Scientific cultivation of immortality: starting from making a wish

Chapter 5 Market Transactions
The next day, 6 am.

Chen Mo was awakened by the ringing of his cell phone.

"Chen Mo, let's come to the school library today. Let's learn from each other."

Chen Mo was a little confused. He paused for a few seconds as he listened to his good friend Wu Yong's earnest invitation on the phone.

"No, I have to practice the 108 Body Tempering Techniques at home over the weekend."

"Okay, then I'll go and study by myself."

After being rejected by Chen Mo, Wu Yong didn't think much about it. He packed up his belongings and went to the school library.

Since the Federation has entered the era of technological cultivation, in order to facilitate people's practice, libraries, Taoist temples, and special places for cultivation are open 24 hours a day.

Chen Mo hung up the phone, shook his head and sighed.

"This guy Wu Yong is really a lunatic when it comes to studying. He called so early on Saturday to invite him to study in the library."

"Very domineering."

However, he was also a madman in the practice of martial arts. With no resources, he managed to advance his martial arts to the middle stage of bone forging in his second year of high school. Excluding his academic performance, his progress at this level was already above average in the class.

This may also be one of the reasons why the two of them get along so well, as they both have a stubbornness and madness in their bones.

After this breakthrough, Chen Mo ranked among the top ten in the class in terms of the progress of "108 Body Tempering Techniques".

After rejecting Wu Yong's invitation, the last bit of sleepiness Chen Mo had left disappeared.

However, the mental exhaustion he felt after his failed wish yesterday had not completely gone away, and he had a premonition that if he made another wish now, it would most likely fail again.

This made Chen Mo secretly warn himself that the golden finger is not omnipotent. For some unimportant things, if you can avoid using the golden finger, try not to use it. Good steel must be used on the blade, so that the golden finger can play a role at any time when encountering critical moments.

It is also to avoid yourself from developing the habit of relying on cheating for everything and losing your ability to handle things.

Chen Mo has seen many examples of "wasted second generation" in the world of immortal cultivation in the biographies of the immortal cultivation world.

Practical and resolute, this is his usual style of doing things.

After a quick wash, Chen Mo took out his cell phone to check if there was any news about what happened last night.

After searching for a while and seeing no related incident reports, Chen Mo felt relieved and put the matter aside completely.

"It seems that as long as we complete the requirements set by the golden finger, there will be no accidents, such as being tracked down, being attacked, or being retaliated against."

Time quickly came to morning.

Chen Mo followed Route 2 and arrived at Yeyue Lake Market in Jiangcheng City in advance.
Since Blue Star entered the interstellar cultivation civilization in 2076, the culture of Blue Star has evolved greatly and is no longer like what Chen Mo remembered it to be in 2023.

At this time, Blue Star has already incorporated the essence of many ancient immortal cultivation civilizations, and has also absorbed some cultivation civilizations from other worlds.

There are some highly developed technological means of cultivating immortals, such as the optical magnetic pistol that is comparable to the attack of Qi training, the high-powered rune spirit cannon in the alien battlefield, and the starry sky battleship for interstellar shuttle.

There are also powerful sects similar to the ancient immortal cultivation sects, laboratories established by families and enterprises, and groups, such as the Wanbao Pavilion which specializes in auction transactions. All of this is to facilitate people's practice.

As the entire Blue Star civilization is now facing a strong invasion from the Blood Underworld, a little darkness is beneficial to certain classes or the overall situation of the entire federation. As long as it can help produce strong people and does not endanger the foundation of the federation, the federation will support and allow it.

The Yeyue Lake Market in Jiangcheng City is a bustling small market for practitioners to trade, and it is also an underground black market in Jiangcheng City.

Many shady items are traded here.

Yeyue Lake Market.

Chen Mo walked on the narrow street. He knew this place from his memory, but this was his first time here.

There are not only traditional stalls on both sides of the street, but also some small shops with complete facilities and luxurious decoration. The fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus and other flowers exudes in the shops, which is intoxicating. The music coming from inside also has a sense of mystery. The goods that can be placed in the shops have a certain gold content.

The Yeyue Lake Market has a wide variety of goods, ranging from daily necessities to precious cultivation treasures.

There were people rushing about on the street, and from time to time someone would shout loudly, advertising the items they were selling, trying their best to attract customers' attention.

Not far from the street is a bustling trading market.

Chen Mo looked around silently. The traders here seemed to be of high status. They bargained in low voices and were talking about items that could not be traded on the open market.

The way people trade items in the black market is often somewhat mysterious.

Some contraband or precious cultivation items will fetch higher prices here, while some items that are difficult to buy in the regular market will be exchanged and spread here through the black market channels.

The Yeyue Lake market seems to be a self-contained entity, increasingly far away from the outside world. It has its own trade rules, culture and values. It also attracts many businessmen and hunters, making the exchanges here even more noisy and mysterious.

Here, some secret transactions will also attract some dangerous people, making the entire black market even more crowded.

Of course, you need to be careful when buying and selling things here, because many brokers are good at using tricks or even robbing.

If it weren't for the hint from the golden finger, Chen Mo, a weakling in the late stage of bone forging, would not dare to come here to trade casually.

Walking on the street, Chen Mo quietly observed and understood the situation in the place, and the solicitations and hawkings of some vendors.

He always responded calmly, adhering to the principle of "no sound, no action".

The people who hang around here are all shrewd people. If you show any sign of being cunning, they will all want to squeeze some meat out of you.

This time he came here mainly to get the Qinggang Mother Stone, and the rest was just for viewing.

As time passed, Chen Mo came to the entrance of the market and waited quietly.

In fact, at this time he had already spotted the girl in the white dress he was waiting for. She looked to be in her early 30s, with fair skin and a face that was not stunning but pleasing to the eye. However, she had a good figure, slim but not skinny, with a little bit of fleshiness.

Chen Mo observed secretly for a few times, but he had no intention of approaching actively.

For safety reasons, Chen Mo always followed the instructions of the golden finger.

He planned to wait until 10 o'clock and wait for the other party to come to him.

Seeing this, many brokers who were hanging around here came over enthusiastically and asked about Chen Mo's needs, but they were all rejected by Chen Mo.

The girl in the white dress who was secretly observed by Chen Mo was also standing aside and looking at Chen Mo silently.

The time was exactly 10 o'clock.

After Chen Mo rejected more than a dozen brokers, the girl in the white skirt finally came up silently and said in a gentle voice:
"Hello, friend. I see you've been standing here for a long time. You don't look like you're waiting for anyone."

"My name is Zhou Yan. I've been in the market for seven or eight years. I'm safe and reliable. If you want to sell something, you can leave it to me."

Well, this person's eyes were very sincere when he spoke.

Chen Mo observed the other person for a few seconds, paused for a few seconds, and then silently checked the time on his mobile phone.

10 o'clock exactly.

"I want to sell a small piece of Qing Gang Mother Stone in exchange for spirit coins."

With the guarantee of the golden finger, Chen Mo did not hesitate at all and took out the Qinggang mother stone wrapped in cardboard from the package.

(End of this chapter)