Half a month later.

Under the dim blue night, the stars are like luminous pearls, shining brightly in the sky.

On the eastern edge of the Guzhou Plain, in front of a slope hundreds of miles away from the human settlement, a light blue escaping light came quickly and then slowly descended.

This grassy slope is only a few dozen feet in diameter, and its aura is pitifully thin. Apart from small patches of grass and trees, there are only bare gray rocks. It is a landscape that can be seen everywhere on the plains.

"Senior Xue, this is where the secret market is."

After the light dissipated, a skinny old man with sinister eyebrows and stern eyes was revealed. He pointed at the hillside and said in a respectful tone.

"Your master is very cautious in setting the exchange meeting in such a remote place."

The person who said this was a male cultivator in green robe with an ordinary face beside the old man.

The old man just laughed dryly and said: "Master usually likes to be clean. If he didn't need to exchange for some resources this time, he wouldn't trouble the seniors to come here."

"Who dares to deny Master Ke's face?"

The male cultivator in green robe said with a smile.

He is none other than Chen Ping, who has already participated in the medium-sized auction.

More than ten days ago, he changed his appearance and assumed the alias of Monk Xue. He made frequent moves at auctions and bought six pieces of fourth-grade ore that appeared in the auction.

When the show was over, a monk in the late Yuandan stage took the initiative to find him.

When this person announced his identity, Chen Ping was immediately overjoyed.

Ke Zifeng, a well-known prospecting master in the Jianding Sect sea area.

Half of the high-grade ores in this auction were consigned by him.

Ke Zifeng realized that Chen Ping was very interested in high-grade ores, so he invited him to participate in a private exchange meeting. The threshold was at least a Yuandan monk.

Chen Ping, who was eager to take out the spirit of fire essence from the golden bead, agreed without hesitation.

After waiting for a while, he met the pick-up person at the agreed place.

That is, the old foundation-building old man with sinister eyebrows and rat-eyes in front of him.

The old man's full name is Ke Ji, and he is one of Ke Zifeng's domestic servants.

Speaking of which, although Ke Zifeng is a casual cultivator, he has a group of slaves, men and women, old and young.

This kind of culture of keeping slaves is relatively rare.

According to rumors, Ke Zifeng was a young master from a wealthy family in the secular world before he embarked on the path to immortality.

When he was fourteen or five years old, his spiritual roots were detected by the immortal master and brought into the world of cultivation, so he

It also retains part of the style of the mortal world.

"Senior, please come with me."

At this moment, Keji flew around the hillside and fell towards a pile of gray rocks.

When Chen Ping, who was following him, saw this, a strange look flashed in his eyes.

If he sensed it correctly, there were no traces of restrictions or formations nearby.

"Dong dong dong"

Keji was already standing on a boulder and knocked on a certain location several times skillfully.

"Creak"

After a moment, the natural boulder suddenly split open on both sides, revealing a black hole about ten feet in size.

"Senior Xue, please!"

Keji jumped down first and turned around to say hello loudly.

Chen Ping nodded calmly and jumped in.

He had already scanned it in advance with his spiritual consciousness.

There are only a dozen Yuandan monks and seven or eight foundation builders in the underground hall, and there is nothing that can threaten him.

Inside the cave entrance, a jade staircase sloping downward was excavated, which was actually made of third-level ore.

Ke Zifeng lives up to his reputation as a master of prospecting and has decorated the small venue extremely luxuriously.

Next to the stairs, there was also a young maid standing with a curvy front and back, and also had a cultivation level in the middle stage of foundation building.

"I welcome you, senior, to my master's exchange meeting. I hope you can buy what you need there."

When the maid with a proud figure saw Chen Ping come in, she immediately said with a smile, acting neither humble nor overbearing.

Chen Ping nodded slightly casually and took the lead to walk down.

In order to prevent monsters from discovering the abnormal spiritual energy here, there is no formation protection here, but an underground hall is simply opened.

Ke Zifeng did the opposite, and the effect seemed to be good.

After walking a short distance along the stairs, Chen Ping's eyes lit up.

Inside is a square hall, with a huge hollow circular table five feet long in the center.

Twenty generous stone chairs were sparsely placed around the table.

Currently, most of the chairs are occupied by monks.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Ping strode to an empty table.

He sat down firmly next to the stone chair.

"I am not very happy that Fellow Daoist Xue is here."

At the top, an old Taoist with a sallow complexion and dressed in Confucian attire spoke to Chen Ping, his tone full of kindness.

"Master Ke will need to bring out some more high-grade ores later. Xue is planning to smelt a few Taoist tools recently and is worried about the materials."

Chen Ping cupped his hands in that direction and replied with a thought.

This person is the organizer of this exchange meeting, ore prospector Ke Zifeng.

And the identity he fabricated for himself was, of course, a reclusive weapon refiner in a small corner of the Inland Sea.

Otherwise, purchasing various high-grade ores without any reason will easily make people suspicious.

"Haha, fellow Taoist, just prepare enough spiritual stones."

Ke Zifeng raised her eyebrows slightly and said confidently.

"Master Ke, just let your horse come over."

Seeing him so confident, Chen Ping felt better and joked.

There are two drops of ore essence left in the golden bead space, and together with the six ores in the storage ring, he needs to buy at least twelve more.

Because it takes five pieces of fourth-level ore to take out one Fire Element Spirit, and four Fire Element Spirits are a full 20 pieces.

If possible, it is best to buy an extra piece and keep it in the gold bead space for easy access at any time.

Searching for thirteen pieces of fourth-level ore from Ke Zifeng was Chen Ping's main goal.

"When I was young, I quite liked Lord Rabbit. But when I got older, I looked away from him. In fact, there is no difference."

There was a twinkle in Ke Zifeng's eyes, seeming to be serious and yet joking.

"Master Ke has rich experience and Xue admires him."

Looking at this man's old appearance, Chen Ping felt a chill rising from his back.

As expected of a young man who grew up in a wealthy family in the world of mortals, he is capable of engaging in any weird hobbies.

After the two stopped chatting, Chen Ping calmly looked around at the other people on the stone chair.

The dozen or so Yuandan people sitting there naturally looked at him.

Although they felt that Chen Ping's face was very unfamiliar, no one showed any strange expressions.

Because almost all the cultivators used various means to cover up their true appearance.

However, under Chen Ping's spiritual consciousness, he can detect it immediately, and there is no way to cover up the truth.

respectively.

There are only five people that he pays more attention to.

Including four Yuan Dan Dzogchen monks and a fake elixir monk sitting on Ke Zifeng's left hand side, his whole body wrapped in a ball of light green water mist.

This beautiful woman with graceful appearance and beautiful face is Pan Qianning, one of the seven fake elixirs of Yanning City.

"Fellow Daoist Ke, when will the exchange meeting start?"

Looking up at the entrance of the passage, Pan Qianning frowned and asked.

"Excuse me for the long wait, fellow Taoist. The last fellow Taoist has not yet arrived. If he doesn't show up after half a stick of incense, I will seal the entrance."

Ke Zifeng clasped his fists and said with an apologetic smile.

He was the initiator of the exchange meeting, so he naturally knew the woman's identity, so he did not dare to show any slights.
To be continued...