Several days later, Xiao Yu and his avatar appeared on the fiftieth level of Tianxing City.
The Star Palace favored white. Its cultivators wore white, and many of its buildings were predominantly white as well. The Starry Sky Hall before them was no exception.
The hall was built from blocks of white marble. Above it hung an enormous plaque several dozen feet long, bearing the three golden characters for "Starry Sky Hall."
Inside was a spacious, empty hall over two hundred feet long and wide. Several rows of teleportation formations stood within it, dozens of them in various sizes.
A small stone tablet stood before each teleportation formation, inscribed with the name of its destination so visitors could tell at a glance where it led.
At that moment, a male and female cultivator were talking with a white-robed Star Palace cultivator inside the hall.
Xiao Yu swept them briefly with his divine sense, and his heart tightened. Both of them were Core Formation cultivators.
As soon as the pair saw Xiao Yu and his avatar enter, the man looked pleased and addressed the avatar.
"Are you two fellow Daoists also heading to a Demon Beast Island? Why not teleport with us and split the cost per person?"
"Teleport together?" the avatar asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Is this your first time using a teleportation formation, fellow Daoist? The formations here charge per use, not per person. Whether one person or seven teleports, it costs seven hundred spirit stones, and each formation can transport up to seven people at once. That's why we're waiting for other fellow Daoists to join us."
Seeing the avatar's confusion, the woman offered an explanation.
After listening, the avatar did not reply immediately. Instead, he looked at the white-robed Star Palace cultivator and asked,
"Fellow Daoist, is that