Cultivation Begins From The Desert-Chapter 182 - 180: Fenglin Marketplace [Request for Subscription]

Chapter 182: Chapter 180: Fenglin Marketplace [Request for Subscription]

Celestial Wind Country is located at the westernmost end of the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm. From the Broken Cloud Mountain Range towards the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm, one must pass through this country. Its area is vast, spanning over forty-four thousand miles from north to south and more than thirty-two thousand miles from east to west, with a recorded population exceeding thirty million.

Although there is a country and a royal family, the true rulers of Celestial Wind Country are not its royal family, but rather the five Cultivation Sects occupying the five Spiritual Mountain Blessed Lands within the country. The Mirror Profound Sect and Biyun Sect mentioned by Hua Yuerong were two of these sects.

These five Cultivation Sects occupy the best Spiritual Mountain Blessed Lands in Celestial Wind Country. The slightly less desirable Spiritual Mountains are divided among hundreds of large and small Cultivation Clans, and the few remaining Tier Two Spirit Mountains are left for the Loose Cultivators to divide among themselves.

Currently, Celestial Wind Country is facing a "Beast Tide," with many Mortal Cities being attacked by Low-Tier Demon Beasts running rampant, causing significant mortal casualties.

The beasts causing havoc among the mortals are mostly Tier One and Tier Two Demon Beasts. These Low-Tier Demon Beasts are vast in number and have insatiable appetites. The High-Tier Demon Beasts controlling the "Beast Tide" can’t manage them all. As long as no large-scale escapes from the beast horde occur, they won’t bother with these Low-Tier Demon Beasts.

Fortunately, High-Tier Demon Beasts have no interest in the tough, scrawny mortals and do not lead the "Beast Tide" to massacre mortals. Instead, they relentlessly attack the five Cultivation Sects and the larger Cultivation Clans in Celestial Wind Country.

In such circumstances, some Loose Cultivators from various Mortal Cities in Celestial Wind Country, or Cultivators from small Cultivation Clans near Mortal Cities, dare to go to various Mortal Cities to help mortals slay those predatory Low-Tier Demon Beasts, while also adding some bounty to their meager Storage Bags.

Zhouyang set off with Xiao Ying from Dan Yun Peak. Aside from stopping for a few days on the way to refine a Magical Artifact, they entered Celestial Wind Country within a few days.

Since Zhouyang carried a lot of Demon Beast Meat and Xiao Ying had many Grain Avoidance Pills, and neither of them currently intended to buy or sell anything, they did not go to the Immortal City Marketplaces established by the Cultivation Sects for supplies and transactions after entering Celestial Wind Country. Instead, they deliberately bypassed those Spiritual Mountain Blessed Lands that might encounter the "Beast Tide" and chose to pass through areas where mortals lived.

Passing through towns where mortals lived, they naturally encountered incidents of Demon Beasts preying on people. As humans themselves, Zhouyang could not turn a blind eye to such situations.

He would not specifically travel across Celestial Wind Country to help slay demons, but wherever there were demon disturbances along his path, there would always be a Sword Light descending from the sky to slay the demons and purge all evil.

Every time the Sword Light fell and slew Demon Beasts, those mortals who narrowly escaped death from the Demon Beasts would kneel toward the direction from which the Sword Light came, offering endless gratitude.

While Zhouyang slayed demons to save people, Xiao Ying healed the injured.

She did not practice any spells for combat, but she was highly skilled in Healing Techniques like "Rejuvenation Technique" and "Ganlin Technique." Often, when she performed a "Ganlin Technique," under the descending ganlin, mortals injured by the demon chaos, unless suffering from fatal injuries like shattered hearts, could quickly heal wounds in the blue-green ganlin dew.

For more than a decade after, stories of a pair of Immortal Lovers slaying demons and saving people spread across many parts of Celestial Wind Country.

Legend has it that when hordes of demons invaded, a Sword Immortal and a Celestial Maiden descended to Celestial Wind Country, sword-slashing the hordes of demons and saving thousands.

Zhouyang and Xiao Ying, known among commoners as the "Sword Immortal" and the "Celestial Maiden," were unaware that their deeds of slaying demons and saving people had been woven into stories and widely circulated among mortals.

They were only doing these things as they went along.

Even someone as innocent as Xiao Ying knew she couldn’t save all those harmed by Demon Beasts. She could only save those right before her eyes.

In fact, for Zhouyang, if he had more time, he was willing to take Xiao Ying "down to the mortal world" to experience the warmth and coldness of human nature, allowing her to realize the treachery of human hearts.

However, he did not have the luxury of time at the moment, as several urgent matters awaited him to complete, so he could only temporarily set aside this matter, planning to revisit it slowly when time allowed.

Circling around, it took them nearly half a month to cross Celestial Wind Country.

On this day, as they crossed into Longchuan Country, adjacent to Celestial Wind Country, Zhouyang suddenly landed his Sword Light.

He landed the Sword Light, and after contemplating for a moment, he looked at Xiao Ying and said, "Ying’Er, since your master was a cultivator from Longchuan Country, let’s first head to a marketplace to inquire for information to see if anyone knows about your master’s family’s past information." ƒreewebɳovel.com

Hearing his words, Xiao Ying showed a grateful expression with her beautiful eyes and nodded repeatedly, "I’ll listen to Brother Zhou; whatever you decide is fine."

"Then let’s head to Fenglin Marketplace, which is recorded on this map. This marketplace is co-founded by three Purple Mansion Clans in Longchuan Country. Although it’s not as large as the Immortal Cities established by the Major Sects, it’s sufficient for gathering information."

Zhouyang took a look at the general map of the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm and immediately decided on their destination.

Thus, after a brief direction check, the two once again shared a sword and flew toward the market’s location.

The number of cultivators in the Liuyun Continent cultivation realm is vast, and naturally, there are numerous marketplaces serving cultivators.

Generally speaking, renowned major sects like the Profound Sun Immortal Sect and Kunwu Sect often establish large immortal cities like Immortal Sun City. These cities not only serve the marketplace function but also accommodate the descendants of low-to-middle tier cultivators from these major sects. Every few years, these major sects host the "Immortal Ascension Conference" in their own established cities to recruit outstanding new disciples into the sect.

On the other hand, sects like the Purple Star Sect, Mirror Profound Sect, and Biyun Sect, which only have Golden Core Stage cultivators, tend to establish a small immortal city based on the marketplace. Their intention is similar to those of the major sects, but their small immortal cities are far smaller in scale compared to those large immortal cities.

As for those clans or declining sects with only Purple Mansion Stage cultivators, they can only establish a large marketplace like the Chen Family at the Baisha River Oasis, or independently create a smaller marketplace.

It should be noted that the immortal cities established by various sects do not strictly manage the entry and exit of cultivators, and they all offer rentable caves for other cultivators to long-term reside and cultivate.

However, marketplaces are different. They generally only accommodate cultivators below the Purple Mansion Stage, and there are only Immortal Inns for short stays. No caves are rented.

The reason for this is simple, for safety.

Imagine a marketplace established by a Purple Mansion Stage clan, if unfamiliar Purple Mansion Stage cultivators can freely enter and exit, what would the guardian cultivators do to stop a cultivator intent on a no-cost deal?

In contrast, the immortal cities are different. Even in those small immortal cities, there are Purple Mansion Stage cultivators stationed for long periods, and the city defense arrays are at least Tier Four Top Grade or Tier Five Arrays. If any Purple Mansion Stage cultivator wishes to rob within the city, the guardian cultivators can easily suppress them by activating the city defense array’s power.

As for the Golden Core Stage cultivators robbing marketplaces, that is nearly impossible. Such figures are renowned, and even if they disguise themselves using divine spiritual artifacts to commit such acts, others have enough means to trace back to the person.

The simplest method is to invite a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator to use the "Circular Light Retrospect" divine technique at the scene to directly reveal the person’s true appearance, making all disguises futile.

After following the map to Fenglin Marketplace, Zhouyang and Xiao Ying were allowed in after the guardian cultivator confirmed they were Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators.

This marketplace is established in a forest filled with ancient maple trees of a thousand years, with a variety of maple species and differently colored maple leaves covering the ground, creating a stunning look with red, purple, blue, yellow, and white leaves.

"What a beautiful place!"

Xiao Ying, with a youthful personality, couldn’t help but exclaim joyfully at such a scene, sweeping away the prior gloomy mood accumulated from witnessing demon beasts’ chaos.

"It indeed is a rare beauty. It seems the founder of this marketplace was quite skilled to set it amidst such scenery that ensures people will remember this marketplace," Zhouyang nodded and sighed, filled with admiration while analyzing the commercial intent of establishing the marketplace here.

It’s important to know that the Liuyun Continent cultivation realm has numerous immortal cities and marketplaces, and most marketplaces have repeated treasures. If the marketplace lacks distinctiveness, when cultivators wish to purchase these treasures, aside from proximity, they often choose to visit marketplaces they find impressive.

That’s what is called returning customers.

Because caves aren’t provided for renting to reside and cultivate, the number of permanent cultivators in Fenglin Marketplace is not large. Zhouyang and Xiao Ying, as Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators entering, became the highest cultivation level cultivators visiting the marketplace that day.

After taking Xiao Ying for a tour around, Zhouyang chose to enter a bookstore selling various cultivation technique manuals and cultivators’ travel notes.

The bookstore was attended by an elderly man with Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation, and upon seeing Zhouyang and Xiao Ying, the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, stepping in, the elder showed an evident surprise.

His little shop deals in goods needed by low-tier Qi Cultivation Stage cultivators, hardly anything a Foundation Establishment cultivator would want.

But a customer is a customer, especially when they are Foundation Establishment cultivators. Though curious, he dared not ask much, quickly greeted, "Greetings, seniors. I wonder what seniors wish to purchase from my humble shop?"

"Shopkeeper, we’re not here to buy anything. I just want to ask you about something. Do you know how to get to the Longchuan Xiao Family?"

With a wave of his sleeve, Zhouyang tossed three low-grade Spirit Stones onto the counter, then solemnly revealed his intention to the slightly nervous elder.

But unexpectedly, upon hearing his words, the elder’s face instantly changed.

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