Chapter 61: The First Great Trading Hub of the Desolate Expanse

  Yang Le's big move at the West City Trading Floor caught the attention of many forces, and their small rascals also moved out one after another, often lurking around the Dinxiaolou and the West City Trading Floor to gather information.

  Yang Le was naturally aware of this, and he knew it in his heart. However, Yang Le didn't care at all, letting them investigate as much as they wanted, but they wouldn't be able to find any useful information. Moreover, in the imperial court of Ling Wu Tian, no one dared to act recklessly.

  Yang Le started by trading in large quantities of rare spiritual medicines and minerals in the shops set up by various major forces. Later, he switched to purchasing from the temporary stalls rented by scattered immortal cultivators, and indeed acquired many spiritual materials and minerals that he had never collected before. Later, he even went to the most famous royal auction house in the west of the city to bid on some rare spiritual materials and minerals. As for those spiritual treasures and divine artifacts, Yang Le was disdainful of them.

  What was both unexpected and expected for Yang Le was that the final item to be auctioned off wasn't a divine artifact or a heavenly material treasure, but rather a alchemy product that was somewhat unfamiliar yet familiar to him - Soul Condensing Liquid.

  Yang Le has been wandering around the major trading venues in the west of the city for over a decade, including the scattered immortal and spiritual person transaction areas. He also learned about the uses of various spiritual materials. Generally, when scattered cultivators collect spiritual materials, they usually come to the city to trade with shops set up by various forces to exchange for spiritual crystals or divine artifacts, and some are reserved for specific purposes in case of emergency.

  For example, taking the spiritual material "Haiyuancao" can repair soul injuries, which is much faster than the common method of sleeping to recover from injuries in the vast wilderness. Eating the "Liuyang fruit" can make one immune to most poisons and toxins in the wilderness.

  However, most of the spiritual materials and medicines for treatment, detoxification, and cultivation enhancement are not clear enough. Direct consumption can only increase cultivation to a limited extent, which is too rough and wasteful.

  The various major dynasties, imperial powers and some powerful forces with abundant capital have all established research on the detailed effects of spiritual materials and elixirs, as well as their combined effects. These researchers who study various spiritual materials and refine various spiritual liquids are called divine alchemists by the people of the Desolate Expanse.

  Recently, some top-grade spiritual liquids have also appeared in some shops on Starry Sky Island. This Soul Congealing Liquid is one of them. Moreover, many ordinary spiritual liquids have also emerged, and are highly sought after by numerous low-level scattered cultivator demons.

  Soul Congealing Liquid is a thumb-sized ice crystal, inside which is a sky blue transparent liquid with twinkling starlight, exceptionally beautiful. It has an obvious effect of condensing the soul for gods below the Supreme God. The main material of Soul Congealing Liquid is the Dead Soul Fruit that grows on the mid-grade Earth-level Spirit Root Dead Soul Tree. One Dead Soul Fruit is worth 2 million top-grade spirit crystals. In the end, this Soul Congealing Liquid was auctioned off at a price of 30 million top-grade spirit crystals.

  These divine alchemists are rising at a meteoric speed and radiance, having a very significant impact on the situation and overall trend after the Great Desolation.

  Facing this situation, Yang Le was also expected early, just didn't think that in Lingwu City, the spiritual liquid of the divine alchemist would be found. As the team of divine alchemists grows stronger, it's likely that the spiritual materials and medicines of Hongyuan will be plundered in the future.

  Taking precautions, Yang Le decided to start building the Carefree Pavilion as soon as he returned to the Carefree Island, selling elixirs and taking a step ahead to establish a solid reputation, earning various resources, especially spiritual materials and medicines.

  After dozens of days, Yang Le brought two maids from the Space Transmission Temple in the south of the city to the first Hongyuan Trading Grounds.

  All major forces also withdrew their scouts with Yang Le's departure, as if it was an episode, a passerby, and immediately thrown out of mind.

  "With a flash", Yang Le and others arrived at the Starry Sky Island, famous throughout the Hongyuan.

  As soon as he appeared in front of the teleportation gate on Starry Sky Island, Yang Le felt that the entire billion-mile island was enveloped by a subtle spatial law fluctuation, but without a god or an ancient god who cultivated spatial laws, it was difficult to detect the secrets within.

  Yang Le brought two maidservants and had just appeared in the transmission hall of Xingkong Island when a shaky, elderly-looking god with white whiskers walked towards them.

  "This divine friend, welcome to Starry Sky Island. I am the manager of the Space Transmission Temple on this Eastern Island. This is a detailed map and introduction of Starry Sky Island. Hmm, there are also some forbidden places, locations of various shops, etc. Each new god who arrives gets one for free." After finishing speaking, that seemingly aged god handed Yang Le a crystal clear orb.

  Looking at the old man in front of him, who possessed the power of an ancient god, he didn't look like he was about to die anytime soon. Having achieved the status of an ancient god, his lifespan was as long as the heavens themselves. Taking over the message bead that had been passed down through the Primordial Chaos as a recording medium, Yang Le chuckled and said: "Oh, how did you know I'm the new one?"

  The old man proudly said: "What I am most proud of is my memory, I can remember everything at a glance, I'm not bragging, as long as it's a divine being that I've seen with my own eyes, even if we're separated by billions of years, I can recognize them at a glance!"

  Although it is said that a divine being can remember everything at a glance, the memories of billions of years ago hidden deep in the mind also need a considerable amount of time to recall, let alone seeing them all at once. It's indeed an extraordinary ability.

  However, Yang Le continued: "Since you have a photographic memory, you should know that the two maids behind me are also here for the first time. You should give three message beads, and there are still two left?"

  The white-bearded old man who was just complacent suddenly looked stunned, and then extremely embarrassed, "You? Uh? This... I missed it for a moment, here."

  Teasing the old man, Yang Le rarely relaxed and walked away with two maids, leaving behind an angry old man with a constantly shaking white beard.

  After absorbing the information inside the message pearl, they had a certain understanding of the terrain and distribution of shops on this Starry Sky Island. Following the map in their minds, Yang Le and others arrived at the Xingxing Gate residence that managed the entire Starry Sky Island.

  This majestic Star Gate stands in the center of Starry Sky Island, with countless temple estates covering tens of millions of hectares, pavilions and towers, singing and dancing stages, showcasing its mighty power.

  As the Chen Xing Men founded by Kong Huan Sheng Shen, located in the central of Starry Sky Island, it divides the entire island into four regions: east, south, west and north. In the three major regions of Starry Sky Island, namely Dongfang Shenren and Xifang Mogui, Hongyuan Yaozu provide trading places, training grounds, selling various venues for gods and demons to live in, etc.

  The eastern region is mainly inhabited by the major forces of the Eastern Gods, scattered cultivators and businessmen. The southern region is home to the Western Demon Gods, while the demonic tribes gather in the south. The northern region, on the other hand, is a colosseum, where various grudges are settled.

  The three regions of Starry Sky Island all have numerous trading hubs, shops scattered throughout the island, as well as temples and strongholds for various major powers, and some powerful individual cultivators' caves. However, many weak demons and gods also flocked to apply for miscellaneous jobs in the various shops, and for a time, the entire Starry Sky Island became bustling with activity.

  In the central area of Xingkong Island, there is a circular region with a radius of one million li as a free trading place for the three tribes of gods, demons and monsters. The three tribes trade freely among themselves, and the center is the residence of Chenxingmen. The nine resident gods guarantee the safety of Xingkong Island at all times, and the gods, demons and monsters call this area the Golden Zone.

  The rent in this golden zone is even more daunting for many small and medium-sized forces, and the shops set up in the golden zone are all supported by large forces behind them, and are also a stronghold of various major forces.