Chapter 449: Rainfall World

Since learning that Wei Yuning actually has a child with the Great Luo Golden Immortal of Immortal City, Xue Duoduo's attitude toward Wei Yuning changed drastically, from calm interaction to contempt.

"People who live off others are shameful!" She repeatedly raised this topic while chatting with Tu Jiao, never avoiding Wei Yuning's presence.

To this, Wei Yuning has long been immune.

However, after hearing Wei Yuning's Wan Gu Immortal City Film Project, Xue Duoduo immediately took interest.

They have filmed so many phantoms; besides love and profit, isn't it also to let more people see? Immortal City and Immortal Realm are both two major peripheral centers of the Primordial Realm, making them perfect for promoting phantoms.

The term "movie" was what Wei Yuning originally told Xue Duoduo; now Xue Duoduo has become the top lady of the cultivation‑world film industry, naturally discarding this odd term.

Because the films they produce are, in a sense, more like real illusion, Xue Duoduo uniformly calls the footage captured by the Retaining Image Stone "Phantom".

With the current phantom inventory, although quality varies, it can last two or three years of screenings; the only problem is venues.

Inside Immortal City, a small house costs a hundred thousand low‑grade Immortal Stones, let alone the vast Phantom Theater. The money earned by Fengbo Pavilion Restaurant is considered substantial by ordinary cultivators, but compared with true magnates it's only a petty hustle.

Wei Yuning's solution is simple: find a collaborator. As for whom, he already has an answer in mind—after all, fertile water should not flow to outsiders; better to find a familiar party, and the Qin family of Wan Gu Immortal City will do.

Xue Duoduo has no major objections, only demands that, in business, she must be the chief negotiator and hold final decision power.

Wei Yuning is not a rigid person; after all, although Feng He is connected to him, the Qin family is not Feng He's; she is merely one of the more outstanding descendants, so having Xue Duoduo negotiate is even better.

Seeing Wei Yuning agree, Xue Duoduo's attitude clearly brightened, her expression grew more confident, and for an instant he seemed to once again glimpse the former splendor of a certain Alliance Leader of the South Polar Sea Alliance in the Beast World.

Wei Yuning suddenly became a bit enlightened.

At noon the next day, a silver flying bird appeared at Gem Lake Water Cloud Blue Bay No. 130.

Rainfall World, as its name suggests, experiences perpetual rain; during brief gaps when the rain stops, the sun shines intensely, making the whole world a vast tropical rainforest.

In this rain‑rich world, fire is the most common sight.

Whether in mortal towns or cultivation sects, in any moderately large building the center is always a heap of bonfires.

This is unavoidable. Even though the weather is already scorching, compared with the dreadful humidity, everyone would rather endure blazing flames.

Without bonfires, the living conditions of Rainfall World would be terrifying.

Walls, furniture, etc. —everything in a house would be coated with a layer of droplets, and even the bedding can be wrung for water.

The dampness is uncomfortable but not the worst. Accompanying the humidity are all kinds of strange creatures—mosquitoes, insects, snakes, ants—these bizarre ordinary beings or spirit beasts can be deadly.

Yet the world is wondrous; most plants in Rainfall World are oily, so once the surface moisture is wiped away, a spark ignites, providing endless fuel in this water‑filled world.

Compared with other mostly barren minor worlds, Rainfall World's produce is exceptionally abundant; various fruits, roots, and endless fauna serve as food sources.

It is precisely for this reason that the first humans who entered this world frowned at its sticky, humid environment yet survived tenaciously.

When they discovered burning wood everywhere, living conditions improved dramatically, and the population finally began to multiply.

Environment shapes humanity.

Among cultivators in Rainfall World, water and fire sects dominate.

Coincidentally, in Wei Yuning's outer‑district plantation, a wood‑type cultivator actually hails from Rainfall World.

After Elder Xu Lian posted a bounty on the task concerning Rainfall World, no one took it for a while. Rainfall Minor World is just a small world; although it has a huge population, powerful cultivators are few, and even fewer venture to Green Forest Guard City.

San Mu Daoren, a senior master of the Divine Spirit Stage, chief elder of the Fire Worship Sect—the foremost sect of Rainfall World—and a blood‑line genius cultivator, yet amusingly he possesses a wood‑type spirit root.

Because of this, his position in the sect is awkward; solely due to his cultivation level he occupies the chief elder seat.

Rainfall World's plant growth is abnormally rapid, leaving no room for wood‑type cultivators; after a long time, San Mu Daoren could no longer attract talented wood disciples, so he simply left the sect and roamed the Rainfall World.

This decision saved his life.

When he returned from his travels, he found the sect had become a blood‑splattered demonic lair.

After careful investigation, he learned from some minor blood demons' conversation that the occupiers were the Blood Sky Demons, one of the Seven Great Celestial Demons of the Demon Realm.

As a cultivator, San Mu Daoren knew the name of the Blood Sky Demon; in his panic he fled Rainfall World.

Rainfall World is a later‑formed minor world; its boundary is incomplete and lies at the edge of the Void World. The Fire Worship Sect's cultivators have long known this hazard, but being a small sect, they cannot easily abandon the precious cultivation ground they finally found.

Because the boundary is incomplete, the Blood Sky Demon could enter the Rainfall Minor World, showing that the Dark Clan has long plotted this invasion.

After escaping the Rainfall Minor World, San Mu Daoren traveled through the starry sky to Green Forest Guard City, spreading news of the Blood Sky Demon's arrival, hoping Immortal City would act.

Unfortunately, after a long wait, Immortal City remained unmoved.

Upon reaching Green Forest Guard City, San Mu Daoren's life was not easy; fortunately, as a wood‑type master, he can coax a few plant fruits to eat in deserted corners.

However, this does not solve his housing problem or the head tax.

Thus, by chance he joined Wei Yuning's plantation.

Management of the outer‑district plantation is relaxed; as long as production is met, the rest of the time is free. After a trial period they received a modest salary, though far below the local average wage.

As the deepest‑cultivated employee, San Mu Daoren was soon promoted to overseer of the plantation, earning thirty low‑grade Immortal Stones per year, with even more free time.