Departed Spirit Market
Huang Liao said seriously, "By the way, Brother Li, the Departed Spirit Market opens tonight and will last for two days. Do you need the Sun-Avoiding Bead or the Nether Realm Human Skin?"
"Give me two Sun-Avoiding Bead, how much?" Li Weiyi asked.
Huang Liao took out two Sun-Avoiding Bead and placed them in front of Li Weiyi: "No need for money! Brother Li, you can tell at a glance that you are no ordinary person. Just consider this an opportunity for me to make friends."
Li Weiyi didn't refuse, not wanting to seem too pretentious. If the other party really wanted to make friends, Li Weiyi was precisely the kind of person who enjoyed making friends and wasn't so aloof.
When the living enter the Netherworld of the Departed, they shine like torches in the eyes of the departed.
The Sun-Avoiding Bead and the Nether Realm Human Skin are used to conceal the presence of a living person on one's body.
Li Weiyi wanted to Departed Spirit Market mainly to buy Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf.
The Phoenix Blood Tree was once the most wondrous tree in Yuzhou, one of the Three Hundred Prefectures of Lingxiao, comparable to the Earth Demon Pine of Six Thoughts Zen Temple. Now submerged in the Netherworld of the Departed, its leaves are extremely difficult to find in the realm of the living.
Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf are a precious treasure for "refining tendons and shaping skin" in physical cultivation, with effects far surpassing those of Divine Stove Wood.
Li Weiyi's current physical cultivation has progressed the furthest in his muscles and internal organs, having already refined seven catties of Immortal Soil. However, due to the slow progress in his bones and tendons, the refining and absorption of the Immortal Soil has become extremely slow.
The Great Completion of the Golden Bone technique is about 30% complete.
As for the muscles and skin, they have only cultivated to about 20%.
According to Li Weiyi's estimation, as long as he cultivates his muscles and skin to 30% of the strength of the Longevity Body, he can challenge martial artists at the Seventh Heaven the Dao Seed Realm with just his physical strength.
If one cultivates their bones and muscles to half the level of the Longevity Body, their physical strength will definitely be able to withstand Dao Seed Realm at the Ninth Heaven Realm.
Huang Liao reminded him, "Trade in the Departed Spirit Market is generally done using Blood Crystals. Brother Li, if you haven't prepared any, you should hurry to the city to exchange for some."
"Okay, thank you very much, Manager Huang."
Li Weiyi watched Huang Liao leave, feeling that the shopkeeper was hiding many secrets.
After having dinner with Yu'er, the two went into the city to exchange for blood crystals.
Li Weiyi wasn't short of blood crystals; he had many in his storage bags, filled with top experts from the Dao Seed Realm, all of whom were very wealthy. But if he didn't exchange them for blood crystals, wouldn't that reveal his secret of carrying a large quantity of them?
Only by exchanging some of it will it feel real.
As dusk fell, some of the streetlights hung on the walls, indicating that people lived inside.
Some of the floating Ghost Fire Lantern are inhabited by the spirits of the dead.
"Boom!"
A long convoy sped past, carrying half martial arts practitioners and half supplies. Among them were Buddha's Crossing Bandits dressed in monks' robes and skilled rice-dwelling warriors.
Li Weiyi pulled Yu'er aside.
At the very front of the convoy, I spotted a familiar face.
The Thousand Guard Commander of the Heavenly Principle Hall, Yi Zhouxue, had a face that was not yet thirty years old, with resolute features.
The other rider beside Yi Zhouxue, who looked very much like him and was dressed in black, was probably his brother, Can Yexue.
One is at the Fifth Heaven the Dao Seed Realm, and the other is at the Sixth Heaven.
Such a powerful figure, who held an extremely high position in the Rice Cult's headquarters, was now in a sorry state, covered in blood and dirt, fleeing towards the ferry as if his life depended on it.
Li Weiyi had a grudge against Yi Zhouxue, but he didn't want to cause any trouble. He was worried that a powerful figure from the Rice Cult might have escaped, and there was no need to provoke a group of desperate people.
Back at the inn, I finished unpacking my luggage.
A group of more than twenty people had gathered at the entrance of the inn, all heading to the Departed Spirit Market. Some of them were dressed in the Nether Realm Human Skin, their faces pale and their appearance quite frightening.
Li Weiyi secretly decided that after purchasing Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf from the Departed Spirit Market, he would go to find the Zuoqiu Courtyard and the Jiu Li Tribe's army.
The Lingxiao Shengjing Human Race seems to be in a very favorable situation.
As darkness fell.
Huang Liao and an Old Man with disheveled white hair came downstairs, leading a dozen or so blue, Departed Soul behind them.
Huang Liao smiled and explained, "The Departed Spirit Market is two hundred li away from Huangjiang Riverside City. Tonight, Elder Yao will guide us. Elder Yao was once the Netherlight Guide Envoy in the Jiu Li Divine Hall. He can discern good and bad fortune and can move freely in the Netherworld without ever getting lost."
Yao Qingfeng quickly waved his hand. "Please don't flatter me too much. This old man has never ventured more than a thousand miles into the Netherworld, so his survival until now is not due to any great skill."
"Let's go. The other teams in the city have already set off. Let's follow them," Huang Liao said.
Holding an ancient bronze lamp, Yao Qingfeng rode the first Spirit Steed, leading the procession.
Huang Liao will be postponed.
Li Weiyi and Yu'er rode together on a horse, gazing at the ancient lamp. It was indeed the Netherworld Lamp of the Jiu Li Divine Hall, just like the one Li Ling.
That's very strange!
The Netherlight Guide Envoy extremely high positions among the Jiu Li Tribe, almost all of them being disciples of the nine high priests. How could such figures have fallen to this state?
After leaving the city, Li Weiyi deliberately slowed down his Spirit Steed, dropping to the back of the group next to Huang Liao.
He asked, "Does Manager Huang also Departed Spirit Market to buy things?"
Huang Liao shook his head with a wry smile, "I went to escape disaster! So many cults and Buddha's Crossing Bandits have fled to the Huangjiang River. The armies of the Zuoqiu Courtyard and the Jiu Li Tribe will likely arrive in the next couple of days. The living world is already a bloodbath, who would have thought that the Netherworld of the Departed would be safer now?"
At the Huangjiang ferry crossing not far away, torches were clustered together, and large numbers of defeated soldiers from the Daojiao and Buddha's Crossing Bandits were gathering and boarding ships in a flurry of activity, seemingly preparing to set sail.
Giant ships have already set sail, heading east along the river.
After crossing the ferry, the group of more than twenty people officially entered the pitch-black Netherworld of the Departed.
Li Weiyi felt the temperature drop sharply, and the magical energy in the world became thin and cold.
An unknown dark force is invading the body, requiring the circulation of magical energy to refine and expel it. It's harmless in the short term, but living people with insufficient cultivation will definitely encounter problems if they live in the Netherworld for an extended period.
With visibility obstructed, it was even darker than nighttime in its natural habitat.
There was no green vegetation on the ground, only black, thorny vines with sharp spikes that were extremely hard.
Besides them, there were teams both in front and behind, with a large number of people.
Every now and then, martial artists who considered themselves highly skilled would ride off on strange beasts. Since they were only on the edge of the Netherworld, they were fearless and didn't even carry the Sun-Avoiding Bead or the Nether Realm Human Skin.
Huang Liao frowned. "Every month Departed Spirit Market opens, a large number of humans and Demon Race flock to the market, but tonight seems to be an excessive number."
"Boom!"
In the darkness several miles away, two magical artifacts clashed, radiating light and raising dust.
Martial arts masters were clashing, but the battle quickly receded and disappeared into the depths of the secluded realm.
"It seems Manager Huang's prediction was right; the war has indeed spread to the Huangjiang Riverside City." Li Weiyi was in high spirits, after all, the troops that had come were from the Zuoqiu Courtyard and the Jiu Li Tribe.
The Departed Spirit Market is built on the site of an old county town, surrounded by a desolate landscape resembling the Gobi Desert.
The mountaintops of the low hills curve in an arc, undulating like waves.
From afar, the entire market was shrouded in clusters of blue flames, filled with a lively and bustling atmosphere, with Corpse General and ghost generals maintaining order.
The owners of the Departed Spirit Market are almost all powerful beings from the Netherworld.
Once inside the market, the group dispersed, each person going to buy what they needed.
Huang Liao became Li Weiyi guide, explaining, "Any spirit that reaches the General level, which is equivalent to the Five Seas Realm in human martial arts cultivation, can begin to develop intelligence. When they reach the Commander Level, comparable to the Dao Seed Realm Martial Cultivator, their intelligence will increase significantly, even surpassing that of humans."
"But influenced by the dark power of the Netherworld, they are all violent and bloodthirsty, attacking any living thing they see. Only a small number of the departed spirits who have drunk from the Wisdom Spring can retain their sanity."
Li Weiyi heard the cry of "Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf" and, carrying Yu'er who had been somewhat frightened since entering the market, quickly walked over.
The stall owner was a handsome young man in his early twenties with skin Pure Immortal Body.
In Departed Spirit Market the goods are either corpses or ghosts, it is quite rare to find such a thing.
The Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf are as large as a palm-leaf fan, golden yellow, and covered with blood-red veins.
It looks like a leaf, but it's quite heavy, weighing about a pound.
Li Weiyi asked, "How much?"
"A single Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf, a High-grade Blood Crystal, no bargaining," the young man said.
A single High-grade Blood Crystal is worth 100,000 Spring Coin.
Li Weiyi immediately put down the leaf. "Why didn't you just grab it?"
"Actually, it's fairly fair." Huang Liao secretly transmitted his voice to Li Weiyi, and added, "The Phoenix Blood Tree's leaves grow slowly in the Netherworld, making it increasingly scarce."
A clear and melodious female voice came from behind. "I'll buy these five Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf!"
A slender, graceful figure in a green dress, wearing a veil, took out five High-grade Blood Crystal and placed them on the stall.
Li Weiyi stared at her with some surprise, then looked behind her, searching for another figure that looked just like her.
"What are you looking at? I'll gouge your eyes out!"
The woman in green had sharp eyes, and a Sha Qi emanated from her.
Li Weiyi can now determine that it is Yang Qingchan, not Yang Qingxi.
It's truly strange. Li Weiyi had thought that those two letters written in blood would harm Yang Qingxi, or at least land her in prison. Who would have thought she would encounter Yang Qingchan in the Netherworld of the Departed?
Li Weiyi used Disguise Art, so she didn't recognize him.
Now that the Rice Cult's experts have withdrawn en masse to the Huangjiang Riverside City, Li Weiyi dares not easily acknowledge her. Moreover, the Sui Sect is already his mortal enemy; they are now definitely enemies, not friends.
The young man looked at Li Weiyi, then said to Yang Qingchan, "Everything has its order of arrival. This gentleman, ask the price first. I'll sell it to you after he decides not to buy it."
Li Weiyi's eyes widened in surprise, and her goodwill towards him increased greatly. "I didn't expect the deceased to have such a strong sense of contract. I admire him!"
"Who said I'm a ghost?"
The young man replied with a detached expression.
Li Weiyi looked him up and down, secretly praising his impressive Conceal Qi Technique. Indeed, there are always people more capable than oneself in this world.
"Okay, I'll buy them all!"
Li Weiyi took out five High-grade Blood Crystal and handed them over.
Huang Liao, standing to the side, had a strange glint in his eyes.
The message he received indicated that this Brother Li had only exchanged one hundred Low-grade Blood Crystal in Huangjiang Riverside City, which was only worth one High-grade Blood Crystal.
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