longevity road trip

Zhang Shiping was able to fly the Qingling ancient boat, but he stopped obediently like everyone else and landed at the gate of one of the city gates. The huge bricks and stones of the city wall are blue and black, and there is a feeling of vicissitudes. .

The city gate is very tall, and it is different from ordinary city gates. There are three gates in this red-clothed city. The largest gate in the middle is fifteen feet high and five feet wide. There is a smaller gate on the left and right, only half of the middle gate. size.

The middle door was closed tightly, and did not open, only the left and right doors were open.

There is already a long queue at the door on the right, pulling a large number of goods, and the people transporting them are all mortals and monks in the Qi training period.

There were only a few scattered people at the left door, but none of the people on the right dared to jump in, because the people on the left were all Foundation Establishment monks.

When Zhang Shiping saw it, he naturally walked to the left and lined up behind those people. After a few breaths, it was his turn.The monks guarding the city gate felt the spiritual pressure of the foundation establishment period on Zhang Shiping, and they were very respectful.

After throwing down a spirit stone as the entry fee, Zhang Shiping walked through the city gate and entered the city in red.

Chapter 105 The Boy Who Wants to Live

The wall of the city in red is tens of feet high, and the wall is naturally extremely thick. When Zhang Shiping walked through the city gate, he walked a full twenty feet.Walking out of the city gate, Zhang Shiping's eyes suddenly opened up, a road more than thirty feet wide, stretching from his feet to the foot of the mountain, spiraling upwards, like an antelope's horns.

In Zhang Shiping's hand was a slightly red stone tablet, much smaller than a normal token, with only the words "Red Clothes City" on the front. However, the style and workmanship are extremely general.

This is the identity certificate of the monks in the Red Clothes City. The monks who enter the Red Clothes City need to hang it on a conspicuous position on the waist, otherwise the guards patrolling in the Red Clothes City will stop when they encounter a monk who does not wear a stone plaque Interrogation is very annoying.Like other monks, Zhang Shiping honestly took off his jade pendant, replaced it with a stone tablet, and wore it on his waist in accordance with the rules of Hongyi City in order not to cause trouble.

The red light emitted by this stone tablet can last for ten days. After the time is over, the monk must go out of the city, or go to the patrolling guards in the city, hand in a new spirit stone, and exchange a new stone tablet with them.Of course, if it is a Jindan cultivator, there is no need to be so troublesome at all, and there is no need to wear any stone plaques or proofs. Their own cultivation is the basis for their passage in the world.

And there are many mortals in the caravan that enters the Red Clothes City every day, and they can't afford the high price of one spirit stone for ten days, so these mortals can only follow the monks of the caravan and move around in fixed places, and they can't just run around.

Of course, if a monk wants to pretend to be a mortal, in order to save those few spirit stones, sneak into the city.The formations arranged at the city gates were not for display either, the Qi Containing Techniques of ordinary foundation-builder cultivators could not hide from the detection of the formations at the city gates.

After Zhang Shiping hung up the stone sign, he stood on the side of the street and looked at both sides of the avenue a little.

On both sides of the street, there are two-storey low attics. These small shops are filled with mortals, or qi-training monks with a cultivation base of only one or two floors.

Zhang Shiping expected that the things inside would not be too good, it should be similar to other squares, this kind of shops usually supply daily necessities of ordinary people's daily life, there is nothing interesting about it.Zhang Shiping saw that the monks who came in from the city gate and were in the middle stage of Qi training basically didn't stay here much.

"Immortal Master, please excuse me." The groom led the horse, walked out of a small alley next to a house on the street, and said to a monk walking in front.

The few qi training monks who entered the city later, two men and two women, were all around 40 or [-] years old, and they should be two couples.They walked for a short distance on the street, summoned the carriage to get on it, passed by Zhang Shiping, and the wheels rolled towards the front.

Because the horse pulling the cart looks quite special, much taller than a normal horse, with silver scales all over its body, and its four pure black hooves exude a faint smoke.

Zhang Shiping saw that there was a faint spiritual light on this horse, but the groom pulling the cart was just a mortal, so it was really strange that this spirit horse could still be docile.

After standing for a short while, Zhang Shiping saw a few people in front of him running over from a tea house shed not far away. There were five or six people, all of whom were not weak, especially the young man in the front, who was handsome and had light kung fu. , Walking through the crowd, like a fish swimming.

After a few people dodged three or four carriages, the young man had already run across the tens of feet wide street. Seeing that he was far ahead, the young man had a smile on his face. After a few breaths, the young man ran to Zhang In front of Shiping, panting slightly:

"This is the first time for this Master Immortal Master to come to Hongyi City. If Master Immortal Master is not familiar with the streets or shops in Hongyi City, I can show you the way. The villain has lived here for more than ten years. No matter where the teacher wants to go or what to do, it will be much more comfortable and convenient for me to lead the way."

Although the young man was panting slightly, he still explained the matter clearly to Zhang Shiping word by word.

The reason why Zhang Shiping stood here was also to find a guide, otherwise he would be in the dark here and know nothing, so as not to waste time by wandering around.

Seeing that Zhang Shiping was deep in thought, he didn't reply, and several people who were robbing the business also rushed over, but because they came first, they didn't come forward, and looked at him eagerly.

The young man, who was afraid that the business would fail, was a little anxious, "If there is a villain to lead the way, there will be a lot of troubles, and only one spirit stone for three days is enough."

After saying this, the young man looked at Zhang Shiping expectantly. Seeing this young man like this, Zhang Shiping laughed lightly. Looking at this young man, it was not easy for him to come out to make a living at only ten years old.His own fourth brother, Shi Ming, was still learning martial arts in the family school when he was about the same age as this boy.

But I heard from the Zhang family stewards in his Dongfu that his fourth younger brother has already been engaged, and the wedding will be held in a few months, what a nonsense!

Originally, the family arranged a marriage for him, but he didn't agree, so he went to play in the secular world. When the family found him, he didn't expect that there was another lady beside him. What kind of elopement drama did the two of them have? It's because I watched too many plays.

The woman's family is a wealthy businessman in the secular world, and the decent servants are chasing after her.But those family members are no match for Zhang Shiming, but the opponent is from the woman's family, Zhang Shiming is not easy to hit hard, and a group of people chased after him, making the family monks who went to look for them smile bitterly. In order not to lose face, Zhang Shiming Tong'an can only agree to this marriage.In fact, the Zhang family wanted Zhang Shiming to accept her as a concubine, but Zhang Shiming refused to agree, so Zhang's mother felt sorry for her and had to follow Zhang Shiming's wishes.

When the fourth brother gets married, let's go home again and send a congratulatory gift, which can be regarded as a part of my heart as the third brother.

The young man looked at the immortal master in front of him, he was messing around here all day long, his eyes were very sharp, he didn't even need to see which door Zhang Shiping came in from, he also knew that this immortal master Zhang Shiping was different from ordinary Qi training monks.If he waited well, he might get an extra spirit stone. Thinking of this, he stared at Zhang Shiping, almost writing this longing on his face.

Zhang Shiping originally wanted to find a guide from the city of red to lead the way. He didn't miss the spirit stone. Looking at the boy's young age, he worried that he might waste his time because he was unfamiliar with the city of red.

"Are you really familiar with Hongyi City? You won't be able to find a place, it's a waste of time. I'm not that easy to talk to." Zhang Shiping said flatly.If the young man has confidence in himself, then there is no problem, it doesn't matter who he asks to lead the way.

The boy hesitated for a while, "I don't know what the immortal master wants to do or where to go?"

"Do you know which shop in the Red Clothes City has the best craftsmen who can forge second-order magic weapons?"

The young man's eyes lit up immediately. If you ask such a small question, who knows who here?Thinking that what this fairy master wanted to do, it turned out to be this, the young man couldn't help muttering a few times in his belly, but he didn't dare to show it.

Eighty percent of the monks who came to the Red Clothes City were either looking for pills or magic tools. Of course, there were also some people who were selling ingredients for elixir and monsters. Those people generally would not ask them to lead the way. have their channels.

"Of course I know that. The best artisan in the Red Clothes City is of course Daoist Duan Xuan. Generally speaking, a second-order magic weapon can be made by a real person." The young man saw Zhang Shiping staring at him, and he immediately realized that Jindan Daoist How high is it, how can it be so easy to ask for, "Reverend Duan Xuan has three apprentices, and he has a very good reputation in the city of red clothes. I heard that Master Duan Xuan's big apprentice, Master Wang Fuying, once forged the magic weapon used by the Jindan Reverend. "

Zhang Shiping heard, "Then lead the way, if I am satisfied, I can reward you with an extra spirit stone."

The young man was elated when he heard that, "Master Immortal, please follow me, I'll get off the carriage."

Zhang Shiping followed the young man through the street, and when he was about to reach the opposite side, a girl came over leading the Bailin carriage, the young man took over, and after talking to his sister, he immediately led the carriage over and asked Zhang Shiping to get in.

"Drive, drive..." The young man sat on the front of the car, waved his whip, and made a sound in the air. The carriage was moving forward, the speed was not fast, but the stability was better. Zhang Shiping didn't feel any bumps, and the carriage had traveled a long way.

Chapter 106 Duan Xuan Pavilion

The young man drove very smoothly. The carriage drove all the way, and soon ran to the foot of the mountain. On the Huanshan Road, Bai Linma had a lot of strength, and he pulled the carriage at a leisurely pace.

After going up the mountain, the grade of houses here is obviously higher than those of the two-storey attics at the foot of the mountain. Zhang Shiping looked from the window of the carriage, and all he could see were gorgeous pavilions shining with spiritual light and quite large gardens.

At the foot of the mountain, the young man introduced Zhang Shiping all the way, but seeing that Zhang Shiping didn't reply, he thought that Zhang Shiping didn't like his noisy, so he calmed down again, looked ahead intently, and drove the carriage.

"How far is it?" Zhang Shiping opened the blue curtain of the carriage window, watching carriages coming down the mountain from time to time, and several carriages passing by at high speed.

In front, a group of more than a dozen guards in bronze armor and cloaks were full of energy, and all of them were white Lin horses. They held the reins and walked slowly on the side of the street. look around.

The young man focused on the front, and answered Zhang Shiping's words without turning his head, "Master Immortal, Duan Xuan Pavilion is right up there, and it will probably take two more teas."

Zhang Shiping said 'hmm', indicating that he knew.Seeing that Zhang Shiping started to ask him something, the young man burst out of his mouth the words that were pressed in his stomach just now:

"Master Immortal, besides Daoist Duan Xuan's Duan Xuan Pavilion, the Red Clothes City also has Baiqifang, Cangbing Building, and Colorful Zhai. These shops have a good reputation and the quality of their goods is also good."

The young man paused for a moment, his expression a bit tangled, "Master Immortal, don't blame me for talking too much, the price of Xuan Pavilion is very high, otherwise we should go to Baiqifang, which is not far in front. The things there are very affordable, It is quite a few percent cheaper than Duan Xuan Pavilion, and there are also craftsmen there to help people refine weapons, the craftsmanship may be slightly worse than Duan Xuan Pavilion, but they can still make good things."

Zhang Shiping looked at the young man, "I'd better go to Duanxuan Pavilion to have a look first. If it doesn't suit my wishes, it's not too late to go to other shops."

"Okay." The boy no longer insisted.Duan Xuange's family has a big business, and the commission he was given was very low. He was paid only one spirit stone for an order of two hundred spirit stones. times.

When Zhang Shiping asked just now, he was running fast, and he was afraid that his peers would grab business from behind, so he only picked the best one to speak for a while, so he said a few more words now, anyway, he didn't suffer.The young man changed the topic to another place and introduced the Red Clothes City to Zhang Shiping.

"Master Immortal, do you feel that there is much more spiritual energy here than at the bottom of the mountain? The higher the city in red, the more abundant spiritual energy. I heard that the spiritual energy on the top of the mountain is much more abundant than many fourth-order spiritual mountains. "The boy's tone was full of envy and longing.

Zhang Shiping also felt that there was indeed a big gap in aura between the mountain plain and here.The concentration of spiritual energy in the plain below the mountain is about the same as that of Zhang Family Little Ape Mountain, and it is even worse in crowded places. After the carriage drives up the mountain, at a place with a height of several tens of feet, the spiritual energy suddenly becomes abundant, almost the same as that of White Ape Mountain and also Kunshan was on par, and it was obviously not a normal situation, so he had some guesses in his heart.

"But because of the formation?" Zhang Shiping said what he guessed, but he was a little uncertain.

The young man complimented: "The fairy master has good eyesight precisely because of the formation. The large formation arranged by the Red Clothes City covers more than ten second- and third-level spiritual mountains nearby, and draws spiritual energy from the spiritual veins to gather in the On Hongyi Mountain, the fourth-order spiritual mountain, the aura is divided into different parts of the city through formations, which causes the difference in aura in different parts of the city."

He pointed to the foot of the mountain, "From the gate of the city to the area about [-] feet high on the mountain, it belongs to the lower city of Hongyi City, and the aura is similar to that of the first-order Lingshan. Cultivator, the place to stay. Go further up until the place below the height of five hundred feet belongs to the Zhongcheng District. The aura is similar to that of the second-level Lingshan. Almost all the shops for refining medicine, medicine, etc. are opened there. The Duanxuan Pavilion you want to go to is at the highest point in Zhongcheng District."

"Then there is Shangcheng District, and what does it do?" Zhang Shiping was a little interested in what the young man introduced. Could it be that the people who come and go there are all Jindan cultivators?

"Of course there is the upper city, where most of the monks' caves are rented. There are second-tier caves for foundation-building monks, and there are also third-tier caves for Jindan Daoist. The villain has only been to the second-tier cave, and then go up. The villain can’t get in, so I haven’t been there, and I don’t know what it’s like there. But I heard that at the top of the peak, it’s the place where the two Nascent Soul City Lords practiced.”

Zhang Shiping showed a somewhat clear expression, he was able to arrange this kind of formation covering many nearby spiritual mountains, probably not much different from the Zhengyang Peak formation.Zhang Shiping didn't continue to ask, and he didn't need to rent a cave here, since Zhengyangzong and Kunshan were enough.

The young man introduced them along the way. When he passed by such places as Baiqifang, Zangbing Building, and Qicai Zhai, he said a few more words, and Zhang Shiping took a few more glances. There are quite a lot of monks, many of whom are foundation-building monks, and the business of Qicaizhai is a little bit worse, but it is not too bad.

After two cups of tea, under the sound of the young man's introduction, Zhang Shiping got down from the carriage in front of a rather impressive attic.The boy smiled and handed the reins to Duan Xuange's boy at the door, the two seemed to be acquaintances.

Then he led Zhang Shiping up the tall steps of Duanxuan Pavilion. Besides Zhang Shiping, there were several foundation-building monks who got off the carriage. Some of them, like Zhang Shiping, went up the steps under the leadership of others, and some went up the steps alone. Stepping briskly, he walked into the attic very familiarly.

As soon as Zhang Shiping entered the attic, he saw more than a dozen tung oil sunken wooden tables in the hall on the first floor of the attic. There were already seven or eight people sitting in front of the sunken wooden tables, and Duan in white Brother Xuange was talking.

Because each table was surrounded by formations, and under the cover of light, Zhang Shiping couldn't even see what these people looked like, let alone hear what they said.

Zhang Shiping looked at the hall silently, quietly remembering all the places in the hall.

"Master Immortal, come here, there is an empty table over there." The young man pointed to an empty table and said cautiously.After he saw Zhang Shiping nodded, he led Zhang Shiping there.

Zhang Shiping walked over and sat down, the young man stood respectfully behind him, and then a maidservant from Duan Xuan Pavilion came up with green tea, preserved fruit and dried meat, and after offering Wanfu salute, the maidservant backed away slowly.

Soon, just as Zhang Shiping picked up the teacup, a white-clothed monk from Duan Xuan Pavilion came over, sat opposite Zhang Shiping, and glanced at the young man behind Zhang Shiping.

Zhang Shiping asked the young man standing behind him to go out first and wait at the outer door.

After the boy in white clothes walked out, he stretched out his hand, and a formation formed around the table to isolate the inside and outside.Then he smiled and said to Zhang Shiping, "Fellow Taoist is welcome to visit Duan Xuan, I'm in Chen Chuan, I don't know your name."

Chapter 107

"Mianzun's surname is Zhang." Zhang Shiping looked at the person who came, and the specific monk Zhang Shiping did not take the initiative to investigate the spiritual pressure of the foundation establishment period.

This person looked like he was in his twenties, but when Zhang Shiping sat down, he saw a sense of vicissitudes in his eyes that didn't match his age. He should have taken some panacea such as Yangyan Pill to maintain his twenties. Young appearance.

This kind of elixir such as beauty pills is usually taken at intervals of one or two years, and it will cost a lot of money over the years. Zhang Shiping can't afford this kind of expenses over the years.Even though many female cultivators in the Foundation Establishment period, no matter how envious they are of this kind of panacea for self-care, they don't spend extra spirit stones on it for their own cultivation.

"Chen Chuan has met Daoyou Zhang, and he has an extraordinary bearing. I don't know that you are a member of the sect?" The white-clothed monk Chen Chuan raised his teacup to respect Zhang Shiping.

After Zhang Shiping heard it, he said lightly: "Why does Duan Xuan Pavilion need to ask customers where they come from when doing business?"

"No, no, I'm taking the liberty. Don't get me wrong Zhang Daoyou, I just asked casually." The man smiled, put down his teacup, and shook his hand, "Like Ma Ying, Gu Binghua, Ye Yuan of Jiao Zuozong Wei, Mo You and Chen Qihai from the Qiyun Sect, Zhou Xuanxu and Wei Qiyuan from the Xuanhuo Sect are all fairly familiar with me, so I don’t know if you know them?”

Of course, he knows the people mentioned by this person. They are all late-stage foundation-building monks in various sects. Among them, he is familiar with Ye Yuanwei, Senior Brother Ye, and Ma Ying is the eagle-nosed person from the Jiaozuo Zong's Internal Affairs Hall. He also met a few middle-aged monks in the late stage of foundation establishment.As for the others, Zhang Shiping had only heard of them and never seen them.

"I've met a few times." Zhang Shiping also replied casually, and replied vaguely. He didn't say which school he belonged to, but only showed that he was a member of the three schools.

Who knows if what this person said is true, what if there is a festival with Jiao Zuozong.Anyway, even if he told his origin, he might not be able to lose a few spirit stones, and there would be no benefit, so why did he explain his origin so clearly.

Chen Chuan naturally heard that Zhang Shiping didn't want to say more about this issue, so he turned to the main topic, "Fellow Daoist came to my Duanxuan Pavilion to buy some magic weapon, so I can tell you easily so that I can help you as a reference. "

Zhang Shiping wiped his waist, and took out the wings of the bird of prey that had been sealed with a talisman. The white feathers on them were also more shiny than before. After Zhang Shiping cultivated for a period of time, the original spirituality of the wings gradually recovered. Got some spirituality.

"Fellow Daoist, let's see if you can use these wings to forge a second-order magic wing,"

Chen Chuan saw that Zhang Shiping took out the wings of the bird of prey, which covered most of the wooden table. He took out his white gloves and put them on, touched the feathers lightly, and checked them inside and out with his spiritual sense. On one side, the expression on his face was a little puzzled at first, but turned to excitement, but in the end he took off his gloves, and said to Zhang Shiping with a regretful face:

"Dao Youyou is lucky, this bird of prey is extremely rare. It's just that it's kept..." Chen Chuan smiled at Zhang Shiping, a bit contemptuous of Zhang Shiping's storage methods, and he seemed to have ruined good things, "If the appearance No matter how good it is, it may be possible to forge a pair of magic wings, but whether it can reach the second level, this chance is really slim."

Chen Chuan pointed to the wings, and his fingers were a little bright, and a ray of light was drawn from the wings. There were three colors of blue, red and blue intertwined and flowing, which did not blend with each other. When accumulating spirit energy in formations, most of them use fire-attribute spirit stones and water-attribute spirit stones, although they can also supplement the spirituality, but in the end, the spirit will be mottled, and the quality may not be as good as before." He gave the light group to After Zhang Shiping looked at it, he shook his head and said.

Zhang Shiping was also relieved, and knew that the spirit stones he had placed in the cultivation formation were wrong. The spirit stones of the three attributes of wind, ice and thunder had always been scarce. It won't be like the Chen Chuan in front of me said, the quality will still decline.

This is obviously the case for those who do business, first try to depreciate the goods, and then it will be easier to negotiate the price.

So Zhang Shiping didn't panic or get annoyed, picked up his teacup, and smiled at Chen Chuan, "Fellow Daoist Chen, don't talk too much about some clichés, to save everyone wasting time, you just need to tell me how many spirit stones you need."

"One thousand and one hundred spirit stones, the same price." Chen Chuan didn't feel embarrassed at what Zhang Shiping said, and simply proposed his own price.

"Fellow Daoist, can you guarantee that it must be a second-order magic wing?" Zhang Shiping looked at Chen Chuan. If the price was forged for a first-level magic weapon, it was obviously beyond his acceptable range.

"Our shop can't guarantee that we can forge a second-order magic weapon, but the worst one is a first-order magic weapon. If you only want a first-order magic weapon, the price can be lower."

Chen Chuan looked at Zhang Shiping's slightly changed expression, and knew that the other party was hesitating, so he explained with a smile: "Zhang Daoyou, you also know that your pair of wings of birds of prey are really insufficient in spirituality, and you want to forge them into a second-order method." The shop needs to spend more spiritual materials to make up for it, of course Daoyou Zhang can also produce the materials himself, the shop only charges wages."

"Eight hundred spirit stones." Hearing the other party's explanation, Zhang Shiping frowned, disapproving of his statement, a second-tier low-grade defensive magic weapon 'Huanluo Jasper Shield' was only worth 400 yuan of spirit stones, even Magical instruments of the winged type are more expensive, and they are only about [-] spirit stones. He has already produced the most important bird of prey, the wings of the bird of prey.

Chen Chuan saw that Zhang Shiping frowned, and his tone was quite firm, so he looked puzzled: "The price really cannot be lowered, but how about a thousand spirit stones?"

"Eight hundred!"

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"Let's go." Zhang Shiping walked out of Duanxuan Pavilion expressionlessly, and said to the boy waiting outside.

Just now, after talking about it for a long time, Zhang Shiping held on to the 930 spirit stones, but after Chen Chuan finally lowered the price to [-] spirit stones, he refused to let go.

Zhang Shiping was naturally dissatisfied with the price, but in the end, after Zhang Shiping took a fancy to a second-tier low-grade Qibaoqing fire fan in Duanxuan Pavilion, and after paying for the Lingshi, Chen Chuan smiled and lowered the price to 850 yuan, and guaranteed He said that he would ask Master Wang to make the weapon, but it would take 20 days to schedule the regulations, and one month to get the magic weapon.Zhang Shiping also knew that it was impossible to invite Daoist Duan Xuan to act, and it was not easy to invite Master Wang to act.

An old shop like Duanxuange, which has been around for hundreds of years, is naturally trustworthy. After paying 300 yuan for Lingshi, Zhang Shiping took the certificate of Duanxuange.When Zhang Shiping came out, Chen Chuan also deliberately explained to Zhang Shiping again that his bird of prey wings may not be able to become a second-order magic weapon, but it is guaranteed to be a first-level top-quality magic weapon. If it does not reach this quality, Duan Xuan Ge naturally returned the principal to him, and also compensated him with 200 yuan of Lingshi.

For this point, Zhang Shiping has no opinion. Which shop, I can guarantee that the craftsman will be able to forge a second-order magic weapon.Horses stumble, people stumble, if it can be [-]% successful, the other party doesn't need to help others refine weapons, just buy materials, forge them and sell them, wouldn't it be a huge profit!

"Here we come." Hearing Zhang Shiping calling him, the boy came over immediately, walked ahead, went down the stone steps, took the reins of the carriage from the servant, and led the carriage to Zhang Shiping.

Chapter 108

"Take me around Zhongcheng District, and introduce the larger shops in Hongyi City by the way." Zhang Shiping stepped into the carriage, and said casually to the boy who was moving the small stool of the carriage.

Two hours later, at the gate of the city, Zhang Shiping gave the young man two spirit stones and got off the carriage.The young man quickly took the spirit stone and put it into his arms, afraid that others would see it, but Zhang Shiping walked towards the city gate without looking back.

Behind Zhang Shiping, the boy drove the carriage back to the original tea shed shop, while the boy's younger sister ran over and handed him a bowl of tea, and then led the white horse to the barn behind.