"Thud! Ouch..."
In the next second, the cultivator crashed heavily to the ground, grimacing in pain.
His gaze swept over Su Shi'er, and a hint of resentment flashed quickly in his eyes.
Where did this guy come from? How could he be so heartless?!
He hadn't expected the other person to just watch him fall.
Rubbing his sore backside, the cultivator quickly stood up, cautiously eyeing the Wind Pattern Pig demonic beast not far away.
The beast snorted heavily, its eyes as big as fists glaring angrily at the cultivator.
Then, it stomped heavily on the ground and charged forward recklessly.
"Hey! Aren't you going to dodge? I'm no match for it!" The cultivator was about to leave but hesitated for a moment, quickly turning his head to shout at Su Shi'er.
He and Su Shi'er were in the same direction. If he dodged, Su Shi'er would be the one in trouble.
In his eyes, Su Shi'er was just like him, merely a novice at the third level of the Qi Refining stage.
"Hmm? This person is interesting!" Su Shi'er's eyelid twitched, surprised by the cultivator's behavior.
It seemed that not all cultivators were selfish.
With this thought flashing through his mind, Su Shi'er focused on the charging beast, stepping forward with Shadowless Phantom Steps.
Just as he was about to collide with the beast, he shifted to its side. Combining the Eight Trigrams Eight Extremes Fist with Fire Control, he delivered a punch with nearly a thousand pounds of force.
"Bang!"
With a dull thud, the beast whimpered, its spine directly shattered, and it collapsed dead on the spot.
With his strength, dealing with such a beast only required a single sword strike. However, he didn't intend to reveal his true power, so he used only a very weak amount of True Essence, not exceeding the level of a third-stage Qi Refining cultivator.
After dealing with the beast, Su Shi'er casually stored its corpse in his storage bag and turned to leave, not intending to engage further with the other person.
"Whoa! That strong?!" Not far away, the cultivator looked down at the glove ritual artifact in his hand, then at the dead beast, his breath catching in his throat, eyes wide with shock.
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In his view, they were both at the third level of the Qi Refining stage, and he even had a ritual artifact to assist him. But the difference... was just too vast!
A moment later, realizing what had happened, he quickly hurried after Su Shi'er.
"Hey! Wait a moment!"
"Hmm?" Su Shi'er squinted, not hiding his wariness.
The cultivator approached Su Shi'er and immediately introduced himself, "Thank you, fellow Daoist, for your assistance. I am Jiang Feixue... Yun."
"Jiang Feixue Yun?" Su Shi'er raised an eyebrow.
"No, it's Jiang Feiyun. Jiang Feixue is my sister." Jiang Feixue's face turned awkward, quickly shaking his head to explain.
Uh... Jiang Feiyun? I'm afraid you're actually Jiang Feixue!
Su Shi'er sniffed the faint fragrance in the air, immediately realizing the truth.
Sizing up the other person, he directly asked, "Fellow Daoist, do you need something from me?"
"I am a refiner from the Jiang family refining shop in Qianshan Market. The bones of that Wind Pattern Pig demonic beast are a material I've been searching for to refine artifacts."
"Could you let me have the beast's corpse? Don't worry, I won't take it for free. I'll exchange it with this item."
Jiang Feixue hurriedly said, hesitating for a moment before looking at the black iron gloves in her hand and resolutely taking them off.
Glancing at the gloves, Su Shi'er was a bit surprised.
This is... a Mid Grade Ritual Artifact? Is that Wind Pattern Pig really worth that much?
Qianshan Market? A refiner?
Could it be that there's a market nearby?
Su Shi'er squinted, pondering silently.
He wasn't unfamiliar with markets; the sect manual had relevant introductions.
Markets were places in the Cultivation World where cultivators traded, exchanged, and purchased materials and treasures. They also had refiners and pill refiners who crafted ritual artifacts and pill medicines.
Markets varied in size, with larger ones often having auction houses where rare treasures frequently appeared.
The trading plaza he had visited before was a micro-market within the sect.
Recalling information about markets, Su Shi'er immediately realized something.
He currently had many spirit plants, but consuming them directly offered limited improvement to his cultivation.
As for learning pill refining, it required corresponding books and time for refining, which his current situation didn't allow. Even knowing the value of these spirit plants, he had to consider other options.
If he could exchange these materials for pill medicines to enhance his cultivation or good ritual artifacts, it would greatly benefit his training and strength.
Especially the corpse of the Fire Cloud Python in his storage ring; if he could gather the other materials to forge a bone sword, it would at least be a pseudo-Spiritual Artifact.
If he could have a pseudo-Spiritual Artifact level White Bone Sword, those Top Grade ritual artifacts that exploded wouldn't matter.
With this thought, Su Shi'er immediately had an idea.
With a wave of his hand, he tossed the Wind Pattern Pig's corpse to the ground and finally spoke, "It was just a small effort, no need to be so polite, Daoist Jiang."
"I am Zhu Hanwei, a rogue cultivator from Linnan City. From your words, it seems there's a market nearby?"
"I wish to trade some materials at the market. Could you tell me its location? As for this Mid Grade Ritual Artifact, it's too valuable; I can't accept it!"
As he spoke, Su Shi'er casually fabricated a false name and identity, quickly addressing the person before him.
"The market is fifty miles northeast from here. I happen to be heading back and can take you there." Jiang Feixue quickly replied.
"Thank you, Daoist!" Su Shi'er promptly cupped his hands in gratitude.
Jiang Feixue collected the demonic beast's corpse from the ground and led Su Shi'er towards the market.
At the same time, she scratched her head a bit embarrassedly and said, "It's not a small matter, no need to be so formal."
"However, you saved my life, and doing nothing in return doesn't sit well with me."
"How about this, if you ever need artifact refining, you can come to our Jiang family refining shop, and I'll craft a ritual artifact for you for free. Let's be friends, it's a win-win!"
Su Shi'er nodded, not refusing, and followed her forward.
Along the way, he took the opportunity to ask Jiang Feixue many questions.
Jiang Feixue, with her straightforward personality, answered almost every question Su Shi'er had, even proactively sharing a lot of information.
From her, Su Shi'er gained a simple understanding of the upcoming market.
Though Qianshan Market was a small one, it was quite substantial. Located deep within the Azure Mountain range, it had a large number of cultivators and a wide variety of resources.
Resources needed by cultivators below the Golden Elixir stage could basically be found there.
An hour later, the two arrived at a bamboo forest shrouded in dense fog.
Jiang Feixue took out a guiding talisman and led Su Shi'er forward.
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