Chapter 1772: House Spirit

The Fifth Elder reminded with a serious expression, after all, this Azure Jade Immortal City is not the Guo Family's; there are several forces in the city not weaker than the Guo Family, jointly controlling the Azure Jade Immortal City.

Hearing that, Ye Zhangqing naturally had no objection, and simply nodded in agreement.

My coming to the Immortal City is just out of curiosity, and also to buy some ingredients; I'm not looking to cause trouble.

The two walked out of the courtyard while talking; outside the gate, two youths dressed in Guo Family attire were already waiting.

Upon seeing the Fifth Elder, both bowed respectfully.

"Greetings, Elder."

"Hmm."

Hearing that, the Fifth Elder gave a faint nod and continued leading Ye Zhangqing outward.

"In this city, if we speak of whose ingredients are the most complete, it must be the Hall of Longevity; we can go there first to have a look."

"Hall of Longevity?"

This name sounds so strange; it sounds like a clinic, how does it sell ingredients?

However, the Fifth Elder simply nodded in reply.

"Well, the Hall of Longevity is a power dedicated to cultivating immortal chefs; throughout the hall there are many immortal chefs, not only in Azure Jade Immortal City but famous throughout the Immortal Realm."

Listening to the Fifth Elder's introduction of the Hall of Longevity, Ye Zhangqing somehow felt it was a bit odd, not like a proper immortal chef power.

The Guo Family's mansion in Azure Jade Immortal City is huge; just the area of this mansion, placed in the Zhu Tian Wan Jie, could match the area of an ordinary city.

This shows how vast Azure Jade Immortal City is.

However, Ye Zhangqing's speed is not slow either; although it looks like a leisurely stroll, each step he takes causes his figure to appear hundreds of meters, even kilometers away.

This little trick of shrinking ground to an inch is nothing to Ye Zhangqing, let alone to the Fifth Elder; it's hardly different from normal walking.

So, before long the two arrived on the streets of Azure Jade Immortal City.

Finally, they saw the full view of this Immortal Realm Immortal City; it differed somewhat from their imagination, yet also matched some expectations.

Firstly, it was prosperous; looking around, various shops stood in rows, and the people coming and going almost all had cultivation.

Ye Zhangqing had thought of that.

But the roads of this Immortal City are different from those in the Zhu Tian Wan Jie, which are paved with things like Qing Shi or precious wood.

The streets of Azure Jade Immortal City, seen at a glance, are just a layer of white clouds, with the white clouds paved into thoroughfares connecting Azure Jade Immortal City.

The people coming and going walk upon these white clouds, including Ye Zhangqing himself, who at this moment is also standing on the white clouds.

Looking around, there are no city walls or the like, but basically every shop on the street has a formation.

The formations are all sorts; there are Spirit Gathering Formations, and also Azure Formation-like ones useful for spiritual plants.

In short, any random shop here seems to have formations etched, not just one, and their grade is not low.

"Let's go; this area is under the Guo Family's jurisdiction, but unfortunately the Guo Family does not deal in ingredients, so we must go to the Hall of Longevity."

He said that lightly, then immediately led Ye Zhangqing toward the other end of the street.

Along the way, Ye Zhangqing saw streaks of flowing light crossing the sky; those streaks were cultivators of the Immortal Realm.

Seeing those cultivators flying in the air above the Immortal City, Ye Zhangqing felt curious.

Many cities in the Zhu Tian Wan Jie have prohibitions on flight; could it be that this Immortal City has none?

The Fifth Elder laughed at that.

"Of course there is, but in this world, as long as you have money, there's nothing you can't do."

"If you want to fly in the air above the Immortal City, you just pay the fee; moreover, if you pay the Guo Family, you can only fly above the Guo Family's territory—going to other forces' airspace won't work, you'd have to pay again."

"Hmm??? Damn, that's so shady?"

"What if someone doesn't pay and violates the rule?"

"Naturally, a formation will blast them to death."

"Hmm???"

"If you don't pay and dare to fly, they just blast you? That's so direct?"

Along the way, the Fifth Elder also laughed while explaining many things about Azure Jade Immortal City to Ye Zhangqing.

In short, within Azure Jade Immortal City, as long as you have Immortal Crystals, you can basically do as you please.

After all, the major powers fight desperately for the various resources in the Immortal City; put bluntly, it's all about profit.

So with Immortal Crystals, everything is easy to discuss.

The so-called Immortal Crystals are actually just like the Spirit Stones of the Zhu Tian Wan Jie; they are the hard currency among cultivators in the Immortal Realm.

Their value is far higher than that of top-grade Spirit Stones.

While saying that, Ye Zhangqing suddenly saw, in front of a shop ahead, a somewhat illusory human-shaped figure—not quite a human figure, but merely a shape resembling a person.

At that moment, it was sitting cross-legged before the shop, occasionally grabbing a handful of clouds to eat lazily.

"Hmm???"

"Is the cloud layer under its feet edible? Seeing this, Ye Zhangqing looked doubtful."

Moreover, from this humanoid phantom emitting a faint white light, Ye Zhangqing felt absolutely no fluctuation of Línglì.

Not to mention Línglì fluctuations, he couldn't even sense a trace of vital aura.

Not being able to sense Línglì is understandable; after all, beings like the Fifth Elder beside him, who have surpassed the Ancestor Realm, Ye Zhangqing indeed cannot sense their Línglì fluctuations, nor can he determine their exact cultivation level.

However, in this world, any living being has vital aura fluctuations, unless it's a corpse.

Even evil spirits have deathly qi, yet the white 'creature' before him, Ye Zhangqing senses nothing at all.

"Fifth Elder, what is that?"

Curiously, he asked the Fifth Elder beside him; upon hearing, the Fifth Elder followed Ye Zhangqing's gaze and also saw the white 'creature' eating clouds.

He smiled faintly and said.

"This is the Immortal City's house spirit."

House spirit???

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhangqing was in a fog; he had heard of artifact spirits, but had never heard of a house spirit.

However, he still guessed.

"Could it be that the houses in this immortal city are all magical artifacts refined by Weapon Refiners, thus giving rise to house spirits?"

Only magical artifacts refined by Weapon Refiners can possibly give rise to sentience.

Moreover, the conditions for giving rise to sentience are also very stringent.

First, the grade must meet the requirement; second, it must undergo the precipitation of time; moreover, various fortuitous circumstances are needed for sentience to possibly arise.

If that's the case, then this Azure Jade Immortal City really is somewhat outrageous.

Along the way, the houses lining the streets are countless; if all these houses were made by Weapon Refiners, the scale of such work is simply unimaginable.

However, upon hearing Ye Zhangqing's words, the Fifth Elder merely laughed and shook his head.

"What are you thinking, kid? How vast is this Azure Jade Immortal City? If every house in the city had to be refined by Weapon Refiners, it would take until the Year of the Monkey and the Month of the Horse!"

"If that were truly the case, the Weapon Refiners of the Immortal Realm would have nothing else to do but simply refine these houses."