The Confucian and Taoist Sages of Mortal Cultivation

Chapter 106 Six-in-One Palace

After showing their temporary passes, Yang Qingyuan, Han Li, and their group passed through the city gate and entered "Kui Xing City" without incident.

Inside the beast-drawn carriage, Lu Dongjia said to Yang Qingyuan, "Three immortal masters, I have already instructed the servants to clean out three vacant courtyards and arranged some maids and servants to take care of your daily lives."

"The three immortal masters may wish to stay at my humble abode."

Yang Qingyuan took out a communication talisman from his storage bag, handed it to Lu Dongjia, and explained, "No need, my fellow disciples and I will go to the Ascension Pavilion to choose our cave dwellings."

"This is Yang's communication talisman; keep it safe."

"If something happens that requires Yang's intervention, we can contact him through the sound transmission talisman."

Han Li also wanted to open a medicinal herb garden, and needed a secluded place, so he took out a communication talisman and handed it to Lu Dongjia.

Seeing this, Master Lu had no choice but to take the communication talisman and ask, "Where are you immortal masters headed next?"

Yang Qingyuan pondered for a moment and said, "Send us to the market first."

Immediately afterwards, the beast-drawn carriage headed straight for the northern district of Kui Xing City.

Half an incense stick later, the group finally arrived at the North District where the market was located.

Yang Qingyuan and Han Li stepped off the beast-drawn carriage and stopped to survey the market.

But then a huge, white protective shield appeared, obscuring the entire northern district of Kui Xing City.

Beneath the protective shield lie hundreds of streets.

The streets were bustling with people and vehicles, with tens of thousands of cultivators present.

Rows of roughly the same size square houses lined both sides of the street, with various plaques and banners hanging outside, bearing all sorts of names such as Zhao Family's Weapon Refining Shop, Qian Family's Pharmacy, and Sun Family's General Store.

Thirty feet above the city, a huge pavilion floats in the air.

This pavilion is entirely emerald green, as if it were carved from a huge piece of jade, and it looks very grand.

However, at this moment, the pavilion's doors were tightly closed, indicating that it was not open for business.

"This is Yunmeng Pavilion," Lu Dongjia introduced. "Every ten years or so, the island lord of Kuixing Island opens Yunmeng Pavilion to hold a grand auction."

"It is said that even powerful cultivators at the Core Formation stage will appear to participate in the auction."

"Of course, this is just hearsay; after all, we mortals are not qualified to participate in such a grand occasion."

"If you immortal masters wish to purchase treasures, you can go to the White Jade Square below the Cloud Dream Pavilion."

"Those are the shops of the Six-Linked Palace."

"Legend has it that these Six Linked Palaces have an extremely powerful background; they are a large merchant alliance spanning several islands, and in terms of strength, they are even more powerful than Kui Xing Island."

After saying this, he took out three spirit stone bags from his pocket and handed them to Yang Qingyuan and the others, saying, "Since you immortal masters are going to the market, you will need spirit stones."

"These spirit stones are the Immortal Master's offering for the first year. Please accept them."

Yang Qingyuan took the spirit stone bag and found that there were fifty low-grade spirit stones inside.

Although these spirit stones are not many, they are already a considerable cultivation resource for a rogue cultivator in the Qi Refining stage.

This shows that Mr. Lu really knows how to handle people.

After giving the spirit stones, Lu Dongjia returned to the Lu residence in a beast-drawn carriage.

Yang Qingyuan and Han Li then headed straight for the central area of ​​the market, namely the Six-Linked Palace.

Below Yunmeng Pavilion, however, lies a wide plaza spanning several acres.

The square was paved with white jade tiles, which looked very luxurious.

Around the square stood six small palaces that looked similar.

Different signs hung in front of the palace gates: Shanhaige, Baishuilou, Yuhuanju, Qizhenlou, Baiheju, and Fuyuanzhai.

Apart from these six shops, there are no other shops near the square.

Yang Qingyuan and Han Li paused for a moment to examine the six shops and discovered that they all belonged to the Six Linked Palaces, but were responsible for selling different treasures.

Han Li pointed to a shop with a sign that read "Yu Huan Ju" and said, "Senior Brother Yang, this shop seems to specialize in selling pills. Let's go in and take a look."

Yang Qingyuan also wanted to buy the spiritual medicine for Core Formation, so he immediately went into the shop with Han Li.

The main hall on the first floor of Yuhuan Residence was quite large, measuring about twenty or thirty feet square, and filled with a rich medicinal fragrance.

Around the hall, rows of shelves carved from green jade were placed, displaying hundreds of medicine bottles of different colors and medicine boxes of different sizes.

At that moment, a dozen or so servants in blue robes were standing in front of the counter, greeting customers.

"Spirit pills are a very scarce resource in Yue Kingdom." Han Li was slightly surprised to see so many medicine bottles and said to Yang Qingyuan, "I didn't expect that they could be sold on such a large scale on Kui Xing Island."

"It seems that the resources in the Chaotic Star Sea are much better than those in the Yue Kingdom."

As soon as he finished speaking, a servant in blue noticed Yang Qingyuan, Han Li, and the other three entering and immediately came forward with a smile on his face.

"What kind of pills would you four guests like?" the servant in blue asked enthusiastically. "Our Jade Ring Residence has a very complete selection of pills. Whether it's pills to increase cultivation or pills to heal injuries, we have them all."

Yang Qingyuan, however, released the Nameless Concealment Technique, revealing a trace of the spiritual pressure of a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.

The servant in blue noticed the overwhelming spiritual pressure emanating from him, and his expression immediately changed. He bowed repeatedly and said, "So it's a distinguished guest at the Foundation Establishment stage. I was blind to his abilities."

"I will go and inform the manager that you would like to wait in a room on the second floor for a moment."

Yang Qingyuan said coldly, "Lead the way. I hope your Yuhuan Residence has the pills I need."

Hearing Yang Qingyuan's boastful tone, the servant in blue was even more pleased. He led Yang Qingyuan and his party to a side room on the second floor and then went to invite the manager.

Yang Qingyuan and Han Li sat upright, drinking tea and waiting for the manager of Yuhuanju.

Before long, a woman in her thirties pushed open the door and entered.

The young woman was dressed in a light blue palace gown. Although she wasn't considered stunningly beautiful, she was still quite attractive and exuded the aura of someone in the early stages of Foundation Establishment.

As soon as the young woman entered, Zi Guang looked Yang Qingyuan and Han Li up and down, finally settling on Yang Qingyuan. She exclaimed in surprise, "Ah! I am truly ignorant."

"I never expected there to be a Pseudo-Core Stage cultivator on Kui Xing Island whom I've never seen before."

"I am Feng Sanniang, the steward of the Six-Linked Palace. May I ask where you, fellow Daoist, cultivate?"

Upon hearing this name, Yang Qingyuan also showed a thoughtful expression. He vaguely remembered that this woman seemed to be a cultivator who hunted the Infant Carp Beast with Han Li, and her fate afterward was unknown.

However, that's at least twenty or thirty years from now, and it's not worth mentioning right now.

Yang Qingyuan bowed and said, "I am Yang Qingyuan, a wandering cultivator from overseas. I have brought three friends to your shop to purchase some spiritual herbs."

Feng San Niang's beautiful eyes flickered, and she said with a charming smile, "Of course, of course."

"Our Jade Ring Residence specializes in the business of elixirs. May I ask what kind of elixirs you require?"

Yang Qingyuan then responded, "May I ask if your shop has Snow Spirit Water and Heavenly Fire Liquid?"

"Also, do you have any Dust-Reducing Pills?"

Upon hearing this, Feng San Niang's expression changed, her beautiful eyes filled with envy. She exclaimed in surprise, "Snow Spirit Water, Heavenly Fire Liquid, and Dust-Subduing Pill... It seems Fellow Daoist Yang is about to break through the Core Formation bottleneck."

"That's truly something to celebrate."

"Snow Spirit Water and Heavenly Fire Liquid are two essential materials for Core Formation. They are not rare, and we at Jade Ring Residence keep them on hand year-round."

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"However, obtaining this Dust-Clearing Pill is quite difficult—"

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