Since Zhao Siyao was in seclusion, Lu Changan did not visit this time.

After leaving Jinyun Valley.

Lu Changan did not return to Wuqi Mountain immediately.

He planned to visit surrounding cities and fairy cities to see if he could purchase some relatively low-cost materials.

The news about the sect's expedition was basically unknown to the middle and lower classes in the world of immortality cultivation.

Previously, even some senior officials were not sure.

At present, the growth rate of materials is not that exaggerated, and there is still some room for profit.

The first stop Lu Changan went to was "Wufengfang City" in the south of Jinyun Valley.

Back then, Lu Changan took Li Erqing to listen to music at the "Baixiang Immortal Tower" in Wufengfang City, including helping Zhao Siyao repair high-grade magical instruments.

The size of this city is relatively large compared to the fairy city.

Lu Changan uses the "Hundred Fantasy Mask" to assume the identity of an ordinary young man. On this basis, he slightly adjusts his disguise to create an additional layer of identity disguise.

Maintain the cultivation level in the middle stage of foundation building, and receive VIP-level treatment in large stores in Wufengfang City.

After half a day.

Lu Changan scanned a batch of goods, mainly talismans, elixirs, and puppet materials.

The price increase for materials is not small, but not as high as for finished products.

The supply of various war preparation materials exceeds the demand, and they are also restricted by craftsmen, especially high-quality ones.

Prices are transmitted to materials with a slight lag.

When the news of the war is confirmed and materials become scarce, prices will definitely rise sharply.

During the period of sweeping goods, Lu Changan also visited the "Spiritual Medicine Pavilion" in Wufengfang City.

Back then, when he came to Wufengfang City for the first time, Lu Changan was secretly followed by the shopkeeper of the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion, but was later frightened off by a message from his spiritual consciousness.

After all these years, the shopkeeper failed to advance to the foundation building stage and passed away long ago.

After inquiring, it was found that among his descendants, there were monks in the late stage of Qi Refining who worked as pharmacists in the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion.

Lu Changan's eyes are not that small.

There is no need to take revenge on his descendants or the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion for a trivial matter over time.

That's too much fuss.

After all, the shopkeeper back then just kept an eye on him and didn't take any action.

Half a day after Lu Changan left.

An interesting story came from Wufengfang City.

It is said that several of the precious medicinal materials stored in the Lingyao Pavilion were lost inexplicably, and the loss was huge, causing the owner to become furious.

There were extremely fine residues left at the scene, which were suspected to have been sneaked in and eaten by mysterious spiritual beasts.

…

Wufengfang City, two thousand miles away.

Lu Changan glanced at the spiritual pet bag while flying.

An orange-purple rat demon with a bulging belly was burping, stretching its limbs lazily, and lying in the spiritual pet bag.

Lu Changan smiled, the precious medicinal materials that the rock rat has eaten in the past few years are not as much as they eat in one day.

Ten days later.

Lu Changan arrived at Bauhinia Fairy City on the west side of Jinyun Valley.

This fairy city is close to the border of Liang State and has commercial contacts with the "Jing State" in the Western Regions.

The Jing Kingdom is just a small immortal cultivating country with poor spiritual resources. The most powerful immortal cultivating force is the Jindan Sect.

The country is branched by the Black Mist Mountains in the north and is located between the Chen State and the Liang State.

Although the location of Bauhinia Fairy City is remote, the value of materials is slightly higher than that of Wufengfang City.

Lu Changan speculated that since there were many powerful forces in the Immortal City, they had a keener sense of news.

The top executives of some chambers of commerce may have some information, but they may not dare to make big bets.

Once the war situation in the Feng Kingdom changes, or the top bosses in the Liang Kingdom give up their ideas and invest too much, they may lose everything.

After purchasing in Bauhinia Fairy City.

Commander Lu flew to the Liaoyuan Fairy City and stopped at Mu's house in Feiyue Lake on the way.

…

At Mu's house, Lu Changan met Li Erqing and Mu Bingyun.

After not seeing each other for many years, Mu Bingyun has matured a lot. She looks to be in her mid-twenties, and she has the confident demeanor of a family ancestor and a foundation-building female cultivator.

In recent years, Mujia's development momentum has been good, and its industry has expanded steadily. It has opened several stores in Zhuye Mountain, Wufeng Mountain, and Huanglong Fairy City.

Regarding the reason for the increase in supplies, Lu Changan gave a hint to the two of them but did not elaborate.

Before leaving.

Mu Bingyun sent a message and wanted to talk to Lu Changan alone and ask for advice on cultivation and drawing talismans.

Lu Changan glanced at this female cultivator in a green skirt who was as graceful as jade, slender and graceful. Expectation, reverence, and a hint of hidden emotion filled her starry eyes.

Lu Changan refused Mu Bingyun's request to talk alone because he was busy.

By Feiyue Lake.

Mu Bingyun stood there, looking slightly disappointed, watching the man in white go away.

I think of a certain explanation given by Master before his death.

She lightly clenched her bare hands into fists, took a deep breath, and tried to muster up her courage, but immediately her face became distressed and confused again.

Li Erqing saw that lonely figure, which seemed to overlap with a certain figure in his memory.

He sighed in his heart: Even the two most outstanding and beautiful female cultivators of the Mu family could not keep that man's heart.

…

After leaving Feiyue Lake, Lu Changan stopped by Zhuye Mountain to have a look.

The level of Zhuye Shanfang City is slightly lower, and it is no longer as prosperous as the first auction back then.

The Maple Leaf Huang family, the owner of Fangshi, now has two foundation-building monks.

The original foundation-building female cultivator "Huang Yingchun" and the late-stage foundation-building Taoist monk she relied on were said to be old and nearing the end of their lifespan.

The cooperative relationship between the two parties gradually faded.

The materials purchased by Lu Changan have high quality requirements, and they are not widely harvested in Zhuye Shanfang City.

One month later.

Lu Changan went to Liaoyuan Fairy City and Huanglong Fairy City one after another.

In the prairie fire fairy city, the price of materials was the highest, so Lu Changan reluctantly bought some talismans and high-grade materials for puppets.

In Huanglong Fairy City, in addition to ordinary parts and furs of monsters, other materials are also not cheap.

finally.

After completing the large purchase, Lu Changan returned to Wuqi Mountain.

During the procurement, Lu Changan did not use his own identity.

In fact, there are larger Fangshi and even Fairy City in the east, south and even north of the Black Mist Mountains in the Liang Kingdom.

As the prices of supplies continued to rise, Lu Changan followed the trend and only went to relatively nearby areas.

…

one year later.

Lu Changan, who was in Wuqi Mountain, received gossip from the outside world.

It is said that the immortal world of Liang Kingdom will fall into war.

There are different opinions on the specific reasons.

Among them, the most outrageous news is: Yan State's Wuya Palace has been defeated until Feng State surrendered, and in two years it will be Liang State's turn.

When the news of the war was known even to the maid Lan Rou, it had obviously spread widely throughout the country.

Some uninformed lower-level casual cultivators were frightened and followed the trend to purchase war preparation supplies.

Some unscrupulous merchants and shops claim that if they don’t buy it now, the price will double if there is a war.

As a result, combat readiness materials, which were already at a high level, have increased even further.

Materials that were originally lagging behind were reluctant to sell. In response, prices surged, in line with war preparation supplies.
To be continued...