Dongsheng Shenzhou, Chuan Daohai.
The Five Continents were vast and scattered, and their remote regions could hardly be called safe. Feeding the people and horses involved in overland transport was also an enormous expense that could not be ignored.
Especially when the comparison was with giant ships that could truly ride the wind and cleave the waves.
Although cultivators' spell arts were expensive, they really were extremely effective against towering waves.
Compared with the uncertainty and dangers of overland routes, shipping by giant ship offered excellent value for money.
Thus, maritime shipping had always been an indispensable means of transport.
The great sects of each continent regularly kept several shipping routes secure, clearing out sea demons and cracking down on cultivators who attempted to plunder at sea. In return, the various giant ships had to pay a toll.
The fee was generally calculated at one percent of the cargo's value.
Although that percentage sounded tiny, both the cargo capacity of giant ships and the value of their cargo were usually immense.
It was an extremely substantial source of income, even one of exorbitant profit. Getting a share of the pie was enough to feed someone for a lifetime.
The Eighteen Immortal Sects naturally took part as well, each tacitly maintaining the shipping routes allotted to them.
Chuan Daohai was an exceptionally famous maritime dock in Dongsheng Shenzhou, and it occupied an exceptionally large area.
Spiritual light suddenly blazed from a giant ship, and the rolling sea instantly calmed.
With a boom, a giant ship relied on a cultivator's ritual to ram straight into its berth.
Chen Baiqing wore a plain-colored long dress, her glossy black hair pinned up with a jade-green hairpin. Standing on high ground, she calmly watched the porters flock toward the docking ships.
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