131: Golden Thunder Bamboo Spiritual Root

However, once they entered their rooms and set up their respective Formations with their Formation Plates, they almost simultaneously appeared at the entrance.

Lin Houxuan and Lin Houwei were close in age and had a healthy rivalry within the Hou Generation. Both were now almost the Lin family's prospective Foundation Establishment Cultivator candidates.

Clearly, both wanted to visit Qingxuan City's market. Having seen the stalls outside the city, they were naturally more interested in the stalls and shops inside.

The shops here were much better than those in Qingyun City. Third-Rank Magical Artifacts, which were rarely seen, were somewhat common here.

Lin Shiyi had come to Qingxuan City specifically to purchase Medicinal Pills for Body Refining, so he eagerly came out as soon as he set up his Formation.

Fifth Elder Lin Yuzheng, however, was still deep in thought in his room.

"Let's go together. I've been here before!" Lin Shiming said, taking the initiative.

After speaking, he led the group first to the stall area. Qingyun City's stall area was a huge square.

The square was densely packed with stalls, but compared to the last time, in addition to the basic condition that only Qi Refining Late Stage Cultivators could set up stalls, there were now many Foundation Establishment Cultivators also setting up stalls.

Lin Shiming was quite interested to see this. The four of them discussed it and decided to split up. Lin Shiming, being a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, would need Third-Rank treasures, while the other three only needed Second-Rank treasures.

After confirming the final meeting point, the four went their separate ways.

Lin Shiming walked directly towards the Foundation Establishment Cultivators' stalls. Unless they were growth-type or sealed items, Cultivators could generally ascertain the Rank of items on a stall with a glance of their Divine Sense. Therefore, if he wanted to gain anything, it could only be from the Foundation Establishment Cultivators' stalls.

However, to his slight disappointment, most of what these Foundation Establishment Cultivators were selling were still Second-Rank High Grade Magical Artifacts and Second-Rank High Grade Spirit Materials. Third-Rank treasures were only occasional.

Not to mention luring demon grass, even ordinary Third-Rank Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicines were rare. In contrast, Third-Rank Yao Beast Materials were much more plentiful.

However, the Third-Rank Yao Beast Materials in his Storage Pouch were already enough for him to become a Third-Rank Artifact Refiner, so he no longer needed Yao Beast Materials.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly received a System notification:

"Please search the stalls carefully; you will find a Golden Thunder Bamboo root!"

Lin Shiming's previously disappointed heart instantly became excited again. Golden Thunder Bamboo was one of the ten great Spirit Bamboos in the Cultivation world. Spirit Weapons crafted from Golden Thunder Bamboo were the bane of Demonic Cultivators and Ghost Cultivators.

Moreover, because it was a wood bamboo that generated lightning, even a wood-attribute Cultivator like him could perfectly unleash the effects of the thunder bamboo.

Of course, Golden Thunder Bamboo was only famous when it was over five hundred years old.

Golden Thunder Bamboo had no specific Rank distinction; it depended entirely on its age. Below a hundred years, it was even just a Second-Rank Material. Only Golden Thunder Bamboo over a hundred years old would be a Third-Rank Material and could be used to refine Third-Rank Magical Artifacts.

Golden Thunder Bamboo over five hundred years old, on the other hand, was a Fourth-Rank Material, capable of refining Fourth-Rank Magic Treasures, and at that point, it was almost feared by all Ghost Cultivators and Demonic Cultivators.

Not only was the thunder bamboo powerful, but it could also release evil-warding Golden Thunder!

And Golden Thunder Bamboo over a thousand years old was a Fifth-Rank Material. It was even rumored that ten-thousand-year-old Golden Thunder Bamboo was a Sixth-Rank Material, capable of being refined into a Sixth-Rank Magic Treasure.

Although it was just a Golden Thunder Bamboo Spiritual Root at the moment, for Lin Shiming, precisely because it was a Golden Thunder Bamboo Spiritual Root, he had a chance.

Otherwise, mature thunder bamboo would have already been refined into Magical Artifacts. After all, even a Second-Rank Magical Artifact would provide a Cultivator with an additional means to deal with evil Cultivators or Ghost Cultivators.

Especially some Cultivators who liked to explore the Immortal Caves of ancient Cultivators.

They often encountered various Corpse Refinements, and Magical Artifacts refined from Golden Thunder Bamboo could offer them some help.

Of course, on the other hand, transplanting a Golden Thunder Bamboo Spiritual Root was quite difficult.

However, for him, he had the Purple Wood Heart Sutra Cultivation Technique.

At this moment, he also somewhat believed Seventh Grand Uncle's statement that he should possess some kind of Spiritual Body. Otherwise, his amplification of Spiritual Plants couldn't be so great, and he had revived the xingshen flower seed last time.

He had also asked Seventh Grand Uncle multiple times. Even in Qingxuan Sect, those wood-attribute Dual Spiritual Root Cultivators who practiced the Purple Wood Heart Sutra, their amplification of Spiritual Plants was not as effective as his. That's why last time, when Zi Xuan Sanren asked about the speed, he had reduced his catalysis speed by more than ten times.

For him, cultivating Divine Ability Fruit trees was cultivation, and cultivating Golden Thunder Bamboo was also cultivation. A single Golden Thunder Bamboo Spiritual Root would not just grow one Golden Thunder Bamboo. If he had hope in cultivation in the future, even Fifth-Rank Materials could be cultivated, and perhaps even Sixth-Rank Materials!

Lin Shiming pondered, searching the Foundation Establishment Cultivators' stalls even more carefully.

During this time, he also discovered some treasures, but since they were neither luring demon grass nor Golden Thunder Bamboo roots, they held little significance for him.

However, it seemed that just like with the Beast Nurturing Pill Pill Formula last time, the Cultivator with the stall had not displayed the Golden Thunder Bamboo root.

This made him a bit frustrated. The Beast Nurturing Pill Pill Formula last time at least had traces to follow. This time, every Cultivator he looked at seemed to have a Golden Thunder Bamboo Spiritual Root, but unfortunately, he had no way to make the owner of the Golden Thunder Bamboo Spiritual Root bring out the Spirit Bamboo.

"No!" If I can't get it, I can set up a stall and attract the Golden Thunder Bamboo owner to exchange it with me.

During this period, Lin Shiming had seen many stall owners, whose treasures weren't selling, or who saw others with treasures, close their stalls and transform from sellers to buyers.

Cultivators all had Storage Pouches, so changing stalls was incredibly easy.

Lin Shiming acted immediately. At the stall entrance, he paid a hundred Spirit Stones and obtained a stall location in the Foundation Establishment area.

This made Lin Shiming suddenly realize how profitable this rent collection was. A single stall rent could earn a hundred Spirit Stones a day, and subletting was not allowed.

Given this, the Qi Refining Cultivators' stalls probably cost thirty or forty Spirit Stones, which explained why there were so many stalls at the city gate, while most of the Cultivators with stalls here were Qi Refining Late Stage Cultivators.

After getting his proof, Lin Shiming found a place with a relatively dense crowd.

He directly took out his stall and displayed a Third-Rank Medium Grade Flying Sword and two Third-Rank Low Grade Flying Swords.

These swords were acquired from his killing of the Li family's Foundation Establishment Cultivator. However, compared to the Mother-Child Swords and the Tiangang Sword Formation, these three swords were not outstanding, so they were more suitable for sale at this time.

Of course, in his Storage Pouch, he also had Third-Rank Spiritual Armor and even more extraordinary Third-Rank Medium Grade Flying Swords, but both of these belonged to Spirit Beast Sect Disciples and could not be openly sold, only traded on the black market.

As soon as Lin Shiming displayed the Flying Swords, he instantly attracted everyone's attention. Just the Third-Rank Medium Grade Flying Sword, though it had no special abilities, was still a Medium Grade Flying Sword. In terms of Low-Grade Spirit Stones, it would cost tens of thousands of Spirit Stones.

For a stall area where most items were Third-Rank Early Stage treasures, this was undoubtedly the appearance of a treasure that could stabilize the stall area.

Many Foundation Establishment Cultivators who were strolling around gathered, their eyes burning with eagerness. Some Cultivators even harbored ill intentions, constantly sizing up Lin Shiming.

For a stall area where most Cultivators were Foundation Establishment Early Stage, Lin Shiming's Divine Sense was almost the highest. He instantly perceived those with malicious intent.

---Side note---

Thanks for the monthly ticket from 'Eyes Glowing Green'.