192: trade fair

For the Red-haired Demon Monkey, its arms, while not as powerful as its tail with the exotic flame, were still a source of its combat strength.

Shiming could understand its strong competitive spirit, given its current state.

"Don't worry, I'll find you a third-tier limb-regeneration Medicinal Pill!" Lin Shiming gently stroked the Red-haired Demon Monkey's red head, not caring if the Red-haired Demon Monkey understood.

Lin Shiming did not linger, leaving the Grotto-heaven World and heading towards the commercial district of Nine Leaf City.

The commercial district of Nine Leaf City was extremely well-organized, and its buildings and streets were much larger than those of ordinary cities.

At this moment, because Nine Leaf City had to face the Heavenly Demon Sect and the Corpse Refinement Sect directly, there were more Cultivators buying Magical Artifacts and Spirit Talismans on the streets, and even the distant street vendor area was overflowing with Cultivators.

Most of them were Qi Refining Cultivators, but there were also many Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and to Lin Shiming's surprise, quite a few Purple Mansion Cultivators were also browsing in the shops.

Clearly, the fall of Tianhe Province had made those Purple Mansion Cultivators feel immense pressure, and at the same time, many Purple Mansion Cultivators had retreated from Tianhe City.

Lin Shiming needed to buy a third-tier limb-regeneration Medicinal Pill, so he didn't go to the street vendor area but directly to the commercial district.

He finally stopped in front of a four-story shop called Baozhenxuan.

A four-story shop indicated that it could host Golden Core True Persons, a symbol of its strength and background.

Of course, Lin Shiming had also seen shops that deliberately built four stories to entertain True Persons, but whose financial resources might not even be able to host a Purple Mansion Loose Cultivator.

But here in Nine Leaf City, with a constant stream of Cultivators entering and exiting, Lin Shiming naturally didn't have to worry about such a situation.

The layout and decor of Baozhenxuan were somewhat similar to the Duo Bao Tower of the Qingxuan Sect; the first floor also divided Medicinal Pills, artifacts, spirit materials, and talismans into four counters, and the Cultivators at the counters were all beautiful and sweet-voiced.

Lin Shiming did not stop, walking directly to the second floor of Baozhenxuan.

The second floor's decor was more luxurious and grand, with more nanmu furnishings, and some copper coin grass bonsai (pénjǐng) as decoration.

"Senior, this is the Jade Slip introducing the treasures on the second floor. If Senior wishes to purchase something, you can go to the transaction room to view the treasures!" As soon as Lin Shiming went upstairs, a sweet-voiced female Cultivator came forward and handed him a Jade Slip.

Lin Shiming saw many Foundation Establishment Cultivators examining Jade Slips nearby, so he also accepted the Jade Slip.

The Jade Slip contained a vast amount of information; there were ten types of Spirit Beast cubs alone, including even a third-tier Peak Gale Eagle Beast Egg, but the price was extremely frightening, nearly 1,000,000 spiritual stones.

Lin Shiming was here for the limb-regeneration Medicinal Pill this time, so he didn't continue to look at Spirit Beasts but instead searched for Medicinal Pills, and quickly found the third-tier limb-regeneration Medicinal Pill, priced at 200,000 Spirit Stones per bottle. The price was quite reasonable and had not increased due to the Heavenly Demon Sect's invasion.

After finding the limb-regeneration Medicinal Pill, he had the leisure to continue looking at other treasures.

In addition to the limb-regeneration Medicinal Pill, Lin Shiming also took a fancy to a third-tier High Grade Crimson Flame Fire Staff Magical Artifact. This fire staff was also bought for the Red-haired Demon Monkey. The Red-haired Demon Monkey now had an exotic flame on its body, incinerating everything. It only had a Profound Spirit Mountain Magical Artifact which could only be thrown from a distance, and the price of this third-tier High Grade Crimson Flame Fire Staff was not too outrageous, 400,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Of course, what surprised him most was that there were even seeds of third-tier vines in the shop. However, the seeds were only for the third-tier Low Grade Green Snake Vine, which, apart from being sturdy, was far inferior to his Purple Gold Vine!

However, at this moment, his Purple Gold Vine didn't have many seeds left, so he could buy some to tide him over.

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Lin Shiming had finally made his selections.

Then, guided by the female Cultivator, he found an empty room and walked in.

The consultant in the room was a somewhat shrewd Middle-aged cultivator, whose cultivation was at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, just like Lin Shiming.

As soon as Lin Shiming entered, he sat down at the Middle-aged cultivator's invitation.

"Fellow Daoist, have you found any treasures you like?"

"A third-tier limb-regeneration Medicinal Pill, a third-tier High Grade Crimson Flame Fire Staff, plus two bottles of third-tier Medium Grade healing Medicinal Pills, cold jade Medicinal Pills, and a hundred Green Snake Vine seeds..." Lin Shiming listed the treasures he needed to purchase one by one.

The latter quickly took out the third-tier Medium Grade healing Medicinal Pills and the limb-regeneration Medicinal Pill from his Storage Pouch, while the Crimson Flame Fire Staff and Green Snake Vine seeds were brought out by a Qi Refining Cultivator attendant in the room.

After inspecting the Crimson Flame Fire Staff, limb-regeneration Medicinal Pill, and other items, Lin Shiming handed the Middle-aged cultivator a Storage Pouch.

Inside were exactly 800,000 Spirit Stones.

"Fellow Daoist, do you know where I can buy third-tier High Grade spirit vines?" Lin Shiming asked as he put away the treasures.

For his Purple Wood Heart Sutra, spirit vines were his greatest combat strength, and his Purple Gold Vine was clearly somewhat insufficient when facing Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivators and Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivators.

Seeing that this shop had third-tier Low Grade Green Snake Vine seeds, he was a bit curious.

"Third-tier High Grade spirit vines?" The Middle-aged cultivator was clearly surprised when Lin Shiming said this, knowing that Lin Shiming was only a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Cultivator. But thinking of Lin Shiming's financial resources, his expression quickly returned to normal.

"Such rare spirit vines are extremely uncommon. Baozhenxuan currently doesn't have them. If Fellow Daoist wants them, you might try our Baozhenxuan's trade fair!" The Middle-aged cultivator said, taking out a token engraved with the characters "Baozhen."

Seeing Lin Shiming's confusion, the Middle-aged cultivator spoke again:

"Fellow Daoist, rest assured, this trade fair is sponsored by Baozhenxuan's behind-the-scenes Purple Mansion Elder. As long as Fellow Daoist can produce valuable treasures, then let alone third-tier vines, even fourth-tier vines are possible!"

Lin Shiming's interest greatly increased upon hearing this. With the Demon Sect at the forefront, it made sense for Purple Mansion Cultivators to hold a trade fair.

Lin Shiming took the token, thanked him, and left Baozhenxuan.

Returning to his residence, Lin Shiming immediately gave the limb-regeneration Medicinal Pill to the Red-haired Demon Monkey. After taking the limb-regeneration Medicinal Pill, a bloody light began to slowly emerge from the Red-haired Demon Monkey's severed arm, and a red demon monkey arm gradually grew out.

However, the newly grown arm was obviously somewhat fragile and still required a lot of tempering.

The Red-haired Demon Monkey's eyes glowed as it examined its two new arms, constantly howling, and then began to wave them around. It even tried to pick up the Profound Spirit Mountain, but Lin Shiming quickly stopped it.

Then he took out the blood crocodile flower and, following the medicinal liquid method of the Mountain Ape Body Refining Art, poured a full tub of medicinal liquid.

The Red-haired Demon Monkey's eyes shone brightly, and it instantly jumped in, not forgetting to excitedly howl at Lin Shiming.

Seeing this, Lin Shiming also relaxed.

It was just that it would probably be a while before the Red-haired Demon Monkey could offer him any help.

After checking on the demon monkey, Lin Shiming also walked towards the center of the Grotto-heaven World.

Two spirit fields had already been cultivated here, and a large amount of spirit soil had been placed. However, the Spiritual Vein's Spiritual Qi was insufficient, only barely at the second-tier Low Grade level, unable to even Cultivate Purple Gold Vines. Only some ordinary second-tier Spirit Medicine were planted for testing purposes.

Lin Shiming exited the Grotto-heaven World. Since he had to attend the trade fair three days later, he couldn't Cultivate the Spirit Splitting Art, so he meditated on the Purple Wood Heart Sutra in his room.