When they arrived at Strange Abyss Island again, Ling Yuling suggested strolling through a city in the Outer Sea to experience its local sights and customs. Lin Yun had nothing else to do, so he went along with her.
Blackstone City was not large, merely a small city, and an extremely crude one at that. Yet small as it was, it had all its vital organs. Shops filled nearly every corner, and every material needed for cultivation could be found there. Even human Furnace Cauldrons for dual cultivation were openly auctioned on the island.
At first, Ling Yuling wandered around the city with considerable enthusiasm, fascinated by the sights of the Outer Sea. But after visiting several large trading houses and gradually learning more about Blackstone City, she lost interest.
Though she had read accurate reports about Strange Abyss Island, reading about it and seeing it with her own eyes were two entirely different experiences.
After leaving a trading house called the Pearl Pavilion, she said to Lin Yun through voice transmission, "I never imagined the Outer Sea would be like this. Not only are Demon Beast materials auctioned here, but human cultivators themselves can be sold as well. The Outer Sea truly is far crueler than the Inner Sea."
"Not all the other Demon Beast islands in the Outer Sea are like this. Other places are more like hunting grounds, while this is a wilderness still being opened up. I imagine the Inner Sea was much the same when its development first began tens of thousands of years ago," Lin Yun said.
He had visited several other islands in the Outer Sea himself and had naturally noticed what made Strange Abyss Island different.
Ling Yuling paused slightly at his words, then nodded. "True. The Inner Sea was like this