Greenwood Market

Greenwood Market.

Greenwood Market is a market belonging to the Outer Disciples of the Greenwood Sect, jointly built by several elders.

The market covers a vast area, with two streets, East and West, each with different characteristics.

The East Street is full of buildings, with tall pavilions layer by layer, most of which are the property of sect elders.

These pavilions deal in important cultivation resources such as pills, Dharma Artifacts, Spiritual Medicine, and Talismans.

As for West Street, there are very few buildings. It is basically full of stalls, where some sect disciples freely set up stalls, and the market collects stall fees.

The items in the stalls are strange and varied, and the prices are relatively favorable, but the quality is difficult to guarantee.

Entering Greenwood Market with four Spirit Stones, Zhao Huaian naturally walked to West Street.

The reason was none other than...

Only poverty.

West Street was crowded with people.

A large number of Outer Disciples passed by, looking around, clearly choosing what they needed.

And these people gave Zhao Huaian the overall impression that their cultivation was not high.

Most of them were around Qi Refining Layer Two to Qi Refining Layer Four.

However, this was also easy to understand. After all, if their cultivation was insufficient, it would definitely be difficult to obtain Spirit Stones, so they could only linger in West Street.

Those with profound cultivation naturally wandered around East Street, buying higher quality items, and enjoying the hospitality of those young female cultivators.

Walking through West Street, Zhao Huaian's gaze swept across one stall after another.

He didn't have many Spirit Stones, only four, so he had to think carefully before acting.

"Senior Brother, how many Spirit Stones for a bottle of this Grain Abstinence Pill?"

After scanning the stalls, Zhao Huaian finally squatted down in front of a stall selling pills and pointed to a bottle of Grain Abstinence Pill.

The stall owner was an old cultivator at Qi Refining Layer Six, and his age and aptitude were not very good.

Hearing the voice, the old man looked up at Zhao Huaian and said with a mouthful of yellow teeth, "One Low-grade Spirit Stone for a bottle of Grain Abstinence Pill, thirty pills inside, enough for three months' supply. Would you like a bottle, Junior Brother?"

"Yes, one bottle!"

Zhao Huaian nodded.

He had looked at the prices of several stalls, and they were all similar.

However, Zhao Huaian didn't rush to hand over the Spirit Stones. Instead, he looked at the other Pills in the stall with great interest and said, "Which of these Pills can increase cultivation speed? Senior Brother, please introduce them..."

"No problem! No problem!"

Seeing that Zhao Huaian was still interested in buying other Pills, the Old Man's wrinkled face broke into an even wider smile.

He pointed to several Pills that helped increase cultivation speed and introduced them. Then, he looked expectantly at Zhao Huaian and said, "Which one has caught Junior Brother's eye?"

"Qi Nurturing Pill... I don't have many Spirit Stones, so I'll just take one bottle!"

Zhao Huaian hesitated for a moment before finally pointing to the Qi Nurturing Pill, which cost three Low-grade Spirit Stones.

After all, the Qi Nurturing Pill was a Pill that increased cultivation speed, so it was only suitable for cultivators in the early Qi Refining stage, unlike the Grain Abstinence Pill.

Moreover, a bottle did not contain thirty pills, but only the normal portion of ten.

After handing over all his Possessions, four Low-grade Spirit Stones, Zhao Huaian left the market with nothing, feeling the pain of parting with his wealth.

Money gone, peace of mind!

Clutching two bottles of Pills, Zhao Huaian didn't dare to linger on the road and hurried towards the Residential Area.

By the time he returned to the Residential Area, the rain had stopped and the sun was shining, the clouds had dispersed, and a colorful light floated in the sky.

Gazing at the brilliant rainbow in the sky, Zhao Huaian touched the bottle of Qi Nurturing Pill in his embrace, a smile tugging at the corner of his lips.

In the path of cultivation, besides so-called talent, the most important thing is resources.

Now that he had a little bit of resources, he wanted to see how much the cultivation speed would differ after taking the Qi Nurturing Pill compared to when he had no resources.

Filled with anticipation, Zhao Huaian was about to push open the door and enter his room when someone suddenly walked out of the adjacent house.

This person was Liu Bohu.

"Brother Zhao..."

Liu Bohu's face was beaming, and he greeted Zhao Huaian with a chuckle.

"Brother Liu!"

Zhao Huaian cupped his hands in greeting with a smile. However, when he saw Liu Bohu's Cultivation, his eyebrows couldn't help but twitch in surprise. "Brother Liu has broken through to Qi Refining Layer Two?"

"Hahaha, Brother Zhao has sharp eyes. A few days ago, I met my Clan Brother in the market. He thought highly of me and gave me two bottles of Qi Nurturing Pills. I went into seclusion for half a month, and by chance, I broke through to Qi Refining Layer Two."

Liu Bohu replied with a hint of pride.

Originally, with his talent, it would have taken him at least another month to break through to Qi Refining Layer Two.

But with the boost from those two bottles of Qi Nurturing Pills, which cost four Low-grade Spirit Stones, he had managed to break through to Qi Refining Layer Two ahead of others.

Just as Liu Bohu was feeling pleased, his peripheral vision couldn't help but notice Zhao Huaian's cultivation.

"Brother Zhao... you've also broken through to Qi Refining Layer Two?"

Looking at Zhao Huaian's Qi Refining Layer Two cultivation, Liu Bohu was also a little surprised.

Zhao Huaian nodded humbly, a smile on his lips, "I bought a bottle of Qi Nurturing Pills a few days ago, and luckily broke through last night."

"This... Brother Zhao is indeed naturally intelligent!" Liu Bohu took a deep breath, and the trace of smugness in his heart instantly vanished.

After all, he had used two bottles of Qi Nurturing Pills and four Low-grade Spirit Stones, while the Zhao Huaian before him had only used one bottle of Qi Nurturing Pills so far.

Moreover, under such circumstances, Zhao Huaian had broken through to Qi Refining Layer Two before him last night.

From this, it could be seen that although both had Three Spiritual Roots, Zhao Huaian's aptitude was indeed much better than his.

Such a talented person must be befriended.

"Brother Liu is also not bad. With the support of your clan brother in the sect, you might even reach Qi Refining Layer Three earlier than me in the future."

Zhao Huaian smiled slightly, also feeling a little envious of Liu Bohu having others to support him.

"Hahaha, I wish to strive together with Brother Zhao!"

Hearing this, Liu Bohu thought of his clan brother and couldn't help but laugh heartily.

"Let's strive together!"

Zhao Huaian cupped his hands slightly, a faint smile on his lips, and pushed the door back into his room.

Mission Hall.

"Senior Brother Lei, this is my mission voucher. Please inspect it, Senior Brother Lei."

Lin Zihao, with a somewhat tired expression, took out a hundred low-grade spiritual medicines from his Storage Bag and respectfully said to Lei Yangwen, who was on duty.

For more than a month, he had taken advantage of this mission to go out of the sect. Originally, he wanted to find out who had exterminated his entire family and retrieve that Ice Grass.

But everything was ultimately in vain.

Not only did he waste a lot of time, but in the end, he couldn't find out any truth. As for the Ice Grass, it had long since disappeared without a trace, and it was obvious that the murderer who exterminated his family had already taken it.

These changes made Lin Zihao mentally exhausted, and the frustration and anger in his heart had been suppressed to the extreme.

"Hmm... not bad, these spiritual medicines are of good quality. You can get an extra five Low-grade Spirit Stones. Including this mission reward, it's a total of thirty Low-grade Spirit Stones."

After carefully inspecting the spiritual medicines and confirming they were as described in the mission, Lei Yangwen nodded with satisfaction and took out thirty Low-grade Spirit Stones from the counter.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Lei."

Lin Zihao forced a smile onto his face, then took out five Low-grade Spirit Stones and respectfully handed them to Lei Yangwen. "This is a small token of my appreciation, Junior Brother. I hope Senior Brother will accept it."

"Hmm, if there are suitable missions in the future, I'll keep an eye out for you!"

Lei Yangwen glanced at the five Low-grade Spirit Stones, a smile appearing on his face.

Although these five Low-grade Spirit Stones weren't much, even a mosquito's leg was still meat. Lei Yangwen naturally wouldn't refuse.

As for keeping an eye out for missions, it was just a casual gesture. If Lin Zihao continued to be sensible in the future, the missions he helped Lin Zihao keep an eye on would definitely allow him to take another cut.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Lei!" Lin Zihao respectfully cupped his hands.

Seeing that Lei Yangwen no longer seemed to have anything to say to him, he naturally walked out of the Mission Hall.

"Brother Lei, congratulations! Judging by your rosy complexion, it seems your breakthrough to Qi Refining Layer Nine is not far off."

"Hahaha, not at all. It's just that during this disciple recruitment, someone gave me a stalk of Ice Grass, which greatly helped me suppress the fire poison in my body."

"..."

Hearing Lei Yangwen's conversation with another Cultivator, Lin Zihao, who had just walked out of the Mission Hall, immediately stopped in his tracks, his entire body trembling.