"Wildlands Hunter Guild?" Luo Jun froze. His master had never mentioned this.
"You don't even know that?" The old man in the tank top grew interested and began explaining. "It's an organization established on Lingyun Island specifically for the Wilderness. Its current president is the island's current lord, Ling Ao. Anyone who wants to enter the Wilderness must register with the Wildlands Hunter Guild. You have to pay a passage fee to go through the Wildlands Gate. For spoils hunted in the Wilderness, the guild takes a commission to provide sales channels. If you want to take them away yourself, the guild assesses their value and takes a percentage."
Luo Jun frowned as he listened. "How much is the passage fee?"
"Fifty thousand per trip," the old man in the tank top said. "If you don't have the money, you can put it on credit. If you die beyond the gate, it's written off. Otherwise, if you want to come back, you have to make up the passage fee with your earnings from the Wilderness."
"Fifty thousand?" Luo Jun thought. That passage fee alone would cost him half his savings.
What kind of guild is this? They're clearly evil capitalists. Every rule has the word 'exploitation' written all over it.
"Who told the Ling Family to control a gate?" The old man in the tank top laughed. "This is the only gate in Zhendan that isn't in official hands. For most Rogue Cultivators, if they want to go to another world, aside from unstable Chaos Missions, this is their only option. It's precisely because of the resources beyond that gate that the Ling Family has become the undisputed number one Great Family among the nation's Cultivators!"
"Are other worlds really that great?" Luo Jun turned to look at the passengers