Chapter 77: A Place to Settle Down (Please collect it~~~!!!)

  Resources, this word, no matter where it is, is always the focus. In the 21st century, so many countries on Earth are vying with each other, all for the sake of this word.

  In the Immortal Realm, this word is also an eternal and unchanging focus. What era are we in now? In the ancient times of the Primordial Era and the Ancient Era, resources were so abundant that they seemed like trash, and casually picking them up would yield treasures. But not anymore. Nowadays, cultivators have to work hard for their cultivation, to live a bit longer, spirit stones, spirit medicines, spirit elixirs, magical artifacts, flying swords, and various rare minerals... in this era, you can't just pick them up by chance. As the saying goes: "The times are different now."

  Yang Tian asked, "Isn't that a bit of an understatement? In the secular world, it's not small at all. There, they're so poor they can't even find a single high-quality spirit stone, and the four major hidden families' foundation-building masters don't even have flying swords. Just imagine how scarce resources are there. The higher one's cultivation, the more resources they occupy, and the more resources they occupy, the lower their cultivation naturally is."

  Yang Tianwen was a complete newcomer, unfamiliar with the place, and followed Chang Yulong, this "local snake", to find a foothold before making further plans.

  "Cháng dào yǒu gāng cái wèi hé bù jiàn nǐ fàng fǎ bǎo a?" Yáng Tiān wèn xiāo huà le guān yú zhè ge shì jiè de jī běn xìn xī hòu, cái xiǎng qǐ lái wèn dào, běn yì shì xiǎng jiàn shí yī xiē xiàn zài de fǎ bǎo dōu cháng shén me máo yàng.

  Chang Yu Long smiled wryly, adjusted his clothes and said: "Do I look like someone with a treasure? Yang Dao friend, in today's cultivation world, even a low-grade spiritual artifact requires at least 10,000 high-grade spirit stones!"

  "Ah~~ why?" Yang Tian asked in puzzlement, this cultivator had lost his magic treasure, could he still be called a cultivator?

  "Yang Daoyou doesn't know, the current cultivation world is not like before. Even the Divine Transcendents are not comparable to the ancient cultivators. At that time, almost every cultivator could refine magical artifacts. Now, however, it's unknown why, but the number of masters who can refine powerful magical artifacts is decreasing. Even in our Qingfeng Sect, only second-generation disciples and above will have a chance to receive magical artifacts, and at the very least, one needs to have achieved the Golden Dan stage to obtain one." Chang Yulong sighed regretfully.

  Yang Tian asked "oh" and got another piece of information, the treasure is in short supply. To refine a treasure, apart from refining materials, one must be familiar with various array methods, and also have a good grasp of the refining process, and the requirements for refining fire are also very high, so a refining master is usually an array master as well. Yang Tian thought to himself, at least in the cultivation world, he doesn't have to worry about not being able to make a living, because he can refine treasures. Should he refine two treasures to exchange for some spiritual pills to improve his cultivation? Now there's no double refinement to speed up the refining of Qi, and only seven and a half of the 365 major acupoints are filled, without spiritual medicine, it's unknown when he'll be able to succeed.

  But wanting to refine a magic treasure also requires materials, without materials it's useless. Besides, I can also refine the dan myself and don't need to use a magic treasure in exchange.

  After flying for several days, the relationship with Chang Yu Long became better and better along the way. I felt that this brother was not bad, but he had some problems with his education, a bit too rigid. I don't know if it's because of the brainwashing education from Taoist sect since childhood, but as a whole person, he is a standard cultivator, upright in character and an excellent "youngster".

  After flying out of that mountain range, and flying for several more days, they finally encountered some cultivators, but the number was still relatively small. Further south, some hills had buildings with pavilions and towers on top. As this scene became more frequent, it no longer caught Yang Tian's attention.

  "This is Qingyuan Mountain Range, where there are dozens of Taoist sects within a radius of ten thousand miles, with our sect as the leader." Chang Yulong said, with a hint of pride.

  Yang Tian asked in mid-air, "Can it be that there are still mortals here who have not yet entered the Xiantian realm?"

  "Yes, they don't have the qualifications to cultivate and will never be able to set foot in the True Cultivation Realm. In our True Cultivation Realm, whether it's the Dao, Demon, or Loose regions, there is an unspoken rule that prohibits wanton slaughter of ordinary people, otherwise we'll all be punished together." Chang Yu Long said.

  Yang Tian nodded and indicated that he understood. After flying for another half day, not only could he see pavilions and buildings, but also some small towns and large cities.

  Three days later, Yang Tianwen and Chang Yulong finally arrived. It was not the kind of Taoist temple or mountain gate they had imagined, but a huge city that occupied a large area of land. Just by looking at the city walls, you could tell that this place had a long history. Although the ancient city walls were still solid, the materials used were ordinary, and the reinforcing array applied on top was quite impressive.

  "Yang Daoyou, I'm really sorry, but the sect has rules and only our own disciples can enter. Since you've been brought here, that's all there is to it. I still need to return to the mountain gate to report on this trip's experience." Chang Yulon said, taking out an iron plaque: "This token will allow you to move freely in Qingyuan City. Ordinary loose cultivators entering the city must go through procedures at the city gate."

  Yang Tianwen took the token and saw that it had a yellow Qing character on it, followed by a strange seal. Yang Tianwen guessed that it might be a special seal of the Clear Wind Sect. "Thank you, Senior Chang," he said sincerely. "Senior doesn't need to worry about me, bringing me here is already a great kindness." This was no exaggeration - if he had relied on himself and blindly charged forward, he might have ended up in some unknown danger zone like the No Return Ridge, losing his life without even knowing why.

  Chang Yu Long took out three pieces of low-grade spirit stones and handed them over: "Yang Dao friend, everything in the city costs money, you take it."

  Yang Tian asked and took it over, saying: "Thank you."

  Chang Yu Long smiled and took his leave.

  Yang Tian pinched the low-grade spirit stone in his hand and muttered to himself, "Yes, this world is indeed a place where you have to spend money wherever you go." He stepped into the city.

  At the city gate, there was a Qi-refining period cultivator who saw the sign in Yang Tianwen's hand and did not block him. He bowed to Yang Tianwen and said, "Senior, please enter." In the cultivation world, what matters is one's cultivation level and strength. A cultivator with higher cultivation level is considered senior, regardless of how long they have been cultivating. For example, a 200-year-old Qi-refining period cultivator would have to address a 100-year-old Foundation Establishment period cultivator as "senior". Even if someone has cultivated for a longer time but has lower cultivation level, they would still have to humbly address the other person as "senior". Strength is supreme, and the strong are revered! Yang Tianwen was once again deeply awakened.

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