Chapter 657: The Rong Rong Conference, Fairy City Transaction
The Blue Clan is in the middle of nowhere.
More than a year has passed and nothing has changed within the clan.
After all, the location is so remote and in a remote area, even if the outside world is shattered, it will not affect this place.
"How's the matter I asked you to investigate outside?"
Lin Shan sat in the first place and put down the teacup in his hand, with a hint of disappointment in his eyes.
Even though this was the best spiritual tea from the Lan family, the spiritual energy in his mouth was so thin that it was out of focus.
"Reporting back to senior, we have already inquired about your instructions."
The head of the Lan clan answered cautiously.
"Demon Lord Kurong has three areas of influence in Jin State, one is Kushuya, the other is Jiaoning City, and the third is Yanbeiguo."
"The Dead Tree Cliff is said to be the place where he made his fortune and enlightened the Tao. There is a tree inside that is imbued with the true meaning of his magical power. It grows old and flourishes every year, and the cycle continues, which is extremely magical."
"Jiaoning City is a relatively famous neutral city in the northern part of the Jin Kingdom. Many casual cultivators come here because of its reputation and gather here in large numbers to make a living. The annual profits are extremely considerable."
"Yan Bei Guo is the most capable of fighting among his subordinates. He guards an underground secret realm. It is said that he also feeds the goblins and collects fire for them."
"Kurong Demon King Shenlong has seen his head but not his tail. Under normal circumstances, outsiders speculate that it should be at Dry Tree Cliff. The other two places, one for business and one for guarding, are where his subordinates are located."
Lin Shan nodded slightly after hearing this. He roughly had the location and direction of how to find the original team of Young Master Jiuyou.
The leader of the Lan clan looked at his expression and revealed the latest news.
"It is said that the Kurong Demon Lord will hold a grand gathering of the cultivation world at Kurong Cliff every time, called the Kurong Conference!"
"The intention is that through this conference, we will get to know the powerful people from all walks of life. Finally, we will select some outstanding young people from the casual cultivators and put them under our door to teach them carefully."
"Many casual practitioners who have high self-esteem regard this event as an opportunity to leap over the dragon's gate, so they have waited for many years just to make a splash!"
"And this Kurong Conference will be held in three months!"
"What a coincidence?"
Lin Shan was a little surprised. He had just come out of seclusion and caught up with him. Wasn't this because he was sleeping on a pillow?
"Actually, the last time it was held was thirty years ago, which was only half the time. But for some reason, Lord Kurong held the conference in advance. It seems to be related to the recent uproar in the Swallowing Star Mountains."
"Swallowing Star Mountains."
Lin Shan murmured to himself, having a guess in his mind.
It is probably because of the death of Young Master Jiuyou that Lord Kurong lost a huge talent. All the investments he made before were in vain, so he came up with the idea of finding another genius to invest.
It has become known to everyone that Lord Kurong is very optimistic about Young Master Jiuyou, and has widely announced to the cultivation world that he will protect the legacy of Jiuyou Sect.
The young master of Jiuyou died unexpectedly in the Yuxing Secret Hidden, and few people in the outside world know about it so far.
Zicheng Qian knew it, Lin Shan knew it, Zhong Shenxiu knew it, and Protector Wu knew it, but no one else knew.
Demon Lord Kurong has been waiting for more than a year for Young Master Jiuyou to come back, so he will inevitably negotiate with the demons and aliens who are facing each other in the Swallowing Star Mountain Range.
These two tribes probably wouldn't offend such a Nascent Soul casual cultivator because of a mere Golden Core cultivator, so they would give them more or less face.
As a result, after checking inside and outside, Demon Lord Kurong could not pick up the person, so he could naturally determine that the person was dead.
As for who killed him, no one knows except those few insiders.
Lin Shan knew very well that even if Zicheng was really found to have killed him, Lord Kurong might not be able to do anything about it.
Because Yuan Mo Sect is deeply rooted in the Jin Kingdom, and Zicheng Qian is the leading senior brother and the front man of the Demon Sect, it is impossible to let anything happen to him.
I probably have to endure this tone.
Now that the Kurong Conference is being held, Lord Kurong starts looking for young people worthy of investment again. This is his opportunity!
With this grand event to sneak in, are you afraid that you won't be able to find Young Master Jiuyou's men?
"Does this Kurong Conference require an invitation to participate?"
"No need!"
Patriarch Lan answered in the affirmative, telling him that the Kurong Demon King was willing to send down talented people in any way, and most of the people he was looking for were casual cultivators of Qianlima.
The casual cultivator spends all day wandering around and has no fixed place to live, so there is no way to send invitations one by one.
This is different from gatherings between sects, there are no walls separating them.
Of course, not all cats and dogs can get in.
At any rate, the foundation building period must be advanced, with a certain degree of popularity, glorious achievements in the past, and excellence in a certain special skill field.
There must be someone guarding the door by then!
"Under normal circumstances, the Demon Lord will not lower his status and appear. He will appoint his disciples to host the conference."
Chief Lan investigated very clearly and did not miss even this detail.
Lin Shan nodded, feeling relieved.
He was still a little panicked that Lord Kurong was presiding over it in person, but if he was just a disciple, it would be okay.
Not to mention anything else, the cultivation level of Jindan Stage alone is enough, and no matter what you say, you will not shut out Jindan Master.
However, he had to change his identity to participate. It was not appropriate to expose himself in the Demonic Kingdom.
Fortunately, he has many tricks nowadays, and pretending to be a member of the devil's path is no longer trivial.
"Okay, let's do that! Seeing that your Lan family has been obedient these days, this bag of spiritual stones is a reward for you."
"Bang!"
A storage bag was thrown on the table.
Lin Shan is not short of money now, and he doesn't want to owe any favors casually, even if it's just a favor from a small person. If he can smooth it over with spiritual stones, he will do it with spiritual stones.
The leader of the Lan clan obviously understood the mystery and did not want to miss this opportunity to curry favor with the high-level monks, so he quickly stated that he would not accept it.
The main problem is not whether there is money or not, but simply because I want to do things for my seniors!
But Lin Shan has no intention of accepting his younger brother. These people are too useless and not worthy of his support.
“Whew~”
A flash of colorful light flashed past, a rainbow appeared on the horizon, and then disappeared.
"Hey, senior?"
The Lan family's gang chased them out of the lobby, looking into the distance and speechless.
In the northern part of Jin State, Jiaoning City.
A man covered in a black robe and cloak was walking on the crowded street.
The number of monks here is extremely large, and it was originally a place where casual cultivators lived together. In addition, the Ku Rong Grand Conference that has been rumored in recent days is about to be held, which has attracted a large number of people.
Many traders took advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money and enthusiastically promoted their products.
The man in black robe stopped and saw a magnificent and antique building next to him. There were two golden-winged eagles standing on the eaves. The gatekeepers at the door were all foundation-building monks!
Win floor.
"Stop!"
Seeing someone about to walk in, the two of them quickly stretched out their hands to stop them.
The man in black robe stood up straight, shook the Jin Danqi's Qi slightly, and then immediately restrained himself.
In just an instant, the two of them turned pale as if they had been hit hard!
He quickly bowed and clasped his fists: "I've met my predecessors. The Yinglou Fair is held once a month. It's not open yet. There are still three days until the next time. Please come back then."
As he spoke, he took out a jade token from the side.
"Winning Order".
There are dozens of types of jade tokens, large and small, with various anti-counterfeiting and authentication measures, and there are also several types of numbers hidden in them.
The material is also a fourth-level spiritual material!
The man in black robe was a little surprised by the handiwork of this high-end trading place. He nodded without saying anything, took the token and turned around to leave.
"Senior, wait."
He turned around and looked at the two people quietly. "Tokens are expensive and require a deposit."
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This is understandable. After some communication, the man in black robe left a fourth-level spiritual material as collateral and turned around to leave.
After he leaves.
An old man in the golden elixir stage walked out of the building and stood at the gate.
"Show me the message that person just left."
The two hurriedly submitted the registration book.
It clearly says:
The master of the Evil Refining Cave, a late-stage Golden Elixir, a casual cultivator in the Jin Kingdom, and the holder of the No. 31 Winning Order of Geng.
"Master of the Evil Refining Cave?"
The old man stared at this message, his chin clenched and lost in thought.
Lin Shan came to the north of the city and rented a cave.
There is an independent courtyard, as well as a small compartment dedicated to alchemy and weapon refining, as well as a place for spiritual pets to rest. It does not occupy a large area and the price is gratifying.
"One hundred spirit stones per night, if I rent it for three months, wouldn't it mean that I have to approach tens of thousands of spirit stones?"
Because this place has a wide view, a quiet location, and is at the core of the spiritual vein, it is expensive.
Even Jindan Zhenren cannot stay there permanently, and most of them will feel physical pain.
When Lin Shan was worried about his wallet, the monk from Zufang City was very considerate and wrote him an invoice so that he could reimburse the money to the sect forces behind him when he returned.
Obviously, such high-end caves are generally used by monks from large sects to stay on business trips. Of course, they don’t feel bad about spending the sect’s money!
Who is stupid enough to spend their own money?
Lin Shan didn't know what to say while holding the ticket. He was the leader himself and reimbursed himself. They all paid from his own pocket. What's the difference?
After settling in, wait for three days.
When he walked out of the cave, he found that his neighbors were also going out.
The people who can live here are all Jindan masters, and they all smile and say hello, as if they are all acquaintances.
"Hey, Master Magic Lotus!"
"Haha, Mr. Xiexin."
"Isn't this the sacrificial godmother?"
"Mrs. Bones is here too!"
This group of people seemed to be from big forces, and they all came to attend the meeting of Lord Kurong in advance. Participants did not necessarily have to be casual cultivators, and various forces would also send people to watch the ceremony.
This group of people rely on the power behind them to be able to reimburse themselves for business trips, and their accommodation is not bad.
As for the real casual cultivators, they all live in the ordinary places below.
After they exchanged greetings and reminisced about old times, they suddenly saw another forest mountain and couldn't help but hesitantly ask:
"This Taoist brother is so jealous of you. I wonder where he comes from?"
Lin Shan's whole body was wrapped so tightly that he couldn't see his face at all, but wasn't his face too tight?
He responded angrily:
"I am a casual cultivator. I have no family or sect. I am new here. Please take good care of me."
Everyone looked at each other speechlessly.
Nowadays, the casual cultivators from the outside world are quite rich and can actually live with us.
“I don’t know what to call my brother?”
"Master of the Evil Refining Cave."
After hearing this number, everyone nodded to take note of it.
"We are destined to meet each other. I guess Brother Dao also has some free time while waiting, so he came out and planned to go to Ying Building to have a look and see if there is anything that needs to be exchanged?"
"Exactly."
"Hahaha, how about we go together?"
"Thank you."
As soon as Lin Shan went out, he met a group of monks of the same level. Because he could not refuse the hospitality, he had to go down with them.
Before the conference even started, I got to know a bunch of people.
We were talking and laughing on the way, chatting about some useless things, and walked across the street to Yinglou. This time the gatekeepers did not stop them, but raised their hands one after another:
"Seniors, you are all clear."
Lin Shan also took out the token for verification in a decent manner and entered it easily.
At this time, the second floor was already filled with tables and chairs, and many people were gathered around in twos and threes, discussing some things.
"Come on, come on, Lord of the Evil Refining Cave, come and sit together, don't be restrained."
The group thought Lin Shan was extraordinary and wanted to make friends with him, so they invited him to sit down with them.
Lin Shan didn't deliberately stand out from the crowd, he simply sat with them openly, and they instantly became intimate with each other.
During the chat, it was inevitable to talk about Lord Kurong, and exchanged ideas with him about the purpose of the recent conference.
Most people were confused and could only rely on instinct to guess, but when it came to their core priorities, they kept silent.
Lin Shan sneered secretly. On the surface, these guys looked happy, but in fact they all had their own agendas, and they probably came with some sect mission.
Then it inevitably got involved in Lin Shan.
"Master of the Evil Refining Cave, with your cultivation in the late stage of Jindan, it is easy for you to make a splash and shine in the conference. Now I have to congratulate you in advance. You are about to become the disciple of the Demon Lord"
These words were clearly flattering, and Lin Shan could clearly feel the inquisitive glances from other tables.
"Hehehe, please don't try to embarrass me. I'm just here to join in the fun, and I have no intention of standing out."
"With your current cultivation level, fellow Taoist, you can climb all the way up from being a casual cultivator, and you haven't leaked any news to the outside world. It shows that your background is not small, so why be humble!"
Lin Shan quickly declined and toasted to everyone one by one.
After chatting for a while, a middle-aged man walked out from the round stage on the second floor and directly announced that the trade fair had officially begun.
"You all come here in sequence from A, B, C and D according to the brand number, reveal what you plan to exchange, or what you want, and then verify the authenticity on the spot, and then negotiate the price."
"Dang~"
A strike of the gavel begins the process.
A monk came up directly and expressed his demands.
"I want to find a piece of spirit turtle ink agate. If any of you have it, you are willing to exchange it for two pieces of fourth-level spiritual materials at the same price."
This method is obviously a lower level than that of Wangyue City in Lu State, because there have begun to use something similar to the 'cultivation chat group', which is both hidden and safe.
This one is more rough. If something goes wrong and someone is watching you in the Demonic Kingdom, it will be difficult to run away.
After waiting for a quarter of an hour, the person who went up earlier ended up sadly. No one exchanged with him, and no one carried any turtle agate with him.
When the time is up, the next person will naturally be replaced.
This person also took out the things he wanted to exchange, saying that he wanted to exchange for red fairy rock and purple treasure glue.
After a period of time, a person came up to change with him, which was half done.
Lin Shan sat in the audience, watching each of the golden elixir monks take out treasures to sell, carefully recording the treasures in each person's hands.
Until I heard someone shout:
"The fourth-level evil species, the magnetic mist evil, needs to be replaced by a fourth-level wood spiritual stone or a fourth-level spiritual wood. The type is not limited!"
(End of chapter)