bdsm-fiction Chapter 171 Harvest from the Secret Realm, Trade in the Imperial City
Chapter 171 Harvest from the Secret Realm, Trade in the Imperial City
Chapter 171 Harvest from the Secret Realm, Trade in the Imperial City
Inside the secret chamber of the flying boat,
Chen Yi sat cross-legged on the futon and began to use his divine sense to check his belongings and the condition of his body one by one to see if there were any hidden doors or markings left behind.
Within the secret realm, he received an overwhelming amount of resources, including peak second-tier and near-third-tier items.
Besides those that have already been used,
There are now quite a few finished magical artifacts, various elixirs, and rare items. As for raw materials, Chen Yi has basically used the system to absorb and consume them.
These finished products were too expensive for Chen Yi, so he did not use them for the time being.
Fortunately, Chen Yi had briefly checked these items when he received them, and upon re-examination, no problems were found.
However, Chen Yi noticed a problem with the Jade Dragon Sect's seal affixed to the cooperation agreement signed between the Jade Dragon Sect and himself.
"This hand seal does not have a positioning function."
However, there seems to be a passive question-and-answer mechanism.
After Chen Yi designed and combined array devices such as "horse cage" and "dog cage," and with the subtle energy sensing of a third-tier spirit chef,
His understanding of formations has reached a new level, approaching the third tier.
Originally, Chen Yi understood that it was a way for disciples of the Jade Dragon Sect to verify authenticity.
But now Chen Yi has discovered that it has a backdoor: under the resonance of a higher-level Jade Dragon Sect mark, it can answer remotely.
Simply put, it has a hidden location function.
After discovering this problem, Chen Yi felt a bit scared.
No wonder these Heavenly Dragon Soaring Immortals didn't bother Chen Yi; it turns out they had a plan.
Fortunately, Chen Yi had been hiding in the city, and then boarded the royal airship and left.
If you go into the wilderness alone, the consequences are unpredictable.
Once discovered, solving the problem becomes much easier.
Chen Yi did not destroy it, but instead consulted Qin Chengcheng on how to disable the faint response from this remote question-and-answer contract mark.
Qin Chengcheng's answer was simple: find its spiritual energy supply line, or restore the transmission line, cutting off either one would work.
Alternatively, a sealed array box could be made to seal the perception of spiritual power, and the spiritual contract could be placed inside the box, thus isolating it from external location.
Chen Yi chose the latter, as he would need the location function of the spirit contract later.
It was also under Qin Chengcheng's guidance that they began to practice some simple third-order formation setups.
The two worked together for half a day and finally designed the small box.
To express his gratitude to Qin Chengcheng, and at her seductive request, Chen Yi completed a session of the [Dragon and Phoenix Yin-Yang Technique] with her on the flying boat.
Of course, multiple shielding formations were set up, including one layer that would trigger an alarm upon encountering external divine sense.
Otherwise, with a Nascent Soul cultivator on this flying boat, Chen Yi was worried that someone might be spying on him.
Half a day later, Qin Chengcheng collapsed on the bed, coldly pulling up her pants to leave Chen Yi. She had no regrets; she couldn't take it anymore.
"Chen Lang, when will you seriously teach me the Thunder Crystal Body Refinement technique again?"
Qin Chengcheng had tried to learn it before but failed, and now he had an intense desire for the third-level body refinement.
As she collapsed, what came to mind was Ning Bu'er's mocking words: "You're such a small body, you can't possibly satisfy his variety and stamina."
At this moment, Qin Chengcheng deeply felt Ning Bu'er's contempt, and she was determined to become a third-level body cultivator!
"Let's wait until you've formed your core. Your body will be more tolerant then, and we'll choose a later day to teach you."
Having regained his original appearance, Chen Yi, who looked like a gentle young man in his early twenties, smiled and said to Qin Chengcheng.
Looking at Chen Yi, Qin Chengcheng obediently nodded, "Okay~"
Afterwards, Chen Yi went back to seclusion.
After the two activated the formation, in a fourth-tier secret chamber on the top floor of the flying boat...
Emperor Qi raised an eyebrow slightly, having made a rough guess about Chen Yi's identity as a spirit chef.
But he didn't concern himself with such trivial matters. For a Nascent Soul cultivator, the major issues of world turmoil were what he needed to consider.
The romantic entanglements of the younger generation, or the survival strategies of some rogue cultivator through disguise, are all unimportant.
As long as one's heart is upright and aligned with the righteous path of Qi, there is no need to concern oneself further.
As for Chen Yi, he had instructed his subordinates to get to know and win him over, which already showed that he valued him.
After all, in the cultivation world of Qi, no sect or power has as abundant resources as the royal family.
Those who truly require Emperor Qi's attention must be at least in the late stage of Core Formation, and those whom Emperor Qi needs to personally recruit must be at least at the peak of Core Formation in the Purple Extreme Golden Core stage, and have the potential to form a Nascent Soul.
Below the Nascent Soul stage, there is little difference.
Inside the secret room, Chen Yi added an extra hour to the intermission, and then continued to organize the findings.
Apart from the problem with the spirit contract mark of the Jade Dragon Sect, there are no major issues with other resources worth tens of thousands of spirit stones.
In any case, Chen Yi planned to make a move in the capital to exchange for some resources that he could use.
In addition, Chen Yi was unable to thoroughly examine the tortoise shell that the old tortoise gave him to prevent divination, as well as the black tortoise shell he obtained from Ning Bu'er, so he put them aside for the time being.
Besides these, there's also the thousand-year-old lightning-struck wood given by Young Master Ji, which serves as the seed material for the Azure Sky Thunder Brew and has an even greater purpose.
The effects of Azure Sky Thunder Brew were simply too overpowering; Chen Yi had long been envious.
If he can mass-produce them, he will have a considerable amount of resources coming in during the early to mid-stages of Tier 3.
However, he still lacks the blood of various thunder beasts; he can find out about this in the imperial city.
In the Qi Kingdom's cultivation chambers, if even the royal family lacks the resources, then one can only venture into various forbidden lands, secret realms, and the lairs of great demons.
Or perhaps they ventured into the Monster Mountain Range, which spans tens of thousands of miles, to search for it.
In addition, there was the third-tier flying boat worth over 30,000 spirit stones that Qiu Li gifted him, as well as the sword escape technique that Zuo Shouqing traded to Chen Yi, and so on.
Chen Yi won't need these two things for a while, but he still needs to get familiar with them just in case.
Resources weren't plentiful, and Chen Yi had already used most of the useful ones, converting them into strength.
Now that his Jade Bone technique is fully developed and his purification process is nearing completion, his Golden Crystal Core is not far from fusing with the 60 strands of golden light to form the Golden Crystal Upper Core.
In terms of body refinement, Chen Yi has covered in just over a year what other body refinement cultivators take one or two decades to achieve.
Currently, over three hundred third-tier lightning crystals are circulating within his body, along with 108 lightning spirit runes forming his natal lightning talisman, which he uses to control these lightning crystals to release energy from time to time to refine his body and soul.
Chen Yi's [Purple Lightning Soul-Nourishing Technique] is now ready to be formally cultivated.
This technique focuses on using lightning magic to enhance the defensive and offensive capabilities of the soul.
When combined with the [Refining God Technique] for cultivation, it allows Chen Yi's spiritual cultivation to surpass a major realm and fight enemies without suffering losses.
In terms of body tempering, the Thunder Spirit Body Tempering Technique combined with the Vajra Skill both contribute to the improvement of his physical body.
He has now completed the first level of internal organ refinement. He will now focus more on the details of his internal organs, striving for perfection in the second and third levels.
Furthermore, it condenses into a golden crystal core, or even a five-element golden crystal core, or a thunder-fire golden crystal core.
The young monk had previously warned that the combined golden marrow of a hundred strands was dangerous, and Chen Yi intended to heed his advice.
Anyway, he has already pioneered a new path of body refinement, and there are alternative methods.
In terms of magical cultivation, with the help of dual cultivation with Qin Chengcheng, and driven by the high level of his soul and physical body,
He just needs to follow the steps.
The speed at which one advances to the late Foundation Establishment stage is already extremely fast; reaching the peak of Foundation Establishment is simply a matter of accumulating magical power.
Chen Yi was not prepared for a rapid advancement.
First, lay a solid foundation, then study more about how to form the Golden Core, and try to acquire more Golden Core Formation materials and Crystallization Pills.
While ensuring one's own safety, one should attempt to form the Purple Extreme Golden Core in one fell swoop. If all else fails, at least one should form a mid-to-high-level True Core as a safety net.
In terms of cultivation techniques, skills, and supernatural abilities, there are some that can be further cultivated and developed:
Chen Yi plans to find time to develop and integrate the two supernatural abilities, Wind and Thunder Escape and Lotus Steps, to further enhance their effectiveness.
The preparation of Purple Cloud Thunder Brew is considered part of the advanced training for a third-tier spirit chef, and Chen Yi plans to focus on it in the future.
The rest are progressing steadily.
In short, exchange any useless resources first, continue cultivating, and you'll be able to successfully form your core.
The rest should wait and see.
Two months later, Qi Xuanhao's thousand-foot flying boat pierced through the fourth layer of the Heavenly Gang, and the fourth-order array light shield on the boat rippled with circles of pale gold, dispersing all the actual gale winds.
Looking down at the imperial city, the pale purple spiritual mist rising from the fourth-order spiritual veins surged like a sea of clouds, enveloping the crisscrossing suspended jade paths and obsidian palace complex.
The seventy-two towers are arrayed like a dense, spiky formation. At the core, nine spirit source beads rise from the towers, and the surging quasi-third-order array pattern spirit mist, under the control of the array master, transforms into a rainbow bridge to guide the flying boat.
Its spiritual pressure surged like a tide, causing the cultivators queuing outside the city gates to instinctively feel their blood and qi stagnate, with only those above the Foundation Establishment stage able to barely stand.
Everyone looked up.
however,
Before the airship could come to a complete stop, a terrifying streak of light had already flown away.
The Emperor Qi suddenly left in a hurry, having returned to the palace earlier.
After the flying boat landed, the other Core Formation cultivators of the royal family also hurriedly departed.
Only the seven immortals, their hair and beards all white, remained.
"Seventh Grandfather, what happened? Why did His Majesty leave in such a hurry?"
Qi Wuba asked on behalf of everyone what was on everyone's mind.
The Seven Immortals shook their heads and sighed, "Something has changed over in the Monster Mountain Range. The flying ships returning from Central Continent were attacked. I don't know the specific casualties; we'll have to wait for His Majesty to confirm with them."
Upon hearing this, Qin Chengcheng's face turned pale. Her best friend, Qiu Li, had been on that flying boat.
Chen Yi's heart tightened as well; he and Qin Chengcheng had almost followed Qiu to Zhongzhou.
If Chen Yi hadn't insisted repeatedly, saying that the other side was unfamiliar territory, teeming with geniuses, and possessed a more advanced cultivation civilization, then...
Going now would be too dangerous; it would be better to wait until after you've reached the Core Formation stage before considering going.
Qin Chengcheng will probably follow Qiu Li to cultivate at the Thundercloud Sect. After all, she has obtained the inheritance of the Thunder Soul Sect, so it would be more suitable for her to cultivate at the Thundercloud Sect.
"I wonder what the casualty situation is over there?"
Chen Yi felt slightly worried when he thought of Qiu Li, Ji Wuchen, the little monk, and others who were all on that flying boat.
You see, he had finally managed to build a good friendship with these prodigies; these were connections he could use when he went to Zhongzhou in the future.
No matter which one gets into trouble, Chen Yi will feel heartbroken.
Qin Chengcheng also showed a worried expression.
therefore,
During the process of them being arranged to settle in a corner of a near-third-tier cave dwelling on the outskirts of the imperial city...
They didn't really observe the appearance of this vast imperial capital city, which spanned hundreds of miles.
After resting for more than ten days,
Chen Yi and Qin Chengcheng had become somewhat familiar with the living and commercial areas near the imperial city, which were dominated by late-stage second-tier and near-third-tier spiritual veins.
This area is mostly the cultivation grounds for late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators and Pseudo-Core Formation cultivators, as well as various merchant guilds and venues for practitioners of alchemy, talisman-making, array-making, weapon-making, puppetry, and other skills of corresponding levels.
Although the imperial city was vast, it was also strictly hierarchical.
Cultivators of a certain level have their own fixed areas of activity.
Lower-level cultivators typically operate in higher-level areas as servants, attendants, or disciples.
High-level cultivators will not easily venture into low-level spiritual vein areas unless absolutely necessary.
Elephants and ants cannot live together.
The near-third-tier cultivation area was where Qi Wuba, Qi Yourong, and others resided.
As a guest of the royal family, Qin Chengcheng was also provided with a temporary cave dwelling here.
The cave dwelling is very large, with a core spiritual vein of near-third rank, as well as second-rank lower and middle-grade spiritual veins for the cave dwelling owner's attendants to cultivate.
On the surface, Chen Yiming lived in the servant's room of the second-tier mid-grade spiritual vein in Qin Chengcheng's cave.
In fact, he shared a near-third-tier spiritual vein cave with Qin Chengcheng.
In recent days, Chen Yi has been gradually transferring some of his resources through barter.
He exchanged magical artifacts, flying swords, elixirs, and some finished rare items for the raw materials he needed.
For example, third-tier Earth Spirit Stone Milk, Flame Crystal Essence, and other Five Elements Treasures.
Including some auxiliary materials for refining Crystallization Pills,
Chen Yi was also secretly collecting information.
Of course, to be on the safe side, Chen Yi also disguised himself and assumed three different identities.
However, since the person in disguise couldn't produce a royal-certified identity token, they could only buy some low-level second-tier materials.
Truly valuable items can only be purchased by people of certain status and position, such as the VIP jade plaque issued to Qin Chengcheng by the royal family.
Chen Yi didn't have that jade token, since he didn't come as Xu Jiu.
However, by following Qin Chengcheng and "piggybacking" on the VIP status cards, Chen Yi also managed to acquire quite a few good items.
It even includes a bottle of precious third-tier Thunder Bull essence blood!
For over ten days, Chen Yi had been working on this, using a total of 150,000 spirit stones.
He has gradually exchanged around 50,000.
That day, disguised as an old man, he went to a shop in a second-tier spirit vein area to inquire about quasi-third-tier spirit herbs, spirit mineral resources, and even materials for refining Crystal Condensation Pills.
The shopkeeper, seeing that Chen Yi had come twice and kept asking about such things beyond his rank, guessed that he didn't have a formal, noble status to go to the third-tier area.
He secretly transmitted his voice to Chen Yi:
"Old man, what you want isn't available in any reputable shops. But I know a place where you can trade there; there are no restrictions on identity, and people even conceal their identities when they go."
You'll find some great items that aren't available on the market, but they'll be a bit pricey, and you'll need to judge their authenticity yourself.
Would you like to go?
"Oh?"
Is there such a thing as a black market in the imperial city?
Chen Yi became interested.
"How so?"
"Five hundred spirit stones for each entrance jade token," the shopkeeper transmitted telepathically.
"Three hundred," Chen Yi bargained.
"Deal." The shopkeeper tossed Chen Yi a broken wooden jade token with only simple second-tier spirit rune fluctuations on it.
Damn, that's too high.
Chen Yi cursed inwardly, but casually tossed him a bag of spirit stones before leaving.
After leaving, Chen Yi examined the broken wooden jade tablet and found that it had five different tracking marks on it.
Chen Yi did not erase it, but instead quietly stuffed it into the array box that isolated spiritual energy fluctuations.
The transaction would take place in a first-tier spiritual vein area outside the imperial city. Chen Yi planned to go there a few times first to assess the situation and see if there were any dangers.
Then see if there's anything you want, or something you can sell that's hard to sell in Lake and Sea Immortal City, such as the magnetic lightning artifacts from before, including the lightning array parts taken from the horse cage.
With his current strength, he could demonstrate his late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation to seek materials for Crystal Condensation Pills, near-third-tier spiritual herbs, and spiritual ores.
It should be stable.
(End of this chapter)