Chapter 56: Monster Hunting Request

"This map only costs five low-grade spirit stones." The old man with goat beard replied hurriedly.

"Too expensive." Xiao Lin shook his head, then glanced at the old man with goat beard, and continued: "I see you sell various spirit herbs, I wonder if you have heard of Bingyin grass?"

"Bingyin grass?" The old man with goat beard was slightly stunned and then said: "Bingyin grass is one of the three rare auxiliary spirit herbs for refining five elements spirit pills. Five elements spirit pills are coveted by foundation-building cultivators. Naturally, I don't have it here. You know, a Bingyin grass can be sold for at least hundreds of low-grade spirit stones."

"Oh." Xiao Lin showed disappointment on his face, and he was secretly bitter in his heart. He saw the method of refining the improved Yunling Pill in the jade slip for refining Yunling Pill from the Fu family's secret room. However, the other spiritual medicines for refining this improved version of Yunling Pill were not rare. Xiao Lin could easily buy them all in Chixia Fairy City. The only thing that made him depressed was the Bingyin Grass. Now, after hearing what the old man with goat beard said, the Bingyin Grass was actually one of the auxiliary spiritual herbs for refining the Five Elements Spirit Pill. It seemed to be a very rare thing.

"Okay, then I'll take a map jade slip." Xiao Lin threw five low-grade spiritual stones to the old man with goat beard without interest, and threw the jade slip in his hand into the storage bag.

"Fellow Daoist, please stay." Xiao Lin, who was about to leave, was suddenly stopped by someone. He turned around and saw a cultivator in his twenties. This person had thick eyebrows and big eyes, slightly dark skin, but thin lips, which made his rough appearance stained with a hint of Yin Qi.

Seeing Xiao Lin turn his head to look at him, he smiled at Xiao Lin, then walked over and whispered: "I see that you are very interested in Bingyin grass, but I know where a Bingyin grass grows. I wonder if you are interested?"

Looking at the man, Xiao Lin frowned slightly and showed hesitation on his face. Xiao Lin didn't know this man, but he suddenly came to get close to him and said that he knew where Bingyin grass grew, which made Xiao Lin alert.

Seemingly seeing that Xiao Lin was suspicious of his kindness, the man smiled and said: "This is not a place to talk. If you are interested, please go to the place on this note and we can talk in detail." After that, he handed Xiao Lin a piece of gray cloth, then smiled at Xiao Lin and left.

Xiao Lin threw the cloth into the storage bag without even looking at it, and then continued to wander around the market.

Soon, Xiao Lin stood in front of a stall selling refining ore. The reason why Xiao Lin stopped was that he saw a very inconspicuous thumb-sized ore in the corner of the stall. The ore was light blue, and if you look closely, you can see slight golden spots in it.

The stall owner was a man in his thirties, with an average appearance. He was holding Dao Ji and sitting in front of the stall with his eyes closed. He seemed to be meditating. Maybe he sensed someone, he opened his eyes, just glanced at Xiao Lin lightly, and then closed them again, looking aloof.

Xiao Lin couldn't help laughing. In this world of cultivation, there are really all kinds of weird people. He gently picked up the light blue ore and put it in front of his eyes to look at it carefully. After a while, he showed a look of surprise in his eyes.

"Daoyou, how much is this ore?" Xiao Lin asked lightly.

Hearing this, the Daoji man opened his eyes, took a look at the ore in Xiao Lin's hand, and said: "I got this ore by chance from the Tianlu Mountains. I don't know its use and value. However, such things are not uncommon in our cultivation world, so Daoyou has two choices. One is to tell me the use of this ore, and I will judge its value based on its use. The other is for Daoyou to buy it directly, but the price is one hundred low-grade spirit stones." Xiao Lin was thoughtful when he heard this, and after a while he showed a wry smile to the Daoji man: "Daoyou is really good at doing business. Here are one hundred low-grade spirit stones. I will buy this ore." To the surprise of the Daoji man, Xiao Lin actually took out one hundred low-grade spirit stones from the storage bag according to the second method and gave them to the Daoji man. The Daoji man's face was surprised, but he didn't say anything. After receiving the spirit stones, he closed his eyes again. Xiao Lin also threw the light blue ore into the storage bag and turned away. Xiao Lin walked around until the afternoon before returning to the inn. As soon as he entered the room, he sat on the edge of the bed and took out the light blue ore from the storage bag. His face was full of surprise. In Xiao Lin's opinion, few Qi Refining cultivators would know the use of this light blue ore. Xiao Lin also learned that this light blue ore should be a kind of top-grade refining material called [Soul Refining Crystal] after reading the refining method of the [Spirit Hidden Shield] spiritual weapon.

This Soul Refining Crystal is also the most important material for refining the Spirit Hidden Shield. In fact, not only the Spirit Hidden Shield, but any spiritual weapon needs to use this Soul Refining Crystal material. You should know that the reason why spiritual weapons are stronger than magic weapons is not only the material itself, but more importantly, the spiritual weapons can be injected with the spirit of monsters, so that the spiritual weapons have a certain spirituality, and can also greatly save the consumption of mana and spiritual consciousness when controlling it. And this Soul Refining Crystal is the key to the spiritual weapon's ability to absorb the spirit of monsters.

Originally, Xiao Lin had no plan to refine this [Spirit Hidden Shield] spiritual weapon in the short term, but now that he accidentally got a soul refining crystal, he could collect the materials needed to refine the Spirit Hidden Shield in advance. If he could refine this spiritual weapon before the cave trial, it would undoubtedly allow him to improve his strength to a higher level. However, in addition to the soul refining crystal, there are several other inferior materials that are also very rare. Xiao Lin is not sure whether he can find them in this Chixia Immortal City.

Getting this soul refining crystal made Xiao Lin in a good mood. He was thinking that if the Daoji man knew that he was selling soul refining crystals, a top-grade material for refining spiritual weapons, he would definitely be restless. This is also the fundamental reason why Xiao Lin did not bargain with the Daoji man again. If he bargained, it would inevitably arouse the suspicion of the Daoji man, and the other party might refuse to sell it directly. Instead of doing so, it is better to give the spirit stone directly. In this way, even if the Daoji man wants to regret it, he can only swallow the bitter pill because he has already said it.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Lin took out the gray cloth from his bag, glanced at the words on it, and showed a thoughtful expression on his face. But after thinking for a moment, Xiao Lin stood up, left the inn, and headed west to Chixia Fairy City.

Xiao Lin walked for half an hour before he came to a teahouse called [Sanpinxiang]. He walked in directly, went up to the second floor, and came to a private room. Xiao Lin looked up at the name on the private room, and a smile crossed his lips. He pushed the door and walked in.

There was a man in the private room, leisurely sipping tea and looking at the scenery outside the window. He turned his head when he heard the door being pushed open, and smiled when he saw Xiao Lin.

"Fellow Daoist, you are really punctual. You came just after dark, which is much faster than I expected. Please take a seat."

After Xiao Lin sat down, the man poured a cup of tea for Xiao Lin and then said, "My name is Huo Jun. What's your name?"

"Xiao Lin."

"Oh, it turns out to be Fellow Daoist Xiao. Fellow Daoist Xiao is at the sixth level of Qi Refining, but he can barely join our demon hunting team." Huo Jun nodded, took a sip of tea, and said directly.

Xiao Lin frowned slightly, watching Huo Jun put down the teacup, and then said: "Daoyou know where Bingyin grass grows?"

"Yes, Bingyin grass is one of the three auxiliary spiritual herbs for refining the Five Elements Spirit Pill. It is extremely precious. An Bingyin grass over 60 years old is worth at least hundreds of low-grade spiritual stones. I happen to know that there is a Bingyin grass that is almost 50 years old in a place. If Daoyou wants to refine the Five Elements Spirit Pill, you may be disappointed."

"Fifty years old?" Xiao Lin showed a pleasant expression on his face, and said: "I don't have the ability to refine the Five Elements Spirit Pill, but I want to ask a friend to refine a low-level spiritual pill for treating internal injuries. The required Bingyin grass only needs to be more than 30 years old."

"I see." Huo Jun nodded: "Daoyou Xiao said so, there is no problem, but the Bingyin grass wants It is not easy to obtain. I accidentally found a nest of cold-blooded lizards when I was training in the Tianlu Mountains half a year ago. When I was observing this nest of cold-blooded lizards, I accidentally found a plant of ice-yin grass growing on the edge of a cold pool next to their nest. "Cold-blooded lizards?" Xiao Lin frowned slightly. This cold-blooded lizard is a genuine mid-level mortal monster. It can cast two basic spells, ice spikes and ice sealing. Moreover, for monsters, there is no such thing as spell proficiency. They are born to cast spells instantly. However, the power of the spells cast varies greatly according to the level of the monster. For example, the ice spikes and ice sealing cast by this cold-blooded lizard monster are at least equivalent to the power of the silent-level spells of human cultivators. The cold-blooded lizards mentioned by Huo Jun in front of him are not just one, but a nest. "Fellow Daoist Huo, I wonder how many cold-blooded lizard monsters there are in this nest?"

"There are five in total, three big and two small. The two small ones are only at the level of the mortal level, while the other three big ones are genuine mortal level mid-level monsters." Huo Jun did not hesitate and answered Xiao Lin straightforwardly.

Hearing this, Xiao Lin showed a thoughtful expression on his face, and after a moment he said: "With just the two of us, I'm afraid we can't deal with this nest of cold-blooded lizards, right?"

"Of course, in addition to Fellow Daoist Xiao, I also contacted two friends, one of them is at the sixth level of Qi Refining, and the other is at the seventh level of Qi Refining. With you and me, it is still possible to kill this nest of cold-blooded lizards."

"But I don't know how to distribute the prey?"

Huo Jun showed some approval on his face. If Xiao Lin didn't ask, he would suspect that Xiao Lin had some bad intentions. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "Since Fellow Daoist Xiao's main target is the Ice Yin Grass, then the Ice Yin Grass naturally belongs to Fellow Daoist Xiao. After hunting the other five cold-blooded lizards, give Fellow Daoist Xiao an adult one, how about it?"