Huai River Little Meet (Sorry for the Late Update!!!)
Several days later.
At the end of the year, Ling Rufan had been traveling to various low-level spiritual mountains in the Ling Clan Territory to harvest mature Spirit Plant, had filled all his Storage Bag. He then returned to the Lineage midway, put the spiritual items in his Storage Bag back into the Lineage's Affairs Hall, and gave the letter that Ling Pengyun had entrusted him to deliver to Ling Ruda, the steward of the Affairs Hall and the Lineage's Great Elder.
Ling Ruda reading the contents of the letter, Ling Ruda's expression changed drastically. He immediately left the Affairs Hall, first going to the Clan Repository on the mountaintop, and then searching for several elders of the Lineage who often went out. However, he still found nothing. With a worried look on his face, he rode the Immortal Spirit Crane and left Lingxiao Mountain, heading towards Azure Stone Mountain where Ling Pengyun was stationed.
Upon arriving at Azure Stone Mountain, Ling Ruda immediately sought out Ling Pengyun, who was stationed there, and angrily rebuked him.
"Peng Yun, how could you act so rashly? As a Spirit Planter, don't you know the importance of your Natal Spirit Plant? The bottleneck of the Qi Training Seventh Layer is known as the most difficult bottleneck in the Qi Training Stage. This is no exaggeration. Even though we Spirit Planter can use the spiritual power of our Natal Spirit Plant to break through our realms, which is somewhat convenient, you still can't act so rashly."
Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun immediately understood that Ling Ruda had read the letter he had sent back to his Lineage.
He knew that Ling Ruda's words were true and meant well for him, so he didn't take the reprimand to heart and instead felt a warmth in his heart.
Ling Ruda that Ling Pengyun remained silent, Ling Ruda sighed helplessly. "Summon your Thorn Vine and let me see them."
Ling Pengyun did as he was told, summoning the sickly, finger-length Thorn Vine clinging to his chest and handing it to Ling Ruda to look at.
After Ling Ruda took the small section of the Thorn Vine, he probed it with his Divine Sense and examined it carefully. He found that the vine was still under control, but it had lost a lot of Yi Wood Essence. He then used his Divine Sense sense to examine Ling Pengyun's body and found that there was nothing seriously wrong, so he was relieved.
"In the future, do not force your way through bottlenecks like this. Thorn Vine, the thorny Thorn Vine helped this time, but they were injured. If you had forced your way through, it would have damaged your meridians and been a big problem. Although there are many Healing Pill in the Lineage Clan Repository, there are no spiritual treasures for treating injuries to Spirit Plant. I also asked some family members, and none of them had any. Such healing spiritual treasures are rare, and the Lineage has not many people scattered around. I'm afraid it will be difficult to find such spiritual treasures in a short time."
"You can go to the Huai River Little Meet soon; you might find something there. If you don't find anything Huai River Little Meet either, I'll go and find the Clan Head Clan Head. He has a wide network of connections and should be able to find such spiritual items. This will help you recover from your Thorn Vine injury quickly and prevent it from affecting your cultivation progress."
"That's what I think too." Ling Pengyun felt a warmth in his heart and nodded slightly.
Afterwards, the two chatted about Spirit Plant for a while before Ling Ruda left Azure Stone Mountain.
After leaving Azure Stone Mountain, Ling Ruda did not immediately return to his Lineage. Instead, he went to the Xuan Mystic Water Iron Mine at the Ling Ruxian Huai River Little Meet, Azure Stone Lake Second Elder stationed there. He instructed him to take Ling Pengyun to the Huai River Little Meet to ensure Ling Pengyun's safety.
The end of the year, December 30th, the second to last day of the year.
On this day, Ling Pengyun irrigated the six acres of Spirit Field on the top of Azure Stone Mountain with Spirit Rain early in the morning. Facing the cold winter wind, he sat cross-legged beside the Spirit Field, gazing at Azure Stone Lake.
Not long after, Ling Ruxian, who had been stationed at the bottom of Azure Stone Lake Profound Water Mineral Vein many years, emerged from the lake. He first took out an array plate and activated the array protecting the mine.
A blue light curtain suddenly appeared, enveloping the entire Azure Stone Lake.
As soon as the magic array was activated, Ling Ruxian also summoned the Immortal Spirit Crane, rode the crane away from Azure Stone Lake, and flew to Azure Stone Mountain.
Ling Pengyun, who had been waiting for Ling Ruxian a long time, immediately stood up and greeted him with clasped hands upon seeing Ling Ruxian's arrival. "Thirteenth Grandfather."
Ling Ruxian nodded slightly and said, "Peng Yun, today is the second day of the Huai River Little Meet. We should set off now to avoid missing Huai River Little Meet auction where the most spiritual items are gathered."
"Okay." Ling Pengyun had been waiting for this day for a long time. Several months ago, the two of them had agreed to go to Huai River Market Town together.
After responding, he took out the array plate of the "Wu Earth Two Elements Formation" Mountain Protection Formation of Azure Stone Mountain, as well as more than ten Spirit Stone, and used the power of the Spirit Stone to activate the array.
A huge, earth-yellow light curtain enveloped the entire Azure Stone Mountain.
Azure Stone Mountain was protected by an array, so Ling Pengyun could leave without worry.
Afterwards, Ling Pengyun and Ling Ruxian rode the Qi Training Late Stage Immortal Spirit Crane together and flew away from Azure Stone Mountain, heading to Guofeng Fruit Bee Ridge, where "Ling Penglin" was stationed, dozens of miles away.
Although Fruit Bee Ridge has a First Rank Low Grade Spirit Vein, it is located in the mountains and is full of pits and rocks, making it unsuitable for cultivating fields. Therefore, the Ling Clan did not relocate mortals to Fruit Bee Ridge to establish a village.
So far, only Ling Penglin has been guarding the Spirit Vein on Fruit Bee Ridge, taking care of the two acres of Spirit Field cultivated on the Spirit Vein, and the Spirit Mandarin Tree.
The spiritual plants grown on those two acres of Spirit Field are all Yellow Jade Spirit Rice.
The Yellow Jade Spirit Rice contains abundant Spiritual Qi and can fetch a very high price on the market.
Ling Ruxian and Ling Pengyun rode their Immortal Spirit Crane and landed outside the small house next to the two acres of Spirit Field on Fruit Bee Ridge. They greeted Ling Penglin, who was sitting cross-legged at the door of the small house.
"Peng Lin, are you all packed?"
"It's been ready for a while now, I've been waiting for you to come and pick me up!" Ling Penglin said excitedly as she stood up.
"Come on up!" Ling Ruxian smiled and beckoned Ling Penglin to board the Immortal Spirit Crane.
Although the Immortal Spirit Crane is not large, it can still carry three people.
The three rode on Immortal Spirit Crane and flew together to Huai River Market Town.
Huai River Market Town is located in the southern part of Huai River County. It is the closest human settlement to the Serpent Dragon Lake in the entire Huai River County Huai River County the first line of defense for Huai Shui County and even the entire Hundred Spirits Sect territory against the countless Demon Beast in Serpent Dragon Lake.
This Huai River Market Town was built by the Hundred Spirits Sect on a Second Rank High Grade Spirit Vein. Inside it, a Third Rank Low Grade array was set up. The Hundred Spirits Sect's Third Rank Array Formation, the Golden Core stage expert "Spirit Array True Person," was stationed there year-round to prevent Demon Beast from the Serpent Dragon Lake from attacking the market during normal times.
After the Huai River County was conquered by the Demon Beast and the county city was established three years later, the situation in Huai River County stabilized. Then, the Hundred Spirits Sect held a grand auction in the Huai River Market Town, also known as the "Huai River Little Meet".
The original intention of this Huai River Little Meet was very simple: to attract cultivators to trade, increase the tax revenue of the Huai River Market Town, earn more profits, and make up for the spiritual materials consumed by the Third Rank Array Formation set up when the Huai River Market Town was established.
Five years ago, during the first Huai River Little Meet, the Hundred Spirits Sect, the market's administrator, in order to make a name for itself, put a full five Foundation Establishment Pill and twenty portions of second-grade Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object, Hundred Spirits Water, at the auction. This attracted cultivators from the Hundred Spirits Sect's territory and even other Golden Core sects to come and compete for these Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object.
With the help of these people, the newly established Huai River Little Meet quickly became bustling.
Night falls, under the stars.
Like a mortal city, the Huai River Market Town, with its four walls over ten feet high, was still bustling with people, and the main road was crowded with people and brightly lit.
The four main entrances of the market, in the east, west, south, and north, were packed with people, with long queues forming at each entrance.
A white streak of light swept across the sky and landed outside the east gate of the market.
The white light and shadow was a graceful Immortal Spirit Crane. On its back were Ling Pengyun, Ling Ruxian, Ling Penglin, who had left Azure Stone Mountain at dawn.
This was Ling Pengyun's first time visiting Huai River Market Town. He had heard before that Huai River Market Town, which was built by the Hundred Spirits Sect, was very prosperous. However, seeing the tall city walls on all four sides of the market and the long queue of cultivators at the entrance of the East Gate, he couldn't help but feel excited.
To prepare for this day, he had prepared a full 1,427 Spirit Stone, intending to spend them.
This purchase was not arbitrary; Ling Pengyun had already planned it.
Firstly, search for Special Spirit Object Yi Wood Essence that can restore the Thorn Vine.
Secondly, they searched for the eggs of Flying Demonic Beast.
Third, purchase Weapon Refinement Materials.
Fourth, purchase some First-Tier Superior-Grade spiritual fruits that are rare even within the Lineage.