The road is vague

Chapter 48 Small Trade Fair
However, what Wang Feng said did have some impact on Li Mo.

He meditated quietly for a day and a night.

Should I practice steadily and cautiously like the disciples from aristocratic families, or should I try my best to seize future opportunities like the independent disciples?

Although he could still continue thinking, the two Qi Gathering Pills with cracks and flaws in the jade bottle could not wait any longer.

Because they were refined through the thunder refining method, the medicinal spiritual power in these two Qi Gathering Pills would be lost every day. So he sighed and came to the Alchemy Hall as planned. He applied for an alchemy room again, and after swallowing a cracked Qi Gathering Pill, he began to circulate the Great Circulation to refine it.

Li Mo discovered.

After he swallowed the pill, during the process of refining the pill, his body's hunger and thirst would be greatly reduced, and there would be no problem even if he did not eat or drink for a few days.

Time passes day by day.

In the blink of an eye, it is Mid-Autumn Festival.

After the initial screening of the disciples of the Enlightenment Hall, nearly three hundred people came to the Advanced Training Hall and became first-year disciples of the Advanced Training Hall. After another half a month of adjustment, they have initially adapted to the life in the Lingmu Sect. They travel back and forth between the lecturer's class and daily rotation tasks every day, and their life is quite plain and comfortable.

Li Mo in the Alchemy Hall slowly opened the door of the secret room, his expression seemed a little solemn.

He encountered a bottleneck at the seventh level of Qi training.

Over the past two months, he had been continuously swallowing Qi-refining pills, and had frequently entered ethereal dreams, practicing with the Great Circulation. He had quickly broken through the constraints of the fifth level of Qi training, advancing all the way to the peak of the sixth level. After that, he had tried many times to break through the bottleneck of the seventh level of Qi training, but had never been able to do so.

At the same time, the effect of the Qi Gathering Pills he swallowed was just as Wang Feng said. After the tenth pill, the medicinal properties and spiritual power became increasingly weaker, and it would be a waste to continue swallowing them.

This made Li Mo feel a little lost for a moment.

"It's all my fault for not being able to control myself after swallowing those two flawed shattered pills. But now, I have no choice but to move forward and keep striving for opportunities!"

Now he still has ten Qi Gathering Pills left, and he plans to sell them in exchange for spirit stones when he has time.

Although the summer thunderstorm season has not ended yet, due to the bottleneck, it is useless to continue practicing the Great Circulation in the ethereal dream. This is not a matter of accumulating daily mana.

Although his current cultivation level of the sixth level of Qi Refining is already outstanding among the second-year disciples of the past, for example, Zhao Liang had the same cultivation level last year, but Li Mo is not willing to just stop there.

He must do his best to ensure that he ranks among the top three in this year's year-end assessment and seize his own opportunity. God knows whether this year's disciples will be better than previous ones. A guy at the seventh level of Qi training has appeared, and unfortunately he has encountered him in advance.

That Jiang Sheng is very suspicious!

Just as Li Mo left the alchemy room with a look of realization on his face, wondering whether he should continue to go out to carry out commissioned tasks and look for opportunities to break through the bottleneck, he couldn't help but look over when he saw a senior brother from the alchemy hall kindly seeing another person off.

"That person seems familiar... maybe Shi Yongjie?"

Shi Yongjie is not well-known.

The only thing that Li Mo could remember vividly was when he was in the Enlightenment Hall, he hurried to the classroom to report that his roommate Shi Yazhou had died suddenly. Later, it was confirmed by the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall that he died from the backlash of his magic power.

"Brother Nie."

Li Mo greeted the senior brother in the Alchemy Hall who was in charge of registering and applying for the Alchemy Room.

"What did that guy do just now?"

"Oh, it's Junior Brother Li. The man just now is called Shi Yongjie, a weapon refiner in the weapon refinery hall. He has quite good aptitude. I met him unexpectedly when I went to the weapon refinery hall to visit a senior brother. It is said that he is highly appreciated by several senior uncles."

Nie Zhen actually praised it highly.

"He came here this time to buy a Qi Gathering Pill for thirty spirit stones, and asked me to ask the fellow apprentices in the Alchemy Hall. Junior brother, do you know him?"

"Well, we were in the same class during the Enlightenment Hall, but we're not that familiar with each other."

Li Mo didn't say much.

At the same time, he couldn't help but be surprised. He didn't expect that Shi Yongjie was so sophisticated. He was actually half an inner disciple like himself. He had never paid attention to this before.

If that’s the case, then Jiang Sheng is his senior brother, similar to the relationship between Tao Ran and himself?

After saying goodbye to Senior Brother Nie, Li Mo returned to the dormitory.

With the arrival of this batch of first-year disciples, the training hall became noticeably more lively. In the afternoon, after he had lunch with Ma Ling, Niu Li, and Yang Guang, Wang Zhu, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, actually came to look for him.

"Li Mo."

Wang Zhu smiled and said, "Long time no see, how are you doing recently?"

"Wang Zhu."

Li Mo greeted him and replied with a smile, "I completed a commissioned mission some time ago. I was lucky and made some quick money. How about you?"

Wang Zhu at this moment was obviously much more mature than when he was a gatekeeper at Jubao Hall a year ago. His words and deeds were like those of a senior disciple, or he was a well-behaved and patient bamboo craftsman. It was impossible for him to make childish remarks like "Snot Avenue" anymore.

From this point of view.

Lu Song of Jubaotang has a profound influence on Wang Zhu, just like Ye Yimeng on Lu Tianyou and Zhao Siman on himself.

Wang Zhu sat next to Li Mo.

"Actually... I do have an opportunity, but due to some special rules, I'm not in a position to reveal it for now. I came to you this time because I have something good to tell you."

"Oh?"

Li Mo was very interested when he heard this.

Wang Zhu leaned in and whispered, "I've joined a group of independent disciples called the Justice Society within my sect. Several of my brothers and sisters in the group just returned from Zhongshan State, bringing with them a lot of good stuff that Qian State doesn't have. They said they're planning to hold a small private trade fair in a couple of days and are planning to invite some independent disciples to participate. Then I thought of you. What do you think? Are you interested?"

"Zhongshan Kingdom?"

Li Mo reacted immediately.

"Didn't the Qian and Lu states sign a ceasefire a year ago? Why are they coming back now?"

Zhongshan State was a small neutral country between Qian State and Lu State.

Wang Zhu thought about it for a moment and then shook his head.

"I don't know the specific situation. I guess it was arranged by the military. After all, many people were temporarily transferred from various sects during the war. There are many procedures involved. There are also many large formations set up on the front line, which need to be carefully retrieved. The journey is so long, so they may have been delayed."

This Justice Association has indeed been established in the sect for many years and has become quite influential!

However, Li Mo has no plans to join the Justice Association that Wang Zhu mentioned for the time being.

Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with the words and deeds of some disciples from aristocratic families, he also became good friends with some of them, such as Chen Rong, Wang Feng, and Lu Cuicui, who were all very good people.

Wang Zhu seemed to see Li Mo's concerns.

"It's okay if you don't join the Justice Association. You have to remember that joining the Justice Association is always voluntary. It is the last guarantee for the unity of the independent disciples. This trade fair is rare, so just treat it as attending a party."

Since Wang Zhu said so, Li Mo naturally had no reason to refuse.

"Okay, when does it start?"

"The meeting will be held at the hour of Xu the day after tomorrow in a reception room in the Special Service Hall. The gatekeeper will take you there. I have already reported to the sect."

After Li Mo agreed, Wang Zhu nodded and left.

"Trade fair?"

Li Mo smiled and decided to carry out the commissioned task a few days later. He would first try his luck at the trade fair to see if he could find something useful.

After all, he now has ten Qi Gathering Pills in his hand that can be used as exchange.

Two days later.

Li Mo arrived at the Special Service Hall on time.

After he told his purpose, a gatekeeper immediately took Li Mo to a hall. At that time, there were twenty or thirty people gathered in the hall, including a few familiar people.

"God bless!"

When Li Mo saw Lu Tianyou, he immediately walked over with a smile.

Lu Tianyou, who had been dazed, came back to his senses after hearing what was said, and greeted Li Mo with a smile, and the two stood together.

Li Mo also saw Zhou Zheng, Yang Zhiman and Zhao Huaxue.

However, he was not very familiar with these three people, so he just nodded to each other from a distance without saying much.

What surprised Li Mo was that Wang Zhu did not come.

But he soon learned from Lu Tianyou that the person who invited him here did not come. In addition, some more people came to the hall, making the space a little crowded. He then understood.

Then Li Mo looked at the four people standing side by side in the hall, whose auras were obviously different.

The two men and two women all exuded an air of shrewdness and competence, and their faces also looked much older. At this moment, they were standing together and whispering to each other.

"Those four people should be the brothers and sisters who returned from Zhongshan Kingdom, right?"

After hearing this, Lu Tianyou nodded.

"That should be them. They have at least reached the tenth level of Qi training. People who have been on the battlefield are different. They look more capable than many of the uncles in the sect. There is murderous intent in their eyes. Even from such a distance, I am a little scared."

Li Mo couldn't help but sigh.

"I heard that the monks in Lu generally have very long lifespans. I'm really envious."

After the two of them whispered for a while, one of the four black-robed monks turned around and looked at the clepsydra in the room.

"It's almost time, everyone please be quiet."

Hearing this, everyone looked at this person.

The black-robed monk looked around at everyone and spoke in a calm tone.

"My name is He Ping. I joined the Justice Society eight years ago. The Justice Society is an organization within the sect that supports independent disciples and upholds justice. Its goal is to ensure that all independent disciples who join the Lingmu Sect will not be oppressed by disciples from aristocratic families. The elders who joined the organization earlier will help the younger generations and continue to pass on the tradition..."

He Ping's passionate words seemed to resonate with many people.

Only then did Li Mo realize that the four people he knew, Lu Tianyou, Yang Zhiman, Zhao Huaxue, and Zhou Zheng, had all suffered from bullying by disciples of aristocratic families to varying degrees.

As for myself.

Over the past year or so, although he had not had any major conflicts with the disciples of the aristocratic families, he had still had several quarrels in daily life. It was only because his small martial arts group with Ma Ling, Niu Li, and Yang Guang was well-known, and no one wanted to provoke them.

Especially Ma Ling.

When she is polite, she is called Hu Niu, but when she is impolite, she is a female tiger. Except for being friendly to Li Mo, Niu Li and Yang Guang, she looks ferocious wherever she goes. Outsiders are afraid of her, so these quarrels did not turn into conflicts in the end.

"These three are Zhang Ning, Hua Yuelu, and Zhao Min. During the war with the State of Lu, the four of us were assigned to the same group. We shared life and death together. So, during this trade fair, the four of us will first take out some materials, talismans, elixirs, and magical instruments and sell them at a price slightly below the market price, or barter. After that, you can trade on your own."

When everyone heard this, they looked expectant and gathered around.

The four of them each occupied a corner of the room, opened their storage bags, took out a lot of good things, and placed them in front of them, allowing the independent disciples to choose.

Li Mo and Lu Tianyou first came to the stall of a female cultivator named Zhao Min.

At this time, there were seven or eight people gathered here, looking at the thirty-four items on the stall and talking about them, and someone asked questions from time to time.

These items included magical instruments, consumable talismans, healing pills, and many materials for alchemy and refining that Li Mo was unfamiliar with. He noticed that there were also several pieces of iron essence the size of pigeon eggs, placed like stones.

A female disciple picked up a piece of iron essence.

"How much is Iron Essence?"

Zhao Min heard this and took a look.

"One coin of iron essence is worth nine and a half spirit stones, and two coins is worth nineteen spirit stones."

The price she offered for the iron essence was indeed cheaper than in the market. At this time, Lu Tianyou also picked up a flying knife magic weapon and stepped forward to inquire.

"How much is this flying knife?"

"Low-grade magical weapon, Wind-Breaking Blade, eighty spirit stones."

As far as Li Mo knew, the lowest-grade magic tools on the market would cost around eighty spirit stones.

Although this Wind-Breaking Knife is a low-grade magic weapon, it is not the worst among the low-grade magic weapons. Therefore, the market price is about eighty-five to ninety spirit stones. The price of eighty spirit stones offered by the other party is indeed a bargain.

Lu Tianyou couldn't let it go, but finally he sighed and put the Wind-Breaking Knife back.

Li Mo also did not have any magic weapon, and was considering whether to take the opportunity to buy one. Whether it was a magic weapon for traveling, a magic weapon for fighting, a magic weapon for defense, or a magic weapon for assistance, the improvement for the cultivator would be obvious.

But after hesitating for a long time in front of Zhao Min's stall, he finally felt that he was not satisfied with the several magical weapons there.

So the two of them came to Hua Yuelu's stall again.

The number of items Hua Yuelu displayed was actually more than Zhao Min's.

After Li Mo looked at it for a few seconds, his gaze suddenly froze and he picked up two inconspicuous balls.

"Demon pill?"

Lu Tianyou on the side also looked over and then looked puzzled.

"It doesn't seem right. How can the spiritual power be so little? And it doesn't have the violent aura of the monster. How can it be used as the main medicine?"

Lu Tianyou's doubts also represent the doubts of many people.

Many people had seen these two strange demon pills before, but as disciples of Lingmu Sect, they naturally discovered the abnormality very quickly and gave up.

Li Mo did not respond to Lu Tianyou.

He opened his spiritual eyes and carefully observed the two balls in his hands, with an excitement that was difficult to conceal gradually revealing in his pupils.

That's right!

This is the Piaomiao Demon Pill!
The demon pill that will be born during the Qi training period has the property of lightning protection. There are mysterious Taoist patterns inside the demon pill, all of which meet the characteristics of the Piaomiao demon pill.

Li Mo was extremely excited. It was really a miracle that he finally found the Piaomiao Demon Pill here without any effort.

"Senior Sister Hua, where did these two demon pills come from?"

Hua Yuelu looked helpless when she heard this.

"This is what I shared from a Lu country Qigong cultivator's storage bag after another person and I teamed up to kill him. There were five of them in total. I originally thought they were low-level demon pills that were a specialty of Lu country, so I happily prepared to use them as the main ingredient in my alchemy. I figured even if the medicinal properties were less, as long as the quantity was sufficient, it would be fine. In the end, I asked two alchemists to help, but both failed. Not only did I lose three demon pills, but I also spent a lot of money on supplementary medicines."

Having said that, she sighed.

"So now I suspect it might not be a demon pill, but something else. However, I have asked many fellow disciples, but I still haven't gotten an answer."

Li Mo was not disappointed when he heard this.

He could at least be sure that the Piaomiao Demon Pill was most likely something that only the cultivators from the Lu State could access. The cultivators from the Qian State would find it difficult to access such items due to their hostile relationship with the Lu State.

And since Senior Sister Hua Yuelu was able to seize it, then other senior brothers and sisters who participated in the war may also be able to seize it, and he can continue to investigate.

in this way.

Li Mo asked tentatively.

"Then how many spirit stones do you plan to sell? I am a disciple of the Alchemy Hall and I plan to study it carefully."

"If you really want to buy it, then you can take them all at ten spirit stones each. But I have to tell you in advance, if anything goes wrong in the future, you must not come to trouble me again."

"Senior sister, don't worry!"

Li Mo took out the only fifteen spirit stones he had and said to Lu Tianyou, "Lend me five spirit stones first, and I'll return them to you later."

"it is good."

After Li Mo collected enough spirit stones, he put the two Piaomiao Demon Pills into his storage bag, and a huge stone fell from his heart.

(End of this chapter)