Ziwei Immortal Path

Chapter 7 Ghost Face
"you…"

Xu Boyang reacted, cursed inwardly, and quickly reviewed everything in his mind before slowly asking, "I've read in books that it takes at least twenty years or even longer to cultivate from the first to the ninth level of the Condensation Stage. May I ask, sir, what methods do you have to increase your cultivation speed?"

"That boy is quick to react. If he had just asked if there was a solution, I would have just answered yes."

Zhao Lingguan rolled his eyes, smiled, and then said, "Of course there are, but since you're just starting out, you don't have any blessed places, no natural treasures, no rare fruits, and no spiritual fire or springs. So there are only two feasible ways."

"First, elixirs. Since you can get spirit stones, and elixirs for the Condensation Stage are not expensive, buy some elixirs to aid your cultivation and take them. This will naturally increase your cultivation speed. But remember, the higher the elixir, the better. If you take elixirs at a lower level, you'll easily go astray. Also, elixirs are toxic. The greater the efficacy, the greater the toxicity. The most important thing is to find the right one."

"The second is the Dao Fa. Your current Dao Fa is only the most basic Dao Fa, that is, the Dao Fa of the Condensation Stage. If you earn spirit stones, you can come to me to exchange them for Dao Fruits, and then go to the Daoyan Palace to exchange them for a higher level of Dao Fa."

"But for now, you're only at the first level of the Condensation Stage, and your spirit stones are limited, so it's not cost-effective. Taoism isn't like elixirs; it doesn't take effect just by having it. You need to practice and comprehend it. If you can't even grasp the most basic Taoism, advancing to the next level will only make it more difficult."

Zhao Lingguan's words were generous and full of sincerity.

Xu Boyang nodded silently. Just as Zhao Lingguan said, taking the pills might be the most appropriate method at the moment. He had been working in the ghost market for the past three years and was already very familiar with it. He only needed to earn some extra spirit stones to buy pills to take. He just didn't know the effect of each pill.

Of course, the ghost market doesn’t only have elixirs, there are also many strange and weird things. However, Xu Boyang was very cautious at that time because they were all spiritual objects from immortals, so he didn’t dare to wander around casually.

Now that he had gotten in touch with the girl in purple, they had left in a hurry that day and had no time to ask her in detail. He only asked about the efficacy of the bone-growing pill. Xu Boyang had planned to ask her in detail the next time they met, but he was a little worried about this person's background.

Forget it. After thinking about it, I think it would be safer to ask the spiritual officer.

After thinking for a moment, he finally asked, "May I ask, Master Lingguan, do you know the efficacy and toxicity of the Qi Gathering Pill, the Soul Nourishing Pill, the Essence Nourishing Pill, the Bone Growing Pill, the Soul Containing Pill, the Intermittent Pill, the Toxin Removing Pill, the Evil Removing Pill, the Rejuvenating Pill, and the Spirit Healing Pill?"

Zhao Lingguan's eyes widened and he asked, "What did you say?"

Xu Boyang paused and repeated it again. These pills were from the list given by the Wang family. He had memorized them by heart, and these were the pills he could access at the moment.

There's no other way. Spiritual stones are very precious, so I can only ask this.

"Good boy! Does he want to tire me to death?"

Zhao Lingguan was dumbfounded and cursed inwardly. This really stumped him. He twirled his beard, lowered his head, and hesitated for a moment before speaking:
"This...this alchemy is beyond my expertise. When you successfully build your immortal foundation and reach the foundation-building stage, the [Alchemy Palace] will open, and spiritual officials will be stationed there to answer your questions and resolve your doubts."

[Danding Palace]?
Xu Boyang was stunned at first, but he immediately realized what was going on and his face lit up with joy.

According to what Zhao Lingguan said, isn't that the palace in the starry sky?
It turns out that these palaces are gradually opened as the realm is improved. I have just entered the Nascent Soul stage and cannot open other palaces yet.

"With the [Dan Ding Palace], wouldn't that mean we have elixirs?"

Xu Boyang was overjoyed, feeling elated just thinking about it. Suddenly, he felt something was wrong, so he cautiously asked, "Master Lingguan, it seems like you haven't given an answer to this question yet."

"This question doesn't count. Ask a new one." Zhao Lingguan didn't deny his debt, but he wasn't that stupid either. How could he remember so many pills? It would be better to change the question.

Xu Boyang thought about it. What he cared about most at the moment was the speed of cultivation. Apart from this, there seemed to be nothing else to ask, but this free opportunity could not be wasted.

He was just about to ask, "Can it be left until next time?", but he was afraid that Zhao Lingguan would deny it. He just had to say no and it would be over. He had asked all the questions, but after thinking it over, he felt that there was one question that was still worth asking.

Having made up his mind, he asked, "Excuse me, Master Lingguan, where is this place?"

"Good boy, after thinking about it for a long time, you finally figured it out."

This question is difficult to answer, and he dare not answer it casually. Zhao Lingguan regretted asking him the question, as this was not his responsibility.

The duties of the [Palace of Wealth] are all related to money and items, and have nothing to do with anything else. It's just that he has always been greedy for money. As long as there are spirit stones, he is itching to get them. He just hopes that Xu Boyang will ask fifteen questions so that he can take away all the spirit stones hidden in his chest.

I didn't expect this guy to be so stingy. He didn't want to give me even a single spirit stone, and even asked such obscure questions.

"That's not something you can ask. I can only tell you the name of this place."

Zhao Lingguan said with a serious expression, word by word,

"This place is called [Purple Star Fate Palace]."

Xu Boyang was confused after hearing this. He pondered over these four words carefully but couldn't figure out what they meant. But at least he knew that this place had a name, which was not too bad.

He patted his butt and prepared to leave, bowing and saying, "Thank you for your guidance, Lingguan! I'll take my leave."

Zhao Lingguan knew he was about to slip away, and with a dull look of disinterest, he waved his hand and said, "Go ahead! You don't have to come next time unless you're at the sixth level of the Condensation Stage!"

"Why?" Xu Boyang was curious and couldn't help asking.

"Finally got fooled! It's really hard to earn this spirit stone."

Zhao Lingguan was secretly delighted, but without changing his expression, he explained,

"After reaching the sixth level of Condensation, you will have spiritual awareness and can use auxiliary spiritual objects such as storage bags, magic tools, talismans, and formations. Your combat power will be much stronger. This is also the watershed between a cultivator and a minor cultivator. Strictly speaking, only after reaching the sixth level of Condensation can you be considered a true cultivator. You are just a minor cultivator now."

"When you reach the sixth level of Condensation, you can come in and take a look. Maybe there will be changes in your Fate Palace. You can also come to me and exchange spirit stones for a storage bag."

Storage bags?
Xu Boyang had naturally seen this thing before. It was also sold in the ghost market, and many cultivators in the ghost market had it. Even the woman in purple carried one. In Xu Boyang's opinion, it was a miraculous thing and extremely rare.

It turns out that one has to reach the sixth level of Condensation to use it. In this case, the woman in purple must be at least at the sixth level of Condensation.

Xu Boyang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt something was wrong. He hurriedly took out the small bag containing spirit stones from his chest and counted them. Sure enough, one was missing, and he immediately felt extremely painful.

"Don't look at it. It's just a spirit stone. I have said so much to you. Is it not worth even a spirit stone?" Zhao Lingguan held the spirit stone in his hand and looked at it carefully.

"Thank you, Lingguan!"

Although Xu Boyang was a little unhappy, he didn't say anything since he had already made an agreement. In the end, he was still very grateful in his heart, but there were two different feelings between offering something and having it taken away. He pursed his lips, bowed and took his leave.

.........

After three months.

Dongke Town, Ghost Market.

The girl in purple stood in the shadows, watching the monks coming and going into the ghost market, but the young man in white with a ghost face was nowhere to be seen. She couldn't help feeling anxious.

"We agreed to meet at the hour of Xu. It's already been three quarters of an hour. Why is there still no sign of him? Have we really been fooled by this brat?" Although he was wearing a mask, it was difficult to change his voice unless he used elixirs to change it deliberately. Therefore, the purple-clothed woman knew that the ghost-faced boy was not very old, and was probably about the same age as herself.

Moreover, she had just gained spiritual awareness this year, and she could feel the aura of this young man. She knew that he was just a young and strong man, and he had not practiced cultivation, so she dared to contact him boldly.

What about Keren?
The woman in purple was a little annoyed. She had sneaked out today. If she got nothing, it would be a disaster for both of them.

"Why... don't you change your clothes?"

The woman in purple suddenly heard a familiar voice and was overjoyed. She quickly turned around, but saw a strange man wearing a brown leather coat, a brown cloud shoulder, and a phoenix mask standing not far away.

"Are you...Ghost Face?"

The purple-clad woman asked cautiously.

She didn't know the boy's name, she only remembered that he was wearing white clothes, a black cloak and a mask with evil ghost fangs. He refused to reveal his name, so she just called him "Ghost Face".

"Huh? Level 1 Condensation Stage? That's not him!"

Suddenly, she felt something in her heart and was startled. She immediately took two steps back and shouted in a delicate voice:
"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Are you still selling your Bone-Growing Pills?"

The young man in black clothes and with a phoenix face was puzzled and said something.

The person who came was naturally Xu Boyang, but he was used to changing clothes every time he came to the ghost market. He didn't expect that the woman was still wearing the same clothes as three months ago, except that she had changed her veil and a green gauze shawl, which was more concealing.

The girl in purple didn't change her clothes because she was afraid that he wouldn't recognize her.

Unexpectedly, Xu Boyang changed it instead.

When the purple-clothed girl heard the word "bone-growing pill", she suddenly came to her senses and was a little surprised:
"Are you really a ghost face?"

"Who is Ghost Face? My name is... Okay, whatever, whatever you want to be called is fine. Did you bring the pills?"

Xu Boyang spoke too quickly and almost let the cat out of the bag. Fortunately, the ladle came back. He thought the woman's voice was crisp and pleasant, but he didn't expect that giving people nicknames casually was so uncultured. He felt a little disgusted for a moment.

"I'm sorry, I don't know your name, and I don't know how to address you..."

The woman in purple noticed that Xu Boyang's tone was a little unfriendly, so she immediately explained in a slightly apologetic tone.

"It's okay. From now on, you can call me Ghost Face and I'll call you Purple Clothes. Should that be okay?"

Xu Boyang just felt that this woman was nagging and really annoying, but since his fortune would be revealed from now on, he had no choice but to give in and help her think of a solution with a bad temper.

"can!"

The woman in purple was already feeling uncomfortable, but after hearing this, she felt much more relaxed. Otherwise, she would have been a little uncomfortable. Besides, her name did have the word "Zi" in it. Now that this was said, it seemed like they knew each other, and they could just tell each other their names next time, saving her the trouble of looking for him everywhere.

"Let's go! Ghost Face, there are too many people here, let's go over there and talk."

Zi Yi looked around, then pointed to a place and walked over quickly.

Xu Boyang was inexplicably given a nickname, and he was a little amused and helpless, so he had to follow her.

"You actually started practicing? It seems that your family was strict and you were not allowed to practice when you were a child?" Zi Yi looked around and asked softly as he walked.

Xu Boyang was shocked. He didn't expect that this woman could see through his true identity as soon as they met. It seems that he needs to practice the "breath-retaining technique" in "Tianhao Daoqi Changshuo Jingzhu" as soon as possible, otherwise it would be a bad feeling to be seen through by others at a glance.

It's like going out without clothes.

According to the description of the "Breath Concealment Technique", it can at least conceal one's cultivation level from those at the same level, but it will not work for cultivators at a higher level.

"Well...my family is indeed a bit strict!" Xu Boyang could only laugh and deal with it.

"Your family is so strict, it's almost the same as mine, but my family starts practicing early. As long as you have spiritual resonance at the age of eight, you can practice." Zi Yi said in a low voice, with deep sympathy in his tone.

"Lingxi? What is it?"

Xu Boyang was startled, but didn't dare to ask. He was silent for a moment and couldn't help but sigh inwardly. He knew nothing and was really far behind these aristocratic families and immortals. It was so difficult to finally have a destiny palace, but he had to pay for consultation. It was really too difficult.

In this world, it is like a fool's dream for ordinary mortals to want to cultivate immortality. They have no resources, no connections, no Taoism, and no inheritance. It is really difficult to achieve the goal.

Seeing that Xu Boyang stopped talking, Zi Yi didn't say anything more. After looking around to see that there was no one around, she took out her storage bag and tapped it gently. A faint light flashed in the bag, and she picked out dozens of small porcelain bottles of various colors one after another.

"We don't have the Bone-Growing Pill this time. That pill is difficult to refine. We currently have the Soul-Nourishing Pill, the Spirit-Curing Pill, the Rejuvenating Pill, and the Detoxifying Pill. Oh, and there's also a Life-Restoring Pill for the Foundation Establishment Stage."

Pills for the foundation-building period?

Xu Boyang's body trembled, and he was once again shocked by the purple-clothed woman. He felt a little nervous. This person's background might be much deeper than he imagined. Now that he has entered the immortal path, he has learned about the realm division. Although the foundation-building stage is not a very high realm, he is already a relatively powerful cultivator.

What's more, in this small town, people in the Foundation Establishment Stage are probably already able to call the wind and rain.

The problem is that the person who can refine the elixir for the Foundation Establishment Stage is probably more than just at the Foundation Establishment Stage, right?
I don’t know whether it is a blessing or a curse to get to know such a person?

Seeing Xu Boyang was hesitant, Zi Yi said, "It's okay. I know that most of the pills in this ghost market are for the Condensation Stage. If this Huan Yang Pill can't be sold, forget it."

Xu Boyang agreed deeply and nodded immediately: "Miss Zi Yi, if this thing appears in a place like this, it will be too terrifying. It is better not to do it."

"Okay, I'll listen to you then."

Zi Yi put away the bright yellow bottle and handed the rest to him.

"Miss, have you set a price?" Xu Boyang took the pill, put it into his sack, and asked with his head down.

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