Everything before him was pitch-black, the kind of darkness that completely absorbed all light. Just looking at it would cause one's hair to stand on end. His ears were filled with the sound of something being torn apart. Coupled with the fact that the world was spinning and the upside down, even with Shi Xuan's current physique, he felt extremely uncomfortable. Fortunately, he had the protection of the teleportation array. Otherwise, just the spatial storm generated by the teleportation would have obliterated Shi Xuan.
This situation quickly ended and light shone in front of him. After a while, Shi Xuan recovered from the dizziness and the ringing in his ears and examined his surroundings.
This was also a transmission array similar to the one in the cave, but it wasn't in a cave. Instead, it was inside a tall building. The top of the hall was more than ten meters high and was supported by thick stone pillars around the transmission array. In the corner, there was a simple long table and three stools. The decorations and furnishings were old and worn, as if they hadn't been used for a long time.
Shi Xuan had arrived in an unfamiliar place and was naturally cautious. He first activated the Golden Dragon Armor Incantation and took the Soul Confusion Banner, not daring to casually walk around. But after waiting for a long time, no one came, so he could only leave the hall and slowly walk along a perfectly straight path.
After walking for about a hundred meters, a stone door appeared in front of him. Voices and laughter could be heard coming from inside. When Shi Xuan heard this, he quietly let out a sigh of relief. At least there was no barrier in their language. However, he didn't dare to be careless and slowly walked past the stone door. Suddenly, he saw many richly dressed humans in twos and threes talking and laughing as they walked towards the other stone doors. Shi Xuan also let out a sigh of relief. Yes, they're humans. Then, Shi Xuan nimbly walked into the hall, mixing into the crowd while no one was paying attention.
What Shi Xuan feared the most was to find himself surrounded by spirit beasts and demonic beasts after the teleportation. What he feared the next was to see a sea of blood, a mountain of bones, and so on. Then, he would be praised by a sinister cultivator covered in blood or a ghostly fire, who would smile and say that he was a good material.
It wasn't that he didn't trust Daoist Priest Daoquan Zi. Even though the Daoist Priest's cultivation base was unknown and he looked like an ordinary mortal, but from Chu Yuyan's description, there was no doubt that the Daoist Priest was ten times stronger than him. If the Daoist Priest wanted to harm him, he could easily make a move. There was no need for him to beat around the bush. What he was afraid of was that the Taoist priest might not have been back for decades or even centuries. It was unknown if there were any changes here.
From the looks of it, they were at least humans. Judging by their attire, there were only one or two heretical cultivators. Moreover, they were walking briskly towards another stone door, completely unaware of Shi Xuan's appearance. Not only did the heretical cultivators not notice Shi Xuan, the majority of the other cultivators did not have the time to spare a glance at the stealthy appearance of Shi Xuan. They were busy chatting and laughing with their companions beside them, while at the same time walking towards their respective stone doors.
When Shi Xuan walked into the hall and looked around, only a few people noticed Shi Xuan. However, they did not come over to greet him, as if they were not the least bit interested in Shi Xuan and his group. Instead, they took a few more glances at the Bewitching Banner in Shi Xuan's hand.
Shi Xuan silently observed the hall, as well as the people who had noticed him. This hall was about ten times the size of the one he had just come out from. There were ten stone doors on the left and right. He had come out from the third stone door on the left, and there were two large stone doors on each side.
These cultivators either came in from the large stone door on the right of Shi Xuan, and then went to the smaller stone doors on the left and right as if they were in a hurry. However, most of them were concentrated in the two or three small stone doors. Some of them came out from the smaller stone doors, chatting with their companions as they slowly walked towards the large stone door on the right. The majority of the people who had noticed Shi Xuan were these people.
Shi Xuan deduced with simple logic that the large stone door on the right should be the entrance, and also the exit. Behind those small stone doors should be everyone's destination. As for the large stone door on the left, he did not know where it was, and there were almost no people who went there.
The cultivators in this hall were either wearing bright clothes, gorgeous clothes, or elegant clothes. At a glance, one could tell that they were all very expensive clothes. Because most of them knew how to conceal their aura, Shi Xuan could not see their specific cultivation level with his Qi Observation Technique. Only a few of them were dressed like nouveau riche, and Shi Xuan could see that they were in the Qi Nourishing stage.
In this situation, Shi Xuan naturally maintained a calm and leisurely expression, and calmly blended into the large group of cultivators heading towards the exit. However, he did not dare to get too close to the surrounding cultivators, lest he arouse their hostility.
The large stone door at the exit was getting closer and closer.
* * *
From the other side of the large stone door, two cultivators dressed in black uniforms walked out. The slightly shorter cultivator looked at the cultivators coming and going in the hall with a face full of envy. "I say, Wang Qi, these cultivators are really rich. The spirit stones used for a single teleportation is equivalent to our monthly income."
The taller cultivator curled his lips. "How many Qi Nourishing and Leaving Aperture cultivators can afford to use the teleportation array? There are tens of thousands of cultivators entering and exiting the Tide Lane every day, but there are only about a hundred people using the teleportation array. Wu Laosi, you always have to sigh like this. Why don't you think about how many of them are disciples of sects, and how many of them are disciples of big clans? For those who got lucky and became rich overnight, it would be good if there was even one out of a few hundred people. "
Wu Laosi sighed. "I'm just envious. If I was born in a big clan, oh, an ordinary clan, it would be enough. Why would I have to work so hard to guard this teleportation array every month? Those eight low-grade spirit stones are not even enough to pay for my medicine every month. Damn it, it's not even enough to use the teleportation array once!"
"Heh, you still want to use the teleportation array? Wu Laosi, you also know that the nearest Langya Island requires ten low-grade spirit stones, not to mention the teleportation array to West Wilderness. At least one high-grade spirit stone is needed, not to mention the large teleportation array to West Wilderness. You might not even be able to save up that much in your entire life. Let's go home and make the best use of our time to cultivate, and strive to stand out in the Dharma Assembly held by Penglai and Yingzhou Sect in half a year's time. If we can enter the sect, we will be a cut above the rest, and we won't have to work so hard every month. "Wang Qi was also a little fascinated by the end of his speech.
"A cut above the rest? In the three big sects, most of the disciples are from those clans. "This time, it was Wu Laosi's turn to mock Wang Qi.
"Aiya, who cares about them. Once they enter the sect, at least they'll have good cultivation techniques and spells that won't be any better than the junk we buy in the market stalls. Who knows, maybe they'll even get low-grade magic tools. Come on, let's go home and cultivate. "The tall Wang Qi was a man of action. He pulled Wu Laosi and walked towards the exit.
Wu Laosi shook off Wang Qi. "Are you crazy? You don't want to guard the teleportation array anymore? If we are discovered, half of the spirit stones for this month will be deducted! "
"What's there to guard? It's not like you don't know that we are being ostracized to guard that teleportation array from Middle Earth. That is a run-down place that no one has teleported over for more than a hundred years, and no one wants to teleport over either. Sigh, it must be the spirit stones that those rich cultivators gave us when we were guarding the teleportation array on Sea Dragon Island. Damn it, there are more than ten low-grade spirit stones a month!" The more Wang Qi said, the angrier he got.
After hearing this, Wu Laosi also came to his senses. He cursed a few more times and said to Wang Qi, "Let's go home and cultivate. I have never seen anyone guarding that teleportation array!"
The two of them walked towards the exit while cursing.
* * *
As soon as Shi Xuan followed the cultivator in front of him out of the big stone door, he suddenly felt his eyes brighten and his spirits lift.
Above his head was a bright and refreshing azure sky with a red sun in the middle. The sunlight was not dazzling, and it warmly shone on his body, giving him the urge to take an afternoon nap. On his left was a cliff about a hundred feet away. Below the cliff, the waves were rolling and crashing against the mountain walls, leaving white foam-like waves and bursts of rolling thunder.
From here, he could still see the boundless indigo sea in the distance. There were scattered shadows of other islands in the sea, and unknown seabirds were singing and flying back and forth on the sea. Huge sailing ships were speeding towards this island from the farthest place at an incredible speed. Presumably, they had set up some arrays. Meanwhile, some small fishing boats were dragging fishing nets in the remote sea region far away.
Smelling the damp and slightly fishy sea breeze, Shi Xuan looked at the cultivators flying towards the island on their celestial tools in the sky. His heart felt at ease. He took the Enchanting Flag and walked towards the stone path on the right.
This was a market built in the southernmost part of the island. It stretched from the port all the way to the cliff, so Shi Xuan, who was walking down the cliff, had a panoramic view of the layout of the entire market.
The layout of the three vertical and four horizontal streets, in addition to the dozens of stone roads that spread out, formed an unusually bustling market. Cultivators from the air, the sea, and other parts of the island crowded around the market. Of course, most of the people here were ordinary people. From the results of Shi Xuan's Qi Observation along the way, the people below the Qi Nourishing stage accounted for 45% to 50%. Because they were in the cultivation market, most of them practiced some martial arts, so they could be considered to be at the Body Tempering stage.
About 30% to 40% of the people were at the Qi Nourishing stage. The remaining 10% to 20% were cultivators that Shi Xuan couldn't see. He estimated that they were at the Leaving Aperture stage or above.
As he slowly walked down the stone road, he was surrounded by all kinds of strange gazes. After coming out of the big stone door, the number of people looking at him increased. As for why, Shi Xuan didn't know.
On both sides of the road were some Qi Nourishing stage cultivators. Holding a cautious attitude of looking and listening, but not asking too many questions, Shi Xuan randomly found a young female cultivator who looked very delicate and pretty. He squatted in front of her stall and casually picked up a beautiful feather to look at.
The delicate and pretty girl immediately enthusiastically introduced, "Senior, the tail feathers of this Chicken-Tailed Monkey are from a Tier-2 Demonic Beast. It's the best choice to refine a feather armor. Moreover, it's not expensive at all. It's only one low-grade spirit stone for ten of them." As she spoke, she eagerly looked at Shi Xuan.
Low-grade spirit stone? What's that? Shi Xuan calmly flipped through it, then casually put it down. He stood up and prepared to leave.
The delicate and pretty woman hurriedly stood up and eagerly said, "Senior, Senior, this can still be sold. How about you just take 80 crystal beads? If you don't like it, you can look at the others. I found them in the dangerous western side of the island. They are very good for refining magic tools and pills."
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