Following the method taught by Pu Yao, Zuo Mo's expression was focused and his hands moved like a butterfly among flowers. The effect of persisting in practicing the finger technique of "Wood and Trees" immediately showed itself, this method called "Condensing Shadow" by Pu Yao was complex but didn't stump him.

  Zuo Mo only felt a massive gust of dark wind around him, the chilling and eerie aura made his hairs stand on end. But he still gritted his teeth and persisted, the dark wind continuously gathering in his hands.

  Until the last action was completed, a grayish-white bead appeared on Zuo Mo's hand.

  Zuo Mo curiously held the bead in front of his eyes to examine it: "Pu, what is this thing?" The bead was a dull grey-white color and didn't look like much. It felt cold to the touch as he grasped it in his hand.

  "This is a yin bead, condensed from the gathering of yin energy. It can be used to refine elixirs or equipment, especially for yin-type magical treasures, with extraordinary effects." The Pú Yāo's expression was self-satisfied, and he glanced at Zuǒ Mò with disdain, saying: "The yin energy here is very dense, as long as you don't slack off, each time condensing a few beads, the crystal stones will naturally come rolling in. If I were to say it, you might as well change your sect. I've never seen such a shabby sect like yours. Except for that senior brother of yours who has some talent, everyone else is useless."

  Zuo Mo glared at her and sneered: "You, who were wounded by my Second Master, actually dare to say that."

  "Pao Yao coldly snorted: 'If it weren't for me being refined under the tower for three thousand years, with both my body and spirit injured, how could I be cut by a mere Golden Elixir stage waste?'"

  Zuo Mo also followed with a cold hum: "I think I understand now, you're a day-walking Yao."

  "What's going on?"

  "Blown up!" Zuo Mo couldn't hold back anymore, holding his belly in laughter, pointing at Pu Yao and then at the sky: "Monster, blown into the sky, becomes a heavenly monster! Hahahaha!"

  "I'm too lazy to bother with you." Pu Yao didn't get angry either, he spread his arms open and suddenly a strong gust of yin wind blew in, making him seem like a terrifying whirlpool that pulled the surrounding yin energy towards him.

  "Are you sure this thing is really valuable?" Without paying attention to Pu Yao, Zuo Mo's eyes stared at the yin bead in his hand, asking somewhat uncertainly.

  A certain face enjoyed absorbing the yin energy of the púyāo, with a green vein jumping on his forehead, his movements slightly stagnant, almost choking.

  However, since Pao Yu said that the yin beads were very valuable, Zuo Mo decided to believe him and try to refine a few more. However, he soon discovered that all the yin energy in this area had been stirred up by Pao Yu, and he couldn't condense any yin beads at all, so he could only go to a farther place.

  Fortunately, there was only one path in the Sword Cave, so Zuo Mo didn't need to worry about getting lost. After walking for a while, he found that he wasn't affected by the Pú Yāo's influence, and began to condense his Shénzhū. Condensing Shénzhū wasn't difficult, but the finger technique was a bit complicated; however, for Zuo Mo, it wasn't a problem, and he condensed over twenty of them in one breath before stopping.

  Condensing the perfect yin pearl, Zuo Mo began to size up the sword cave. What piqued his interest was the Blood River not far away, which seemed like thick blood, and he couldn't hear any sound of it flowing. For some reason, when Zuo Mo saw this quiet Blood River, he felt a chill in his heart.

  He picked up a stone from the ground and threw it into the Blood River. Plop, the stone sank slowly into the river like it was trapped in a swamp, without splashing any water.

  "It's best if you don't touch that, it's a Blood Calamity." The Pú Yāo's voice suddenly came from behind, and he said with some regret: "What a pity I'm not a Blood Yao, otherwise this thing would be a great tonic."

  "What is Blood Calamity?" Zuo Mo couldn't help but ask.

  "You wouldn't understand even if I told you." Pu Yao didn't miss the opportunity to look down on Zuo Mo, he glanced around and snorted softly: "Logically speaking, a place with such evil energy should have some malevolent spirits, why is it so clean?"

  "What is a vengeful spirit?" Zuo Mo asked tirelessly.

  "The delicious thing." Pu Yao's red tongue licked his lips uncontrollably, and a greedy expression appeared on his face. However, after searching for half a day, he found nothing and was somewhat disappointed. He sighed, "Your senior brother is really too honest, not even leaving one behind. It seems I'll have to wait for a while."

  A refreshed and spirited Puyao waved her hand at Zuomo and said, "Let's go."

  He threw out four crystal stones!

  Zuo Mo's face changed again, this time he didn't even need to touch his pocket, and he let out a sorrowful and indignant howl: "Pu Yao..."

  White light rises, sound screeches to a halt.

  Returning to the Western Wind Courtyard, Zuo Mo was heartbroken. Eight pieces of third-grade crystal stones had vanished in an instant. He had spent these past few days desperately refining pills and had obtained a batch of crystal stones, only to have more than half of them disappear all at once.

  "Don't look so glum." The Plant Demon sneered, "You sold the Yin Pearl and got back both principal and interest. You're really pathetic, making such a big fuss over just eight pieces of third-grade crystal stones. You made a huge profit from entering the Sword Cave once, but it required two Golden Dan stage trash to work together. Eight third-grade crystal stones for two Golden Dan stage trash, can you get an even better deal than that?"

  Gnashing his teeth, Zuo Mo had no choice but to pray that the twenty spiritual pearls in his hand could sell for a good price. Of course, he couldn't let the sect handle the sale of these spiritual pearls. Their origins were unclear and if they attracted the attention of the elders, his own life would be forfeit.

  He decided to go to Dongfu to sell it himself.

  To avoid drawing attention, he didn't ride the gray crane, but instead quietly left the mountain. As soon as he exited the mountain gate, he quickly darted into a forest and when he came out, he had completely changed his appearance, transforming into a pale and weak-looking man. Among the jade slips of Wei Nan's predecessor, there were countless methods for changing one's appearance and hiding in plain sight, each more ingenious than the last; Zuo Mo chose one that didn't seem particularly difficult.

  This is Zuo Mo's first time disguising himself, he was quite curious, feeling a bit strange.

  He now regrets that the divine travel talisman was burned earlier, otherwise, with the divine travel talisman, he can save a lot of time. But his Wind Walking Paper Crane is really eye-catching, so he had to choose to walk on foot.

  Even though his cultivation has increased greatly now, his body is still very weak. After this trek through the mountains and rivers, by the time he arrived at Dong Fu, he was almost exhausted. However, his desire and passion for the crystal stone overcame his fatigue, and he practically crawled to the free market.

  Rented a cozy little house with great difficulty, and set up a stall on the left.

  Free Market Left Mo has come many times, but setting up a stall is his first time. He doesn't think about making a lot of money, as long as he can make back eight third-grade crystal stones, he'll be grateful. For each yin pearl, he tries to price it at half a third-grade crystal stone, but he's very nervous in his heart. However, thinking again, Pu Yao has praised this thing so much, half a crystal stone should be worth it.

  Of course, for Zuo Mo's behavior, Pu Yao was filled with disdain and coldly snorted: "The dignified Yin Pearl......" The implication was clear.

  Six periods of time passed, and the sun's afterglow shone on Zuo Mo's face, bright yellow.

  "This is the Crystal Rolling you were talking about? This is the good stuff you were talking about? This is what you said would bring back both principal and interest? What a joke, this Dark Pearl!" Zuo Mo asked in his heart, feeling indignant and frustrated. For the entire afternoon, not a single person had lingered in front of his Ling Long House for even a moment. Up until now, Zuo Mo hadn't sold a single Dark Pearl, and instead had to pay the rent for the Ling Long House.

  Pu Yao was also stunned, and he didn't know what to say for half a day.

  After half a day, he was incredulous, suddenly waving his arms excitedly: "How is this possible? This is a yin pearl! Yin pearl! Could it be that after three thousand years, no one even wants a yin pearl?"

  Seeing Pu Yao eating the turtle, Zuo Mo's heart didn't feel as painful as before. He had begun to accept this cruel reality in front of him and coldly snorted: "From now on, don't use your heavenly strategy again, what era is this? Still using heavenly strategy! Three thousand years have passed, those things of yours are all outdated, eliminated! Do you understand? You made me rejoice for nothing. Hmph, after a while, I'll take it to give to the little ones as marbles."

  Pu You's expression was gloomy and it was clear that this matter had a great impact on him.

  At this time, a little girl was passing by Zuo Mo's Linglong House and suddenly stopped in her tracks. Just as Zuo Mo was about to scold Pu Yao, he immediately stopped talking and said enthusiastically: "Miss, do you want to buy it? This is a good thing, a yin pearl, condensed from pure yin energy through great magical power. Wearing it on your body will keep you cool in the summer and also has beauty and skin care effects..."

  The little girl looked like a maid from some family, and upon hearing this, she let out a soft giggle: "You're quite the talker." She suddenly furrowed her brow: "Too bad this pearl is too ugly, if it were multicolored, Miss Huang would definitely love it."

  "Miss, don't look down on this jade pendant, its texture is fine and dense, the workmanship is excellent, and it's mostly round. Look, just this quantity, it's heavy..." Zu Mo was completely speaking without thinking to make his first sale.

  Seeing Zuo Mo really using the yin beads as marbles for sale, Pu Yao's eyes widened in shock and his expression was dull.

  "Hehe, you've said so much, I'll just buy one then." The little girl covered her mouth and laughed, took out a crystal stone, bought one, and before leaving, she kindly advised: "You're also an honest person, in the future when doing business, sell some more reliable things, this grey stuffy pearl, no one will buy it."

  Having said that, he turned and left.

  Zuo Mo sat on the ground, finally selling one, it's really not easy. Compared to him, Pu Yao was severely traumatized, his expression dull and his face pale.

  Seeing Pu Yao's appearance, Zuo Mo couldn't help but persuade him with a heavy heart: "It's nothing, it's just business. Next time we'll sell something else. If all else fails, the Golden Crow Pill is also not bad. Three thousand years have passed, you need to get used to it slowly."

  One man and one monster, slinking back into the mountains.

  A detached court of Dongfu Hall.

  "Miss, I'm back." A cheerful voice came from outside the door. The little yellow bird on Yunxia Xianzi's shoulder fluttered and flew out towards the door.

  The fairy embroidered a silk handkerchief and responded without lifting her head: "Dead girl, as soon as you land, you immediately ran out of sight."

  "Hehe." A figure rushed in, a lovely little girl with a smile, surrounded by yellow birds flying around her, chirping non-stop. The little girl looked helpless and said to the yellow bird, "Okay okay, my Miss Huang, I brought you delicious food."

  If Lao Mo had heard this sentence, he would have vomited blood and died. It turned out that "Miss Huang" was actually a bird...

  After she finished speaking, she took out a large pile of things and said: "This is the five-flower cake from the Food Pavilion, lotus heart pastry, thirteen flavors of honey sauce, and this is the famous Wang Su wine from here. You mustn't drink too much, or Miss will punish you again..."

  The little yellow bird's eyes shone brightly, and at this moment, it suddenly spotted a dull grey pearl. It immediately darted into the pile like an arrow and picked up the grey pearl.

  "Huh? You like this pearl?" The little girl was very surprised.

  The little yellow bird picked up the pearl and flew back to the Cloud Fairy's face, placing it on her embroidered handkerchief.

  Yunxia Xianzi's gaze fell on the pearl, and she exclaimed, stopping her hands from working. She picked up the pearl and examined it closely in front of her eyes, her face subtly changing color. "Xiaohuan, where did this pearl come from?"