Chapter 72

"Plunk! Ouch..."

In the next second, the cultivator fell to the ground hard, gritting his teeth and looking extremely pained.

His gaze swept over Su Shier, and a quick flash of resentment appeared in his eyes.

Who is this guy? He's too heartless, right?

He didn't expect the other party to just watch him fall to the ground.

Rubbing his sore buttocks, the cultivator hurriedly stood up and cautiously stared at the Wind Pattern Boar Beast not far away.

The beast was panting heavily, its fist-sized eyes glaring angrily at the cultivator.

Then, it stomped the ground heavily and charged over recklessly.

"Hey! Aren't you going to dodge? I can't handle it!" The cultivator was about to leave but hesitated, quickly turning to look at Su Shier and shouting loudly.

He and Su Shier were in the same direction. If he dodged, Su Shier would be the one in trouble.

In his eyes, Su Shier was just a novice at the third level of the Qi Condensation stage, like himself.

"Hmm? This guy is quite interesting!" Su Shier's eyebrows raised. The cultivator's behavior surprised him.

It seems not all cultivators are selfish and self-serving.

With this thought, Su Shier stared at the charging beast and stepped forward with the Shadowless Illusion Step.

Just as he was about to collide with the beast, his figure flickered and he moved to the side of the beast. Combining the Eight Trigrams Eight Extremes Fist with the Fire Control Technique, this punch had the force of nearly a thousand pounds.

"Bang!"

A dull sound echoed, and the beast let out a groan as its spine was shattered, falling to the ground dead.

With his strength, dealing with this beast would have only required one sword strike. However, he didn't intend to reveal his true strength, so the true essence he used was very weak, not exceeding the third level of the Qi Condensation stage.

After dealing with the beast, Su Shier casually put the beast's corpse into his storage bag and turned to leave, showing no intention of further contact with the other party.

"Wow! So strong?!" Not far away, the cultivator looked down at the magical glove on his hand, then at the dead beast, his breathing paused, and he stared in shock.

In his view, they were both at the third level of the Qi Condensation stage, and he even had a magical tool to help. But this gap... it's too big, right?!

After a moment, he came to his senses and hurriedly ran after Su Shier.

"Hey! Wait up!"

"Hmm?" Su Shier narrowed his eyes, not hiding his wariness.

The cultivator came to Su Shier and immediately introduced himself: "Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist. I am Jiang Feixue... Yun."

"Jiang Feixue Yun?" Su Shier raised an eyebrow.

"No, it's Jiang Feiyun. Jiang Feixue is my sister." Jiang Feixue's face turned awkward, and he quickly shook his head to explain.

Uh... Jiang Feiyun? I bet you're Jiang Feixue!

Su Shier sniffed the air, detecting a faint fragrance, and immediately understood.

Looking at the other party, he asked directly: "Fellow Daoist, is there something you need?"

"I am a forging master at the Qianshan Market, Jiang's Forging Shop. The bones of the Wind Pattern Boar Beast are a material I have been looking for to forge magical tools."

"Can fellow Daoist give me the beast's corpse? Don't worry, I won't take it for free. I will... I will exchange it with this." Jiang Feixue said hurriedly, hesitating for a moment, looking down at the black iron glove in his hand, and then resolutely taking it off.

Glancing at the glove, Su Shier was somewhat surprised.

This is... a mid-grade magical tool? Is the Wind Pattern Boar that valuable?

Qianshan Market? Forging master?

Could there be a market nearby?

Su Shier narrowed his eyes, thinking to himself.

He wasn't unfamiliar with markets. The sect handbook had relevant introductions.

Markets are places in the cultivation world where cultivators trade, exchange, and purchase materials and treasures. Among them, there are also forging masters and alchemists who can forge magical tools and elixirs!

Markets vary in size. Some larger markets even have auction houses, where the probability of rare treasures appearing is particularly high.

The trading square he had previously used was a miniature market within the sect.

Recalling information about markets, Su Shier immediately realized something.

He now had quite a few spirit plants. If he consumed them directly, the improvement in cultivation would be limited.

As for learning alchemy, he would need the corresponding books and time to practice. His current situation didn't allow for it. Even though he knew these spirit plants were valuable, he had to make other plans.

If he could exchange these materials for elixirs to improve his cultivation or better magical tools, it would greatly help his cultivation and strength.

Especially the corpse of the Fire Cloud Python in his storage ring. If he could gather the other materials and forge it into a bone sword, it would be at least a pseudo-spiritual weapon.

If he had a pseudo-spiritual weapon-level bone sword, the high-grade magical bone swords he had lost wouldn't matter.

Thinking about this, Su Shier immediately had an idea.

Waving his hand, he threw the Wind Pattern Boar's corpse to the ground and said, "It was just a small effort, Fellow Daoist Jiang, no need to be so polite."

"I am Zhu Hanwei, a wandering cultivator from Linan City. From your words, is there a market nearby?"

"I want to go to the market to trade some materials. Can Fellow Daoist tell me the location of the market? As for this mid-grade magical tool, it's too precious, I can't accept it!"

As he spoke, Su Shier casually fabricated a fake name and identity and quickly told the person in front of him.

"The market is fifty miles northeast from here. I'm heading back anyway, so I can take you there." Jiang Feixue said hurriedly.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist!" Su Shier bowed in gratitude.

Jiang Feixue picked up the beast's corpse and led Su Shier toward the market.

At the same time, she scratched her head a bit awkwardly and said, "This isn't a small matter, Fellow Daoist, no need to be so polite."

"But you saved my life. If I don't do something, I really feel bad."

"Here's what I'll do. If you have any forging needs in the future, you can come to our Jiang's Forging Shop, and I can forge a magical tool for you for free. Let's be friends, and neither of us will lose out!"

Su Shier nodded and didn't refuse, following the other party forward.

On the way, he also took the opportunity to ask Jiang Feixue many questions.

Jiang Feixue had a straightforward personality and answered almost all of Su Shier's questions, even voluntarily providing a lot of information.

From her, Su Shier gained a basic understanding of the upcoming market.

Although the Qianshan Market was a small market, it was quite large in scale. Located deep in the Cangshan Mountains, it had a large number of cultivators and a wide variety of resources.

Resources needed by cultivators below the Golden Core stage could basically be found here.

An hour later, the two arrived at a bamboo forest shrouded in thick fog.

Jiang Feixue took out a directional spirit talisman and led Su Shier forward.