Huang Changlao's Invitation

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  The spells of a cultivator are not something that can be mastered simply by learning them, but rather require years or even decades of continuous practice and repetition to become proficient and bring out their maximum power.

  Because the low-level cultivator's meridians store very limited spiritual energy, casting a few slightly larger spells, such as the Flowing Sand Technique, Earth Escape Technique, or Entwining Technique, can easily deplete their entire body's spiritual energy. Once their spiritual energy is depleted, they can only rely on meditation or slowly waiting for natural recovery, which often takes more than a day. During this time, it is basically impossible to use spells again.

  Each cultivator's mana recovery speed is also extremely limited, and once their mana is depleted, they can only slowly wait for it to recover. This natural bottleneck restricts the progress of each cultivator's magical cultivation.

  Although Ye Qin practiced the six basic spells he mastered diligently every day, after practicing these six basic spells in rotation, his magic was exhausted and he could no longer practice.

  He can only rely on day-to-day practice to slowly enhance his proficiency in magic.

  Ye Qin's mind had a faint guess, the way to break through this bottleneck should be using something like spirit stones. Getting as many spirit stones as possible would definitely be very helpful in improving his mastery of magic.

  He smiled wryly at this thought.

  The old man Huang of the Treasure Association mobilized all the power he could muster from the Treasure Association disciples, but at most, he could only find one or two pieces of spirit stones for him every month. Even using them to cultivate the Dewdrop Grass was not enough, let alone having so many spirit stones to indulge in practicing magic.

  He also didn't believe that there would be any cultivator in this world who would use such precious things for daily spell practice.

  It seems that Ling Shi is mainly used for emergency purposes, to supplement one's spiritual power in times of crisis.

  Ye Qin put away the Ling Stone, flew down from the wooden stake, and strode into the small courtyard's green-tiled house. After changing into a black outfit and a bamboo hat, he decided to head to Yongfu Wine Tower to meet Huang Zhanglao of the Zhenbao Gang.

  Yesterday, he passed by Yongfu Building and saw a small red wooden sign hanging on the third floor window with specific time carved on it with a small knife. This was the contact method agreed upon between him and Huang Changlao.

  Old Huang would use this method to send a signal if he had something urgent to communicate. The red wooden sign indicated that it was an emergency contact. Ordinary passersby on the street couldn't see clearly the time engraved on the small wooden sign hanging from the third-floor window, but for Ye Qin, it was a very simple matter.

  Ye Qin decided to go and take a look, to see what was so urgent that Huang Changlao had to find him. He arrived an hour earlier than the time Huang Changlao had agreed with him. He still couldn't completely trust Huang Changlao, so he went to the scene early to prepare himself mentally.

  When Ye Qin went out, he was stunned for a moment because he saw that his own courtyard gate had been inserted with a large red lantern with a small medicinal king emblem, and the red candle fluttered. Looking at the entire secluded alley again, almost every household's door was hung with such a large red lantern.

  He slightly furrowed his brow.

  When did Yao Wang become so generous? The lanterns of tens of thousands of households in the city, this is not a small amount of money.

  In the late afternoon, Ye Qin wore a black tight-fitting outfit, wearing a bamboo hat, with a golden treasure token hanging from his waist, and arrived at a place one mile outside Yongfu Building. The large area of streets here had already been sealed off by the combined forces of the Treasure Gang and the Medicine King Gang, with many patrol teams on guard, prohibiting ordinary people from passing through.

  Ye Qin couldn't help but let out a light snort, transforming into a wisp of smoke that quickly floated past the backs of the patrolling guards. Without alarming any of the sentries, he broke through the layers of checkpoints surrounding Yongfu Tavern and appeared in an inconspicuous shadowy spot beside it, quietly waiting.

  For a while, he coldly watched the high-ranking officials of Pingzhou's top ten gangs arrive and enter Yongfu Building. Those so-called top masters of the top ten gangs were basically not taken seriously by him, only three people made his eyes suddenly narrow, and his heart secretly clenched.

  Ye Qin knew that today was the day when the Medicine King Gang held a trading conference, and the most important trading conference was being held in the most luxurious Yongfu Building in Zhujixian County. However, this trading conference would have three extraordinary masters appearing, which somewhat surprised him.

  When the high-level members of the Ten Great Gangs, as well as Li Dianzhu and Ma and Ji, the two deputy hall masters who were standing at the entrance of the wine house to welcome guests, all went up to Yongfu Wine House, it was also the time when Huang Changlao and Ye Qin had agreed to meet in advance.

  Before long, Huang Zhanglao came out of the wine building and looked around. Fortunately, his eyes were still sharp, and he finally found a golden light hidden in the shadows, which was Ye Qin's hiding place, and hurried over to bow and salute.

  "Welcome, young master!"

  "Hmm, you want to see me today, what's up?"

  "Young master, it's like this. I've been searching for spiritual stones and objects with all my might recently, but the gains are not many, and I'm ashamed in my heart. However, I know that the Medicine King Gang has a lot of precious herbs, they have always been famous for their medicinal materials and medicines, and they have accumulated a large amount of medicinal materials. I estimate that tonight at the top-level trading meeting at Yongfu Building, the Medicine King Gang will definitely bring out a batch of rare and precious medicinal materials for trading, perhaps among them is the spiritual grass you want. So I specially invited young master to come and identify it personally. As long as it's the spiritual grass you're looking for, I'll take care of buying it."

  Ye Qin finally understood, it turned out that Huang Changlao was looking for him for this matter, and he couldn't help but nod his head slightly. He knew that the Medicine King Sect had a large number of rare medicinal materials, but ordinary disciples rarely had the opportunity to come into contact with these good things. This transaction would specialize in trading top-level rare medicinal materials, which was not a bad opportunity, and maybe he could find a few spiritual herbs from it. It seemed that Huang Changlao was still very diligent in searching for spiritual objects.

  "Not bad!"

  Ye Qin rarely smiled and praised him.

  Huang Zhanglao was overjoyed and his heart was racing with excitement, he hastily invited Ye Qin to follow him upstairs.

  The strong and valiant men of the Treasure Escort Agency at Yongfu Tavern, as well as the Brocade-Clad Constables from the Medicine Pavilion, were all bewildered. What kind of person was this black-clad individual that Old Master Huang had brought upstairs? However, who among them had the guts to dare ask questions about the esteemed guest personally escorted upstairs by the Treasure Escort Agency's own Great Elder? Even if they had ten times the courage, they wouldn't have dared to step forward and inquire.

  Without any mishap, Ye Qin followed Huang Zhanglao to the third floor of Yongfu Wine House and was arranged at a table in the last row of the trading hall that did not attract attention.