Mo Tiange opened her eyes, her face full of joy.
She looked down at her hands, which were sparkling like jade and surrounded by spiritual aura. They were even richer than before.
Fu Yao Zi's praise came from the Fusheng Sword. "Not bad. In just three years, you've reached the peak stage of the Core Formation realm, and your realm is stable. Sure enough, your aptitude is extraordinary."
Mo Tiange withdrew her spiritual aura and said, "If it weren't for Master's guidance, disciple wouldn't have reached the peak stage so smoothly."
Fu Yao Zi chuckled but didn't say anything.
This wasn't a compliment. If it weren't for his guidance, with Mo Tiange's aptitude, it would have been almost impossible for her to advance so smoothly even though it wouldn't have been a problem.
During this advancement, she didn't waste any spiritual power or medicinal pills. With Fu Yao Zi's experience and vision, he did the right thing at the right time and achieved the best result.
"Master, since I've reached the peak stage of the Core Formation realm, should we go to the Sea of Returning Ruins next?"
"There's no hurry."
Fu Yao Zi said, "Before going to the Sea of Returning Ruins, you must prepare something that can restrain devil aura."
"Huh?" Mo Tiange was stunned and puzzled. "Why?"
Fu Yao Zi said, "For some reason, there's a very powerful devil aura in that wonderful place. If you don't have something that can restrain devil aura, you'll inevitably be in a mess."
"I see."
Mo Tiange thought for a moment then took out the Lotus Scarlet Umbrella from her Qiankun Bag. "Master, what do you think of this?"
The divine sense from the Fusheng Sword flew out and circled around the Lotus Scarlet Umbrella. Fu Yao Zi said, "This thing has a miraculous effect in isolating devil aura.
However, in my opinion, the best magic weapon you have to restrain devil aura is your natal magic weapon. "
Natal magic weapon, Heaven and Earth Fan?
Mo Tiange was puzzled. "Master, disciple's Heaven and Earth Fan isn't special …"
"That's because you're not knowledgeable enough," Fu Yao Zi said gently. "I can see that the bones of your fan are obviously made of the bones of divine beasts. Divine beasts are born with the ability to restrain devil aura, so it's best to use it to deal with devil cultivators."
Mo Tiange was dumbfounded. She suddenly recalled the encounter she had in Descending Star City several decades ago. At that time, Mei Feng, the City Lord of Descending Star City, was chasing after her, but she didn't know why she was seriously injured. At that time, she was indeed using the Heaven and Earth Fan to defend herself. In that case, it was actually the dragon bone on the Heaven and Earth Fan that played a role?
Then, she remembered where the dragon bones came from.
This thing was something she obtained from the divine dragon sacrificial temple when she was still in the Foundation Building realm. In that sacrificial temple, there was also a strange stone tablet that allowed Ren Yufeng to cultivate his dead aura. Could it be that the dragon bone was actually used to restrain that stone tablet?
Then, she associated City Lord Mei's devil aura with the so-called cultivation technique on the stone tablet. According to her conjecture, City Lord Mei should've obtained a stone tablet from the Black Tortoise Sacrificial Temple that also contained devil aura. She had a faint conjecture in her heart. However, she couldn't confirm this conjecture at the moment. But, she might be able to verify it if there was an opportunity in the future.
"I do have a few tricks up my sleeves when it comes to dealing with demonic cultivators. With these two magic treasures of yours, it should be enough.
However, you still need to prepare some things. "
"Yes, Master." Mo Tiange wasn't surprised by Fu Yao Zi's words.
He fought alone against ten Devil Monarchs without falling into a disadvantageous position and even forced them to retreat. This master of hers obviously had some kind of unique secret technique to deal with devil cultivators. In addition, the Fusheng Sword he possessed was obviously corroded by the devil aura, but he didn't care about it at all. Obviously, the devil aura didn't affect him at all.
Following Fu Yao Zi's instructions, Mo Tiange left the Western Continent several days later.
Fu Yao Zi's unique secret technique sounded simple. It was nothing more than a set of spells and some things to restrain devils.
However, it was precisely because it was simple that Mo Tiange felt it was more powerful than any other method. After all, in a fight of magical powers above the Core Formation realm, the situation could change in an instant. If it was too complicated, she might as well not use it.
However, in this case, she had to prepare even more things.
Cloud Wing City was one of the cultivation cities in Eastern Tang Country. In terms of scale, it wasn't the largest, and in terms of population, it also wasn't the one with the highest population. However, it was undoubtedly the most prosperous one.
The reason for this was none other than the fact that it was a city adjacent to the capital of Eastern Tang Country. It wasn't under the jurisdiction of any cultivation group, and it also had a strong transportation advantage like the capital. Thus, it became the cultivation city with the most transactions.
After leaving the Western Continent, Mo Tiange, still in the appearance of a young scholar, arrived at Cloud Wing City.
Although no one knew Ye Xiaotian was Qin Wei these past few years, with her cautious personality, she still chose Cloud Wing City, a city that didn't belong to any force, to buy what she needed.
She had come to this Cloud Wing City several years ago when she was traveling around various countries, so she didn't need a guide nor did she need to ask a broker. She was already familiar with the way and found the biggest shop in the city.
Although this city wasn't under the jurisdiction of any cultivation group, Jingxu School, one of the five great cultivation groups in Eastern Tang Country, happened to be near the capital. Because of this, Jingxu School had a lot of disciples in Cloud Wing City, and its shops were also very big.
For example, the shop Mo Tiange chose was opened by Jingxu School.
"Welcome, Senior." As soon as she stepped into the shop, a woman greeted her enthusiastically.
Because of the founder of Jingxu School, they accepted a lot of female disciples. Therefore, most of the customers in this shop were women.
Women were naturally attentive, so they were even more attentive when greeting customers. Because of this, Jingxu School's shop had always been very popular. It was almost always packed with people.
However, Mo Tiange was a Core Formation cultivator, so she didn't need to squeeze with these people. She was directly invited to a private room upstairs and was received by a cultivator with a higher level.
When she saw the female Foundation Building cultivator, Mo Tiange didn't say anything unnecessary. She directly took out a Jade Slip from her robe and threw it on the table. "I wonder if your shop has these materials?"
The female cultivator took the Jade Slip and used her divine sense to study it. She then smiled and said, "Senior, we have most of these materials in our shop, so we can directly prepare them for you.
As for a small portion that's relatively rare, if you trust us, Junior can also prepare them for you in one or two days. "
Mo Tiange nodded. Among these materials, some were relatively rare. If it was an ordinary shop, they most likely wouldn't have them. The fact that Jingxu School needed one or two days to prepare them was already considered very good.
She didn't feel like asking shop by shop. Since the other party said they could directly prepare them for her, it saved her a lot of effort.
"That being the case, you can prepare them for me."
Once she finished speaking, she took out a Qiankun Bag from her robe and threw it on the table. "Does your shop accept these things?"
The things inside the bag were all kinds of materials she'd accumulated over the years. Some were collected by killing other cultivators, some were exchanged with others, and some were accidentally obtained by herself.
Ever since she came to Yunzhong, the spirit stones she had on her had been used up. Coupled with the needs for her cultivation, she'd almost used up all her spirit stones. She might as well take these things out and exchange them for a large amount of spirit stones.
Sure enough, when the female cultivator opened the Qiankun Bag, she was shocked to see the mountainous pile of things inside.
There were tool-refining materials, spiritual plants, medicinal pills, magic tools, magic weapons, as well as many demonic beast corpses and beast cores. Some weren't worth much, but some were very valuable.
Based on her years of experience in managing the shop, not only would these things offset the materials this senior wanted to buy, but there would also be a lot of surplus!
She could also see that these miscellaneous things must've been collected by many cultivators. It seemed this senior looked kind, but his methods were extraordinary. Perhaps many cultivators had died in his hands.
Thinking up to this point, the female cultivator didn't dare to be careless. She said respectfully, "Senior, the value of these things is astonishing. Junior can't handle them all by myself. Please give me some time."
Mo Tiange also knew that if she took out so many things, it would take the other party a lot of time just to calculate the value, so she didn't express any displeasure. She just nodded and said, "Do what you need to do."
"Yes, please wait a moment, Senior."
This female cultivator was quite efficient. A moment later, she returned with the other two Foundation Building cultivators. In front of Mo Tiange, they counted the things in the Qiankun Bag one by one, estimated their value, and made a list.
The results shocked Mo Tiange.
Originally, she didn't care much about these things. Most of them were obtained from other cultivators, and she had already put away some of the more precious items. Even so, the final result was still hundreds of thousands of spirit stones.
Several hundred thousand spirit stones! This was the amount of money she'd been paying Xuanqing School for several decades!
She just realized she'd used up all her spirit stones, so she had no choice but to exchange these things for spirit stones. She didn't expect them to be worth so much money.
However, she forgot that ever since she built her foundation, she never lacked spirit stones. Everything she obtained was directly thrown into the Qiankun Bag. After more than a hundred years of accumulation, many a little makes an ocean, and it became a terrifying number.
"Senior."
After spending most of the day calculating the items, the female cultivator who called herself Liu Xiaoqing handed the list to her. "This is the specific value. Please take a look, Senior."
Mo Tiange took the animal skin paper and glanced at it several times.
These people were quite capable. Not only did they calculate the value, but they also divided the items into categories, making it clear at a glance.
Among the items, there were valuable demonic beast corpses, beast cores, magic weapons, and so on. Their prices were slightly lower than the market price, but this was how shops received things, so the price given by Jingxu Pavilion could be considered fair.
She handed the animal skin paper back and said, "That's it."
Seeing that she didn't have any objections, these Foundation Building cultivators heaved sighs of relief. They glanced at each other, but Liu Xiaoqing said, "Senior, to be honest, the value of these things is too high. With Juniors' authority, we can't transfer so many spirit stones in a short time.
It just so happens that Senior wants to buy a lot of materials, so Juniors want to offset the cost and make up for the difference.
However, because Senior needs time to purchase the things you need, we can't complete the transaction … "
The reason why Mo Tiange sold these things was to buy the materials on the Jade Slip.
Besides, with her current cultivation level, she wasn't afraid they'd renege on their debt, so she said, "You just need to do it.
I'll be staying at Yuxi Restaurant in the next few days. When you're done, send the things to Yuxi Restaurant. "
"Yes. Rest assured, Senior. If it's quick, it'll take one day; if it's slow, it'll take two days. Juniors will definitely do it for Senior."
Mo Tiange nodded. Without saying anything more, she stood up and left Jingxu Pavilion.
After she left, the three Foundation Building cultivators of Jingxu Pavilion didn't move.
"Senior Martial Sister Liu." One of the cultivators called out to Liu Xiaoqing with a hesitant expression. "This Senior sold so many things. Should we report this to the steward's hall?"
Liu Xiaoqing stared at the place where Mo Tiange disappeared. She was silent for a long time before she finally said, "No need to make a fuss. This Senior has an extraordinary bearing, so he's probably a disciple of a big cultivation group. If there's something wrong with his background, he wouldn't sell them to us so casually.
Besides, judging from the things he took out, not only is his cultivation level profound, but his methods are also extraordinary. We have to do our best. "
"Yes."
Liu Xiaoqing had a lot of prestige. After she said that, the other two Foundation Building cultivators didn't have the slightest objection.
Right after the three of them said that, another high level cultivator appeared at the top of the stairs. His formidable spiritual aura pressure made the three of them shift their gazes in an instant.
"Martial Uncle Liu …" the Aura Refining disciple who led the guests called out timidly, "This Senior …"
Although Liu Xiaoqing's cultivation level wasn't high, she'd been taking care of the sect's stores for a long time, so her experience was extraordinary. With a single glance, she could tell that the cultivator who just appeared was a Nascent Soul cultivator. She promptly went to greet him. "Senior, welcome to Jingxu Pavilion …"