Chapter 480: Chiyun City
Chapter 9 Chiyun City
The sea area of Dafang Island is located at the junction of Qingli Sea and Haohan Sea. As the spiritual energy of Haohan Sea began to recover in recent years, many large and small islands nearby were discovered by Qingli Sea monks. After years of development, many spiritual veins have been cultivated and many people have migrated.
Both the human and demon races began to expand towards this sea area, and fierce conflicts and fights broke out again and again.
Xuanyang Island is a relatively large island in this sea area, and there are Yuanying period monks stationed on it.
This island was originally a deserted island. It was discovered by Xuanyang Sect monks more than a thousand years ago. After thousands of years of operation, Xuanyang Sect has moved its base camp from the Julongyuan Sea to here, cultivated a sixth-level spiritual vein on the island, and migrated hundreds of millions of people.
After thousands of years of operation, the population of Xuanyang Island has exceeded 50 million, and its foundation is more solid than that of Yu State.
Xuanyang Island is 18,000 miles from east to west and 30,000 miles from north to south. Its vast area is not inferior to a continent in the previous life. But in the world of immortal cultivators, the area is not as large as the territory controlled by Qingxuan Sect.
However, there is no continent like Nanyazhou in Qingli Sea, and an island of Xuanyang Island is already one of the largest islands.
Only with sufficient geographical area can enough fertile land be cultivated and enough population be developed. Only with a sufficient population base can there be a steady stream of cultivators to supplement, and a sect can prosper and develop and make continuous progress.
Zhang Zhixuan and Jia Mengzhen came out of Dafang Island and flew all the way to Xuanyang Island. In order to speed up, Zhang Zhixuan also sacrificed his magic weapon Floating Cloud Boat and let Jia Mengzhen ride the spirit boat to prevent him from not keeping up with his pace.
About a hundred days later, a long arc appeared in Zhang Zhixuan's eyes, which was the coastline of Xuanyang Island.
The two approached Xuanyang Island, and looking around, a magic weapon light was emitted from time to time in the sky. Zhang Zhixuan counted secretly and found that there were at least hundreds of them.
However, most of the cultivators who control these magic weapons have very weak cultivation. They are basically Qi training and foundation building cultivators, and there are very few masters in the middle three realms.
There are also four or five large treasure ships standing on the sea. It was the first time that Zhang Zhixuan saw a treasure ship up close, and he couldn't help but stay for a while.
The size of the treasure ship is much larger than that of a large sailing ship. It is equipped with a several-foot-high God-destroying crossbow, and the arrow tower is equipped with a dazzling spiritual light. It is easy to tell that it is not easy to provoke. It is an extremely powerful treasure.
Even if a master of the Purple Mansion period like Zhang Zhixuan is besieged by multiple treasure ships, he can only find a way to escape. He is no match for the treasure ship fleet.
Xuanyang Island is located in the southwest of Dafang Island, closer to the traditional Yajiaoshan sea area of Qingli Sea. When Liu Xuanyan built the teleportation array on Dafang Island, the cultivators of Xuanyang Sect had already established a foothold in this sea area.
In addition to the mountain gate, there are five cities for immortal cultivators on Xuanyang Island. The scale of these five cities for immortal cultivators exceeds that of Qingyang Mountain, the mountain gate of Qingxuan Sect. The number of permanent cultivators in each market is more than 30,000.
In a market with more than 30,000 people, the number of spiritual objects traded every day is a huge number. In order to protect order, the guards of the market are very strict. On the way to the market, Zhang Zhixuan and his companions saw two or three teams of patrolling personnel.
The market they were about to enter was called Chiyun City, located in the northwest corner of Xuanyang Island. Because of the defensive formation, there was always a group of red clouds in the sky in the city, whether it was daytime or late at night.
Seeing that it was less than ten miles away from the market, Zhang Zhixuan immediately felt a heavy pressure, and the floating cloud boat suddenly became a little shaky, as if it was about to fall.
Zhang Zhixuan reacted instantly, slowly put away the floating cloud boat, and landed with Jia Mengzhen and walked to the market on foot.
There was a powerful ban here, prohibiting cultivators from flying in the air. The ban was enough to show that there were at least two fifth-level formations guarding the market.
In less than a moment, the two approached the city wall. The city wall here was not for decoration. It was as smooth as a mirror, and various powerful formations were arranged on it. Every few dozen feet, there was a god-killing crossbow similar to the one on the treasure ship.
According to Zhang Zhixuan's visual estimation, this city with a circumference of only a hundred miles had at least four fifth-level god-killing crossbows and thirty fourth-level god-killing crossbows. Such a powerful force, combined with the cultivators stationed in the city, was enough to resist the demon cultivators of the Nascent Soul stage.
The guards at the city gate were all cultivators. There were thirty-six cultivators stationed at each city gate, including three foundation-building cultivators. The leader was a master of the ninth level of foundation-building. The remaining Qi training cultivators were also very good, at least in the late Qi training stage. In addition, there was a fourth-level puppet beast guarding the city gate.
These immortal cultivators stationed at the city gates were not there to resist foreign enemies, but to maintain order in the market and prevent outside cultivators from causing trouble.
Because there were powerful forces guarding the city, Chiyun City did not prohibit outside cultivators. The captain of the guards at the ninth level of the city gate looked at Zhang Zhixuan thoughtfully, and immediately cast a spell. A ray of spiritual light shone on Zhang Zhixuan. After finding that he was fine, he let the two of them enter the city.
Jia Mengzhen has been practicing for nearly 200 years. Although he has been to Xuanyang Island less frequently, he can still know the way and directly lead Zhang Zhixuan to a shop selling spiritual herbs.
This shop is called Qingzhu Pavilion. It is an old shop that has been in business for hundreds of years. The cultivators from Dafang Island come to Xuanyang Island to trade, basically in a few fixed shops. The strength of each of these shops is very good. Although they don’t look impressive on the outside, they have deep connections in Chiyun City.
The shopkeeper of Qingzhu Pavilion is named Lin Junsheng. Although his cultivation is not high, only the fifth level of foundation building, the power of the Lin family in Chiyun City is quite amazing.
Although the Lin family is a casual cultivator, they have been based in Xuanyang Island for hundreds of years and have developed into a powerful immortal cultivation family, especially in Chiyun City. Their family has complicated relationships and they have people in every aspect of the city.
After taking root in Xuanyang Island for hundreds of years, the Lin family has integrated themselves into the Xuanyang Sect. Not only does their family have purple mansion cultivators in the Xuanyang Sect, but they also control seven islands outside Xuanyang Island. The family also has three treasure ships sailing in the nearby sea.
Seeing Zhang Zhixuan and the others come in, a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building quickly walked out of the store. This person has an excellent memory. Even if he hasn't seen Jia Mengzhen for more than ten years, he can recognize him at a glance.
"Fellow Daoist Jia is such a rare guest. It's been more than ten years since we last met. Could it be that you're here because a new batch of spiritual medicines have matured on your island?"
Jia Mengzhen shook his head and said, "Fellow Daoist Lin guessed wrong. I'm here this time just to accompany my master to buy some spiritual objects for alchemy."
