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."
"I see. I know very little 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 the two 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 Gold Storage Pavilion for them to exchange freely. This would not only benefit them, but also earn him some errand fees, which was a two-pronged approach.
General 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.
It is rare to see anyone selling level 2 or higher martial arts books even in larger markets, not to mention the relatively rare water-attributed martial arts. Song Qingming had seen several ordinary level 2 martial arts auctioned at the Tiandan League auction before, but the prices were raised to levels that he could not accept, so he did not bother to compete for them.
This martial art is called "Breaking Waves Jue", which can be cultivated to the ninth level of foundation building, which is considered to be quite good among the level 2 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 from 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 never 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.
After a while, the water in front of the boulder began to bubble up. 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 Huo Feng 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, and it looked very strange with its huge body. "I know, please thank your king for me when you go back." Huo Feng heard the words, quickly opened her eyes and nodded, and then threw a golden spiritual fruit to the fish that had spoken to her before.
The strange fish took the golden spirit fruit, swung its tail happily, and slowly submerged into the water again. After a while, the water surface returned to its previous calmness.
If any nearby monks had just seen the strange fish talking to the fire phoenix, their jaws would have dropped. This strange-looking monster is the famous late-stage golden elixir demon king in Taiyue Lake, and it is never easily seen on weekdays. The fact that the demon king in his body would appear so close to Fangshi was enough to shock the Xiaoyao Sect.
In Taiyue Lake, there are two Nascent Soul-level Demon Emperors. The Iron Wall Demon Emperor on the side of Weiguo has a relatively gentle temperament and basically stays in his own water palace to practice. The Demon Kings under him rarely interact with each other. The human monks were in conflict, which was why the southeastern border of the Wei Kingdom had been stable for thousands of years.
The Xiaoyao Sect is also very conservative in its development on Taiyue Lake. It prohibits the monks below from going deep into the lake to hunt high-level monsters, so as not to offend the monster kings in the lake. Even in such an important place as Taiyue Hufang City , no Jindan monk was arranged to guard here.
After the strange fish disappeared, Huofeng's body suddenly lit up with a red light. As flames continued to emerge from her body, the surrounding lake water also began to boil. Huofeng's pair of eyes were already burning with red flames. After looking into the distance, it turned into a red flame and left the desert island.