On the bustling streets, people crowded like a tapestry. A nun emerged from a spiritual medicine shop on the corner, her entire body shrouded in a black cloak, making it impossible to discern her features. She glanced around cautiously, ensuring no one was following her, then hastily stepped into the crowd.

  A blue light flew out of the storage bag at the waist of this monk, transformed into a white-clothed man with a golden crown on his head, floating in the air with his hands behind his back.

  "It's not easy to return from the Venomous Snake Valley, and we can't directly teleport to Qingya City through the transmission array. The Xuan Du City, which is closer to the Venomous Snake Valley, has already been destroyed. It seems like we can only fly back." The female cultivator wearing a black cloak sighed.

  The man in white said, "You have already cultivated twelve layers of Qi, although you haven't reached the foundation period yet, but you are many times stronger than before. Now the main thing is to go to the market and buy a flying treasure, otherwise your speed of flight is too slow."

  The nun in black and the man in white were Qin Lingyun and Xingdi. After more than a year of closed-door cultivation, she successfully entered the state of Dacheng at the twelfth level of the Qi Refining stage, just one step away from entering the Foundation Building stage.

  Originally, if she hadn't activated her second spiritual root, she might have been able to consider refining the Foundation Establishment Pill and prepare for the Foundation Establishment. However, after obtaining the second spiritual root, Dark Spiritual Root, she must also cultivate it to the same level as the first one, reaching the 12th layer of Qi Refining, before advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage.

  At first, Qin Lingyun had thought of waiting until she reached the Foundation Building stage to open her second spiritual root. However, Xingdi told her that if she waited until then, it would be impossible for her second spiritual root to ever open.

  Moreover, the more severe consequence is that without the supplement of a second spiritual root, the ice spiritual root within the body will produce enormous defects during the foundation building period. At that time, it may be that cultivation cannot advance and one will forever remain stagnant, or in severe cases, there may even be danger to one's life.

  Qin Lingyun had no choice but to activate her second spiritual root first, and when she advanced to the 12th layer of Qi Refining, she decided to go to the extremely yin place in the Poisonous Snake Valley to attract the extremely yin energy to cultivate the power of Huangquan.

  She and Xingdi arrived in the middle of Fang City, where monks were setting up stalls along the way, but none of them had anything good. She went straight to Lingbao Pavilion, which sold magical artifacts.

  "I still have the corpses of White Jade Spider and Earth Hole Spider, I don't know whether to sell them directly or make some magic treasures out of them?" Qin Lingyun said.

  "Ordinary cave spider worms can be sold directly, but the White Jade Spider and Cave Spider Elder are good materials for refining equipment. Using them may allow us to refine mid-grade spiritual equipment, so selling them directly would be a loss." said Xingdi.

  "In that case, I'll sell off all the ordinary cave spiders. The White Jade Spider and the Cave Spider Elder will be handled separately."

  Qin Lingyun stepped into the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion, and after showing her purple crystal card, she was immediately welcomed to the VIP room. A middle-aged man wearing a butler's uniform came into the VIP room.

  "I'm Wang Diao, an attendant of the Lingbao Pavilion. If you need anything, senior, just give me your orders."

  Qin Lingyun didn't say much nonsense and directly handed the ground spider to him, then slowly said: "Can your Lingbao Pavilion refine equipment for people?"

  Wang Diao smiled and said: "That's natural. The one sitting in the Lingbao Pavilion is Senior Refiner Yan Lao, very few materials can stump him."

  Qin Lingyun nodded in satisfaction: "Since that's the case, you can hand over these two demon beast corpses to Yan Lao, and hopefully he can forge two magical artifacts."

  Qin Lingyun waved her hand, and two demon beasts' corpses immediately appeared on the ground.

  Wang Diao's eyes were very casual, but after seeing the corpses of these two demon beasts, his eyes changed immediately. At first, they were solemn, and later they were surprised.

  After all, one of them was the almost extinct White Jade Spider, and the other was an elder-level demon beast. Both demon beasts were at the upper first-class boundary, and it wasn't easy for ordinary Qi-refining cultivators to kill them.

  Wang Diao's cultivation was at the 7th layer of Qi Refining, and in his eyes, Qin Lingyun, a Qi Refining cultivator at the 11th layer, was naturally a senior. However, despite Qin Lingyun being at the 11th layer, killing these two demon beasts was not easy either. Adding to that, Qin Lingyun possessed the Purple Crystal Card, which made Wang Diao think that this female cultivator must have a very deep background.

  Qin Lingyun saw the look in his eyes and knew he must have misunderstood something, but she didn't explain much either. Having such a misunderstanding was actually better, so others would also be more cautious and wouldn't have any bad intentions.

  A servant came over and put the corpses of White Jade Spider and Earth Hole Spider Elder into a storage bag, then walked behind the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion.

  Qin Lingyun knew that this was handing over the materials for the Alchemist to examine, and after a while, there should be news coming.

  During the waiting process, Wang Diao personally brought over pastries and fragrant tea to Qin Lingyun. These were all good things that could comfort the soul and cleanse the body of impurities, a treatment that only honored guests could enjoy. And yet, Qin Lingyun was still so young, barely in her twenties, but already had a cultivation level of eleven layers of refining energy, which meant she had boundless prospects ahead of her. If he didn't curry favor with her now, when would he?

  If Wang Diao knew that Qin Lingyun had already reached the Great Perfection of the 12th layer of Qi Refining, he would probably be even more fearful. This is how cultivators are, it's normal for them to show humility in front of stronger opponents.

  After waiting for a while, the servant returned again, bringing with him the words of the alchemist.

  "The White Jade Spider can be used to refine a defensive treasure, while the Earth Burrowing Spider Elder can be used to refine a restrictive treasure and an attacking treasure. The remaining materials will be converted into spirit stones." These were the original words of that alchemist.

  Wang sighed and smiled, "Our Lingbao Pavilion is very proper. If the refining fails, we will compensate according to the original materials and won't let customers have any worries."

  Wang Diao calculated the price of those cave spider silks and gave Qin Lingyun 1,500 spirit stones. It was only then that Qin Lingyun exclaimed at her good fortune. The prices at which those easily-refined elixirs were auctioned off were absolutely unimaginable to ordinary cultivators. However, those elixirs weren't something that ordinary cultivators could afford either; only important figures from large sects or aristocratic families had the means to purchase them.

  "After all the hard work to get so many earthworms, they can only be sold for 1,500 spirit stones. No wonder those cultivators are always struggling financially. Many cultivators with good talent in cultivation don't have enough spirit stones to support themselves, so their cultivation progress is slow. And if their cultivation level is not high, they can't kill more powerful demon beasts, it's a vicious cycle."

  Qin Lingyun sighed and left the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion. Since refining the White Jade Spider and Earth Hole Spider with the law required some time, she decided to wait until the refinement was complete before heading to the Poisonous Snake Valley.

  Just as Qin Lingyun was refining the treasure, she could still make her own requests, so the refined treasure would be more in line with her actual situation.

  All the magic treasures bought in the market are some common goods, which can't compare with the good materials refined by oneself. Qin Lingyun has never bought any magic treasure all along, just because she couldn't find a satisfactory one. However, what made her feel depressed was that she had forgotten that there were White Jade Spider and Earth Hole Spider Old Monster's corpses in her storage bag.

  "If only I had thought of it earlier, the treasure might have been refined by then." Qin Lingyun sighed in her heart, but things were already like this, and she could only wait for a while.

  During this period, Qin Lingyun devoted her main energy to cultivating the Ice Crystal Demon Body. Every day during the cultivation process, the Ice Crystal Blood Lotus that parasitized on her arm would spout out cold ice air to temper her body.

  As a result, Qin Lingyun's temperament became colder and more aloof with each passing day. The aura she exuded made people feel as if they had entered the depths of winter, causing their entire body to shiver involuntarily. It could be said that even cultivators with lower cultivation levels than Qin Lingyun would be affected by her presence.

  Half a month later, Qin Lingyun came to the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion again. Wang Diao warmly welcomed her and led her into the VIP room. Before long, a servant walked in with a storage bag, bowed and saluted, then patted the storage bag, and three radiant treasures appeared on the red wooden table.

  He pointed to the three pieces of artifacts, introducing them one by one: "This white jade small shield has reached the middle-grade spiritual artifact level, with very strong defensive power. The other two are a set of thirty-six poisonous spider needles and an earth cave spider web, both of which have also reached the middle-grade spiritual artifact level. It can be said that in the entire Feihu City, only our Lingbao Pavilion has such high craftsmanship, making full use of materials."

  When it comes to the Lingbao Pavilion, Wang Diao is extremely proud. The Lingbao Pavilion is also a property of the Lingdan Gate. In the major shops of Feihu City, at least 40% of the business belongs to the Lingdan Gate, while the Juetian Daozong and Qindaozong each have only 20% of the business. The remaining 20% belongs to some families and a few small sects, which are actually dependent on the three major forces, otherwise they would not be able to survive.

  Qin Lingyun cast her gaze upon the three treasures, first picking up the white jade small shield. This shield was only the size of a palm, but after infusing it with spiritual energy, it rapidly grew to over a person's height.

  Qin Lingyun slapped the storage bag, and a dark cone flew out, hitting a person-high white jade giant shield, making a loud noise as it bounced off, without leaving any marks on the white jade giant shield.

  Qin Lingyun was satisfied with putting the white jade small shield into her storage bag, and then cast her gaze towards the thirty-six poisonous spider needles. This was a rare set of magical artifacts, not easy to use, but fortunately Qin Lingyun's primordial spirit was strong enough, barely able to wield them. The poisonous spider needles, as thin as cow hair, emitted a blue glow that made one shiver with fear.

  "This is indeed a good thing for the evil people, I asked to refine 36 poisonous spider needles, just to mix them in the ice and snow, waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack... Speaking of which, the alchemists of this Lingbao Pavilion are really formidable, all my requirements have been met, without any discount." Qin Lingyun said with a hint of joy.

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