Chapter 1771: Azure Jade Immortal City

For so many days, the food has been all the ingredients Ye Zhangqing brought himself; Fifth Elder was indeed careless about this, previously only thinking about eating and failing to notice this aspect.

Originally, offering some compensation would have been no problem, but hearing the Guo Family Patriarch's words, Fifth Elder found them disagreeable no matter how he took them.

Turning his head with a strange expression to look at the Guo Family Patriarch, he said, "Your words make it seem like only I ate, you didn't eat a bite—you must have eaten more than me."

But before Fifth Elder could speak, the Guo Family Patriarch spoke first.

"What are you looking at me for? Isn't this matter originally your responsibility?"

Huh???

Moreover, he was preempted by someone striking first; after that, the Guo Family Patriarch said no more and directly handed the matter to Fifth Elder.

He had him take Ye Zhangqing on a trip to Azure Jade Immortal City, then later consider giving some compensation, and then he left on his own.

Only after the Guo Family Patriarch left did Fifth Elder come to his senses, muttering with a dark face.

"You didn't eat."

Then he glanced at the Guo family member still in the hall and said unhappily.

"I understand, you may go."

"Yes."

Hearing that, the Guo family member respectfully responded and then withdrew from the hall.

Upon learning that Ye Zhangqing had run out of ingredients here, Fifth Elder didn't delay, postponing all his other affairs and personally coming to Island No. 78.

When he appeared, Ye Zhangqing was sleeping sweetly on the Tǎng yǐ; sensing someone's presence in Yuàn zhōng, he opened his eyes, saw it was Fifth Elder, and then rose to salute.

"Junior pays respects to Elder."

"No need, I was indeed negligent earlier and forgot about the ingredients; these days we've been using your ingredients—this is some compensation from the family, please accept it for now."

First, he took out a Space Ring as compensation and gave it to Ye Zhangqing.

Ye Zhangqing was not polite either and readily accepted the Space Ring.

Seeing this, Fifth Elder smiled and said.

"As for the ingredients, you should personally accompany me to the Immortal City; whatever ingredients you want, our Guo Family will arrange for you."

Fifth Elder is not an Immortal Chef, so he naturally knows nothing about ingredients.

With so many daily affairs, there's no spare time to study these.

Moreover, each Immortal Chef has his own unique understanding of ingredients; Fifth Elder doesn't know what Ye Zhangqing wants or needs, so bringing him along is obviously the best choice.

Anyway, at that time he will just be the payer—what to buy and how much will be decided by Ye Zhangqing.

Hearing that, Ye Zhangqing naturally wouldn't refuse; having been in the Immortal Realm for so many days, frankly, he is also quite curious about the outside world.

What difference is there between the cities of the Immortal Realm and Zhu Tian Wan Jie?

But previously I was busy raising my cultivation and had no time to go out; now I happen to have this opportunity to purchase ingredients, so I can properly examine the Immortal City of the Immortal Realm.

"Then I'll trouble Elder."

He bowed his hands in thanks to Fifth Elder, who responded with an indifferent smile.

"No problem, just a small matter."

Immediately, Fifth Elder casually waved his hand, and Ye Zhangqing's whole body was instantly enveloped by a spatial power; the next second, both disappeared from Yuàn zhōng.

It was just like riding a Teleportation Array; when Ye Zhangqing came to his senses, he found himself in a courtyard he had never been to before.

"This is Azure Jade Immortal City, also the Immortal City nearest to our Guo Family, though it's ten thousand li away."

"Did Elder just use a Teleportation Array?"

Ye Zhangqing eyed Fifth Elder suspiciously, noting that he had never seen the other produce a Formation Disk or anything like that—just a casual wave of the hand, and then he was dazedly brought here.

To this, Fifth Elder replied with a smile.

"It's not a Teleportation Array, just a little trick—merely Space Origin Source Power."

"Space Origin Source Power?"

"Well, this thing is still far beyond you for now; after you break through to the Ancestor Realm, you will gradually come into contact with it."

"Just now it wasn't a Teleportation Array, but Fifth Elder's own power."

"However, its effect is similar to a Teleportation Array; through Space Origin Source Power, one can forcibly cross spatial distance to achieve the same result as a Teleportation Array."

"Such means can only be employed by beings surpassing the Ancestor Realm, and Ye Zhangqing is seeing it for the first time."

Seeing Fifth Elder speak so lightly, Ye Zhangqing's heart, however, was not at ease at all.

"This is called a little trick? This method is utterly outrageous."

"Put simply, isn't this equivalent to being able to construct a Space Teleportation Array with a mere gesture?"

"Whether used for fleeing or for self-preservation, this method is absolutely superb."

"Think about it: if you were in a life-and-death fight, even if you were losing, a casual wave would avoid the hassle of activating a Formation Disk, and in the next second you could be transmitted ten thousand li away."

"Isn't this basically coming and going without a trace? In this vast world, you could go wherever you want."

"Of course, Ye Zhangqing feels there must be a countermeasure; otherwise there would really be no danger—if you can't beat them, just run."

"He didn't dwell on this issue too much; Fifth Elder simply gave a brief explanation."

"Anyway, this Origin Source Power is still too far for Ye Zhangqing; before reaching the Ancestor Realm he can't even comprehend it, let alone come into contact with it, so talking about it is pointless."

"This is a manor of our Guo Family in Azure Jade Immortal City, it's our Guo Family's property."

"As for Azure Jade Immortal City, within a radius of tens of millions of li it is the foremost city; the city is prosperous, its area vast, and whatever you want to purchase, basically if you can think of it, you can find it in Azure Jade Immortal City."

"However, Azure Jade Immortal City is not the Guo Family's turf; within the city there are other forces not weaker than our Guo Family, and they have divided up the various benefits of Azure Jade Immortal City."

"Therefore, in this city we should still act discreetly and avoid provoking unnecessary trouble."

Fifth Elder reminded.

"The Guo Family naturally has its own towns, but those towns certainly cannot compare to Azure Jade Immortal City."

"According to Fifth Elder, any city that can bear the title 'Immortal City' is absolutely a prosperous metropolis."

And in the Immortal Realm, there are countless cities, but immortal cities number only a mere sixty-eight.

For the vast and boundless Immortal Realm, this number is simply far too few.

Each immortal city can be said to be extremely prosperous, with benefits so huge they are unimaginable, making them resources that all major powers must fight over.

The Guo Family is no exception, but to monopolize an immortal city, aside from the few truly top powers in the Immortal Realm, other forces hardly have this possibility.

Therefore, the Guo Family in this Verdant Immortal City, although it also has its own industries and not a few, is not the sole dominant power.

Put bluntly, it's merely a share of the meat; there are other major powers in the city that stand equal to the Guo Family, and their strength is not inferior to the Guo Family's.