"Master, Sister Tian and I looked into things all over the place. Although it was a complete mess here, we roughly divided the sects in this area into three major regions," Taiwei Miaolan said.
"Three major regions? Tell me about them." I glanced around, but I still didn't see any place resembling three major regions.
"Not here, actually. The lowest region is outside the marketplace. In other words, outside this interface, there are no sects—only Rogue Cultivators and sect disciples from various interfaces who came to take private jobs or make a fortune while they were here. Most of them were assigned to the lowest region," Taiwei Miaolan explained.
"Oh... So one of the other two regions is inside the marketplace?" I asked.
"Yes. Aside from merchants who come and go to trade, and the immortals who occasionally enter and leave, those allowed to station themselves here are mostly elders from the various sects. Elders—people with a status like yours, Master—can only stay at the inns here after presenting their credentials. That's the second region." After finishing, Taiwei Miaolan looked toward a very tall mountain, then lowered her voice. "As for the ancestors of the various immortal sects and the overlords of the various immortal lands, they live within the sects. Most of the disciples from the sects in this interface have now been dispatched to various parts of the interface to station themselves and patrol, so the sects have instead become the places where the leaders and ancestors of the Nine Immortal Lands are stationed..."
"So the reason we haven't found the venue for the top-level trades is that they're all held in the region up on the mountain?" I guessed at once.
"Exactly. I heard that the most top-tier trade fairs are held within the sects. This trading