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But Shangqing's plan was successful. With Yin Jun's support, no one would dare to instigate other forces in the alien world to isolate Shangqing and force them to hand over secrets like they did to the 36 thieves of Jiashen.
Even Yaoxing Society doesn't dare to do that. How could there be such a stupid fool in the alien world?
Landing in Fengdu City, in front of Zhuque Street, thinking of the current situation in Shangqing and comparing it with the Jiashen incident sixty years ago, Yang Yu was filled with emotion: "Alas, if Master Zheng Zibu could have stayed in the mountains and not gotten involved in the Jiashen incident, he would probably have found a job in the underworld now."
Perhaps with Luo Fengtian's knowledge, Zheng Zibu could also research the Tongtian Talisman.
The leader of the Shangqing team is Yang Yu, the eldest disciple of the Shangqing Sect Leader, who is also recognized as the next generation Sect Leader of Shangqing.
"Master Yulin, long time no see."
Deng Aiguo, who is about the same age as Yang Yu, stepped forward to say hello.
The alien world used to be a small group, and the famous and upright people basically knew each other.
It cannot be said that Deng Aiguo and Yang Yu have a deep relationship, but they feel more or less like old acquaintances after meeting each other.
Yang Yu saw Deng Aiguo approaching, and after a moment's thought, he remembered Deng Aiguo's identity and bowed: "So you are Daoist Fellow Deng from the Northeast Shaman. I am honored to meet you."
After the greetings, Deng Aiguo got straight to the point and asked, "Is Taoist Master Yulin also here because of the external demon matter?"
Yang Yu nodded slightly: "It is our duty to eliminate demons and defend the Way. After receiving the message from Lord Yin, Master ordered me to gather people and come to support."
Listening to what others say is like conveying a message rather than a notification or an order. It is easy to tell how close or distant they are.
Deng Youfu looked at the Shangqing sect members behind Yang Yu and silently memorized their faces. These should be the elites of the Shangqing sect, who had received high-level Shangqing skills and had received talismans of the fifth or sixth grade or above.
Looking to the back of the crowd, Deng Youfu actually found a familiar face and asked in surprise, "Green Talisman God Shan Shitong? You are here too?"
Shan Shitong was not shy: "Brother Deng, it has been more than a year since we last met at the Luotian Ceremony."
Yang Yu explained to Shan Shitong, "Junior Brother Shan has officially become a disciple of my Shangqing Sect and is recorded in the ancestral tree and has received the ordination certificate."
Originally, as Shan Shitong was a talented descendant of the Shan family, the Shan family was planning to let him inherit the family business. Therefore, when he was studying at Maoshan, he was only a nominal disciple and did not receive any Shangqing talismans.
But after the Luotian Grand Ceremony, a Yin Lord appeared in Shangqing.
The Shan family immediately changed their minds.
Shan Shitong once studied and practiced with Yin Jun.
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Due to their many years of friendship, the head of the Shan family personally went to the Shangqing family to plead for mercy, and Shan Shitong was finally accepted into the Shangqing family.
The Shan family's decision soon paid off.
Relying on his outstanding abilities, Shan Shitong even squeezed into Shangqing's team to fight against foreign demons.
Chapter 495 East and West Market
The vast majority of Shangqing disciples are indifferent to worldly desires and are devoted to seeking the truth, so they readily responded to the shaman's invitation to travel together.
Mail also joined up with other companions, and the two groups merged into one.
Mail's description of Fengdu City was mostly based on what the Nasen guards said when they took them on a tour to explore Fengdu City, and the Nasen guards mostly repeated what Zhang Qiling said.
But it’s not all copies, there are also some new things.
Halfway down Zhuque Street, Mailer stopped and pointed westward. Everyone looked in the direction of his finger and could see from afar a large market town that was different from the other markets with their doors tightly closed and dead silent.
This big market looks bigger than other markets from the outside. The gate is open, guarded by ox-headed and horse-faced soldiers on both sides, with dots of lantern light swaying inside the fence.
"That's the West Market of Fengdu City."
When talking about this place, Mailer's tone was very excited, much more enthusiastic than when introducing other places:
"There are already several shops opened there. There is a magic tool shop opened by Ma Xianhong, the village chief of Biyou Village. Fu Rong, a little sister from Biyou Village, has also opened a restaurant next to the magic tool shop. Fu Rong's cooking skills are really amazing. In addition, there is also a medical shop opened by the ghost doctor Shou Jiangchen and several of her brothers."
Hu Xiuwu had long thought of opening a shop in Fengdu for Guai Ma Xianhong. There must be an arsenal on the battlefield. Even mercenaries need a fixed place for maintenance and supplies. Ma Xianhong's magic weapon can greatly improve the combat power of aliens.
Jiang Chen happened to have superb medical skills that could replace hearts and hands, and combined with the human tissue cultivated by centipedes, he could not revive the dead, but he would definitely have no problem making flesh and bones.
With the presence of Ma Xianhong and the ghost doctor Shou Jiangchen, the survival rate of the aliens who come to fight demons can be improved to a certain extent.
As for the small shop opened by Fu Rong, it was just a bonus. After knowing that she could return to the world of the living, Fu Rong and others were not in a hurry to go back.
Fu Rong had a skill, so she opened a small restaurant in Xishi, with the help of Ding Ziheng, Zhong Xiaolong and Liu Wukui.
Her craftsmanship won unanimous praise from the gods and people of Nason Island and the rural islanders.
"The largest store here is the one owned by our people from Brewing Springs and Nathan Island."
When it comes to his own store, he is already a bit talkative, and when he talks about it, Mail is even more talkative:
"The store on our Nason Island has a wide variety of products. We sell puppets of Professor Hardshell Roddis and alchemical tools. Lord Garcia from the Nason Guard has also refined magic alloys for sale. We also have domesticated spirit insects and seeds. We also have people in the store to help with rune enchantments."
Deng Aiguo asked in surprise, "Even magic tools are available?"
Magical instruments are rare, but it is a consensus in the supernatural world that there are not many alchemical tools and magical instruments in existence in the East and the West.
"Village Chief Ma has a secret technique called Divine Machine Hundred Refinements. He can easily refine magical instruments and alchemical tools, just like a child doing handicrafts, very quickly."
"Village Chief Ma is also very generous. Professor Roddis helped him repair the Biyou Village, so Village Chief Ma taught Professor Roddis the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements."
Mailer didn't know about the turmoil caused by the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements in the East, and he casually mentioned Ma Xianhong's Divine Machine Hundred Refinements. Fortunately, those who came here were disciples of the Spiritual Refining Sect and people from the Shangqing Sect.
One side has the protection of the immortals who are now among the immortal classes, while the other side has the Tongtian Talisman. At the same time, they have lost their talented disciples because of the Eight Wonders and are not interested in the Eight Wonders.
None of them had any desire for the Eight Great Skills. If someone from the Wang family was there, there was a high probability that someone would have violated the rules of Fengdu City and been taken to hell by the ghosts.
Deng Youfu thought of an important matter and asked, "What does Fengdu City rely on for commodity trading?"
Maier slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, I forgot such an important thing."
"Fengdu City is currently bartering. Miss Fu Rong likes gold and silver, and Village Chief Ma likes some exotic refining materials."
"I heard from Lord Si Chen that when the Eight Cold Hells are officially opened, the items will be settled with the Merit Jade Coins exploded by the demon-slaying."
"I don't know what the Merit Jade Coin is."
Mailer could understand the meaning of each word of the Merit Jade Coin, but the meaning of the four words together was not very clear. English emphasizes the combination of form, while Chinese emphasizes the combination of meaning.
If you don’t understand Chinese culture, you won’t be able to understand words composed of different characters.
Yang Yu's mind was moved: "Mr. Maier, I wonder what procedures are required to open a store in the West Market?"
After the Luotian Grand Ceremony, Hu Xiuwu sent the "Tongtian Lu" back to Maoshan and enshrined it in front of the spirit tablets of Wu Dechang and Zheng Zibu.
Then, the world changed drastically. Jianmu split its branches and went to the Shengbiaotai of Maoshan, delivering the "Luofeng Fa of the Northern Emperor". Yang Ming lamented that the world had changed and the situation would change in the future, and he was afraid that more troubles would occur.
Therefore, he specially selected several disciples with excellent moral character and cultivation, and passed on the "Tongtian Lu" to them.
For the talisman master of Shangqing, obtaining the Tongtian Talisman is like adding wings to a tiger. It is not an exaggeration to say that he uses one talisman for one step.
If he were to remain in seclusion for seven days, the talismans he drew could be bound into a book of talismans.
Yang Yu had a junior fellow student named Duan Zhiting, who was obsessed with talismans and especially admired Zheng Zibu. After obtaining the Tongtian Talisman, he devoted himself to studying it without sleep or food. Apart from morning and evening classes, he would draw talismans every day. The yellow talismans he drew could fill five suitcases.
Shangqing has accumulated millions of talismans just through practice in this year. Even Naduotong cannot consume so many.
It would be great if we could sell some goods through Fengdu West Market.
The talisman can be exchanged for merit and jade money, which is also very profitable.
Maile waved his hand and said, "There are no complicated procedures. Taoist Yulin, you have seen that Fengdu City has a small population now, so everything is kept simple. Just get the admission permit from Zhang Qiling, the Northern Emperor Sichen, who is temporarily in charge of the East and West Markets."
"If you don't have any treasures, you can form a partnership with Fengdu. Fengdu will provide the land and shop, and you will provide the technology. We will split the profits 50-50 every quarter. After ten years, you can just pay the normal three-tenths tax."
Deng Youfu asked again: "I saw a similar market on Zhuque Street, facing the West Market. It should be the legendary East Market, right? I wonder what's so special about the East Market in Fengdu?"
Maile said vaguely, "Well, the East Market is a little special. There is only one organization called Quanxing selling goods. I heard that they buy some natural treasures from foreign lands, and sometimes even some special skills from foreign lands."
It’s not that he doesn’t want to explain it in detail, but for Mailer, a god-civilizer who grew up on Nasen Island, everything in Fengdu City is considered new.
He didn't understand why they had to open a separate market just for foreign goods.
"Some goods are unique and may not be available after this time."
Deng Youfu understood.
I see, the East Market is for selling stolen goods. It is also a place similar to Liulichang, which tests your eyesight.
Rumor has it that most of the disappearance of Quan Xing is related to Yin Jun, so it seems that the rumors are true.
Quan Xing was exiled to a foreign land by Yin Jun.
Chapter 496 Internal Beta
Deng Youfu was not interested in the fate of Quan Xing's gang of troublemakers, but he was more curious about what goods were available in the East Market.
According to Mail, the goods sold or services provided in the West Market are all systematic and sustainable products. The East Market is like a daily updated auction house, a mixed crowd of Liulichang, with all kinds of goods, but there are many rare and non-renewable treasures.
Deng Youfu was thinking that after he settled down in Pingkangfang Changbai Fairyland, he would go to the East Market with a few elders to see if he could find some useful treasures and see what was good about the foreign martial arts.
The Shangqing Sect does not have such leisurely thoughts.
The Shangqing Sect hoped to get to Banzhengfang as soon as possible. Unlike Pingkangfang and Changbai Fairyland, Banzhengfang was still deserted and needed them to tidy it up.
People of the shaman lineage are like carrying luggage back to their grandparents’ house. The elders have already cleaned up the house, and they just need to put their things away;
The Shangqing School belongs to a family where a promising child buys a house for his elders, but the interior has not been renovated yet, and the residents who are going to move in need to sort it out themselves.
In the days before the great war against demons began, the people of Shangqing Sect had no time to go shopping in the market.
After walking through the East and West Markets, Shangqing and Shaman parted ways at the end of Zhuque Street. One headed east, following Mail to Pingkangfang Changbaixianxiang, while the other headed west, led by Nathan to Banzhengfang, which was still an unowned land.
Banzhengfang is located in the northeast corner of West Market, and they almost walked along the edge of West Market.
There are still few living people in Fengdu and the West Market is deserted, but it still makes the new generation in the Shangqing team, like Shan Shitong, very curious. They frequently look out and look through the fence to see the first extraordinary market they have ever seen.
Yang Yu did not scold these young people.
Curiosity is human nature. The Shangqing School advocates meditation and purity, but it does not mean to eliminate human nature.
To subdue the mind does not mean to have no thoughts at all and become stagnant, but rather to gradually calm the mind.
The mind can slowly pace in the wilderness of the heart, and if one is curious, one can naturally explore it.