Arc 3The Hidden Dawn Auction

Chen Beiwu changed cultivation methods, advanced to the eighth layer of Qi Refining, and earned first-tier talisman and formation certifications while confronting threats to his business. Disguised as Chen Zi'ang, he pursued opportunities in Hidden Dawn Market and entered an auction where Gu Chun won the Moonheaven Dew he could not afford.

  • Chen Beiwu met Ming Xue in the mountains, exchanged Dragonhead Dendrobium for a Threefold Water-Locking Formation Disk, and later defeated Xu Ziqing in a spar with Golden Egg.
  • Chen Beiwu sold Yellowtail Dendrobium and a Jade-Scaled Fish, bought supplies, and arranged for Wanwan to auction the Abyss-Hiding Art before learning that Zhang Yang had died by suicide.
  • Chen Beiwu cultivated the Heavenly Book, formed Azure Wood and Clear Vast Spirit Seeds, and discovered that Feng Buxiu and Wanwan had used a forged contract to target him.
  • The Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce threatened Chen Beiwu's business, but Li Yucheng apologized for Chen Ziping's actions and revealed that Chen Ziping had been sentenced to death.
  • Chen Beiwu reached the eighth layer of Qi Refining, became a Low-Grade First-Tier Talisman Master and First-Tier Formation Master, and set a goal of reaching Qi Refining Beyond the Limit within three years.
  • Disguised as Chen Zi'ang, Chen Beiwu entered Hidden Dawn Market, learned of Shu You's visit and Mirror Moon Palace's recruitment, bought a Soul-Locking Stone, and set up a talisman stall.
  • Chen Beiwu agreed to sell Wei Xuesong two thousand jin of Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium, then detected a Concealment Ant on a jade token and followed it to an auction at Blackrock Mountain.
  • Chen Beiwu attended the Chihong River auction and stopped bidding on Moonheaven Dew when the price exceeded his means, while Gu Chun bought it for two thousand eight hundred Spirit Stones.
Chapters 51–75 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 51The Man Who Fell from the Sky

Chen Beiwu bought over five hundred jin of Yellowtail Dendrobium from independent growers in the Simulated-Wild Natural Cultivation Mountain Range to disguise and sell his Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium. As he leaped from a mountain using Wind Manipulation, Ming Xue spotted him falling toward her.

  • Chen Beiwu followed a navigation route into the mountain range to find growers, while Ming Xue mistakenly confronted him for following her and he passed her by using Wind Manipulation.
  • Chen Beiwu bought a hundred and nine jin of Yellowtail Dendrobium from an old grower and paid the transaction tax himself.
  • Chen Beiwu continued buying higher-quality Yellowtail Dendrobium from scattered growers and briefly encountered Ming Xue again in a village.
  • After two days, Chen Beiwu had spent five hundred and thirty Spirit Origin on over five hundred jin of Yellowtail Dendrobium and leaped from a mountain using Wind Manipulation.
  • Ming Xue, repairing the mountain range's formation, noticed Chen Beiwu falling from the sky and stepped away from his landing point.

Ch. 52Formations and formation patterns

Chen Beiwu met Ming Xue again and learned that she was a second-tier formation master and teacher at Anyang No. 1 High School. She gave him a formation set to study, leaving him examining her modified Fivefold Water-Locking Formation as a learning tool.

  • Chen Beiwu and Ming Xue introduced themselves after meeting for the fourth time, and he identified her formation disks as belonging to a first-tier formation.
  • Ming Xue revealed that she taught at Anyang No. 1 High School and worked as a formation arts scholar at Five Crags Prefecture's Law-Control Pavilion; Chen Beiwu learned she was a second-tier formation master.
  • Ming Xue asked Chen Beiwu to identify a formation disk set, and he recognized it as an earth formation and guessed it was a Threefold Water-Locking Formation.
  • Ming Xue explained that the set held her modified Fivefold Water-Locking Formation, whose combat power was reduced on Heavenly Abyss Star but which served as a practical guide to first-tier formations.

Ch. 53Deep Abyss Water Suppression

Chen Beiwu learned from Ming Xue how a Qi Refining cultivator could use a Soul-Trapping Stone to set up the Deep Abyss Water Suppression Formation, then gave Dragonhead Dendrobium to her and several acquaintances. He agreed to spar with Xu Ziqing, but the chapter ended with Xu Lingling questioning why he had not used the Water-Flow Technique as Golden Egg flopped around the platform.

  • Ming Xue gave Chen Beiwu a Threefold Water-Locking Formation Disk, and he gifted her Dragonhead Dendrobium in return.
  • Ming Xue explained that a Ninth Layer Qi Refining cultivator could use a Soul-Trapping Stone containing a water-attribute Spirit Monster to set up the Deep Abyss Water Suppression Formation.
  • Chen Beiwu exchanged contact information with Ming Xue and left after learning how the formation could be established.
  • Chen Beiwu brought Dragonhead Dendrobium gifts to Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling, explaining that he had also prepared gifts for Teacher Li and Sister Qin.
  • Xu Ziqing invited Chen Beiwu to spar, and he agreed before the three went to the Combat Arena.
  • Chen Beiwu summoned Golden Egg, and Xu Lingling watched it flop around before asking why he had not cast the Water-Flow Technique.

Ch. 54Flowing Golden Scales

Chen Beiwu sparred with Xu Ziqing, using Golden Egg’s astonishing defenses to defeat her Scarlet Flame Fox. The fight ended with Golden Egg unharmed and Xu Ziqing acknowledging that her loss was fair.

  • Xu Ziqing opened the spar with a Flame Pillar and a Scarlet Flame Bullet, while Chen Beiwu cast Water-Flow Technique to help Golden Egg move.
  • Xu Ziqing attacked Chen Beiwu with a fire dragon, but he used a water duplicate and appeared beside her while Golden Egg drew the Scarlet Flame Fox’s attention.
  • Chen Beiwu grabbed Golden Egg by the tail and hurled him at the charging Scarlet Flame Fox, whose claws struck Golden Egg as he blocked the attack.
  • Golden Egg emerged unhurt, while the Scarlet Flame Fox was knocked unconscious; Xu Ziqing gave it a pill and checked its condition.
  • Xu Ziqing accepted her defeat, and Xu Lingling noted that Golden Egg’s scales had withstood a powerful Scarlet Flame Bullet.

Ch. 55Livestream selling

Chen Beiwu livestreamed a night fishing trip at Still Abyss West Lake, caught a valuable Jade-Scaled Fish, and sold out his Yellowtail Dendrobium. After calculating his substantial profit, he planned to contact Guan Ange to find a buyer for the fish.

  • Chen Beiwu started a livestream at Still Abyss West Lake and entertained viewers while claiming poor fishing luck was to blame for his empty catches.
  • Chen Beiwu promoted Yellowtail Dendrobium mixed with Dragonhead Dendrobium as his fishing rod bent under a strong pull.
  • Chen Beiwu landed a Jade-Scaled Fish, drawing a surge of viewers and comments about its high value.
  • Chen Beiwu sold all five hundred listed orders of Yellowtail Dendrobium within three minutes and ended the livestream.
  • Chen Beiwu calculated that the sale earned him roughly thirty-one hundred Spirit Origin in net profit.
  • Chen Beiwu took out Guan Ange's business card, intending to ask him to help find a buyer for the Jade-Scaled Fish.

Ch. 56Azure Firmament Immortal Sect

Chen Beiwu sold a wild Jade-Scaled Fish to Guan Ange and used the proceeds to purchase the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book. The Azure Firmament Immortal Sect reviewed his application and approved it, placing him among the cultivators it would monitor.

  • Chen Beiwu offered Guan Ange a wild Jade-Scaled Fish caught in Still Abyss West Lake, and Guan Ange hurried to meet him.
  • Chen Beiwu and Guan Ange agreed on a price of twenty-two hundred Spirit Origin, with Guan Ange requiring the transaction to remain confidential.
  • Chen Beiwu completed the sale, paid the transaction tax, and checked out on the Immortal Alliance Official Website to purchase his cultivation technique.
  • Chen Beiwu stayed home with Iron Egg, who had grown restless after a week without mountain adventures.
  • A Golden Core True Person at the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect reviewed Chen Beiwu's application and approved it along with several others.

Ch. 57Tideborn Silk Armor

Chen Beiwu spent his Spirit Origin on supplies and a bottle of Spirit-Nurturing Pills, then chose expensive defensive and concealment artifacts to buy once his livestream proceeds arrived. He left the Immortal Alliance Official Website with those artifacts in his shopping cart and listed Yellowtail Dendrobium at a high price in preparation for his next sales livestream.

  • Chen Beiwu bought talisman paper, formation disks, and Water Blade Talismans, but decided the Azure Thunder Tiger was too dangerous to pursue.
  • He ordered a bottle of Spirit-Nurturing Pills to test whether they could speed up his cultivation.
  • After rejecting several defensive artifacts, Chen Beiwu added the Tideborn Silk Armor to his Shopping Cart, planning to buy it with his sales proceeds.
  • Chen Beiwu selected the Concealment Jade Pendant and added it to his Shopping Cart to conceal his aura and appearance.
  • He listed Yellowtail Dendrobium in his Myriad Spirits App storefront for twenty-five Spirit Origin per jin, planning to use discounts and scarcity marketing during his next livestream.

Ch. 58Finding a sales channel

Chen Beiwu reassured his parents about their finances and arranged to bring Iron Egg to his cave abode. At Abysswall Market, he bought more Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium and showed Wanwan the Abyss-Hiding Art, a powerful Qi Refining method, as he sought a sales channel for it.

  • Chen Beiwu told his mother to take the Frostfall Pill and said he would honor their agreement, then sent her a screenshot of his sales dashboard.
  • Chen Dong read Chen Beiwu's message to Huang Xiaoling, who refused to take the pill until their son reached the eighth layer of Qi Refining; Chen Dong later called his son and learned he had earned substantial Spirit Origin.
  • Chen Beiwu noticed Iron Egg's fortune light turning blue and warned him to stay quiet while cultivating in the cave abode.
  • Chen Beiwu paid Wanwan a deposit for two thousand jin of Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium, due in three days.
  • Chen Beiwu asked Wanwan for a channel to sell a water-attribute cultivation method and gave her the jade slip for the Abyss-Hiding Art, which she recognized as an exceptional method reaching the ninth layer of Qi Refining.

Ch. 59A Fallen Genius

Chen Beiwu arranged for Wanwan to auction the Abyss-Hiding Art and searched a spirit fish shop before receiving his Heaven-Grade cultivation technique. The chapter ended with Chen Qin telling him that Zhang Yang had died by suicide.

  • Chen Beiwu agreed to let Wanwan arrange an auction for the Abyss-Hiding Art after she signed a contract and swore a Dao oath.
  • Chen Beiwu found no fish he wanted until the shop owner brought in a Pure Lotus Trout, which he refused to sell despite a Foundation Establishment cultivator's pressure.
  • Chen Beiwu returned home, helped Golden Egg transform turbidity into clarity, and received and bound his cultivation-technique jade slip.
  • Chen Qin saw the jade slip and asked whether Chen Beiwu had chosen his fundamental method.
  • Chen Qin told Chen Beiwu that Zhang Yang had died by suicide, leaving him stunned.

Ch. 60Studying the Heavenly Book

Chen Qin explained how Zhang Yang’s ambitions, cultivation loans, and failed attempt to practice a heaven-grade technique destroyed his prospects, warning Chen Beiwu against overreaching. Chen Beiwu then studied the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book and experienced its profound Dao resonance, which formed an Azure Wood Spirit Seed in his dantian.

  • Chen Qin told Chen Beiwu that Zhang Yang had passed up a chance to enter the Thirteen Immortal Sects because his father wanted him to become the youngest sect student.
  • Chen Qin explained that Zhang Yang reached Foundation Establishment in the Mirror Lake Sword Sect but lacked the supreme-grade Dao foundation needed to enter the Sword Abyss Immortal Sect.
  • Chen Qin said Zhang Yang took out a huge cultivation loan to buy and practice the Nine Luminaries Pure Yang Dao-Foundation-Building Scripture, but failed to master it and damaged his Dao foundation.
  • Chen Qin warned Chen Beiwu that forcing himself to practice a heaven-grade cultivation technique could ruin his cultivation, and Chen Beiwu understood her concern.
  • Chen Beiwu returned to the cultivation room and activated the jade slip, entering a vision above a boundless sea before a colossal Jianmu.
  • Chen Beiwu absorbed the Jianmu’s Dao resonance, and an Azure Wood Spirit Seed formed in his dantian.

Ch. 61Converting magic power

Chen Beiwu condensed the Azure Wood and Clear Vast Spirit Seeds by comprehending the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book, then planted them in Golden Egg to help it begin cultivating the technique. After returning to Abysswall Market, he found the Heavenly Book converted his magic power far faster than the Ten Thousand Beasts Art and granted it valuable traits.

  • Chen Beiwu comprehended the Heavenly Book’s True Intention and condensed the Azure Wood and Clear Vast Spirit Seeds, learning that this was the technique’s threshold rather than proof of extraordinary aptitude.
  • Chen Beiwu planted both spirit seeds on Golden Egg’s Technique Meridian and guided it in cultivating the Heavenly Book, but Golden Egg refined only a wisp of Vastwood Magic Power in two hours.
  • Chen Beiwu returned to his cave abode in Abysswall Market and spent the night cultivating to replenish the spirit seeds.
  • After a day and night, Chen Beiwu found that his new spirit seeds were automatically converting his Ten Thousand Beasts Magic Power into Vastwood Magic Power at a much faster rate.
  • Chen Beiwu discovered that Vastwood Magic Power was purer and more abundant, extended his lifespan, and accelerated his recovery of magic power.

Ch. 62The first ripples

Chen Beiwu studied how he and Golden Egg could cultivate the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book to the eleventh layer of Qi Refining, but decided to focus on earning Spirit Stones and reaching the ninth layer first. Wanwan returned the Spirit Stones after failing to buy the requested phoenix yellow dendrobium, then Feng Buxiu directed her to accuse Chen of stealing her cultivation method.

  • Chen Beiwu considered how Golden Egg could help him nurture a vast wood Dao foundation and break through to the eleventh layer of Qi Refining.
  • Wanwan returned the full amount of Spirit Stones and said she had failed to buy two thousand jin of phoenix yellow dendrobium, while Chen Beiwu asked about the cultivation method and let her leave without the Contract.
  • Chen Beiwu suspected someone was backing Wanwan and decided not to confront her inside Abysswall Market.
  • At the Myriad Arts Pavilion, Feng Buxiu ordered Wanwan to report to the Market Patrol Office that someone had stolen her cultivation method.
  • Feng Buxiu gave Wanwan a document he called the Contract she had signed when she sold the cultivation method, and she left with it.

Ch. 63Turn the Tables

Feng Buxiu decided to steal a closely guarded Qi Refining inheritance from Chen Sheng and trade it for a Foundation Establishment Pill, prompting the Patrol Division to raid Chen Sheng’s cave abode. Chen Sheng’s ambush killed many of the raiders, but their masked leader used a Market Token to suppress the attack.

  • Feng Buxiu burned a ledger and resolved to take Chen Sheng’s inheritance after the Shen Household kept delaying his promised Foundation Establishment Pill.
  • Sheng Gang and Sheng Yong discussed Feng Buxiu’s forged market contracts and concluded that the Patrol Division would kill Chen Sheng.
  • Wanwan reported Chen Sheng to the Patrol Division, whose masked leader led twelve cultivators to Bingyin · Cave Abode No. 28.
  • The Patrol Division cultivators entered the empty cave abode, where Chen Sheng’s Tide Array and Water Blade Talisman trapped and attacked them.
  • The masked cultivator used a Market Token to connect to Abysswall Market’s Guardian Array and destroy the water blades.

Ch. 64The Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce

After escaping a trap in Abysswall Market, Chen Beiwu returned home and decided to postpone revenge while he and Golden Egg changed cultivation methods. The Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce then threatened him over his Yellowtail Dendrobium sales and demanded that he work under its name, leaving him to face a choice about entering its market.

  • The masked cultivator learned that Li Tiansheng could not track Chen Sheng’s aura and turned his attention toward the Myriad Arts Pavilion to assign blame for the losses.
  • Chen Beiwu concluded the Shen Household had orchestrated Wanwan’s actions, but chose not to retaliate against Abysswall Market while he and Golden Egg were changing cultivation methods.
  • Chen Beiwu returned to his home cultivation room with Golden Egg and Iron Egg, then received a message from the Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce warning him to acquire wealth through proper means.
  • Chen Beiwu found a gift box at his door containing a letter and a bloodstained Meridian-Eroding Needle.
  • Chen Beiwu read the chamber’s offer of a monthly stipend and five percent of online sales, along with its ban on selling Yellowtail Dendrobium without a merchant seal, and recognized the needle as a threat.

Ch. 65High-end business warfare

Chen Beiwu received a threat from the Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce over his Yellowtail Dendrobium business and asked Xu Lingling for information about the group. After learning that its leadership included Foundation Establishment cultivators, he concluded that a lower-ranking member was likely behind the threat and decided to keep selling.

  • Chen Beiwu put away the threatening letter and Meridian-Eroding Needle, resolved to stay calm, and decided to continue his Yellowtail Dendrobium business.
  • Xu Lingling complained to True Person Xu about cultivating the Nurturing Yang Method, and he urged her to keep at it for a chance to join the Heavenly Blaze Immortal Sect.
  • Xu Lingling received Chen Beiwu's call and told him the Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce was overbearing and had four Foundation Establishment cultivators, including president Fang Ling and vice president Yu Yong'an.
  • Xu Lingling agreed to cultivate in seclusion for a month after asking True Person Xu to help Chen Beiwu.
  • Chen Beiwu decided a Qi Refining cultivator was probably targeting his business and resolved to keep selling despite the threat.

Ch. 66The Power of a Single Word

Chen Ziping was fired and killed after the Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce learned he had offended someone powerful by targeting a sales influencer. As Chen Beiwu worked on his Yellowtail Dendrobium sales plan, Director Li arrived at his home and apologized for disturbing him.

  • Chen Ziping showed his Pine-Rhyme Mouse to his colleagues and checked Q Pet for a reply from the influencer he had threatened.
  • Yu Yong'an ordered Chen Ziping to leave the chamber, and Director Li told him he was fired because he had offended someone they could not afford to antagonize.
  • Chen Ziping grabbed Director Li and demanded an explanation, then a wooden spirit beast pierced his chest and killed him after he attacked a Pseudo-Foundation cultivator.
  • Chen Beiwu reviewed his Yellowtail Dendrobium sales plan to close any openings the Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce could exploit.
  • Director Li arrived at Chen Beiwu's home, introduced himself, and bowed in apology as Chen Beiwu sensed his Foundation Establishment aura.

Ch. 67Eighth Layer of Qi Refining

Chen Beiwu accepted the Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce’s apology after learning Chen Ziping had been sentenced to death, then continued cultivating despite being unable to reach Xu Lingling. Nine days later, he broke through to the eighth layer of Qi Refining and proved himself a Low-Grade First-Tier Talisman Master.

  • Li Yucheng offered Chen Beiwu a Purple Flame Calyx and revealed that Chen Ziping had been sentenced to death for abusing his authority and attacking Chen Beiwu.
  • Chen Beiwu accepted the gift, called Xu Lingling without reaching her, and returned to cultivating the Heavenly Book.
  • Nine days later, Chen Beiwu used a Spirit-Nurturing Pill to convert the last of his Ten Thousand Beasts Magic Power and break through to the eighth layer of Qi Refining.
  • Chen Beiwu found that his dantian capacity had increased by fifty percent and his divine sense reached ten zhang.
  • Chen Beiwu successfully drew Water Arrow, Earth Shield, and Light Wind talismans, qualifying as a Low-Grade First-Tier Talisman Master.

Ch. 68Hidden Dawn Market

Chen Beiwu advanced to the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining, reassured his parents that he had not used a harmful pill, and set his sights on reaching Qi Refining Beyond the Limit. He traveled through the Southern Wasteland to Hidden Dawn Market, where a stranger called out to him.

  • Chen Beiwu calculated his Water Arrow Talisman profits, inscribed three low-grade first-tier formation disks, and registered for talisman and formation certifications.
  • Chen Beiwu offered to choose a fundamental cultivation method for Iron Egg, who agreed to let him decide.
  • Chen Beiwu's parents returned home and were astonished to learn he had advanced to the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining; he told them he had not taken a Tanhsi Pill.
  • Chen Beiwu decided that the Thirteen Immortal Sects were no longer his highest goal and aimed to reach Qi Refining Beyond the Limit within three years.
  • Chen Beiwu used the Ten Directions Chaos Gate to travel to Hidden Dawn Market in Chiyuan Valley, where a voice behind him told him to wait.

Ch. 69Anecdotes

Chen Beiwu traveled toward Hidden Dawn Market, bought cultivation gear, and passed the first-tier talisman master certification before going to take the formation master examination. At the Formation Association, he learned that Xu Xin had lost his cultivation and mental stability after his companion beast killed his mother, and suspected the case involved more than it seemed.

  • Shi Botao mistook Chen Beiwu for a fellow attendee of the Gu Household Second Young Lady's husband-selection gathering, but Chen Beiwu denied it and declined to travel with him.
  • Chen Beiwu set up three formations in a secluded cave, teleported back to his Immortal Alliance cultivation room, and spent spirit origin on Tideborn Silk Armor and a Concealment Jade Pendant.
  • Chen Beiwu passed the first-tier talisman master certification examination at the Far Sky County Talisman Association.
  • Chen Beiwu went to the Formation Association to take its certification examination and noticed Xu Xin, a mentally unstable cultivator whose former teacher had brought him food.
  • A receptionist told Chen Beiwu that Xu Xin's Crimson Baleful Mane had killed his mother, after which Xu Xin crushed the beast with his Companion Beast Seal and suffered a collapse in cultivation and mental stability.
  • Chen Beiwu questioned whether the Crimson Baleful Mane had truly attacked without provocation and learned that the Immortal Alliance Law Enforcement Bureau was investigating.

Ch. 70Loyalty

Chen Beiwu passed the First-Tier Formation Master examination and obtained a certificate from Li Yuan, then returned home to bind and test his new Tideborn Silk Armor. The test ended with the armor blocking Golden Egg’s Water Cannon Technique, while Chen Beiwu recognized Iron Egg’s instinctive loyalty in rushing to protect him.

  • Chen Beiwu identified two formations and inscribed formation patterns, impressing examiner Li Yuan, who awarded him a First-Tier Formation Master certificate and invited him to his lectures.
  • Chen Beiwu declined Li Yuan’s offer because he considered the tuition poor value, then called for delivery of the Spirit Artifact he had purchased.
  • Chen Beiwu traveled to the Southern Wasteland and easily bound the Tideborn Silk Armor with his Vastwood Magic Power.
  • Chen Beiwu asked Golden Egg to attack him with the Water Cannon Technique, and Iron Egg rushed in front of him and used a powerful flame technique to protect him.
  • Chen Beiwu activated the Tideborn Silk Armor to block Golden Egg’s attack and trap him in a water net, then reflected on Iron Egg’s loyalty.

Ch. 71Moon-Soul Jade Pivot

Chen Beiwu refined a Concealment Jade Pendant, disguised his appearance, and entered Hidden Dawn Market under an assumed identity. There, he learned that Shu You of Mirror Moon Palace would visit for the Gu Household’s husband-selection gathering and that she practiced a yin-harmonizing dual cultivation method.

  • Chen Beiwu calmed Iron Egg and Golden Egg, then refined the Concealment Jade Pendant to alter his appearance.
  • Chen Beiwu entered Hidden Dawn Market as Chen Zi'ang, a seventh-layer Qi Refining rogue cultivator, and declined a broker’s services.
  • Chen Beiwu paid a gray-robed cultivator three spirit stones for information about Mirror Moon Palace’s recruitment plans.
  • The cultivator told Chen Beiwu that Shu You would visit on the ninth to attend the Gu Household’s husband-selection gathering and recruit cultivators skilled in the hundred arts.
  • Chen Beiwu learned that Shu You liked women and practiced the Moon-Soul Jade Pivot Yin-Harmonizing Manual.

Ch. 72Soul-Locking Stone

Chen Beiwu searched the Hidden Dawn Market for second-tier spirit medicines and found a Soul-Locking Stone at a rogue cultivator’s stall. Unable to claim the Immortal Alliance’s bounty without risking exposure, he decided to investigate the stallholder by setting up a nearby stall.

  • Chen Beiwu learned that the Mirror Moon Palace suited his water-attribute cultivation but that the Market’s spirit medicine shop lacked the second-tier medicines he wanted.
  • Chen Beiwu searched the Northern Trading District and bought an emerald-green Soul-Locking Stone from a stallholder for two spirit stones.
  • Chen Beiwu recalled that the Soul-Locking Stone was a prohibited item used in the powerful Soul-Refining Array, and that reporting one could earn a huge Immortal Alliance bounty.
  • Chen Beiwu chose not to report the stone because doing so might expose Nine-Breath Chaos, and he headed to the Northern Administrative Office to apply for a stall beside the seller.

Ch. 73Differences in Formation Arts

Chen Beiwu sold low-grade talismans and studied a Southern Wasteland formation manual, finding its teachings crude compared with the Immortal Alliance's system. He arranged a contract with Wei Xuesong for two thousand jin of Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium, and Wei Xuesong began to suspect they had met before.

  • Chen Beiwu set up a talisman stall in Hidden Dawn Market, drawing skepticism from nearby cultivators about his prices and claims.
  • Chen Beiwu studied the Mother-Child Qi-Guiding Formation and recognized that the Southern Wasteland's formation texts lacked the principles taught by the Immortal Alliance.
  • A cultivator questioned Chen Beiwu's claims about his Earth Shield and Light Wind Talismans, then left without testing them.
  • Wei Xuesong asked Chen Beiwu about buying Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium, and Chen Beiwu agreed to sell him two thousand jin for fifty spirit stones.
  • Chen Beiwu and Wei Xuesong paid for Elder Li to notarize their trade contract, after which Wei Xuesong asked whether Chen Beiwu had visited his stall that morning.

Ch. 74A sinister cultivator

Chen Beiwu discovered that Wei Xuesong had marked a Black Market Jade Token with a Concealment Ant's aura and used Iron Egg to locate the people tracking it. Wei Xuesong planned to test Chen Beiwu at their next meeting, suspecting he might be hiding his true cultivation.

  • Wei Xuesong sold Chen Beiwu a jade token for a supposed auction at Blackrock Mountain and told him to arrive the next evening.
  • Chen Beiwu found a Concealment Ant's aura on the token, while Iron Egg used a Flame Star Map to reveal two nearby locations at the foot of Blackrock Mountain.
  • Wei Xuesong met Shi Botao, exchanged Yang Charm Pills for medicinal ingredients and spirit stones, and watched Shi Botao depart.
  • Wei Xuesong learned from his Concealment Ant that the marked token was near Blackrock Mountain and planned to test Chen Beiwu at their meeting.
  • Wei Xuesong wondered whether Chen Zi'ang had a Breath-Concealing Spiritual Artifact and was concealing his cultivation level.

Ch. 75Moonheaven Dew

Chen Beiwu sold talismans and Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium before attending the Chihong River Black Market auction, where he failed to win Moonheaven Dew. Gu Chun bought the dew to attempt refining a Moonlight Pill ahead of Mirror Moon Palace's recruitment.

  • Chen Beiwu sold a few talismans at Hidden Dawn Market and bought Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium from Wei Xuesong.
  • Chen Beiwu traveled to Blackrock Mountain and entered the Chihong River auction after presenting his jade token.
  • Bi Xi opened the auction, and Chen Beiwu observed the high prices paid for a Spirit-Gathering Formation Disk and other lots.
  • Chen Beiwu bid for Moonheaven Dew but stopped when the price climbed beyond what he could afford.
  • Gu Chun won Moonheaven Dew for two thousand eight hundred Spirit Stones so she could try refining a Moonlight Pill before Mirror Moon Palace's recruitment.
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