Chapter 209 Taiyue Lake Secret Realm
After hearing Song Qingming asking her about the opening time of the secret realm, Xu Ziyan was stunned for a moment and shook her head slightly.
"Only the sect master uncle who led the team this time knows the specific opening time of the Taiyue Lake Secret Realm. I don't know either. According to the senior sister who came with me, the monks from the Lingyin Sect of Lu and the Xingchen Sect of Wu have not arrived yet. It will probably take a few days."
"So that's the case. I don't know much about the secret realm. Thank you for reminding me, fellow Daoist Xu."
Then Song Qingming and Xu Ziyan chatted about the secret realm for a while in the restaurant until Xu Ziyan received the voice transmission from her fellow disciples. Then they left separately.
After seeing Xu Ziyan off, Song Qingming saw that it was still early, so he planned to take this opportunity to walk around in the market. He had been in the Taiyue Lake market for several days, and Song Qingming had been staying with the Huang family and had not come out to walk around.
Taiyue Lake Market is located in the southeast of Weiguo. Although it is not as big as Yangshan Market, its prosperity is not much different from Guiyun Market in the north.
Recently, because the secret realm is about to open, many foundation-building monks have moved into the market, which has increased the popularity of this place. The merchants in the market also seized this opportunity to take out all the second-level spiritual objects that have been accumulated in their stores for decades.
This market is located on the edge of Taiyue Lake, which is a large lake that stretches for thousands of miles. It is rich in water-attributed monsters and spiritual objects. Therefore, most of the things in the nearby market are water-attributed.
Song Qingming wandered around the market for a long time and saw many spiritual objects that he had never seen before. Although these things are not valuable here, they are very rare in the northern part of Weiguo.
It was a rare trip here, so Song Qingming took the initiative to purchase some. These water-attributed spiritual objects were very beneficial to the cultivators in the clan who practiced water-attributed techniques. When they returned, they would be placed directly in the Treasury for them to exchange freely. This would not only benefit them, but also earn him some errand fees, which was a two-pronged approach.
Ordinary foundation-building cultivators might disdain to do such things for the sake of face, but Song Qingming was happy to do it. He had finally come out, and he didn't want to go back so soon.
While strolling around, Song Qingming unexpectedly saw a second-level water-attributed technique book on sale in a shop. Although the price of this technique was 1,400 spirit stones, which was not cheap, Song Qingming still happily put it in his pocket.
Even in the larger markets, it is rare to see anyone selling the second-level and above martial arts manuals, not to mention the relatively rare water-attributed martial arts. Song Qingming had seen several ordinary second-level martial arts auctioned at the Tiandan League auction before, but the prices were raised to a level that he could not accept, so he did not bother to compete for it.
This martial art is called "Breaking Waves Jue", which can be practiced to the ninth level of foundation building, which is considered to be relatively good among the second-level martial arts. If Qingyu can successfully build a foundation in the future, he can switch to this martial art.
After the sun set, Song Qingming returned to the inn with satisfaction. Seeing that several cultivators of the Huang family were still in their rooms, he did not take the initiative to disturb them and returned to his room alone.
According to Xu Ziyan, whenever the secret realm is opened, the sects around Weiguo will also send monks to come. Although this secret realm is located in the Xiaoyao Sect, many years ago, the monks of Weiguo and several surrounding countries fought several fierce battles to gain control of this secret realm. After nearly a hundred years of fighting, Xiaoyao Sect finally had to make some concessions. When the secret realm is opened, the monks of several surrounding countries are allowed to enter and share this secret realm.
In addition to Weiguo, there are Wuguo in the east, Luguo and Shangyangguo in the south. They all have Yuanying sects inside. They will also send elite monks from the sect to enter the secret realm. Weiguo Xiaoyao Sect, as the host, controls the teleportation array at the main entrance to the secret realm. Every time the secret realm is opened, except for the monks in Xiaoyao Sect, others who want to enter the secret realm must pay some spirit stones to Xiaoyao Sect. Just relying on this, Xiaoyao Sect can earn at least tens of thousands of spirit stones every time the secret realm is opened.
On a deserted island in the lake a hundred miles away from Taiyue Lake Market, a red-dressed fire phoenix sat motionlessly with her eyes closed on a large rock half submerged in the water.
Not far away, there were several yellow fish monsters in the Qi Refining Stage swimming slowly in the water, greedily looking at her motionless on the rock. However, as soon as these little monsters approached the boulder, they felt a strange force in the nearby space pushing them away. They could not get too close to the boulder and could only circle around it.
Suddenly, these fish monsters felt a powerful force approaching here quickly, and they plunged into the deep water with a look of fear on their faces and quickly fled from here.
Soon, bubbles began to swell up in the water in front of the boulder. After the water surface rolled, a black fish more than ten feet tall slowly emerged from the water. The fish looked at the small figure of Fire Phoenix sitting on the stone by the water, moved its huge head, and said softly: "Our Iron Wall King said that we can lend you that place for one more time, but only this time. Next time you want to go in, please find another way yourself and don't come to us."
The voice of the fish was very delicate, like a woman's, and it looked very strange with its huge body.
"I understand. Please thank your king for me when you go back." Upon hearing this, Huo Feng quickly opened her eyes and nodded. After saying that, she threw a golden spiritual fruit to the strange fish that had spoken to her before.
The strange fish took the golden spiritual fruit, swung its tail happily, and slowly sank back into the water. After a while, the water surface returned to its previous calm.
If there were cultivators nearby who had just seen the strange fish that was talking to Huo Feng, they would definitely be shocked. This strange-looking monster is a famous Jindan late-stage demon king in Taiyue Lake. The demon king who never shows up easily on weekdays actually appeared in a place so close to the market, which was enough to shock Xiaoyao Sect.
There are two Yuanying-level demon kings in Taiyue Lake. The Iron Wall Demon King near the Weiguo side has a relatively gentle temperament. He basically stays in his own water palace to practice. The demon kings under his command rarely conflict with human cultivators. This is also the reason why the southeastern border of Weiguo has been stable for thousands of years.
Xiaoyao Sect was also very conservative in its development in Taiyue Lake. It prohibited its cultivators from going deep into the lake to hunt high-level monsters, so as not to anger the monster kings in the lake. Even in such an important place as Taiyue Lake Market, no Jindan cultivator was arranged to guard it.
After the strange fish disappeared, a red light suddenly lit up on the Fire Phoenix. As flames continued to emerge from her body, the surrounding lake water also boiled. The Fire Phoenix's eyes, which were already emitting red flames, looked into the distance and turned into a red flame and left the deserted island.