Wu You's ability to do things was not bad. In a few days, he found a good old carriage. The enclosed performance was good. The space was not big, but it was not a problem for three or four people to sit in it.
Especially him and Taotie, who were still children, did not take up much space. Wu You also had to drive the carriage, so the carriage was still very empty.
It was more than a hundred miles away, so they arrived in three days. Gu Zheng and others arrived three days early. There were still three days before the Grand Bazaar began. Even so, there were already a lot of people coming to the Grand Bazaar.
There was a town at the foot of Mang Mountain. The Grand Bazaar was held in this town. Those who came early had already rented a farmhouse in the town. Many people directly slept on the ground. The people who came at this time were basically selling things. They came early because they wanted to occupy a good place in advance.
After the Grand Bazaar began, a street that stretched for four or five miles was full of vendors. The streets of the town were not enough. There were a lot of streets on both sides. Those who had experience knew that the closer the location was to the middle, the better. There were more people there, and the possibility of trading or selling would be higher.
At this time, some people had already begun to trade. Gu Zheng did not appear, but he let Wu You come out to take a look. They lived in a place ten miles away from the village. It was not a forest, but just a small hill. However, if one did not go in, they would not find that people lived here.
Gu Zheng made two tents. Aunt Cui had one, he and Taotie had one. As for Wu You, he let him sleep in the carriage. These days, cloth was not cheap. It was a very valuable thing. It could even be used as currency. Gu Zheng did not need good cloth, so he let Wu You change some coarse cloth to make these two tents.
Even so, a lot of things were used. Before coming, Gu Zheng rode out to hunt a lot of things. Now, there were eight porcupine skins, several tiger skins, leopard skins, cow skins, and so on. There were also all kinds of bones, jerky, and two silver ingots. These were the wealth that Gu Zheng had accumulated during this time.
These riches were used to exchange for the things he needed at the Grand Bazaar.
As long as it caught his eye, he would definitely take it. Even if the other party did not want to sell it, he would still want it. Now was not the time to be benevolent, especially when there was a Big Goblin behind him. At this time, in order to increase his strength, he had to do whatever it took.
Of course, Gu Zheng could force them to buy and sell, but he would never kill them. He still had his own bottom line. If worse came to worst, he would compensate them when he was successful in his cultivation. In short, in order to improve his cultivation, he had to find enough things.
Until now, Gu Zheng hadn't been able to break through to the third level. This wasn't a problem with his immortal energy, he had already reached the required level. It wasn't a problem with his mental state either. He had cultivated to the Quasi-Sage Realm, so he didn't have any obstacles in this aspect.
After thinking about it, Gu Zheng could only think of one possibility, and that was opportunity. Opportunity was something that couldn't be seen or touched. He was inexplicably stuck at this point. If he didn't have this opportunity, he might not be able to break through in two or three months. If he could find this opportunity, he would be able to break through immediately.
Opportunity was something that couldn't be grasped accurately. Gu Zheng couldn't bet everything on this. He could only use a stupid method, and that was to forcefully break through.
Forcefully break through, forcefully increase his immortal energy, and forcefully break through this barrier. There was a limit to the amount of immortal energy that Gu Zheng's body could withstand. Once he broke through this limit, he would have to break through even if he didn't want to. Although this would have a certain impact on his body, Gu Zheng didn't care at all. He had plenty of ways to nurse his body and recover.
Right now, the most important thing for him was to increase his strength. As long as there was a way to increase his strength, it didn't matter if he had to pay a price.
Living here, he wouldn't be noticed by others. It wasn't far from the Grand Bazaar. After finding this place, Gu Zheng continued to cultivate every day. When Gu Zheng was watching, Taotie would also cultivate. However, if he wasn't paying attention, he would be lazy and run out to play. Wu You and Aunt Cui couldn't control him at all, and they didn't dare to control him.
They had seen with their own eyes that when Taotie was playing, he was accidentally tripped by a stone. Then he angrily slapped the stone with his palm, and the stone instantly shattered into pieces.
Since then, Wu You had been very careful when facing Taotie. He was afraid that he would accidentally offend him. If that happened, he would definitely die.
He was afraid of Taotie from the bottom of his heart.
He was also afraid of Gu Zheng, but this kind of fear was completely different. Rather than being afraid, it was more like being in awe. He was really afraid of Taotie. How should he put it? Gu Zheng gave him the feeling that although he looked young, he had a meticulous mind. Communicating with Gu Zheng was completely like talking with an adult, a very powerful adult.
Taotie was different. He was a real, pure child. A child's mind was the most unpredictable and temperamental. Therefore, he was afraid of Taotie. He was even afraid of him. If he could avoid being with Taotie, he would avoid him as much as possible.
Aunt Cui was fine. After all, she had taken care of them for a period of time. She also knew Taotie's temperament. As long as you followed him, Taotie was a very good child. He was very easy to coax. However, he was not as mature as Gu Zheng.
Aunt Cui also could not understand how the two children, who were exactly the same, could have such different temperaments. She would never have thought that one of the two children's consciousness came from the future and was a powerful Sage-to-be.
Three days later, the Grand Fair began on time. Before dawn, the whole town had become a sea of people. This was just the beginning. There were more people coming, and some were late. When the Grand Fair was at its busiest, which was the fifth and sixth day, the number of people would be at least twice as much as now.
"It's so lively!"
Taotie was very excited to see so many people. Aunt Cui and Wu You also kept looking around. Only Gu Zheng was very calm. There were many people in this kind of Grand Fair, but he had seen better ones, so he was not interested in it.
He joined the Grand Fair just to collect what he needed.
"I want to eat this!"
After taking two steps, Taotie pointed at something that looked like a tanghulu and cried out. It was similar to a tanghulu, but it was black in color and there was no sugar. It was not stuck on a round haystack, but placed there directly.
"Fretless Fruit. It's very delicious. Do you want some?"
When the stall owner saw them, he immediately said with a smile. His eyes were almost invisible when he smiled.
Observing Gu Zheng's eyes, Wu You immediately went forward and asked about the price of this fruit. Soon, they reached a deal. In the early days of the Untainted Land, although there were already gold, silver, copper and other currencies in the places where human beings lived, there were not many of them. Most of them were used in the cities. In this kind of village market, 80% of the people were bartering. In this respect, Wu You was very experienced, so Gu Zheng was very assured.
Wu You exchanged two bunches of fruit, which were in the hands of Taotie. Gu Zheng was not very interested in this kind of fruit, but the taste of the fruit was not bad, and its quality had reached the ordinary level. It could be eaten as a snack.
Unlike the earth, in the early days of the Untainted Land, ordinary level ingredients could be seen everywhere, and there were even a lot of intermediate level ingredients. There were only a few good and high level ingredients, and there were also a lot of inferior and low level ingredients. Gu Zheng had not seen garbage and poisonous ingredients. The environment here was very good, and there was no pollution. Unless it was deliberately destroyed, it was very difficult to find garbage ingredients.
Taotie was eating happily, and Gu Zheng led them to walk slowly in the crowd.
There was a dazzling array of items on both sides. There were food, such as eggs, various kinds of meat, and some livestock and birds raised by the villagers. These things were abundant in the Grand Fair. Some people usually accumulated them and came to the Grand Fair every year to exchange for other things they needed.
In addition to food, there were a variety of tools.
There were tools for farming, hunting, breeding, and even building houses. There were a lot of household tools here. There were also all kinds of raw materials, made of iron, wood, and even stone. It was very rich. In addition, various kinds of seeds could also be classified as tools. After all, no one would eat the seeds after buying them. They would have to wait for the harvest.
Aunt Cui saw these things the most. She had only heard of many things and had never seen them before. This time, she had learned a lot.
These two categories accounted for more than half of the goods, and the rest were all kinds of things.
There were also cloth and silk, but it was very little. Cloth and silk could be used as currency in this place, so there were not many that were exchanged alone. Most of them were brought to see what they wanted. There were even fewer finished clothes. At least, Gu Zheng had not seen any until now. However, Wu You had heard that there were people who would sell clothes, but they were not new, but old clothes.
In addition to clothes, there were also all kinds of jewelry, but the price was very high. Generally, they were in the center and would not appear at the edge. Because of the high price, in order to prevent people from having thoughts of murder, most of the people selling these kinds of things were several people, not just one person setting up a stall.
In addition to these few categories, the rest were all kinds of small things. There were good-looking stones obtained from the wild, and some people brought some of the leftover things of low value here after hunting, hoping that someone would like it and exchange it for something useful. It was better than leaving it there.
There was also a small category, which was all kinds of herbs.
Although medical skills were not very high in the early days of the Untainted Land, herbs had already appeared. It was just that most people did not know the medicinal properties of these herbs. The few that everyone knew were very common, but there were still people who sold them. As long as one of these herbs had saved someone, no matter what illness that person had, they would want to use it. At this time, people did not have a deep understanding of medicinal properties.
This situation reminded Gu Zheng of a person, the Shennong in Chinese mythology. He did not know if the Shennong had appeared, but it seemed that he had not. Even if he had appeared, it had not spread here. After the Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs and determined the medicinal properties of all kinds of herbs, the herbs could be used reasonably. Slowly, the profession of a doctor appeared.
These herbs were one of Gu Zheng's goals.
Among the herbs, there were some things that he could use. Many of the food cultivators were actually herbs. As long as he saw herbs for sale, he would pay attention and observe if they were what he needed.
Other than herbs, what Gu Zheng looked at the most were all kinds of food, not meat and grains, but those little things. For example, the Fretless Fruit that Taotie had eaten before. There might be something he needed in these kinds of things, so he needed to observe more.
Finally, there were those strange things. Among these things, there might also be things that he could use. Even if he was not a food cultivator, it would be good to make a celestial tool, preferably an immortal tool. Unfortunately, he could not forge an immortal tool now. A good immortal tool could improve a person's strength a lot, and could even kill people who were above his level.
Gu Zheng had a lot of treasures before, so he knew the importance of having a good weapon.
"No more, I want more!"
Taotie, whose hand had been pulled by Gu Zheng, suddenly broke free and raised his hands, indicating that he had just finished two bunches of fruits. He was not satisfied and wanted to continue eating.
"Go to the front, I'll find you something more delicious later!"
Gu Zheng smiled slightly. No matter what Taotie would become in the future, at least he was now a child, and a child related to him by blood. Gu Zheng had no brothers or sisters before, and he had no children. At present, Taotie was not only his brother, but also his own child.
Gu Zheng's love for Taotie was not just a little.
Aunt Cui and Wu You said in private that sometimes the two of them did not look like brothers, but more like father and son. Also, Gu Zheng did not say who was older, but in private, they all thought that Gu Zheng was the elder brother, and Taotie was the younger brother. This was entirely based on the performance of the two of them.
"Okay, it must be delicious!"
Taotie nodded immediately, looking very excited. He had never seen so many people and so many vendors. Everywhere he looked was very novel.
Walking slowly, the sky soon brightened, and there were more people. It was almost crowded. Aunt Cui and Wu You followed closely behind Gu Zheng for fear of being separated by the crowd.
In fact, every year in the big market, there were many adults who lost their children. If they were lucky, someone would help to take them in and look after them. If they were unlucky, their children would disappear forever. No one knew where they went. At this time, no one abducted children, but there were people who liked your children and directly took them back to raise them.
Of course, poor people would not do this, but it was possible for those with a little foundation. Nowadays, the survival rate of children was not high. Even if they had a family foundation, there were still some who did not have children, but it was only a minority.
"Wu You, go and change that back!"
After walking for a short distance, he saw Aunt Cui staring at a needle and thread vendor. Gu Zheng smiled and asked Wu You to change.
Aunt Cui had her own needle and thread. She sewed the things at home, but last time, she left in a hurry and did not bring these things. Now, they were gone. This was also Gu Zheng's responsibility.
Wu You quickly changed back to a set of high-quality bone needles. At this time, bone needles were the mainstream. There were also iron needles, but there were not many. Only the rich families in the city would use them. Although they were made of bone, the bone was very hard, and the quality of the needle was also very good.
Aunt Cui's previous set was also made of bone needles. There were also differences between the quality of bone needles. This set was obviously better than the previous set. There were more of them and more types. Aunt Cui happily took them. She picked one up and looked at it for a while. Then, she picked up another one and looked at it again. She did not stop.
Aunt Cui did not have many wishes. In the past, she had a husband and parents-in-law. Although the two children she gave birth to before were not successful, her family had never blamed her. At that time, she felt very happy and only wanted to work hard to have another child. It would be best if she had a boy so that her family would be happy.
Unfortunately, a calamity had completely changed her family.
Especially after her mother-in-law passed away, some of her in-laws' family members wanted to drive her away. If it were not for the few young people who came back and risked their lives to protect her, she would have been driven away. Those people were grateful to her in-laws for sacrificing their lives to protect her. No matter what, they would not let others bully a widow like her.
It was also because of the existence of these people that Aunt Cui, as a widow, could live in the village all the time.
In the past few years, some people had asked her to remarry, but she refused all of them. She had thought that her heart had died, but she did not expect that after the villagers sent Gu Zheng and Taotie that day, her heart seemed to come back to life. She did not know who the two children's family members were or where they were, but at that time, she only wanted to take care of the two children. Perhaps, the two children had awakened her maternal love.
Sometimes, she wondered if it was because her first two children were not successful. God took pity on her and sent two more children to her.
Because of this, when the Great Immortal's sermon came, she did not hesitate to give her qualifications to the two children that could be exchanged for a lot of wealth. She hoped that they could have a better future in the future. But in the end, she did not expect that the Great Immortal's sermon turned out to be a scam, which almost killed the two children.
However, because of this incident, she knew that the two children were not ordinary people at all, but powerful immortals.
In her eyes, Gu Zheng was already an immortal. She did not know the meaning of cultivating to become an immortal. She did not know that only when one reached the stage of refining essence into Qi could he be called an immortal. Before that, he was just a cultivator.
Aunt Cui was easily satisfied. She did not care about Gu Zheng's identity. It was enough for her to take care of the two children and watch them grow up. Just like now, she was very happy to get a set of good bone needles.
"This, this, I want to eat this!"
Taotie suddenly pointed to the roadside. This time, it was not a string of fruits, but a kind of food that someone was frying, exuding a delicate fragrance.
Because the fragrance was very strong, a lot of people gathered here, especially many children. They all bit their lips and looked eagerly at their family members and the food that was being cooked. Taotie was also attracted.
Gu Zheng only glanced at it, then shook his head with a smile and said, "This smells good, but the taste is ordinary. The oil he used is a crude oil, and it has been used for a long time. The taste is very ordinary. Smell it carefully. Is there bitterness in the fragrance?"
There were ordinary people here. How could there be any good oil? The oil used was certainly not willing to throw it away. This oil had been used for a few days, and it had already changed its taste.
Although Gu Zheng was not a Tool Spirit and could not directly identify the ingredients from a distance, he could guess that the food made with this oil would not be higher than second-grade. The biggest possibility was that it was low-grade. The taste of such things was limited. Taotie was raised by Gu Zheng. It would be strange if he was used to eating it. Now, he was just curious.
Sure enough, after listening to Gu Zheng's words, Taotie smelled it carefully and immediately frowned. He did not ask to eat this thing.
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