Chu Tianyao strolled down the street, "Hmm... As expected of the capital of the Upper Realm, it is indeed prosperous and bustling."
It's important to understand that the Upper Realm is different from the Lower Realm; there are no dynasties or empires there.
The most powerful forces in the Upper Realm are the various sects...
Here, a cultivator's cultivation level is the most important factor.
Once you reach the Nascent Soul Realm, each major realm becomes like a vast chasm.
A cultivator at the Mahayana Realm can annihilate tens of thousands of cultivators at the Integration Realm...
Such as the Qionghuang Army Formation in the Lower Realm, where Golden Core cultivators fight against Nascent Soul cultivators.
It does not exist in the Upper Realm.
Therefore, lower-level cultivators can never shake the power of higher-level cultivators simply by sheer numbers...
Moreover, cultivators in the Upper Realm have absolutely no interest in imperial power or hegemony.
Their goal was very clear: to seek immortality and enlightenment!
This Xuanxiao City is known as the "capital city" of the Upper Realm.
There are two reasons. First, because this place is very large, it gathers almost all the branches of all the sects in the Upper Realm...
The exchange of experiences among the cultivators was very lively, giving the impression of a bustling and prosperous place.
The second reason is that Xuanxiao, the city lord of Xuanxiao City, is the head of the three peaks of the Upper Realm!
Xuanxiao is a top-tier expert at the ninth level of the Mahayana Realm...
Legend has it that he already possessed the qualities to transcend tribulation and ascend to immortality.
It's just that some things are still unresolved, so they remain in the Upper Realm.
Xuanxiao was called the city lord not because of his military power or official position.
These concepts don't exist in the Upper Realm...
Both Xueyuan Zhenren of Winter City and Xuanxiao of Xuanxiao City became city lords through the recommendation of the majority of cultivators.
The city lord is responsible for the safety of the cultivators within the city and establishes corresponding rules.
Correspondingly, a certain percentage of spirit stones or magical artifacts from various transactions within the city will be used as "offerings".
Chu Tian looked into the distance and saw a building in front of him bustling with people.
This is an auction house where all sorts of rare and precious materials are sold.
Chu Tianyao arrived at the entrance of the auction house and glanced at the sign...
"The auction house ticket costs one thousand spirit stones, with fifty percent going towards venue operation costs and the remaining fifty percent being five hundred spirit stones as a token..."
"These 500 spirit stones can be used to auction items. In addition, guests can also exchange them for tokens themselves."
"Holy crap...this auction house ticket is seriously expensive!" Chu Tianyao frowned. "I only have a little over two thousand spirit stones on me."
"This is still the travel money my master gave me... Does this one ticket cost a thousand spirit stones?"
Chu Tianyao walked to the side and observed silently for a while.
Those entering the auction house were all of high cultivation level, mostly Nascent Soul stage cultivators, with relatively few Void Refinement stage cultivators...
As for cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage? They're all mining in the mining areas... where would they get the travel expenses to come here?
Chu Tianyao thought for a moment and said, "No wonder I'm short of money. It's mainly because my breakthrough speed is just too fast!"
"From the first level of the Nascent Soul Realm to the ninth level of the Void Refinement Realm, it only took six short years... All my thoughts were focused on cultivation, and I didn't accumulate any spirit stones."
"Forget it, I won't go to the auction house this time. I'll go check it out when I have more money..."
Chu Tianyao arrived at an inn called Yunmeng Inn.
"Let's see what the food is like in the capital of this True Realm..."
Just as Chu Tianyao found a place to sit down, a waiter at the Refinement Void Realm came to him with a menu.
The waiter handed over the menu. "Fellow Daoist...would you like to order something?"
Chu Tianyao took the menu and looked at it for a while, then his brows began to furrow slightly.
"Your restaurant's dishes are quite expensive. The starting price is fifty spirit stones... and the most expensive one even costs two thousand eight hundred spirit stones!"
The waiter chuckled, "Fellow Daoist...you get what you pay for. We have many spirit beasts, even dragons and phoenixes, as ingredients."
"The weakest of these spirit beasts is at the Void Refinement Realm, and some are even at the Mahayana Realm..."
"These ingredients can only be obtained by hunting with hunters at the Integration Realm or above. The Dragon Essence and Phoenix Marrow you see for 2,800 spirit stones can only be obtained by hiring a Mahayana Realm expert."
"This cost must be very high!"
Chu Tianyao's lips twitched. Damn, this store of yours is really something else, they've even started hunting dragons and phoenixes.
He touched his purse, thought for a moment, and ordered a few dishes at the Refinement of Void level.
The menu describes these dishes as follows...
Mystic Frost Jade Dew Soup is made by collecting morning dew and condensing mystic frost from thousand-year-old ice, then blending it with the fruit of a thousand-year-old tree and cooking it using a secret method. It has a sweet and refreshing taste, can clear the mind and brighten the eyes, and refresh the mind, and is very beneficial to cultivation.
The Seven-Colored Glazed Cake is a pastry made using a secret method, drawing on the essence of seven-colored spiritual flowers and blending it with the milk of spiritual beasts. It is colorful, melts in your mouth, and not only nourishes the body but also elevates the mind.
Yunyin Flying Crane Stew is made by stewing the wings of the thousand-year-old Yunyin Crane with rare medicinal herbs. The soup is delicious and the meat is tender. After consuming it, one can enhance physical strength and increase flight speed.
Purple Lightning Cake is made with the power of Purple Lightning as a guide, combined with spiritual wheat and rare medicinal herbs. The cake is purple in color and has a crispy texture. After consumption, it can enhance lightning resistance and increase the power of spells.
"The taste is good... but the price is outrageous..." Chu Tianyao tasted the four dishes. "I don't know if the ingredients are really that good, but anyway, it cost me five hundred spirit stones..."
"We've finally arrived in the capital of the Upper Realm from the Purple Maple Forest... We should definitely try some local specialties."
"For some reason, I have a feeling of a master descending from the mountain..."
As Chu Tianyao was savoring the food, two graceful female cultivators came to sit down at his table.
The two female cultivators looked stunning and alluring; one was dressed in green, and the other in purple.
The fabric of their clothes was thin and light, allowing glimpses of the two beautiful women's graceful figures...
These two women were none other than Azi and Aqing, the two female disciples of Ji Buduan, the young master of the Hehuan Sect.
Azi looked at Chu Tianyao and said with a smile, "This fellow Daoist is so handsome that it's impossible not to feel close to him!"
Ah Qing also smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, it is fate that we meet... Why don't the three of us sisters join us... and explore the mysterious path of cultivation together!"
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