Chapter 948: Idle Chess Piece

Wangyue Tower is one of the highest-standard restaurants in Songyue Market, which is known as a den of money.

At this time, Xiao Mian was sitting in a private room on the top floor of Wangyue Tower.

Looking at Songyue Mountain in the west through the window, Xiao Mian raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp.

"Really? Brother Fu can't find the whereabouts of others?"

"I can only say - I can't find them for the time being!" Fu Xigui, sitting opposite Xiao Mian, neither raised his glass nor looked at the mountain, but said calmly: "Lingxi tail feathers are only the tail feathers of the sixth-level spiritual bird Lingxi bird after all, and they have not reached the realm of magic weapons. The range of communication is roughly around 100,000 miles. It is a blessing that you and I can meet again so soon!"

"Yes!"

Putting down the wine glass in his hand, Xiao Mian looked directly at Fu Xigui.

"Brother Fu, do you have no other way to trace the approximate location of others through Lingxi tail feathers?"

"It's difficult! But one thing is certain: they are all safe and sound!"

"It is indeed good news!"

Nodding, Xiao Mian said no more.

Xiao Mian, on the other hand, was not that worried about Yin Jiansheng and the other two.

After all, long before entering Yin Shang Territory, the group had decided on the destination of this trip, which was Yanshi City, a big city in the north of Yin Shang Territory!

Now Xiao Mian had only arrived a few days earlier. Given time, Yin Jiansheng and the other two would surely rush to Yanshi City and join Xiao Mian.

The trouble was the black-clothed man Xin Yijian!

But now that things had come to this, no matter how anxious Xiao Mian was, it would be useless...

Soon after, the two of them left Wangyue Tower one after the other.

Fu Xigui said that he wanted to travel around Songyue Market to see if he could find something he liked. Didn't Xiao Mian have this idea?

After all, the reputation of Songyue Market was spread throughout Yin Shang Territory.

Before Xiao Mian walked out of Wangyue Tower, he saw a large group of foundation-building cultivators on the street, rushing towards the other end of the street. If there were no prohibition on flying in the market, these people would have flown into the air long ago...

Xiao Mian called the servant of Wangyue Tower and gave him a small storage bag.

The servant was smart and whispered something in Xiao Mian's ear.

Without making a sound, Xiao Mian had already left Wangyue Tower.

But at this moment, Xiao Mian's heart was in turmoil.

It was because the servant of Wangyue Tower had told Xiao Mian the whereabouts of those foundation-building cultivators before-they were in a hurry to join the Huajian Sect!

Huajian Sect?

Faintly, Xiao Mian's mind appeared the scene that happened in Huangtian River last night.

Although Xiao Mian had just adapted to the teleportation array at that time, Huangtian River was not an endless ocean after all, and it was not very deep. Xiao Mian's spiritual perception was also very sharp, so Xiao Mian vaguely heard a few words between Yu Mingyuan and Zhang Yanjun.

Xiao Mian naturally heard a little about the name of Huajian Sect.

I just didn't expect that a large number of cultivators of Huajian Sect had just died yesterday, and today they are preparing to recruit new disciples...

This speed is too weird!

Unless, everything is within Huajian Sect's expectations!

The sixth-level fish monster said that the reason it went upstream from the East China Sea was to come to Zhongzhou to exchange what it had with the cultivators of Zhongzhou.

Although Xiao Mian didn't know what the humans and monsters were trading, it was obvious that Xiao Mian agreed with the reason or excuse of the fish monster.

After all, the East China Sea cultivation world is vast and far away from the mainland.

Whether it is the East China Sea cultivation world or Zhongzhou, each has its own specialty and needs, which is the biggest basis for the two sides to exchange what they have.

However, the formal trading channels are definitely not so sneaky!

In other words, the transaction between the fish monster under the seat of the Eighteen-Road Demon King Ran Yi and the cultivators of Zhongzhou is at best smuggling...

If so, could it be Huajian Sect that was secretly communicating with the sixth-level fish monster?

Did the Xuandao Sect get the news and want to intervene?

That’s why the fight between the two sects on the Huangtian River broke out?

Although the explanation makes sense, this inference cannot explain the Huajian Sect’s foresight and preparedness for casualties in that fight...

Perhaps, there is another possibility!

With his eyes narrowed, Xiao Mian slowly walked to the other end of the street.

This street is the main road in Songyuefang City. The other end of the street leads directly to the center of Songyuefang City, where a ring is set up.

All the cultivators in the foundation-building stage compete with each other on the stage.

For this level of competition, Xiao Mian is naturally not interested in watching.

Looking around the whole place, Xiao Mian suddenly noticed a slightly thin figure.

Like Xiao Mian, the man watched the competition on the ring, but it seemed that because of his weaker cultivation, he never intended to participate in the ring competition.

After all, he had just established his foundation…

Although he had just established his foundation, the man did not look young, with slightly white temples and a thin face. Judging from his appearance alone, he was probably in his forties or fifties.

After a moment of hesitation, Xiao Mian was relieved.

After all, even in Zhongzhou, where the cultivation atmosphere is excellent, not everyone is a child of destiny, or a dragon among men. In other words, these talents are very rare.

For the real common cultivators, it is a great blessing to be able to successfully establish their foundation in their lifetime. After all, in this way, they can get a lifespan of three hundred years.

As for the formation of the elixir, only one out of ten can succeed!

Just as Xiao Mian was thinking about this, the man seemed to have made some decision.

Seeing him walk towards the ring without looking back, Xiao Mian frowned slightly, and with a flash of his figure, he stopped the man's footsteps. While the man was angry but dared not speak, Xiao Mian stuffed a talisman into the man's hand, smiled at the man in an unfathomable way, and disappeared.

The man was also courageous. He tightly grasped the talisman in his hand and resolutely stepped onto the ring.

Not long after, relying on the talisman given by Xiao Mian, the middle-aged monk easily defeated the opponent and flashed into a secluded alley.

Looking around, the man spoke quietly.

"Senior! May I ask if you are here?"

"..."

Praising "worldly" in his heart, Xiao Mian appeared in the alley without any expression.

"Thank you for your help, senior!"

"You should know: there is no help without reason in this world! My sympathy is not overflowing to that extent. I help you for my own purpose!" Xiao Mian stated his position directly. With his years of experience, he felt that this was the most appropriate opening remark. The middle-aged cultivator was stunned when he heard this, as if he didn't expect Xiao Mian to be so direct, but he still asked respectfully: "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Let me ask you: was the arena just now a test for Huajian Sect to recruit disciples?"

"Yes!"

"Since you passed the test, you should be considered a member of Huajian Sect?"

"This..., in theory, yes! But... to be honest with you, senior! We can only be considered as outer disciples of Huajian Sect. Only those who have achieved a breakthrough to a certain level or made great contributions to the sect can be allowed to enter the sect's headquarters Huajian Peak, be appreciated by the sect master, and be promoted to inner disciples."

"I see! The matter of breakthrough in cultivation is uncertain. Do you have to be outer disciples of Huajian Sect for your whole life?"

"Even if you are an outer disciple of Huajian Sect for your whole life, there is nothing wrong with it! Even outer disciples can receive a certain amount of cultivation resources every month. Moreover, in this mixed market of Songyue, the Huajian Sect is also a life-saving talisman!" The middle-aged cultivator, speaking calmly, suddenly changed the subject: "Besides, according to the young sect master, there is a great opportunity for a sect to make meritorious contributions to the sect recently..."

"But the matter of Huangtian River?"

"You! Senior, do you know?"

"Then Yu Mingyuan, the young sect master of Huajian Sect, said that you should go to Huangtian River and argue with the Xuandao Sect cultivators in Jizhoujing to enhance the reputation of his Huajian Sect? If you do a good job this time, you will be rewarded and promoted to inner disciples?"

"The young sect master did say so!" Seeing Xiao Mian's face full of disapproval, the middle-aged cultivator's expression turned cold, and vaguely guessed that Huajian Sect had bad intentions. Before the middle-aged cultivator could figure out what was going on, Xiao Mian handed him a talisman and said in a serious tone: "If you believe me, do everything as usual, and I will ensure that you are safe!"

"......, OK!"

"By the way! What's your name?"

"Junior Tan Daoji!"

"Tan Daoji? OK! I got it!"

Nodding, Xiao Mian floated away, leaving Tan Daoji alone in a daze in the alley...

After that, Xiao Mian, who had temporarily put his mind at ease and left this idle chess piece behind, strolled around in Songyue Market.

With Xiao Mian's current vision and wealth, he really looked down on the things that appeared in Songyue Market. As for picking up bargains in the casual cultivator area, there was basically nothing to do. Only large auctions were worth looking forward to.

The better the cultivation atmosphere in an area, the stronger the cultivators' ability to identify, the fewer spiritual materials they miss, and accordingly, the more reliable the auctions become...

Xiao Mian came to Songyue Market at an unfortunate time. There were no large auctions held recently, only a small auction, which was also held ten days later.

In the night, Xiao Mian returned to his place of residence.

Almost instinctively, Xiao Mian's body began to automatically practice the "Three Pure Nerves", and a huge flow of true energy kept flowing in Xiao Mian's body...

What made Xiao Mian quite discouraged was that no matter how hard he practiced, he could not make further progress in his cultivation - since he successfully advanced to the high level of Jindan in Zulongju, Xiao Mian's cultivation has made almost no progress in the past few years.

In fact, Xiao Mian has only been practicing Taoism for a few decades now, and he is not very old. Among the cultivators of the same level, he is considered to be the youngest and the youngest.

Xiao Mian's cultivation speed is already rare and rapid.

But if he can't find a way to break the bottleneck, no matter how hard Xiao Mian tries, he won't be able to break through to the top level of the Golden Core.

Xiao Mian has a hunch that if he practices like an ordinary cultivator, he may not be able to successfully advance in his entire life...

Spiritual energy!

Xiao Mian needs a hard condition to advance, that is, rich spiritual energy!

Whether it was Shanjian City at the beginning or Zulongju later, apart from the accidental advancement to the middle level of the Golden Core in Guixiao Valley, Xiao Mian was in a secret realm with extremely abundant spiritual energy in the other two times, and then he successfully made a breakthrough in his cultivation.

If this is true, does it mean that he has to find another secret realm?