456: Divine Movement

Yun Li chuckled and said, "Why are you boosting others' morale and diminishing your own prestige? I have a lot of confidence in you; you can definitely take down Luo Chen!"

Lu Xingchen shook his head repeatedly and said in a deep voice, "You're quite optimistic. Regardless, one should despise the enemy strategically but take them seriously in battle. If there's eventually a fight between us, the only thing I can do is go all out!"

Yun Li nodded slightly and said softly, "Your thinking is correct. Since we've already gained something, let's continue forward!"

"I heard Xiao Han say that there's a market not far ahead, spontaneously formed by the participants from the Nine Provinces. At the market, you can exchange items, and also trade for treasures and spirit tablet points."

"As a Pill King, your speed and quality in refining Medicinal Pills are the best in the entire competition. It shouldn't be a problem to casually sell a few eighth-grade pills and boost your spirit tablet points to ten thousand, right?"

Hearing this, Lu Xingchen flicked her forehead again.

Yun Li winced in pain, her tone a mix of grievance and annoyance.

"What are you doing?"

Lu Xingchen said in a deep voice, "Please use your brain, okay? Refining eighth-grade pills requires many precious Materials, and the refining difficulty is very high. I only have a dozen eighth-grade rejuvenation pills, a dozen eighth-rank qi-restoring pills, and a few other eighth-grade pills right now. It's not even enough for myself, how can I bear to sell them?"

"Moreover, having too many spirit tablet points and selling too many Medicinal Pills is not good; it's easy to attract unwanted attention. We just need to ensure our points are in the top hundred of the entire competition; there's no need to show off."

Yun Li rubbed her head and said pitifully, "I know all that you're saying; I was just joking. Lu Xingchen, you mark my words, I will definitely get you back for this!"

Lu Xingchen shook his head and chuckled, "Alright, don't think so much. Let's go to the market and see if there's anything worth acquiring; we can try to get it."

With that, Lu Xingchen reached out to take Yun Li's hand.

Yun Li was still upset about the forehead flick and pulled her hand away, walking ahead by herself.

After half a day's journey, the two finally arrived at the market.

It was called a market, but it had already developed into a small town.

It had all the supporting facilities, such as teahouses, taverns, restaurants, inns, etc., all fully equipped.

And to consume in these places, what was needed was not gold coins, but spirit tablet points.

The spirit tablet points accumulated by these people doing business alone were not enough to enter the top one hundred.

However, the competition had already been going on for over a month, and Gangs and organizations had initially formed among the participants.

Those who knew their own abilities made it difficult to enter the finals would join the famous experts on the popularity list and work for them.

They would first collect spirit tablet points separately, then hand over all the points to these experts when the competition was about to end, and after the competition, they would ask these experts for remuneration.

And most of the famous experts on the list had followers, so they didn't have to personally manage their subordinates and collect points; they could leave it to their followers.

They, on the other hand, would do their best to find Opportunities.

Although this method was a bit opportunistic, it did not violate the rules set by Zhong Ruiyi.

Because prestige and influence were also part of strength, everyone could form Gangs, and in the end, it was a competition of whose influence was stronger!

Both on and off the popularity list, any expert with a bit of fame had formed their own Gang.

For example, Luo Chen and Peng Yu.

Lu Xingchen, as one of the nine prodigies of the central continent, also had the qualification to form a Gang.

For example, Lan Cang earlier had proactively offered to follow him.

If he had agreed, he should have a Gang by now.

But Lu Xingchen did not have this idea.

Because he was stingy.

These people weren't working for him for free; they would need to be paid after the Martial Arts Convention ended.

The Lingyun Sect was in its development phase and lacked money everywhere, so he didn't want to burden his teacher too much.

Another reason was that once a Gang was formed, if something happened to the subordinates, the Gang leader would need to step in to resolve it, which was troublesome and time-consuming.

Therefore, Lu Xingchen did not form a Gang.

He was confident that with his own strength, entering the top one hundred in the points ranking would not be a problem!

Arriving at the market, the two went straight to the stalls, hoping to find treasures that could immediately enhance their strength to cope with the upcoming battles.

This entire street was filled with places selling treasures: Medicinal Pills, Spirit Medicine, Martial Skills, Spiritual Artifacts, everything was available, and all were of the eighth-grade level.

Because most of the young Martial Artists participating in the Martial Arts Convention were Martial Venerable Experts, only eighth-grade treasures were worthy of display.

As soon as Lu Xingchen stepped onto this street, everyone cast strange glances at him.

Those gazes contained awe, envy, jealousy, fondness, affection, all sorts of emotions.

Because Lu Xingchen's portrait had once appeared on the popularity list, everyone remembered it and could recognize him.

Moreover, on the spirit tablet points list, he was ranked first, far surpassing the second-place Luo Chen.

Although there must have been some element of luck, his strength was definitely not to be underestimated.

But these people were also sensible enough not to go up and disturb him.

They knew their place; as strangers, even if they went up to strike a conversation, Lu Xingchen would not pay attention to them.

Once Yun Li's little temper had passed, Lu Xingchen, as everyone wished, took her small hand.

The two walked hand in hand along the shopping street for a while but didn't find anything they liked.

This was normal; both of them already possessed high heaven grade spirit tools, and Lu Xingchen was an Eighth-Grade Alchemist, so they naturally wouldn't be interested in ordinary treasures.

Half a day passed like this, and as the two reached the end of the shopping street, Lu Xingchen's eyes lit up; he finally saw something he liked.

"Young man, tell me about this Divine Movement of a Hundred Changes!"

Lu Xingchen said indifferently.

Hearing Lu Xingchen's words, the young man who was meditating at the stall suddenly opened his eyes.

When he saw Lu Xingchen's face, his originally calm face showed intense joy, and he hastily bowed to Lu Xingchen.

"This humble one, Li Qing, greets Your Majesty the Pill King!"

Lu Xingchen waved his hand and said indifferently, "Let's skip the pleasantries, Fellow Daoist Li Qing, let's get straight to the point!"

Li Qing quickly composed himself and said, "This Divine Movement of a Hundred Changes is a heaven rank middle grade movement Martial Skill scroll. Its effect is to enhance the user's speed and evasion ability, and I obtained it in a Secret Realm."

Hearing this, Lu Xingchen's heart was filled with joy.

He had been traumatized by Lin Xu's speed and was determined to catch up with him.

He had already learned "Instant Flash," and this Divine Movement of a Hundred Changes could also be of great help to him.

A heaven rank middle grade movement Martial Skill should provide enough speed enhancement.

But Lu Xingchen's expression remained calm, and he said indifferently, "A heaven rank middle grade Martial Skill should be highly sought after, right? Why are you already dozing off, and this Divine Movement of a Hundred Changes hasn't been sold yet?"