Giant Cauldron Immortal City.
Named for its resemblance to a giant cauldron, the Giant Cauldron Immortal City, when viewed from afar, resembles a colossal cauldron standing on the earth, stretching for millions of miles. Sunlight shines upon the city, casting a golden glow upon its ancient walls, which appear as if cast from divine metal, making it sacred and solemn.
This is the most prosperous immortal city in the entire Nanyue, and also the place with the closest exchanges with the outside world. Normally, people entering Nanyue would pass through the Giant Cauldron Immortal City. It is precisely because of the dense flow of people that the Giant Cauldron Immortal City became prosperous.
Fang Xiu's first impression of the Giant Cauldron Immortal City was its sheer size; it stretched as far as the eye could see, seemingly connecting heaven and earth, exuding an air of otherworldly grandeur.
Fang Xiu entered the city. The area outside the city gate was bustling with activity. Brilliant beams of immortal light pierced through the sky from afar, and upon reaching the city gate, they would unconsciously descend from the sky and walk into the city.
"This immortal looks unfamiliar. Is this your first time visiting the Giant Cauldron Immortal City?" A beautiful young woman in a light purple gauze dress jogged over from a distance, revealing a slightly reserved and obsequious smile to the other party.
"This junior, Wen Ziyi, has lived in this giant cauldron since childhood..."
“No,” Fang Xiu said calmly.
Wen Ziyi's smile froze slightly; for a moment, the young girl didn't know how to respond.
While she was still in a daze, Fang Xiu had already walked away into the distance.
Although Fang Xiu had never been to the Giant Cauldron Immortal City, he hadn't spent his time in the Void Moon Palace for nothing. He knew a little about the affairs of the entire Southern Yue. Mortal cultivators like Wen Ziyi basically acted as guides here, serving and leading newcomers to the places they wanted to go.
However, Fang Xiu didn't need a guide, because the inter-domain teleportation array wasn't a secret place. It was quite well-known and occupied a huge area. The Void Moon Palace's Scripture Pavilion contained a map of the Giant Cauldron Immortal City, and he had already looked at the map before coming. So he knew the location of the inter-domain teleportation array very well and didn't need a guide.
Ignoring all worldly affairs and the prosperity of the Giant Cauldron Immortal City, he went directly to the area where the inter-domain teleportation array was located, paid the fee, underwent inspection, and teleported away.
It's worth mentioning that the inspection of the inter-domain teleportation array was much stricter than usual, with a special patrol team carrying immortal artifact compasses to distinguish auras. However, this did not pose any obstacle for Fang Xiu, who had completely transformed into Zhou Qingfeng.
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Several days later, Fang Xiu traveled through various inter-domain teleportation arrays and finally arrived at the core area of Yunzhou, Liuyun Immortal City.
Liuyun Immortal City is the largest, most central, and most prosperous immortal city in the entire Yunzhou. If Yunzhou were a country, Liuyun Immortal City would be its capital.
This place is a melting pot of all sorts of people. Basically, all the famous immortal dynasties and sects have a presence in Liuyun Immortal City, making it a place teeming with powerful figures.
This is exactly what Fang Xiu wants. He needs to comprehend the Mark of Time through fortune-telling, so he must choose a place with many powerful people to maximize his benefits.
He walked through the Flowing Cloud Immortal City. The wide streets were interconnected and densely packed like a network. On both sides of the streets were ancient and colorful buildings that sold elixirs, medicines, artifacts and other resources.
He randomly chose a place with a lot of foot traffic and started setting up his stall.
In his memory, this is how fortune tellers usually tell fortunes.
However, since he didn't have the tools to set up a stall, he had to buy them from other vendors.
Fang Xiu walked up to a fortune teller's stall. Behind the man stood a banner that read: "Knowledgeable in astronomy, geography, human relationships, yin and yang, the Eight Trigrams, Qimen Dunjia, and Dunjia; the 38th generation successor of Tianji Pavilion, the Divine Calculator of Heavenly Secrets; no charge if the prediction is inaccurate."
The stall also displayed tortoise shells, ancient coins, a fortune-telling tube, and a Bagua diagram as a tablecloth, making him look like a professional con artist.
However, this swindler does possess some skill; judging from his aura, he is a sixth-order True Immortal.
This is the bare minimum standard for swindling. After all, this is Liuyun Immortal City. If a mere mortal cultivator came to tell fortunes for immortals, he would most likely be mistaken for a fraudster and tricked away.
"Fellow Daoist, what do you wish to have divined? I am Master Tianji, a direct disciple of the Tianji Pavilion. I dare not claim to be infallible, but I have at least never made a mistake. Do you know the Nine Extremes Immortal Dynasty? Even the ruler of the Nine Extremes Kingdom once sought my divine guidance..."
Fang Xiu interrupted the other party's incessant chatter: "One Immortal Essence Pill, and I'll buy your stall."
As he spoke, he tossed out a Celestial Essence Pill. This pill wasn't particularly precious, but it was a common pill among sixth-order True Immortals and a staple for home cultivation.
The Heavenly Mystery Master, a direct disciple of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, picked up the Immortal Essence Pill from the table, sniffed it, and his eyes lit up. Without saying a word, he took the pill and left.
He didn't care what Fang Xiu wanted his stall for; the stall wasn't worth anything anyway, and the items on it were all fakes.
For those in their line of work, the most important thing is to have a keen eye. Although the newcomer appeared gentle and refined, the confidence and calm in his eyes, as if he could control everything, indicated that he was no ordinary person. Although his words were brief, they carried an undeniable air of authority.
Faced with such a person's request, all he needed to do was ignore it, pick up the elixir, and leave.
After he left, Fang Xiu sat down at his stall and waited for customers to come.
This wait lasted for three days.
For three whole days, no one paid any attention to it.
Meanwhile, in the present world.
Xia Kingdom, Investigation Bureau Headquarters, Chief Captain's Office.
Xiao Chuxia was staring blankly at the pothos on the windowsill. It was planted by Fang Xiu when he was still alive. Now the pothos was lush and green, but the person who grew the flower was no longer there.
"Sigh." She let out a long sigh, recalling every moment with Fang Xiu in her mind. Ever since he first called her by name, his image had been etched in her heart.
Now that Fang Xiu is gone, she feels empty inside, and she knows she must be lovesick.
"It's another day without Brother Xiu. I miss him," Xiao Chuxia sighed.
"Can you think about this from another angle? This is my office."
Sitting on the captain's throne, Fang Moli frowned.
Xiao Chuxia glared at him angrily: "This is Brother Xiu's office, from the past to the present, always, and always will be!"
"Excuse me, I am the captain now." Fang Moli took a sip of tea with a blank expression. His captain's uniform made him look particularly dignified.
"Yes, yes, yes, acting captain." Xiao Chuxia's pretty face was full of sarcasm.
Fang Moli's face darkened, and he was about to retort when a loud bang was heard as the office door was kicked open.
"I'm back!" A loud voice rang out, and then Yang Ming, dressed in tattered clothes, strode in, acting as if he were in his own home, and picked up the tea on Fang Moli's table and began to gulp it down.
After drinking it, bang!
The teacup with five black finger marks on it was placed heavily on the table.
Fang Moli's face darkened even more.
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