as himself need this thing?
I wanted to buy it just because I was curious about the properties of Poison Pill.
"I have no interest in this technique." Chen Ping snorted coldly and put down the jade slip. After seeing the disappointment on the stall owner's face, he slowly added:
"However, I have a friend who happens to be short of a foundation-building technique. If the price is affordable enough, I might as well bring it back to him."
Hearing this, the stall owner was overjoyed, with an 'I understand' expression on his face, and then said seriously:
"I'm just talking too much. But this practice is indeed a good practice. Don't worry, fellow Taoist, it's definitely affordable."
After some negotiation, I finally bought three secret books for the price of 280 medium-grade spiritual stones, one of which was the above-mentioned "Elixir to You, Poison Pill to Me".
The other book is "Everything Comes in Spring".
This book is an advanced version of the Qi-refining period spell "Spring on Dead Trees". The first part is suitable for practicing in the foundation-building period, and the latter part is suitable for practicing during the golden elixir period.
This book is not a forbidden technique, it's just that Chen Ping thought it was pretty good, so he bought it.
There are thousands of spells, but Lingxiao Sect may not all have them.
The third book is "Beast Taming Techniques of Octagonal Deer Spiritual Beasts".
This is an unexpected gain.
With this booklet, you won't have to go to the Fengqi Sect or other beast-controlling institutions in the future.
Zongmen Taobao.
After Chen Ping bought the spell, he continued to browse around. Unfortunately, he did not find any outstanding flying magic weapon.
Come again next time.
Or go to Jisanfang Market to search for Taobao.
Or attend a few more auctions. But there is a disadvantage in bidding. Many times you don't know what treasures are participating in the auction, but you need to pay the membership fee in advance every time.
This is very expensive.
Chen Ping returned from the black market and shortly after entering the outer city, when passing by a restaurant, he saw a gorgeously dressed female nun sitting at a table outside the restaurant, but there was no food on the table.
When the female cultivator saw Chen Ping coming over, she put one hand on the table and smiled at Chen Ping, like an old friend reunited after a long absence.
Chen Ping was slightly startled. He searched his memory to confirm that he did not recognize the other party, and quickly looked away without looking at the female cultivator.
...Why do you look like you know me?
Um? ...Chen Ping suddenly felt a thump in his heart.
There's something wrong with this female nun.
This restaurant is not far from the city gate and is considered a relatively remote restaurant. But it seemed to taste pretty good. He passed by it several times, and every time he saw it, it was full of diners. You can hear the laughter and laughter of the diners here from a distance.
Why is there only this one female cultivator today?
Chen Ping suddenly turned his head and looked at the female nun again. The female nun didn't look very old, and she couldn't be said to be very beautiful, but her clothes were extremely luxurious. His eyes were always smiling and looking at Chen Ping.
Even when Chen Ping looked over, she didn't avoid it.
Chen Ping raised his head slightly and saw a young monk standing in the corridor on the second floor, also looking at himself quietly.
Chen Ping immediately tightened his nerves.
royal?
Why are you targeting me?
He subconsciously took out a golden armor talisman.
But before Chen Ping could think about it, the female cultivator suddenly winked at Chen Ping playfully, and then suddenly exploded. As the female cultivator hit the table with her palm, the dining table immediately turned into powder. The trees around Chen Ping seemed to come alive in an instant, and their branches stretched like arms without limit, heading straight for Chen Ping.
Nine levels of foundation building?
Chen Ping was startled and retreated suddenly, putting on layers of defense for himself.
Then the Dragon Fire Technique was used, and a fire dragon shouted loudly, instantly breaking through the siege of snake-like branches.
"roll."
Chen Ping shouted at the luxuriously dressed female cultivator.
Breaking the siege of branches only alleviates the temporary predicament. It treats the symptoms but not the root cause. Directly attacking the female cultivator behind is the fundamental solution.
"呲~呲~呲~"
The female cultivator who was about to attack again suddenly paused. At the same time, her bulging chest stirred up circles of spiritual power ripples, making a sizzling spiritual power network sound, blocking Chen Ping's "Calling Technique". Falling sword technique, attack.
But even so, she still took a few steps back.
I just felt like my soul was in a trance.
'The soul attack spell is so powerful that even the Immortal Jing Bottle can hardly stop it. ,...the female nun was surprised.
Not just her, the young man on the second floor was shocked when he saw the female cultivator shaking her head and blurted out:
"Your Highness, are you okay?"
And he jumped down without any scruples, trying to stand in front of the princess.
The female revisionist was about to yell, "Shut up, I can be alone," but before she could say anything, Chen Ping's second "Go away" roared out.
"boom!"
As soon as the young man landed, a jade pendant on his chest fell apart in an instant under Chen Ping's spell attack, and the protective shield did not even have time to be fully formed.
The young man flew backwards before even making a move.
"Idiot." The princess cursed secretly.
Seeing that Chen Ping wanted to attack, the princess quickly waved: "Stop, stop..."
"Fuck!" Chen Ping blurted out.
Princess:……
At this moment, two figures rushed from the direction of the inner city.
He came at a gallop, but before anyone arrived, the voice came:
"Fellow Daoist Chen, please be merciful and don't kill me."
"Sister Jinshuang, stop fooling around."
"Everyone stop it!"
Bailiye?
Chen Ping heard Bai Liye's voice, came to his senses, and suddenly put away the spiritual power that was about to burst out, "Go away," without shouting the word again.
The female nun opposite also stopped.
I saw Bai Liye and a girl running over. Seeing that both of them were fine, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, it's a misunderstanding. Just fine, fine, fine." Bai Linye smiled awkwardly.
And said:
"Sister Jinshuang, you are so old. You still think about being strong every day. It's just nonsense."
"Hey, hey, why are you talking to sister? Are you teaching me how to do things? Didn't sister come to help you in advance to see what kind of friend you have here?" The luxurious princess known as Jinshuang said angrily.
Chen Ping took a deep breath.
Working together for a long time is a girl's willfulness.
After Bailiye introduced her, she found out that the luxuriously dressed female nun was named Baili Jinshuang. She was one of Bailiye's many brothers and sisters, and she had a pretty good relationship with Bailiye.
She just doesn't have the dignity of a princess.
Likes to mess around.
"It turns out to be Her Royal Highness Princess Jinshuang. Nice to meet you." Chen Ping said calmly.
"Fellow Taoist, that's true of you. I, the princess, always hold back and attack, but it's better for you to strike with a deadly attack." Baili Jinshuang struck preemptively, as if it was Chen Ping's fault.
If I want to make a killing move, the one I will use is the Qingmang Sword.
Chen Ping was speechless.
This woman is a bit unruly.
He hit him as soon as he started, and instead of apologizing afterwards, he blamed the other person.
But as a princess and in a demon city, it was normal for her to be unreasonable. At least she didn't say that my dad was the demon king.
To put it bluntly, it lacks social beatings.
Just have less contact with her from now on.
Chen Ping slandered.
However, Chen Ping was not showing mercy at that time, but he saw that Baili Jinshuang seemed to be from the imperial city, and there was no need for him to easily kill the royal family in the demon city.
Unless absolutely necessary.
But in hindsight, Baili Jinshuang was right. She did not kill him. As Bailiye's sister, she probably also has treasures such as talismans, and even more powerful ones.
She didn't use any of these.
"Look at how my people were beaten like this." Baili Jinshuang pointed at the pale young man at the wall.
At this time, everyone noticed a pale and dazed young man sitting in the corner.
Everyone stood together and talked for a long time.
"Master Tuoba, are you okay?" The girl who came with Bai Liye asked with concern.
"Your Highness, I'm fine. You can chat without paying attention to me." The young man turned his head away with difficulty... I am redundant and have no friends.
"Defense, come out to take care of the funeral." Baili Jinshuang waved towards the darkness. Then he yelled at the casual cultivators who were leaning on the windows and watching:
"What are you watching? Have you never seen this princess fight? Do you want to die?"
"Bang, bang, bang..."
There was a sound of closing the window.
Following Baili Jinshuang's sharp roar and wave, several followers came out from the darkness and were busy dealing with compensation for the collapse of restaurants and other buildings and other losses.
"Let's go, I still have things to do, so I won't disturb you. Fellow Daoist Chen is very good at it. Next time you and I will go to fight alone outside the city and fight until one party shouts to stop." Baili Jinshuang winked at Chen Ping with her big eyes.
Chen Ping said quickly:
"Your Highness the Princess is joking. With my little cultivation, if I really let go and fight, I will definitely lose within ten moves. How can I really dare to fight against Her Highness the Princess?"
Baili Jinshuang chuckled, then turned to glance at the young man in the corner:
"Let's go, this princess knows you are fine
, and still pretending to be dead. "
"Eh? Did the princess see this?" The young man was grinning in pain and felt as if his soul was being torn apart. But when he heard the princess say this, he stood up with force, and then grimaced again.
"Hiss~"
"Hiss~"
The young man seemed to have a high status. He walked up to Chen Ping and patted Chen Ping on the shoulder: "Hi~, Brother Chen, you are too cruel. His~"
Chen Ping: ..."Fellow Taoist Tuoba, I'm really sorry. The situation was urgent at the time, so it was really too urgent to take action!"
"Hiss~"
The young man followed Baili Jinshuang away.
After Baili Jinshuang walked away, Chen Ping said:
"Congratulations, Your Highness. We haven't seen each other for a few years. It's time to build a foundation."
Bai Linye smiled:
"Oh, we have just built the foundation. I would like to congratulate Fellow Daoist Chen, for your cultivation has improved again. My sister has been suppressed and beaten by Fellow Daoist Chen even after she has built nine levels of foundation."
"By the way, there is no need to call me Your Highness. You and I are cultivators, and we are both foundation-building monks, so we can address each other as fellow Taoists. Not only Fellow Daoist Chen, but many monks and I refer to each other as fellow Taoists." Bai Liye added. .
"Okay, since you said so, then I will treat you as a fellow Taoist." Seeing Bai Linye's affirmative tone, Chen Ping did not insist and followed his words.
...It is consistent with the public opinion.
"Let's go to the palace and sit down. Talk while walking?" Bai Linye was in a good mood.
"Okay." Chen Ping said.
To go from the outer city to the palace city, you have to pass through the inner city and the imperial city, which is not a close distance. When Bailiye and the others walked in the city, they usually rode in cars driven by specific flying beasts.
However, in order for Chen Ping to experience the culture of the three cities in the demon capital, they did not take the Feihu, but walked along the main road.
There are clear boundaries and city walls blessed by formations between each city, and levels are set up layer by layer.
There are also some mortals in the inner city, the imperial city and even the palace city, basically serving as servants.
The further you go, the closer you get to the big and scary old tree.
The spiritual energy is also becoming more and more abundant.
According to Bailiye, this dynasty is called Qingluan Dynasty, and there are currently two Nascent Soul monks.
One is the Demon King and the other is the Demon Emperor.
Its governance style is somewhere between a mortal dynasty and a sect's jurisdiction. The two systems are blended together to form their own characteristics. It has the characteristics of a sect where strength is king, and a dynasty where blood is suppressed.
"By the way, the reason why I was promoted to Foundation Establishment was mainly due to my experience in the Qingyun Domain. I have to thank you Daoist Chen for this." Bai Liye said with a smile while introducing the charm of the Demon City and talking about his cultivation.
"You don't need to thank me, that was your own opportunity, fellow Taoist Baili." Chen Ping said with a smile:
"I'm very curious. When you were a monk in the Qi training stage, why did you travel so far and practice so hard?"
There was only one girl following the two of them, who was also a princess. She was Baili Ye's sister, so Chen Ping spoke frankly and asked directly.
"This..."
The demon clan is the same as the human monks. The realms of the demon clan are basically the same as those of the human monks, including Qi training, foundation building, etc.
But after all, they are from different ethnic groups and have completely different physiques, so there will be certain differences in some practice techniques and details.
When a human monk advances from the Qi Refining Stage to the Foundation Building Stage, there is a small realization in the middle, and then comes the real breakthrough in Foundation Building.
But the Monster Clan is different. It does not have this small process of enlightenment, but pays attention to sudden enlightenment, and directly achieves foundation building in the process.
This process of enlightenment is inseparable from experience.
In other words, every demon clan with the ninth level of qi training who wants to advance to foundation building needs to go out and practice, and in the process, he will suddenly understand the mystery of foundation building.
Each demon's training method may be different.
The royal family is no exception.
Qingluan Dynasty has established strong training docking points in various districts. Bailiye's original choice was to go to the southwest of the Western Wilderness for training, and the Dynasty Golden Pill monks were responsible for transporting him there.
There is a Xiuxian City in the south of the Tianyan Domain in the West Wasteland, where there is a training docking point for the Qingluan Dynasty.
Each training disciple starts from there. There is no time limit or route limit for going out to experience. Wait until it's almost done before returning to the experience docking point.
Then he would be escorted back to the Demon City by people from the dynasty.
After Bailiye broke the formation, he immediately left the Qingyun Territory, where he completed the foundation building at the training docking point. After that, he was escorted back to Luanluo City by Senior Jindan.
I see.
Speaking of such a long distance, Bailiye ran over there to experience after eating.
It takes several months to build the foundation.
"By the way, I participated in the battle in the Qingyun Domain after all. To avoid causing trouble with the demon cultivator, I also ask Fellow Daoist Chen not to say that I am from the Qingyun Domain. I have always told others that I was training in the Tianyan Domain. It's Daoyou Chen who I met in Tianyan Domain. Very few people know the real inside story, including my sister Baili Jinshuang." Baili Ye said with his hands together.
This actually made Chen Ping stunned.
Baili Yegui is one of the princes of the demon clan, but he is actually afraid of demon cultivators?
And you have to hide it even from your own sister?
Thinking of this, Chen Ping couldn't help but glance at the girl walking beside Bailiye.
This girl doesn’t need to hide anything?
Seeing this, Baili Ye explained:
"It's different, this is my biological sister."
"By the way, I haven't introduced you seriously yet. This is my biological sister, Baili Xianling. Fellow Taoist Chen can just call her Fellow Taoist Xianling. This is the fellow Taoist I mentioned, brother, who saved my life. Chen Ping, Fellow Daoist Chen."
"Fellow Daoist Chen, it's a pleasure to meet you. Thank you Daoyou Chen for saving my brother's life. My brother has mentioned you Daoist many times. This time I can see you in person." Baili Xianling bowed her hands.
She saw a sword in her hand, thought for a moment, put the sword back into her storage bag, and bowed to Chen Ping again.
Chen Ping couldn't help laughing.
Along the way, Chen Ping had a good impression of this girl. She didn't talk much and spoke occasionally. She seemed to be inexperienced in the world, but she was not lacking in etiquette.
More importantly, there is no arrogance and domineering energy in Baili Jinshuang.
Much more well-behaved.
He seems to be much younger too.
The childish look on his face remains.
"Sister...cough, Xian Ling is friendly. Thank you for meeting me." Chen Ping returned the greeting.
Baili Xianling smiled lightly.
"Then Princess Baili Jinshuang...?" Chen Ping asked curiously.
"That is my half-sister. If you, Daoyou Chen, stay in Luanluo City for a longer time, you will know how huge the number of princes and young masters in my royal family is..." Bai Linye smiled bitterly.
The Demon King is very confident in his bloodline and pursues the strategy of having more children.
After hundreds of years of practice, we can stop cultivating ourselves, we can stop practicing magic, we can stop specializing in secret arts, we can stop running dynasties...
The only thing that cannot stop is creating people.
…No, create a monster.
There are dozens of Taoist companions, as well as descendants.
Chen Ping was amazed when he heard this.
This demon king.
We monks should put cultivation as our top priority.
How can you be obsessed with women and be unable to extricate yourself?
Too little self-control.
Return the Nascent Soul.
Hetui!
(End of chapter)
