Mortal: Fengling Linggen, married Chen Qiaoqian

Soon, the middle-aged shopkeeper came over with a storage bracelet in both hands.

Standing in front of Yan Yun, he waved his arm lightly and took out two jade slips, one white and one blue, from the storage bracelet.

Then he piled up the large and small brocade boxes and various bottles and jars on the table beside him one by one.

After that, the shopkeeper stood aside and waited respectfully.

Yan Yun took a quick glance, stretched out his hand and sucked the two jade slips into his hand, and his spiritual sense easily probed into them.

"True Toad Liquid, Jade Clear Pill!"

Yan Yun muttered to himself, frowned slightly, and then withdrew his consciousness.

In the world of immortal cultivation, Yuqing Pills and True Toad Liquid are both precious elixirs.

The materials used to refine Yuqing Pills are mostly rare and precious spiritual herbs, most of which need to be two to three thousand years old, which is far beyond the reach of ordinary spiritual medicines in the human world.

The main ingredient of the True Toad Liquid comes from the spiritual blood of the ancient wild beast, the Green-eyed True Toad. Although the auxiliary materials are relatively ordinary, its medicinal properties are extremely strong.

According to records, Yuqing Pill has obvious effects on cultivators in the early stage of Spirit Transformation, but the effect is greatly reduced when taken by cultivators in the middle stage.

The True Toad Liquid is suitable for cultivators in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. If cultivators in the middle stage take it rashly, there may be great risks due to its overbearing medicinal properties.

Yan Yun closed his eyes and pondered. He carefully sorted out the effects, refining methods and ingredients of the two elixirs before opening his eyes to check the elixirs in the brocade box and bottles.

As expected, nearly half of the required materials were missing, especially the spiritual blood of the Green-Eyed Toad, which was nowhere to be found.

Yan Yun stroked his chin and asked the middle-aged shopkeeper:

"Can these missing materials be found in other medicine shops? The spiritual blood of this green-eyed toad is so rare, it may not be easy to find, right?"

"Senior, the materials needed for the Jade Purity Pill do not necessarily require spiritual herbs that have been heated to a high temperature. Even if they are a little younger, they can still be successfully refined, but the medicinal effect will be slightly weaker."

"Therefore, as long as Senior has enough spirit stones, there is still hope of equipping all the materials."

"However, the Green-eyed True Toad Spirit Blood required for the True Toad Fluid is a truly rare treasure. Although someone occasionally sells it, it is often snapped up in an instant. It is one of the most sought-after materials in major medicine shops."

"It is not easy for the senior to obtain this item."

"However, this kind of spiritual blood will usually be sold at the upcoming auction. Senior, why not try your luck."

The shopkeeper responded respectfully.

Yan Yun thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "I see. I want all of these."

"Thank you for your patronage, Senior! I will settle the bill for you right now: two pill recipes, 100,000 spirit stones; three portions of thousand-year-old golden ganoderma..."

The shopkeeper said this with a smile on his face, and began to quote the prices of the items on the table one by one.

Yan Yun squinted his eyes and listened to the quotation with an expressionless face.

After a while, Yan Yun calmly left the pharmacy. Not far away, he walked into another pharmacy.

Yan Yun frequently went in and out of nearby pharmacies and visited almost all the pharmacies on the street.

He successfully collected seven or eight equally effective recipes, although most of them required raw materials that were rarer than the spiritual blood of the Green-Eyed True Toad, forcing him to temporarily abandon these recipes.

Despite this, Yan Yun still spared no effort to collect the various medicinal materials needed to refine these pills.

Instead of choosing expensive mature wood, he focused on collecting the seeds or young grasses of these magical herbs.

In order to collect enough, Yan Yun spent a lot of money.

Once he returns to his cave, he can use the spiritual liquid to ripen these spiritual herbs and quickly refine the finished spiritual medicine.

However, as Yuqing Pill is a medicine that can only be taken by cultivators in the Spirit Transformation Stage, its refining process is naturally not simple.

Although Yan Yun was confident in his alchemy skills, he knew that it would take many attempts before he could truly refine a successful pill.

However, with the help of the vial, he could try to refine the pill an unlimited number of times, so he was not worried about it.

In addition, the real toad liquid is equally important to Yan Yun, so he decided to participate in this auction.

Before participating in the auction in the spirit world, Yan Yun discovered that he did not have enough spirit stones and had to sell items in exchange for enough spirit stones.

The spiritual world is rich in resources and has a large number of spiritual stones, resulting in prices that are several times higher than those in the human world.

However, even if one has a lot of spirit stones in the human world, one cannot buy the recipes and refining materials for the Spirit Transformation Stage.

Yan Yun firmly believed that as long as he had enough elixirs, it would not be difficult to advance in a short period of time.

With a plan in mind, Yan Yun quietly walked to an empty street corner.

After making sure that no one was paying attention, he cast a spell and his face and figure instantly changed into a purple-faced man.

Then he swaggered out and entered a large shop called "Hui Sheng Tang".

In the spiritual world, ordinary thousand-year-old elixirs are not as precious as those in the human world.

But when Yan Yun took out several spiritual herbs that were seven or eight thousand years old, Huishengtang paid a huge amount of spiritual stones in exchange for these spiritual herbs without hesitation.

After the transaction was completed, Yan Yun left the store without hesitation and quickly moved away from the place to avoid being targeted.

Yan Yun did not leave the market immediately. He continued to explore other streets and began to pay attention to the magical tools, treasures, refining materials and other items sold in various shops.

The rich and rare materials of the spiritual world make these magical instruments and treasures far superior to the same-level treasures in the human world in terms of quality and power.

Even in some big stores you can see imitations of Lingbao-level rare treasures for sale.

He also discovered many rich varieties of talismans and secret symbols, whose diversity was far beyond what could be found in the human world.

What particularly caught Yan Yun's attention were several defensive talismans written in silver tadpole script. These rare items were not only limited in quantity but also very expensive.

One of the "puppet talismans" engraved with a light silver human figure pattern particularly attracted his interest.

After asking the shop owner, I learned that this "Puppet Talisman" originated from the Heavenly Spirit Realm and could summon the shadow puppet sealed inside.

Its ability depends on the refining technique and the user's level of cultivation.

It is said that the perfect puppet talisman has magical effects and can completely replicate the skills and cultivation of the person who controls it. It is indeed a very practical type of talisman.

After learning this information, Yan Yun was touched and immediately thought of the incomplete jade book in his hand.

The jade book records the art of talismans, including the method of refining puppet talismans, but it has not been thoroughly studied before.

Now that he knew that the price of this silver tadpole talisman was so high, Yan Yun thought to himself that he would study it carefully when he returned.

With this idea in mind, Yan Yun visited two shops selling talismans and purchased a large amount of materials needed to refine silver tadpole talismans.

After everything was arranged, Yan Yun leisurely headed towards his destination, the "Taixuan Palace" which led directly to the human and demon areas.

Although the auction would not officially start for another two days, Yan Yun wanted to investigate first to see if the demons had any treasures worth exchanging. After all, the demons never participated in the auctions of the human race, but directly exchanged items with the human race in the central area of ​​the Taixuan Palace.

In order to prevent conflicts between humans and demons when trading in the hall, all human monks who are preparing to enter the hall to exchange items must receive a palm-sized jade pendant.

When this jade pendant is worn, white clouds will immediately surround the body and temporarily suppress the cultivation level.

In conjunction with the restriction formation in the Taixuan Palace, if ordinary cultivators use their magic power recklessly in the palace, not only will they be unable to display their magical powers, they will also be instantly teleported out of the stone palace and will not be allowed to enter again for a short period of time.

The demon tribe needs to hold black banners and transform into a demon cloud to conceal their appearance.

There are also four Golden Guards of the Void Refining Stage and ten Azure Guards in the hall responsible for maintaining order, with half of them being humans and half being demons. Such a strong protective force is enough to deal with ordinary accidents.

After paying a sum of spirit stones, Yan Yun received another jade pendant from the guard and hung it around his waist. He was then wrapped in white mist and walked through the corridor and entered a big door.

What comes into view is a vast hall, opposite which is another identical palace door, and there is another passage leading to the distance.

More than a hundred members of the human and demon races were scattered in the huge hall. They were surrounded by white mist and black air respectively, with white mist in the majority.

In the hall, more than thirty monks were sitting cross-legged on the ground on both sides, with several items placed in front of them, all silent.

Most of the others gathered in front of the stalls, either examining the goods carefully or communicating secretly with the stall owners.

There were still some people walking around casually in the hall, occasionally chatting with other beings for a few words before hiding in a corner and talking in low voices.

Yan Yun stood there, looked around for a moment, and then walked straight to a nearby stall.

The owner of the stall was hidden in the silver haze, seemingly a human cultivator.

There were two strange things on display at his stall: one was a light green plant branch, and the other was a fist-sized blood-red crystal that sparkled brightly.

Yan Yun's eyes swept across the items on the stall, and he discovered something with a slight touch of his spiritual sense.

One of the branches contained a slight amount of wood spiritual energy, but the thunder attribute power was extremely strong, as if the whole branch was condensed from thunder and lightning, which surprised him very much.

This thing reminded him of the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo. However, even the thunder attribute of the thousand-year-old golden thunder bamboo was not as violent as this one. Usually, the thunder that could ward off evil spirits was hidden deep inside.

Another blood-colored crystal stone emitted a fishy smell, which seemed to be the inner elixir of some kind of animal, but its specific origin was difficult to discern.

Although he was somewhat interested in the branches, Yan Yun only stopped for a moment, then left silently and went to the next stall.

The next place was a stall set up by a demon clan, on which was placed a huge piece of black ore, which gave off a chilling feeling.

...Yan Yun repeated this process slowly, passing by the stalls one by one. Whenever he came across something unknown or of interest, he would stop and study it carefully.

From beginning to end, he did not talk to any of the stall owners and ignored them.

Soon, Yan Yun had browsed through all the stalls and felt a little disappointed.

Although there were many rare items on display at the stalls in Taixuan Hall, none of them aroused Yan Yun's interest. The few rare items from the wilderness were obviously only useful to a certain group of people.

Just as Yan Yun was about to leave, he heard footsteps behind him - a demon woman covered in black air walked towards him.

She had a slender figure and looked Yan Yun up and down. Both of them used secret techniques to conceal their true appearance.

"What advice do you have?" Yan Yun asked calmly.

"Did you not find something suitable?"

A pleasant female voice came from the dark air.

"Yes, there is indeed nothing here that I like. What is the purpose of asking this question, fellow Taoist?"

Yan Yun asked back.

In this mysterious Taixuan Palace, Yan Yun started a conversation with a demon woman.

From the woman's words, he learned the unique way the two tribes exchanged treasures.

In addition to treasures displayed publicly, truly rare items are often exchanged secretly in private, one-on-one transactions.

In response to Yan Yun's doubts as to why the transaction was not made public so as to find a suitable buyer, the woman patiently explained.

Even if a real treasure has its true identity concealed by treasures such as the Light-Blocking Pendant and the Miyun Banner, it can easily attract the covetousness of others.

What's more, some treasures are extremely sensitive and their whereabouts should not be known to too many people.

Then the woman asked Yan Yun if he really wanted to make the exchange, revealing a hint of impatience.

Upon hearing this, Yan Yun immediately expressed his willingness to exchange, but he also curiously asked the woman why she chose to trade with him.

In the mysterious Tianyuan City, the demon woman had sharp eyes and could see through the identity of the person in front of her at a glance.

Although this person's cultivation was restricted, with a little observation, he could still detect that he was a Divine Transformation cultivator, and was an ideal partner for exchange with himself.

And this wasn't the first person she had looked for.

The demon woman looked calm and said:
"If you have something suitable for my demon race, please take it out and let me see it."

"In addition to the items I brought with me, I also entrusted various items for exchange on behalf of many of my fellow tribesmen."

"So, if you have good stuff, just bring it out."

When Yan Yun heard this, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a faint smile.

He said slowly, "I naturally have some things suitable for nobles. But, fellow Taoist, should you also reveal a few of the things in your hand to me first?"

The demon woman snorted coldly and said arrogantly:
"I have a wide variety of things in my hands, from spiritual medicines and materials to your human race's magic weapons and ancient treasures. What do you want?"

Yan Yun's eyes flickered, and after a little thought he said:
"I don't need finished magic weapons, but I am quite interested in some materials. I wonder if you have the blood of a real toad beast? I'm in urgent need of it."

In that mysterious world of immortals and heroes, the value of real toad spirit blood is self-evident.

What you have chosen, fellow Taoist, are truly extraordinary things.

The effect of the True Toad Liquid is extraordinary. It is not only of great benefit to the human race, but also has an important effect on the demon race.

How could such a rare item be traded in the Taixuan Palace?

When the demon woman heard this, she was slightly startled and then shook her head repeatedly.

Yan Yun did not take the woman's sarcastic remarks to heart, and then he listed the missing materials of several other pill recipes in an orderly manner one by one.

After the demon woman only listened to the first few materials, her face hidden in the black air gradually became gloomy.

After Yan Yun finished speaking, she said with a little displeasure after a while:

"Don't be so wishful. These medicinal materials that can improve your cultivation can only be found after going through untold hardships in the wild world."

"Even among us demons, we are extremely short of them. Even if we occasionally gain something, we will never trade it with humans." (End of this chapter)