"I don't know about this. I always feel that the child has too many secrets!" The dean's wife shook her head helplessly, then smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid that's why he is afraid of Shui Jing!"
"You mean, Shui Jing knows his secret?" The dean said hurriedly.
"It's probably right. Shui Jing has two spiritual treasures to assist her. She is extremely accurate in calculating everything. I don't think Song Zhong can escape her calculations!" The dean's wife said.
"Then let's call Shui Jing to ask her?" The dean said hurriedly.
"It's useless. Shui Jing has received so many benefits from Xiao Pang. Two Xuanling Fruits are enough to keep her silent!" The dean's wife then smiled and said, "Forget it. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. We don't need to care about this matter. Even if Song Zhong stays, Junior Brother Huolong will not do anything extreme because of our concession. He will definitely leave him a way out. Let this matter take its course. Let's not care about it anymore!"
"Okay!" The dean nodded and said no more!
After Xiaopang left the inner courtyard, he came to his home without stopping, and then quickly entered his life space. He couldn't wait to take out the ancient thunder talisman he had just obtained to comprehend.
Of course, this time he was not going to comprehend the Five Elements Thunder Art, but to comprehend the refining process of the Thunder Gathering Platform. But unfortunately, this kind of high-level treasure from the ancient times is really not something that a rookie of Xiaopang's level can comprehend. I'm afraid that without decades of effort, he can't understand those complex and astonishing refining processes.
If it were in the past, Xiaopang would naturally have no way and could only sigh. But now it doesn't matter. He doesn't understand, but the nine beauties in the Nine Beauty Picture do! A late-stage cultivator who has lived for thousands of years still has this ability.
After several days of research, they finally came to a conclusion that in their current state, they have made a leap in strength because of Xiaopang's promotion, and have reached the middle or even late stage of foundation building, and can completely refine a low-level God Thunder Gathering Platform.
However, the materials needed for the lightning gathering platform are really terrifying. Even five of the lowest-level lightning gathering platforms can almost consume Xiaopang's savings of the past ten years. This is to say that all his savings include not only the materials decomposed from his natal space, but also the legacy of Fengming Old Demon.
Even so, the number of high-level materials is still insufficient, and he must use Five Elements Essence Water or intermediate spirit stones to exchange for some.
Although this consumption is extremely huge, Xiaopang finally decided to refine five lightning gathering platforms. Because this thing is so convenient, each lightning gathering platform can absorb a certain amount of spiritual energy, and then automatically generate two divine thunders, one yin and one yang. Depending on the concentration of spiritual energy in the surrounding environment, the speed of divine thunder condensation is also different. It is said that if it is fast, it will take one day. With the terrifying spiritual energy level in Xiaopang's natal space, it is certain that two divine thunders can be condensed in less than one day.
Moreover, in an emergency, it can be activated with spirit stones. Although it consumes a lot of spirit stones, it can obtain a large number of divine thunders in a very short time.
In addition, Xiaopang has all the five elements, and can use the combination of five elements. After the power is increased by dozens of times, it is enough to threaten the Jindan cultivators. Once the five thunder platforms are completed, Xiaopang will have more thunder in his hands, and he can compete with the Jindan cultivators.
In order to achieve this goal as soon as possible, Xiaopang resolutely decided to build five thunder platforms even if he had to sell everything. Large magic weapons like thunder platforms cannot be completed in a short time. Even if Jiumei works together, it will take at least more than a year to complete them all. So once he made up his mind, Xiaopang no longer hesitated and asked Jiumei to start working immediately, using the materials on hand to make them first.
As for Xiaopang himself, he prepared a little bit, and on a sunny morning, he quietly took the teleportation array of the mobile building and came to Lingxiao City.
At this time, Xiaopang was no longer a rookie at the innate level. As a foundation-building cultivator, he was qualified to come to the middle level of Lingxiao City. In addition to the more upscale shops, there is also a very human Yibao Pavilion.
Yibao Pavilion is a large building that is dozens of feet high and covers hundreds of feet. In the middle of the hall, there is a jade wall that is more than ten feet high and more than thirty feet wide.
This jade wall is actually a large auxiliary magic weapon, which can clearly display rows of unique information, with purchases on the left and sales on the right.
If a cultivator needs to buy or sell something, he can register with the manager of Yibao Pavilion, hand in a batch of spiritual stones, and buy a jade tablet that can write information to the jade wall. If someone is interested in the information you wrote, they can find you based on the information. If you don't want to meet with others, you can also deposit the treasure in Yibao Pavilion, and Yibao Pavilion will trade with the next buyer. They have professional talents to identify treasures, and they will definitely not let you suffer losses. If you receive the wrong treasure, they are fully responsible for compensation.
Since Yibao Pavilion is an industry of Lingxiao City, it has been popular here for thousands of years and has an excellent reputation. Therefore, cultivators from all directions are very confident to bring their things here for consignment. Moreover, cultivators in need will also be happy to buy treasures here. And Xiaopang's goal today is here.
There are not many people in Yibao Pavilion. There are about dozens of guests coming and going. Most of them show their true faces, and occasionally there are disguises. Xiaopang also wants to disguise, but his terrifying figure is really not well hidden. In desperation, he can only come here to trade with his true face.
Generally speaking, the cultivators who come to the middle-level Yibao Pavilion are relatively high-end, either Jindan or the late stage of foundation building, because the treasures here are valuable, and the spiritual stones paid for publishing information alone are tens of thousands. So cheap goods are impossible to appear here, which will only lose money. And the cultivators who have just established their foundation obviously do not have the financial resources to come here to consume.
Therefore, as soon as Xiaopang, a new foundation-building cultivator, appeared, he attracted the attention of everyone present. After seeing his huge body, some evil cultivators couldn't help but laugh at him.
However, at this time, some discerning people had guessed his identity based on the fat man's appearance.
"Could this guy be Song Zhong?"
"That Song Zhong?"
"Stupid, it's the one from Xuantian Villa. It is said that in the battle for the Xuanling Fruit two years ago, he and Han Bing'er killed two Jindan cultivators and injured a Yuanying cultivator!"
"Damn, is it him? He doesn't look that fierce? Isn't he just a fat guy?"
"Fatty? Ha, you have to understand that this fat guy you are talking about is the one who has created miracles one after another. First, he killed the old demon Fengming and made a big splash. Then, in Qiancuiping, he fought against more than a dozen cultivators of the same level and fought hard all night to protect Han Bing'er from death. Then He even showed his might outside, killing 2 Jindan and injuring a Yuanying, forcing the evil sects that had the upper hand to withdraw! For this matter, the bounty on him was a fifth-grade magic weapon! "
"Wow, doesn't that mean that if you kill him, you can get a fifth-grade magic weapon in exchange?"
"That's true, but it's hard to do! He is said to have a close relationship with the dean of Xuantian Branch, and may even be the son-in-law appointed by the dean. Killing such a person will cause endless troubles!"
Amid the whispers of the crowd, Xiaopang came to the hall a little depressed, pretending to be ignorant and began to browse the treasures on the jade wall.
It's true that this Yibao Pavilion is really well-deserved. After just a few minutes, Xiaopang found more than a dozen high-level materials that he didn't have. Some of these materials need to be bought with spirit stones, and some need to be exchanged for magic weapons or other high-level materials.
Xiaopang first used a large number of spirit stones to buy three kinds of materials from Yibao Pavilion. Then he began to look at the materials that he needed but didn't have what others wanted. At this time, another benefit of Yibao Pavilion was revealed, that is, cross-exchange.
For example, now, although Xiaopang didn't have the materials that the other party needed, he could use the Five Elements Essence Water to exchange for such materials from others, and then exchange them with that person. In this way, everyone can get what they need. Of course, it is impossible to get everything so easily. Sometimes you need to toss it more than ten times. Sometimes, you can't find the link for cross-exchange, and there are only one or two things in the middle.
Finally, after half a day of tossing, Xiaopang exchanged for 80% of the missing materials. There were only five or six materials that he couldn't get.
Fortunately, this didn't bother Xiaopang, because he had the extremely popular Five Elements Essence Water. This thing is an important auxiliary material required by most high-level elixirs, which can increase the success rate of elixirs. Because it is not easy to make, the quantity is rare, and the consumption is very large, it is extremely popular, and there is almost no need to worry about not being able to sell it. It is better than spirit stones.
With this thing, Xiaopang was very confident to contact the other party through Yibao Pavilion, willing to trade with the Five Elements Essence Water and give them twice the market price.
Taking such a big advantage out of thin air, those cultivators naturally agreed. In just two or three hours, Xiaopang gathered all the remaining materials. Most of the time was wasted on the way to pass the message back and forth.
Although Xiaopang really bleeds a lot, he doesn't feel bad. Anyway, the Five Elements Essence Water comes easily, so he doesn't take it seriously.
It is also worth mentioning that when trading in Yibao Pavilion, it is done in a single room upstairs. Except for the person in charge of Yibao Pavilion, no one else knows that Xiaopang has taken so much goods in one go. Therefore, as long as the people in Yibao Pavilion don't talk too much, Xiaopang's secrets can still be kept.
And Yibao Pavilion has an excellent reputation, and it is obvious that it will not calculate him, a rookie who has just built his foundation. So Xiaopang is still very confident about his safety.
In addition, there was a small surprise that also made Xiaopang excited for a while. That is, Yibao Pavilion showed great interest in Xiaopang's big spending today and officially issued him a special pass.
With him, Xiaopang will reduce the number of spirit stones paid for publishing information in Yibao Pavilion by 20%, and he will also be eligible to participate in the auction held once every ten years. Generally speaking, only after the transaction volume of Yibao Pavilion reaches a certain level, people will give you such a discount.
Although Xiaopang's large purchase today did not meet this standard, his calmness and the demeanor of not taking high-grade materials seriously at all made the people of Yibao Pavilion see that he was a super fat sheep, so they made an exception and issued him a special pass directly.
This unexpected harvest made Xiaopang happy for a while, but he was not fooled by the other party's tricks. He carefully rejected the other party's proposal to continue buying and selling some treasures here, and then walked towards the teleportation array of Lingxiao City under the shining of the blood-like setting sun, intending to go home and sleep directly.
However, when Xiao Pang just walked to the gate of the teleportation array, he was suddenly stopped by a middle-aged man in his thirties. This man should be stronger than Xiao Pang, at least he is in the middle stage of foundation building. He has a white face and no beard, and looks like a cunning man, which makes people feel disgusted at first sight.
After he stopped Xiao Pang, he immediately smiled and bowed his hands to greet him: "This junior brother, is it the famous finger-flicking thunder of Xuantian Villa, Junior Brother Song Zhong?"
"I don't deserve it, I am Song Zhong!" Xiao Pang saw that the other person was polite, so he didn't want to say that he looked like him, so he returned the greeting and said: "But I don't know who you are, senior brother?"
"Haha, I am a casual cultivator, a nobody. Junior brother thinks highly of me, you can call me Brother Han Dao!" The casual cultivator named Senior Brother Han immediately smiled and apologized.
"It's Brother Han, I'm sorry!" Xiaopang bowed, then frowned and said, "I don't know if you, Brother Han, are blocking my way. Do you have something to teach me?"
"Hey, I don't deserve your advice, but I have a business I want to do with you!" Brother Han laughed.
"Sorry, I'm not a businessman, I don't do business! Goodbye!" Xiaopang refused immediately without hesitation. He is so valuable now, and he is afraid of causing disaster by being ostentatious. How could he do business with such an unknown person? That's why he refused.
After saying that, Xiaopang wanted to bypass the other party and continue walking. Unexpectedly, Brother Han took a step forward and stopped Xiao Pang again, saying, "Hey, Junior Brother Song, why don't you just listen to me and leave? You must be interested in my business!"
"Impossible!" Xiao Pang said coldly, "I'm not interested in any business!"
"Really?" Brother Han laughed, then lowered his head and whispered, "Are you not even interested in the remains of your father and mother?"
"What?" Xiao Pang was shocked when he heard this. His parents have been missing for nearly 20 years, and there has been no news, but he was unexpectedly mentioned by a stranger today. He was naturally shocked on the spot, and then Xiao Pang hurriedly asked, "Where are my parents' remains?"
(To be continued)