Weisuo and the Linglong Tian conversed telepathically as they flew, quickly disappearing into the snowy plains.
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Several days later, Wei Suo, Ling Longtian, and a cultivator with a pockmarked face appeared outside a city that was also covered in ice and snow.
This pockmarked cultivator was the Jin Dan Great Cultivator Draconis, the most fearful person Weisuo and the Linglong Tian had ever met. Draconis' azure armor had the defensive power of a Profound Rank mid grade armor, and the wings on his back were thirty percent faster than Weisuo's Yi Bi Sword Evasion. However, the armor had been taken away by Weisuo and the Linglong Tian. Weisuo had also placed a restriction on Draconis to make him look like a pockmarked cultivator.
As for the black-robed scholarly cultivator named Duan Wuya, he actually begged for mercy after Weisuo used the Yin Corpse Sect's techniques on him. Weisuo despised him greatly. If this person had remained stubborn, Weisuo might have admired his courage. Since Duan Wuya knew more or less the same as Draconis, Weisuo didn't show mercy and killed him.
The city in front of Weisuo and the Linglong Tian was the first destination of Weisuo's trip to the Solitary Frost Continent, Condensed Jade City.
According to Dragon Muxing, there was a Pill Condensing Workshop in Condensed Jade City. It was the workshop with the highest level of pill refinement in the southern region of the Solitary Frost Continent. Many spirit pills that were difficult to refine came from this workshop.
Along the way, Weisuo and the Linglong Tian learned a lot of useful information about the cultivation world of the Solitary Frost Continent from Draconis.
The five great sects of the Solitary Frost Continent — the Small Extreme Realm, the Great Glacial Palace, the Yuhua Family, the Changsun Clan, and the True Lightning Sect — happened to be divided into the east, south, west, north, and center.
The Solitary Frost Continent produced many demon cores, but there were very few fire and lightning attribute demon beasts. Therefore, there were far fewer cultivators who mainly cultivated lightning and fire attribute techniques on the Solitary Frost Continent compared to cultivators of other attributes. In addition, there were fewer supplementary spirit herbs for pill refinement. Most of them were obtained through trade with other continents. Therefore, many pills were more expensive than the Profound Heaven Continent and the Cloud Spirit Continent.
The Great And Mighty existences were definitely present in these five great powers. From what Draconis knew, Lord Jiyin of the Small Extreme Realm, the Palace Lord of the Great Glacial Palace, and the True Lightning Sect's Divine Lord Lei Chi, as well as the Yuhua Family's genius cultivator of the previous generation, Yuhua Yingtian, and the current generation's young cultivator, Yuhua Ruoxing, were all Divine Lord cultivators.
It was said that Yuhua Yingtian was a genius cultivator with astonishing luck. When he was forty something years old, he already broke through to the Mysterious God realm. Moreover, more than eighty years had already passed since then, so no one knew what his current cultivation level was. Right now, the Yuhua Family was basically only represented by Yuhua Ruoxing and the current Yuhua Family Head, Yuhua Yinglong.
Both the Yuhua Family and the Zhangsun Family were very secretive in their actions. Therefore, the outside world had no idea who The Great And Mighty of the Zhangsun Family was or how many The Great And Mighty of the Zhangsun Family and the Yuhua Family were present.
In any case, Weisuo's judgment from the start before he came to the Solitary Frost Continent should have been correct. The number of The Great And Mighty on the Solitary Frost Continent should be more than the Cloud Spirit Continent and the Profound Heaven Continent. Moreover, their cultivations should be even more shocking. Otherwise, the Yuhua Family wouldn't have been so confident in invading the cultivation world of the Cloud Spirit Continent.
The ancient teleportation array outside the Cloud Spirit Continent was connected to the southern sky of the Solitary Frost Continent. This region was the territory of the Great Cold Palace. This made Weisuo and the Linglong Tian very suspicious that the Yuhua Family was colluding with the Great Cold Palace. Otherwise, if the Yuhua Family were to invade the Cloud Spirit Continent on a large scale through the Great Cold Palace's territory, it would definitely be very inconvenient.
After entering the Solitary Frost Continent, Weisuo had a deeper understanding of the "vast land and sparse cities" of the Solitary Frost Continent.
During these three to four days of non-stop travel, according to Draconis's guidance, Solid Jade City was actually the first cultivator city that Weisuo and the others passed by!
According to the density of cultivator cities in the Profound Sky Continent and the Cloud Spirit Continent, they would have seen at least six or seven cities in such a vast region even if they were to travel in a straight line.
The reason why they were heading straight for this city instead of going to the nearest city first and then using the teleportation array was because at least half of the cities in the Solitary Frost Continent didn't have teleportation arrays connecting them.
Many cities relied on traveling merchant caravans or specially hired cultivator organizations to transmit information between cities. Usually, there would be hundreds of such organizations that would travel to and from other cities every day. Many of these organizations' departure times were staggered, so it wasn't very difficult to transmit information.
Through their conversation with Draconis, Weisuo and the Linglong Tian even found out that the vast land and sparse cities of the Solitary Frost Continent were so sparse that there were many regions in the sky that cultivators hadn't explored. There were large areas of inexplicable danger that very few cultivators would enter.
If it weren't for the fact that there weren't as many demon beasts as there were outside the sky, Weisuo and the Spirit Dragon Sky would have felt that the Solitary Frost Continent was more or less the same as the wilderness.
Therefore, the two of them secretly felt that they didn't know about other continents, but based on their current understanding of the Profound Sky Continent, the Cloud Spirit Continent, and the Solitary Frost Continent, if the sky were to completely collapse, the Solitary Frost Continent would definitely be the most suitable place.
When they saw the full appearance of Solid Jade City, Weisuo and the Linglong Tian were greatly astonished.
The scale of Solid Jade City could only be described as shocking.
Most of the cities in the Cloud Spirit Continent and the Profound Sky Continent were built around mountains. The smaller cities were built around a mountain peak like Lingyue City, while the larger cities were built around a mountain range. The smaller cities could accommodate tens of thousands of cultivators, while the larger cities could only accommodate about four to five hundred thousand cultivators.
However, the Solid Jade City before their eyes was actually four to five mountain ranges clustered together. Every mountain range, valley, and even the foot of the mountain were densely packed with buildings.
This scale gave one the impression that it was a cultivation empire that had once appeared in the history of the cultivation world. It could accommodate at least a million cultivators!
"What's the rank of Solid Jade City in the southern part of the Solitary Frost Continent in terms of scale?" Weisuo couldn't help but glance at Draconis and ask this question when he saw that their line of sight was filled with cultivators.
"Solid Jade City is the place where all kinds of spirit medicines are gathered and traded in the Solitary Frost Continent. The scale of the city is considered large, and it can be ranked fourth." Draconis was like Weisuo's servant at this moment. When he heard Weisuo's question, he immediately answered respectfully.
"Fourth?" Weisuo immediately rolled his eyes inwardly. Although he had heard Ye Guwei and the others mention that the cities of the Solitary Frost Continent were relatively large due to the inconvenience of travel, and the gathering of resources was relatively abundant. Most of the things one wanted to buy could be bought. However, he didn't expect that Solid Jade City would be more than five times larger than the cities of the Cloud Spirit Continent and the Mysterious Sky Continent.
"That's right, it seems that Senior doesn't know much about Solid Jade City. Solid Jade City is different from the cities of the Cloud Spirit Continent where Senior is from. It's a city governed by cultivators," Draconis said fawningly. "Techniques aren't allowed in Solid Jade City, and you can fly."
"A city governed by cultivators? What does that mean? Is there no sect governing it? "Weisuo was slightly startled and asked Draconis.
"Senior is correct. Solid Jade City is completely governed by cultivators, and cultivators can directly fight with each other." Draconis said flatteringly, "However, all the shops that are doing legitimate business are jointly protected by various large sects and aristocratic families. Anyone who snatches a shop will become the public enemy of the entire Solitary Frost Continent. "
"Is that so? Are there many such cities in the Solitary Frost Continent? " Weisuo was slightly curious. This kind of city didn't seem to exist in the Cloud Spirit Continent, but there was one in the Mysterious Heaven Continent. The Spirit Beast Palace's Ten Thousand Longevity City was also somewhat similar.
"More than half of them."
"More than half of them?"
Weisuo and Draconis exchanged a few more words and found out that the Solitary Frost Continent was very different from the Mysterious Heaven Continent and the Cloud Spirit Continent. Because the land was vast and the cities were sparse, trade and communication mostly relied on the lowest level shops and low level cultivator organizations. The shops and the low level cultivator organizations were equivalent to the most basic bloodline relationship in the Solitary Frost Continent. Therefore, all the large sects in the Solitary Frost Continent jointly protected the shops and low level cultivator organizations in each city.
This was equivalent to how the large sects and factions had to protect the soil where they took root no matter how they fought over it. They didn't want to destroy everyone's common livelihood.
It was also because these large sects kept each other in check and jointly protected the shops and markets that these shops and markets wouldn't be controlled by a large faction.
Moreover, even the large sects' own markets had to compete fairly with the other markets and shops in this kind of environment. They couldn't use their power to suppress others. Therefore, as time passed, there wasn't much meaning in having their own shops and markets. They might not even be as well managed as the shops and markets at the lowest level.
Therefore, the difference between the Mysterious Heaven Continent and the Cloud Spirit Continent was that the large sects and factions of the Solitary Frost Continent rarely controlled any large markets.
"Does Senior want to go directly to the Pill Condensing Workshop, or do you want to take a stroll elsewhere in Condensed Jade City?" Just as Weisuo and Linglong Tian were conversing in secret and felt that the Solitary Frost Continent was indeed very different, Draconis asked fawningly.
"Let's go to the Pill Condensing Workshop first." Weisuo gave Draconis such an order. When Draconis respectfully nodded and led the way in front, Weisuo casually asked, "Is there anything special about Condensed Jade City compared to the other cities?"
"There's also the Wondrous Treasures Garden that is very unique. You can take a stroll there." Draconis immediately answered.
"What kind of place is the Wondrous Treasures Garden?" Weisuo glanced at Draconis and asked.
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