Never Seen Spirit Stones Before?
Little B, what's wrong with you?
When you go to a new place, you have to see and experience it!
Lu Ping chose A.
[You chose A.]
[Having emptied the branch's inventory, you walked out the door with Wuming, whose steps were slightly Wuming, and headed straight for the Mystic Nether Pavilion across the street.]
The gates of the Mystic Nether Pavilion were wide open, guarded by four black-armored guards, all of whom were at the Golden Core Stage.
[The fact that Golden Core cultivator is used to guard the gate shows that the Mystic Nether Pavilion is indeed backed by a powerful and wealthy force.]
[The interior of the main hall is extremely spacious, in no way inferior to the Heavenly Certification Alliance's Teleportation Hall.]
[In the center of the main hall, there are seven large formations, each corresponding to one of the seven main cities of the Domain of Chaos.]
Around the array platform, a few dozen cultivators stood scattered about, each looking wary and keeping their distance from one another.
[You walk up to the counter.]
[An elderly monk sat behind the counter, meditating with his eyes closed.]
Wuming stepped forward and knocked on the counter.
"Here you two go to Doushu City."
The old monk lifted his eyelids and extended five fingers.
"500,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones per person."
Your brow is slightly furrowed.
[500,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones?]
[You've used inter-domain Teleportation Arrays before. This price is several times higher than teleporting from the Azure Dragon Upper Domain to the White Tiger Domain.]
[It seems that immigrating to the Azure Dragon Upper Domain doesn't require this many Spirit Stones!]
[Indeed, managing distribution channels is the most profitable thing.]
[Options pop up.]
[A: Just pay up honestly.]
[B: The entire Little Mystic Nether Pavilion has been wiped out. Activate the Teleportation Array yourself.]
[C: Grabbing the old cultivator by the collar, he roared, "I'm from the Price Bureau of the Heavenly Certification Alliance! This is price gouging! Give me a refund plus three times the amount immediately, or I'll shut down your shady business!"]
Lu Ping sighed.
If it weren't for Wuming, Little B's suggestion wouldn't be entirely unacceptable.
Lu Ping chose A.
[You chose A.]
[You directly conjured a Storage Bag filled with one million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.]
The old cultivator swept his Divine Sense across the area, and a bright smile immediately spread across his face.
"Gentlemen, please proceed to the platform."
He handed over two black Teleportation Jade Talisman.
[You and Wuming, holding the Jade Talisman, walk onto the massive array platform.]
After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, ten people had gathered on the platform.
The old cultivator cast a Method Formula.
[The Array Patterns lit up one by one, and White Light shot into the sky, enveloping everyone.]
[A pulling sensation, as if space itself is being torn apart, comes over me.]
[After an unknown amount of time, your feet finally touched solid ground.]
[Teleportation completed.]
[After an unknown amount of time, you finally stepped onto solid ground.]
[This is Doushu City, one of the main cities of the Domain of Chaos.]
[You and Wuming step out of the Teleportation Hall, Doushu City appears before you.]
[The scale of this city is in no way inferior to that of Baodi City in the Azure Dragon Upper Domain.]
[But the scene here evokes a strong sense of disconnect.]
[There are no towering skyscrapers here, no endless streams of light and shadow.]
[There was no enormous light screen floating in mid-air, scrolling through various commercial information.]
[High-rise buildings and pavilions line both sides of the street, with painted beams and carved windows.]
[The houses in the market town are connected one after another, with pavilions and terraces facing each other, exuding an antique charm.]
You took a deep breath, not noticing any fluctuations in Spiritual Qi being drawn away by the Formation Technique.
There is no Breathing Tax here.
[This perfectly matches all your impressions of traditional cultivation cities before you transmigrated.]
[No fancy financial tricks.]
[You couldn't help but think to yourself, "This is what a normal cultivation world should be like."]
[But the next moment, this emotion stopped abruptly.]
[Across the street corner, two Foundation Establishment cultivators drew their swords at each other over a spiritual herb.]
[A flash of Sword Light, and one of them was decapitated, blood splattering across half the wall.]
The victor skillfully ripped the Storage Bag from the corpse's waist, then transformed into an Escape Light and vanished into the depths of the alley in the blink of an eye.
The cultivators passing by merely walked indifferently around the pool of blood, their steps hurried, keeping a wary distance of several feet between them.
[You stood there watching this scene unfold, silently retracting your earlier assessment.]
[Options pop up.]
[A: Since I'm new here, I'll keep a low profile and first figure out the rules of the city.]
[B: Standing atop the city wall, he shouted: "Doushu City, your emperor has returned!"]
[C: Deeply moved by the simple and honest folk customs, he burst into tears on the spot! He pulled out a megaphone and roared at the entire street: "Good! Very spirited! The first 'No Rules Zero Yuan Purchase Competition' of Doushu City is officially open! Contestants in front, stop! You are fined 3.2 million for committing murder without a warrant! For murder warrants, please look for Lu's Warrant Issuance Center!"]
Oh wow, Little B didn't even mention wanting to experience a different kind of culture...
He really... I'm devastated.
Lu Ping felt that Little B had finally grown up and reformed.
Lu Ping decisively chose A.
[You chose A.]
[Following your usual practice upon arriving in a new city, you prepare to plunder the herbs needed for the Qi-Consolidating Pill.]
[There's no behemoth like the Azure Dragon Merchant Association here, spanning the entire region; the shops are all much smaller.]
[You step into a pharmacy called "Hundred Herb Pavilion".]
[This pharmacy is small; even its signboard is missing a corner.]
The shopkeeper was a thin, old man, dozing off against the counter.
You walked over and knocked on the counter.
You step forward and hand them a form.
"Take as many of the medicinal herbs on the list as you need."
[You spoke calmly, then simply produced a Storage Bag.]
The old man lifted his eyelids, scanned the Storage Bag with his Divine Sense, and his previously cloudy eyes immediately brightened.
"All Spirit Stones?"
The old man lowered his voice, glanced around to make sure no one was watching, and then dared to speak.
The way he looked at you was like a wolf that hadn't eaten for days seeing a piece of fat meat.
You keenly sensed that something was wrong.
[You lightly tapped your fingertips on the counter, subtly pressed down on your Storage Bag, and sent a Wuming message to Wuming behind you, somewhat surprised.]
"Have the cultivators here never seen Spirit Stones before?"