The buildings in Gold Town were mainly made of rocks.
Except for a few pavilions carved out of rocks or caves dug out of protruding rocks, most of the buildings were actually inside the meteorite.
For tens of thousands of years, countless cultivators had dug out an underground city inside the meteorite like rats.
Those who could appear in Gold Town were all cultivators, mainly in the Void-breaking Realm. The weakest was in the Great Sage Realm. They were of low status and carried special alchemy tools and various Taoist instruments with them, which could resist all kinds of restrictions on living beings in the vacuum. Moreover, there were also various tactical deployments in the pit space of Gold Town inside the meteorite.
Li Mu and Ding Yi asked around along the way. After stopping for a while in the buildings on the surface, they entered the underground space.
The Gold Sun Sect was extremely harsh on the exploitation of the passing cultivators.
They had thought that after paying the tax when they entered the town, they could move freely in the town. However, when they entered the underground space, they had to pay the "pit tax". When they passed some underground areas, some disciples of the Gold Sun Sect even reached out to ask for money.
The wealth in the starry sky was generally equivalent to fairy crystals.
It was also from the communication between some people in the town that Li Mu learned that the reason why fairy crystals could become a symbol of wealth was that they contained star energy, which could be absorbed by cultivators and refined into their own energy.
In this sense, the role of fairy crystals was similar to that of the Star Stones on the Divine Land in the past.
But there was no doubt that the grade of fairy crystals was higher.
The Star Stones could only be regarded as waste ores left after the fairy crystals were mined, but they were enough to make the martial artists on the low-level stars scramble for them.
After Li Mu figured out the way to absorb the energy in the fairy crystals, he took out a silver fairy crystal on the spot and tried to absorb it. As expected, he felt a stream of pure energy flowing into his body through his palm. Such a cultivation effect was even better than that in some blessed lands.
"Hmm …"
Li Mu rubbed his temples.
He scolded himself in his heart for being so stupid.
He had so many fairy crystals in his hands, but he didn't know how to absorb and use them for such a long time. He was really sitting on a mountain of treasures without knowing it.
Ding Yi looked at Li Mu and said in surprise, "You didn't know this kind of common sense before?"
Li Mu sneered and said, "Of course I know. It's just … well, I don't want to waste so many fairy crystals."
Ding Yi chuckled. "You obviously don't know. Your acting skills are terrible."
The corners of Li Mu's mouth twitched as he stared at him with a murderous look.
Ding Yi immediately felt a toothache and hurriedly said, "However, it's not your fault, because only martial artists in the Void-breaking Realm can absorb the star power in the Fairy Crystal. Below the Void-breaking Realm, the meridians can't bear this kind of star power. If you forcibly absorb it, you will be harmed."
As the two of them spoke, an open space appeared in front of them.
The voices of the crowd reached the peak.
It turned out to be a small-scale market.
There were many people setting up stalls on the ground, and there were all kinds of strange things on display. There were broken weapons, herbs that emitted a strange fragrance, black ores, maps made from the skin of unknown creatures, cute and adorable young beasts, and all kinds of Taoist alchemy items …
In short, it was a dazzling sight.
This scene was also an eye-opener for Li Mu.
The stall owners put up their signboards and wrote down their requirements. Some of them only accepted bartering, and the barter had to be specific things, while others accepted trading with Fairy Crystals.
The sound of bargaining rang out incessantly, and it was quite lively, just like the vegetable market on Earth.
Li Mu observed carefully.
He found that in addition to the human race, there were also various other strange races in the market.
Some were wearing all kinds of strange clothes, some were covering their faces with star-patterned masks, some were shrouded in mist, which made it impossible to see their true faces, and some showed their confidence in their strength without any concealment. Some had goat horns on their heads, and some had a human body and a beast's head, looking ferocious and terrifying.
All the creatures were cultivators, surging with powerful auras, and most of them were in the Void-breaking Realm.
Such a cultivator could be a big shot on the Divine Land or on the Bitter Star. But in the universe, he was no different from an ordinary mortal. In this market, which was like a vegetable market, people were bustling with each other. They came and went for profits and bargained for a few fairy crystals. Their faces were red with anger because of the fierce competition …
"The Worm Realm!"
"No wonder the Void-breaking Realm, which is regarded as a martial arts legend on a low-level star, is called the Worm Realm in the universe."
"This is the style of the universe!"
Li Mu sighed.
Ding Yi had already asked around and came back to report, "Someone saw Saint of Blood Sea and that man heading for the Teleportation Deployment of the post station in the center of the town."
Li Mu nodded and asked, "Are there always so many people in this market every day?"
"Not really. It happens that there is a market fair in Gold Town today, so the cultivators, miners, herb gatherers, and merchants in this area are all gathered here. I've asked around. There is a market fair in Gold Town every half a month, 24 times a year. Only when there is a market fair will there be so many people. On normal days, there won't be so many people."
Ding Yi was really an inquisitive person.
His talent in gathering information had been fully demonstrated before the battle between the decent and the devil in Mount Shu.
When Li Mu heard that, he understood.
This was a bit like the custom of many rural villages deep in the mountains in China on Earth. The time was calculated according to the lunar calendar. In the villages and towns in the area, the time of the market was divided. There was a market on 1, 3, and 5, while there was a market on 2, 4, and 6. In order to go to the market, the villagers scattered in the villages and towns made early preparations. Before dawn, they set off with living animals on their backs. After walking dozens of miles of mountain roads, they arrived at the market to sell farmers' products and buy what they needed. The peddlers who wandered between the major markets also drove early and waited in the market.
Both sides took what they needed.
According to the information Ding Yi had inquired, the two of them headed for the Teleportation Deployment of the post station.
As the core area of the entire Gold Town, the central Teleportation Deployment could be said to be the liveliest place apart from the market.
It was also a square.
The square was engraved with horizontal and vertical star lines. They were dense and intricate, like a Go board, but different and more complicated.
At the intersection of some of the star lines, there was a small pavilion that looked like an altar.
The pavilions were not big. At most, they could only accommodate a dozen people. Some of them didn't even have a roof, and the railings were also broken. They were all made of white stone. After countless years, the rocks were mottled, and the edges and corners had been smoothed.
In these pavilions, there was constantly a milky white brilliance flashing.
Every time it flashed, a figure would appear in the pavilion and then walk out, or the figure that had originally entered the pavilion would disappear.
This was the Teleportation Deployment.
This large square was the transfer field of the Star Courier Station.
Those pavilions were where the Teleportation Deployment was located.
Through these Teleportation Deployments, cultivators from other regions and planets were teleported here, or they were used as transfer points to be teleported to other regions.
In the Brilliance Immortal Star Region, a network of Teleportation Deployments had long been established. Cultivators could travel to different planets and regions through these Teleportation Deployments. They could cross long distances in the shortest time, which saved time, effort, and was much safer than crossing the void of the universe with their bodies.
From this point of view, the Star Courier Station was a bit like the airports and train stations on Earth.
This was the mode of transportation between stars under the development of the martial arts civilization.
Li Mu felt that in this way, the martial arts civilization and the scientific and technological civilization seemed to have the same goal by different means. They both served people. Although the principles were different, the results were similar.
The Star Courier Station in Gold Town was not large. It was located in a remote corner, just like a remote mountain village on Earth.
Therefore, there were no more than 30 Teleportation Deployments in this square. On weekdays, half of them were idle. Because this Star Region was really not a rich place, the number of people coming and going was limited. Only today, when there was a market fair, would the Teleportation Deployments be so busy.
At the entrance of each white pavilion Teleportation Deployment, there was a table. In front of the table sat two or three disciples of the Gold Sun Sect. They were collecting the teleportation fee, just like the toll collectors at the highway entrance.
In the starry sky, this was also one of the rules.
After all, the Teleportation Deployments were developed, maintained, and managed by different sects. The use of the deployment consumed energy. Moreover, the daily maintenance of the deployment also required manpower and material resources. Cultivators needed to pay a certain amount of fees according to the distance of the teleportation before they could use the Teleportation Deployment.
The cultivators of the Gold Sun Sect next to the pavilions were arrogant, arrogant, and lazy.
These disciples had long practiced a pair of "Fiery Eyes and Golden Eyes", and they were very good at treating people according to their judgment. The rogue cultivators who had no background or support were often levied extra taxes. But the rogue cultivators only dared not speak up.
Ding Yi went to inquire around and came back, cursing, "Damn it, these b * stards of the Gold Sun Sect are really greedy. They just want to skin us alive and drink our blood …" He was just inquiring about the news. As soon as he stepped into the square, he was forced to pay taxes, and then he was blackmailed by several disciples of the Gold Sun Sect.
Li Mu said, "How's the proper business?"
Ding Yi said, "Oh, if you didn't remind me, I almost forgot … I've found out that Saint of Blood Sea and the other guy haven't used the deployment to leave. I guess they are still in Gold Town. I don't know where they are hiding. We have to be careful. These two guys must be up to no good."
"I see. Let's go back to the market."
Li Mu turned around and walked in the direction of the market he had just passed.
Ding Yi caught up with him and asked in surprise, "Don't we stay outside the Teleportation Square to keep watch? Maybe Saint of Blood Sea and the other guy will show up in a while. If we go back to the market, we are likely to miss them and let them slip away. "
Li Mu grinned and said, "Hunting down Saint of Blood Sea is just a means, not the end. Even if we chase them to the end, we may not really be able to kill them. What's more, now I have a better way … Let's go shopping first and relax. Hehe, besides, what if we can pick up some treasures in the bazaar?"
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