Chapter 55 First Arrival in Chixia
Chixia Immortal City is located in the southwest of Tianlu Mountain Range, covering an area of 100 miles. It is only tens of thousands miles away from the nearest Bailian Sect, and there are hundreds of thousands of cultivators. More importantly, because Chixia Immortal City is close to Bailian Sect, one of the five major sects, disciples of Bailian Sect often come and go in the Immortal City, selling some magic tools, materials and other items.
Unlike Wuyin Immortal City, Chixia Immortal City does not gather cultivators in the early and middle stages of Qi Refining. Instead, it gathers a large number of cultivators in the middle and late stages of Qi Refining, and there are even a number of cultivators who have reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. The main reason is that Chixia Immortal City has penetrated deep into the Tianlu Mountains. Within tens of thousands of miles nearby, the surviving monsters are mostly mortal middle and high-level monsters, and even occasionally there are mortal Great Perfection monsters. It can be said that cultivators in the early stages of Qi Refining cannot survive here. In the case of forming a team, middle and late stage cultivators can still compete with mortal middle and high-level monsters, but if they encounter mortal Great Perfection monsters, they will most likely flee in panic, and it is common for the whole army to be wiped out.
It is precisely because the monsters near Chixia Immortal City are of a higher level, which makes the materials for refining instruments in the city relatively more advanced, so the number and quality of cultivators in Chixia Immortal City have been improved by a level compared to Wuyin Immortal City.
On this day, Xiao Lin saw a majestic city appearing in the sky from afar. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the magnificent city was covered with a touch of red clouds, which was magnificent. This made Xiao Lin's face show great joy. After nearly a month of flying, he finally arrived at Chixia Fairy City.
The reason why Xiao Lin did not return to Wuyin Fairy City after leaving Huai County was that he learned from the cultivators in Wuyin Fairy City that the materials sold in Chixia Fairy City were better, and the magic tools and talismans sold in some large shops were also fine products. This was because only middle and high-level cultivators could afford fine magic tools and talismans. What interested Xiao Lin the most was the environment near Chixia Fairy City, which gathered a large number of ordinary middle and high-level monsters. This was his main purpose of coming to Chixia Fairy City. Only by constantly practicing and hunting monsters in the moment of life and death could he better improve his cultivation realm, and his spell proficiency also needed to be improved by hunting monsters. Of course, there was another reason, which was to avoid the pursuit of the dark-skinned man and the scholar monk. Xiao Lin was not naive enough to think that the two would let him go. They would definitely arrange spies at the gates of the Wuyin Immortal City. As long as he entered the Wuyin Immortal City, he would be targeted.
Xiao Lin landed at the gate of Chixia Immortal City. The whole Chixia Immortal City was built with a kind of red rock. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, it would flash red smoke and haze, which was very beautiful. This is why Chixia Immortal City got its name. Compared with Wuyin Immortal City, this Chixia Immortal City has a different scenery.
At the gate of the city, from time to time, there would be monks flying away or landing, a busy and lively scene. After Xiao Lin landed, he took a look at the city wall that was more than ten feet high, and then consciously lined up in the queue to enter the city. While queuing, Xiao Lin was also looking at the monks around him. He found that most of these monks were above the middle stage of Qi Refining, and there were even a few who he could not even sense the other party's cultivation.
It seems that the quality of the cultivators in the Chixia Immortal City is indeed much higher than that in the Wuyin Immortal City. At this time, several rays of light fell from the sky. When the light dissipated, three cultivators in gray and white robes appeared. The three of them had a huge aura, which surprised Xiao Lin slightly. The three of them looked at the many cultivators in line, and showed contempt on their faces, and then walked directly into the city. The guards at the gate seemed to have not seen them and let the three enter the city.
Xiao Lin frowned slightly, but then he heard the discussion beside him, and then he knew that these three people were outer disciples of the Bailian Sect, so they could have such treatment. This made Xiao Lin a little envious. Whether it was the mortal world or the cultivation world, there were always some people who could ignore certain rules or laws and be able to override them. This was strength. The five major sects were powerful existences in the Tianlu Mountains that could ignore many rules. They interpreted the law of the jungle to the fullest.
Xiao Lin was not dissatisfied with the performance of several Bailianmen disciples. Such things often happen in the mortal world. Of course, he had no intention to change this situation, nor did he have the ability to change it. In his heart, as long as he could go further on the road of cultivation, it would be his biggest goal. In reality, what lay before him was how to break through the bottleneck of the middle stage of Qi Refining.
After paying two low-grade spirit stones, Xiao Lin was thrown a wooden palm-sized token. On the front of the token was an ancient seal character "Chi", and on the back was the word "Xiao Lin" engraved by the guard. This token was Xiao Lin's certificate for entering and leaving Chixia Xiancheng in the future, and the validity period was three years. After three years, he had to go to the guard to register again and replace the token. This made Xiao Lin quite speechless, and also made him understand why there were not many low-level cultivators in this Chixia Xiancheng. It turned out that there was a fee to enter and leave this city. Fortunately, this fee was nothing to Xiao Lin.
After entering the city, Xiao Lin first went to a remote inn and booked a relatively quiet room. After dinner, Xiao Lin returned to the room, lay on the bed and fell asleep.
The next morning, Xiao Lin woke up from his sleep. The hard work of more than a month disappeared after this sleep. He walked out of the room in high spirits, ate a little downstairs and went out. Xiao Lin was not in a hurry to hunt monsters in the Tianlu Mountains, but wandered around in Chixia Fairy City. He had just arrived in the fairy city and had not figured out the layout here. When he was eating early in the morning, he asked his waiter about the market in Chixia Fairy City. Like Wuyin Fairy City, it was also on a vacant land in the east of the city.
Xiao Lin soon arrived at the East City Market. When he arrived at the market, he was amazed. Compared with Wuyin Xiancheng, the number of cultivators selling items here has at least tripled, and the items are better than those in Wuyin Xiancheng. Those who sell items here are basically cultivators above the middle stage, and there are even some cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining who are also selling items. Some of these items are obtained by hunting monsters, such as some refining materials and some auxiliary materials for refining elixirs; some are rare minerals and metals they dug from the Tianlu Mountains.
What makes Xiao Lin even more interested is that there are some low-level refining techniques and talisman making techniques for sale in this market. Although Xiao Lin is very interested in refining techniques and talisman making techniques, he does not intend to invest too much energy in them. The underground cave is about to open. Before the underground cave trial, how to improve his own realm and combat power is what he is considering at the moment. As for the rest, he will wait until the underground cave trial is over.
Xiao Lin even saw some cultivators selling Lingwu grass. As soon as the fourteen-year-old Lingwu grass was put out, it was bought by a cultivator of the eighth level of Qi Refining for thirty low-grade spirit stones. This surprised Xiao Lin. It seems that the prices of items in Chixia Immortal City are much higher than those in Wuyin Immortal City. Under normal circumstances, this fourteen-year-old Lingwu grass with medicinal effects can only be sold for twenty low-grade spirit stones in Wuyin Immortal City. Unless it is a twenty-year-old fully mature Lingwu grass, it can be sold for more than thirty low-grade spirit stones. Seeing this price, Xiao Lin even had the idea of taking more Lingwu grass from the Lingmu space to sell, but soon, he gave up this idea. If he only sold one or two plants, it would be useless to him, and if he sold them in bulk, it would definitely attract other people's attention.
After participating in an auction at Babaozhai, he was targeted by three high-level Qi Refining cultivators, and even two of them were cultivators who had reached the great perfection of Qi Refining. This gave Xiao Lin a headache, and he naturally refused to show off again, which would only bring him more harm.
Xiao Lin, who was strolling around, suddenly stopped and looked at a stall next to him. The stall owner was an old man who looked to be in his 40s or 50s. He had a goatee and triangular eyes and looked wretched. In front of him was a hide of some unknown monster, on which were placed various spiritual herbs and some spiritual herb seeds. Next to it were a few white jade slips.
Seeing Xiao Lin stop and seeming to be very interested in the white jade slips, the old man with the goatee immediately smiled and said, "My fellow Taoist, you are new to Chixia Fairy City. If you are new to Chixia Fairy City, you must buy a map of the distribution of monsters around Chixia Fairy City. I dare say that my map is definitely the most complete in this East City Market."
Xiao Lin looked at the old man with the goatee expressionlessly and said lightly, "I'm afraid every stall owner will say that his map is the most complete, right? I saw that in this East City Market, there are many maps for sale. There are at least seven or eight Daoists who know the distribution map of monsters around Chixia Fairy City. How can I judge whether what you said is true? "This..." Xiao Lin's words made the old man with a goat beard speechless for a moment. He didn't know how to answer. After a long time, he looked at Xiao Lin, who looked like he was smiling, and said, "Daoyou are joking. I can't prove it, but you can take a look first. If it's not comprehensive enough, I can give you one." As he said that, he picked up a white jade slip from the stall and handed it to Xiao Lin. Xiao Lin also took it without hesitation, put it in his palm, and then closed his eyes and browsed it. After a while, Xiao Lin opened his eyes, but he still had no expression on his face, and people couldn't tell what he was thinking. "Although it is not too comprehensive, it also records the distribution of monsters. I just don't know how much this map costs?" After a silence, Xiao Lin spoke.