Behind the water curtain was a giant whale circling in place. The whale had no physical form and seemed to be composed of countless colorful threads.
Beneath it lies an island made of coral.
The buildings on the island are either seashell houses, conch shell houses, starfish houses, or turtle shell houses.
Lin Qianqian's favorite house was the one covered in pearls; it made her extremely envious!
The streets are crisscrossed, and the houses are mostly shops, with people constantly coming and going.
The street outside the shop was crowded with vendors selling their wares, most of whom were Hai people.
All sorts of sea creatures walked, crawled, or floated on the street, dazzling Lin Qianqian.
"Yunze, why don't the sea creatures here wear water membranes? I remember when we were in the underwater secret realm, many sea creatures wore water membranes when they left the water."
Because this island is a magical treasure for the sea creatures, allowing them to live here temporarily without water.
"I see. The world is truly full of wonders."
There were many people buying things on the street, and the composition of the crowd was more complex, with people of all races.
The streets are dotted with coral reefs and seaweed clumps, each containing a bubble of varying sizes. Inside each bubble is a fish.
Seeing her examining the water bubbles, Yunze explained, "Those are moonfish. At night, they glow like little moons, making them perfect for lighting."
Lin Qianqian learned something new once again.
Afterwards, Yunze paid the island entry fee at the coral hut at the dock, and a shrimp soldier handed them two signs that read "Xuanhai Market".
After Yunze took it, he handed one of the pieces to Lin Qianqian.
She carefully examined the shrimp soldiers and crab generals before her, half-human, half-shrimp/crab, walking upright. Their weapons were their own large claws, which looked somewhat ferocious and had a salty, fishy smell.
Lin Qianqian thought that if Chu Zhou saw them, he would definitely be itching to catch one and take it back to study.
Leaving the dock, a few hundred meters ahead was the main street, where groups of sea creatures were patrolling and checking people. Yunze frowned.
Lin Qianqian noticed: "What's wrong?"
“There weren’t this many sea creatures patrolling when I came last time.”
However, he didn't care about that, because Lin Qianqian was already attracted by the novel items on the stall.
Although she didn't necessarily want to buy everything, she found everything fascinating and would go to each stall to take a look.
Before I knew it, I had arrived at a corner of the street.
This stall in the corner is rather strange. I didn't see the stall owner; there was only a square table with a dozen or so black stones of various sizes on it.
Yunze explained via telepathy, "This is a Soul Nourishing Stone, a specialty of Ghost Abyss Cave, the habitat of the Ghost Clan. Soul Nourishing Stones are also scarce in the Immortal Abyss Realm, so they are not cheap."
Lin Qianqian blinked. If she remembered correctly, there was a cave beneath the sea of clouds in her Cloud Void Realm, filled with these kinds of stones.
Besides, she also had a Soul Jade hanging on her chest.
Soul Jade is the essence of Soul Nourishing Stone. It is produced in places where Soul Nourishing Stone is found, and is even rarer due to a combination of chance and opportunity.
Perhaps Lin Qianqian had been staring at the stones for too long, because the largest one moved slightly, with two slender, bamboo-like legs extending from below, and two slender arms extending from either side.
Finally, a mouth, a nose, and two glowing red eyes grew out of the stone.
Without a physical body, his overall appearance is somewhat cartoonish, but Lin Qianqian felt that his strength was anything but cute.
And just then, Yunze's voice transmission came through: "This is a ghost cultivator residing in the Soul Nourishing Stone. He must have been injured and is recuperating inside the Soul Nourishing Stone. Ghosts have no physical form and generally don't come out during the day. But occasionally, some powerful ghosts will appear in dark corners during the day. Most ghosts have bad tempers and don't like being stared at."
Upon hearing Yunze's explanation, Lin Qianqian noticed that the ghost's red eyes were very sinister, its aura was also evil, and its cultivation level was much higher than hers.
Although Yunze was by her side, she didn't want to cause any more trouble, so she quickly pulled him away.
The ghost cultivator watched their departing figures, a strange light gleaming in his red eyes. His once-cute lips stretched into an evil smile before he slowly retreated back into the stone.
Because it had retreated back into the stone earlier, it didn't see Yunze turn around, and its gaze was unusually cold.
Yunze thought to himself, "We concealed our presence, and some arrogant fools took us for a fool!"
After looking back at the ghost clan, he took Lin Qianqian to visit many places and bought many local specialties from the Immortal Abyss Realm.
They bought whatever they liked, since neither of them lacked spirit stones.
Finally, we arrived at Xuanhuang Pavilion in the center of the market. Yunze explained that it was a shop opened by the Dan Sect.
As soon as I stepped into the shop, a young waiter dressed in blue came to greet me.
Lin Qianqian took a closer look and found that he was a cultivator in the Qi Refining stage.
He stepped forward and politely asked, "What would you two gentlemen like to buy?"
Yunze remained silent, but Lin Qianqian, standing beside him, rattled off a long list: "Qi-replenishing pills, Yuan-replenishing pills, Yuan-cultivating pills, Dragon-Tiger pills, Qingling pills... one thousand bottles of each. Bone-regenerating pills, muscle-regenerating pills, beauty-enhancing pills... one hundred bottles of each. Rejuvenating pills, longevity-enhancing pills, youth-stabilizing pills... ten bottles of each."
The guy picked at his ears, wondering if he had misheard.
Although the pills Lin Qianqian mentioned included low-grade, mid-grade, and high-grade ones, and their Pill Sect could also refine them, who would buy so many at once?
Take the high-grade Rejuvenation Pill and Longevity Pill, for example. It's already good enough if you occasionally get even one bottle, let alone ten bottles of each at the same time.
After cleaning his ears, he repeated the process, which earned Lin Qianqian's approval.
The waiter in blue carefully examined the guests in front of him, and after confirming that they were not there to cause trouble, he invited them to sit down in the inner room.
"Please wait a moment, sir. I will go and fetch the steward right away."
Seeing the shop assistant leave, Yunze asked Lin Qianqian, "Are you really going to buy so many pills?"
"Yes, Blue Star lacks spiritual energy, and the cultivators of Yan Kingdom are short of cultivation resources. It's not easy for me to come to the Immortal Abyss Realm, so I must buy more to take back."
Upon hearing Lin Qianqian's answer, Yunze remained silent for a while before asking, "Do they know about the existence of the Cloud Void Realm?"
She was stunned, and immediately understood what Yunze was worried about.
She smiled slyly and said, "I'll buy the medicine, you pay for it!"
"Huh?" Yunze was taken aback for a moment, then immediately replied, "It doesn't matter how many you buy, I can afford it."
Lin Qianqian was overjoyed; she was satisfied with Yunze's attitude.
"I was just kidding. I plan to pay with precious spiritual plants from the Immortal Abyss Realm, live and fresh spiritual plants."
Yunze immediately understood: "You want to settle the cause and effect."
"Yes, I took Yunxu Realm with me, causing many precious spiritual plants to disappear in the Immortal Abyss Realm. This has created some karma. Now that the Pill Sect has obtained these spiritual plants, with their abilities, they will definitely be able to preserve their seeds and cultivate even more."
“That’s true. This cause and effect may not necessarily affect you, but it’s better to let it go if possible.” Yunze agreed with Lin Qianqian’s approach.
"However, it was you, Venerable Yunze, who bought the elixirs," she emphasized again.
Yunze asked, "Are you worried?"
"It's not entirely out of concern. No one in the Immortal Abyss Realm dares to investigate the fact that you, Venerable Yunze, have bought so many pills. Back on Blue Star, no one will doubt that you can afford them either."
"It seems you've already thought this through."
"Of course!"
"It's not just these pills; we'll need to buy even more things later, all of which I'll have to pay for upfront. But I'm not one to be taken advantage of, and this can't go on forever. I've already contributed quite a bit in previous transactions, but this time the quantity is so large that Yan Kingdom will definitely have to repay what they've advanced. They can't repay it now, but the mall will eventually travel to a higher plane and exchange for many things that we can both use. If we take more then, they'll agree."
As the two were talking, the waiter came over with a middle-aged man.
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