Chapter 574 – Gathering Cave Continent
Chapter 574 – Gathering Cave Continent
“This one?…… Fairy also knows that this teleportation array map is something that the nine great families are jointly in charge of.
Although I Jumbo Place has some depth, but openly selling the transmission array map, is tantamount to challenging the authority of the nine great families.”
Steward Li pondered for a moment and said this.
Xu Chuniang’s heart stirred, Steward Li appeared to have rejected her request, but in his words, he did not deny the fact that Jen Treasure Place had teleportation array diagrams.
She recalled that the Zhou Family Master had vaguely mentioned it once when he had invited her to step in and consolidate the array for the Zhou Family Ancestral Hall.
For large islands with several YuanYing True Monarchs sitting in the background of the lineage, the teleportation array map was not a secret.
The real reason why the teleportation array was monopolized by the nine great lineages was because the main materials used to lay out the teleportation array were held by them.
Even if other people possessed the formation diagrams and lacked the materials to lay out the formations, it would be equally useless.
In the face of her question, Steward Li did not positively deny it, but instead pointedly brought out the nine great families.
This would indicate that it was highly likely that the Jumbo Workshop possessed a transmission array diagram.
It was only due to the prestige of the Nine Great Families that they didn’t dare to sell it openly.
Xu Chuniang understood in her heart and didn’t mention this matter again, only making another appointment with Steward Li, intending to trade privately.
In response, Steward Li was naturally pleased to agree, stretching out five fingers, signaling the need for a price of five million spirit stones.
The price of this Teleportation Formation Diagram was a bit more expensive than all the formation books and formation diagrams she had purchased combined, and it only included Teleportation Formation Diagrams within the third level.
At this price, Xu Chuniang didn’t mind it, and being able to spend money on a teleportation formation diagram was already an unexpected blessing.
As for the materials used to set up the teleportation array, in this maritime cultivation world, although monopolized by the nine great families, Xu Chuniang had to pay for the materials to set up the teleportation array.
But in the five northwestern clans, one might still be able to find some.
The next day, after successfully getting the teleportation array diagram in her hands, Xu Chuniang left Wind Thunder Island without further delay.
The Yan Continent, where Wind Thunder Island was located, was separated from the Gathering Cave Continent by a great distance.
The reason why the nine great families were able to converge on Yan Continent in a short period of time was because there were ultra-long distance transmission arrays between the various ancestral islands.
When these teleportation arrays were opened, the spirit stones consumed were extremely large, and would only be utilized in times of emergency.
Xu Chuniang couldn’t use these giant teleportation arrays, so she could only rely on the teleportation arrays between the various islands to catch up.
In this way, the speed was very slow.
Xu Chunniang wasn’t in a hurry, so she simply traveled along the road to the Gathering Cave Continent.
Since leaving Wind Thunder Island, she had passed through many islands, and each of these islands, regardless of their size, had their own characteristics, and their customs and people were very different.
She, who had been busy practicing cultivation, had gained a lot of insight.
Just like this, while traveling and traveling, when she finally arrived at the Gathering Cave Continent, it was already three years later.
During these three years, Xu Chuniang had traveled to many places and met many different cultivators, seemingly wasting her time, but in reality, it was just a different form of experiencing the world.
These three years of traveling had allowed her understanding of cultivation and dao to become more and more refined, and the aura around her body had become more and more subtle.
As soon as she entered the Gathering Cave Continent, Xu Chuniang keenly sensed that the aura here was even more violent and chaotic compared to other places.
She frowned, not moving as she observed the cultivators on the island.
Unlike the other several continents, the cultivators of the Gathering Cave Continent had a pugnacious culture, and most of the cultivators followed the path of physical cultivation or dual cultivation of Dharma, and their cultivation levels were generally not high.
Along the way, Xu Chuniang didn’t even see half a Jindan stage cultivator.
Furthermore, pure Fa cultivators were relatively rare here.
It was unknown if this situation had anything to do with the abnormal aura here. Just as she was pondering, a teenager who had been sizing her up from the side for quite some time cautiously stepped forward.
“Is senior new to the Gathering Cave Continent?”
Xu Chuniang sniffed and motionlessly swept a glance at the teenager in front of her.
He looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a thin figure, and only had a cultivation of the seventh level of Qi Practicing, but from the pace he walked, he could tell that he was a Body Refiner.
With a slight nod, she guessed in her heart that this teenager’s identity was 80% a fixer.
“Not bad.”
Seeing that this senior did not take offense to his question, the teenager’s heart was pleased and introduced himself.
“I’m a resident of this island, I grew up on the island since I was a child, and when cultivators from several other continents come to the Gathering Cave Continent, their first stop will be our Xishan Island.”
Xu Chuniang nodded and threw out a medium grade spirit stone, signaling the teenager to continue on.
The teenager received the spirit stone, and with a joyful expression on his face, he hurriedly put it away.
Right out of the gate was a mid-grade spirit stone, it seemed like he had struck lucky today and met a good patron.
The teenager continued, “Cultivators in other continents are mostly magic cultivators, but in my Gathering Cave Continent, most of them are mainly physical cultivators, or physical and magic dual cultivators, which is related to my Gathering Cave Continent’s territory’s berserk spiritual qi.”
Xu Chuniang pondered, this matched her guesses quite well.
The cultivation of Dharma cultivators required a higher level of aura, and with such a raging and chaotic aura, even if they were to be incorporated into their bodies, they would not be able to successfully complete their circumferential cultivation.
Forcibly absorbing them would not only take a lot of time, but also yield little results.
This kind of violent and chaotic aura, on the other hand, was just right for body refining for body cultivators.
This was the reason why, most of the island’s cultivators were mainly body refiners.
“Then do you know why the aura within the Gathering Cave Continent is so violent and disorderly?”
“I don’t know, before I was born, the aura within the Gathering Cave Continent was like this, and it has lasted for thousands of years, so there’s really no way to consider the reason for it.”
The teenager shook his head, a hint of shame on his face.
“However, I’ve heard from other seniors on the island that the further to the northwest you go, the more obvious the rage and chaos in the aura becomes.
That’s why all of the high-ranking cultivators on the island have gone to the northwest, where the environment is more suitable for physical cultivators to forge their bodies.”
The aura in the northwestern region would be even more violent and chaotic.
I wondered if this situation was related to Ximing, where she was heading?
Xu Chuniang didn’t move and kept this in her mind.
She would continue traveling to the northwest, and if this teenager was telling the truth, it wouldn’t be long before she would witness this.
The teenager was afraid of offending the generous senior in front of her by not being able to answer, so she hurriedly searched her stomach and looked for another topic.
“Due to the raging spiritual qi in the Gathering Cave Continent, the sea demonic beasts in the surrounding waters are also extraordinarily ferocious, if seniors want to go out to sea, they need to be more careful.”
Xu Chuniang had also thought of this, the raging spiritual qi was obviously more suitable for the growth of sea demonic beasts.
Sea Demon Beasts already had thick skin and flesh, and after being tempered by the spiritual qi day and night, the strength of their bodies would undoubtedly reach an even higher level.
She asked the teenager some more questions, and after understanding the situation of the Gathering Cave Continent roughly, she casually threw out a few medium grade spirit stones as payment, and turned towards the Teleportation Hall.
When she had traveled before, she would stay for several days or even ten days at each new place.
However, the alternative aura condition of the Gathering Cave Continent aroused Xu Chuniang’s curiosity.
She wanted to get on the road earlier to see if it was all as the teenager had said.
(End of chapter)