Ancient Cultivator Abode

Following the map, he flew for over seven thousand miles and finally arrived at a city built on a mountaintop.

"Is this Azure City?"

Chen Nianzhi's eyes flickered slightly as she landed on her sword before the city.

Azure City is one of the cities closest to Black Eagle Ridge. There is a Third-Order Spirit Vein here. Three thousand years ago, it was the territory of the Purple Mansion Demon Beast. Later, it was taken over by the Azuregreen Sword Sect, which built a city here.

This city is mainly used to rent out accommodations to Rogue Cultivator in the Firmament Mountain Range, and it is also one of the few Cultivation Market in the Azuregreen Mountains.

When Chen Nianzhi stepped into the city, he found that there were five or six thousand cultivators, most of whom were Qi Refining realm Rogue Cultivator, and tens of thousands of ordinary cultivators.

Within the Chu Kingdom, a Third-Order Spirit Vein, if in a decent location, could easily nurture millions of mortals. Yet here, there are only tens of thousands, demonstrating the harshness of the environment within the Azuregreen Mountains.

"Senior, you look unfamiliar. Is this your first time visiting Azuregreen Mountain?"

As soon as Chen Nianzhi stepped into the Spirit Vein, she heard a voice.

He turned to the side and saw a middle-aged man looking at him with a broad smile, saying, "I've been in Azure City for decades, so my information network is definitely top-notch."

"I have all the information you need."

"Oh, tell me about it."

Chen Nianzhi's brow twitched slightly, and she tossed over a Spirit Stone.

The man took the Spirit Stone and wiped it clean with a look of delight.

Without any powerful Rogue Cultivator, cultivation is extremely difficult for independent cultivators. For someone like him Rogue Cultivator in the Early Stage of Qi Refining, he might not even earn three to five Spirit Stone a year.

He usually earns only small pieces of Spirit Stone, about the size of a thumb, and even so, most of the Spirit Stone he earns each year are used to pay for expenses in the city.

Otherwise, once he is driven out, not to mention the dangers of the outside world, even the source of Spiritual Qi for cultivation will be a big problem. After all, without the help of the Spirit Vein in Azure City, the scarce Spiritual Qi in the world will make his cultivation extremely difficult.

From this point of view alone, Lineage cultivators are born into a privileged environment. The Spiritual Qi energy absorbed by the Chen Clan cultivators each year is of considerable value. If they were to rent a cave dwelling for cultivation, it would probably be worth almost as much as their own annual salary.

Getting back to the point, seeing how generous he was, the man was overjoyed and led Chen Nianzhi forward, excitedly saying as they walked.

"Senior, you've also come for the Ancient Cultivator Abode, haven't you?"

"Ancient Cultivator Abode?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Nianzhi frowned slightly, but said calmly, "Tell me."

As the man recounted his story, Chen Nianzhi roughly understood what had happened in the Azuregreen Mountains.

It turns out that a few years ago, a message came out saying that an ancient cave dwelling of a Purple Mansion Rogue Cultivator was about to reappear.

It is said that the cave was the cultivation ground of Mo Daoist, a rogue Rogue Cultivator the Purple Mansion. Mo Daoist was a cultivator from a thousand years ago. This senior had Bu Fan fortuitous opportunity and obtained the inheritance of high-level alchemy and formation in his youth.

It was precisely by relying on these two signature skills that Mo Daoist cultivated all the way to the Ninth Purple Mansion Layer, becoming a renowned figure in the Azuregreen Mountains.

Rumors are circulating that the cave dwelling of this Purple Mansion cultivator is about to be revealed, which has immediately set off an uproar throughout the Azuregreen Mountains, with many cultivators searching for Mo Daoist's cave dwelling.

"The cave dwelling of Purple Mansion Late Stage cultivator."

"The inheritance of advanced alchemy and formation techniques."

Chen Nianzhi's brow twitched slightly, a hint of interest stirring within her.

After a long pause, he suppressed his thoughts. This kind of inheritance was too precious, and there would probably be cultivators from the Purple Mansion involved.

This was extremely dangerous. For him, acquiring the Ren-Water Crystal and refining it into his natal Life-Bound Dharma Artifact to break through to the Purple Mansion was the only way forward.

After inquiring about the recent situation in the Azuregreen Mountains and confirming that there were no other abnormalities, Chen Nianzhi dismissed the guide and then rented a cave to recover her True Essence.

After resting in Azure City for three days, Chen Nianzhi flew into the territory of Black Eagle Ridge on his sword.

Perhaps because the cultivator's search for the Ancient Cultivator Abode was too commotion, attracting the attention of the Demon Race, his flight across Black Eagle Ridge did not arouse the pursuit of the Purple Mansion Demon Beast.

The Purple Mansion Demon Beast didn't pursue him, and most of the Foundation Establishment Demon Beast couldn't fly, so he had an easy journey.

He flew cautiously at low altitude, bypassing the third-tier and above Spirit Vein of the Demon Race, and flew more than 300,000 miles out of Black Eagle Ridge.

Then, after another two months, they finally crossed the Azuregreen Mountains and arrived at the territory of the Yan Kingdom.

Upon arriving in the Yan Kingdom, he took a deep breath and realized that he had flown for nearly two million miles.

Upon arriving in the Yan Kingdom, Chen Nianzhi went straight to Yan Mountain Market, a Tier 3 High-grade Yan Mountain Market Spirit Vein.

This Marketplace was also the first line of defense for the Yan Kingdom against the Demon Race of the Azuregreen Mountains, and its status in the Yan Kingdom was almost equivalent to that of Jiaoyang Mountain in the Chu Kingdom.

Of course, compared to the Chu Kingdom, which borders the Vast Expanse Marshes Marshland, there are not many Golden Core realm Demon King in the Azuregreen Mountains, and the pressure on Yan Mountain Market is far less than that on Jiaoyang Mountain and Heavenly Ruins Mountain.

After entering Yan Mountain Market, Chen Nianzhi didn't linger and went straight to the Soul-Rhinoceros Pavilion, the largest shop in Yan Mountain Market.

The Soul-Rhinoceros Pavilion is owned by the Deng Clan, Golden Core Immortal Clan in the Yan Kingdom. It is said that the Deng Clan is the strongest Golden Core Immortal Clan in the Yan Kingdom, with three Golden Core realm cultivators and their ancestor being True Person in the late Golden Core stage.

"I wonder if the Soul-Rhinoceros Pavilion sells Ren-Water Crystal?"

Chen Nianzhi's eyes flickered slightly, then she stepped into and out of the Soul-Rhinoceros Pavilion.

The shopkeeper was an elderly man in the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. Upon seeing Chen Nianzhi's cultivation level, he immediately stood up and ushered him inside.

The shopkeeper had a sharp eye; he immediately recognized Chen Nianzhi's face and said with a smile.

"You look unfamiliar, fellow Daoist. You must have come from the Azuregreen Mountains."

"Fellow Daoist has discerning eyes." Chen Nianzhi nodded and said calmly, "To be honest, I have come here to purchase a Ren-Water Crystal."

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper frowned, stroked his long beard, and shook his head, saying, "With your cultivation level, fellow Daoist, you've gone to great lengths to traverse a million miles of mountains to come to the Yan Kingdom, presumably for the sake of the Ren-Water Crystal."

"Unfortunately, I don't have this item in my Soul-Rhinoceros Pavilion at the moment."

"Ah." Chen Nianzhi's expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but cup his hands and say, "Please tell me, fellow Daoist, where can I buy Ren-Water Crystal?"

The shopkeeper poured Chen Nianzhi a cup of tea and explained, "Although Yan Kingdom has abundant water and wood Earth Vein, this item is still extremely precious. It's usually only brought out for trade at auctions Exchange Fair."

"Every ten years, Thousand Stars Island holds a Foundation Establishment Exchange Fair. If you really want to obtain this item, you will have to go to Thousand Stars Island."

"..."

After leaving Soul-Rhinoceros Pavilion, Chen Nianzhi frowned and took out a map of the Yan Kingdom to examine it.

Unlike the Chu Kingdom, the Yan Kingdom was a veritable land of water and trees. The entire Yan Kingdom spanned a million miles, but land only accounted for about 40% of its area.

Although the Yan Kingdom was called a kingdom, it was no exaggeration to say that it encompassed the Million-Li Yan Lake. It was simply that the Yan Lake was dotted with thousands upon thousands of islands of varying sizes.

Among these islands, the largest stretches for 100,000 miles, enough for the Golden Core Immortal Clan to thrive, while the smaller ones are only a dozen miles in size and are often occupied by Qi Refining Cultivator.

Within this vast Yan Lake, the water element Earth Vein and nourishes the islands, giving birth to a unique and expansive forest among the six kingdoms of the Ji Continent.

Therefore, the Yan Kingdom has no shortage of the five elements of Water Vein and Earth Vein, which leads to frequent exchanges between cultivators from the Yan Kingdom and Chu Kingdom, simply to exchange treasures such as the Ren-Water Crystal.

Back then, Wei Xuyuan failed to buy the Jia-Wood Crystal in the Chu Kingdom, but he managed to acquire this treasure in the Yan Kingdom, which shows that it was much easier to purchase this item in the Yan Kingdom.