Chapter 545 - 201: Unexpected Gains: God Avoiding Pill, 4th-Grade Grand Array, Time Wine 4

Chapter 545: Chapter 201: Unexpected Gains: God Avoiding Pill, 4th-Grade Grand Array, Time Wine 4

But the group also arrived at Celestial Essence City smoothly before nightfall.

"This is Celestial Essence City?

Indeed, it’s big!"

Zhou Changwang gazed at Celestial Essence City from afar, his face involuntarily showing a hint of amazement.

Indeed.

At this moment, they were still tens of miles away from Celestial Essence City.

Yet along the way, they had already seen more than one caravan.

All of them, like them, were rushing towards Celestial Essence City from various cultivation clans and factions.

From a distance, he looked at Celestial Essence City, resembling a giant ancient beast lying on the ground.

Countless buildings, scattered among them.

Although not as densely populated as the cities in his previous life, the ancient style and the unique charm of cultivator architecture made one involuntarily amazed.

Compared to the Fengming Village Marketplace and Divine Wind Valley Marketplace where he had stayed before, it’s more than ten times larger.

And it is even more majestic and solid.

"Indeed.

Celestial Essence City, being at the junction of Li Fire Domain, Southern Territory, and Celestial River Domain, has always attracted cultivators from different regions.

Thus, it has been continually expanding.

Celestial Essence City now is nearly twice as large as it was a hundred years ago."

Beside him, a cultivator named Chen Tao explained with a smile.

Along the journey, Zhou Changwang also befriended several Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.

After all, they were cultivators of the same realm, and given his status as an Alchemy Master, no one dared to easily offend an Alchemy Master.

Because no one knew when they might need to ask something of him.

"Speaking of Celestial Essence City, besides the Immortal Cities owned by the Major Sects, it’s the largest cultivation city in Li Fire Domain.

Moreover, it doesn’t belong to any Major Sect.

The City Lord is not a private property of any cultivation clan but is held by one who is virtuous.

For instance, the current Celestial Essence City Lord, Qin Yu, started as a descendant of a Foundation Establishment Cultivation Clan and only ascended to the position step by step after his cultivation rose.

And the previous Celestial Essence City Lord was just a loose cultivator..."

Next to him, a Foundation Establishment member of the Zou Family, Zou Yingjie, also began to introduce.

They all knew that Zhou Changwang was an outsider to the city, so they did their best to provide introductions.

Zhou Changwang nodded, his eyes slightly flickering.

"Of course, what’s most worth mentioning is the Mountain Protection Array of Celestial Essence City.

It is said to be comparable to a Sect Guardian Formation, a Fourth-Grade Array.

Rumor has it that once the entire array is activated, even if a Core Formation Realm cultivator attacks with all their might until they exhaust themselves, they can’t break open this array.

It’s said to be designed to repel even stronger cultivators.

Every year, the City Lord’s Mansion spends a large amount of Spirit Stones maintaining the array, so it can be said that one can be assured of absolute safety as long as they are within Celestial Essence City.

Even Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators dare not make a move within the city.

Because once they do, Spiritual Power fluctuation will be detected. If it reaches a certain level, the array will automatically trigger, generating suppression force.

The guard team within Celestial Essence City will also arrive immediately.

Once it’s confirmed that a real conflict has occurred, regardless of right or wrong, or identity, all will be executed.

Only in some Dharma Cultivation fields and Magic Battle Arena places can one make a move without triggering the array detection..."

The Foundation Establishment from the Zheng Family, afraid that Zhou Changwang would be recruited by the other two cultivation clans, hurriedly spoke.

"Indeed.

Even without approaching, I can already feel the oppressive aura of this grand array."

Zhou Changwang’s Array Dao cultivation was equally not weak.

Watching the array glow enveloping Celestial Essence City, his heart was filled with emotion and shock.

Core Formation Realm cultivators couldn’t attack successfully?

Set up for guarding against even stronger cultivators?

What’s beyond Core Formation?

That would be a True Monarch level existence.

In the entire Li Fire Domain, he had never heard of anyone truly stepping into that level.

"But rumors have it that in Southern Territory and Celestial River Domain, there are indeed such presences holding down the fort."

Zhou Changwang’s thoughts were swirling inside, also slightly curious and yearning.

Speaking of which, the group entered Celestial Essence City.

Each person pays a Lower-Grade Spirit Stone city entry fee.

No distinction between mortal, Qi Cultivation, or Foundation Establishment cultivator.

If transporting goods, you also need to pay a certain management fee.

Expensive, naturally very expensive.

But no one showed any strange expressions; evidently, it’s the norm.

Once inside Celestial Essence City, the oppressive aura of the array was no longer felt.

The bustling scene also broadened Zhou Changwang’s horizons.

"Celestial Essence City, despite being called a city, is actually not much different from other cultivation marketplaces, just significantly larger.

There are many sects, factions, cultivation clans, or loose cultivators operating shops within the city, where all sorts of Magical Artifacts, materials, magic, Spirit Pills, Spiritual Medicines, Talismans, and various Immortal Techniques... can be found."

"Although Celestial Essence City is mostly dominated by shops.

During the Celestial Essence Summit held every ten years, many stalls are added for transactions among various clans and loose cultivators.

Some specialties are only produced in certain locations or by specific cultivation clans.

Some Spirit Wine and delicacies are favorites among even the disciples of major sects.

Especially the Zou Family’s Time Wine, they say even a Foundation Establishment Elder from Shuiyue Cave is very fond of it; this time, it probably won’t even need to be displayed as it’ll be sold for a lot of Spirit Stones."

Chen Tao spoke, unable to resist glancing at Zou Jieming from the Zou Family.

The Zou Family, indeed, is the strongest among the three major cultivation clans.

Not only proficient in arrays and alchemy, but their unexpected production of Spirit Wine is also very popular, being from Lingnan, they can’t help but be a little jealous.

Zou Jieming couldn’t help but smile complacently.

Indeed, at the previous Celestial Essence Summit, their Time Wine caused quite a stir.

Moreover, Chen Tao’s words were somewhat conservative—orders lined up ten years ahead came rushing in afterward.

Meaning that once Time Wine is produced, it’s taken away immediately, not displayed at this summit.

This time, they brought another Spirit Wine, Ten Thousand Flowers Fragrance.

"Indeed, if Kunpeng Daoist is interested, then be sure to browse through various stalls; you never know when you might make an unexpected discovery."

Beside him, Zheng Family’s Foundation Establishment, Zheng Xiuyuan, spoke up too upon hearing this.

Compared to the Chen Family and Zou Family treating Zhou Changwang as an ordinary Alchemy Master.

The Zheng Family witnessed him quickly refining the Fushen Pill with their own eyes, hence their attitude was quite different.

And Zheng Xiuyuan is quite shrewd, naturally not broadcasting this fact.

Zhou Changwang himself also wouldn’t deliberately speak about it.

"Indeed, I’m quite interested."

Zhou Changwang replied with a smile, yet his eyes subtly scanned the surroundings, noticing that an elder from the Zheng Family had hurriedly left ahead.

But as it didn’t concern him much, he didn’t ask further.

The entire Celestial Essence City is indeed vast, and even within their group, it didn’t feel crowded.

Yet observing from afar, there were actually quite a number of people, and some large beasts drawn carts carrying goods that weren’t suitable to store in Storage Bags.

Within the city, there were also mountain stones, streams, and many Spirit Trees and Spirit Flowers overflowing with Spiritual Qi.

Decorated with these mountain stones, Spirit Trees, and Spirit Flowers, the golden hues looked quite graceful and distinct from ordinary mortal cities, naturally exuding a sense of immortality.