Chapter 205: Heavenly Abyss

Time passes quickly.

In the blink of an eye, nearly a month had passed since the Dongxuan Auction ended.

Inside the great hall atop Mount Wanling.

A purple talisman and an ancient long zither floated.

Ye Qingxuan smiled slightly, waved his hand, and the talisman and zither landed before a Soul Transformation realm cultivator wearing a purple-gold mask not far away.

"This is the Grade Six supreme attack talisman and the supreme spiritual artifact-level long zither you requested."

After examining the talisman and zither before him and confirming there were no issues, the man stored the talisman and zither.

He looked at Ye Qingxuan and smiled lightly, saying:

"What? Are you not curious about my origin and name?"

Hearing this, Ye Qingxuan's face showed no fluctuation: "My Dongxuan City has never had the habit of investigating clients' origins."

"The conflicts of the outside world have nothing to do with my Dongxuan City. As long as they are clients coming to do business in Dongxuan City, this City Lord welcomes them all."

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words, the man laughed heartily: "Hahaha, interesting. Dongxuan City is not bad. This Venerable One will return."

Having finished speaking, he also showed no intention of stating his origin and name, and turned directly to leave.

After the Soul Transformation realm powerhouse wearing the purple-gold mask departed.

Ye Qingxuan's external avatar slowly appeared and stored the Grade Six combat puppet in the great hall that looked identical to him.

Thoughtfulness appeared in his eyes.

He indeed did not care about the identity and origin of clients.

Conflicts between major factions or cultivators within the Starfall Province, as long as they did not affect Dongxuan City, Ye Qingxuan could simply ignore.

But this premise is that the clients coming and going will not pose a potential danger to Dongxuan City.

With Ye Qingxuan's current strength and foundation, he could not completely ignore all factions in the Starfall Province.

This was also the reason why, upon learning that a Soul Transformation realm cultivator was participating in the Dongxuan Auction, he added Grade Six supreme talismans and supreme spiritual artifact customization slots as auction items.

Only by making outside factions unable to figure out the specific strength foundation of Dongxuan City, causing them to feel dread towards Dongxuan City.

Could Ye Qingxuan have enough time to develop and manage Dongxuan City.

Until he could ignore the dangers brought by all factions in the Starfall Province.

Could Ye Qingxuan truly let his hands and feet go free, massively expanding the power and business scope of Dongxuan City.

Before that.

Ye Qingxuan did not plan to expand Dongxuan City, to avoid arousing the dread of other factions.

The current scale of Dongxuan City, plus the cultivators continuously attracted.

Was already enough for Ye Qingxuan to obtain huge profits and purchase various spirit mines within the Starfall Province.

Three months later.

Bai Qing'an, returning from the Treasure Pavilion, entered Dongxuan City covered in dust and headed straight for Mount Wanling.

"Are the spirit mines collected?"

Looking at Bai Qing'an entering the great hall, Ye Qingxuan went straight to the point.

Bai Qing'an suppressed the excitement in his heart and nodded.

He handed a storage ring to Ye Qingxuan: "These are spirit mines worth 1. million high-grade spirit stones. Each type of spirit mine is only one square in size."

Ye Qingxuan took the storage ring and sent his spiritual sense into it.

The next moment, a satisfied smile appeared on his face:

"Good."

He then took out a jade bottle and tossed it to Bai Qing'an.

"This is the Enlightenment Pill you wanted."

Bai Qing'an excitedly took the Enlightenment Pill.

After confirming there were no errors.

"Thank you, City Lord!"

Having finished speaking, Bai Qing'an turned and was about to leave.

But Ye Qingxuan suddenly called out to stop Bai Qing'an:

"Wait, do not rush to leave."

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words, Bai Qing'an asked with some confusion:

"City Lord, is there anything else?"

Ye Qingxuan tossed the storage ring in his hand and smiled lightly:

"My Dongxuan City will purchase spirit mines long-term in the future. For any spirit mines not yet recorded by my Dongxuan City, this City Lord will purchase them at a twenty percent premium."

Hearing this, Bai Qing'an's face lit up with joy.

When it comes to commercial channels, within the Starfall Province, if the Treasure Pavilion claims second place, no one dares to fight for first.

He was about to agree.

Unexpectedly, Ye Qingxuan changed the subject: "However, for spirit mines not yet recorded by Dongxuan City, I only want ten squares."

"For other spirit mines above Grade Four, Dongxuan City can purchase them at market price without limit."

For the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven to smelt and analyze, one square of spirit mine was already enough. The remaining nine squares were merely Ye Qingxuan's way of motivating the other party to collect spirit mines.

After all, the profit from one square of spirit mine was too small; Bai Qing'an might not put his heart and soul into purchasing them for him.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's subsequent words, the joy that had originally appeared on Bai Qing'an's face slightly receded.

After pondering for a moment, Bai Qing'an still agreed to Ye Qingxuan's request: "Agreed. I am willing to represent the Treasure Pavilion and establish permanent cooperation with Dongxuan City."

The Treasure Pavilion is a faction based on commerce.

As long as it brings profit, Bai Qing'an has the authority to decide on such matters.

Seeing Bai Qing'an agree, Ye Qingxuan smiled slightly and nodded:

"That is good."

Having spoken, Ye Qingxuan seemed to recall something and immediately asked, "By the way, do you know where the Hunling Stones and Hunling Trees are?"

The Hunling Stones, Hunling Trees, and the Hunling Fruits they bear are also among Ye Qingxuan's targets.

Hunling Stones can upgrade a native magic treasure or a pseudo-native magic treasure, reducing the time cultivators need to accumulate foundations.

They can also temper supreme-grade magic treasures, forcibly elevating them to the level of celestial artifacts, creating pseudo-celestial artifacts lacking celestial laws.

Although few cultivators possess the capital to refine native magic treasures or pseudo-native magic treasures, or own supreme-grade magic treasures,

this does not diminish the inherent value of Hunling Stones.

Hunling Trees serve as materials for artifact forging, while Hunling Fruits can nourish a cultivator's physical body, permanently enhancing physical strength and meridian resilience.

Therefore, if one could locate Hunling Stone mines and Hunling Trees,

the profit Ye Qingxuan gains would surely skyrocket.

At that time, Ye Qingxuan might even use this to find channels for obtaining spirit crystals outside the Xuantian Sect.

Should Ye Qingxuan wish to expand into markets beyond the sixth tier in the future,

spirit crystals would be an indispensable monetary resource.

After the Soul Transformation realm comes the seventh-tier Void Penetration realm.

Although Ye Qingxuan is still far from the Void Penetration realm, he must prepare for it in advance.

"Hunling Stones? Hunling Trees?"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's inquiry, Bai Qing'an pondered for a moment before slowly saying, "I have heard of these two heavenly treasures."

"However, their production sites are not in Xingluozhou, but in Linzhouzhou, where the Dongji Domain meets the Tianyuan."

"Linzhouzhou, is it?"

Ye Qingxuan frowned.

"I understand. You may leave now!"

Watching Bai Qing'an depart, Ye Qingxuan sighed inwardly, "It seems obtaining Hunling Stones and Hunling Trees is impossible in the short term."

Adjacent to the Tianyuan, Linzhouzhou must lie at the very edge of the Dongji Domain.

In the short term, it is impossible for Ye Qingxuan to travel to the distant Linzhouzhou.

The Tianyuan exists between energy and matter.

It is a special space created by various energy fluctuations when the world's crystal wall converts chaotic energy.

It is also the most peripheral region of the world.

No one below the Void Penetration realm can enter the Tianyuan.

Cultivators below the Void Penetration realm who enter the Tianyuan will be eroded by it and perish instantly.

Wherever the world's crystal wall converts chaotic energy, a Tianyuan must form.

The Tianji of the Di Xuan Realm also possesses a Tianyuan.

It is merely that the Tianyuan high above is too far from the main continent of the Di Xuan Realm, so most cultivators cannot perceive it.

Most worlds appear to exist in the form of continents.

In reality, viewed from outside the world, the entirety formed by the world's crystal wall is actually a sphere.

The core region within the world, the world's main continent, is mostly hemispherical.

A complete world can be divided into: the Void Beyond the Realm, a special domain formed by the Great Dao laws within the world pushing open the chaos.

Then comes the world's crystal wall, the world's true protective layer.

The world's crystal wall is also the primary site where the world opens chaotic channels to draw in chaotic energy from beyond the Void Beyond the Realm,

converting it into various gentle energies or the world's origin.

Beyond the world's crystal wall lies a layer of Tianyuan space.

Within the Tianyuan space are the hemispherical sky and the hemispherical land.

The cross-section of the hemispherical land constitutes the continents and seas where living beings dwell.

Below the cross-section lie various precipitated materials.

Below the materials are various elements in a semi-energy state, gradually becoming energized.

At the very bottom lies another invisible Tianyuan.

Only when all these are combined does a complete world exist.

(End of this chapter)