Cultivation begins with forming a bond with a spirit bee.

Chapter 72 First Arrival at Wuliu

Wuliufang City is located in an open valley.

The city wall of the market was made entirely of gray stone. At the entrance was a three-story pavilion. Although it was not as grand as the Yumen market, it was still quite dignified and imposing.

Because of the latent fusion, Qu Ye didn't need to deliberately change his skin color. He simply concealed his cultivation level to the fourth level of Qi Refining and stepped towards the entrance.

At the bottom of the pavilion stood two cultivators in dark blue robes, both at the fourth level of Qi Refining, lazily observing the passing cultivators.

Inside the market, most of the houses are low wooden and stone buildings, and they are arranged in a rather haphazard manner, far less orderly than those in Yumen Market.

"It looks much worse than Yumen Market, hmm—there are far fewer cultivators coming and going." Qu Ye secretly commented to himself.

In Wuliufang Market, there is only one newly established Foundation Establishment family, which is much younger than the one in Yumenfang Market.

However, since there is a market town with a Foundation Establishment level in charge, basic order should still be guaranteed.

As he approached the entrance, the two dark-robed cultivators on duty stopped him, their tone not very polite: "Stop, where are you from?"

What brings you to Wuliufang Market?

Qu Ye was speechless for a moment.

How can a newly promoted Foundation Establishment family be more arrogant and domineering than the three major families of Yumen Market?

However, this was not the time to dwell on such matters. He cupped his hands in greeting and said, "In response to your questions, my name is Zhang Mingyue. I run a small business in Yumen Market. I heard that the market for spiritual materials here has been quite good recently, so I came here specifically to take a look and earn some hard-earned money."

"You're from Yumen Market?"

One of the guards winked at the other, a smile spreading across his face: "You should have said so earlier, fellow Daoist! You must have had a long journey!"

The other person also gave a friendly smile: "Indeed, indeed, fellow Daoist, please come in quickly and have a good rest."

Qu Ye waved his hand: "It's nothing. I wonder if we need anything to enter the market?"

"Oh, fellow Daoist, you're being too polite."

The first cultivator on duty interrupted Qu Ye, saying, "Our Wuliu Market and Yumen Market are like one family. There's no need for any entry fee, so don't worry."

"In that case, thank you, fellow Daoist."

Qu Ye remained expressionless, bowed in thanks, and stepped into the market.

After he walked away, another cultivator on duty asked, "Brother, could he be lying to us, just trying to save some spirit stones?"

"Whatever." The previous cultivator returned to his seat, becoming lazy again: "If it is, it is; if it isn't, then forget it."

"Anyway, the clan is terrified of the Sun family now. They even said that we shouldn't offend anyone from Yumen Market. We'll just do as they say."

"That's true." The other person nodded and returned to their original position.

the other side.

As soon as Qu Ye entered the market, a commotion arose.

The streets were lined with stalls, mostly run by early-stage Qi Refining cultivators hawking their wares. The items for sale were varied, including low-level demon beast materials and freshly bundled willow leaves.

These willow leaves are considered a unique and precious ingredient in Wuliufang Market.

It is said that the Tian family, a family that has achieved foundation building here, started by planting black willows.

To Qu Ye's surprise, there were even ordinary people among the vendors lining the streets.

Although these mortals only displayed spiritual materials with extremely low spiritual energy content, which were only occasionally needed by cultivators at the first level of Qi Refining, Qu Ye was still amazed.

"It's certainly been an eye-opening experience."

There are also ordinary people in Yumen Market, but they are all housed in a small designated area and are not allowed to go out except for the Spirit Testing Conference.

After thinking it over, Qu Ye walked to a stall selling spirit flowers, picked one up and looked at it.

The stall owner sized Qu Ye up and down, a warm smile spreading across his face: "Fellow Daoist has excellent eyesight! This is a fine product from the Jade Gate Market—Heavenly Pill Flower. I've heard it's specially used to feed a type of spirit bee; eating just one piece will produce a great deal of resources!"

"As for the price? I see that you are a straightforward person, so I'll take a small loss and consider it as making friends with you. I'll charge you three spirit stones."

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Qu Ye's face darkened.

What Heavenly Elixir Flower? Isn't this just an ordinary spiritual flower that can be found everywhere near Cicada's Cry Mountain?

Moreover, this kind of spiritual flower has very little spiritual energy in its pollen, so much so that even the jade spirit bee dislikes it and actually sells it for three spirit stones!

Qu Ye waved his hand and left the stall directly.

From behind came the stall owner's voice pleading, "Fellow Daoist, don't go! How about I lower the price a bit? Two spirit stones? One will do too—"

Qu Ye walked away without looking back.

He shouldn't have had any hope for these roadside stalls.

After walking down a long street, Qu Ye found an inn called "Qingfengju".

The inn is small and located in a rather remote area, some distance from the main street.

The innkeeper was a thin, middle-aged man at the third level of Qi Refining. Qu Ye asked for a single room, prepaid one spirit stone for twenty days, and went upstairs to the second floor under the innkeeper's guidance.

The room was at the very back, clean and tidy, clearly well-maintained.

Inside the room there was only a wooden bed, a table, and a futon, with a slightly worn bronze incense burner in the corner.

Qu Ye closed the door, activated the simple soundproofing barrier that came with the room, and first used his divine sense to scan the entire room, but found nothing unusual.

Then, release a few worker bees from the spirit beast pouch and have them lie in the four corners of the room as a precaution.

After doing all this, he sat down on the prayer mat and went over his plans for the future.

The first and most important thing is to find out Zhang Yanliang's exact location, his reputation, and his requirements for team members.

Secondly, the location of the local black market and the specific way to enter it. After entering the black market, sell the ordinary spiritual materials you have collected along the way, as well as the low-grade magic weapon you found in Hou Ming's storage bag.

As for the other mid-grade magic weapon, Qu Ye took a look and found that it was a fire-attribute magic weapon with decent power, which he decided to keep for future use.

Third, we need to understand the local power structure and see who, besides the Tian family, is closely associated with Yumen Market.

We also need to be wary of potential investigations by the Sun family.

However, the chances of being tracked down are extremely low, so there's no need to be too tense.

Having planned out his next goals, Qu Ye didn't rush out.

After all, his public identity was that of a wandering cultivator who had traveled a long way to get here, so it would be more reasonable for him to rest for a night before going out.

After resting for a night, Qu Ye left Qingfeng Residence and headed towards the area where he had inquired about the spirit flower the day before.

He thought about it that night and realized that if he wanted to find the local black market as quickly as possible, he would have to find these old hands who, despite not being highly skilled, had lived in Wuliufang City for decades.

Of course, you can't just pick any one.

Selling an ordinary spirit flower for at least three spirit stones is absolutely unacceptable.

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When Qu Ye walked back to the street, it was still as noisy as it had been the day before.

He searched around and finally focused his attention on one person.

Produce