Map

Map: within the Immortal Sect, people basically did not probe someone's cultivation to their face.

But Chen Mobai had felt the spiritual power of his own father at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, and he felt that even Chen Xinglan had not put as much pressure on him as that youth had.

Could he be a Foundation Establishment Cultivator? Back at home, Chen Mobai was still thinking about the youth who had asked him for directions at the bus stop.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was off.

That youth's every word and action had been extremely polite, even somewhat stiff and old-fashioned, fitting very well with the traits of those Foundation Establishment Cultivators who were over a hundred years old.

If he really was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, then the act of asking for directions was very strange.

The Immortal Sect had Three Hundred Million Cultivators, but Foundation Establishment meant truly stepping onto the path of immortal cultivation. It could be said that most cultivators were serving the goal of Foundation Establishment.

Though Vermilion Cloud City was a frontier Blessed Land, it still had a permanent population of over a million. Yet among these million-plus Qi Cultivation Cultivators, there were fewer than fifty Foundation Establishment Cultivators. These people controlled Vermilion Cloud City's economy, power, and resources. It could be said that the cultivators of the entire city were all creating value for them.

For example, the boss of the Magic Artifact factory where Chen Mobai's father worked was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and a second-tier Artifact Refiner.

The boss of the Talisman factory where Chen Mobai's mother worked was also a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and a Second-tier Talisman Master.

Although the Immortal Sect advocated equality of all beings, in reality, after Foundation Establishment, Lifespan doubled, and with Spiritual Sense at Great Accomplishment, learning efficiency also became faster. If one was willing to work hard, then one could basically grasp the majority of the wealth.

Qi Cultivation Cultivators simply could not compete with Foundation Establishment Cultivators. Even if everything was fair and just, time alone was something they could not endure through, let alone the fact that after Foundation Establishment, most would go on to master one of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation.

For the same Talisman, if the creators were respectively a Qi Cultivation Cultivator and a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, even if the latter's price was slightly higher, most cultivators would still buy the one drawn by the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

There was even less need to mention medicinal pills and Magic Artifacts.

It could be said that the group of Foundation Establishment Cultivators were half the masters of this Vermilion Cloud City. Aside from Qing Nü's master, who was said to have an eccentric temper and a solitary personality, and only opened a pharmacy to maintain her craft, the rest were basically people above others. Having a car when going out was the most basic thing.

How could there be a Foundation Establishment Cultivator who needed to take the bus and ask for directions?

Unless he was... from outside.

As Chen Mobai thought about it, his thoughts spread out again, wondering whether this youth who had asked for directions was a friend of Qing Nü's master. After all, they were both Foundation Establishment Cultivators. Perhaps he had come to visit an old friend.

But he immediately came back to himself, lay on the bed, and began cultivating the Heart-Calming Incantation.

Under the effect of Stepping on the Moon Melody, his Spiritual Sense had become active again. His thoughts began to multiply, and his mind was no longer calm.

However, he did not cultivate the "Nurturing Thought God Forging Technique."

Because he had made up his mind to fully make use of his time in the school's Cultivation Room, and tonight he was going to South Stream Market again.

Silver Light flickered.

He returned to the Water Mansion again. Looking around, he could not help but feel his emotions surge.

This was inside the Side Hall.

In other words, teleportation could only send him to the place he had left last time, and was not locked onto the great hall of the Water Mansion.

But it would be best to verify it again outside the Water Mansion.

Chen Mobai changed into his ancient-style outfit, then took out the mirror and put on the wig. After confirming that there was no modern aura about him, he opened the Azure Water Formation and went ashore.

The distance from Jade Cloud Lake to South Stream Market was not far, but even when he traveled at full speed with the Levitation Technique, it still took an hour.

If only I had a car.

Thinking this, Chen Mobai arrived at the entrance of the market again.

This day, he was still familiarizing himself with the place and did not rashly sell anything. Only when it was almost time did he leave again.

But this time, he did not return to the Water Mansion. Instead, he found a deserted cave and tapped return to city.

After school the next day, when he tapped teleport, a prompt popped up on the screen.

Discovered uncommon location (unnamed). Continue teleportation?

Huh? A new screen had appeared on the Turtle Treasure Software. Chen Mobai tapped yes.

Silver Light flickered. Chen Mobai opened his eyes and found that this time he was not inside the Water Mansion, but on that wild mountain he had returned from yesterday.

Now it could be confirmed.

The location he teleported to was the place he had left last time.

But Chen Mobai discovered something different as well. This time, when he tapped teleport on the Turtle Treasure Software, something like a map appeared. It was still very plain, however, with only a lake marker shaped like a water droplet. This should represent the Water Mansion. There was also a newly appeared earth-yellow triangle, which should be where he was now.

He tapped the markers on the map with his phone and found that they could be named.

Thus, he labeled the blue water droplet "Water Mansion" and the earth-yellow triangle "wild mountain."

If, in the future, he traveled all across the entire Sky River Realm, this blank map should be filled up, right?

Chen Mobai thought this.

After studying the newly discovered function for a while, he went to South Stream Market again. Because it was close, he only walked twenty minutes.

This time, besides the stall area, he also strolled through those large shops.

These places no longer accepted gold. They started with Spirit Stones.

However, whether in quality or tier, the things they sold far surpassed those on the street stalls by a large margin.

In a Hundred Herbs Pavilion pharmacy, he saw a familiar bottle, exactly the same as the medicine bottle he had obtained from the old man. After asking a clerk, he learned that this was the "Convergence Pill" used by mid-stage Qi Cultivation cultivators to increase spiritual power. There were twelve pills in a bottle, and one bottle sold individually for one Spirit Stone.

He also wanted to find the bottle style used by the Flying Needle Sect disciple, but he did not find it. He figured it might be something internal to their sect.

"Senior, do you want to buy some Convergence Pills? The pills from our Hundred Herbs Pavilion are all personally refined by Alchemy masters of Returning Heaven Valley. They are illustriously famous throughout the entire Eastern Wasteland."

The clerk was a cultivator at the Qi Cultivation Third Layer. Seeing Chen Mobai's attire, he thought there was business to be had, and he introduced things with great effort.

"Convergence Pills are already useless to me."

"Then we also have Spirit Gathering Pills. These are for raising the cultivation realm in Late Qi Cultivation, and the price isn't expensive either. Only eight Spirit Stones a bottle."

"I just took a medicinal pill to break through my realm recently, and I'm still stabilizing it at the moment..."

Chen Mobai could not keep pretending anymore and could only find an excuse to slip away.

He also strolled for a while in other Magic Artifact shops and Formation Flag shops.

In a bookshop, he picked up a copy of Introduction to Major Sects of the Eastern Wasteland to learn the common knowledge here. Only when the clerk could not help wanting to drive him out did he leave South Stream Market.

Since he would be focusing on this place for the coming period, he did not return to the Water Mansion this time either. He went to that Nameless Wild Mountain again and tapped return to city.

When he came back, the sky was just turning dark.

After dinner, he went out for a stroll and arrived at Evergreen Pharmacy.

He walked into the shop and waited for a while. Qing Nü then came out from the back door and looked puzzled when she saw him.

"Why are you dressed like that? I almost didn't recognize you."

"I'm someone who reveres the ancient."

When Chen Mobai came back, he was too lazy to change clothes, so he went straight out in his ancient-style outfit. In any case, there were quite a few people like this in the Immortal Sect.

"Oh right, I have a few bottles of medicinal pills here that I dug out from the blind box market. You're the professional, so help me take a look."

When Chen Mobai went out, he had taken out the four bottles of pills he had kept pressed at the bottom of the cabinet. Although he knew three of them were Convergence Pills, he still wanted to ask a professional to identify them.

"These pills are poisonous!"

But Qing Nü's conclusion made Chen Mobai's expression change.