Qingyun Immortal Market

The Immortal Market outside the Immortal Encounter Sect's mountain is the Great Gan Dynasty's largest Immortal Market. It has over a thousand resident immortal merchants, making it more lively daily than even the small market in Suiyang Immortal Market, and comparable to a major market when it's busy.

Generally, Immortal Markets are named after their location, but the Immortal Market outside the Immortal Encounter Sect's mountain has its own name: Qingyun Immortal Market.

Legend has it that this name was personally given by Qing Xuanzi, the first sect leader of the Immortal Encounter Sect, and has been in use ever since.

Chen Ganliu wasn't thinking about Qingyun Immortal Market, but rather that someone was currently attacking the Immortal Encounter Sect.

If Chen Qing went, wouldn't she be walking into a death trap?

He showed surprise and said, "The Immortal Encounter Sect is currently in a great battle with a Great Demon. Why would Sister Chen still go to Qingyun Immortal Market?"

Chen Qing sighed and said, "I've thought it over repeatedly. Suiyang Immortal Market has no real defenses. If that Great Demon comes again, none of us will escape death."

"Qingyun Immortal Market has been managed by the Immortal Encounter Sect for many years, with triple immortal arrays. That Great Demon won't be able to break through."

"I want to go to Qingyun Immortal Market to take shelter for a while. Will you come with me?"

Chen Ganliu truly didn't know if Qingyun Immortal Market had been breached by that Great Demon in his past life. After all, in his previous life, he was just a menial disciple with no access to such information. However, he knew that Suiyang Immortal Market had not suffered a second disaster and was safer than other places.

He had lived three lives, and two of them he had been married. He knew women couldn't be persuaded, and besides, he himself needed to leave and return to Blazing Light Cave, Twin Cloud Mountain. After a moment of thought, he took out the Talisman White Deer, handed it to Chen Qing, and then said, "I heard that Demonic Cultivator has a grudge with the Immortal Encounter Sect. The area near the Immortal Encounter Sect will surely be a battlefield. Qingyun Immortal Market might not be as safe as here."

"If Sister Chen wants to go, I won't stop you. Bringing this Magic Treasure will make your journey more convenient."

Chen Ganliu's willingness to lend the Talisman White Deer moved Chen Qing slightly. Knowing that this treasure could save her from some hardship, she accepted the Talisman White Deer.

The female cultivator originally wanted to leave with Chen Ganliu, but seeing that he refused, she was helpless. She also served him a few more bites of food.

After they finished this meal, Chen Qing put down her chopsticks and went back to her room to pack her things.

Chen Ganliu also went to attend to his own business.

After all, he had accepted the job of making chairs, cushions, and backrests, and planned to complete this commission before secretly returning to Blazing Light Cave, Twin Cloud Mountain.

He lent out the Talisman White Deer simply out of a bit of past affection, as a gesture of goodwill, to ease his conscience.

Without the Talisman White Deer, there were still other ways to travel. Among the eleven Magic Treasures, there was one called "Wind-Assisted Footwork," a low-end wind-element Magic Treasure. When activated, it could generate wind underfoot, greatly increasing speed.

Refining Wind-Assisted Footwork required a thorough understanding of wind-element Talismans. The Twelve Talismans of the Profound Gate did not include wind-element spells, so Chen Ganliu naturally couldn't refine such a Magic Treasure. However, he had no problem using the already refined Magic Treasure with his magical power.

Chen Qing left that night.

As Chen Qing had said, the number of cultivators in Suiyang Immortal Market had indeed decreased sharply. Even seven or eight resident cultivators had moved away, making it suddenly deserted.

Chen Ganliu didn't care about these things. He now had the Mind-Wandering Zen Blade, which was ten times sharper than the axe-like one. Working with this precious blade, his efficiency was incredibly high.

The lumber he chopped was just enough to make twelve chairs, with the extra two as a bonus. He made double the number of cushions and backrests, as bird feathers, cotton, and fabric were just common mortal goods and easy to buy.

After Chen Ganliu finished his work and calculated the time, he set up a stall, intending to sell the Talismans he had recently drawn.

He had hardly drawn any of the Twelve Talismans of the Profound Gate recently, but he had drawn many Talismans of Capture, Bewilderment, and Confusion. However, the Immortal Market was deserted, with not a soul in sight, so naturally, no one patronized his business.

Chen Ganliu didn't care that he couldn't sell anything. He sat meditating by his stall. He had just circulated the Azure Emperor Jia Yi Art twelve times when he heard two familiar voices. Two young girls approached, chatting merrily. Upon seeing the chairs, cushions, and backrests Chen Ganliu had made, they were overjoyed. The senior sister said, "It's amazing you made so many. We sisters won't shortchange you, so we'll increase it to thirty Talisman Coins."

Chen Ganliu refused a few times before reluctantly accepting. After handing over the chairs, cushions, and backrests, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why aren't you two sisters afraid of the Great Demon's rampage?"

The two girls chuckled at his words but didn't answer, only saying, "We sisters naturally have our reasons for not being afraid."

After the two women floated away, Chen Ganliu returned to his residence. He first made his room look like someone was in seclusion, changed into adult clothing, covered his face, put on long pants, stepped onto stilts, and took out the Jade Talisman for Wind-Assisted Footwork, preparing to leave Suiyang Immortal Market.

As soon as he left his residence, seven or eight streams of light descended. The leading female cultivator had eyebrows that reached her temples, phoenix eyes that were cold and imposing, and a stunningly beautiful appearance. She wore plain robes and a cloud-like skirt, surrounded by swirling mist and clouds. It was the Golden Core Realm cultivator who had visited last time.

Her cloud robes were stained with blood, clearly indicating she was severely injured. However, her sharp and heroic demeanor remained undiminished. She shouted, "The Great Demon's two female disciples are said to have come here. All fellow disciples, search thoroughly and do not let the demonic girls escape."

The seven or eight cultivators each released their Magic Treasures, enveloping the entire Suiyang Immortal Market, and then split up to search every corner.

Chen Ganliu was stopped by a male cultivator. This cultivator's aura was as deep as the sea. With a wave of his hand, he shattered Chen Ganliu's disguise and shouted, "You are acting suspiciously, who are you?"

"And what are you trying to do?"

Chen Ganliu glanced and recognized him. He was a Golden Core cultivator from the Immortal Encounter Sect named Ouyang Tuo, whom he knew from his previous life. Ouyang Tuo possessed profound cultivation, had a stern face, and was notoriously difficult to get along with.

Ouyang Tuo had never seen this menial disciple who would join the Immortal Encounter Sect more than twenty years later. Even in his past life, Ouyang Tuo didn't remember such a minor figure.

If Chen Ganliu's cultivation weren't so weak, and his aura weren't so upright and peaceful, not resembling demonic cultivation, he would have killed him directly.

Too many people had died in the Immortal Encounter Sect recently, and every disciple was filled with rage.

Now, the elders were besieging that Great Demon, and they, as Golden Core disciples, were out searching for the Great Demon's female disciples, determined to kill them.

Chen Ganliu said innocently, "I heard people talking about a Great Demon appearing during the day. I was packing up to hide for a while."

The male cultivator saw that Chen Ganliu had no connection to the "Great Demon's female disciples" – their gender and age didn't match, and his cultivation was too low. He was about to let him go when he heard someone nearby point at the young man and shout, "It's precisely Chen Ganliu who traded with those female demons..."

I just realized the plot of the previous chapter doesn't match. I sent the wrong version...

My old mind is failing me.

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