Jining also headed in the direction where the monks disappeared, and soon he came to a remote alley.
This alley is like a completely different world from the bustling streets outside. This alley is not only silent but also has a weird atmosphere. This eerie and terrifying atmosphere makes ordinary pedestrians nearby avoid it.
Walking into the alley, after walking for more than a hundred meters, there was no way out. It turned out that this alley was a dead end. But Jining didn't stop and walked towards the cold wall of the dead end, and then he disappeared into the wall.
When Jining appeared again, a splendid building came into view. These buildings were well-proportioned, showing that the owner of this city had put a lot of thought into it.
Jining saw various monks rushing through various shops, but most of them were Qi-training monks, and occasionally a few Foundation-building monks passed by.
Jining knew that the spiritual herbs and elixirs he needed could not be found here, so he didn't care.
Then he walked leisurely into a shop selling low-level talismans and magic weapons, but there were still many people inside. From their conversations, we learned that the three major sects of Nanzhou Tianwu Pavilion, Honglian Mountain and Guiyuan Sect had sent powerful monks to participate in this tea tasting party. At the same time, they planned to recruit more disciples at the Luling Terrace tea tasting party.
Most monks who have reached the ninth level or above of the Qi training stage and whose spiritual roots are not too bad can enter the three major sects. However, this time the three major sects also held a monk fighting competition to select monks within the sect.
They set up a powerful formation on Luling Terrace and asked some low-level monks who thought they were good at fighting to fight in a formation they set up.
Those low-level monks who are defeated within the formation will be sent out of the formation, leaving only a hundred monks who can join the three major sects. After hearing that those who are outstanding in fighting within the formation, the elders of the sect who are directly selected will be accepted as disciples.
Because during the last catastrophe in the South Continent, major sects discovered that although some ascetics within their sects had good cultivation, they were unable to demonstrate their own strength when fighting monsters.
Therefore, each sect paid more attention to the fighting strength of the monks, so when each sect later recruited disciples, they also assessed the disciples' fighting skills. After hearing this, Jining became more and more interested in this tea tasting party.
At the same time, looking at these low-level monks who were casual cultivators reminded him of himself when he was wandering around the market.
While Jining was thinking secretly, his consciousness inadvertently scanned the items in the store.
One of the items surprised him. It turned out that Jining saw a rather large Gengjin spirit mine among a pile of ores. It's just that this piece of Geng Jinling Mine is covered with a thick layer of ordinary silver crystal ore.
When Jining was about to ask, he saw that a Qi-training monk had already grabbed the piece of Gengjin Spiritual Mine in his hand. This made Jining a little depressed, and he was thinking about how to replace the staff from now on.
However, the Qi Practitioner hesitated and then put it back, which made Jining secretly happy, so he walked over and took the piece of Gengjin Spirit Mine in his hands as if by accident, and then asked the owner of the shop.
"The quality of this silver crystal is very good. I bought it at a high price. If you like it, fellow Taoist, I'll give you a hundred spiritual stones," the shopkeeper said with a smile.
Jining smiled and didn't bother to bargain and just threw ten middle-grade spiritual stones to the shopkeeper.
The shop owner showed a look of surprise on his face after seeing the medium-grade spiritual stone. But there was a hint of regret from the expression on his face. He knew that he was already a high-level monk, but he didn't expect that this monk he had never seen before was so rich that he directly threw ten middle-grade spiritual stones.
But if he knew that this was Gengjin Spirit Mine, he would definitely vomit blood. Its value is a thousand times that of one hundred spirit stones. Jining left the store after collecting the Geng Jinling Mine. The Qi Practitioner who picked up the ore just now seemed to know what he had missed.
Jining wandered around the city and didn't see anything that caught his eye, so he returned to the inn.
Jining looked at the Gengjin Spirit Mine in his hand in the room with a smile on his face. This Cloud Hidden Spirit Sword was so powerful back then, but now it has not exerted its power in my hands.
Especially when I was in Liusu Secret Realm that day, I was almost destroyed by Demon Lord's claw. This also made Jining vaguely feel that Yunyin Spirit Sword should have been damaged back then, but his cultivation level was too low to feel it.
Since the Star Shield was successfully refined, Jining has become more confident in refining weapons. This also made Jining prepare to refine the spirit sword again, especially after he obtained this Gengjin spirit mine.
It's just that the risk of refining the Cloud Hidden Spirit Sword is extremely high. If you are not careful, the Spirit Sword may be completely destroyed. Jining played a spell and the Yunyin Spirit Sword appeared in front of him, watching the spirit sword carefully.
It has been following him for more than a hundred years, saving his life many times during this period. But without the Yunyin Spirit Sword, I might just be a handful of loess in Kunyun Continent.
Jining put the Yunyin Spirit Sword back into his body, then closed his eyes to meditate. A few days later, Jining secretly thought that he still felt a little reluctant to refine the Cloud Hidden Spirit Sword again.
So I considered waiting for the tea tasting party at Lulingtai to end and then find a place to refine the sword again.
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Luling Mountain is located on the edge of the largest wild forest in South China. It is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, with strange peaks and rocks standing there, and powerful monsters often appear.
Therefore, Luling Mountain is known as the land of immortals among ordinary people. It is said in the ordinary world that the immortals in Luling Mountain are accompanied by tiger demons and snake spirits. Those tiger monsters and snake spirits are well versed in human nature. If a man enters Luling Mountain, he will be taken as a husband by these monsters. If he does not obey, he will be eaten by them.
Perhaps because the legend is so vivid, ordinary people dare not approach Luling Mountain.
Near a cliff in Luling Mountain, several exquisite buildings were built against the mountain. There is a large flat land in front of the building. In the center of the flat land is a giant umbrella-shaped tree. The trunk of this giant tree requires more than ten adults to connect to hug it.
There is a stone table and several stone benches placed under the giant tree. On the stone table are some fruits and a pot of tea.
A middle-aged monk with gray hair and gray hair wearing colorful robes sat in front of the stone table under the giant tree. He moved the teapot on the stone table and slowly raised it, filling the teacup in front of him.
His eyes were looking at the cliff in the distance, as if he was thinking about something disturbing. Occasionally, a figure appears in the distant building, as if he is busy with something. He is Luling Sanren Wancheng.
"Fellow Taoist Wan, the tea tasting party is about to begin, you still have such leisure and elegance!" A voice came from the void.
"Fellow Daoist Qin, Wan's mediocre diet here is different from that of a large sect like you. Didn't you come too early?" The middle-aged monk with gray beard and colorful robes looked into the void and said slowly.
Then a middle-aged monk in gray clothes and gray hair appeared in the void.
