On the second day, I learned from Steward Liu that the day of Trading Fair had arrived, and Li Yuan brought a batch of Talisman out of Mine.
There are more people in Stone Hollow than last time. The number of Traveling Merchant has not changed much, but there are obviously more people in Rogue Cultivator. Some of them look very unfamiliar, as if they came from farther away.
Li Yuan squatted down in the old position and moved Talisman away.
Twenty pieces of Fireball Talisman, eight pieces of Rejuvenation Talisman, four pieces of Vajra Talisman, one stack each of Cleaning Talisman and Warding Talisman.
Not long after, Elder Chen came down from the high stone.
The old man with white hair and beard walked up to Li Yuan, his eyes fell on Vajra Talisman first, picked up one and flipped through it, then looked at Rejuvenation Talisman.
"Vajra Talisman also has it."
"I just started the business not long ago, and the quality is average."
Elder Chen didn't pay attention, stacked Vajra Talisman and Rejuvenation Talisman together, and then brought Fireball Talisman over.
"Want everything."
He took out Spirit Stone from the storage bag and put it on the ground.
After counting Spirit Stone, Elder Chen took out a roll of animal skin from his arms and placed it next to Spirit Stone.
"As I said last time, I will give you a new preparation method."
Li Yuan picked up the animal skin and unfolded it.
Detoxification Talisman. Low-grade First-Order Talisman, after use, it can slowly discharge toxins from the body, and is effective against erysipelas, medicine residue and some negative energy erosion.
Li Yuan Sweep the preparation method from beginning to end, roll it up and put it away.
"There is another thing." Elder Chen lowered his voice.
"You don't have to do the Talisman Making task."
Li Yuan glanced at him.
Elder Chen took out a few pieces Spirit Stone from his sleeves and handed them over.
"I signed an agreement with the Wang Family. Chen Family will contribute people to assist Wang Family in defending the stronghold in this area and Mine. Wang Family will provide shelter and supplies to the Chen Family."
"There is no need to buy Talisman now."
He pushed Spirit Stone in front of Li Yuan.
"These pieces of Spirit Stone are extra for you."
Li Yuan puts Spirit Stone away.
"If you still need Talisman in the future, please come to me."
Elder Chen nodded.
"That's natural."
After the transaction was completed, Li Yuan did not leave immediately. He walked around the venue and replenished some Talisman Making materials and daily necessities.
When we walked to the middle of the field, several Rogue Cultivator were gathering next to a big rock talking, their voices not low.
A dark and thin man in his forties, Rogue Cultivator, squatted on the ground, with his hands in his sleeves and a gloomy face.
"... The days are really hard to live. The day before yesterday, I went out to collect herbs. I walked less than five miles when I ran into two Grey Iguanas. I almost lost my life there."
A short and fat Rogue Cultivator next to him answered the call.
"You're doing pretty well. The Rogue Cultivator settlements at the foot of the mountain in the south were cleaned out last month. They were not Demon Beast, but people. Seven or eight monks came over in the middle of the night and confiscated all valuables. Those who resisted were beaten to death."
"Where did the thief come from?"
"Who knows." Chubby Rogue Cultivator spread his hands. "Demon Beast is here these days, and so are thieves. I can't run away with my own legs."
Black and thin Rogue Cultivator sighed.
"I heard that Lao Chentou has already signed a contract with the Wang Family, and he and his whole family have signed up."
"It's not just Mr. Chen." Another older man Rogue Cultivator came over and lowered his voice. "Rogue Cultivator from the woods to the east also voted, as did Zhao Family Gully's group. They all signed short contracts. Please help me find another place to stay."
The black and thin Rogue Cultivator curled his lips.
"When you sign the contract, you are selling yourself. From now on, you will have to listen to others whether you do or not do anything."
"What if you don't sign?" Chubby Rogue Cultivator asked. "If you don't sign, you can carry it yourself? Can you handle it?"
No one answered.
After a while of silence, the older one Rogue Cultivator spoke again.
"Not only Rogue Cultivator is investing, but little Lineage is also investing. He Family, Liu Family, Sun Family, one by one, all moving towards the Wang Family. I heard that Wang Family has now taken in seven or eight little Lineage, and they have all been broken up and regrouped."
Chubby Rogue Cultivator hissed.
"After this incident, Wang Family is probably going to be much bigger than before."
While talking, the voice of Elder Chen came from Gao Shi.
The old man stood on the stone and bowed his hands to the people in the field.
"Everyone, Chen Family purchases all kinds of medicinal materials in large quantities. No matter the variety or grade, as long as it is spirit medicine, we will charge you as much as you can. The price is 20% higher than what is on the market."
Rogue Cultivator in the venue all looked over.
Someone muttered, "Chen Family What are you doing, hoarding so many medicinal materials?"
Elder Chen didn't explain, and went on to say the second thing.
"In addition, I hope you will be informed of the news about Breakthrough Pill medicine."
His eyes scanned the field.
"There is a junior in the family with a cultivation level of Qi Refining Sixth Layer and extremely talented. Now he has reached the threshold of breaking through Qi Refining Seventh Layer. If any fellow Daoist has Medicinal Pill that can help break through, regardless of the type, Chen Family is willing to buy it at a high price."
A Rogue Cultivator shouted in the crowd.
"Qi Refining Sixth Layer still needs Medicinal Pill to break through to the seventh level? Can't you practice to break through by yourself? If your talent is really good, can't you get there slowly by practicing?"
Someone next to me answered immediately.
"You put it lightly. Qi Refining Sixth Layer It's a hurdle to get to the seventh level. You don't know how many years it will take just to practice. With Medicinal Pill's help, you can break through as soon as possible."
Yelling that Rogue Cultivator is not Qi Ingestion.
"So what if we break through early? It won't be as difficult to think about Foundation Establishment in the future."
"It's different." The older Rogue Cultivator shook his head, this time his tone was much more serious than before.
"There is a big difference between early breakthrough and late breakthrough."
He stretched out a hand and clapped his fingers.
"The monk's Qi and Blood starts to decline from around forty years old. The higher the level of cultivation, the later the decline. The sixty-year-old Qi and Blood is only 70-80% of what it was at its peak, and by the age of one hundred it is not even half of it."
"At Foundation Establishment, Qi and Blood is the foundation. The more abundant Qi and Blood is, the greater the spiritual impact it can withstand at Foundation Establishment, and the higher the success rate."
The black and thin Rogue Cultivator was stunned for a moment after hearing this.
"So, the sooner you break through to the late stage, the greater the chance of Foundation Establishment in the future?"
"It's not just an opportunity." The elder Rogue Cultivator took his hand back.
"There is also a lifespan. After Foundation Establishment, the lifespan increases, but the base of the increase is your remaining lifespan at the moment Foundation Establishment. There is a difference of eighty years in remaining lifespan between the twenty-year-old Foundation Establishment and the one-hundred-year-old Foundation Establishment. The difference in the total lifespan increased after Foundation Establishment comes out is even greater."
The venue was quiet for a while.
Chubby Rogue Cultivator smacked his lips.
"In the final analysis, you still have to have resources. Without resources, no matter how talented you are, it is useless. If the young master of the Elder Chen family can take the Breakthrough Pill medicine, it is because the family can afford it. The Spirit Stones we Rogue Cultivator save all year round are not enough to buy one."
The topic gradually faded away, and Rogue Cultivator each sighed and returned to his own booth.
Li Yuan didn't interrupt from beginning to end. He leaned against the stone wall to listen to the conversation, got up and left Stone Hollow.
Walking back to Mine along the broken Stone Slope road, Li Yuan took out Detoxification Talisman's method of making the animal skin and turned it over again.
The arrangement of Spirit Pattern is not complicated. It uses a combination of Purification Pattern and Guidance Pattern, which belongs to the water system and favors the wood system.
He rolled up the animal skin and put it away and quickened his pace.
It was already afternoon when we returned to Mine.
Li Yuan went straight back to the hut and closed the door.
Take out the last three jars of Body Tempering solution from the storage bag.
The third round. Iron Bone Liquid, Mystic Armor Decoction, Crimson Marrow Paste.
Iron Bone Liquid opens first.
The wax seal on the mouth of the altar was opened, and the smell of medicine came out, pungent and pungent. I poured it into a wooden basin and mixed it with water. Li Yuan took off his clothes and sat in.
The feeling of the third round was different from the first two rounds.
The drug penetrates into the skin much faster than the previous two rounds - after the body has gone through two rounds of medicinal baths, the resistance of the skin and muscles to the drug is greatly reduced, and the pores are almost actively absorbing it.
It's not that the potency of the medicine has become weaker, it's that the body has been well-established by the first two rounds. The parts that can accept it have become more and the parts that reject it have become less.
After two hours, the liquid was exhausted.
Li Yuan stood up, Cleaning Spell swept away and put on clean clothes.
Then I opened Mystic Armor Decoction.
Heat poured directly from the surface of the skin into the bones, and there was a burst of soreness and swelling in the joints. The bone absorption in the third round was also more efficient than the first two rounds, and the spiritual power penetrated deeper into the bone seams.
The last one is Crimson Marrow Paste.
The mildest one and the deepest penetration. The power of the medicine penetrates along the bone seams and into the bone marrow. The slight heat that penetrates into the bone marrow lasts for a long time before slowly fading away.
The third round of all three liquid medicines is completed.
Three different formulas, three complete quenching cycles each.
Li Yuan sat cross-legged on the bed and took out Iron Wall Body Refining Art's animal skin book from the depths of the storage bag.
As soon as I realized it, I removed Soul-Illuminating Mirror.
Equipment Iron Wall Body Refining Art.
Panel appears.
[Medicinal Power Refining (white) permanent conditions have been met]
[Is it permanent?]
Li Yuan thought.
Yes.
[Permanent success]
[Medicinal Power Refining (white) has become Permanent Affix]
[Equipment has been consumed]
The animal skin turned into a pale white light between the fingers and disappeared into the body.
The change is not as immediate as other Affixs, but is something more internal.
Li Yuan took out a Fiend Essence Pill from the storage bag and put it into his mouth.
The moment the pill enters the abdomen, the difference is apparent.
In the past, after the medicinal power of Fiend Essence Pill was dispersed in the stomach, about 20 to 30% would be wasted - the body would not have time to fully absorb it, and the medicinal residue and excess Fiend Qi would remain in the organs, requiring extra time to clean up.
Now the waste of 20 to 30% has almost disappeared.
After the power of the medicine is dispersed, the active ingredients are absorbed faster and more thoroughly, and the medicine residue is squeezed to the body surface at the same time as it is formed, without staying in the organs.
The side effects are also reduced. The biggest problem with Fiend Essence Pill is that Fiend Qi hurts the internal organs. Although Fiend Qi has little impact on me now, the impact has been reduced a lot after having this Affix.
It was completely dark outside the window.
Li Yuan Close your eyes and run Spirit Guiding Art.
Spiritual Qi pours into the body, Pure Spirit Power removes the impurities first, and the clean spiritual power sinks into the Dantian.