txolops Chapter 116 Settling down in Tianxing City! So arrogant!
Chapter 116 Settling down in Tianxing City! So arrogant!
"Nine storage bags..."
Lin Chuan probed with his divine sense, examining each item one by one, and a look of satisfaction gradually appeared in his eyes.
This Black Fiend Gang member is quite wealthy.
The nine storage bags contained spirit stones, pills, materials, and magical artifacts, all of which were worth tens of thousands of spirit stones!
"Indeed, no one can get rich without unexpected wealth."
Lin Chuan smiled slightly and put all the storage bags into his pocket.
He ignored the dying threat from the fake Core cultivator—Extreme Yin Island.
so what.
In the vast sea, the other party didn't even know who he was, so how could they even begin to hunt him down?
Lin Chuan continued to steer the Gray-Winged Boat, flying towards Tianxing City.
The next month passed peacefully.
The daily divination results are all "auspicious"—minor auspicious, moderate auspicious, and even a few major auspicious ones.
Following the directions, Lin Chuan stopped at various islands along the way and gained many opportunities.
We've collected four thousand-year-old medicinal herbs!
There were also numerous mineral materials scattered on the seabed, as well as some scattered ancient artifacts. The harvest was far more abundant than he had expected.
We flew and reaped the rewards along the way.
……
Another month later.
On this day, Lin Chuan finally arrived at his destination.
On the distant horizon, a colossal city beyond description came into view.
Tianxing City.
At the heart of this chaotic starry sea lies an entire island.
However, the way this city was built completely overturned Lin Chuan's understanding of "city".
The city's main structure is based on a towering mountain in the center of the island, seemingly connecting heaven and earth!
The giant mountain was a peculiar bluish-gray color, with steep slopes that pierced the clouds, its summit hidden in the swirling mist, its end invisible.
The entire city is built around this towering mountain, spiraling upwards in circles and layers!
Starting from the very bottom of the mountain, a dense array of buildings of all shapes and sizes stretch outwards like a honeycomb clinging to the mountainside. Pavilions, palaces, towers, caves... a mix of architectural styles, yet strangely harmonious within this grand scheme.
In his previous life, Lin Chuan had also imagined the grandeur of Tianxing City from the descriptions in the original novel.
But when he witnessed this magnificent and unimaginable scene with his own eyes, the shock in his heart still surged like a tsunami!
This is not a city.
This is simply a colossal miracle standing between the sea and the sky, built by countless living beings, a living, breathing wonder!
Lin Chuan took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart, and continued flying forward with his avatar.
……
At this moment, no fewer than a thousand streaks of light converged from all directions, streaking across the sky like a meteor shower, creating a magnificent spectacle.
These lights were of different colors, some as swift as lightning, others as steady as a mountain, clearly representing cultivators from different regions and with different levels of cultivation.
The sea below was equally bustling.
Huge ships sailed through the waves, their hulls shimmering with the spiritual light of defensive formations.
Some of the sails were painted with strange totems, which were clearly the symbols of certain islands or chambers of commerce.
Besides seagoing vessels, some cultivators did not fly using magical artifacts.
They either ride in uniquely shaped flatboats, nimbly navigating the sea; or they ride on various sea beasts and mythical birds.
These low-level demonic beasts, once tamed, became the cultivators' means of transportation, and at this moment they are carrying their masters as they speed across the waves.
Tianxing City truly lives up to its reputation as the center of the Chaotic Star Sea, with an unimaginable daily flow of people.
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As Lin Chuan approached the city gate, he saw that at each gate, there were Star Palace cultivators dressed in white on duty, registering and issuing identity tokens to cultivators entering the city.
There are two options—
A temporary token for short-term residence costs only three spirit stones; a red ring for permanent residence costs seven hundred spirit stones.
Lin Chuan, being wealthy and powerful, did not hesitate to get himself and his avatar each a permanent red ring.
After receiving the rings, the two officially entered the city.
……
Tianxing City is based on the Holy Mountain and consists of eighty-one floors from bottom to top.
Floors one through fifty are all areas where cave dwellings or houses can be rented.
The entire sacred mountain itself is a massive spiritual vein, and even the strength of the lowest level of the spiritual vein far surpasses that of the cave dwellings on Kui Xing Island.
After entering the city, Lin Chuan went straight to an attic on the first floor—this was the judicial office.
The Siguan Office is a place that handles the procedures for monks to rent cave dwellings or houses.
He was received by a Star Palace Foundation Establishment stage manager dressed in white.
"I want to rent a cave dwelling," Lin Chuan said bluntly.
"The cave dwellings are quite expensive."
The manager looked him up and down and gave him a routine reminder.
"Just tell me about the cave dwelling."
Lin Chuan said calmly.
The steward nodded, took out a jade slip, probed it with his divine sense, and then said:
"On the fifteenth floor of the Holy Mountain, there is a place called 'Little Pine Cave,' which has a nice environment. Renting this cave for a hundred years would cost two thousand spirit stones."
"There's no need to introduce anything below the fortieth floor," Lin Chuan interrupted directly.
Upon hearing this, the manager's eyes flashed with surprise, but his attitude immediately became more respectful.
Those who can afford to rent a cave dwelling with more than forty floors are definitely not ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators.
He re-examined the jade slip and said after a moment, "On the forty-seventh floor of the Holy Mountain, there is a place called 'Green Cliff Cave,' which is completely private with no other caves within a radius of twenty miles."
This cave dwelling is rich in spiritual energy, making it one of the top-tier cave dwellings among the forty-seven levels. Renting it for a hundred years costs eight thousand spirit stones.
Eight thousand spirit stones.
This price is enough to deter the vast majority of Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Even veteran cultivators at the peak of Foundation Establishment would feel the pinch for a long time before they could afford to spend eight thousand spirit stones.
The key issue is, if all the spirit stones are used to rent a cave dwelling, where will the spirit stones come from to buy pills to aid cultivation?
But Lin Chuan didn't even blink.
"This is it."
He took out eight thousand spirit stones from his storage bag and neatly stacked them on the table.
The steward was even more surprised, but he didn't ask any more questions. After accepting the spirit stones, he took out a palm-sized, blue jade tablet from the cabinet behind him and handed it to Lin Chuan with both hands.
"Fellow Daoist, this is the jade token that restricts your cave dwelling. If you wish to renew the lease after a hundred years, this cave dwelling will naturally be given priority to you."
Lin Chuan took the jade tablet and probed it with his divine sense.
It records the exact layout of the cave dwelling and the method to unlock the restrictions.
He nodded, put away the jade token, and left the office with his avatar.
They flew towards the forty-seventh level of the sacred mountain.
The sacred mountain was vast, and it took quite some time to fly from the bottom first level to the forty-seventh level. Finally, Lin Chuan arrived at the location of the cave dwelling recorded in his jade slip.
This cave dwelling was originally protected by restrictions.
However, as soon as Lin Chuan entered, he reinforced the restrictions and set up two sets of arrays in the cave as a precaution.
"It seems we'll be settling here for quite some time."
After finishing his work, Lin Chuan looked at the structure of the new cave dwelling, his mind filled with many thoughts.