Chapter 1423: Yunlan Trading Hall

"So this is Spirit Withered City, huh? Though Lan Xiang described it a bit poorly, it feels pretty good."

Above the forest, Lin Feng hovered atop a great tree, gazing at the tall white city wall at the far end of the woods, then stroked his chin, his expression full of delight.

Originally, after switching to cultivate primordial Qi, he had been hiding in the deep mountains to practice.

But after a few months of cultivation, now at the Seventh Tier of the Ying Tian Realm, he decided to venture out.

After admiring the distant white wall, Lin Feng turned to the maid from the Miqing Sect standing beside him, whom he had taken under his control.

Of course, she also had a name: Lan Xiang.

"Now that I've gathered the needed information and this woman has nothing I want, we've reached Spirit Withered City—should I let you go?"

Looking at the maid who had been with him throughout the three months of cultivation since he took control, Lin Feng felt a moment of hesitation.

Finally, he asked, "Lan Xiang, how many people have you been intimate with before?"

Although he didn't actively test whether she possessed a Yun Ying body, the powerful soul energy—

Naturally, it allowed Lin Feng to clearly perceive that the Lan Xiang before him was not an untouched maiden.

Thus, he had asked so directly.

"Honored master, before this, to help the miss gather others and probe information, I have shared the bed with 526 people,"

Upon hearing this, Lan Xiang immediately replied expressionlessly.

"I see."

Receiving the answer he didn't want to hear, Lin Feng asked again, "Then how long would it take you to fly from your sect to the nearest contact point outside Spirit Withered City?"

"Returning, master, about three days."

Hearing the question, Lan Xiang answered truthfully again.

"Three days."

Upon hearing the number, Lin Feng nodded, then with a thought withdrew most of the fire orb's power from her mind.

The remaining energy would suffice for the fire orb to last a little over two days.

Once this energy is exhausted, the fire orb will vanish from her mind.

Then his control over Lan Xiang will come to an end.

At the same time, she will return to normal.

"Alright, now return to the base you said you could reach in three days."

After adjusting the fire orb's duration, Lin Feng waved his hand, signaling her to leave.

Lan Xiang bowed and said, "As you command, master."

Finishing her words, she darted away at full speed toward the contact point.

"Wow, the Hundred Sources Continent is truly wonderful; once you reach the second tribulation of the lower three, you can soar freely in the sky. If this were the Douqi Continent, people would be dying of envy!"

Seeing the departing figure, Lin Feng, though already familiar with it, couldn't help but feel a bit amazed.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Ling inside his body let out a mischievous laugh: "Hehe, master, I didn't expect you to change your temperament today and actually let Lan Xiang go. I thought you'd keep her as a fire‑draining device."

"You little brat, how could you underestimate your master? On the Douqi Continent I have millions of wives and concubines—whether it's the legal big‑bear loli, the long‑legged granary beauties, the petite cute type, the seductive glamorous type, or the Gu Xun'er style with moon‑like face, field‑like complexion and dark robes, the big thunder mature type. I've enjoyed every kind of beauty. I just left, how could I be unable to move after seeing a woman?"

While speaking, Lin Feng set his direction and, skimming the canopy of the forest below, sped rapidly toward Spirit Withered City.

"Tch, who knows, anyway the master is extremely lecherous."

Facing his explanation, the timid Xiao Ling inside him pursed his lips, giving a "I don't care, you're the one at fault" expression.

After months without being beaten, the forgetful little girl no longer remembered the pain of being struck.

Now she's again arrogantly "raising the roof."

But this time her luck is good.

Lin Feng now wants to go outside to observe the customs of the Hundred Sources Continent, so he has no time to deal with her.

Otherwise, that girl's backside would probably swell up again.

After all, you never need to doubt Lin Feng's physical strength!

Spirit Withered City, an ordinary city situated in the eastern part of the Eastern Region.

Because it lacks a protective patron, the city remains extremely low‑key most of the time.

It quietly seeks a peaceful niche amid the gaps between major powers.

Of course, even though it is usually very low‑key, under the diligent management of its successive city lords—

today's Spirit Withered City has developed quite well; its popularity has risen thanks to the passing caravans.

As for its revenue, the city naturally taxes its residents and merchants.

"Although it's far inferior to my newly built Linjiang City, it's still decent; at least from the outside it doesn't seem as stingy as Sacred Pill City."

Hovering before the hundred‑zhang‑tall white wall, Lin Feng watched people constantly entering and exiting the several dozen‑zhang‑wide gates, exclaiming in amazement.

In his observation, other cultivators were constantly flying around the area.

However, these cultivators merely flashed by, paying little attention to Lin Feng.

At the same time, Lin Feng was surprised to see.

Around those gate openings, there were no stationed soldiers; the people were free to come and go.

"Interesting."

Seeing the scene, Lin Feng unexpectedly grinned, then darted forward, flying with the others toward the gate.

After soaring over the wide forest, he immediately entered the gate together with the others.

In the blink of an eye, orderly, criss‑crossing, chessboard‑like grid streets unfolded before his eyes.

Scanning the scene, Lin Feng realized that Spirit Withered City was laid out symmetrically around a central axis.

The widest central street served as the axis, with mutually aligned streets branching on either side.

Of course, what surprised Lin Feng most was that

Having just flown into the city, not only did nobody shout for me to land.

On the contrary, I could see countless other cultivators constantly flying back and forth in the sky ahead.

And this situation clearly shows that Lingku City does not not restrict flight.

"It seems the atmosphere of the Baiyuan Continent is completely different from that of the Dou Qi Continent!"

Seeing this rare sight on the Dou Qi Continent, Lin Feng couldn't help but marvel in his heart.

After all, on the Dou Qi Continent, basically all cities restrict cultivators from flying in the sky.

Even if you reach the sky, they only allow you to skim the ground quickly.

Unless, your strength is so great that the local powers can't do anything about you!

For now, let's not worry about these things; first, let's go take a look around.

As he spoke, Lin Feng moved his body and slowly flew forward.

It seems the buildings in this city are also constructed according to local customs. Most buildings have several stories, and each story's street-facing side has a large door allowing entry from any floor.

While flying, he looked at the buildings on both sides, feeling quite novel in his heart.

Right, let's go check out the trade house later; maybe I can buy something I'm interested in.

Thinking that using various heavenly materials and earthly treasures could increase his cultivation speed, Lin Feng felt it necessary to visit the trade house.

Furthermore, according to what he learned from Lan Xiang, the strongest person in Lingku City is only about at the Heaven-Uniting Realm.

Cultivators at this realm can unite their body with heaven and earth, overwhelm all beings, and fight by borrowing the power of heaven and earth.

Placed on the Dou Qi Continent, that's roughly the level of a Dou Saint.

However, even now his own Primal Qi Realm is one level lower than the Heaven-Uniting Realm, i. e., the Heaven-Responding Realm.

But relying on his powerful body and Dragon-Phoenix Power, he could instantly crush a Heaven-Uniting Realm cultivator!

If it weren't for his worry that doing too many bad things would easily attract Upper Three Tribulations cultivators from nearby major powers—those same kind of strong cultivators Liu Xi had before switching cultivation—who would besiege him.

It's estimated that he has already taken over the city lord of Lingku City.

Yunlan Trade House, then it's you.

After flying for a short while, seeing the trade house's name on a side street, Lin Feng pondered briefly and then chose it.

After all, since Lan Xiang had never been to Lingku City, he consequently had not obtained specific information about the city's interior.

Now that he has entered this place, he can only choose based entirely on his own preference.

Whoosh!

And after making his decision, Lin Feng hesitated not at all, immediately darting in and flying through the second-floor door.

Welcome, honored guest, please come inside.

Just as he landed with both feet, a coolly dressed attendant immediately trotted forward, bowing respectfully to guide him.

However, Lin Feng did not immediately respond to her, but quickly scanned the interior with his gaze.

The so-called Yunlan Trade House obviously also has the typical layout of a trade house-type building.

The spacious second floor is laid with boards made of unknown wood, and in the center of the spacious hall are small cubicles surrounded on three sides, leaving only a passage for entry and exit.

At this moment, some of those cubicles still have people sitting inside.

Obviously, these are customers negotiating deals with the trade house.

These small cubicles are also provided for those customers to use.

Furthermore, Lin Feng keenly noticed that around the hall there were several rooms with even greater privacy.

Although he didn't probe their interiors, it's obvious these rooms are meant for certain distinguished guests.

And after seeing that there was nothing unusual here, Lin Feng immediately followed the attendant's guidance toward the center of the hall.

At the same time, he asked, "Do you sell pill formulas here?"

Honored guest, our trade house's highest is the supreme-grade mundane pill formulas; I don't know if that can meet your needs?

Upon hearing that, the attendant guiding him also gave a very neat reply.

Upper-grade mundane pill is fine; if satisfied, I'll buy it.

Hearing that reply, Lin Feng felt a bit disappointed but quickly recovered, then nodded.

After all, he had just casually entered a medium-small trade house that isn't particularly famous in the city, lacking top-tier items, which is understandable.

As for the pill grades of the Baiyuan Continent, he had long known them clearly from Liu Xi and Lan Xiang.

On this continent, pills are divided into three major grades from low to high: mundane, spiritual, and origin.

Each grade roughly has four sub-grades: low, middle, high, and supreme/top/pinnacle.

Thus calculated, the Baiyuan Continent's pill grades theoretically total twelve levels.

As for which cultivators use each pill grade, roughly low-grade mundane corresponds to Meridian Opening Realm, middle-grade mundane to Pill Gathering Realm, and high-grade and supreme-grade mundane to the Three Lower Tribulations.

For spiritual-grade pills, roughly low-grade spiritual corresponds to Heaven-Responding Realm, middle-grade spiritual to Heaven-Uniting Realm, and high-grade and supreme-grade spiritual to the Upper Three Tribulations.

As for origin-grade pills, they are somewhat special, since few on the Baiyuan Continent can refine them, and even fewer cultivators can use them.

Therefore, its development is relatively primitive and simple, lacking the four sub-grades of mundane and spiritual pills.

Its users are those about to break through the Origin Comprehension Realm—peak Upper Three Tribulations cultivators, Origin Comprehension cultivators, and true Origin Realm cultivators!

As for the supreme-grade mundane pill formula the attendant just mentioned, it is roughly a medicinal pill for Lower Three Tribulations cultivators.

Placed on the Dou Qi Continent, that's roughly equivalent to a sixth-grade prescription.

If it were in a major city like the Holy Pill City in Zhongzhou, it definitely wouldn't be fit for the table.

But placed in an ordinary trade house of a medium-sized city in an ordinary locale, it's also not bad.

Meanwhile, upon seeing the guest's intent to buy that supreme-grade mundane pill, the attendant's eyes flashed with a gleam.

Immediately after, she changed her pace toward the central hall's small cubicle and instead headed toward a private room in one of the surrounding directions.

After all, this is a major client; the guest's mood affects her commission, and a substantial one at that—how could she dare to neglect him?

Of course, if the former is like putting scallions in a pig's nose to pretend to be an elephant.

Hmph, when the time comes, naturally there will be others to deal with this kind of clueless thing.

Squeak—

As the maid ahead gently pushed open the door, she then guided, saying: "Esteemed guest, please."

And while speaking, the former's tone also became sweeter.

Mm.

Lin Feng naturally could notice the change in the former's guidance and attitude, but he simply didn't care.

After all, he came here to buy some medicinal formulas to study, to see exactly how the prescriptions and medicinal formulas differ between the Dou Qi Continent and the Baiyuan Continent.

At the same time, buying some other things to speed up his cultivation conversion progress, so that he can quickly advance to the Upper Three Tribulations.

Therefore, as long as this maid does not respond with harsh words or have a bad attitude, he also can't be bothered to quarrel with her. (End of chapter)