Shangchu City.
This city was peculiar. Its central district was a marketplace, entirely unguarded, where anyone could come and go freely.
Around the marketplace, however, stood three cities with towering walls.
It was as though three heavily guarded cities stood in a triangular formation, protecting a disorderly marketplace at their center.
These three cities were the seats of the Jiang Clan, the Chi Family, and the Ye Family-the three great lineages of the Ganchang Wasteland.
The marketplace was managed jointly by the three great lineages.
In the scholar's storage ring, Song Wen had found a jade slip containing a map of the Ganchang Wasteland.
With its help, he had reached Shangchu City without trouble.
Disguising himself as a mid-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, Song Wen arrived at the foot of a mountain range west of the marketplace.
After making inquiries, he learned that, apart from the three great lineages' seats, these mountains had the densest spiritual energy in Shangchu City. A large number of cave abodes had been built there and were available for rent.
At the foot of the mountains stood a lone pavilion, which handled the cave abode rentals.
As soon as Song Wen entered the pavilion, a pretty maid came forward to greet him.
To his surprise, the maid was actually a Foundation Establishment middle-stage cultivator.
"Senior, are you looking to rent a cave abode?" the maid asked.
Song Wen nodded slightly and asked, "Are any first-class cave abodes still available?"
The maid's eyes lit up, and she immediately became a little more respectful and reserved.
"There are one hundred first-class cave abodes in total, with thirty-five still available. They include First-Class Seven, First-Class Fourteen, First-Class Fifteen..."
The maid patiently introduced them one by one. Although all were first-class cave abodes, those with lower numbers had denser