Chapter IV: The Alliance of Merchants
The spheres of influence of the four islands are marked with a line, just like the border line of the secular world.
The spheres of influence of the four islands are not closely adjacent, and there are a large number of empty areas outside the sphere of influence of the four islands, and these seas are called the high seas.
In the inland sea, less than 1 percent of the area covered by the four islands is covered by the four islands, and the vast majority of the other areas are on the high seas.
Since the high seas do not belong to any sphere of influence, the high seas are also an area infested by demon thieves, and as long as they leave the sphere of influence of the four islands, they may encounter demon thieves at any time.
Therefore, the monks who traveled between the four islands of Tianri Island, Tianxing Island, Tianyue Island, and Tianchen Island generally traveled in groups to defend against the demon thieves who might appear at any time.
There is a special organization on the four islands that provides team services, called the Xingshang Alliance.
Qin Yang put away the map and came to the Celestial Star Merchant Alliance, which was located in the southwest of Celestial Star City. This three-story building suspended in the air, surrounded by clouds and mist, looks quite fairy.
In front of the gate of the Heavenly Star Merchant Alliance, there were monks coming in and out from time to time, all of them were congenital stage monks.
After Qin Yang entered the hall on the first floor of the Heavenly Star Merchant Alliance, a girl in a white dress immediately stepped forward and said to Qin Yang, "Immortal Master, are you going to travel far away?"
The girl in the white dress spoke in an extremely soft tone and spoke clearly, obviously with special training.
Qin Yang glanced at the girl and did not speak.
The white-clothed girl hurriedly explained: "I am a servant girl specially received by the Xingshang Alliance, and I specialize in receiving monks above the Jindan stage. ”
Qin Yang looked up and down at the girl in the white dress in surprise, this girl was obviously a mortal, how could she know that she was a Jindan stage monk.
The girl smiled softly and said, "Immortal Master don't have to wonder, our business alliance was opened by the Heavenly Star Palace, and we can use a magic weapon to receive information about the jade plate brought by Mr., so what kind of cultivation Mr. is, we only need to look at the color change on the artifact to know." ”
As she spoke, the girl took out a bead the size of a finger, which by this time had taken on a golden color.
After listening to the girl's explanation, Qin Yang nodded and said to the girl in the white dress, "I'm going to Tianchen City." ”
The girl in the white dress immediately said to Qin Yang, "Immortal Master, please come with me." ”
Qin Yang followed the girl in the white dress into a large room on the second floor, this room was very elegantly furnished, and there were all kinds of exotic flowers and plants in it that looked very comfortable.
In the room, there was a middle-aged man in a green robe, who was also a mortal, sitting behind a table, and was transcribing something with a pen, when he saw Qin Yang, he immediately smiled, stood up and said to Qin Yang, "Immortal Master, please take a seat." ”
After Qin Yang sat down in front of him, the girl in the white dress immediately brought a bowl of fragrant tea and put it in front of Qin Yang, and then stood beside Qin Yang with her hands down.
After glancing at Qin Yang, the middle-aged man in the green robe said politely: "It's the first time for the Immortal Master to come to our Tianxing Business Alliance, if it's the first time, let me introduce our services, if the Immortal Master knows something about the services of this bank, then I won't say much." ”
Qin Yang said: "Please introduce me." ”
The middle-aged man in the green robe smiled professionally and said to Qin Yang: "For the immortal masters who want to go outside the sphere of influence of Tianxing Island, we provide two ways to form a group for you to choose from, one is a team composed of monks above the congenital stage, we will ensure that each team has at least five monks above the Jindan stage, this kind of team is purely for the purpose of reaching the destination, and the speed is very fast; ”
After a well-trained pause, the middle-aged man in the green robe continued: " The second kind of group has a certain task of protecting merchants, responsible for transporting the goods of merchants, this kind of group has at least ten Jindan monks and more than 20 congenital monks, to join this team, you have to wait for the dispatch and arrangement of the monks sent by the Tianxing Xingshang Alliance, to join this kind of team, the monks above the Jindan stage can get a certain amount of remuneration, the specific amount of remuneration is one hundred spirit stones in the early stage of Jindan, one hundred and fifty spirit stones in the middle stage, two hundred spirit stones in the later stage, and three hundred spirit stones in the Great Perfection. ”
After listening to the introduction of the middle-aged man in the green robe, Qin Yang didn't want to get involved with his mother-in-law's business protection task, so he said without thinking: "Then I'll choose the first one." ”
The middle-aged man said with a smile on his face: "Okay, you make a registration first, and once this group has recruited enough people, we will notify you immediately." ”
Qin Yang asked, "How long will it take?"
The middle-aged man said: "There is only one Jindan monk in this group now, if you want to form a group, it will take about half a year." ”
Qin Yang's face was slightly angry and said, "Half a year, why does it take so long? Don't you say that this kind of group is the fastest?"
The middle-aged man hurriedly explained, "I mean that after leaving Tianxing City, the speed of arriving in Tianchen City was very fast, and I didn't count the time spent waiting in Tianchen City. In fact, the first way to form a group is not easy to form a city gong, because ordinary Jindan monks will choose the second way to form a group with a guardian task, one can earn some spirit stones, and the other is that there are more people, which is relatively safer. ”
After the middle-aged man's explanation, Qin Yang also understood, so he said to the middle-aged man: "Then if I choose to protect the merchant group, how long will it take to leave." ”
The middle-aged man said: "Now there is a team of seven people who have gone to Tianchen City, if nothing else, this team can be successfully formed within ten days, then you can leave." ”
Qin Yang thought for a moment and said to the middle-aged man, "Then I'll choose the second way to form a group." ”
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Then let's make a registration, please show me your residence permit or temporary residence permit." ”
After completing the registration, Bai Yi still led Qin Yang to the hall like a spring breeze, and the hall was full of congenital stage monks, who were looking at the announcements around the hall
Then he was sent out of the Celestial Star Business Alliance, and his service was extremely thoughtful.
After coming out of the Heavenly Star Business Alliance, Qin Yang went to the street and plunged into the major merchants.
After buying a bunch of things on the first day, early the next morning, Qin Yang plunged into the major businesses again, chatting with the shopkeeper while buying some rare goods.
Anyway, I still have to stay in Sky Star City for a few days, and it would be good to know more about the situation.
After some chatting, Qin Yang also had a general understanding of the ruling system of the Sea of Disillusionment, and the four islands of the Sea of Disillusionment all practiced the system of managing the city with the palace and the city with the city on the island.
The supreme ruling body in the sphere of influence of Tianxing Island is the Tianxing Palace, and the topmost palace building on the boulder of Tianxing Island is where the Tianxing Palace is located.
The supreme ruler of the Heavenly Star Palace is the palace master, and now the palace master of the Heavenly Star Palace is called Li Zu, a monk in the late Yuan Infant period, who rarely shows up in normal times, and the vast majority of the residents of the Heavenly Star City don't know what the supreme ruler of the Heavenly Star City looks like.
Under the palace master is the deputy palace master, and under the deputy palace master are the Dharma protectors and elders.
The Celestial Star Palace directly controls the Celestial Star City, while the Celestial Star City controls the nine large islands in the surrounding 3,000 miles of sea, and the nine large islands manage thousands of middle islands and small islands.
Tianri Island, Tianyue Island, and Tianchen Island also practice this system.
Although these four islands appear to be safe and sound, and they also have dealings with each other, they are secretly guarding against each other.
Moreover, every 100 years or so, there will be a relatively large friction between the four islands, and after a scuffle, they will get back together.
The ruling system and power distribution of the four islands are just Qin Yang's occasional efforts to find the medicinal materials and refining materials he needs.
He didn't come to the Sea of Disillusionment to fight the entire Sea of Disillusionment, he came here to kill Wuheng, and he focused on the situation on the Blood Ghost Island where Wuheng was located.
After a few days of inquiry, he had obtained some information from the Blood Ghost Sect.
The name of the Blood Ghost Sect is very large, it is one of the seven demon sects of the Phantom Sea, the Blood Ghost Sect has always been in charge of the Blood Ghost Ancestor, nearly a hundred years ago, after the mysterious disappearance of the Blood Ghost Ancestor, the Blood Ghost fell on the head of Wuheng's father Wujia, Wujia condensed into a Yuan Infant more than a hundred years ago, and the blood ghost demon fire skill of a body is extremely strange.
In addition to being in charge of the Blood Ghost Sect, he also served as the protector of the Tianchen Sect and was very powerful in the Tianchen Palace.
As for Wu Heng, he is full of the Great Garden, and his bloody demon skills are difficult to meet opponents among monks of the same level, and he has not shown his face in recent decades, and many people speculate that he is retreating to hit the bottleneck and intensify the condensation of the Yuan Infant.
Qin Yang was very clear about what Wu Heng had done in the so-called retreat for a few years, he was not in the Sea of Disillusionment retreat and cultivation, but went to the Yunluo Kingdom to refine the soul of the Confucian scholar and condense the Yuan Infant.
Qin Yang was only able to find out about the Blood Ghost Sect, and the situation about Wuheng was limited to this, he estimated that if he wanted to find out more detailed information about the Blood Ghost Sect, he might not be able to do it until he arrived in Tianchen City.
Anyway, he would leave for Tianchen City in a few days, and after Qin Yang understood some basic information, he also focused his attention on purchasing materials for medicines and refining weapons.
After shopping around Tianxing Island for a few days, Qin Yang's shopping addiction is getting bigger and bigger, and the more he shops, the more excited he becomes.
There were many things in Heavenly Star City that he had never seen before, and many materials that could not be bought in Jade Mirror City were easily found here.
After buying a bunch of things a little uncontrollably, Qin Yang couldn't help but smile a little dumbly, it seems that he really has some collecting habits.
He was now focused on finding the second type of things, the second type of things that he desperately needed.
There are two kinds of things that Qin Yang urgently needs now, one is to refine the medicinal materials of the Xuanyuan-level Qi Condensing Pill or the Earth Spirit Level Qi Condensing Pill.
The pill Qin Yang was taking now was a Xuanling-grade Qi Condensing Pill.
If he found all the medicinal materials to refine the Xuanyuan-level Qi Condensing Pill, his cultivation speed could be doubled.
With Qin Yangxian's cultivation speed of taking Xuanling-grade pills, he expected that he would not be able to cultivate to the late stage of Jindan until at least ten years later.
And if he refined the Xuanyuan-level Qi Condensing Pill, this time could be greatly shortened, and he would only need about five years to cultivate to the late stage of the Jindan.
If he was refining the Earth Spirit Level Qi Condensing Pill, he would only need about three years to cultivate to the late stage of the Golden Pill.
With Qin Yang's current situation, it is unrealistic to spare a lot of time to retreat and cultivate, and if he doesn't have some ideas on the pill, he will probably not be a problem for ten years if he wants to cultivate to the late stage of the Jindan.
Therefore, it was really normal for Qin Yang to want to refine some higher-grade pills.