Mysterious Tang Dynasty

The backyard of the Houtu Temple is not big, only about half an acre in size. Through the dim moonlight, Li Lijun could see that several sheds built against the wall had collapsed. The ground was covered with broken bricks and tiles. A few bricks have also collapsed, but the old tree in the corner of the yard is still tall and lush, even in this dry weather, it is still very energetic.

Taoist Xuanying led Li Lijun to the old tree, pointed to a big stone with an exceptionally smooth surface beside the tree and said, "This is the entrance. You just need to touch this stone and say in your heart 'the gods are above' , then you can enter the market. At the exit on the other side of the market, there is also such an old tree, and there is a stone of similar size beside the old tree. You can leave the market in the same way.”

Li Lijun raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "This password...was thought up by you people from the True Immortal Temple?"

Taoist Xuanying laughed a few times, twirling his beard to show his complacency: "Back then, when Jindan Daoist of our True Immortal Temple was still young, he traveled abroad and met a few fellow Taoists. They often met outside the mountain gate and joined forces Such a place was built. Later, the ancestors of other sects withered one after another, and only Daoist Jindan lived all the way to this day. The Daoist felt that it was a pity that such a good place was abandoned, so he changed it to a public cultivation market, which is convenient for people in the Guanzhong area. Comrades, any cultivator who comes here for the first time, with the guidance of the disciples of Zhenxianguan, can know the correct entrance and exit codes."

Li Lijun also guessed this.If you weren't a die-hard loyalist of the True Immortal Temple, how could you give a public cultivation market the password of "True Immortals Above"?But is there any problem with the practice of the Jindan Daoist in Zhenxian Temple?It was obviously a space created by him and a few friends, and when all his friends died, he transformed this space into his own, and even got such a password.Don't his friends have teachers and descendants?Is he directly taking all the property jointly owned by everyone?

Thinking of this, Li Lijun felt a little upset.It's not that she really intends to switch to True Immortal Temple, but she has to read such a password to enter and leave the market, it's really frustrating!This kind of small mechanism must be the application of some kind of magic circle, right?She will study it another day to see if she can bypass the password and enter directly, which will save trouble.

Taoist Xuanying didn't know what Li Lijun was thinking, and he proudly introduced to her the experience of his ancestors when they founded this market, completely ignoring other entrepreneurs.Li Lijun had no choice but to find an opportunity to interrupt him: "Brother Xuanying, shouldn't we go in? The market has already started by now, right?"

Only then did Taoist Xuanying pause, "It's time to go in. This place can only accommodate one person at a time. I'll go in first, and you will follow." After speaking, he touched the smooth big stone and said, " Immortals above", and then the whole person disappeared.

Li Lijun looked around, the breeze brought the breath of strangers nearby, wondering if other practitioners were walking towards the old temple.She didn't want to meet new friends for the time being, so she quickly put on a hooded cloak, put on a mask, touched the stone and silently read a password, and disappeared in place.

Li Lijun only felt that his eyes went dark, and then the light came back again. It seemed that within a second, he came to a completely different place.

The light here is bright, as if it is daytime. It is a street corner, and an old tree with a crooked neck is planted next to it. Under the tree, there is a large stone half the height of a person, with a smooth surface.Taoist Xuanying stood beside the stone.

He looked up and down Li Lijun's attire with some surprise: "This is the attire? What is this covering your face?"

Li Lijun gave him a brief introduction to the function of the mask, and asked him: "Brother, do you want to buy one? My sister still has it here. I was going to take it to the market to try my luck."

Taoist Xuanying laughed, waved his hands and said, "No, I don't need this." He has been stationed at the Qiyou Temple in Xianyang City all year round, busy with alchemy all day long, and occasionally takes his apprentice out to visit a friend, several times a year When selling elixir in the comprehension market, there is basically no time to travel or explore.He also has no need to hide his face.Practitioners in the Guanzhong area, those who have reached a certain level of cultivation know him, and treat him very politely and respectfully.Because he is one of the most famous alchemists in the surrounding area, regular customers often come to buy alchemy.Even if he did encounter some vicious person, it would usually not be against him.Because of his death, it might not be possible to find another alchemist as capable and talkative as him in the whole Guanzhong, which would be a great loss to the group of practitioners!
Taoist Xuanying took Li Lijun to go shopping all the way.Along the way, people kept saying hello to him. Several people seemed to be his acquaintances, and they held his hand and talked for a long time, all ordering pills from him.He didn't say when he would be able to deliver the goods, but only said that he would refine them if he had time, and let the other party come to pick up the goods in a few months or even half a year.Although it took a long time to wait, the other party was still as enthusiastic as before, and quickly paid the deposit, and stuffed him with a little more "baubles" as souvenirs.

Li Lijun watched coldly from the sidelines, already very convinced in his heart that Taoist Xuanying really did well in the Guanzhong practice circle.If it weren't for his limited cultivation, it is estimated that there would be more people greeting him warmly?
She has been following Taoist Xuanying in a low-key manner, neither interrupting nor showing her presence.Most of the people who came to talk to Taoist Xuanying just glanced at her and ignored her.Taoist Xuanying didn't intend to introduce her to outsiders, so everyone probably regarded her as an unimportant follower.

Li Lijun took the opportunity to look at the shops on both sides of the street.The whole street is not long, about [-] meters or so. There are about [-] shops, large and small, with spacious and luxurious three-story pavilions. Wide old shop.The goods sold are dazzling, daily necessities for food, clothing, housing, transportation, herbs, ore, weapons and tools, and things that practitioners can use, all of which can be bought here, but the quality is not high.Li Lijun took a cursory look and found that none of the goods exceeded the level of the qi refining period, and most of them were suitable for middle and low-level monks in qi refining.However, there is also a shop similar to an auction house on the street, and there may be more high-end things for sale.

Li Lijun looked at those shops, compared with the information that Taoist Xuanying and Guan Ming had told her earlier, and quickly found a shop that she could visit.She saw that Taoist Xuanying was busy greeting and socializing with others, and someone invited him to the auction house to look at some immortal medicines passed down from outside the domain, so she took the time to say to him: "Senior Brother Xuanying, if you have something to do, you can do it right away." Let the younger sister do things on her own."

Taoist Xuanying didn't say much when he heard the words, he just said: "Then you go, if anyone troubles you, just report my name."

Li Lijun responded, and watched him being surrounded by a group of people into the auction house. Another young disciple who didn't know which family turned around and walked towards her. He seemed to want to talk to her, so she quickly got into the street. A grocery store looked at the products on the shelves.The man lingered at the door of the shop for a while, then left.

Li Lijun turned her attention back to the grocery store.Sitting behind the counter of the shop was a middle-aged woman, dressed just like a mortal rich woman, except for a delicate golden hairpin in her head, which gave off a faint aura.She raised her eyelids and took a few glances at Li Lijun, a newcomer with an unfamiliar face, and found that she couldn't see the other party's cultivation level, so she said casually: "Guests just take a look, the store has all the goods, and the prices are fair."

Whether the goods are complete or not, Li Lijun doesn't know, but this store does have some interesting goods.

She stared at a gray-black ore emitting a slight heat, trying to suppress the excitement in her heart: "What is this?"