Chapter 54: Prosperous Hongyuan Segment Below Xiaxia Gorge

  Yang Le looked at the temples standing on both sides, with countless low-level gods and goddesses bustling in and out of the surrounding temples. However, there were also quite a few high-level gods mixed among them. From each temple came some gods who showed joy on their faces, while others looked disappointed and regretful, all with different expressions.

  Enjoying the hustle and bustle as if he had arrived in a mundane world, Yang Le felt a sense of detachment from the world. For many years, since arriving in Honghuang hundreds of millions of years ago, every time was about digging for treasure and cultivating, rushing through Honghuang. Arriving at a city that seemed to be from a later era, a nostalgic thought arose.

  Concealing his aura, he controlled it within the realm of the gods, and then took two maidservants to one side of a magnificent temple with the inscription "Bibo Palace" on the plaque.

  As soon as he walked into the store called Bibo Palace, a heavenly servant came over and said respectfully but not humbly: "Sir, welcome to our Bibo Palace. Our Bibo Palace is also one of the top powers in Lingwu Tian Dynasty, with branches in all major cities. Inside, there are all kinds of spiritual roots, spiritual materials, heaven-sent treasures, and various divine equipment maps for sale."

  Looking at the terrifying aura in front of him, Yang Le had some reverence in his heart. Then he saw the two maids standing behind Yang Le and suddenly his eyes lit up, looking a bit surprised.

  At this time, in the vast temple, there were also many gods and people who stared at Xia Lin and Qiu Meng's two maids with fiery eyes. However, most of the gods had low power and knew the way to survive, so they just turned around after being amazed and continued to look at the various treasures that shone brightly and the spiritual materials that emitted a continuous fragrance in the temple.

  Several gods with divine powers were staring at Yang Le's maids without restraint. Although Yang Le thought that Xia Lin and Qiu Meng, the two maids, were pretty, they were just ordinary to him.

  This is Yang Le's daily life on Wandering Island, facing the stunning beauties with different personalities, in comparison, Xia Lin and Qiu Ming seemed much more ordinary.

  However, other weak gods had rarely seen beautiful goddesses. Even if they were beautiful female gods, they were the wives and concubines of famous and powerful figures, who dared to have ideas about them? Now it's different, a single Supreme God dares to bring two such stunning goddesses, the great temptation makes the Supreme Gods in the hall surge with lust. Moreover, having once been the maidservants of the Third Imperial Prince of Ling Wu Tian Dynasty, both were as beautiful as heavenly immortals, but in Yang Le's eyes, they were just ordinary.

  The two maids seemed to be intimidated by the naked gaze, usually as the maids of the Third Prince, even the gods in the court did not dare to stare at them with such eyes. The two women subtly shifted a bit towards Yang Le, apparently feeling safer that way.

  Yang Le faced these naked eyes, without moving his voice or color, if anyone had evil intentions, it would not be surprising if he was ruthless.

  Yang Le casually glanced at the divine artifacts and spiritual materials on display in the hall, which didn't catch his eye, but he was extremely interested in the map that the young servant had mentioned.

  "What maps do you have in your store?"

  "We have the most complete and detailed map of Blue Wave Palace in the entire Azure Martial City. It includes maps of Lingwu Heavenly Dynasty, with a scale of 1:100,000, as well as maps of various empires and dynasties surrounding Lingwu Heavenly Dynasty, and resource-rich danger zones..."

  Yang Le was clearly disappointed upon hearing this.

  The clever shop boy saw Yang Le's disappointment and his eyes lit up, he whispered: "If the master is not satisfied, there are some precious maps that require discussion with the owner in private."

  Then Yang Le and the other two were welcomed into the noble guest room inside.

  Before long, a shopkeeper with an eight-character beard who looked somewhat old glanced at this handsome young man with extraordinary strength and came forward, saying: "I wonder what kind of map this divine friend wants?"

  Then the young servant brought up two cups of fragrant osmanthus flower juice.

  "Please, this is our store's finest flower wine."

  Yang Le stood up and took a small sip, refreshing and sweet, full of spirit, indeed a rare drink.

  "Bring out all the most complete maps in your store, as well as some valuable ones." Yang Le said casually.

  The shopkeeper hesitated, "Our store's maps are the most comprehensive in all surrounding regions. We even have maps of the areas controlled by the opposing empire, Tianchao. The only question is... the price?"

  "How much?" Yang Le asked indifferently.

  However, Xia Lin Qiuling, who was standing behind, was somewhat displeased with the young shopkeeper's questioning. They had seen the young master's prowess in Yang Le's excavated cave, where all sorts of heavenly treasures and earthly gems were piled up like mountains.

  The shopkeeper observed his words and appearance, and immediately understood that the young man in front of him with extraordinary strength was a big customer. There must be power backing him up, but even with power, it's impossible to get those maps? Maybe it's some small forces' spoiled sons coming out, thought the shopkeeper with extraordinary strength secretly.

  Then the shopkeeper couldn't help but think of the recent earth-shattering changes:

  Since the establishment of Xīng Kōng Dǎo by the Void Spirit, the ancestors of all directions have jointly established rules, prohibiting fighting in Xīng Kōng Dǎo and only allowing transactions that benefit the needs of the Hong Huang spirits. The rules set by the great gods are not dared to be violated, it can be said that Xīng Kōng Dǎo is the safest trading hub, except for the major superpowers. Countless gods and immortals pray to obtain a piece of land in Xīng Kōng Dǎo to establish a temple and live safely.

  But even if the Starry Sky Island has a vast territory of billions of miles, comparable to a small continent, after all, various major and minor forces in the entire Honghuang must set up shops, and there are too many monks but not enough porridge. The prices in the Starry Sky Island region can be said to be astonishing to ordinary gods and demons.

  The major powers of the Desolate Era all possess space gates leading to Starry Sky Island, and the hidden forces of the Desolate Era have also emerged one after another. The superpowers that control the space gates are bustling with gods and immortals coming and going, and transactions are frequent. Even the Azure Wave Pavilion's branches in various parts of the Lingwu Tian Dynasty have seen explosive trading activity, with profits increasing by more than a hundred times compared to before.

  The Holy Spirit Void launched not only the space gates that can shuttle through the vast expanse of the Flood, but also many small space gates that can transmit short distances. The major superpowers rushed to purchase them.

  There are not many space gates that can shuttle through the entire Honghuang, and they are in the hands of superpowers. They only transmit to Xingkong Island. Small space gates can be purchased from Shenxuan Gate, a newly rising superpower representing Shengshen Kōng Huàn on Xingkong Island, as long as you have the strength and wealth. These small space gates can transport millions of miles, tens of millions of miles, and some can even transport entire seas such as the East Sea or South Sea.

  Thus, various forces with strength gritted their teeth and bought a few small space doors. The exchange in the vast wilderness was no longer due to the endless distance becoming a situation of lack of information, being trapped in a small world.

  Innumerable scattered cultivators of gods, demons and monsters also appeared within the scope of various major forces, among whom were some powerful beings with extensive divine powers.

  The shopkeeper thought about the recent development of Honghuang and felt a bit sentimental!

  In front of this seemingly small force, the shopkeeper is not rare, often coming and going in major cities recently, recklessly squandering money, a typical prodigal son. In the past, he was arrogant and short-sighted on his one-acre-three-point land, but he didn't know that the powerful people behind the scenes were secretly scolding him as a country bumpkin.

  But it's just these divine second-generation spirit crystals that are the most profitable, and they're a big cut.

  The shopkeeper thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said: "We have two most complete maps in our branch stores. One is the map of Lingwu Tianchao and the surrounding major imperial dynasties, and the other is the map of Dui Mian Hengduan Haiyuan Tianchao and the surrounding major imperial dynasties. They almost cover all the forces in the South China Sea region. How about this? One million top-grade spirit crystals for one map, two million for both maps. However, since our friend has spent more than 10,000 top-grade spirit crystals in our branch store, we will give away a detailed map of the Nanhai Duan Xiagou as a gift. Although there are many deep-sea ferocious beasts in that section of Xiagou, recently many scattered cultivators have formed groups to explore it, and even found some earth-level spiritual roots and herbs, including the sea soul grass worth 100 million top-grade spirit crystals."

  In the past, each major force guarded its own regional resources. When there was a shortage of spiritual materials and minerals, they would exchange them with other forces. The resources were concentrated in the hands of powerful gods at the top level. As for their subordinates, they would be rewarded with some common spiritual materials and minerals, without needing to trade.

  However, the Desolate Expanse has recently become more frequent in interactions between various major and minor powers, scattered cultivators, demons, and spirits due to the introduction of space gates and small space gates. Various transactions have emerged as a result. Nevertheless, bartering is indeed difficult to balance and inconvenient, so the large amount of spirit crystals stored in the Desolate Expanse naturally caught the attention of various gods, demons, and spirits. The quality of spirit crystals varies from high to low, but they have been unanimously recognized by all parties. Spirit crystals have thus become a currency in transactions within the Desolate Expanse.

  Due to the large difference in quality between ling crystals, a consensus gradually formed during the circulation process: one middle-grade ling crystal can be exchanged for 1,000 low-grade ling crystals, one high-grade ling crystal can be exchanged for 1,000 middle-grade ling crystals, and one top-grade ling crystal can be exchanged for 10,000 high-grade ling crystals.

  But even if the top-grade spirit crystal can be exchanged for 10,000 high-grade spirit crystals, there are very few gods who are willing to exchange them. In usual exchanges, even 15,000 high-grade spirit crystals are rarely exchanged.

  Generally speaking, the ordinary earth-level spiritual materials are only worth a few million top-grade spiritual crystals. A large spiritual crystal mine can produce top-grade spiritual crystals worth hundreds of millions or even billions if cut into standard sizes.

  Spiritual materials and minerals are generally divided into heavenly grade, earthly grade, mysterious grade, and yellow grade by gods and demons.

  As for the top-grade crystal stone found by Yang Le in Lin Zezhou's billion-fire volcano, it can be said to have already departed from the category of spiritual crystals and belongs to a unique type of spiritual material. Not only can it be used for alchemy and equipment refinement, but it can also automatically absorb and replenish consumption, belonging to the earth-grade mineral or spiritual material.

  "This map of the South China Sea, which spans from Lingxia Gorge to Xiajiang Gorge, was drawn by three divine masters sent jointly by our Bibo Palace and Liuyun Sect, as well as Yanmu City, the two most powerful forces in the Lingwu Tian Dynasty. Although it's just a peripheral area, it's incredibly detailed, and only we three families sell it."

  Yang Le heard about Duan Heng's Xiajiang and became interested, saying: "What's the story with Duan Heng's Xiajiang?"

  The shopkeeper took a look and saw the potential for huge profits, and with interest, said: "Divine friend, this horizontal cave is recently discovered by scattered cultivators in the depths of the South Sea. Inside, spiritual materials are everywhere, and there may be some rare minerals, but inside, the desolate beasts are endless, and many of the desolate beasts on the periphery have heavenly god true god strength, and those with earth god true god strength are not few. Occasionally, ancient god true god strength desolate beasts also wander from inside to the periphery, it can be said that wealth and danger coexist!"

  "The horizontal distance below the strait is as wide as a million miles, and at its deepest point, it reaches thousands of millions of meters into the deep sea. Even if a divine master were to go down, they would suffer greatly and find it difficult to cope with the ferocious beasts that emerge from the depths. As for how long it extends, no one has ever explored it before, and it stretches all the way to the deepest part of the South Sea. In the deepest part of the South Sea, there are even ferocious beasts with divine powers, which have existed since the dawn of time. Even ordinary divine beings dare not provoke them casually. Who knows if there aren't other existences like Lin Zezhou's five sacred beasts?"