Chapter 390: Jin Yu Chaotian Palace in Zhenjiang, Eight-Sided Jade Palace Opens Market

The Chaotian Palace market is located on a sandbar in the middle of the Dajiang.

Brother Qian Chen went upstream along the river, pushed aside the clouds and mist, and looked out. Traces of the flood receding still remained on both banks of the Dajiang. Downstream of the Jin Ling ferry, when traveling on a certain section of the water, thick fog suddenly filled the air. Wang Longxiang waved his hand to separate the fog, and saw the river flow split here, revealing a huge rock like a golden platform.

The huge rock is like a small island, with buildings and towers on it. The river flow impacts it, but instead of causing complex chaotic currents, it becomes peaceful and slow. Many merchant ships slowly docked there. Shouts of unloading cargo came from the ships, and many practitioners who drove escape lights slowly fell towards the jade palace on the golden rock.

This place was originally a mountain root left over from the impact of the Dajiang water dragon. Because its essence is special, it has not been washed away by the river for millions of years, and gradually gathered many water demons and evil dragons wandering nearby.

At that time, the eight thousand miles of lakes and marshes in the east of the river were full of dragons, water demons, and witches. Later, the Daoist sect went north and opened up the Southern Barbarians, and Daoist masters with supreme supernatural powers swept away the water demons here, set up restrictions, and suppressed this wedge nailed to the water dragon.

Later, Jiankang was established as the capital, the aristocratic families moved south, and the Daoist academy moved south accordingly. The original small market here gradually developed into the largest market in the south.

In just this short while, Brother Qian Chen saw dozens of merchant ships dock and drive into the huge cave excavated under the golden rock.

The mountain rock that constitutes the Chaotian Palace market has a purple-gold color in the sun, with spiritual energy contained within, which is clearly extraordinary.

The main body of the market is excavated on this strange rock. Except for the eight-sided jade palace, other places are blocked by restrictions. This is not a second-rate product like the King Wuling market. In Brother Qian Chen's view, the restrictions and arrays arranged are quite worth seeing, using the momentum of the Dajiang to form an array, and it is even more profound than the river-blocking array arranged by Xiao Xie Xiao Xie Daoyun.

Or rather, the river-blocking array of the past was realized from this array.

Fortunately, Brother Qian Chen was not alone, but came with Wang Longxiang. The flying boat he stepped on was also a magic treasure taken out by Wang Longxiang, made of overseas earth-milk agarwood, with a strange fragrance, which can clear the heart and calm the spirit and dispel inner demons. Many wandering cultivators who were lucky enough to get a piece of material would use it to refine incense burners, combine medicine, or even play with it as prayer beads or bracelets, twisting it in their palms during cultivation, unable to put it down, and it could also suppress inner demons.

It is said that many aristocratic families are extravagant, grinding this kind of precious wood into incense powder and smoking the whole room with it all day long to facilitate the cultivation of the family's children, which shows the benefits of this kind of wood.

The Wang family being able to take out more than six hundred square feet of material to build a flying boat is something that even if those small aristocratic families burned for eight hundred years, they couldn't waste so much agarwood. Its status and position can be seen.

It's just slightly inferior to Brother Qian Chen's refining of the flying cloud pocket with Heavenly One True Water...

After all, earth-milk agarwood is only precious in the Central Lands. In the places where it is produced overseas, it is not uncommon to use it to build houses. And Heavenly One True Water and other heavenly materials and earthly treasures, just one drop can combine a thousand acres of lake water, which is a treasure that practitioners of water-attribute cultivation and magic arts cannot ask for.

Earth-milk agarwood grows in places where earth-milk seeps out in the earth's apertures on the seabed, and it takes a thousand years to become material. The overseas Long Gong is its largest producer. The Dragon Clan has opened up countless forest farms in the Four Seas, just to provide pillars for the dragon palaces built by the dragon kings and dragon princes.

Most of those sold to the Central Lands are dragon princes who are short of money, secretly deducting them from the supply of their own palaces and selling them to overseas merchants.

If Brother Qian Chen encounters dragon princes and dragon descendants when going to sea, and slows down his sword, willing to communicate with them, and exchanges a drop of Heavenly One True Water for a thousand square feet of agarwood, those Dragon Clan members are mostly willing.

So, the extravagance of the Central Lands is not as good as the aristocratic families; the wealth of the aristocratic families is far inferior to the Long Gong; and the Long Gong is just a pig raised by the Three Pure Ones' true transmission!

When this flying boat, which looked simple on the outside but was luxurious in material, approached, someone from the jade palace greeted them, opened the restrictions of the main gate of the jade palace, and five lights flowed on it, with immortal music, and received the flying boat.

Practitioners who drove escape lights from the side gates constantly looked at the flying boat, curious about who had such a big lineup.

Brother Qian Chen stood at the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, looking at this scene with some surprise, and for a moment thought that the Chaotian Palace market was also an industry of the Wang family!

It wasn't until a cultivator wearing the standard Daoist robe of the Daoist academy ran all the way, greeted them from under the jade palace, and said respectfully to Wang Longxiang: "Uncle Wang is here, we were in a hurry for a moment, and failed to welcome you. I don't know what instructions the uncle has, I will arrange for the shopkeepers of each shop to come over!"

He was extremely respectful, putting his status very low, and holding his sleeves, putting his status on par with the Wang family's servants. Only then did Brother Qian Chen suddenly realize that he only remembered Wang Longxiang was a member of the Wang family, and forgot that he also had the identity of a disciple of the Daoist academy. After all, in Brother Qian Chen's view, the Daoist academy is the San Shan of the Orthodox One, but he forgot that the Daoist academy has outer and inner disciples.

Although he is not a true transmission of the Yuanshi Dao, he is also a legitimate person in the system.

"Are you a deacon in the market?" Wang Longxiang was used to this and asked calmly.

The deacon was a bit excited, his face flushed, and he lowered his head: "I am Chang Xing, a member of the Chang family in Donghai County. Because I have made quite a few achievements in the market, I was promoted to the deacon of the Chaotian Palace. Forty years ago, when I was cultivating in the outer gate, I had the honor of seeing the uncle once and was taught the White Rainbow Sword Art..."

"Since you are already a deacon, you can be considered to have entered the inner gate of the Daoist academy. You can just call me senior brother!"

Wang Longxiang said peacefully.

The deacon Chang was even more excited. He looked at Wang Longxiang with eyes full of worship. The surprised look in his eyes made Brother Qian Chen feel a chill on his back. Seeing Chang Xing's expression of being lucky to have met him in three lifetimes, even if he died, he said tremblingly: "Yes, Yan Yan Shixiong Wang!" 【390-3

Wang Longxiang said peacefully.

Deacon Chang was even more excited. He looked at Wang Longxiang with eyes full of pure worship. The look of surprise and joy he revealed made even Brother Qian Chen feel a chill down his spine. Seeing Chang Xing's expression of 'a once-in-a-lifetime honor, worth dying for,' he said with a trembling voice, "Yes, Brother Wang!"

"I am accompanying a friend here; there is no need for a grand display. Just arrange for Brother Li to stay at the Chaotian Palace for the time being!"

Wang Longxiang took Brother Qian Chen's hand and walked off the flying boat.

Chang Xing looked up slightly, wanting to see what the friend Wang Longxiang regarded so highly looked like. When he saw Brother Qian Chen clearly, he secretly marveled in his heart—what a heroic spirit! Truly, dragons do not dwell with snakes. Even walking beside Wang Longxiang, he maintained the demeanor of a junior, yet this person possessed an extraordinary bearing. He wondered which immortal sect's true transmission he belonged to?

Brother Qian Chen noticed Chang Xing's gaze; this fan filter was a bit heavy!

The most valuable thing on his entire body was the broken iron sword in his hand, which wasn't even worth a single San Shan Talisman. No matter how one looked at it, he was dressed like a down-and-out rogue cultivator. How could he be considered extraordinary in this person's eyes? If this continued, how was he supposed to maintain his disguise?

Could this person see through the coarse Daoist robe transformed by his Flowing Cloud Flying Sleeves?

Chang Xing summoned a cloud carriage and invited Wang Longxiang and Brother Qian Chen to sit on it. Only then did he urge the jade sheep pulling the carriage. These white sheep had jade horns and fur like cloud silk, their bodies shrouded in dense water-essence qi, and one could even sense a trace of thunder-machine. Compared to the low-level exotic beasts pulling carriages in the King Wuling market, the cloud carriage used to entertain guests at the Chaotian Palace market was clearly not made of flesh and blood, but was a strange spiritual beast born of spiritual energy.

Seeing Brother Qian Chen looking at the jade sheep, Chang Xing explained with a smile, "Has Brother Li never been to the Chaotian Palace before?"

Brother Qian Chen laughed, "This is indeed my first time. These jade sheep look like cloud essence; I wonder what kind of exotic beast they are?"

"Brother has a sharp eye. These 'Rain Workers' are transformed from the Jiang God's cloud-herding. During the Battle of the Opening of the River in the past, our Daoist seniors wiped out the water demons here and had a conflict with the Jiang God. This Zhenjiang Golden Isle was originally a place of water-eye spiritual energy and served as a pasture for the Jiang God. Later, it was occupied by our Daoist Academy. The Jiang God couldn't bring himself to ask for it back, so he let these Rain Workers multiply here and serve as our transport. Whenever it is cloudy and stormy, these Rain Workers sense the thunder and produce thunder-essence qi, and when the weather is clear, they are flawless and white, their fur like cloud quality, which can be woven into heavenly garments."

"The Daoist robes issued by the Daoist Academy every ten years are all woven from the cloud qi produced by the Chaotian Palace's Rain Workers. They are famous magic garments in the Central Lands."

Brother Qian Chen didn't care about external magic garments, but he couldn't help but be shocked by the mention of the Battle of the Opening of the River!

This Dajiang God was no mere character like the Rushui River God; he was a high-ranking First-Rank deity of the Heavenly Court, the master of one of the two great water systems in the Central Lands, with a status comparable to a Divine Lord! In terms of seniority, the Daoist Academy's Zhang Tian Shi were all juniors; he was a true Daoist-Lord level figure. For the current Central Lands, he was already a legend, having shown no divine miracles for nearly a thousand years.

Of course, for such a deity, these thousand years might just be the time it takes to visit a friend in the Heavenly Court.

No wonder the flock of sheep he raised was so divine.

But those Daoist seniors of the past didn't even give face to such a figure, conquering the land where he pastured his sheep; it shows they were no small characters either. If the array seals here were left by those people, it's no wonder they have such an atmosphere.

When Chang Xing introduced the Rain Workers, he deliberately mentioned the heavenly garments, hoping that when Brother Qian Chen asked out of curiosity, he could take the opportunity to do a favor. These deacons didn't have much status in the Daoist Academy, but they had quite a bit of power in this Chaotian Palace. Since it was a local specialty, they could get some for themselves. He was just waiting to pique Brother Qian Chen's curiosity so he could take the opportunity to gift a magic robe and befriend this brother who could associate with Wang Longxiang.

Alas, Brother Qian Chen's heart was entirely on the Battle of the Opening of the River. As for the Rain Worker heavenly garments, only a fleeting thought crossed his mind—"Junior Sister Si seems to have given me a few Daoist robes of this material too. I thought they were royal offerings! Now it seems they must have been skimmed off the top from Tao Zhang Tian Shi..."

"Poor disciples under Tao Zhang Tian Shi; the Daoist robes issued by the Daoist Academy were all embezzled by him for his daughter. Truly a giant embezzler of a Zhang Tian Shi. While exploiting the labor of apprentices, he didn't forget to eat empty salaries!"

"From this, one can see how arrogant the Daoist Academy's San Shan administrative agency can be after holding the powers of money printing, finance, education, personnel, and finance! If I re-establish the Supreme Louguan Sect in the future, I won't be able to tolerate such people..."

The Chaotian Palace was located on the Golden Isle. It was a palace complex carved into the Purple Gold Isle rock, even more majestic and noble than the Taichu Palace by the Xuanwu Lake.

The glazed tiles on the palace shone with a pure blue color. When the sunlight hit them, they were like Jade Pure Immortal light. The painted beams were carved with precision, and the flying eaves moved. When a clear breeze blew past, it could emit a tinkling immortal sound.

The details were even more elegant, the grandeur lacked no refinement, and it was completely devoid of any vulgarity, far surpassing the layout of the King Wuling market.

The passing cultivators were all of the Penetrating Law realm, and even Core Formation True Persons appeared from time to time. Chang Xing led Brother Qian Chen and Wang Longxiang all the way in and settled them in a quiet, independent small courtyard.

Before he took his leave, Brother Qian Chen stopped him and asked, "The market is prosperous with trade; I wonder if there is any buying and selling of precious items that could let me broaden my horizons?"

Chang Xing bowed and said, "There is a pill assembly in the palace tomorrow. Would Brother be interested in taking a look?"

Brother Qian Chen was quite interested and asked, "A pill assembly? Is it just for selling precious spiritual pills?"

"The pill assembly was originally a place where alchemists would fight over the spiritual pills that had just come out of the furnace after opening the furnace, each bidding their own price, mainly exchanging precious spiritual herbs for pills with the alchemists. Later, it gradually stopped being limited to spiritual pills and spiritual herbs. As long as there are precious treasures, they can be brought to the assembly for appraisal, and each can be sold at a marked price. 'Pill assembly' is just the common name used; it can also be called a 'treasure assembly'," Chang Xing explained.

"Isn't that just an auction?" Brother Qian Chen thought to himself, "I'm familiar with this!"

As the saying goes, secret realm academy auctions, leveling up dungeons to get equipment...

Missing out on schooling at the Daoist Academy was already missing a main plot line; how could he miss this auction? Brother Qian Chen, harboring the mindset of wanting to see for himself, asked with a smile, "I wonder what precious items are at this treasure assembly? Can you reveal a little?"

Chang Xing knew Wang Longxiang had a cold temperament and had never been interested in these things, so he had only mentioned it to Brother Qian Chen. Seeing Brother Qian Chen ask, he hurriedly replied, "This treasure assembly is just a routine one, and there aren't any overly rare items. But because someone brought a batch of top-quality spiritual pills to sell a few days ago, which were appraised by specialists as rare 'vitality spiritual pills' in this world—extremely refined and pure, with no external impurities—it attracted many noble guests from aristocratic families and famous rogue cultivators. Perhaps some relatively precious treasures will appear."

"Oh? Is it the batch that flowed out of the King Wuling market?" Brother Qian Chen asked tentatively.

Seeing that he even knew about the vitality spiritual pills that had appeared in the King Wuling market, Chang Xing was shocked: "Brother is indeed an insider, but this batch is said to have flowed out of the Taichu Palace."

"That would be Princess Princess Qingcheng, then?" Brother Qian Chen asked curiously.

Chang Xing nodded: "It is a clan member of the Master Sima family who entrusted us with the auction!"