Chapter 6

Of course, Chuchen was well aware that the reason for such a frenzied cultivation speed was due to still being in the Spirit Qi Realm. He had already laid a solid foundation, and once the Spirit Qi was guided, it naturally flowed smoothly. However, once he reached the "Spirit Water Realm," it would no longer be so easy.

But such achievements still filled Chuchen with immense joy.

However, in cultivation, haste makes waste.

If one advances too quickly, it can easily lead to an unstable realm, floating Spirit Qi, and a high likelihood of a realm regression, rendering all efforts futile.

Chuchen, who had broken through four times consecutively, was currently physically weak, clearly having reached his limit. He must first refine and stabilize his realm to adapt to the intense fluctuations of Spirit Qi.

The best thing for refinement is medicinal pills.

Cultivation is a very resource-intensive process. If one does not use medicinal pills to repair the body and continues to force cultivation, it can easily cause irreparable damage to the body, and in severe cases, even lead to death by explosion!

"It seems I should go to the sect's market and take a look."

Chuchen's thoughts flickered, and he subconsciously looked at his pocket. He still had a few spirit stones left, enough to buy some cheap, low-quality first-grade medicinal pills. Higher-grade medicinal pills were too expensive for him to afford.

However, having medicinal pills is better than having none. Even low-quality medicinal pills can offset several days of hard training. To cultivate to a high realm in the shortest time possible, he must make the necessary trade-offs.

The sect's market is a place Chuchen rarely visits.

According to legend, at the summit of Biquan Immortal Mountain, there is an ancient "Spirit Spring" left by ancient cultivators, known as the "Biluo Immortal Spring." The entire Biluo Mountain's Spirit Qi is supplied by this spring.

Due to this special mechanism, the closer one gets to the summit of Biquan Immortal Mountain, the more abundant the Spirit Qi, and the faster one can cultivate.

Therefore, the rules of Biquan Immortal Sect stipulate that the higher the disciple's status, the higher their living place.

As for the lowest-ranking outer sect disciples, they can only live near the foot of the mountain, on some small hills.

Where there are people, there must be places for interaction and trade. Although cultivation takes up most of the time for sect disciples, they still exchange and trade items, magical treasures, cultivation techniques, and materials among themselves.

Therefore, at the halfway point of Biquan Immortal Mountain, there is a trading "market" for the entire Biquan Immortal Mountain. Any disciple can use their excess cultivation materials, techniques, and secret manuals to exchange for what they need.

The market is built at the halfway point to facilitate the interaction between senior disciples on the mountain and junior disciples below, saving time!

Since coming to Biquan Immortal Sect three years ago, Chuchen has been busy searching for spirit herbs with Spirit Qi fluctuations to meet the monthly quota of three pounds, three taels, and three fen of spirit herbs. He has truly spared no effort, exhausting his mind and energy.

Apart from that, the remaining time is mostly spent on cultivation. This has meant that over the past three years, his opportunities to visit the market at the halfway point of Biquan Immortal Mountain have been very few, almost countable on one hand.

At the halfway point of Biquan Immortal Mountain, a huge dome-shaped light screen covers the entire sky. To provide a relatively fair and just trading place for the disciples and prevent some powerful disciples from bullying others, the sect elders personally set up a huge restriction at the halfway point to monitor and manage the market's operations.

As soon as one approaches this light screen, a vast and boundless aura rushes forward, causing a slight choking sensation and a light tremor in the heart.

Although it was not the first time he had seen it, Chuchen still felt a deep sense of awe when he felt the boundless and vast Spirit Qi contained within the light screen. The strength of the sect elders was truly unfathomable, like a prison of power, impossible to measure.

With one step, he entered the light screen, and in an instant, it felt as if he had entered another world.

The streets were neatly arranged, square and square, covering the entire ground. Along the streets, shops, stalls, stores, and taverns were lined up in a row, truly bustling like a market in the mortal world!

The biggest difference from the mortal world is that the items traded in the sect's market are vastly different. On the rows and rows of stalls, most are strange stones, treasures, flying swords, magical tools, exotic beast bones, cultivation techniques, secret manuals, cultivation materials, and spirit pills... These treasures are rich in Spirit Qi.

Some sellers even use small tricks to make the spirit items emit dazzling and brilliant light to promote their goods.

Some shops even keep fierce exotic beasts, some resembling lions and tigers with wings, some snake-like with three heads, some bird-like with snake tails... Each of these unnamed exotic beasts, with their fierce eyes and fangs, exudes a powerful aura, indicating their extraordinary nature and terrifying power.

However, Chuchen was well aware that most of these exotic beasts for sale were just for show and not truly valuable. At best, they are used for guarding.

Generally, flying swords, magical tools, exotic beasts, and secret manuals are the most sought-after items in the sect's market, as they provide the greatest boost to a cultivator's combat power, making them generally very expensive.

Some items are not for sale no matter how much money is offered and can only be exchanged for corresponding treasures.

The rest are rare materials that can be used to refine flying swords, magical tools, and secret treasures. These rare materials are hidden in the depths of the sea or in dangerous places, making them very difficult to obtain.

Chuchen saw a stall displaying a face-sized piece of hundred-year-old mystic ice iron. The owner of the stall was a young man wearing a purple-gold crown, with a cold and proud expression, ignoring those who asked for prices. Whenever someone looked, he would point to the words beside him:

"Hundred-year-old mystic ice iron, weighing 3,678 pounds, only exchange for a piece of equally heavy thousand-refined red fire copper. No goods, no disturbance!"

A face-sized piece of iron weighs over 3,000 pounds?

Chuchen was shocked when he saw the words.

Apart from these rare treasures, the cheapest and most numerous items in the market are low-cost spirit herbs and medicinal pills. High-grade medicinal pills are not available in this market, as most cultivators can only refine first-grade medicinal pills, and second-grade and above require a spirit alchemist to succeed.

This time, Chuchen's main purpose in coming to the market was to find some low-cost medicinal pills... and even the lowest-grade first-grade inferior medicinal pills. He couldn't afford any better!

However, even first-grade inferior medicinal pills have a high demand in the entire market.

After all, in the entire sect, most are low-level cultivators, just at the initial stage of the Spirit Water Realm or not yet at the Spirit Water Realm.

Their demand for low-grade body-refining medicinal pills is also very high, so the stalls selling these items stretch for hundreds of feet.

With no choice, Chuchen had to visit each stall one by one. With his limited resources, he had to find the most suitable medicinal pills at the lowest cost.