Longevity, starting from raising chickens

Chapter 286 Xuanwufang City
"On duty?"

Wang Ba was slightly curious.

He devoted himself to practicing and studying the "Scroll of the Beast", and he still didn't know much about many things about the sect.

Tian Fu has been following Wang Ba for a while, and he knows this well, so he explained:
"Turning duty is to leave the Zongmen, and go to Dajin and even beyond the Dajin to patrol according to the patrol mission issued by the Zongmen. These are what every disciple of the Zongmen has to go through. One random draw, hosted by Shaoyin Mountain."

He added another sentence: "Of course, if the masters of the peaks or have reached the level of guardians or ministers, then there is no need, unless it is appointed by the suzerain."

"Watching...is it dangerous?"

Wang Ba asked curiously.

"It wasn't that dangerous before."

A look of worry appeared on Tian Fu's face:

"However, since the three continents have been tilted and monks from other continents have come ashore from our Dajin side, patrol missions have become much more dangerous, so we usually go out with the Changshengzong and Qin's monks."

"Changshengzong and the royal family are also going?"

Wang Ba was slightly surprised.

The monks of the Qin family are another name for the monks of the Jin Dynasty to the royal family of the Jin Dynasty.

"Go, go, we and the Changshengzong, Youxianguan and the Dajin royal family have always been in the same spirit, advancing together and retreating together, but there are few people in Youxianguan, so they generally don't participate. Although the number of the royal family is not large, they are the lords of the Jin Dynasty in name after all, so sometimes, there are some direct descendants of the royal family to participate in such tasks."

Tian Fu explained.

Wang Ba nodded slightly.

The ethos of Dajin is so good, it is indeed the only one he has seen since he practiced.

All forces are united with each other and attach great importance to rules.

It's no wonder that at the peak of its strength, it alone crowns the entire Fenglinzhou.

But if you think about it carefully, the same is true for Chen Guo, which was under the jurisdiction of the Great Jin Dynasty in the past. After the Eastern Sacred Sect was occupied by the Tianmen Sect, the other four Sects assisted the Eastern Sacred Sect more than once in trying to regain the Eastern Sacred Residence.

There may be cold lips and teeth, but it may not be without the friendship of watching and helping each other.

In contrast, the Yan Kingdom under the jurisdiction of Great Chu is much more chaotic. There are many discords between sects and casual cultivators, and there are also intrigues between sects and sects.

With a lot of thoughts, Wang Ba immediately agreed to Tian Fu's request for leave. Of course, according to the rules, he still needs to report to He Jiugui or Cui Daqi.

It's just that Cui Daqi often has ferocious beasts hunted from overseas to deal with, and they are rarely in the Spiritual Food Department, so Wang Ba can only go to He Jiugui.

Of course, according to He Jiugui's style, at this moment he is probably hiding outside drinking a little wine and basking in the sun.

Wang Ba walked out, as expected.

I don't know how much wine he drank, anyway, the tip of his nose and face were already flushed, his eyes were squinted, and he was lying on the special reclining chair with a smoky expression.

Bite the bullet, Wang Ba took the initiative to greet He Jiugui.

"Minister He, Tian Fu was drawn out to perform patrol duties, and I would like to report to you."

"go Go."

He Jiugui waved his hand casually, and immediately turned over on his own.

Wang Ba's heart relaxed a little, he vaguely noticed that this Vice Minister He didn't seem to drive him back as quickly as before.

He saluted immediately.

But at this moment, a sound transmission talisman flew over from a distance.

The target was none other than Wang Ba.

"Huh? For me?"

Wang Ba was slightly taken aback.

He lives reclusively in the sect, and it is said that except for Bu Chan, no one should know his sound transmission talisman.

But he still turned on the sound transmission talisman.

"Brother Dao, if you have free time, I would like to invite Fei Yufeng to meet and discuss important matters."

At the signing place, the word 'Gu Wen' is written.

"Gu Wen?"

Wang Ba remembered immediately.

"It's the female cultivator who released the mission last time and exchanged two points of merit for four of my spirit chicken essence..."

"Why did she come to me again? Could it be... related to the spirit chicken essence?"

Based on his guess, this is the only possibility.

After all, apart from the spirit chicken essence, the two of them have no intersection at all.

"Spirit Chicken Essence..."

A trace of thought flashed across Wang Ba's eyes.

……

After half a day.

It was dark again.

Wang Ba did not fly back to Wanfa Peak as usual, but drove the flying magic weapon and headed straight to the north.

From a distance, you can see a majestic mountain range resembling a snake's head and a tortoise's body. It is Taiyin Mountain, one of the four mountains.

Taiyin belongs to the image of Xuanwu, so the mountain also resembles its shape.

The sky is high and the ground is far away, and the majestic mountains are foggy.

Although it was getting late, monks kept coming and going.

This was his first time here, although he didn't know the layout of Taiyin Mountain, but following the flow of people, he still found his purpose.

Then I saw a huge mountain pass like a big tripod standing on the back of the turtle. There was a vortex quite similar to the Vientiane Sutra Library at the mountain pass, and monks came in and out from time to time.

"This should be the entrance to the Vientiane Treasure House."

Wang Ba stood in mid-air, his eyes swept over the vicinity of the mountain pass.

Houses, streets and alleys are built along the mountain pass, stretching for several miles, and there is a constant flow of people inside.

"Here, I think it's 'Xuanwufang City'."

There are many other square cities on Taiyin Mountain, but the largest one, except Xuanwufang City, don't think twice.

Wang Ba did not land towards the mountain pass, but flew down in front of Xuanwufang City first.

Soon, some sharp-eyed monks came up to sell the shopping guide in the square city.

It doesn't look like a disciple of the sect, but a family member of a monk.

The guide introduces the layout of the city and the special products of many shops.

There are detailed introductions such as pills and talismans.

It's not expensive, and Wang Ba is not someone who can't afford spirit stones, so he even spent two middle-grade spirit stones to buy one.

With the effort of a monk who established the foundation, he quickly went through this guide in his heart.

Wang Ba directly picked out a shop that he was most interested in.

"Shuixi Peak Spiritual Food Shop."

There are many types of spiritual food in this spiritual food shop, and it is said that the monks from the spiritual food department jointly opened it.

Wang Ba went straight to the spiritual food shop according to the guide.

To Wang Ba's surprise, he actually saw a somewhat familiar monk from the Spiritual Food Department inside.

When the other party saw him, he also showed surprise on his face:

"Deacon Wang."

"Deacon Kong, this store is yours..."

Wang Ba was slightly surprised.

Deacon Kong's full name is Kong Yao. After seeing Wang Ba slightly startled, he quickly greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Rare customers, rare customers, Deacon Wang, please come in."

Wang Ba didn't refuse either, and followed Kong Yao into the back of the shop.

The inside was not too spacious, and there were a few servants who looked like they were busy. When they saw Kong Yao and Wang Ba, they hurriedly saluted.

Kong Yao waved back casually, then sat down with Wang Ba, poured tea for Wang Ba, and asked with a smile:

"Why did Deacon Wang think of going to the spiritual food shop? Normally, we don't lack spiritual food."

As a monk of the Spiritual Food Department, I have to deal with all kinds of spiritual food every day. Normally, as long as the spiritual food is not used as the main cultivation resource, it is basically enough, and even occasionally sold outside.

Therefore, the monks of the Spiritual Food Department are basically not very good at visiting the Fangshi Spiritual Food Shop.

Wang Ba hesitated for a while, but he didn't hide it. After all, they were all from the Department of Spiritual Food. They didn't look up and down, and if it really happened as he imagined, others would know sooner or later. He said immediately:
"I have some spiritual food here that is not available in the sect. I also want to understand the market so that I can sell it."

When Kong Yao heard the words, he couldn't help being interested:

"Spiritual food that doesn't exist in the sect? Could it be a new recipe?"

Wang Ba smiled, but did not speak.

Kong Yao couldn't help but slapped his forehead: "It's me, Meng Lang."

Feel free to inquire about other people's secrets, no matter where it is placed, it is a taboo.

He was also too excited, so he made a slip of the tongue.

Kong Yaoxuan even said seriously: "If Deacon Wang is at ease, I can make an assessment of the price of the spiritual food."

Wang Ba's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, and immediately took out a portion of spirit chicken essence.

Kong Yao took the white porcelain bottle, immediately retracted his sleeves and carefully took out a thin needle, poked it in from the mouth of the bottle, and took out a drop.

Then gently put it in the mouth, close your eyes and feel it carefully.

Immediately, he opened his eyes very quickly, with a strange look in his eyes:
"This spiritual food has the power of nourishing essence, qi, blood and soul, and it also has the effect of breaking through the bottleneck. Even for the early stage of Jindan below the fifth rank, it should have a little effect... It is not uncommon for one item alone , but the effect is so comprehensive, but it is rare.”

"Deacon Wang, is the main ingredient easy to obtain for this recipe?"

Wang Ba thought for a while, then shook his head slightly.

The main ingredient of spirit chicken essence is of course the second-order high-grade spirit chicken. The reason why he can save so much is entirely due to the hard work of A[-] and A[-].

Relying on natural reproduction alone, only a few can be born naturally in the year of the monkey, which is completely unqualified as a spiritual food material.

After all, the effects of spiritual food can only be manifested through long-term use in most cases.

Seeing Wang Ba shaking his head, Kong Yao couldn't help being slightly disappointed:

"The main material is not easy to obtain...then the value of this recipe will be greatly reduced. Even if it is dedicated to the sect, I am afraid that it will not be too much...but if this spiritual food is sold in the market, it is estimated that There must be a price of 45 to 50 yuan for middle-grade spirit stones, but it is a pity that they cannot be supplied for a long time, otherwise many people will buy them."

"Four 50 yuan middle-grade spirit stones..."

Wang Ba nodded slightly.

The selling price is a bit lower than in Yan Country.

However, considering that resources such as Wanxiang Sect are not scarce, and the surrounding environment is easier to practice, it is understandable that the price is slightly lower.

And according to this price, for the mission he completed last time, he exchanged four spirit chicken essences for two points of merit, and one point of merit was almost equivalent to a high-grade spirit stone.

But what Wang Ba paid more attention to was the value of the prescription mentioned by the other party.

"Dare to ask Deacon Kong, if the spirit food recipe is dedicated to the sect, how is the meritorious service of this award determined?"

"This is more complicated than that."

Kong Yao had no reservations about Wang Ba, and explained:

"The type and strength of the spiritual food, what level of monks it can affect, as well as the availability of the main material, the difficulty of refining, etc., will all be important factors considered by the sect."

"Of course, the most important thing for Zongmen is the effect, and the other is whether the main material is easy to obtain."

"If there is no effect, it doesn't make sense for the main material to be easily available, and vice versa."

"Although the effect of your spiritual food is not bad, if the main ingredients are difficult to obtain, a prescription of spiritual food mainly for the second level may not be valued by the sect, and the merits may not be too high. "

Wang Ba suddenly realized.

The meaning of Kong Yao is very simple, even if it is dedicated to the sect, the sect will determine the meritorious service of the reward according to the applicability of the prescription.

Wang Ba suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Then the recipe for 'white jade glue' that Minister Cui once researched..."

Kong Yao shook his head and said, "That's incomparable. Minister Cui's recipe is excellent. The second-level gray capybara and the second-level big-sword cockroach are both spirit beasts that are extremely easy to reproduce. The key is the golden core level. A monk can use it throughout the stage, although the effect is not too obvious, but it is also a contribution to the sect."

"And this is Minister Cui's most outstanding achievement so far. Since that prescription, he has never developed a prescription that can match his shoulders. Therefore, sometimes luck is also very important..."

While Wang Ba was envious when he heard the words, he couldn't help but sigh.

Being able to develop the recipe of white jade glue, Cui Daqi's research on spiritual food is obviously very deep, but even so, he can no longer reproduce the past achievements, which is obviously due to luck.

"But I can't count on luck... Let's just follow my previous thinking."

Wang Ba thought to himself.

The two talked about spiritual food for a while, and Kong Yao took him to the front shop again, and looked at many spiritual food in the shop.

In this Shuixifeng spiritual food shop, the special spiritual food is 'duck oil juice'.

It has the effect of speeding up the refining of spiritual energy, which can be regarded as improving the speed of practice in disguise.

There are more than 30 medium-grade spirit stones, and the supply exceeds the demand.

Kong Yao specially packed a few copies for him to take back.

Seeing this, Wang Ba was not too embarrassed to take it for nothing, and immediately gave back a few spirit chicken essences.

Afterwards, Wang Ba did not linger, and went straight to the treasure house of Vientiane.

Flying in from the vortex, Wang Ba felt as if he had returned to the Vientiane Sutra Library before. As far as he could see, the world in all directions was full of various pills and magic weapons...

However, there are no fourth-order magic weapons and spirit beasts in it.

With a thought in his mind, Wang Ba bowed and shouted:
"Treasure House True Spirit, please show up!"

He only felt a blur in front of his eyes, and a yellow leather gourd jumped out of thin air.

Seeing Wang Ba, the gourd spit out:

"Little monk, what do you want to change?"

The voice is like a doll.

Although Wang Ba found it interesting, he didn't dare to underestimate this gourd. To have such intelligence, this treasure house of true spirits has at least four levels.

At the moment, I dare not show the slightest courtesy: "This junior wants to know about spiritual food."

"Spirit food?"

The yellow-skinned gourd swayed slightly, and a doll's voice came from inside:

"okay!"

The voice did not fall.

In the line of sight, shelves with spirit food bottles rushed towards them from a distance, and they were displayed in front of Wang Ba in the blink of an eye.

At a glance, there is no end in sight.

"What kind of spiritual food do you want?"

The yellow-skinned gourd asked again.

Wang Ba's heart moved, and he took out the first-order spirit chicken essence, the second-order spirit chicken essence, and the first- and second-order spirit turtle essences from the storage ring.

"Dare to ask the true spirit, how many kinds of spiritual food are there?"

The mouth of the yellow-skinned gourd bottle opened suddenly, sucking in all the four bottles of spiritual food.

Wang Ba couldn't even react.

After a while, four bottles were spit out again.

The yellow leather gourd shook slightly, and the voice of the doll came out:
"nothing."

Wang Ba was not too surprised. After thinking about it, he asked, "Is there a level of spiritual food?"

"none."

In the yellow leather gourd, the doll's voice was slightly impatient.

This was not what Wang Ba expected.

The purchasing power of meritorious deeds is extremely high, which means that there are basically no things that are too low in level or too low in value to be stored in the treasury.

asked again:
“What’s the cheapest spiritual food?”

The yellow-skinned gourd shook slightly, and one after another, the standard porcelain bottles often seen in the spiritual food department flew out of a shelf.

However, it did not fall into Wang Ba's hands.

"Fruit pulp and rice essence, second-level spiritual food, can be used for Qi refining and foundation building, three bottles for a little merit."

"Essence of spirit fish... Immortal tree treasure..."

The yellow skin gourds are introduced one by one.

Hearing these names, Wang Ba was stunned for a moment.

The Spiritual Food Department has just finished refining the essence of spiritual fish, and he is very familiar with these spiritual foods.

They are all very basic second-order spiritual food, and the effect of each spiritual food is very single, mainly to allow Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment monks to refine easily.

Compared with the spirit chicken essence refined with the second-order top-quality spirit chicken, the effect is much worse.

Among other things, the aura contained in it is basically three or four times the difference.

However, the spirit chicken essence has other effects.

"One serving of spirit chicken essence is estimated to be worth at least five or six bottles of fruit puree..."

Wang Ba quickly calculated in his mind.

"Based on this calculation, a portion of spirit chicken essence is worth at least two points of merit in the treasure house of Vientiane... No wonder that female cultivator named Gu Wen looked like she took advantage of it and won it with 2 points of merit." The spirit chicken essence worth 8 meritorious deeds is indeed a big advantage."

"That is to say, the real value ratio between merit and spiritual stones is not what I thought before. A little merit is equal to a top-grade spirit stone, and a little merit should be priced at 30 yuan for a middle-grade spirit stone."

"Of course, meritorious deeds can buy some unique and rare treasures in the treasure house of Vientiane, so the value of meritorious deeds is far from that of Lingshi."

To put it simply, judging from the market price of spiritual food alone, a little meritorious deed is about 30 yuan for mid-grade spirit stones, but since meritorious deeds can also be exchanged for other rare resources, the price of meritorious deeds is far from the price of 30 yuan for spiritual stones. Can be compared, so when conditions permit, most monks give priority to using spirit stones instead of meritorious deeds.

It's a bit complicated and convoluted, but that's about it.

"What do you want to change?"

The doll in the yellow leather gourd spoke impatiently.

Wang Ba didn't answer, but asked cautiously:

"Dare to ask the true spirit, do you receive spiritual food here?"

After the words fell, the yellow-skinned gourd froze for a moment.

Immediately, a somewhat annoyed voice came from inside:

"Another one came to tease me!"

Immediately before Wang Ba could react, he felt an irresistible force and threw it out.

When Wang Ba came back to his senses, he found that he was already in the sky above Taiyin Mountain, and was falling towards the mountainside below.

He quickly stabilized his figure in mid-air.

Wang Ba showed a look of helplessness.

He also wanted to know more about the exchange price of the resources needed for the Five Elements Kung Fu, but he was suddenly thrown out.

"Why is this?"

"However, I understand the value of the spirit chicken essence here."

He will not give up the spirit chicken essence for the time being, whether it is used to replace meritorious service or sold with spirit stones, it is an important source of income that he expects.

He glanced at the brightly lit Xuanwufang City below.

It's rare to come here, and there are about 8000 yuan of high-grade spirit stones in the storage magic weapon. It doesn't make much sense to keep the spirit stones all the time, so he immediately fell down and started strolling in the square market.

He wasn't just hanging around, but mainly focused on collecting the resources needed for the five martial arts such as the "Qing Emperor's God Planting Art", which can be regarded as a rainy day.

But to his disappointment, basically none of these resources were available.

After asking some stall owners, I found out that although these resources are not high-grade, they are basically controlled resources within the sect. They are usually given priority to the treasure house of Vientiane, and then transferred to individuals through the meritorious service system. Most of the people who need it can be assigned, avoiding internal friction between the same door.

"However, I heard that the Changshengzong and the Dajin Royal Family also have these resources. Of course, the Changshengzong has a lot of people and the resources are also tight. The Dajin Royal Family is okay. In my opinion, you can find someone from the Changshengzong. Taoist companions, exchange resources with each other, people from the Jin royal family are also fine, but there are few people, you may not be able to meet..."

A stall owner enthusiastically planned for Wang Ba.

When Wang Ba asked, he realized that the other party was from 'Hehuanfeng'.

"Don't look at me with that kind of eyes, Hehuan Peak is serious! Shuangxiu Dao is the right way, but it's just been tarnished by some crooks!"

The stall owner tried hard to prove his innocence.

But the effect was not too great. Anyway, the monks around looked at him with smiles and no words.

Wang Ba's heart skipped a beat.

The characteristic of the Ten Thousand Laws is that the more cultivation ways of different essences you master, the more tyrannical you will be. Then what is the essence of this dual cultivation way?
yin and yang?then what?
Although he has not been involved at the moment, it is always good to know more.

"Wang Yan of Wanfa Peak, what do you call Daoist brother?"

"Wanfa Peak?"

The stall owner was taken aback when he heard the words, and quickly got up to salute:

"This should be the younger brother, right? Hehe, Liu Lan from Hehuan Peak..."

The two briefly talked about their seniority, only to find out embarrassingly that Liu Lan wanted to call Wang Ba 'uncle grand master'.

Although Liu Lan is a cultivator who has successfully established his foundation and is about to cross the golden alchemy, he can only honestly perform the gift of a younger generation to Wang Ba.

Wang Ba was also a little helpless for a while.

Sometimes it is not a good thing to be too strict with the rules. Just talking about seniority can make a lot of jokes.

It is true that there are no sects outside, and it is easier to judge seniority based on cultivation.

Liu Lan is also full of resentment.

However, everyone is a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and there is not much difference in age, and it is much easier to communicate with each other. In addition, Wang Ba has rich experience, and after talking, they quickly became friends.

The two also exchanged sound transmission symbols.

Liu Lan even patted her chest and said to Wang Ba that she must bring some dual cultivation skills for Wang Ba to taste.

Wang Ba returned a portion of spirit chicken essence.

Liu Lan just took it as a small gift and didn't take it too seriously.

Wang Ba didn't care too much either.

This is just a random introduction. If you need it in the future, you can talk about it with this chicken essence given away.

……

After bidding farewell to Liu Lan, Wang Ba focused on visiting the spirit beast shop again.

Compared with the spirit beast shop that Wang Ba once visited, the level of the spirit beast shop in Xuanwufang City is much higher.

"Even third-order spirit beasts are for sale..."

Wang Ba was surprised.

What attracted his attention the most was undoubtedly a third-level top-quality spiritual beast that looked like a black bear.

At first glance, it looks like the little milk bear who was just born, without the slightest fierceness, only the cute voice of a baby.

Wang Ba glanced at the introduction of this little milk bear:
【Dark Sky】: Divine power is unparalleled, good at hiding...

He couldn't help but said to the shop owner who was coming out of the back room with the cubs in his arms:
"Brother Daoist, what is the price of this dark sky?"

The shop owner glanced at him and said simply:
"Not for sale."

"Not for sale? Then what are you doing here?"

Wang Ba was a little puzzled.

"It's just for you to look at it and make you envious."

The shop owner grinned: "Such a good spirit beast, I will only sell it unless I am stupid."

Wang Ba was speechless for a moment.

That is to say, in the Wanxiang sect, if this is changed to another place, the other party will be designated to be taught to be a human being.

But it also shows the relaxed atmosphere in the Vientiane School.

Reluctantly giving up the dark sky dog, Wang Ba glanced at the third-order spirit beasts around him in a blink of an eye.

Basically, they are just born not long ago, or are spirit beasts with very young months.

Wang Ba is also very clear about this point. Most of the third-order spirit beasts have activated their spiritual intelligence. Adult spirit beasts basically have their own ideas, and it is unlikely that they will get close to human monks.

Only by nurturing the spirit beast when it is still young can it be possible to form an emotional connection with the monk, and there is no need to worry about loyalty issues.

Of course, the corresponding thing is that the prices of these young third-order spirit beasts are not cheap.

Any cub of a third-tier low-grade spirit beast will cost 2000 yuan of high-grade spirit stones.

Wang Ba could afford the price.

But to him, it doesn't make much sense to just have one more third-tier mid-lower spirit beast.

After all, after Wu Ape King uses the magic ape transformation, he is comparable to a third-order middle-grade spirit beast.

It won't work to buy a few more, after all, if the spiritual beasts you buy can't keep up in the future, they must still be cultivated and advanced.

And cultivating advanced also needs to consume a lot of precious resources.

This point is proved by those monks on the Beast Peak. Although they specialize in beast control, in fact they only concentrate on cultivating a natal spirit beast.

The more spirit beasts, the easier it is to involve energy and resources.

Even the relatively wealthy Wanxiang sect, few people are willing to cultivate multiple spirit beasts at the same time.

Even Wang Ba, in fact, the only ones who concentrate on nurturing are Wu Yuan Wang, Jia [-] and Jia [-].

If the latter two were not because they could bring more resources to Wang Ba, Wang Ba would not have paid much attention to them at all.

The other spirit beasts basically didn't consume too much energy from him, and they were all free-range.

Therefore, the spirit beast he wants is either like the Wu ape king, which can help him in substantial combat power.

Or it is like the fifteenth and seventeenth, which can bring more income.

Relatively speaking, the latter is more important.

After all, he is now in the Wanxiang sect, and the danger is really not great. It would be a pity to waste resources on the former.

However, Wang Ba was rather disappointed when his eyes swept down casually.

Either the grade is too low, or it lacks the value he needs.

He was about to leave when he caught a glimpse of an iron cage behind the shopkeeper.

"Hey... this spirit beast..."

　It is agreed that I will try my best to make two updates today, uh... I will try my best to write another chapter, but everyone, don’t wait, read it tomorrow morning
　　
　
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