Demonic Spirit Stones in the Streets!
Silly Chun, what are you trying to do?!
Doushu City is now under complete lockdown, so even if you return to Doushu City, you won't be able to use the Teleportation Array.
Are we still going to the Nü Zhi City?
As for Little C, keep a low profile! Be good, your host isn't a villain.
Lu Ping chose A.
[You chose A.]
[You fly towards Xuling City. Half a month later, you arrive at Xuling City.]
[You didn't linger in Xuling City, heading straight to the Mystic Nether Pavilion's Teleportation Hall.]
[You enter the Mystic Nether Pavilion, and it still operates with the same money-grubbing attitude, showing no signs of ceasing operations despite the murder of the Steward in Doushu City.]
[That's true, news of an incident in Doushu City takes time to spread.]
[Besides, for a behemoth like the Mystic Nether Pavilion, the death of a mere Steward is simply a matter of replacing him with someone else.]
[You arrive at the Teleportation Array leading to "Nü Zhi City," but the Deacon behind the counter doesn't even lift an eyelid.]
"Go to the Nü Zhi City, 500,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, Spirit Stones only."
[Hearing this number, even though you're now worth over ten million, your eye still twitched involuntarily.]
[You suddenly understand why Hua Yunzhen didn't take the Teleportation Array back to the Desire Sea Pavilion.]
[The Desire Sea Pavilion has nearly a hundred members, each worth 500,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.]
Even if her family Desire Sea Pavilion and powerful, they still couldn't afford this money.
[Thinking about it this way makes you feel much better.]
We're all poor, so no one should look down on anyone else.
[You lost 500,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, but gained a Teleportation Jade Talisman.]
[You step onto the platform, and as White Light illuminates, a feeling of spatial pull washes over you.]
When you open your eyes again, the chill in the air has vanished, replaced by a light, moist mist.
[We've arrived at the Nü Zhi City.]
[At this moment, Hua Yunzhen, having stopped and started along the way, had already cleared several secret realms and was still lingering halfway through the journey.]
[You estimated that, at the current speed of the Desire Sea Pavilion, it will take at least two more months to reach the Nü Zhi City.]
[You exit the Teleportation Hall of the Mystic Nether Pavilion.]
The sea breeze ruffles your clothes. Looking out, the entire city is built around a vast bay.
That is North Sea Silver Moon Bay.
[The city walls were covered with Ice Silk Vines that emitted a faint blue glow. Inside the city, wide waterways crisscrossed, and the entire city was filled with waterways and stone bridges.]
[In the sky, colorful Cloud Boats rose and fell from time to time, stirring up bursts of Spiritual Power.]
[This time, you've regained your original appearance, a handsome eighteen-year-old boy.]
[You didn't even conceal your cultivation level as an Early Spirit Transformation Stage cultivator.]
[You plan to use your real name, "Lu Ping," again in the Nü Zhi City.]
[Eighteen years old, Spirit Transformation Divine Lord, Lu Ping. These words combined are so obviously fake, it couldn't be more so.]
[Lu Ping? Never heard of him! That would probably be the first reaction of all the old monsters.]
[You walk forward along the main waterway.]
[Wherever you went, the cultivators on the road sensed the pressure of the Spirit Transformation emanating from you, and their expressions changed, making way for you from a distance.]
[You quickly noticed the differences between the Nü Zhi City and the Doushu City.]
The prosperity here far exceeds your imagination. Maritime trade routes, island resources, and inland caravans converge here, creating a vibrant commercial atmosphere.
[What will surprise you most is that here, Spirit Stones actually function as currency.]
[This indicates that the supply of Spirit Stones around Nü Zhi City is far more abundant than that of Doushu City. Perhaps it's through smuggling by sea, or perhaps there are other clandestine channels.]
You visited more than a dozen shops, large and small.
[You've discovered that the purchasing power of Spirit Stones here is about twice that of the Azure Dragon Domain. Although the price difference isn't as exaggerated as the three or four times in Doushu City, the circulation is enormous, ensuring both price and market availability.]
[Besides Spirit Stones as currency, Spiritual Qi Pills were also used for payment, along with barter.]
[However, with a unified currency, Spirit Stones, no one is willing to trade using Spiritual Qi Pills or barter.]
[What will surprise you even more is that you see something very peculiar in the transactions of these shops.]
[Demonic Spirit Stone.]
[While considered a Class A contraband in the Azure Dragon Domain, it's used as regular currency in the Nü Zhi City.]
[Although, openly trading Demonic Spirit Stones in the Domain of Chaos is not illegal.]
[However, you've never seen them circulated as ordinary Spirit Stones like this.]
[You are Spirit Transformation cultivator, and the Demonic Spirit Stone has left a very deep impression on you, so you naturally wouldn't mistake it.]
[You stand in front of a general store, watching a Qi Refining cultivator exchange six Standard Spirit Stones plus one Demonic Spirit Stone for a packet of Low-Tier Healing Medicine.]
The shopkeeper didn't even flinch when he accepted the seven Spirit Stones.
[Options pop up.]
[A: Suppress surprise, pretend to be unfazed, and observe the situation calmly.]
[B: Quietly follow that Qi Refining cultivator buying medicine. Find a secluded corner in a water alley, and knock him unconscious with a single slap. A simple and brutal Soul Search will reveal how this Demonic Spirit Stone, capable of costing a cultivator from the Azure Dragon Domain their head, has become so common here.]
[C: Your sense of justice is overflowing! You kick over the counter, pull out your Azure Cloud Sect Elder Identity Token, and shove it in the shopkeeper's face: "Crackdown on organized crime! Azure Dragon Domain Major Crimes Unit crosses borders to enforce the law! How dare they openly use counterfeit money, touching the purse strings of the Upper Domain Great Sect! Now, men, put your hands on your heads and squat on the left, women, squat on the right! Hand over all your Demonic Spirit Stones as evidence for this This Divine Lord to keep, or you'll be shot on the spot!"]