Chapter 13: Iron Crab Stone Loach

Chapter 13: Iron Crab Stone Loach

Chapter 13: Iron Crab Stone Loach
Li Quanqing walked into the peach blossom forest and saw a bright moon hanging in the sky, gurgling streams, and actually a magical spring gushing out.

There were many strange rocks around the spring, and dozens of young members of the Li clan were already sitting cross-legged on them, many of them familiar faces in Qitang.

Li Quanqing generously chose a piece of bluestone shaped like a lying carp and sat cross-legged, looking at it with a restrained gaze.

It was his first time attending such a gathering, so he was quite curious.

"The time has come, and all the invited clansmen have arrived. This peach blossom party is officially about to begin."

Li Quanshu sat cross-legged beside the spiritual spring and shook the white jade bell in his hand, which ding-donged: "According to the old rules, fellow Taoists, please introduce the spiritual objects you need in order."

She spoke first, taking out a pearl the size of a longan: "The low-grade precious spirit pearl produced by the Xie family, in exchange for a Chongyuan Pill or other pills suitable for a third-level Qi Refining cultivator to break through the bottleneck."

The bead was pure white, and under the moonlight, it emitted a circle of faint light, which looked quite extraordinary.

"The Xie family? It should be the foundation-building family in the Baozhu Islands."

Li Quanqing thought that the Li family and the Xie family had a relationship of mutual assistance.

The two major foundation-building families joined forces and opened up a Baoqingfang market thousands of miles away to earn spirit stones and collect rent.

"This precious spiritual bead contains abundant spiritual energy, which can be refined by one's own magic power and stored inside. When fighting with others, it can be refined in an instant, which is quite convenient."

Li Quanshu held the pearl and began to introduce its preciousness and extraordinary features.

All in all, it's just a disposable mana charger.

Unfortunately, although the treasure is good, the elixir that can break through the level is undoubtedly more precious, and no one will trade with her.

Li Quanshu looked around and saw that no one from the tribe responded, so he had to give up and handed the jade bell to the next person.

The order continued like this, and soon it was Li Quanqing's turn.

He shook the jade bell in his hand and said softly, "20 low-grade water arrow talismans that are comparable to the attack of a third-level Qi Refining cultivator, and jade carp fry, in exchange for various spirit beast cubs. You can also trade them with spirit stones."

Li Quanqing thought for a moment and added, "The father of these green jade carp is a golden-patterned species with extraordinary bloodline."

He took out the golden scales left by the male jade carp and placed them together with the three fish fry. The shared bloodline was enough to prove that he was telling the truth.

The two items that Li Quanqing took out for the transaction were both good treasures, so naturally some people were tempted.

A fat black tribesman said, "I just bought a batch of stone loach fry and plan to use them to make beauty mud. Do you want to trade?"

Stone loach?
Li Quanqing was quite interested, as this monster had been discovered not long ago and he had heard of its name.

The strength of the Stone Spirit Loach is not strong, and they only have the potential of the initial stage of Qi training, but as they live long enough, they can change their own growth environment and cultivate a kind of beauty-enhancing spiritual mud.

This kind of spiritual mud can whiten and nourish the face, refine the skin, and lighten pores, and is quite effective for female cultivators.

Hence the high price.

"What do you want in exchange?"

Li Quanqing was very moved.

"How about three young loaches in exchange for one of your fry?"

The price was reasonable, and Li Quanqing thought about it and agreed to the deal.

"Are there any other Taoist friends interested?"

Li Quanqing waved a few aqua blue talismans in his hand and said, "You can also buy them at a high price with spirit stones."

Someone suddenly spoke up: "I was lucky enough to get a baby spirit beast a few days ago, but I don't like your stuff. Do you have any better treasures?"

Li Quanqing looked at the guy who spoke. He was a tall and thin man, about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, also wearing the robe of the Equipment Refining Hall.

His name was Li Quanzhi, and his cultivation level was at the fourth level of Qi training, the highest among everyone present.

Although he doesn't have any background, he is said to have a great talent for refining equipment, so he speaks with some arrogance.

"I wonder what kind of monster it is?"

"It's the Ironbone Crab."

Li Quanzhi said: "This monster feeds on iron ore. Its claws are very hard and can assist refiners in processing ore. There is even a tiny chance that it will evolve into a copper-clad crab."

"A metallic monster?"

Li Quanqing's eyes lit up immediately. Ever since he learned the Gengjin Finger, his progress had been stuck at the entry level, and he was still some distance away from achieving minor success.

This iron-boned crab is undoubtedly something he needs extremely.

Maybe you can get the light ball reward of Gengjinzhi.

Li Quanqing thought for a while and took out a jade slip: "This is part of my ancestor's experience in refining the Qingli Sword. Do you think it is satisfactory?"

This was certainly not some inheritance left by his ancestors, but something he had just secretly stuffed into the jade slip, containing only a few ideas.

But it is more than enough to fool this guy who is not even a weapon refiner.

Sure enough, after seeing some of the words recorded in the jade slip, Li Quanzhi was overjoyed: "Let's change it to this!"

Neither of them brought the spirit beast cub with them, so they had to wait until the Peach Blossom Party was over before conducting the transaction.

Li Quanqing was already very satisfied.

Unexpectedly, Li Quanshu also seemed to be very interested in the weapon refining experience: "I wonder if you want to exchange the Xie family's iconic spiritual beast, the Moonlight Shell, for something?"

Li Quanqing thought of the beads she had taken out before and had a guess: "Could it be that the precious spirit beads were produced by these bright moon shells?"

"Exactly."

Li Quanshu did not deny it: "This kind of spiritual shellfish is precious and rare. The Xie family usually does not trade them. I still raised a few of them through my father's connections. They are already able to produce pearls, so I am willing to bear the pain and give them up."

Li Quanqing frowned. "Adult clams? I wonder if there are any baby clams?"

Li Quanshu was stunned for a moment, then began to persuade him: "It usually takes three or four years for shellfish to form pearls. It is not worthwhile to raise them from juveniles."

Li Quanqing insisted: "My cultivation is low, it is safer to start training from a young spirit beast."

Li Quanshu looked at the young man's cultivation level of the third level of Qi Refining and thought that this cousin of his was indeed a cautious person.

"I will contact my father. If there is any accurate information about the Bright Moon Shell, I will inform my junior brother immediately."

"Quan Qing thanks Senior Sister."

This small trading meeting lasted until late at night, and Li Quanqing really gained a lot of knowledge.

However, his life has always been dull. He has rarely left his family and has been able to practice cultivation, so there is nothing that catches his eye.

Early the next morning, the fat black tribesman brought the baby stone loach.

As the name suggests, loach really looks like pieces of shiny black stone, with ochre-colored patterns growing on the surface of its hard skin.

[Crawling in the Dark] Stone Loach: "Ahhh, that huge fireball in the sky is so blinding! I really want to return to the dark mud and continue crawling!"

[Maturity: 18%]

[Stone Transformation] Stone Eel: "Life is so boring. I just want to turn into a big, motionless stone and go with the flow~"

[Maturity: 16%]

……

Li Quanqing touched these big loaches and felt relieved.

The golden finger will not recognize the spiritual beast cubs whose maturity is above 50%.

The tribesman looked at the half-dead stone loach and felt a little embarrassed. He explained, "This kind of spiritual beast is easy to raise. It only needs to be buried in the mud at the bottom of the fish pond, and it will grow slowly. It does not need to be fed at all, and it hates sunlight extremely."

"As the stone loach grows, it will slowly transform its surrounding living environment. This is how the beauty mud is prepared."

No need to feed, which is very convenient.

Li Quanqing replaced 12 large loaches at once, dived to the bottom of the fish pond and buried them in the mud.

These stone loaches seemed to have returned to their happy hometown. They burrowed into the mud and rolled around, almost wrapping themselves into mud balls.

Then it just lay there motionless, and didn't react even when a big blue carp pushed it around under the water.

Just as Li Quanqing had settled the loach, Li Quanzhi came and brought a basket of crab babies to trade with him.

(End of this chapter)