With a cyan talisman hanging from his person and the true disciple Tong Ke leading the way, Zhang Yuan walked along the Jade Bridge without hindrance.
The Jade Bridge was quite lively. Pedestrians strolled at an unhurried pace, and cultivators sat on the ground on either side, tending their stalls.
Tong Ke explained, "Our Azure Talisman Grotto-Heaven is open to outsiders. As long as someone doesn't have a notorious reputation, they can exchange proof of identity for an Azure Talisman and enter the grotto-heaven to open a shop, set up a stall, or do some business..."
Listening to Tong Ke, Zhang Yuan gradually gained an understanding of the Azure Talisman Grotto-Heaven.
The mountain range where the Azure Talisman Grotto-Heaven lay stretched across the coast of the East Sea, which was also an important gateway to the open ocean. With so many travelers passing through, the lord of the Azure Talisman Grotto-Heaven had simply thrown the gates wide open. After all these years, the Azure Talisman Grotto-Heaven was less a sect than a marketplace.
But what exactly did Tong Ke mean by a notorious reputation?
All he could say was that everything was [True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts]'s fault!
Zhang Yuan glanced at the stalls on either side of the Jade Bridge and shook his head slightly.
Most cultivators setting up stalls on the Jade Bridge had low cultivation levels. Some were even weaker than Tong Ke. Naturally, they had little of value to sell; their wares were all things used by lower cultivators.
The palatial buildings beyond the Jade Bridge, floating atop hundred-zhang Azure Talismans, did draw some of Zhang Yuan's attention.
The core of the Azure Talisman Grotto-Heaven lay at its very center, while the palatial buildings on the Azure Talismans along the outer edges housed businesses established