Chapter 120: The Role of the Gold-Devouring Bug in the White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash

"An Intermediate Grade Spirit Stone!"

Upon seeing the Intermediate Grade Spirit Stone in Yan Taibai's hand, the middle-aged man's eyes lit up, and even his originally pale complexion regained a hint of ruddiness.

Clearly, he was tempted.

After all, a single Intermediate Grade Spirit Stone was considered a small fortune even for a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"Very well, since the two fellow Daoists are so sincere, I shall not ask any more questions. I wonder what requirements you two have for a cave dwelling?"

The middle-aged man took the Intermediate Grade Spirit Stone, examined it with glowing eyes for a few moments, and only then asked.

"We don't have any particular requirements; as long as it is suitable for normal cultivation, that will suffice. After all, we two will not be staying for too long."

Yan Taibai replied with a smile.

"Is that so! Then there are plenty of options to choose from."

Seeing this, the middle-aged man's smile faded slightly. He then took out a silver picture album, handed it to Yan Taibai, and continued.

"Any place marked with golden light is already occupied. The white ones are vacant areas suitable for cultivation. Fellow Daoist, feel free to choose."

"Many thanks, fellow Daoist."

After taking the picture album and thanking him, Yan Taibai opened it to take a look.

This was a complete map of Kuixing Island, with golden and white lights echoing each other, flickering with a mysterious radiance.

However, the flashing spots were concentrated in the large cyan area at the center of the map.

Moreover, this Qingyun Mountain occupied more than a quarter of the area.

Compared to the golden lights, there were many more white lights, though the brightness of the white lights varied. Some were extremely dazzling, while others emitted only a faint glow.

Yan Taibai was searching for the target of his trip.

The places marked as mountain peaks were extremely dazzling and bright, so they were not within his consideration.

At this moment, the middle-aged man also began to explain.

"Those mountain peaks are already occupied by fellow Daoists and cannot be chosen for the time being; one must wait for the Spirit Mountain Assembly held every ten years to select them. However, the next Spirit Mountain Assembly is only two years away, so if you are truly interested, there is no need to rush."

"Hmm!"

Yan Taibai smiled slightly without saying much, continuing to search for his target.

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Yan Taibai found his suspected target and pointed at the location; the white light there immediately turned yellow.

When the middle-aged man saw this, he hesitated for a moment and said.

"I advise you, fellow Daoist, to choose another place instead!"

"Why, is there a problem with this place?"

"There isn't really a problem, it's just that this place is called Little Huan Island. It is only sixty or seventy miles across, and there is indeed a small spirit vein a few miles long on the island. Furthermore, we have set up a small defensive array on the island and built a small town there, with about several hundred people."

"It's just that this island is truly somewhat tasteless; the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth is incomparably thin. Let alone Foundation Establishment stage cultivators like you and the fairy, even Qi Refining stage cultivators find it hard to endure."

"In the past, there were a few cultivators who liked to occupy a place alone for bitter cultivation and chose this island, but within a few years, they chose to pay a large sum of Spirit Stones to re-select a place for cultivation. Most importantly, the regulations state that the cultivator who chooses this island must also bear the obligation of protecting it. That is to say, the Spirit Stones for the defensive array on the island must be paid for by the cultivator who chooses it."

"I see, then never mind."

After hearing the middle-aged man's words, Yan Taibai shook his head and sighed, then chose another place.

Since the specific location had already been determined, there was naturally no need to be picky.

"This place is quite good, it will do."

Seeing this, the middle-aged man finally nodded in relief. Then, he took out a golden brush from his bosom, asked for their names, and registered Yan Taibai and Yan Ruyan.

After finishing, he took out a Jade Slip, wrote some characters on it with the golden brush, and handed it to Yan Taibai.

Taking the Jade Slip and looking down at it, there were two golden symbols on it, which were exactly the names of him and Yan Ruyan written in the local script.

As for the language of the Chaotic Star Sea, the two of them had already learned it on the way here.

"This Jade Slip is the proof of your information; having it can reduce some trouble."

"Many thanks, fellow Daoist. Farewell."

After looking at it, Yan Taibai cupped his hands in thanks and left.

After embracing his newly wedded young wife Yan Ruyan and leaving the Dengxian Pavilion, the middle-aged man looked at the Intermediate Grade Spirit Stone in his hand, narrowed his eyes, and muttered to himself.

"I hope they leave quickly, so as to avoid any trouble."

"Brother Taibai, do you know what is on that Little Huan Island? Why would you choose that island?"

Yan Ruyan felt that Yan Taibai seemed to have been to this Chaotic Star Sea before.

"I suppose so! However, whether or not I can find what I need is not yet certain. Let's go, let's go take a look first."

Yan Taibai chuckled, then embraced Yan Ruyan and turned into a golden rainbow, heading toward Little Huan Island.

Yan Taibai's trip to Little Huan Island was naturally for the Gold-Devouring Bug; it was not that he valued the potential of the Gold-Devouring Bug, but rather he valued the Gold-Devouring Bug's ability to devour and refine metal-attribute materials within mineral veins.

For example, in the plot, there was a sequence where the Gold-Devouring Bug was used to refine a Gang Silver Sand mineral vein. As for the secret technique for controlling the bugs, Yan Taibai had just obtained it from a Nascent Soul cultivator of the Ghost Spirit Sect.

At the same time, this Gold-Devouring Bug was quite useful for finding metal-attribute material mineral veins.

With this Gold-Devouring Bug, his cultivation of the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash" might become much easier.

Most importantly, Yan Taibai wanted to see if this Gold-Devouring Bug could help with the cultivation of the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash". After all, they both contain the character "Gold".

Finding metal-attribute Spirit Stones and material mineral veins was truly not an easy task; if the Gold-Devouring Bug could do it, he would only need to feed the Gold-Devouring Bug.

Even if it couldn't, he could still use the Gold-Devouring Bug to find metal-attribute Spirit Stones and mineral veins; whether it was helping to refine them for cultivation or entering the mineral veins directly to cultivate, both would work.

It was just that the former could save cultivation time.

With Yan Taibai's escape speed, even without using his full power, using only one-tenth, it did not take long for him to arrive at Little Huan Island.

But he did not enter immediately; instead, after circling around and discovering no other immortal cultivators on the island, he felt at ease and entered Little Huan Island.

Furthermore, he did not disturb the mortals in the town on the island, but instead brought Yan Ruyan to a high peak on Little Huan Island.

"Brother Taibai, can you tell Yan'er now what you are looking for?"

After the two landed, Yan Ruyan parted her lips slightly and asked with full curiosity.

"Naturally, they are good things. Yan'er, have you ever heard of the Gold-Devouring Bug?"

Yan Taibai nodded and smiled.

"Gold-Devouring Bug, this seems to be one of the ancient exotic insects, devouring everything, but it is naturally restrained by wood and jade objects, and its growth period is extremely long. It has long since gone extinct in the cultivation world."

"Not bad, that is exactly it."

"This Little Huan Island happens to have this kind of ancient exotic insect, the Gold-Devouring Bug. If we obtain it, we don't even need to wait for it to mature; it will have great use and benefits for your and my future path of cultivation. If we didn't know, then so be it, but now that we are aware, we naturally cannot miss it."

Yan Taibai nodded and smiled.

"Then Brother Taibai, have you been to this Kuixing Island before? No, that's not right, Brother Taibai had to learn the language and script of this cultivation region just like Yan'er, which means you haven't been here. In that case, you discovered it from the relics of that senior who found the Ancient Teleportation Array,"

Yan Ruyan analyzed as if it were a serious matter.

"Mm! My Yan'er is truly exceptionally intelligent."

Seeing this, Yan Taibai nodded and couldn't help but tease her.

This was indeed the "truth."

"Then let's hurry! The Gold-Devouring Bug!"

Hearing Yan Taibai's praise, Yan Ruyan's cheeks flushed with radiance, and she said happily.

"Good, this Gold-Devouring Bug is also naturally restrained by spider-type spirit pets."

After speaking, Yan Taibai patted the Spirit Beast Bag at his waist, and suddenly, a white jade-colored ball of light shot out and landed to the side; it was exactly the Blood Jade Spider.

"This is?"

"An exotic insect of the wild, the Blood Jade Spider! It should be at the fifth level, right?"

Yan Ruyan's bright eyes sized up the Blood Jade Spider, and she covered her red lips and exclaimed.

"Mm! Peak fourth level, not yet at the fifth level. I also spent quite a bit of effort to subdue it."

Yan Taibai nodded and smiled.

"Just leave this Gold-Devouring Bug to it. We will go do other things; wanting to find the Gold-Devouring Bug is not a matter of a moment."

"What are we going to do? Tiandu Street?"

Before the words were finished, Yan Ruyan understood the meaning in Yan Taibai's words.

Before coming, she remembered that Yan Taibai had specifically inquired about the markets in Kuixing Island.

And that Qi Refining Stage cultivator surnamed Wen had told the two of them about the existence of Tiandu Street.

"Not bad, as expected, nothing can be hidden from my Yan'er."

Yan Taibai smiled.

Afterwards, he separated a wisp of divine sense to attach to the Blood Jade Spider, letting it sneak into the underground to search for the traces of the Gold-Devouring Bug.

Then, after erasing their tracks, Yan Taibai felt at ease, and holding Yan Ruyan, he headed toward the direction of Tiandu Street.

Although Yan Ruyan had spent most of her time in the past at Yan Family Fortress or the Yanyue Sect, she had still been to markets.

But when she saw Tiandu Street, she was shocked.

She saw a huge, white, misty protective barrier covering the entire northern district of Kuixing City; it was not just one street at all, but hundreds of streets.

It was completely different from the markets of the Seven Sects of Yue Country in her impression.

The markets of the Seven Sects of Yue Country, even the best Huangfeng Valley market, were only a single street. But the Tiandu Street before her eyes was dozens, or even over a hundred times larger in area than the Huangfeng Valley market.

And most eye-catchingly, in the middle of Tiandu Street, there was a huge pavilion floating thirty-some zhang above the ground. This pavilion was entirely emerald green, emitting a faint fluorescence, looking like a piece of super-large jade, extremely striking.

It made a girl who loved beautiful things have bright, shimmering eyes, and Yan Ruyan, a young girl who had just become a wife, was naturally no exception.

This was the gap between the Yue Country Cultivation World and Kuixing Island; in reality, Kuixing Island was far inferior to a Yue Country, and couldn't even compare to a single sect, but the level of prosperity and flourishing was more than ten times greater. This was the gap between the two places.

It truly opened Yan Ruyan's eyes.

Looking at Yan Ruyan's beautiful, moving face full of surprise, Yan Taibai suppressed the urge to kiss her, but held her even tighter as he turned into a streak of light and entered Tiandu Street.

Although there was a flight restriction, it had little effect on a Golden Core Stage Cultivator.

And once they landed in Tiandu Street, the two only attracted a little attention before not many people continued to pay attention.

It was just that they were amazed at Yan Ruyan's delicate beauty, which did not lack a lively charm; as for Yan Taibai, although his appearance was exceptionally handsome, he was not as eye-catching as Yan Ruyan.

After all, in any place, there were always far more male cultivators than female cultivators.

But when they sensed the aura released by Yan Taibai, their faces turned pale, and they all withdrew their gazes in unison, not daring to look at Yan Ruyan at all.

And this action made Yan Ruyan's beautiful face even more radiant and moving, stirring people's hearts.

The two then strolled along the street.

The streets here were no different from the shops in secular cities; basically, they were rows of square houses of similar size lined up on both sides of the street.

The only difference was that the plaques and hanging banners outside the shops had become names like Wu Family Sundry Shop, Chen's Magical Artifact Shop, Five Elements Refining Shop, Huo Yang Raw Materials... these varied names that were all related to cultivation.

Yan Taibai and Yan Ruyan didn't have much interest in these shops. Although they knew there might be good things inside, the two were just strolling around now, familiarizing themselves with the environment.

However, just because the two of them weren't interested didn't mean other cultivators weren't.

At this time, some cultivators coming and going on the street were occasionally darting in and out of various shops, making the entire Tiandu Street look like there were quite a few cultivators.

In reality, there were indeed quite a few; compared to the Tiannan Cultivation World, the Chaotic Star Sea had more rogue cultivators, especially high-level rogue cultivators.

The Chaotic Star Sea had many forces established by rogue cultivators who, after reaching the Golden Core Stage, or several Foundation Establishment Stage rogue cultivators joining together, occupied an island and grew stronger step by step.

However, most of these forces were crushed on the islands they occupied, and those that could grow into a force were very few.

But this didn't have much to do with Yan Taibai and Yan Ruyan. After strolling around, the two came to the center of Tiandu Street.

Here was a plaza several mu in size.

What made Yan Ruyan feel surprised and even unbelievable was that the ground of this plaza was actually paved with pure white, long-strip beautiful jade, making it extremely exquisite and magnificent.

And the middle of the plaza was empty, with only the Cloud Dream Pavilion floating in mid-air, but at this time, the pavilion in the air looked closed from afar, without the slightest intention of entertaining guests or letting people enter.

And this pavilion in the air was the pavilion they had seen when they arrived.

At the same time, around the plaza stood six small halls of varying styles, spaced at equal distances from one another, faintly forming a stance of confrontation.

"The Six-Linked Hall is a merchant guild in the Chaotic Star Sea second only to the Four Great Merchant Alliances; there are many good things inside."

Yan Taibai recalled the relevant information.

"Six-Linked Hall, so Brother Taibai intends to go in and take a look?"

Yan Ruyan blinked her bright eyes and asked in pursuit.

"That is only natural; I happen to need to purchase a batch of materials and Demon Cores, and the only place in the entire Tiandu Street that can provide them is this Six-Linked Hall. Naturally, I cannot go without taking a look. I hope it does not disappoint me; I would not want to have made this trip for nothing."

Yan Taibai nodded and chuckled softly.

(End of this chapter)