Before Lu Ping came to the East Sea, he did not know that he was going to participate in such a grand event. Therefore, although Lu Ping had brought almost all of his wealth with him, he could not take out treasures like the Spiritual Demon Peach to exchange for what he needed. Therefore, he had to make the best use of the month before the grand event.
The Fantasy Spirit Island was a large island in the Fallen Secret Land. There was a huge mountain range on the Fantasy Spirit Island called the Fantasy Spirit Mountain, and the Fantasy Spirit City was located at the foot of the mountain.
The Fantasy Spirit Island was the place where the only giant Spiritual Mine in the overseas region was located. This giant Spiritual Mine was distributed in the mountain range of the Fantasy Spirit Mountain. With this giant Spiritual Mine as the center, there were four other large Spiritual Mines on the four large and medium-sized islands around the Fantasy Spirit Island.
Due to the amazing wealth contained in the Fantasy Spirit Island and the four surrounding islands, the overseas cultivators considered this place to be the center of the entire Fallen Secret Land. They built cities on the four islands and jointly divided the ownership of the five Spiritual Mines.
In the past, for the sake of one giant Spiritual Mine and the four large Spiritual Mines, the overseas human cultivators and the overseas demon cultivators waged a war that lasted for decades. In the end, because the Fallen Secret Land was closer to the coastal waters of the human race, the human race had a lot of advantages. The giant Spiritual Mine and two large Spiritual Mines were occupied by the human race, while the other two large Spiritual Mines were taken by the demon race.
Because the three Spiritual Mines that the human race took were jointly fought by the overseas human cultivators, the three Spiritual Mines were naturally divided among the overseas human cultivators after the war.
However, the nine overseas sects led by the Crystal Palace completely occupied the only giant Spiritual Mine. Among the nine sects, the Crystal Palace was the only large sect and occupied the largest share of the giant Spiritual Mine. The other eight large sects included the four sects in the East Sea, three in the South Sea, and the only one that belonged to the North Sea was the Fei Ling Sect. After the Fei Ling Sect was destroyed, its share of the giant Spiritual Mine was divided among the other eight sects.
The remaining two large Spiritual Mines were owned by the overseas medium-sized sects that participated in the war. However, there were twenty-five overseas medium-sized sects that had the right to divide these two large Spiritual Mines. Among them, the South Sea had eleven, the East Sea had ten, and the North Sea had the least. Originally, there were five. Later, the Cang Hai Sect, which was originally one sect, split into two sects, the Cang Hai Sect and the Cang Lang Sect. Naturally, their strength was greatly reduced, so they were pushed out of the twenty-five sects. In the end, a medium-sized sect from the East Sea replaced them, leaving the North Sea with four sects.
There were naturally more than these twenty-five medium-sized sects in the entire overseas cultivation world. However, these twenty-five medium-sized sects were the most powerful among all the medium-sized sects. They began to copy the actions of the nine major sects in dividing the giant Spiritual Mines and occupied the two large Spiritual Mines.
After the start of every overseas trading event, the most fundamental reason why each sect had a Dharma Manifestation cultivator to lead them was that after the auction, the Laozu of each sect would gather to discuss the redistribution of the three Spiritual Mines.
And this time, the boudoir had come with a strong force. Their ultimate goal was the share that Fei Ling Sect had in the giant Spiritual Mines. Although the boudoir's rise had the support of the four major sects in the East Sea, when it came to the distribution of the profits from the giant Spiritual Mines, Fei Ling Sect's share had already been taken by the other eight major sects for thousands of years. Now that they had to give it back, it was likely that even the four major sects would not be able to support them again.
This time, Zhenling had come with a request. Zhenling and Xuan Ling Sect were the leaders of the North Sea cultivation world. Among the twenty-five medium-sized sects that had divided the two large Spiritual Mines, they were only ranked in the middle. However, after Zhenling's Tian Kang Laozu had advanced to the mid Dharma stage, Tian Lin and Tian Ling had advanced to the Dharma stage, and now that Tian Qin Laozu had returned, Zhenling now had four mid Dharma adepts and five early Dharma adepts. In total, there were nine Dharma Laozu. This level of power could be ranked in the top ten among the twenty-five medium-sized sects in the overseas region. Hence, Zhenling also wanted to expand its share of the two large Spiritual Mines.
With Tian Qin Laozu in the lead, the two late Core Forging adepts, Xuan Sen and Xuan Xu, in addition to Xuan Tian, Xuan Hui, Xuan Ru, Xuan Bei, Xuan Zhu, Xuan Yu, Xuan Su, and Lu Ping, a total of eleven people arrived at the center of the Fallen Mystery Land, where the only large Spiritual Mine in the overseas region was located, Phantom City.
This was also the maximum number of people that Laozu, a medium-sized sect, could bring into Phantom City. If other adepts wanted to enter Phantom City, they would first have to be at the mid Core Forging stage and then pay an entrance fee of ten high-grade spirit stones. Just these two requirements alone were enough to keep low-level adepts and Core Forging adepts out of the city.
Lu Ping and the others landed ten miles away from Phantom Spirit City. The entire Phantom Spirit City was shrouded in a huge protective array formation, and the Flight Prohibition Array Formation would take effect ten miles away. Hence, they had no choice but to walk into the city.
To Lu Ping and the others, a ten-mile journey was but a matter of moments. Very quickly, the majestic Phantom City appeared before their eyes.
The eighty-foot tall city walls flashed with runes from time to time. For thousands of years, the adepts stationed in Phantom City had continuously carved various restrictive spells on the city walls to strengthen the walls. In the past, the overseas human adepts had relied on Phantom City to defend against the attacks of dozens of Dharma Laws of the overseas demon clan, Laozu. Thus, they had secured Phantom Island in the hands of the human clan and finally succeeded in occupying the large Spiritual Mine on Phantom Island.
At the city gate, a late Core Forging adept from the Crystal Palace was leading a few adepts from other sects to check on the adepts entering and leaving Phantom City.
There were a total of eight such city gates in the entire Phantom City. The Crystal Palace adept did not show the slightest bit of surprise in front of Tianqin Laozu, who was a Dharma adept. It was obvious that there were many Dharma adepts who frequently entered Phantom City. Furthermore, as a adept from the Crystal Palace, there was no need for them to show any humility towards a Dharma adept from a medium-sized sect in the North Sea.
Receiving a token that looked like jade from Tianqin Laozu, the Crystal Palace adept gave it a cursory look before returning it with both hands. Then, the group of eleven people walked into the city that was said to be the second largest in the entire East Sea.
And the largest city was naturally owned by the largest sect in the East Sea, the Crystal Palace, and the name of the city was the Crystal Palace!
Just as the group was about to enter the city gate, the sound of a whip suddenly came from behind Lu Ping and the others. When the group turned around to look, they saw a large, beautifully decorated carriage coming towards the city gate.
The faces of Lu Ping and the others all turned ugly. Even the expressions of the adepts from the Crystal Palace who were guarding the city gate turned serious.
Nine brackets extended out from the running cart in a row. Each of the brackets was fastened to the waist of a human cultivator. A cultivator who was driving the cart sat cross-legged at the front of the cart. He held a long whip in his hand. One glance was enough to tell that it was no ordinary item. He was driving the nine human cultivators who were bound by the brackets forward.
The cultivation of the nine human adepts seemed to be imprisoned by the nine supports around their waists. However, this did not prevent them from using their escape techniques to pull the carriage forward quickly.
When they got closer, Lu Ping and the others could already see that there were three early-stage Core Forging cultivators in front of the nine human adepts. The six adepts behind them were all late-stage Blood Condensation cultivators. The cultivator who was driving the nine human adepts with the long whip was a mid-stage Core Forging cultivator from the demon race.
Obviously, the cultivators in the carriage were from the demon race, and the nine human adepts who were being pulled like livestock were Lu Ping's famous "human pets" of the demon race!
When they arrived at the city gate, the demon cultivator who was driving the carriage jumped down from the carriage. He glanced coldly at Lu Ping and the others, then threw a scroll-like golden silk cloth into the hands of the Crystal Palace cultivator.
The Crystal Palace cultivator looked coldly at the demon cultivator, then opened the silk cloth and examined it. Then, he gestured for the people behind him to let the carriage pass.
The demon cultivator who was driving the carriage cracked his whip as if there was no one around him. The nine "human pets" exerted strength under their feet and the carriage quickly passed through the city gate and into Fantasy Spirit City.
From beginning to end, Lu Ping and the others didn't say a word. When the carriage was far away, Enlightened Master Xuan Xu asked the Crystal Palace cultivator beside him, "Fellow Daoist, I don't know who the people in the carriage are, but they are undoubtedly from the demon race. Why are they able to enter Fantasy Spirit City?"
When the Crystal Palace cultivator saw that Enlightened Master Xuan Xu was an expert at the ninth level of the Core Forging Realm, his expression became much more polite. He said helplessly, "Normally, the demon race is strictly forbidden to enter Fantasy Spirit City. However, this trade event is held by the entire overseas cultivation world. Naturally, high level cultivators from both the human and demon races can participate. If I'm not wrong, the person in the carriage just now should be an expert of the Emerald Sea Spirit Snake clan. That's the only clan among the overseas demon clans that can go against our Crystal Palace. If you see them, you'd better stay away. The Emerald Sea Spirit Snake clan is not something that a small sect like yours can afford to offend. "
"Aren't you afraid that the demon race cultivators will stir up trouble in Fantasy Spirit City? Fantasy Spirit City is the entrance to the only large spirit mine in the overseas region!"
The Crystal Palace cultivator laughed coldly and said, "There are 18 Dharma Laws Laozu from various sects stationed in Fantasy Spirit City. There are two in the late Dharma Laws stage and eight in the mid Dharma Laws stage. It's not a place that the demon race can easily get their hands on. Furthermore, when the event starts, all the Dharma Laws adepts from various sects will enter the city. This Laozu from your sect should know that there are more than 50 human Laozu in Fantasy Spirit City. Even if there are some demon Laozu, how would they dare to stir up trouble? It's just that the human race and the demon race have been at odds for a long time. Both sides are evenly matched, so we have to maintain respect for the strong demons. "
Sage Xuan Xu asked a few more questions about the situation in Fantasy Spirit City and the news of the event. Then, he handed a storage bag to the Crystal Palace cultivator and said, "I'll have to trouble you to explain. Please take care of these things. When you're free, go to the city for a cup of spirit tea."
The Crystal Palace cultivator exchanged some pleasantries and then took the storage bag. When Lu Ping and the others had gone far away, he opened the storage bag and took a look. There were 10 top-grade spirit stones inside.
The Crystal Palace cultivator spat and said, "Those from the North Sea are really f * cking poor!"
A cultivator at the side laughed and said, "Brother Lianshan, be content. If they were from the East Sea or the South Sea, who would look up to us gatekeepers!"
The Crystal Palace cultivator said unhappily, "That's true. This is really not a good job. We can only hope that we can take advantage of those casual cultivators. It's just that those casual cultivators are probably even poorer."
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