After passing several high mountains, Song Qingming hurried south for more than a hundred miles and came to a high mountain.
After arriving at the place, Song Qingming took out a black token from his body, then clenched it with both hands and slowly injected the spiritual power in his body into it. After a while, a white light shot out from the token and shot straight towards an open space on the high mountain in front.
The originally empty area was illuminated by the white light emitted by the token, and suddenly a burst of colorful light appeared. When the light slowly dissipated, a large area of green tents appeared on the originally empty mountain top.
More than twenty tents are lined up on the top of the mountain. Looking down from the sky, it looks like a giant green python is coiled on the top of the mountain. This is a temporary camp of Feiyunwei in the Floating Cloud Mountains.
The Feiyun Guards operate deep in the Floating Cloud Mountains all year round. In order to facilitate their operations, every time they explore a place, they will choose a suitable place nearby to build a temporary camp so that they can stay there for a long time.
This high mountain is also a second-level spiritual vein, which was originally occupied by a second-level low-grade flying-wing tiger. More than a month ago, Song Qingming and others, led by a foundation-building senior from Feiyunwei, killed the monster and set up camp here.
In addition to a Foundation Establishment cultivator who is not often in the camp, there are more than 30 Qi Refining cultivators stationed here. These Feiyun Guards go out to their assigned locations during the day to collect information about monsters, and return to the camp to rest before sunset.
After joining Feiyunwei for two months, Song Qingming has already gained some preliminary understanding of this place.
There are more than one hundred people in the entire Feiyun Guard, including three Foundation Establishment cultivators, and the rest are Qi Refining cultivators, basically all of whom have cultivation above the fifth level of Qi Refining. They are divided into twelve guards, with more than a dozen people in each guard. After Song Qingming joined, he was arranged to the eleventh guard by Lu Yunfei.
About 30% of the Feiyun Guards are cultivators from the Xiaoyao Sect. Lu Yunfei, who recruited Song Qingming into the Feiyun Guards that day, was an inner disciple of the Xiaoyao Sect. He joined the Feiyun Guards and served as the leader of a guard only because the sect sent him to garrison Guiyunfang.
Apart from the cultivators of Xiaoyao Sect, the rest are the various independent cultivators hired by Guiyunfang. Every time Feiyunwei goes out on a mission, there is a strict mission process and time arrangement. The cultivators are prohibited from leaving the camp at will without a mission.
For a new member like him, there wouldn't be too many tasks assigned to him, so he completed his tasks early today and returned to the camp.
Just as he walked to his own tent, Song Qingming heard a noise in the tent next to him, and an old man also dressed in black walked out. When the old man saw Song Qingming, he came over with a smile.
"Fellow Daoist Song, you completed the task so early today. I thought I would see you later." The old man in black walked up to Song Qingming and said with a smile on his face.
The old man in black was named Shi Mofeng. He was over ninety years old and was a casual cultivator who had joined Feiyun Guard for many years. Song Qingming and this man both belonged to the eleventh guard of Feiyun Guard and lived in the same camp. Naturally, they had met before, but he was a newcomer and was not familiar with anyone except Lu Yunfei who brought him in.
Song Qingming saw that Shi Mofeng seemed to have been waiting for him here for a long time. Seeing that he seemed to have something to ask him, he cupped his hands, made a salute and said, "Senior, why did you come to see me today?"
"I heard Captain Lu say last time that Fellow Daoist Song still has a mid-grade magic talisman. This time, I've had some bad luck and have encountered several bad-tempered monsters. I've used up all my life-saving talismans. Could you please sell me a few? I'll owe you a favor." Shi Mofeng saw that Song Qingming knew what he was here for, so he didn't beat around the bush and told him his purpose directly.
"Senior Shi, you are too polite. We are all fellow practitioners and should take care of each other. However, I don't have many talismans left, so I can only give you two. I hope you don't mind." Song Qingming hesitated for a moment and agreed readily.
"Then, I would like to thank you very much, my friend."
Shi Mofeng reached out and took the two talismans handed over by Song Qingming, happily put them into the storage bag, and then took out a few spirit stones for Song Qingming.
Song Qingming did not refuse. After joining the Feiyun Guard, he found that since they had to stay in the Floating Cloud Mountains for at least three months on each mission, they were often short of various supplies and had no way to replenish them.
People like Shi Mofeng were unlucky enough to be besieged by high-level monsters several times. Once the consumables such as talismans were used up, they would not be able to go out to carry out the mission without any safety guarantee.
Fortunately, Song Qingming still had enough talismans on him, so selling a few to him would not affect his next mission.
Among the talismans that Song Qingming had refined in Lingyuan Mountain in recent years, auxiliary talismans such as the magic-moving talisman, the earth-escaping talisman, the invisibility talisman, etc., had always been poorly sold in Caolu Mountain. He had stockpiled a lot of them in recent years, but he did not expect that when he came here, these less popular talismans would become popular items.
Song Qingming was naturally happy to see this happen, as he could not only exchange the talismans he had stored for spirit stones, but also make friends with some fellow practitioners. It was a pity that he could not find all kinds of materials for making talismans in the Floating Cloud Mountains, otherwise he could make a small profit from this team of more than a dozen cultivators.
After completing the transaction with Song Qingming, Shi Mofeng stroked his gray beard, thought for a while, and then spoke slowly.
"I heard that you were looking for information about the black market. I've been hanging around in the Floating Cloud Mountains for many years, so I happen to know a little bit. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Song is free to chat."
Song Qingming was about to return to his tent, but Shi Mofeng suddenly said something that surprised him.
After arriving at Guiyunfang, Song Qingming didn't know many people. He only asked Lu Yunfei about the black market. Unfortunately, Lu Yunfei had only been in Guiyunfang for more than two years. He had only heard of the black market and didn't know the specific situation.
After hearing what Shi Mofeng said, Song Qingming quickly and enthusiastically invited him into his tent. As an old-fashioned cultivator who had been in the Floating Cloud Mountains for decades, Shi Mofeng must know some information about the black market. Song Qingming also wanted to ask him, but the two were not familiar with each other before. Today, this old guy took the initiative to come to him, and Song Qingming naturally would not refuse him.
After the two men walked into the tent, Song Qingming poured two cups of spiritual tea and then began to ask about the news of the black market. Shi Mofeng was not a cunning person. He was very enthusiastic towards Song Qingming and told him a lot of useful information.
After Shi Mofeng's guidance, Song Qingming realized that the so-called black market was a place where some cultivators sold some shady or rare items. There were several such places in the Floating Cloud Mountains, and it was also the place where the cultivators near Guiyunfang sold their stolen goods.