Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Shayan Kingdom, Unnamed Mountains.

After Zhou Chun counted the harvest in Nieling Canyon, he did not stay in this temporary cave for long, and soon set off again.

He did have a rough map of the immortal world in the far west purchased from the Xia Kingdom, but that kind of map only had a general direction, and even the national borders were not marked, or the markings themselves were not clear.

Therefore, he decided to stroll around the market town of Shayan Kingdom first and buy a more detailed map.

In this way, by asking the local monks in the mountains, Zhou Chun flew more than 800 miles westward and arrived at a place with beautiful mountains and rivers.

This place is called Jinzhou, one of the eleven states of Shayan Kingdom, and its area is roughly equivalent to half the size of Lingzhou.

Most of the countries in the Far West have one characteristic, that is, their total land area is very large, but there are relatively few places where spiritual veins converge, and even fewer places that can accommodate a large number of mortals and cultivators.

The eleven states of Shayan Kingdom refer to eleven places that can accommodate more than one million mortals. These places are often where spiritual veins converge and where vitality is abundant.

According to the information Zhou Chun learned from the cultivators of Shayan Kingdom, there are no Yuanying stage masters in Jinzhou. There is only a medium-sized sect and a Jindan family, and the only market town there is also jointly governed by these two families.

This way Zhou Chun doesn't need to worry about anything and can just go ahead.

However, in order to avoid disturbing the two Jindan forces, Zhou Chun restrained his cultivation and disguised himself as a cultivator in the late foundation building stage.

This level of cultivation is not considered high in a place like Jinzhou, but it is not low either.

After entering Jinzhou Market, Zhou Chun observed the area and soon gained a general understanding of the situation in the immortal cultivation world of Shayan Country.

Generally speaking, it was not much different from what he had imagined. The prices of the magic tools and formations in the immortal world here were cheaper than those in Jingguo, and there were more styles.

However, the price of elixirs is much higher, at least 20% to 30% higher on average!

From this we can see that if you can cross the Nie Ling Canyon and resell the materials between the two places, you can definitely make a lot of money!
This made Zhou Chun shake his head even more at the stupidity of the two Shan brothers.

Although reselling a lot of supplies does have risks, it is definitely better than being a bandit.

I can only say that vision and thoughts really have a great impact on people.

Those short-sighted people who only want to make quick money, even if the real opportunity bonus is right in front of them, they can only take the shallowest layer, and only do stupid things like picking up sesame seeds and throwing away watermelons!
Due to the size of the market itself, Zhou Chun did not stay in Jinzhou Market for long after determining that it was unlikely that there would be anything he was interested in. After obtaining a more detailed map of the Far West, he left.

Almost three months passed like this, and Zhou Chun arrived at the prosperous place in the Far West, and appeared in the Riyao Market, which was known as the largest market in the world of immortal cultivation in the Far West.

In terms of scale, the Riyao Market is no less than the Xiandu Market of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and is even larger. However, it cannot be compared with immortal cities like Tianyuan Immortal City.

This place is the most prosperous place in the Far West, gathering the essence of all the countries in the Far West.

Zhou Chun didn't have to pass through this place to go to the Tianhuo Gate of Huo Luo Kingdom, but he would rather take a detour of thousands of miles to come here.

"I heard that your store can accept customized magic weapons. I wonder how it is customized?"

In the Riyaofang market, Zhou Chun walked into a shop called Bailianfang as a Jindan-stage cultivator, and directly looked at the shopkeeper who came up to him and told him the purpose of his visit.

That’s right, this is an important reason why Zhou Chun chose to come to Riyaofang City.

He was also very surprised when he heard that there were several shops here that could accept customized magic weapons.

Because this kind of thing is difficult to do even in the Great Zhou Kingdom.

The weapon-refining masters of the Great Zhou Kingdom were all trained with great efforts by the major sects. How could they be allowed to refine magic weapons for others at will?

Even if independent cultivators have the ability to refine magical weapons, they will often be recruited by major forces.

If not, Zhou Chun would not have been so delighted after getting Master Yan Cang's promise to help him refine the treasure three times.

Who would have thought that asking a weapon master to refine a magic weapon could be so fun!

So after Zhou Chun heard about this, he decided to come to the Riyaofang Market to take a look.

After hearing his words, the shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then he whispered, "Senior, you are from another place, right? Then I have to tell you about the rules of our shop's custom-made magic weapons!"

Then he started talking about the rules for customizing magic weapons.

It turns out that although there are several weapon refining workshops in Riyaofang City that accept customization of magic weapons, it is not so easy to actually get the help of the weapon refining master behind them to refine the magic weapon.

First of all, because of the personal abilities of several weapon-refining masters, some can only refine low-grade magic weapons, while others can refine mid-grade magic weapons, so the prices are different.

Secondly, each shop has a hard condition for helping people refine magic weapons. Once the magic weapon is successfully refined, in addition to paying the refining fees, they must also swear a Taoist oath, promising not to take the initiative to become enemies with the refining master or his sect in the future, and be entrusted to take action once!
It is equivalent to asking a master weapon refiner to refine a magic weapon. If successful, not only do you have to pay the high refining fee, but you also have to owe someone a favor.

After listening to these rules, Zhou Chun completely gave up the idea of ​​customizing the magic weapon.

There was no way he would owe anyone a favor for a low-grade or mid-grade magic weapon, and he was even less willing to be controlled by favors.

Another thing is that if they knew that he came from a remote place like Jingguo, those weapon-refining masters might not be willing to help him refine magic weapons.

Because if you want to find him to return the favor, you have to send someone to find him from afar.

After giving up the idea of ​​customizing a magic weapon, Zhou Chun went to do the second thing he did in Riyao Market, which was to buy gold energy for cultivation.

The immortal cultivation world in the far west is rich in various spiritual gold veins, so the collection and utilization of gold energy is also very efficient.

The same level of gold energy as the [Taiyi Xuanjin Qi] that Zhou Chun had used to recast the broken tripod can also be easily purchased in the Riyao Market.

As his cultivation level improves, the amount of gold energy Zhou Chun needs to consume during his daily practice is not a small number.

If he leaves his family and does not find a place to replenish it, the gold energy he carries with him will only be enough to last for five years.

Therefore, after hearing that there were a large number of gold trading markets in Riyaofang City, he became interested and wanted to buy more to keep as a backup.

In addition, he also wanted to find out here whether there was any gold energy for sale that was of higher quality than the [Taiyi Xuanjin Qi].

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, Fellow Daoist Zhang. The highest quality gold energy in our store is this [White Tiger Heavenly Qi]. If you really want gold energy of a higher quality, you can only ask those Yuanying stage masters who practice gold-attributed exercises for help. Only with their profound cultivation can they refine gold energy of better quality than this [White Tiger Heavenly Qi]!"

In a shop called "Tianjin Pavilion", Zhou Chun got this disappointing answer as expected after communicating with the Jindan stage cultivator who was in charge of the shop.

He didn't dare to hold out too much hope, but since he was here, he just asked.

Now that he had gotten this answer, he gave up.

He then nodded calmly and said, "I understand. In this case, I will no longer disturb Fellow Daoist Qin from doing business. I will take my leave now."

Hearing that he was leaving, the Jindan-stage cultivator in charge of the Tianjin Pavilion could not try to persuade him to stay, and could only reply with a smile: "Daoyou Zhang, you are too polite. If you need other materials and gold energy in the future, you are welcome to come to our Tianjin Pavilion again. Qin will definitely give you the most favorable price."

"Zhang will consider it."

Zhou Chun responded and immediately walked out of the Tianjin Pavilion.

After that, he did not go to other shops to inquire, because Tianjinge was already the most famous shop in Riyaofang City. He purchased enough gold energy for ten years of practice in one go. This shop was able to quickly mobilize enough supply, which showed its strength.

Speaking of which, there are indeed a lot of good things in the Riyao Market.

Some common magical weapons and spiritual materials can be purchased directly with spiritual coins in stores like Tianjing Pavilion, and the prices are no more expensive than at auctions in the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Some stores even display magic weapons as their treasures.

Of course, that price was high, even higher than at the auction.

But it doesn't matter if you think it's too expensive. There will be an auction every ten years in the Riyao Market, when rare and exotic treasures from various shops will be auctioned off, and there will be guaranteed to be one or two magic weapons that come out.

If you encounter a large-scale auction that only happens once in a hundred years, you might even see mid-grade or even top-grade magic weapons!

In short, in this world of immortal cultivation in the far west, it is much easier for a Jindan stage cultivator to obtain a magic weapon than in Jingguo.

But Zhou Chun knew clearly that this did not mean that Jindan-stage cultivators from other places could come here to "purchase goods".

You have to know that magic weapons are rare even in the world of immortals in the Far West. If you, a cultivator from another place, come here to buy magic weapons, it is inevitable that you will be coveted by others.

If one's own cultivation strength is not strong enough, the long journey back to one's own country may not be as safe as the way here.

If there were no risks of various uncertainties on the road, not everyone would be able to do long-distance trade!
Although Zhou Chun was very confident in his own strength, he felt that he did not need to be afraid of anyone within the Jindan stage.

But he would not show off his wealth easily and invite trouble. Otherwise, if the fact that he possessed magical treasures was really exposed, he might never be able to leave the world of immortal cultivation in this far west.

So he stayed in the Riyao Market for some time, bought and exchanged some magic weapons and spiritual materials, then left this prosperous place and set out again on the journey to the Huo Luo Kingdom.

On this day, when Zhou Chun was passing over a desert, he suddenly saw black smoke billowing in the sky hundreds of miles away, mixed with a large amount of magical lights, as if a large number of monks were fighting.

Out of curiosity, he put away the golden-winged tiger and quietly approached to check the situation.

After a while, he arrived near the battlefield.

It turned out that the place where the battlefield took place was an oasis in the desert, where immortals and mortals lived together. It seemed to be the mountain gate of a certain immortal cultivation family.

This can be considered a characteristic of the Far West.

Because places suitable for mortals to survive are often near sacred mountains and blessed places, mortals and immortal cultivators are not far apart, and many mortals know about the existence of immortal cultivators.

Some immortal cultivation families that occupy a remote sacred mountain and blessed land alone have immortals and mortals living together. The oasis that Zhou Chun saw at this time was not very big, only a few hundred miles in radius, and the number of mortals living there was estimated to be less than 100,000.

At this time, there were about a hundred cultivators participating in the fight on the battlefield. The one with the highest cultivation was an old man in the early Purple Mansion period, who seemed to be on the invader's side.

However, although this early Purple Mansion cultivator had an advantage in realm, he was unable to quickly defeat his opponent, an old woman in the late Foundation Establishment stage, in actual combat.

The black smoke in the sky that Zhou Chun saw before was the work of the old woman. She turned out to be a very rare poison cultivator!

“Thank you, witch. Your poison skills are indeed strange and difficult to deal with, but after all, your cultivation level is inferior to mine. You can still delay me for a while, but I don’t know if you can still unleash such a large-scale wolf poison black smoke after your magic power is exhausted!”

In the sky, the old man in red who was in the early stage of Purple Mansion cultivation activated a gourd magic weapon to release billowing flames and burning black smoke, while looking at the old woman in black in the black smoke with a gloomy face and mocking her.

As a Purple Mansion stage cultivator, he was forced to defend himself by a late Foundation Establishment stage cultivator. Naturally, this made him feel very aggrieved and angry.

Now that he couldn't defeat the opponent for the time being, he could only take advantage of him verbally.

Even though the old woman in black knew that what he said was true, she naturally would not admit it.

Instead, he looked at him and said sarcastically, "Old Ghost Gong, you have the nerve to mention your own cultivation level. You are a Purple Mansion cultivator, but you can't even deal with a late Foundation Establishment cultivator like me. You are simply a disgrace among Purple Mansion cultivators. You are not worthy of being called a Purple Mansion cultivator at all. If I were you, I would have committed suicide out of shame long ago!"

These words obviously touched the sore spot of the old man in red, and he immediately snorted with an unpleasant expression: "Humph, I just don't want you to bite me back before I die. If I really use all my strength, it won't be difficult to kill you!"

As if to prove that what he said was true, he immediately moved his spiritual consciousness and urged a flaming spear to shoot towards the old woman in black who was in the black smoke.

Faced with the third-tier magical weapon that was rushing towards her, the old woman in black did not dare to be negligent. She quickly used her magical power to wield a black flying fork beside her to meet it.

After the flying fork and the spear collided several times in the air, the flaming spear, which was a third-level magic weapon, was defeated and was knocked away.

The old man in red was not surprised to see this.

If he hadn't had this talisman to protect him, he would have defeated the old woman long ago even if her poison skills were strange.

"I want to see how many times you can activate your magic weapon!"

He had a fierce look on his face and, regardless of the risk of damage to the magic weapon, he once again urged the flaming spear to attack.

After such a fierce attack, the flaming spear did indeed have many cracks and gaps in the confrontation with the black flying fork, but it also successfully increased the mana consumption of the old woman in black, causing the opponent, who could have held on for a while, to suddenly fall into a desperate situation.

Seeing this, she couldn't help but yelled, "Stop! I'm willing to give this place to you, Old Ghost Gong. As long as you give me one day to pack up, we'll move out immediately!"

"It's too late! I've already given you a chance, but you didn't know how to cherish it!"

The old man in red chose to refuse directly with a cold expression, and then his attack became more fierce.

When the old woman in black saw this, she immediately showed a look of despair and was filled with regret.

If she had not been so optimistic and had agreed to the other party's conditions earlier, perhaps she could have saved the lives of her clansmen.

Unexpectedly, a slight change in thought brought a devastating disaster to the tribe!
But just when the old man in red was about to kill the old woman in black in one go, a powerful aura and pressure suddenly appeared in the sky, instantly making him feel as if he was carrying a huge burden.

He quickly looked towards the source of the imposing and oppressive aura, and saw a young man in a silver robe appearing above the battlefield at some point.

Although the silver-robed youth did not look very old, the red-robed old man did not dare to look down on him. On the contrary, the moment he saw him, his face changed drastically and he quickly stopped his attack. He bowed and said, "Junior Gong Yunxing greets you, senior."

The old woman in black opposite also had her eyes brightened when she saw this, and she quickly followed suit and bowed deeply, saying, "I, the junior, thank you Sanniang for meeting you, senior. I didn't know you were coming, and I'm sorry for not welcoming you. Please forgive me!"

Her words seemed to indicate that she still regarded herself as the master of this place.

This made the old man in red change his expression. He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to refute something, but seemed afraid of angering the young man in silver robe, so in the end, he didn't say anything.

"I was passing by here and I happened to be a little tired, so I came down to rest. I hope you won't object!"

Zhou Chun seemed not to notice the little tricks in the two people's minds, and spoke in a calm tone.

"How dare I! Senior, your presence here is a blessing for Wushazhou. I, the younger generation, can't wait to welcome you, so how could I object?"

The old woman in black responded with a smile on her face, and then she waved her hand and said, "I will take you to the mountain gate of our clan to rest. Please follow me!"

"Then I'd like to thank you, fellow Taoist."

Zhou Chun nodded slightly, and actually followed the old woman in black to the depths of the oasis.

Seeing this scene, the old man in red's pupils shrank and his expression changed immediately.

Then his expression changed, and he waved to the monks he had brought with him, and ran away in shame.

He knew in his heart that since Zhou Chun showed up when he was about to capture the old woman in black, and accepted the old woman's invitation to rest deep in the oasis, he had already expressed his support for the old woman in black.

If he doesn't leave tactfully, he will probably be buried here.

"Damned witch Xie, you are lucky today. I don't believe that this strange Jindan cultivator will stay in the small Wuyun State forever!"

Before leaving, the old man in red looked back at the oasis behind him and left with an unwilling look on his face.

In a stone hall deep in the oasis, the old woman in black immediately knelt down to thank Zhou Chun after she led him there: "Thank you very much, senior, for saving my family from danger. I cannot repay you for your kindness, but I am willing to go through fire and water for you, even if I die!"

As he said this, he kowtowed several times.

Obviously, she knew in her heart that Zhou Chun could not have just happened to pass by and needed to rest, but had appeared specifically to save her and her tribe's lives.

She asked herself whether she knew Zhou Chunsu or not, and she had never heard of any elder in her family having met such a powerful person.

Since Zhou Chun showed up to save her and her tribe, he probably had some use for them.

"You are quite sensible. This saves me from having to waste my breath."

Zhou Chun nodded with satisfaction, and was also very happy with the old woman's tact.

Then he said, "The reason I saved your life is because I was curious about the poison skills you practiced and wanted to learn more about them."

Hearing his words, the old woman in black immediately responded without hesitation: "This is easy to say. The poisonous skill that I practice is a family technique. I will take the original technique and the experience of the predecessors who have practiced this poisonous skill in the past generations of our clan and give it to you!"

Zhou Chun didn't know what to say after hearing such a tactful answer. He could only nod and say, "Well, I'll trouble you then, fellow Taoist."

Not long after, the old woman in black came into the hall with the poison skills she had practiced and some cultivation minds. She also brought with her jade bottles and jade boxes that contained unknown contents.

"Senior, if I want to achieve success in my poison training, I need to take and refine a variety of poison pills and poisons. The things in these jade bottles and jade boxes are all the corresponding items in our clan's inventory!"

Before Zhou Chun could ask, the old woman in black had already taken the initiative to tell him what was inside those jade bottles and jade boxes.

This level of self-awareness is truly impeccable.

He took a deep look at the old woman in black, nodded and said, "You are thoughtful."

As he spoke, he waved his sleeve and put all those things into the storage bag.

Then he took out two magic talismans and threw them to the other party, "I don't like to owe favors to others, these two magic talismans are my reward to you."

After saying this, without waiting for the old woman in black to thank him, he left the small oasis directly, with no intention of staying any longer.

"It's actually a third-level, top-grade magic talisman. This is amazing!!"

Inside the stone hall, when the old woman in black came to her senses and carefully examined the talisman that Zhou Chun threw to her, she was overjoyed and her face was full of surprise.

She couldn't help but hold the two talismans tightly, as if they were grabbing a life-saving straw, and her heart was filled with infinite gratitude towards the predecessor who didn't even leave his name.

But for Zhou Chun today, two third-grade top-quality talismans are nothing.

After he left the oasis, he asked the golden-winged tiger to carry him on the road, and then he sat on the tiger's back to check out the poison skills he had learned from the old woman in black.

In terms of sophistication, the poison skills practiced by the old woman in black are naturally far inferior to the "True Book of Ten Thousand Poisons". This poison skill cannot even be cultivated to the Golden Core Stage.

But since Zhou Chun asked for this poison skill, he must have his reasons.

Just as he thought, although the power of this poison skill is not as strong as the "Ten Thousand Poisons Sutra", it is also unique in that it is good at combining toxins with magic power to transform into smoke to hurt the enemy.

In this way, the toxicity of the poison skill may not be so strong, but the killing range will be greatly increased.

From Zhou Chun's perspective, practitioners of "The Book of Ten Thousand Poisons" can fully integrate the essence of this poison skill into themselves and develop poisonous smoke with much stronger toxicity to enhance its large-scale lethality.

"This reminds me that there are many kinds of poisonous substances in the Far West. I can collect some and bring them back to Xiaolian!"

Zhou Chun put down the book on poison skills in his hand and muttered to himself thoughtfully.

He was still very optimistic about Zhou Yuanlian and was very willing to help her form a pill.

If Zhou Yuanlian could successfully form a pill, he would be a very terrifying existence!

If a poison cultivator at the Jindan stage retaliates against a certain force at all costs, even a large sect with Yuanying stage cultivators will suffer heavy losses if they are not careful.

It is definitely a strategic deterrent weapon!