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Seeing the stunned looks of the four people, the leader of the foundation-building monks showed a bit of contempt on his face:
"I can also tell you that the Tiandong Sea Area is only a small part of the Great Zhou. As for the fairy cities in the entire Great Zhou, there are three super large fairy cities alone, and there are at least ten large fairy cities. As for the small and medium fairy cities? , at least in the hundreds.”
"Senior brother, what do you want to explain to these bumpkin? When they hang out in our big week for a while, they will naturally realize how superficial they are."
A middle-aged monk in his forties with a mole at the corner of his mouth said.
"Okay, you can leave later. Remember that in Guanhai City, you are not allowed to use weapons, otherwise you will be captured by the Xuncheng guards, and they will be detained for ten or eight years at the least, or taken directly to the Lingzhan Pavilion. In addition, you This is the first time I have come to Guanhai City in Dazhou, and I can get a Dao Token right here in Guanhai City. With this Dao Token, the entire Tiandong Sea can flow unimpeded."
After the leader of the foundation building monks finished speaking, he waved his hands to several people, indicating that they could leave.
The four people who teleported with Han Changlin were all shocked at the moment. They were obviously frightened by what the leader of the foundation-building monks said. Even Han Changlin next to him was horrified. There were hundreds of fairy cities in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
There are hundreds of fairy cities, even if they are small fairy cities like Guanhai City, the number of people is probably at least hundreds of millions. This number really shocked Han Changlin.
Han Changlin ignored the four people and saluted several guards before descending the cliff and entering the fairy city.
"This senior has come to Dazhou for the first time."
As soon as they got off the teleportation platform, before taking a few steps, a middle-aged monk with a mustache in his forties came up to him.
Hearing this, Han Changlin frowned slightly, sensing that this person was just a monk at the seventh level of Qi Refining.
Seeing Han Changlin frowning, the middle-aged monk with a mustache said hurriedly:
"Senior, please don't get me wrong. I am Chen Si. I was born and raised in Guanhai Immortal City. I know everything about Guanhai Immortal City and the surrounding hundreds of thousands of miles. Chen Si is willing to be your guide and answer your questions for me."
Han Changlin relaxed his brows after hearing this. Guanhai City is not the only one with such guides in the fairy city. In almost all the major fairy cities in Zhao Kingdom, there are people like Chen Si who make money by guiding outsiders and running errands. Some spiritual stones are used for cultivation.
Han Changlin had just arrived and knew nothing about Dazhou. People like Chen Si were exactly what he needed at this moment.
Thinking of this, Han Changlin nodded:
"So, Han wants to know where can I rent a training space in Guanhai City?"
Han Changlin looked at the street in front of him with not many pedestrians passing by. He was surprised to find that in Guanhai City, there were not many real immortal cultivators. Most of them were mortals with no power.
This is quite different from the fairy cities of Zhao State. Although all the fairy cities of Zhao State also have a large number of mortals, they are basically in a 50-50 situation. In Guanhai City, this is just a moment of observation. , Han Changlin came to the conclusion that there were many more mortals here than cultivators.
When Chen Si heard this, his eyes lit up and he smiled:
"I think seniors have also noticed that although this Guanhai City is a fairy city, there is only a small spiritual vein under this fairy city. This causes the spiritual energy of Guanhai City to be relatively thin. There are only some monks like this junior who are in the Qi Refining Period. I will choose to practice here."
"As for the foundation-building monks like our seniors, most of them will choose to go to the Jiangxing Islands. There are three main islands and thirty-nine subsidiary islands in the Jiangxing Islands. In addition, there are hundreds of small islands. Under the Jiangxing Islands , but there is a medium-sized high-grade spiritual vein, which makes the spiritual energy on Jiangxing Islands very rich, which is most suitable for the cultivation of foundation-building monks like senior."
"I see, but I don't know where the Falling Star Islands are? How to get there?"
Han Changlin asked, there is actually a medium-sized high-grade spiritual vein under the Jiangxing Islands, which is not inferior to Dancao Mountain.
After crushing the small teleportation talisman and causing his realm to fall, Han Changlin's most urgent thing at the moment is to find a secret place, practice hard for a period of time, and consolidate his current realm. Otherwise, he might not even be able to maintain his realm in the later stage of foundation building. That would be true. The losses were huge.
"The Jiangxing Islands are not far away. After leaving Guanhai City, keep flying south. You will be able to see them if you fly tens of thousands of miles away."
Chen Si said.
"Are there any conditions required to practice on this Falling Star Islands?"
After thinking for a moment, Han Changlin looked at Chen Si and asked.
"Except for the three main islands and thirty-nine subsidiary islands in Jiangxing Islands where disciples of Yushui Palace live and practice, the rest of the many small islands are open to outside monks. As long as they are in the "Xianju" on the main island, After filing a record with the "Pavilion", you can choose one of these islands as a place for cultivation. However, you have to pay some spiritual stones every year. Of course, you can also pay it all at once. It depends on the senior's own choice. "
"Oh, by the way, can you explain to Han the many sect forces in this great Zhou Dynasty?"
Speaking of Yushui Palace, Han Changlin suddenly asked.
Since he wanted to find a place in this great Zhou Dynasty to quietly cultivate, he naturally had to learn about the sect forces here first. He was no stranger to the Water Control Palace, having heard of it when he traveled in the Zhao Kingdom.
But at that time, he only knew that the Water Control Palace was a sect in the Great Zhou Dynasty. As for the specific strength of this sect, he knew nothing about it.
Hearing Han Changlin's question, Chen Si showed excitement on his face. Apparently Han Changlin asked about his strengths.
"Since this is the first time for seniors to come to Dazhou, I don't know that the so-called Dazhou is actually just a general name for this inland sea."
"Inner sea?"
Nodding, Chen Si said:
"This sea is also called the Boundless Sea. It is vast and boundless. No one knows how big it is. It is rumored that there is a continent at the end of the Boundless Sea, which is the world of the demon clan. But whether it is true or not, no one knows."
"However, the vastness of the Boundless Sea is real. I don't know how many thousands of years ago, our human race just entered the Boundless Sea. At that time, the Boundless Sea was still the world of monsters. After tens of thousands of years, our human race gradually Standing firm in this boundless sea, I heard that the ancestors of the human race who died fighting monsters and beasts at that time are countless."
"Since our human race has established a foothold in this boundless sea, it has gone through millions of years of management to create the current situation. The inner sea of the boundless sea is the area ruled by our human race. Here, although there are often people in the sea Monsters appear, but they are all insignificant, at most they are some first- and second-order monsters."
"So this boundless inner sea is also called the Burning Immortal Sea by our human race monks, in order to commemorate the countless senior monks who died in order to expand our territory here."
"In the Burning Immortal Sea, where our human monks dominate, there are five major forces, namely the Yushui Palace in the east of the sky, the Xiankong Island in the northeast, and the Xiankong Palace in the extreme north, and then there are the two major forces in the south of the sky. Jimo Palace and Zhengqi have formed an alliance."
"Among them, Xiankong Island and Xiankong Palace in the far north are relatively low-key, and they have never had any friction with the other three major forces. Moreover, both Xiankong Island and Xiankong Palace are located in the north of the Burning Immortal Sea, and they are not in contact with the other three major forces. They are far apart, so in fact, in the Burning Immortal Sea, only the remaining three major forces are fighting with each other and causing constant friction."
"The core disciples of Yushui Palace are all women. Although they all look down on male cultivators, they have never taken the initiative to provoke disputes in the Burning Immortal Sea. Moreover, although Yushui Palace is not weak in strength, the number of core disciples in the palace is not large. This leads to the fact that the two most combative forces in the entire Burning Immortal Sea are the Six Extremes Demon Palace and the Righteous Alliance."
"Is it possible that the Six Extremes Demon Palace and the Righteous Alliance are in a hostile state?"
Han Changlin frowned slightly. If the Great Zhou Dynasty was also in turmoil, then he would have to think carefully about where to choose as a place to practice.
"That's not true. The disciples of the Six Extremes Demon Palace and the Righteous Alliance are constantly fighting secretly, but in name, they are still in peace. After all, compared to the endless monsters in the endless outer sea, the human race's power is in name. We still need to be united.”
"I see."
Han Changlin nodded and motioned for Chen Si to continue.
"These five major forces are the five largest forces in the Great Zhou Dynasty. In addition, there are many small and medium-sized sect forces. However, these small and medium-sized sect forces are either dependent on these five major forces, or they live in a corner. , act low-key.”
"The five major forces will turn a blind eye to these small and medium-sized forces as long as they do not threaten them. After all, the five major forces have established outposts in the endless sea to deal with monsters. Once the monsters attack in large numbers, these Small and medium-sized forces will also respond to the call and send disciples to participate in the war against the monsters."
After listening to Chen Si's introduction, Han Changlin finally had a preliminary idea of the major forces in this great Zhou Dynasty. There may be a lot of small moves by these major forces in private, but at least in name, the entire Burning Immortal Sea Still in a relatively peaceful state.
As long as he keeps a low profile, he won't attract the attention of interested people. Thinking of this, Han Changlin asked Chen Si to take him into the shop in Immortal City, purchased some charts of the surrounding sea areas, and spent ten low-grade spiritual stones to receive it. Got a Taoist order.
Then Han Changlin threw five low-grade spiritual stones to Chen Si, then turned and walked towards the gate of Guanhai City.
Looking at the five low-grade spiritual stones in his hand, Chen Si's face was full of surprise. He secretly thought in his heart that this senior was really generous. Usually, after drying his lips and tongue, he would be rewarded with two or three low-grade spiritual stones. Already I met a noble person.
And this senior actually gave him five pieces of low-grade spiritual stones, which was almost equal to his monthly income.
Han Changlin naturally didn't care about these. After leaving the city gate, Han Changlin controlled the Yuxuan Hook and turned it into a thick dark green escape light, which shot into the vast blue waves and disappeared between the sea and the sky in the blink of an eye.
A few days later, Han Changlin looked down from a thousand feet above the ground and saw large islands appearing on the sea in the distance. These islands were like green gems dotted among the vast waves.
Among them, dozens of miles directly in front of him, there were three large islands, each of which was at least a hundred miles in radius. The three islands were lined up in a row, and they were no more than a hundred miles apart from each other.
On the periphery of these three islands, there are dozens of smaller islands. These islands almost cover the area that Han Changlin can see.
And besides these islands, there are countless small islands, ranging from a few miles to dozens of miles in radius, extending to the end of the sea and sky.
Han Changlin thought to himself, it seems that this is the Falling Star Islands. He silently recalled several charts in his mind. After verifying it, he confirmed that the large island in front of him was the Falling Star Islands.
Han Changlin pressed the escape light and flew towards the large central island. At this moment, Han Changlin could already see escape lights from time to time, flying between the sea, sky and white clouds.
On the sea surface of these islands, there are countless huge ships coming and going, looking busy and lively.
Soon Han Changlin landed on a pier. Outside the pier were rows of huge wooden boats. The big ones were over a hundred feet long, and the small ones were twenty or thirty feet long. At a glance, there were probably hundreds of them.
When many mortals on the dock saw Han Changlin descending from the sky, they all showed reverence and secretly stared at Han Changlin.
Han Changlin ignored the awed looks of these mortals, and walked towards the city above the pier like the other immortal cultivators who landed.
A strong spiritual energy rushed towards his face, making Han Changlin feel refreshed. He was secretly surprised. The Jiangxing Islands were indeed an excellent place for cultivators to practice. The richness of the spiritual energy here was not inferior to that of Qingdan in Dancao Mountain. peak.
When Han Changlin walked out of the city, he discovered that the island had a middle-high structure with low surroundings. There were streets all around, and both sides of the streets were lined with shops.
Most of the items sold in the shop were materials from monster beasts, but Han Changlin only glanced at them and looked away. These materials were all materials from first-order monster beasts.
It might be of some use to the monks in the Qi Refining Stage, but to him, he didn't like it at all.
Han Changlin walked around the mountain road towards the center of the island. He was looking for the "Xianju Pavilion" that Chen Si mentioned a few days ago. However, he searched for a long time and never saw the three words "Xianju Pavilion".
Seeing that we have arrived halfway up the mountain.
"Stop anyone who comes."
At this time, three women carrying swords suddenly walked out. These three women looked to be in their twenties. Two of them were at the seventh level of Qi Refining and one was at the eighth level.
They were wearing a set of yellow-green long skirts, with a blue wave pattern embroidered on their chests. Han Changlin understood after thinking for a moment that these three women should be from the Water Control Palace.
"The above is the place where the elders from the outer gate of the Yushui Palace conduct their cultivation. No one else is allowed to enter. Even though the senior is a foundation-building monk, he is not allowed to violate it."
The woman who was at the eighth level of Qi Refining said with a proud face.
Hearing this, Han Changlin couldn't help but frown. The woman's tone made him quite unhappy, but he didn't show it. Instead, he smiled slightly and said:
"I came to Jiangxing Islands for the first time and want to find Xianju Pavilion. I wonder if the three of you can give me some direction?"
When the woman at the eighth level of Qi Refining heard this, her expression softened slightly:
"It turns out that senior wanted to rent a cultivation cave, but he went in the wrong direction. I think senior also came up from the pier. On the left side of the pier, there is a mountain road. If you keep walking along the mountain road, you can see Xianju Pavilion. .”
"That's it, thank you girl."
When Han Changlin heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his face, feeling that Xianju Pavilion was not in this city.
After Han Changlin said goodbye and left, he turned around and headed outside the city. Along the way, he also deliberately walked around and found that there were not many immortal cultivators in the island city, and the few immortal cultivators were all low-level immortal cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage. By.
This made Han Changlin a little surprised. The spiritual energy on this island is still very rich. Cultivating here is definitely getting twice the result with half the effort. But in fact, except for some low-level Qi refining period monks, Han Changlin is a foundation-building immortal cultivator. Not a single one was seen.
Soon, Han Changlin left the city gate and found the mountain road that the woman mentioned earlier. This mountain road was very quiet and just a stone path. If it weren't for the woman's guidance, he really wouldn't have connected it with Xianju Pavilion. stand up.
After walking for several miles, Han Changlin saw a pavilion not far ahead, with only one floor. The words "Xianju Pavilion" were engraved on the plaque above.
Han Changlin's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but quicken his pace. Soon he came to the attic and was about to knock on the door.
"Come in, the door is unlocked."
A lazy voice came from inside the door.
Hearing this, Han Changlin gently opened the door and walked in.
Han Changlin saw at a glance that there was a table and a wooden bed in the attic, and an old man in his fifties was slowly getting up from the bed.
"Fellow Taoist, do you want to rent a cultivation cave?"
The old man got out of bed, sat in front of the table, took out a golden book from under the table, and said lightly.
"Yes."
The old man nodded, then bent down again and got under the table. After a while, he climbed out with an animal skin.
The animal skin showed a chart of this sea area, and Han Changlin could see the islands on it at a glance. Most of these islands were marked in red.
"The ones marked above are all rented out. You can choose one of the unmarked islands."
The old man pushed the animal skin in front of Han Changlin.
Looking at the densely packed islands on the animal skin, there are probably hundreds of them, and at least half of them are marked with red marks.
"The island where fellow Taoist is currently located is called Baiyang. The two islands next to it are Zimu Island and Huangshi Island. These three islands are Baiyang Zhenren, Zimu Zhenren and Huangshi Zhenren respectively. The three of our Yushui Palace The training dojo of the outer sect elders.”
"Outsiders are not allowed to stay on these three islands for a long time. Only some low-level Qi Refining Stage disciples from our Water Control Palace can stay on the three islands, and they are not allowed to enter the area above the mountainside."
"The thirty-nine sub-islands including the outer ones are also the training places for the inner disciples of our Water Control Palace. They are not rented to the outside world. Only the remaining small islands are rented to the outside world. In principle, the island closest to here has the most aura. Rich, as for the price, one hundred low-grade spiritual stones per year, and if you rent it for more than ten years at a time, you can get a 20% discount." The old man said beside Han Changlin when he was choosing the island.
Hearing this, Han Changlin's heart moved, he raised his head and asked:
"But I wonder if there is a market around the Falling Star Islands where we and other foundation-building monks can trade items?"
"Of course there are cities. To the southeast of Jiangxing Islands, about ten thousand miles away, there is a Black Stone Island. This Black Stone Island is also the territory of our Water Control Palace. On it is the largest city in the surrounding sea area of hundreds of thousands of miles. There are all kinds of materials and items, including the many immortal cultivators who are cultivating in the Falling Star Islands. Most of them go to the market on Black Rock Island to buy the items they need."
"So that's it. Thank you fellow Taoist for clearing up the confusion. Han will choose this island."
Han Changlin pointed to a remote island due east on the chart and said.
"How long do you want to rent it, fellow Taoist?"
Seeing the island chosen by Han Changlin, the old man showed a surprised expression in his eyes. This island was relatively remote and far away from the three main islands. He thought that the aura on it must be very ordinary.
And around it, there are several islands closer to Purple Wood Island in the north. The person in front of him did not choose the closer island, but chose the more remote one, which made the old man a little puzzled.
But he didn't say much. After all, since the other party chose that remote island, he naturally had his own considerations. The old man didn't care about the reasons.
"Let's rent it for a hundred years temporarily."
After thinking about it, Han Changlin took out a bag of spirit stones from his storage bag and placed it on the table.
The old man counted it with his spiritual sense, and after confirming that it was eight thousand low-grade spiritual stones, he took out a black token from behind the table. On the back of the token was the number "128".
"This is the token for entering and exiting the island. As long as fellow Taoist put a drop of blood on the token, you can use the token to enter and exit the island's restricted areas. In addition, there are a few things that I need to remind fellow Taoist in advance."
After a pause, the old man continued:
"There are some mortals living on every island, and the immortal cultivators who practice on it also need to take on the responsibility of protecting these mortals. Of course, in return, those mortals will donate some spiritual stones every year. As for the donation, How much depends on their intentions and how much fellow Taoists can help them."
Hearing this, Han Changlin couldn't help but frowned, but soon he became calm. Since he was practicing on that island, there was nothing wrong with protecting these mortals within his ability.
Moreover, what the old man said obviously did not mean any compulsion.
"Of course, under normal circumstances, mortals can deal with a small number of first-order and intermediate-level monsters on their own. Only when some high-level first-order or even Dzogchen-level monsters appear, do fellow Taoists need to take action. And if it is If you encounter a monster that your fellow Taoist is unable to catch, you can completely escape."
Hearing this, Han Changlin was a little confused, not because the old man said that he could get away when encountering monsters that he was unable to catch, but because those mortals could actually deal with first- and middle-level monsters.
In his opinion, even the first-order elementary monsters are far more powerful than ordinary beasts. It is incredible that ordinary mortals can contend with them. Even those martial arts masters who have reached the pinnacle of internal strength training are absolutely unbelievable. The opponent is not a monster.
However, Han Changlin did not ask. As long as he arrived on the island and asked someone casually, he would naturally know.
After completing the formalities, Han Changlin said goodbye and left "Xianju Pavilion". Before returning to the dock, Han Changlin turned into a ray of light and flew towards the northeast, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
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