The Seventy-two Islands of the Southern Sea had always been a very special place in the Sword Spirit World. Some people treated this place as a holy land, some as a home, and some as an uncivilized land. It was a power that drifted away from the Sword Spirit Continent, but it was also a power that was closely connected to the Sword Spirit Continent. It was unique and charming.
In the Seventy-two Islands of the Sword Spirit World, many cultivators from various sects would come to the Sword Spirit World for trials every year. Therefore, the Seventy-two Islands of the Southern Sea took great care of these cultivators and generally wouldn't offend them. Of course, the cultivators who came to the Southern Sea had to listen to the orders of the Seventy-two Islands of the Southern Sea. Otherwise, they would be expelled from the entire Seventy-two Islands of the Southern Sea.
Of course, the main islands of the Seventy-two Islands of the Southern Sea couldn't be easily entered. Even if you had a good relationship with the people of the Seventy-two Islands of the Southern Sea, they wouldn't let you easily enter the main islands of the Seventy-two Islands of the Southern Sea unless you were a sect master or an important figure of a sect. Only then would you be able to enter the main islands of the Seventy-two Islands of the Southern Sea without being attacked.
In the Seventy-two Islands of the Southern Sea, there were many markets. These markets were actually specially divided by the Seventy-two Islands of the Seventy-two Islands of the Southern Sea for the disciples of various sects to rest and trade.
The Spirit Crab Island also had such markets, and there were several of them. After all, the Southern Sea was too big. It was simply impossible to have one market per island. Therefore, it was necessary to have more markets.
The Spirit Crab Island's market was relatively close to the Sword Spirit Continent. There were many people here. Many people who entered the Southern Sea for the first time would choose this place as their first stop.
A white light flashed and two people appeared at the transmission array of the Heavenly City Market. One of them was a dark-skinned monk, while the other was a man wrapped in leather clothes. The combination of these two people looked very strange.
However, there were a lot of strange people coming to the market every day. They only let people take a glance at them and then no one paid them any attention. Some knowledgeable people could tell from the monk's skin that he was from the Iron Monk Temple. Aside from the Iron Monk Temple, there were very few monks from other sects that had such dark skin.
The newcomers were naturally Zhao Hai and Shui Zhi. Zhao Hai glanced at the market and then walked in. Shui Zhi silently followed behind him. The two people quickly blended into the crowd of the market and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Zhao Hai slowly walked in the market. This market was actually very big. The entire island was a market. There were hotels for people to stay in, taverns for people to eat, various shops for people to trade, and even a market for people to set up stalls. Naturally, there was also a branch of the Spirit Crab Island.
There was no charge for entering this market. However, if you want to set up a stall, you would have to pay a fee. Even if you want to use the teleportation formation to leave, you would also have to pay a fee.
There were no ordinary people in the market, all of them were cultivators, Rogue Cultivators, disciples of various sects who came here for training, disciples of the 72 Southern Sea Islands, disciples of the Spirit Crab Island, and even the people who opened the shops were cultivators. Some were Rogue Cultivators, some were shops opened by the other islands of the 72 Southern Sea Islands, and some were even shops of large sects. However, the shops weren't very big. The biggest hotels and restaurants here were operated by the Spirit Crab Island. Of course, their fees weren't very high. Although the fees were higher than the hotels and restaurants of the same scale in the Sword Spirit Boundary, it wasn't much higher.
Zhao Hai led Shui Zhi around the market. After a while, they arrived at a very big shop. This shop had the words' Spirit Crab Shop 'written on it. Obviously, it was a business of the Spirit Crab Island.
Zhao Hai looked at the shop and then directly went inside. The shop was very big and there were a lot of Cultivators inside. The service attitude of the shop's staff was quite good, there wasn't any situation of the shop bullying the customers.
Zhao Hai walked inside the shop. There were a lot of good things inside. There were pills, artifacts, some ordinary Cultivation Methods, and even some materials.
Zhao Hai quickly stopped in front of a counter. There were a lot of jade slips on the counter. There weren't a lot of people here. A young female Cultivator was standing behind the counter and talking to a Cultivator.
Zhao Hai looked at the jade slips on the counter. These jade slips didn't record Cultivation Methods, but maps. It could be said that they were Sea Maps. These were the Sea Maps that the 72 Islands of the South Sea sold to the public.
The 72 Islands of the South Sea sold Sea Maps to the public. This was something that everyone in the continent knew. In the eyes of ordinary people, since the 72 Islands of the South Sea sold Sea Maps, then they didn't need to draw their own Sea Maps. As long as they didn't spend too much money, they would be able to buy one. However, what they didn't know was that the Sea Maps sold by the 72 Islands of the South Sea were very ordinary Sea Maps. They were incomplete Sea Maps. In these Sea Maps, there were some places that were marked to prevent other Cultivators from entering.
However, Zhao Hai was still prepared to buy such a Sea Map. This time, he came to the South Sea to make a more complete Sea Map. For this ordinary Sea Map, he could use it as a reference. At the very least, before he had a falling out with the 72 Islands of the South Sea, he wouldn't enter the places that the 72 Islands of the South Sea prohibited him from entering.
Zhao Hai walked to the counter. The female Cultivator at the counter immediately noticed Zhao Hai. After saying a few words to another Cultivator, she went to Zhao Hai and gave a salute to Zhao Hai, "Greetings Grandmaster. What does the Grandmaster need?"
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Hello, I want a Sea Map, a more detailed one."
The female Cultivator nodded and said, "Alright, Grandmaster. Our Sea Maps are divided into several types. The most common type can go a thousand li into the sea. This kind of Sea Map is cheap for ten people, it only costs ten pieces of first-class crystal stones. The best type can go thirty thousand li into the sea. This kind of Sea Map requires fifty pieces of third-class crystal stones. Naturally, when I say that it goes a thousand li into the sea, I mean that it starts from here. The horizontal distance is all within fifty thousand li."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Alright, I want a Sea Map that goes thirty thousand li into the sea." Then Zhao Hai took out a handful of crystals and handed it over to the female Cultivator.
The crystals that Zhao Hai took out were all third-grade, about 50 of them. He directly handed them over to the female cultivator. After receiving the crystals, the female cultivator nodded and said, "Alright, Grandmaster, please wait a moment." Then she took out a jade slip and handed it over to Zhao Hai. Then she said, "Grandmaster, this is the Sea Map. This jade slip contains the Sea Map. There's no way to copy it. If Grandmaster wants to copy the jade slip, the jade slip will explode. Therefore, I ask Grandmaster not to copy the jade slip." Zhao Hai nodded.
Zhao Hai nodded, then he smiled faintly and said, "Good, that's good." After he said that, he received the jade slip and turned around to leave. After arriving outside, he led Shui Zhi to a large hotel on the island. This hotel was also owned by Spirit Crab Island. Although the price was a bit expensive, the conditions were very good. Zhao Hai booked a room that had several rooms, enough for two people to live in.
After entering the room, Zhao Hai took out the Sea Map and looked at it. The Sea Map's range was very large. There were a lot of red dots on it. The number of red dots was in the hundreds, but the range wasn't very large.
Zhao Hai paid attention to these red dots. In addition to the main island, there were also some that belonged to the branch halls of the Southern Sea. However, some of the branches could be visited while others couldn't. Zhao Hai recalled that some of the branches that couldn't be visited were the ones that were attacked before, while some of them weren't. Those that were attacked were poisoned by him. Naturally, they couldn't be visited. As for those that weren't attacked, they were the locations of the ore veins.
In addition to these places, there were countless small islands. The map even marked the basic situation of those small islands. There were activities on those small islands, there were demon beasts on those small islands, there was a good environment, there was fresh water, and there was nothing on those small islands, and they could only rest temporarily. All of these were marked.
However, Zhao Hai wasn't very confident about this map. There were some places that he needed to verify. Only in this way would he know whether the map was real or not.
The map also indicated that within the range of the map, there might be other islands that had yet to be discovered. There might also be a lot of beasts, so the trial disciples should be careful.
Upon seeing this reminder, Zhao Hai couldn't help but smile. This reminder seemed to be out of goodwill from the 72 Islands. In fact, it was tantamount to telling these people to be careful in the South Sea. It was best not to offend people, otherwise, they wouldn't even know how they died.
However, Zhao Hai didn't care too much about it. The places that were marked on the map were places that they shouldn't go to. He wasn't prepared to touch them because it might cause a conflict with the 72 Islands. Zhao Hai wouldn't do that. This time, he came to draw a map, not to fight with the 72 Islands. There was no need for him to stir up trouble. If there really was a conflict, then it wouldn't be good.
After completely memorizing the map in the Space, Zhao Hai received the jade slip. Then he began to plan his trial. He planned to go sideways first before going deeper into the sea. During this process, transmission formations couldn't be used. This was because only by flying would they know if the map was correct. Zhao Hai was afraid that the 72 Islands would change the map. It was clearly a very good island, and even had ore veins. However, the 72 Islands would write that it was a barren land on the map. Naturally, no one would go there. Even if someone did go there, they could kill them. This way, they would be able to keep this secret. This was more effective than using a red dot. Zhao Hai wanted to see if the 72 Islands would do this. This would be a great help for them when they attack the South Sea in the future.
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