Chapter 473: Heaven Star Island Market

After a year of recuperation, Yan Buji finally emerged from the sect.

Enumerating the benefits of breaking through Martial Dao to Martial Immortal, the integration of spirit and body can enhance his perception; although his use of divine consciousness and divine soul is still not very clear, if his magical power can continue to raise his realm, it would be an early breakthrough.

One Immortal Essence is enough for Yan Buji to perform five Instant Shadow Steps and either True Flow Fist or Shattering Star Palm, but since it is a Dao‑martial technique, he does not know whether other Nascent Soul Cultivators have countermeasures.

Martial Dao Dao Marks also seem to require prolonged cultivation; over the past year Yan Buji could only forge one Dao Mark, so now he has only two Martial Dao Dao Marks in his body, which is rather weak.

However, with the aid of Martial Dao Dao Marks, he feels his understanding and application of Martial Dao have become more perfect, and he can also amplify the potency of Dao‑martial techniques.

But activating Martial Dao Dao Marks also consumes additional Immortal Essence.

"Although my realm is stable, I haven't even reached the early stage of Martial Immortal yet; merely sitting and cultivating seems contrary to the path of a Martial Immortal."

Yan Buji sensed that to break through Martial Dao, one must rely on continual battles to comprehend, thereby rapidly increasing Dao Marks.

That is completely different from Magical Cultivation.

Most crucially, Yan Buji recalled that during his breakthrough he ingested eight Purple Sky Divine Thunders; after taking the last one about half, he felt he was about to be annihilated.

At that moment, Yan Buji had to release his No‑Self Body, using the power of his Martial Avatar to forcibly evade the final thunder tribulation.

Of course, this nearly destroyed Yan Buji's No‑Self Body; fortunately it was only a construct of spirit, qi, and essence. After a year of cultivation he continuously poured spirit, qi, and essence into repairing the No‑Self Body, allowing it to gradually recover. Yet, because it was shattered by the Purple Sky Divine Thunder, the No‑Self Body now carries a fragment of thunder power within the True Essence furnace, undergoing a certain metamorphosis.

However, at present Yan Buji cannot summon his No‑Self Body; although it is part of his Arcane Art, it keeps demanding spirit, qi, and essence for transformation, which makes Yan Buji wary.

Naturally, he is confident he can control the No‑Self Body, after all it is his own Arcane Art; the No‑Self Body Arcane Art, as Yan Buji's Martial Avatar, need not fear having its consciousness altered by divine thunder.

"In the end, I couldn't even withstand the Purple Sky Divine Thunder; the fact that my Lianqi Phase No‑Self Body wasn't annihilated in the thunder tribulation already shows the issue. I don't know who's watching me, but if you have the guts to seize me, I'll see whether you have the means!" Yan Buji sneered, continuously channeling his spirit, qi, and essence into the No‑Self Body.

After a long while.

Yan Buji flew out of the sea surface, sensed two Nascent Soul auras nearby, and flew toward them.

Soon after.

Yan Buji landed on the island; Li Yuan and Wei Zixu had already sensed him and came to greet him.

"Yan Daoist friend, long time no see," Wei Zixu said with a clasped‑fist smile.

"Indeed, Fairy Wei, how have you been lately?" Yan Buji said, bowing his hands.

"I'm fine. This is Li Yuan, the master of the Heaven Star Island Market," Wei Zixu introduced.

Li Yuan bowed his hands and said, "I am Li Yuan, pleased to meet you, Daoist friend."

"Daoist Li, Yan doesn't consider this an uninvited visit, does he?" Yan Buji laughed.

"Hahaha, Yan Daoist friend, you're overly polite, please, come this way."

"Very well."

The three of them walked together to the tavern within the market.

Seated in the tavern, Li Yuan personally poured wine for the two, saying, "Yan Daoist friend, this is my own brewed sea‑foam wine, give it a try."

Yan Buji lifted his cup, took a sip, and immediately drained it: "Not bad, the strength is moderate, the aftertaste endless."

"As long as Yan Daoist friend likes it, that's fine."

Wei Zixu said, "Yan Daoist friend, when I first saw you, you weren't a Martial Cultivator; you've been hiding that from me all along."

"Hahaha, being out in the world, there were some troubles back then."

"Oh?" Wei Zixu's heart stirred as she looked at Yan Buji.

Yan Buji thought for a moment, then said, "Back then a few enemies knew my identity, so I had to conceal my true strength; Fairy Wei won't blame me, will you?"

"How could that be? But speaking of it, Yan Daoist friend practices Martial and Law Dual Cultivation; now his Martial Dao has advanced another step—truly a heaven‑born prodigy."

"You flatter me, Fairy Wei."

Li Yuan laughed, "Hahaha, Yan Daoist friend coming today also gives me, Li Yuan, face."

"Certainly acceptable."

The three drank heartily together in the tavern, and Yan Buji also gathered a lot of information.

The Boundless Sea is much livelier than before, which also means entanglements over interests are increasing; in short, every faction is hastily strengthening itself to guard against future dangers.

Not to mention the countless demonic beasts in the Boundless Sea; although many have been slain by the influx of cultivators, it's still only a drop in the bucket.

Whenever cultivators gather in groups, massive congregations are inevitable, making formation masters like Li Yuan and Wei Zixu highly sought after.

In no time, the three began strolling around the market.

"In the end, the current layout of the Boundless Sea isn't great. True Yellow Island and the Sinking Dragon Society, as veteran powers, occupy the major resource sites in the sea; other sites exist but are too scattered or too far from the turbulent sea‑boundary, making settlements there vulnerable to beast attacks. Heaven Star Island lacks many resources, but its location is decent, sandwiched between the waters near True Yellow Island and the Sinking Dragon Society, so many cultivators pass by." Li Yuan said.

Yan Buji nodded, "Daoist Li, you have a good eye; this place truly suits establishing a market."

Li Yuan smiled, "Since that's the case, Yan Daoist friend, are you interested in joining the market? If you can stay here permanently, I'm willing to give you twenty percent of the profits. I've heard you're also an Alchemist, so you could set up your own business in the market."

Yan Buji thought for a moment, shook his head, "No need; the path I follow likely won't allow me to stay in one place for long."

"That's truly a pity."

Yan Buji politely declined Li Yuan's invitation, and Li Yuan was not angry.

After all, this is the first heaven‑born talent he knows throughout history who, despite severing his Martial Dao, can still breakthrough; there's no need to force a friendship that would cause displeasure.

Wei Zixu looked at Yan Buji and said, "Since Yan Daoist friend has become a Martial Dao Nascent Soul, do you have elsewhere to go?"

"There is nowhere else, but I would like the two Dao friends to help me search for two Spiritual Materials; what do you think?"

"Oh? What Spiritual Materials?"

"Blue Sky Qi and Green Sky Qi; if you have any news, feel free to send me a message, and Yan will certainly reward you handsomely!" Yan Buji bowed.

Wei Zixu and Li Yuan nodded, "In that case, I will certainly keep an eye out within the market."

"Alright, I'll also travel around; if I find anything, I'll inform you immediately, friend."

"Thank you both."

Afterwards, the three exchanged contact methods, and Yan Buji set out on his path of trials.

Now, he needs to quickly cultivate to the early stage of Martial Immortal, so that with enough Immortal Essence and Dao Marks he can handle sudden dangers.