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Murin flew with Xu Fan, and very quickly, Xu Fan discovered that although Murin was carrying him, his speed was much faster than his own flying speed on the sword. Murin also seemed to be worried that he wouldn't be able to withstand the astral winds, so he didn't use all his strength to fly, so he couldn't help but have a better understanding of Murin's strength.

Of course, Xu Fan also knew that if he were to use that high-grade flying magic tool, the Heaven Python's Wings, it would be a completely different matter.

"Senior Brother Mu, just fly at your full strength. I can still withstand this bit of astral wind." Xu Fan said to Murin in a low voice as he saw the leader of the group, Zhao Xinrui, and Lei Fei in front of them consciously slow down their flying speed.

Murin was slightly surprised, but he then said in relief, "That's fine. Junior brother Xu, take note. I'm going to speed up. If you can't block the astral winds, just tell me."

With that, Murin increased the amount of true essence he poured into the huge flying sword beneath his feet. In an instant, the two of them sped up their flying speed by more than twofold, and very quickly caught up to Xiao Qi, who was second from the bottom.

Everyone saw Murin bringing Xu Fan with him as he caught up. They couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Xu Fan, who was standing next to Murin. However, they discovered that Xu Fan was standing next to Murin in a relaxed manner with a smile on his face as he sized them up.

Lei Fei and the others felt their hearts tremble. They couldn't help but have a whole new level of respect for Xu Fan. Zhao Xingrui, on the other hand, felt joy in her heart as she thought to herself, "This Junior Brother Xu really hid his strength!" It seems like his cultivation is not at the 3rd stage of Qi Disciple stage on the surface. "

Actually, what Zhao Xinrui didn't know was that Xu Fan had cultivated the Ancient Body Tempering Art, the Brahma Monarch Body Tempering Scripture. With Xu Fan's current physical strength, even if his flying speed was ten or twenty times faster, he would still have nothing to fear from the fierce astral winds.

But no matter what, Xu Fan didn't know that just because he was flying with Murin at full power, ignoring the powerful squall, he had still revealed his true strength.

In the world of cultivation, with the increase in cultivation, not only would the true essence and spirit energy inside the dantian gradually increase, but the body of the cultivators also gradually became stronger as the cultivation increased.

This was just like a water tank for the human body. If the water tank gradually grew larger and filled with more and more water, if the cylinder's strength was not enough, the water tank would explode. As a result, when Zhao XinRui and the others saw that the fierce squall had no effect on Xu Fan while he was flying with Murin at full power, they immediately determined that Xu Fan's strength was not what they had seen on the surface.

Although they didn't know that Xu Fan had cultivated the body forging technique and subconsciously believed that Xu Fan should have a strength of more than the 3rd level of Qi Disciple, their judgement was correct. Xu Fan's strength wasn't as weak as it seemed!

The group of eight people urged their flying swords to fly quickly towards Black Wind Valley.

During the two hours before he left Qingyu Peak, Xu Fan discovered quite a few people wearing the clothes of the Spiritual Medicine Sect's outer disciples, but after flying for about four hours, there were very few disciples from the Spiritual Medicine Sect. However, Xu Fan found that there were a few people wearing different clothes from time to time.

In addition, Xu Fan also discovered that when these people saw them, aside from a few others, most of them took the initiative to dodge, and seemed to be very careful around them as well.

Although Xu Fan had seen quite a few cultivators in the Cloudburst City outside of the Spirit Peak Mountain, and had also learned quite a bit about the cultivation world under Xia Weiwei's guidance, he still followed the principle of asking a lot of questions, in order to quickly familiarize himself with the cultivation world, and also familiarize himself with the Spiritual Medicine Sect as a cultivation sect.

Seeing this, Xu Fan didn't quite understand, so he asked, "Senior Mu, this place is less than a thousand miles away from the sect. It should still be within the sect's sphere of influence, right? Why are there others here?"

Murin, while controlling his flying sword, replied in a low voice, "Junior Brother Xu, this is something you don't know. Although the Green Jade Peak is within a five thousand kilometer radius from our Spiritual Medicine Sect, the sect only controls the main cultivation resources, so there are not just the disciples of our Spiritual Medicine Sect, there are also some small cultivation families that depend on the sect. Of course, there are also many disciples from other sects and many rogue cultivators from different areas."

Xu Fan asked curiously, "What are they doing in our Spiritual Medicine Sect's territory?"

Mu Qing smiled. "Junior apprentice brother Xu, what do you think is the most famous sect in the Spirit Medicine Sect?"

Xu Fan said, "I don't know."

Murin proudly replied, "Of course it's pills. Many disciples and rogue cultivators from other sects like to come to our Spiritual Medicine Sect's marketplace to buy pills. This is also the reason why there are so many disciples and rogue cultivators from other sects in our Spiritual Medicine Sect. Of course, there are also people who came here to gain experience or for other reasons. "

"Oh!"

When Xu Fan heard about the city square, he was secretly delighted. He hurriedly asked, "Does our Spiritual Medicine Sect even have its own city square?"

Mu Qing replied, "Of course there is. Not only does our Spiritual Medicine Sect have its own marketplace, sects like the Mysterious Sky Sect, Thousand Revolution Sect, Green Cloud Valley, and Worryfree Palace all have their own marketplace. Not only that, but hundreds of thousands of miles away, there is also a marketplace run by a loose cultivator organization.

Xu Fan stared blankly. "The inner city?"

"That's right!"

Murin slowly said, "In truth, the inner city is a trade fair that the inner disciples of the sect have initiated themselves. This trade fair isn't really a market, it's just a way for disciples to trade things that they don't need. It's a lot smaller. Although this kind of situation is not open to the public, the sect still allows it. If there is a chance in the future, I can take you junior brother to see the trade fairs between the inner disciples and sometimes you can also get some things that you urgently need. "

"Alright, if there's a chance, I'll go take a look."

Xu Fan nodded and thought to himself, Since the Spiritual Medicine Sect has a marketplace, and also has an internal trade fair initiated by its inner disciples, it would greatly benefit me. At the very least, I would be able to guarantee my own safety within the area of influence of the Spiritual Medicine Sect.

The group continued to fly for about two hours. Xu Fan discovered that an orderly structure had appeared in front of them, and Zhao Xinrui and the others all landed in front of the building at the same time. Soon after, Murin and his group also landed beside Zhao Xinrui and the others.

"Senior Brother Mu, this place is?"

After landing, Xu Fan saw from afar that the building was surrounded by high walls. It seemed to be a bustling town, and he couldn't help but become very curious.

Without waiting for Murin to speak, Zhao XinRui glanced at Xu Fan and explained, "Junior Brother Xu, this is a marketplace set up by our Spiritual Medicine Sect, from here we only have a distance of less than a thousand miles to Black Wind Valley. We will first go to the marketplace to buy some pellets and talismans, and then prepare as many pellets and talismans as possible.

"Marketplace? That's great!" Xu Fan nodded. He had gotten his first pot of gold in the cultivation world from the Cloudburst Market. As a result, Xu Fan's heart was filled with anticipation for this Spiritual Medicine Sect's market.

The group of eight put away their flying swords and walked to the city gate. Xu Fan immediately saw the words "Spirit Medicine Market" written in large, golden characters. Under the sunlight, these four characters were extremely eye-catching. And at the city gate stood two young men wearing the clothing of the Spiritual Medicine Sect outer court disciples.

Just as Xu Fan was sizing up the four characters, one of the youths with a cultivation base around Qi Disciple level 7 looked at Xu Fan and the others. He said, "Everyone, please show your identity tokens."

Zhao XinRui and Murin were clearly very familiar with the rules here, so they respectively gave their identity jade tokens to the youth without saying a word. Seeing that everyone had voluntarily handed over their identity jade tokens, Xu Fan also gave his identity jade tokens to that disciple.

After waiting for the disciple to verify everyone's identity, he said: "Alright, many thanks for your cooperation. Everyone please hand over two Spirit Stones to enter the city."

Zhao Xinrui and the others didn't say anything. The leader of the group immediately took out sixteen low-grade spirit stones and handed it to the disciple. Then, he led the group through the city gate.

Xu Fan followed Murin and asked, "Brother Mu, didn't you say that this is a sect's marketplace? Why do we disciples have to turn in their spirit stones to enter the city? "

Murin explained, "Junior Brother Xu, this is the rule of every sect to set up their own market. Because this is the sect's market, we only need to pay two Spirit Stones to enter the city. If it's a disciple of another sect or a rogue cultivator, the fee to enter the city will not be two Spirit Stones, but five Spirit Stones. Of course, this was only the city entrance fee. If he wanted to set up a stall in the city, he would have to pay another amount of spirit stones. However, if it was a disciple of the Spiritual Medicine Sect, the fee they would have to pay would also be much less.

Xu Fan looked forward and discovered that there were stalls and shops on both sides of the long street. The streets were bustling with people, so he couldn't help but click his tongue.

Murin smiled and said, "That's right. This market is one of the biggest income businesses in our sect besides spirit stone mines. Otherwise, how would the tens of thousands of disciples in the sect train themselves?"

Xu Fan thought to himself, that's true. A cultivation sect with tens of thousands of disciples consumes an uncountable amount of cultivation resources every day. Without a source of spirit stones, how could it withstand such a huge consumption?

He discovered that the size of the Spirit Medicine Market was even larger than the Cloudburst Market. Aside from a lot of disciples that were dressed in the Spirit Medicine Sect's clothing, there were also a lot of rogue cultivators and disciples that were served by other sects. He couldn't help but sigh in admiration. The true cultivation world of the Spirit Peak Mountain was different from the outside.

Seeing that Xu Fan was in high spirits, Murin took the initiative to say, "Junior Brother Xu, we're going to buy some pills and talismans. Are you coming with us or are you going to take a walk around? We'll meet you at the city gates two hours later."

As for the demon beast materials, he planned to give them to the sect in exchange for contribution points in the future. Thus, without hesitation, he said, "Senior Mu, Senior Zhao, fellow seniors, you guys go ahead and busy yourselves. I'll take a walk around the city by myself for a bit first. We'll meet up at the city gate in two hours."

"Alright. This is junior brother Xu's first time coming to the outpost. Get familiar with this place, and in the future, bring some materials that you don't need to sell here. We'll meet up at the city gate in two hours." Zhao Xinrui nodded and immediately said.

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