kvmb Chapter 186 Chaorui Immortal City
Chapter 186 Chaorui Immortal City
Shi Chen left the Fangshi Immortal Inn and flew towards the nearest immortal city. He wanted to reach Chaorui Immortal City in the shortest time possible.
The Qingxuan Sect has a teleportation array to the fairy city on the edge of the sect's territory. He doesn't want to appear in the sect. As the fuse of a major event, many people will pay attention to him at this time. As long as he appears in the sect, he will be summoned by the sect master or elders before he reaches the teleportation array. The ones who want to see him the most should be the second elder Wu Zhaojun and Elder Li Yangfei.
While riding the flying boat on the road, he kept thinking about Huang Qi.
He felt that Huang Qi's actions were very strange and dangerous.
He decided to find out the truth as soon as possible, rescue Huang Qi, and bring back his third uncle.
After two and a half days of continuous travel, they arrived at the fairy city closest to Qingxuan Sect. Without stopping, they were directly teleported through the teleportation array to the fairy city on the edge of the sect's territory.
Walk out of the teleportation array and go directly to the flying boat dock. Take the flying boat as soon as possible to the fairy city of Qianjue Sect which is close to here.
To get from Qingxuan Sect to Dahexian Sect, the shortest route is to go all the way south, passing through Qianjue Sect, Lingjian Sect, Qingmingxian Sect, and then to Dahexian Sect at the southernmost tip of the continent.
The distance is about 100,000 miles. Without the teleportation array, it would take nearly a year of flight. Through the teleportation array, you can bypass the Lingjian Sect in the Qianjue Sect and reach the border between the Qianjue Sect and the Qingming Xianzong. Then take a flying boat to the fairy city of the Qingming Xianzong, and then you can use the teleportation array to reach the fairy city at the border with the Dahe Xianzong.
Each time you teleport through an immortal city, it costs 10,000 low-grade spirit stones, and taking the flying boat to the immortal city on the edge of the immortal sect costs several hundred spirit stones.
By the time Shi Chen walked out of the teleportation array of Chaorui Immortal City, he had spent more than 40,000 low-grade spirit stones, and it only took ten days. The cost of saving time was tens of thousands of spirit stones.
The atmosphere in Chaorui Immortal City seemed a bit depressing. It did not have the noise and complexity of other immortal cities, and the cultivators walking on the streets were much more cautious.
The army of cultivators patrolling the Immortal City is led by captains who are all at the Golden Core stage, and the lowest level of the team members is at the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment stage.
This was the most secure city Shi Chen had ever visited. Normally, teams in these cities were led by cultivators in the mid-to-late stages of Foundation Establishment, with members ranging from those in the early stages of Foundation Establishment to those in the late stages of Qi Refining.
This situation shows that the previous battle between cultivators caused heavy losses to the Dahe Immortal Sect.
As Shi Chen walked the streets of Chaorui Immortal City, a sense of sadness welled up in his heart. The once bustling and bustling city had become utterly desolate. Most of the shops lining the streets were closed, and the once dazzling array of goods was nowhere to be seen.
The streets of the Immortal City were deserted, their steps hurried, their faces weary and worried. The once bustling market was now deserted, with only a few vendors hawking their wares listlessly.
The buildings also looked somewhat dilapidated, with mottled marks on the walls, as if telling of their former glory. Some houses had their doors and windows tightly closed, as if no one had lived there for a long time.
Shi Chen asked along the way and arrived at the Xiancheng Auction House. The place had been razed to the ground, with all kinds of debris scattered on the ground, and it was in a dilapidated state.
Amidst the rubble, a dozen or so Qi Refining cultivators were rummaging through it, hoping to find some remnants of magical weapons, or leftover elixirs or spiritual objects.
If there were any remaining relics, they would have been taken away by monks with high cultivation levels at the first opportunity. After more than a year, perhaps all that could be found would be fragments of worthless magical instruments.
Shi Chen chose a high-end immortal inn and entered the inn hall. He was greeted by a female cultivator in the foundation-building stage. She was beautiful and elegant, wearing a plain silk skirt and light yellow clothes.
"Senior, are you here to rent a guest room?" the female cultivator bowed.
"I want to rent a guest room. Could you please tell me what kind of guest rooms Xianzhan has?" Shi Chen asked.
"Senior, please come this way. Let's sit down and enjoy the spiritual tea while listening to my introduction." The female cultivator led the way and led Shi Chen to a tea table near the lobby.
After the spiritual tea was served, the female cultivator said, "Senior, you may call me Qingluo. I am the guest consultant of this Immortal Inn. We have three types of guest rooms: standard rooms, superior rooms, and suites. I wonder which one you would like to rent."
"What's the difference between the three sizes, and how much do they cost?" Shi Chen asked after taking a sip of the spiritual tea.
"The ordinary guest rooms cost one hundred low-grade spirit stones per day, and they have a second-order spirit gathering array inside, which is comparable to the high-end caves in the fairy city; the high-end guest rooms cost five hundred low-grade spirit stones per day, and they have a third-order spirit gathering array inside, which is comparable to the top caves in the fairy city; and the last suite cave costs ten thousand low-grade spirit stones per day, and the training room inside the cave has a fourth-order spirit gathering array. The entire cave is protected by a fourth-order formation, and there are four spirit servants who serve the tenants with food, clothing, housing and transportation, and many requests can be met." Qingluo replied.
"Can you satisfy all my requests? If I want you to serve me, will you accept this condition?" Shi Chen looked at Qingluo with a somewhat obscene look in his eyes.
"As long as you rent the place for ten days, I will be yours. I will provide you with food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and even a warm bed!" Qingluo smiled and replied to Shi Chen.
"Okay, I'll rent it for ten days, and you'll be the only one serving me. Here, this is the rent." Shi Chen took out a storage bag containing 100,000 low-grade spirit stones.
"Qingluo is dedicated to serving you, senior. Please follow me." Qingluo took the storage bag and said, sweeping her spiritual sense inside. One hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones were just right.
After entering the cave, Shi Chen signaled Qingluo to open the restrictions and protective formations.
Qingluo shyly opened the restrictions and formations of the cave, and began to walk towards the rest room, undressing as she walked.
"Please have mercy on me, senior!" Qingluo's voice sounded somewhat resentful.
After hearing Qingluo's words, Shi Chen knew that she had misunderstood him. He laughed at himself. He was not an impatient person, and he did not ask her to serve him in dual cultivation. How could she have misunderstood him?
"Qingluo, right? You misunderstood. I signaled you to open the forbidden formation not because I wanted to practice dual cultivation with you." Shi Chen had to explain with a little embarrassment.
Hearing Shi Chen's words, Qingluo felt even more embarrassed. Her cheeks instantly flushed red, like a ripe apple. She lowered her head, avoiding his gaze, not daring to meet Shi Chen's gaze. Her heartbeat became more and more violent, as if it was about to jump out of her throat.
Her throat was dry, and for a moment she was speechless. Qingluo's body trembled slightly, and she seemed a little unsteady. She wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into and never see anyone again.
Seeing that Qingluo didn't move forward or speak, Shi Chen had no choice but to ask, "How long have you been in this fairy city?"
"Replying to you, Senior," Qingluo turned around and said, "I have been here for nearly fifteen years."
"That's good. Three years ago, a mysterious cultivator brought a recipe for the God-Forging Pill and asked for an exchange. A year and a half ago, a fierce looting battle broke out at the auction house. I think you have been in Chaorui Xiancheng for more than ten years, so you should have more detailed information about this incident. Can you help me tell me the cause, process, and news of this incident from three years ago to now?" Shi Chen asked as he sat in the stone pavilion next to him.
"Senior, you want a lot of information. I wonder if you want all the information about this incident, including speculations or rumors? Or do you want the information released by the Dahe Xianzong?" Qingluo said as she stood beside Shi Chen.