Chapter 474

Standing on the sea surface, Yan Buji looked at the Sea Kun Hammer in his hand, then glanced down at the Demon Emperor smashed by the hammer, and let out a sigh:

"Not strong enough."

The Sea Kun Hammer is an Accumulation Device that Yan Buji forged specifically for large creatures and those with extremely high defensive power, and after undergoing one reforging, it fits his hand even better.

Of course, Yan Buji doesn't know any hammer technique, but relying on the power of his profound skill, few demon beasts can withstand a few blows from him.

Therefore, Yan Buji is considering whether to not use the Sea Kun Hammer in battle, but using Instant Shadow Step plus True Flow Fist or Shattering Star Palm to unleash a thousand strikes in an instant, even that demon emperor cannot withstand.

So he needs a stronger opponent.

"Really troublesome."

Yan Buji sighed; he had searched everywhere for the demon emperors in the nearby sea region, and they had basically been cleared out, leaving no troublesome demon beasts to encounter.

However, it wasn't without gain; the Martial Immortal's Dao indeed still needs to be built upon constant combat, and after each battle Yan Buji could feel his Martial Dao Dao Marks condensing faster.

After three years of uninterrupted combat, Yan Buji now possesses twenty-three Martial Dao Dao Marks, but that is still far from the one thousand Martial Dao Dao Marks required for the early stage of Martial Immortal.

"Just finding a worthy opponent already wastes a period of time, and I can't now lightly attack those Nascent Soul Cultivators." Yan Buji narrowed his eyes.

Now, my title of 'Martial Dao Nascent Soul' is likely known abroad; Li Yuan and Wei Zixu both know my identity, which is unfavorable for Yan Buji to act covertly.

Even if it's an ambush, as soon as people notice, even if they can't defeat him, there will definitely be time to send a message.

What good would it do to make myself a public enemy of all at that time?

The Dongxing Sea Region is so vast and not lacking in resources; if one simply kills people just for cultivation, that would truly be self-exile from the world, and everyone would come looking for trouble.

"Hey, right!"

Heavenly Spirit Realm!

I recall hearing that the Heavenly Spirit Realm also seems to have an arena; changing my appearance to go participate in combat might also speed up cultivation.

And once one reaches the early stage of the Martial Immortal realm, one can begin preparing to refine the Heavenly Origin Grand Pill, first seeing if one can elevate one's magical power realm to the Golden Core stage.

Soon after, Yan Buji flew to a floating sea island, put on the Azure-Faced Grudge's appearance to become Xu Long, and consumed the Heavenly Spirit Fruit.

Ziza!

Yan Buji suddenly felt his form gradually twisting, and in an instant he was transmitted to another realm.

"It's somewhat like the transmission of the Heaven Gate Law, but here I sense no Universe Dao Dao Marks; it's likely impossible to have arrived via Heaven Gate Law." Yan Buji looked full of regret.

If one could come via Heaven Gate Law, there would be no need to buy Heavenly Spirit Fruit.

In the blink of an eye, Yan Buji beheld the massive city before him.

"Such a huge city? It's even larger than a single region of the Nan Ting Mountain Region!"

Yan Buji wore a look of shock, then flew over.

Upon reaching the city gate, seeing the no-fly notice ahead, he descended and walked to the gate.

"Eh, entry costs one hundred Spiritual Stones!"

Yan Buji paid the Spiritual Stones and entered the city.

"Come have a look!"

"Four-turn Dragon Snowflake! Price negotiable!"

"Today's opening, Six-turn Ascending Dragon Pill for sale!"

Looking at this prosperous street, the cultivators coming and going were too many to count; Yan Buji looked around and asked doubtfully:

"Aren't cultivators below Nascent Soul stage in the Heavenly Spirit Realm not allowed to come?"

"Yo, newcomer?"

Yan Buji looked at the Nascent Soul Cultivator beside him, clasped his hands, and said: "I am Xu Long, this is my first time coming to the Heavenly Spirit Realm."

"That's great, three hundred Spiritual Stones, and I'll tell you about the situation in the Heavenly Spirit Realm."

Yan Buji nodded; figuring out the situation himself would likely cost a lot, whereas the other party directly asking for Spiritual Stones was more straightforward.

Yan Buji paid the Spiritual Stones, and the other party laughed: "I am Yu Jiang, the Dongxing Executive of the Nine Heavens Five Regions Great Merchant Association."

"Fellow Daoist Yu, this Heavenly Spirit Realm..."

"Let's talk while we walk."

"Good."

Yu Jiang pointed around: "This is the Dongxing city of our Nine Heavens Five Regions Great Merchant Association; everyone here are cultivators from the Dongxing Sea Region."

Yan Buji blinked: "Does that mean there are also cities for the other four regions?"

"That's natural; although the Heavenly Spirit Realm lies outside the regions, it itself projects onto the Nine Heavens Five Regions, and to save costs we also built cities following the five regions and nine heavens directions." Yu Jiang said.

"Then if I want to go to other great regions..."

"It's also possible; from here you can go to the docks of those great regions, where there are airships that can fly directly there."

"No, I mean if I want to go to other great regions from within the five regions, what should I do?"

Yu Jiang raised his eyebrows: "That would cost a considerable amount, at least starting from two hundred thousand Spiritual Stones."

"That expensive?" Yan Buji frowned.

"That's natural; although we have a way to point-to-point transmit via the Heavenly Spirit Realm, determining the coordinates and the danger of crossing the five regions' realm barriers only increases, and we also guarantee everyone's safety. If an accident occurs, we can even compensate your family five times the ticket price, so naturally it's expensive." Yu Jiang said.

"Oh."

Yu Jiang chuckled: "As for the Golden Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators here, they are actually members of our Nine Heavens Five Regions Great Merchant Association; a thousand years ago we developed a pill that allows non-Nascent Soul cultivators to temporarily reside in the Heavenly Spirit Realm, and it's not expensive at three thousand Spiritual Stones each."

"Three thousand? A Four-turn pill?!" Yan Buji looked strange.

"No, it's merely a Two-turn pill. But its main ingredient is the Heavenly Spirit Fruit."

"Oh."

That makes sense.

Nascent Soul Cultivators couldn't possibly have that much time to come here to do business; everyone is also cultivating.

Therefore, developing this pill is nothing more than letting people manage their own shops.

Yan Buji thought for a moment: "If I want to purchase property in this city, what are the requirements?"

"This you really hit the nail on the head." Yu Jiang laughed: "In East Star City here, central shop price is eight million Spiritual Stone per fifty years, peripheral shop price is four million Spiritual Stone per hundred years. If one wants to sign a short-term contract, the minimum cannot be less than twenty years; central shop requires a lump sum of five million five hundred thousand Spiritual Stone, peripheral shop requires a lump sum of three million five hundred thousand Spiritual Stone. Apart from shop rent, the Nine Heavens Five Regions Grand Chamber of Commerce has priority purchase rights for goods, market price adjustment authorization, and priority purchase rights for part of intellectual property; of course, this part is negotiable."

"Besides the rent, there are no other taxes, right?"

"Daoist Xu sure is well-informed; although the Nine Heavens Five Regions Grand Chamber of Commerce claims independence, it also needs to maintain good relations with the forces of the Five Regions for business to thrive. Therefore, once it discovers that stolen goods are being sold, the Chamber bears no responsibility; being beaten to death here is deserved. Moreover, if goods infringing on the intellectual property of the Five Regions' forces are sold, it will be ordered to close and compensate the other party's losses. In addition, one percent of monthly revenue will be taken as tax and handed over to the Chamber, which will uniformly turn it over to the forces of the Five Regions as tax revenue."

Yan Buji frowned, carefully calculating.