Chapter 1711

"So it is your first time here, Fellow Daoist!"

"Hehehe... no matter..."

"Actually, there are not many techniques to it!"

Bai Lianchen smiled and said, "This Central Sea is a special place. No one knows how many hundreds of millions of years it has been in the Immortal Realm, and no one knows its origin!"

"If the seawater here is taken out, it is no different from seawater elsewhere!"

"But as long as it is put back into this Central Sea, a mysterious power merges into it, giving the seawater the effect of being able to block spiritual sense!"

"It does not weaken spiritual sense; it blocks it, completely blocks it!"

"No matter what cultivation level an immortal has, as long as they enter the Central Sea, all spiritual sense will be completely blocked!"

"Without exception!"

"Legend has it that even Sages are like this!"

He Pingsheng was not surprised.

After all, he had just tried it himself.

"Fellow Daoist Bai!" He Pingsheng interrupted Bai Lianchen and asked, "May I ask, Fellow Daoist Bai, can immortals of any realm enter this Central Sea?"

"That is not the case!" Bai Lianchen shook her head and said, "Theoretically, anyone can enter, but in reality, even Taiyi Golden Immortals may not be able to dive into the seawater, let alone the seabed!"

"Therefore, to enter this Central Sea to collect Ancient God Sand, one needs at least the cultivation of the late Great Luo Golden Immortal stage!"

"As for how to collect it?"

Bai Lianchen pondered for a moment and said, "It is like this... there are many pebbles left over from the ancient times on the seabed!"

"Some of these stones are materials for refining magic treasures, and some are ores!"

"And there are also some ordinary stones!"

"And the Ancient God Sand is mixed among these stones!"

"Moreover, just by looking at the appearance, one cannot tell what is ore and what is Ancient God Sand!"

"When collecting, an immortal must enter the seabed and touch those stones one by one with their hands; the tactile sensation of each type of stone is different!"

"When you get the Ancient God Sand, you will naturally have a feeling!"

"I have a piece of Ancient God Sand here. Would you like to feel it first, Fellow Daoist?"

He Pingsheng shook his head: "No need... I happen to have a piece as well!"

"May I ask, Fellow Daoist, is this Ancient God Sand also divided into tiers?"

"It is not divided into tiers, but into grades!" Bai Lianchen said solemnly: "I do not know what tier of heavenly treasure this Ancient God Sand belongs to; anyway, it does not belong to the first to ninth tiers. Many people speculate that it might not have a tier!"

"But it does have a distinction in quality!"

"It is also divided into low-tier, mid-tier, and high-tier!"

"Low-tier Ancient God Sand appears black; in fact, mid-tier and high-tier are also black. You cannot tell from the appearance; you can only sense it when you hold it in your hand!"

He Pingsheng asked again: "Is there top-tier?"

"There might be!" Bai Lianchen said, "I heard that it seems to have appeared before, but it is extremely rare!"

"Then... for example, I am just giving a hypothetical example... after so many years, many immortals have gone down to collect it, will some places have already been combed through, making it useless for us to go down again!"

"Do we need to look for places where no one has ever been to collect it?"

This was indeed a problem.

If one were unlucky enough to dive into an area that others had already searched, wouldn't that be a waste of time?

He Pingsheng wanted to understand roughly which places had been collected and which places no one had been to yet.

But Bai Lianchen smiled again: "Fellow Daoist, you do not know... this Ancient God Sand on the seabed is not static; it moves!"

"The Ancient God Sand here is changing its position every moment!"

"So there is no such thing as searched or not searched; it is all the same!"

Once she said this, He Pingsheng understood immediately.

"Thank you..." He Pingsheng cupped his hands toward Bai Lianchen.

But just at this moment, the withered-looking shopkeeper suddenly appeared in this immortal teahouse.

It was the shopkeeper from the first floor of the Central Commercial Capital, a person who was extremely arrogant.

Clatter...

Seeing this shopkeeper enter, almost everyone in the entire hall stood up.

"Shopkeeper Gu..."

"Shopkeeper Gu has arrived!"

"Please sit, Shopkeeper Gu!"

Everyone cast fawning gazes toward the withered old man one by one.

Even Bai Lianchen, who was at the Dao Origin stage, stood up to show respect.

He Pingsheng, however, did not move; he remained seated in his chair.

He truly could not bring himself to fawn over a mere Great Luo Golden Immortal.

"Hmm..." Shopkeeper Gu nodded and said, "Everyone, please sit!"

Then, his gaze fell upon He Pingsheng, and he walked up in two or three strides: "I heard that someone was trading privately here just now!"

"This Senior, you are here for the first time, and I hope you will abide by the rules here!"

Shopkeeper Gu stared at He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng lifted the tea in his hand, took a sip, and said slowly, "Who told you that I violated the rules here?"

"Hmph..." the shopkeeper snorted coldly and asked, "Is this Senior questioning me?"

He Pingsheng put down the teacup in his hand and said with a smile, "What is it, was your attitude just now not questioning me?"

Shopkeeper Gu sneered: "Here, I can question you, Senior, but you, Senior, cannot question me!"

"Because... I am a person of the Central Heaven!"

"Shopkeeper Gu!" Bai Lianchen beside him stood up hurriedly and said, "Shopkeeper, you have misunderstood... Fellow Daoist He and I just made a trade, but we did not trade Ancient God Sand; we only traded two types of tea!"

"If you do not believe me, you can ask others!"

"This has nothing to do with you!" Shopkeeper Gu waved his hand at Bai Lianchen, then looked at He Pingsheng again: "I am just letting this newly arrived Senior understand the rules here!"

"Do not think that just because you are a Senior, you can do whatever you want!"

"Hehehe... this is the Central Heaven!"

"Even at the Dao Origin stage, you must abide by the rules of our Central Heaven!"

"How about this!" Shopkeeper Gu pursed his lips at He Pingsheng: "Give me a box of top-tier Heavenly Pure Sand, and today's matter will be considered settled!"

He Pingsheng was speechless.

This kind of cliché plot that could only happen among low-tier immortals was actually being performed by a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

This should not be!

But thinking about it, he could understand.

This fellow had been throwing his weight around here for years, relying on the name of the Central Heaven Emperor, and had gradually lost himself; now he had mistaken his status for his strength.

"I do not care about the rules of your Central Heaven!" He Pingsheng said slowly: "But I would like to ask you about the rules of the Immortal Realm!"

"Being so disrespectful to your elders and offending a Senior, do you not know your crime?"

"You are bold!" Shopkeeper Gu was suddenly furious: "Are you looking for death?"

He Pingsheng remained unmoved and took another sip of water: "A mere Great Luo Golden Immortal dares to clamor at me? I will give you one chance because I consider you ignorant!"

"Go back, and give me a mid-tier Ancient God Sand, and I will forgive your crime today!"

"Otherwise, you will not live past today!"