"The three of you must have heard that Senior Fellow Apprentice Su has to leave for a year temporarily. During this time, I will temporarily take charge of this Bai Lian Pavilion. I'm Liu Ming, a disciple of the Piaohong Courtyard. You can just call me by my name in the future. I don't know anything about business, so I will leave the business of the shop to you guys. Everything can be handled as usual. There is no need to make any changes. "Seeing this, Liu Ming smiled slightly and continued.
"Envoy Liu, don't say that. In the future, we still need the envoy to take charge of the shop. We will naturally do our best to do other trivial things." Shopkeeper Ye immediately took a few steps forward and said with a smile.
When the other two craftsmen heard this, their expressions relaxed.
This temporary disciple seemed to be a reasonable person. He didn't like to meddle in other people's business, which made them secretly relieved.
So after they talked for a while, Shopkeeper Ye asked the two middle-aged men to return to the forging room, and he personally took Liu Ming around to familiarize himself with the Bai Lian Pavilion.
When Liu Ming just came in, he just glanced at it roughly. At this time, under the guidance and patient explanation of the old shopkeeper, he naturally had a new understanding of the Bai Lian Pavilion.
The first floor was the shop's facade. It looked quite quaint and imposing. Rows of shelves and counters were filled with some magical weapons, spiritual weapons, various ores and so on.
The second floor was separated by two private rooms and a living room. It was specially used to receive some distinguished guests or carry out some private transactions. The layout was very elegant and generous.
The private rooms had the soundproof enchantment of Taiqing Gate. Even the Crystallization Period powerhouse couldn't detect the situation inside from the outside.
As for the third floor, the place was much smaller. This was the quiet room for the disciple to meditate.
The backyard on the first floor of the Bai Lian Pavilion was the forging workshop. Most of the talisman weapons and spiritual weapons placed on the counter were directly forged in the workshop.
Liu Ming had no experience in forging, so it was really eye-opening at this moment.
Finally, Shopkeeper Ye brought Liu Ming to the basement of the Bai Lian Pavilion with a solemn expression. This underground chamber was only a few dozen feet in size and was about the height of a person. The walls and floor were made of a kind of dark green dock stone. This special ore was not only extremely hard, but it also had the effect of isolating Divine Sense.
In the middle of the secret chamber was a circular formation about ten feet in size. It was faintly flashing with white light.
"This is the long-distance communication array with the Sect?" Liu Ming's expression changed as he asked in surprise.
"Yes, the Communication Magic Circle here is directly connected to the Sect's Deacon Hall. Usually, when something big happens, they will use this magic circle to report it to the Sect," Shopkeeper Ye said with a solemn expression.
"According to the rules of the Sect, in this Bai Lian Pavilion, only the disciple in charge is qualified to use the token. Envoy Su should have given the activation token to Envoy Liu right?"
On the surface, the Bai Lian Pavilion was a forging shop, but it was actually a stronghold set up by Taiqing Gate. As for the other so-called Taiqing Gate shops, they were actually opened by some inner and outer disciples of the Sect or dependent families.
This Changyang Market was a place under the joint jurisdiction of several major forces. It was strictly prohibited to fight in the market. The disciple in charge of the Bai Lian Pavilion usually represented Taiqing Gate to play a deterrent role. He might not necessarily be a strong person.
"Brother Su has indeed given it to me." Liu Ming nodded and replied.
Later, the two quickly left the secret room and came to the quiet room on the third floor.
There were three rooms in the quiet room. The layout was very simple. The outermost room was a living room with a mahogany table and a few chairs of the same texture. The middle room was a bedroom, and the innermost room was a secret room.
Of course, there was also the same enchantment here. No one would disturb him when he cultivated here.
After Liu Ming looked around, he was more satisfied with the environment here.
"Shopkeeper Ye, you go ahead with your business. If there is something in the shop, use this to send a message to me. It's my first time coming to the big market outside the sect. I want to go around and familiarize myself with the environment. "Liu Ming took out a white disc and handed it to Shopkeeper Ye.
After thinking about it for a while, Shopkeeper Ye agreed.
Later, after the two casually talked about some things, Liu Ming walked out of the Bai Lian Pavilion.
He faintly learned from Shopkeeper Ye that over the years, due to the prestige of Taiqing Gate, no one dared to make trouble here, so the disciples in charge usually didn't have to stay in the shop.
He didn't walk far before he arrived at a remote place. He activated the Bone Changing Technique and after a burst of crackling sounds, his body suddenly grew a lot taller. At the same time, black gas rolled out of his body. After a while, he turned into a tall and sturdy man with a dark face.
He had thoroughly understood the technique he learned from the Savage Ghost Sect over the years. Coupled with the Tiger Dragon Hell Prison, not only could he change his height and body shape, but he could even make some simple adjustments to the bones and skin color of his face, easily changing into another appearance.
After that, Liu Ming once again walked into the crowd of the market and wandered around.
Changyang Market was indeed a large market. The shops on both sides of the street, regardless of the number or scale, were far more than the small markets he had been to before.
There were also a lot of cultivators wandering around here. They were constantly going in and out of various shops. The bigger the shop, the more frequent the flow of people in and out.
Liu Ming walked around and walked into a shop that seemed to be quite large.
This shop was divided into several areas. Spiritual weapons, elixir, and materials were all sold.
After a while, Liu Ming walked out. Although the expression on his face was very calm, there was a flash of excitement in his eyes.
He didn't buy anything inside just now, but he inquired about the price of various elixirs at the elixir counter.
As he expected, the cold condensing pill was also a very rare elixir in this Changyang Market, and the price was also very high.
He seemed to casually inquire about the purchase price of the cold condensing pill from the shopkeeper, and he was even more delighted to find that the price given by the shopkeeper was a little higher than the previous markets.
In the following time, Liu Ming went to several other shops. After some inquiries, the results were almost the same, which made him more satisfied.
In addition, after visiting several material shops, he found that this Changyang Market might be located at the junction of several major forces. All kinds of alchemy materials were quite complete. Most of the raw materials needed to refine the cold condensing pill could be easily purchased. Even the alchemy materials for another elixir that he was good at, the golden yuan pill, were also available.
The only regret was that the green condensing fruit in two shops was only about a hundred years old, which was not enough to refine the cold condensing pill.
In a seemingly old attic shop.
"Mister wants to buy green condensing fruit that is more than two hundred years old?" The shopkeeper was a white-haired old man. He looked up and down at the black-faced macho man transformed by Liu Ming, and he asked with a strange face.
"Exactly, do you have it in your shop?" Liu Ming nodded and asked faintly.
"Forgive me for being ignorant. The elixirs that can use the green condensing fruit, such as Yuling Powder and Dragon Courage Pill, are more than a hundred years old. Why do you want the green condensing fruit that is more than two hundred years old?" The shopkeeper asked while twisting his snow-white beard.
When Liu Ming heard the old man say so, he just smiled and said nothing.
The old man quickly came to his senses, coughed dryly, and said awkwardly,
"I have said too much, but I don't have the material that mister wants. You might as well go to the southwest of the market to look for it. The Bat Clan Shop there should sell it."
"Bat Clan Shop?" Liu Ming was slightly startled when he heard the words, then he cupped his fist and thanked him, then he turned and walked out of the shop.
According to the guidance of the old shopkeeper, he soon came to the southwest of the market and found several buildings with different styles.
Unlike most shops that were built with bluestone, these buildings were built with a kind of black lacquered wood. The surface was covered with green vines that were as thick as a wrist. It must be the shop opened by the Bat Clan.
He chose the largest two-story attic and walked in.
This shop had a signboard with the words "Bat Spirit House" hanging on it.
The shop's facade had two large bays. It was not small in the market. The inside was also divided into several areas. There were elixirs, talismans, materials, and spirit grass on the counter.
Behind these counters stood a few manservants in black clothes. Each of them had delicate features, red lips, and white teeth.
The Bat Clan was a kind of alien race that evolved from the ordinary human race. Their appearance was almost the same as that of ordinary human beings. The only more obvious external feature was a pair of extremely thin fleshy wings that would appear from their back when they were fighting with others.
In addition, the vision of these Bat Clan people might be slightly worse, but their hearing was far better than ordinary humans.
Liu Ming didn't see if these manservants were really Bat Clan people. He quickly retracted his gaze and looked along the counters.
As a result, when he saw the third counter, his eyes lit up, then he walked over quietly.
There were some fist-sized round green fruits on this counter. They were the green condensing fruit.
These fruits were arranged according to their size. According to Liu Ming's experience, some of the bigger ones on the far right seemed to be three or four hundred years old!
"Do you want to buy the green condensing fruit?" The manservant behind the counter immediately said with a smile on his face.
"How much are these green condensing fruit?" Liu Ming didn't speak immediately. After looking at it carefully for a while, he looked up and said faintly.
"According to the age of the green condensing fruit in this shop, there are one hundred years, two hundred years, three hundred years, and four hundred years, so the price is naturally different. Among them, one hundred years of maturity is two thousand spirit stones, two hundred years of maturity is four thousand spirit stones, three hundred years of maturity is six thousand spirit stones, and four hundred years of maturity is twelve thousand spirit stones. "The black-clothed manservant replied neatly.
Liu Ming nodded secretly. This price is reasonable for the green condensing fruit.
"I have walked around the market, and it is rare to see green condensing fruit that is more than two hundred years old. I didn't expect you to have a lot of them here." Liu Ming said seemingly casually.
"Senior, it must be your first time coming to the Changyang Market right?" The manservant heard Liu Ming's words, and he didn't answer immediately. He immediately asked respectfully.
"Yes." Liu Ming nodded.
"It's not surprising that senior doesn't know. This green condensing fruit has a wide range of uses, and my Bat Clan also grows it in large quantities. "The manservant in black clothes explained to Liu Ming with a hint of realization.
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