Chapter 134 Deal at the Door
ChirpThe leading second-ranked black bird reacted sharply and instinctively braked at the moment the killing formation was launched.
It hissed angrily, and its body erupted into an aura of light and wind, dispersing the surrounding water brake waves.
With a stroke of the black feather, more than a dozen arcing feather blades sliced in all directions.
A few of them cut towards Lu Chang'an and the Xuan Shui Turtle, and more of them cut towards the illusory blue moon above.
"Not too stupid."
Lu Changan told Guan Qiaozhi to retreat to his cave and offered up the extremely high-grade magic weapon [Vajra Bell] that he had once purchased in the Yellow Dragon Immortal City.
The five-foot-long golden bell flew over the pool and transformed into a large bell several feet wide, condensing a translucent golden shield to help the Xuan Shui Turtle block the attack.
In fact, it is just for show.
The little attack of the second-ranked demonic beast can not hurt the Xuan Shui Turtle which has shrunk into the turtle shell.
Clang! Weng!
Lu Chang'an's mid-phase Foundation Establishment mana was injected into the Vajra Bell, and the roaring wave of sound and light shook the second-ranked blackbird that was trying to break through the formation and leave.
The second-ranked blackbird swayed in the sky, bleeding from its mouth and nose, and its speed was greatly reduced.
In addition to defense and trapping the enemy, the Vajra Bell can also unleash sound waves, shaking the qi and blood, and shocking the mind.
[Zee!
An orange and yellow rat demon with a robust body shape leapt out from the cave.
Its sharp claws, glowing with a layer of dark yellow light, sliced off the head of a second-stage blackbird.
Lu Chang'an stopped the spell he was preparing to respond.
The difficulty of demonic birds lies in their high mobility. It is difficult for an ordinary mid-stage Foundation Establishment practitioner to kill this early second-stage bird.
Lu Changan, with the help of Little Turtle Peak's formation, was able to deal with the late second stage demonic beast using only the conventional means on the surface.
A few decades ago, the Sky Moon Wolf in the Black Mist Mountain Range had only managed to reach the late second stage level with the increase of the full moon.
After dealing with the materials of the second rank demonic beast.
That night, Lu Chang'an added an extra meal and had a full feast of demonic birds.
Ye Fei from Xiao Dan Peak was invited over to enjoy it.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, the scale of the beast tide is beyond expectations, will there be small groups of demonic beasts killing over?"
With a full stomach, Ye Fei wiped the oil stains on the corner of his mouth and spoke with a slightly worried tone.
Demonic beasts are physically strong, the effect of poison techniques will be much worse.
He didn't want to be ravaged by demonic beasts just after he found a spiritual vein dojo to his liking.
"I can't say."
Lu Chang'an shook his head and said.
"Wu Qi Mountain is some distance away from the frontline, as long as it's not a big beast tide, the real threat won't be these demonic beasts."
Even if there are really small-scale demonic beasts coming over, he thinks that he can move in and out freely.
On the Little Turtle Peak, there are spirit trees and medicinal herbs planted by Lu Chang'an for decades.
This kind of opportunity to make a fortune is not enough for him to abandon this place and run away.
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Half a month later.
The person Lu Changan expected to deliver the materials came.
The first one was the Imperial Beast Zhou Family.
The Foundation Establishment Cultivator who represented the cooperation was a middle-aged and elderly Confucian Scribe, none other than Zhou Jingxuan who had talked to him in the Yellow Dragon Immortal City back then.
Zhou Jingxuan was in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment cultivation, with a few strands of Chinese hair on his temples, and was much older than Lu Changan.
"After many years of not seeing you, Fellow Daoist Lu's cultivation has progressed even further, worthy of being an inspirational example of a late bloomer."
This time when they met, Lu Changan's change in cultivation caused Zhou Jingxuan to have mixed feelings and mixed emotions.
Decades ago, at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, he came to Bamboo Leaf Mountain to participate in the auction, and Lu Chang'an was still a notorious mid-period Qi Refining Rune Master.
Unconsciously, this person took one step at a time, and steadily refined himself to the point of catching up with him.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, I am just lucky that I didn't wear out my welcome at the bottleneck. It took over a hundred years to advance to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, mediocre to the extreme."
Lu Chang'an smiled and humbled himself.
The reason why Zhou Jingxuan was caught up with him was not that Lu Changan was fast in cultivation.
Rather, it was the predicament faced by most Foundation Establishment Stages, the lifelong difficulty in advancing to the later realms.
Zhou Jingxuan stayed in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment for dozens of years.
Inside the cave, the host and guest are seated.
"Your clan's Miss Zhou, could it be that she's on the frontline fighting against demonic beasts?" Lu Changan mentioned Zhou Qingxuan in casual conversation.
"That's right. Qingxuan is holding down the fort in the clan land, and is much more useful than an uncle like me."
Zhou Jingxuan appeared to be self-deprecating, but his tone contained pride and praise.
"Miss Zhou's talent for roaming beasts can indeed play a big role in a beast tide."
Lu Changan also praised.
He couldn't help but think that Zhou Qingxuan had gained quite a lot from her encounters in the Secret Realm of Qingdian.
Afterwards, he learned from Zhou Jingxuan that Zhou Qingxuan had experienced the trials and tribulations of the Beast Tide and had recently been promoted to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
Lu Chang'an couldn't help but be moved.
After estimating his age, Zhou Qingxuan was about twenty years younger than himself.
"A late stage Foundation Establishment under the age of ninety."
Lu Chang'an couldn't help but raise his assessment of this woman.
Clan elites like Zhao Siyao and Zhang Tieshan had set their goal to be in the late stage of Foundation Establishment by the age of a hundred, with the hope of attaining Dan in the future.
Zhang Tieshan's will was strong, and he was suspected to have a chance, and he had made great achievements in the Secret Realm of the Green Underworld, so he was able to reach his goal.
Zhao Siyao was promoted to the late stage of Foundation Establishment only in the past two years, she is over 100 years old and has not reached her goal.
Of course, neither Zhao Siyao nor Zhang Tieshan could be considered as the top geniuses of the sect.
Several major clans in Liang have Earth Spirit Root geniuses.
We can't rule out the possibility of hidden Heavenly Spiritual Roots.
The current YuanYing True Lord of LiFire Palace is a Heavenly Spiritual Root cultivator.
If Zhou Qingxuan's progress was unusual, Lu Changan would have felt abnormal.
However, this woman has participated in the Secret Realm of the Green Destiny, received the opportunity, and has been sharpened by the Beast Tide, so to be able to advance to the late stage of Foundation Establishment so smoothly, it is considered to have a trace.
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"Fellow Daoist Lu, this batch of materials from Mister Zhou, can you eat them?"
Zhou Jingxuan took out several storage bags and placed them on the table.
Lu Chang'an explored them one by one, revealing a look of surprise.
These storage bags were filled with demonic beast materials that were suitable for talisman painting.
In fact, before the beast tide, Lu Chang'an's cooperation with the Zhou Family gradually decreased.
Because, the Zhou Family had hired second-ranked talisman masters as offerings some years ago, and the new generation had also cultivated talisman master talents.
However, there were too many materials seized from the beast tide for the clan to digest.
The pressure of the beast tide is too great to stock up.
Demonic beast materials must be instantly converted into spirit stones to obtain war resources such as pills, talismans, and magic weapons.
Fighting against the beast tide, compassionate for the clansmen, and recruiting cultivators all require a huge amount of spirit stones and war preparation resources.
"Mister Lu only needs second-order talisman materials."
Lu Chang'an was in a difficult situation.
In these storage bags, most of them are first-order demonic beast materials.
"The price can be a bit lower, paired with excellent second-order talisman materials for sale."
Zhou Jingxuan added.
After some haggling, the two negotiated a deal of tens of thousands of spirit stones.
Lu Chang'an used the spirit stones and the market price of second-order talismans to offset the low price of first-order demonic beast materials from the Zhou family here, as well as relatively cheap second-order demonic beast materials.
Among them, the first-order materials were mainly upper-middle grade, and the price was only half of what it was before the beast tide.
Second-order materials are mainly lower-middle grades. The lower grade is 70% off, the middle grade is 20% off, and the upper grade is 90% off.
During the Beast Tide, these materials will not reduce the price of talismans.
The current market is: materials are abundant, craftsmen are not enough, talismans are consumed quickly, and demand exceeds supply.
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This transaction, the amount is very large, Lu Chang'an proposed to do it in two times, saying that during the period, he wants to cash in by drawing talismans.
Zhou Jingxuan was expecting it and agreed readily.
In fact, Lu Chang'an's current spirit stone reserves can easily be eaten in one go.
After the initial transaction, Zhou Jingxuan did not stay a moment and left in a hurry.
Flying out of Little Turtle Peak.
Outside of Wu Qi Mountain, a stocky, dark-skinned old man with a ferocious face came face to face.
"Elder Zhou." Zheng Centipede said with a smile on his face.
Back then, before the Zheng family of Bamboo Leaf Mountain was destroyed, they had good relations with the Royal Beast Zhou family and had married their daughter to the Zhou family as a concubine.
Zheng Centipede and Zhou Jingxuan also know each other, after the promotion of Foundation Establishment, had gone to visit the Royal Beast Zhou family, was sent away casually.
"So it's Brother Zheng." Zhou Jingxuan simply responded without stopping and passed by. Zheng Centipede, who had been left out in the cold, was not displeased.
He flew to the Little Turtle Peak and after informing him, he was allowed to enter.
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Inside the cave, facing Lu Changan, who was in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, Zheng Centipede appeared more respectful than before.
After exchanging pleasantries, Zheng Centipede tried to say:
"To be able to make Zhou Jingxuan personally pay a visit, did you, Fellow Daoist Lu, do a big business with the Imperial Beast Zhou Family?"
"It's just some demonic beast materials for drawing talismans."
Lu Chang'an didn't mention much.
His cooperation with the Imperial Beast Zhou Clan over the years could not be hidden from those who were interested.
"It's a coincidence that I have some second-order demonic beast skins in my hands, would you be interested, Fellow Daoist Lu?"
Zheng Centipede accompanied the smile, facial scars squeezed together, a little creepy.
"Second-order demonic beast skins? How does Brother Zheng want to trade."
For second-order talisman materials, Lu Changan naturally did not refuse.
"It's best to trade with second-order talismans, it's even better to have a second-order mid-grade talisman, Zheng can offer a lower price."
Zheng Centipede presented a storage bag.
"Second-order talismans? I heard someone say that the Zheng family 'hired' a second rank talisman master to help draw talismans."
Lu Changan's tone was teasing.
Zheng Centipede smiled awkwardly and sighed:
"Alas, that bastard, barely a second-order talisman master, has lousy skills! Wasted a lot of good materials for Mister Zheng."
The bastard he mentioned was naturally Chen Sheng.
Two years ago, Zheng Centipede and Chen Sheng had an interest dispute involving a disputed property near the original Chen family land.
Zheng Centipede removed one of Chen Sheng's legs.
After the incident, no one spoke out for Chen Sheng, and Fairy Shifu only said to leave a survivor.
Zheng Centipede was going to find a chance to destroy Chen Sheng's cultivation as well.
Chen Sheng was not stupid and hid outside for a while.
Until the beast tide comes, talismans are in short supply and talisman masters are in high demand.
Chen Sheng wanted to go outside to buy some talisman materials to earn some spirit stones, but he was caught by Zheng Centipede.
In order to save himself, Chen Sheng begged to be a laborer for the Zheng family to draw talismans.
However, Chen Sheng's talismanic skills have been neglected for a long time, and he has no problem drawing first-order talismans, but when he draws second-order talismans, the success rate and quality are miserable.
"A second-order talisman master is a rare talent... Brother Zheng should take good care of this person in his residence."
Lu Changan kindly said.
"Mister Zheng understands." Zheng Centipede laughed.
For the subsequent transaction, Lu Changan traded with second-order talismans, with the second-order lower grade being the main one, and the second-order middle grade was only given one, with the excuse that it was bought by the Zhou family.
The second-ranked animal skins acquired from Zheng Centipede were a little cheaper than the Zhou Family's.
Lu Changan didn't ask where the materials came from.
The Iron Apricot Villa, where the Zheng family is currently located, is situated on the eastern side of Wu Qi Mountain, closer to Huang Long Immortal City.
The Zheng Centipede can obtain demonic beast materials from the Yellow Dragon Immortal City, as well as personally participate in the hunting of demonic beasts.
Even killing and seizing treasures on the way would have a high probability of obtaining demonic beast materials.
Lu Chang'an's heart stirred, and he asked Zheng Centipede about the specifics of Yellow Dragon Immortal City and the beast tide on the frontline.
Zheng Centipede was extremely well-informed and knew the Yellow Dragon Immortal City's surroundings like the back of his hand.
In the beast tide, which city wall had been broken through, who died in the battle of the Yellow Dragon Mountain family, all told the story.
Lu Changan suddenly realized that Zheng Centipede had some use for himself.
He didn't want to leave Mount Wuqi and take the risk of going to Yellow Dragon Immortal City, and at the same time, he had to watch out for Kong Mao, and the petty criminals who came to violate Mount Wuqi.
There is a shortage of eyes and ears and errand boys around him.
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