Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 246 - 164 Fairy Qinglian, Young Master Taixu (Seeking Monthly Pass)_1

Chapter 246: 164 Fairy Qinglian, Young Master Taixu (Seeking Monthly Pass)_1

Seven days later, Shen Long left his residence and began strolling down the street.

He had reviewed the book he bought, and compared it with the book Han Xuewei had given him, only to find that the latter’s records were more comprehensive.

After a short while, Shen Long arrived at the majestic entrance of a palace. The sign above the door bore the words "Transference Hall," which housed a large transference array capable of teleporting to the Cultivation Realm of the Northern Sea.

Many cultivators were entering and exiting the Transference Hall, most of whom were Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Shen Long entered, and what met his eyes was a spacious and bright hall with two hundred-zhang-wide transference arrays. People were teleporting in and out constantly.

Shen Long paid ten thousand Spirit Stones and stepped onto one of the transference arrays. Once ten people had gathered, the guards injected a spell into the array, causing it to tremble slightly.

A burst of blinding spiritual light shot into the sky, engulfing the figures of Shen Long and the others.

After a moment of slight dizziness, Shen Long came to his senses and found himself inside another spacious and bright hall with two large transference arrays.

Shen Long walked outside, and exiting the hall, he found himself atop a steep peak with a panoramic view of a massive city peppered with buildings and bustling cultivators.

The peak was located within the giant city, where many places were guarded by powerful prohibitions, and a blue stone staircase wound its way from the top of the mountain down to the foot.

As Shen Long descended the mountain, a pudgy blue-robed man approached hastily, bowed respectfully, and said, "Junior He Hai at your service. Does the senior need a guide? It’s only a hundred Spirit Stones."

Shen Long handed over a hundred Spirit Stones to He Hai and instructed, "Lead the way! Tell me about the marketplace."

"Yes, senior," He Hai replied, a broad smile on his face as he gestured invitingly and led the way.

While guiding the way, He Hai provided a constant stream of information, and Shen Long would interject with questions, to which He Hai had answers for everything.

They were currently on Purple Coral Island, an island controlled by the Han Family and also the largest marketplace in the Coral Sea Domain.

The Coral Sea Domain consisted of over ten thousand islands, with the Han Family controlling more than six thousand and the Su Family controlling over four thousand. Both the Han Family and the Su Family were among the eight major forces of the Northern Sea.

The Han Family’s lineage spanned over a million years with profound heritage, while the Su Family was a rising force.

Over thirty thousand years ago, the Four Seas Alliance dominated the Cultivation Realm of the Northern Sea. With two Soul Transformation Cultivators, other forces bowed their heads and did not dare to defy the commands of the Four Seas Alliance, the Han Family included.

The Four Seas Alliance was domineering, and other forces dared not voice their anger.

After the disappearance of the Soul Transformation Cultivators from the Four Seas Alliance, the Han Family united with other forces to annihilate the alliance, and during this war, the Su Family rose to power.

The Su Family was originally just a small clan with their highest Cultivation at the Foundation Establishment Stage. Then Su Nishang, a cultivator with a Heavenly Spirit Root and proficient in Fire System Divine Power, emerged, possessing immense divine abilities and a Dark Phoenix as well.

Su Nishang reached the Nascent Soul Stage in less than four hundred years. In the battle against the Four Seas Alliance, with the help of a fourth-tier Dark Phoenix, Su Nishang slew five Nascent Soul Cultivators, made a name in the Northern Sea’s Cultivation Realm, and established the Su Family’s status.

As one mountain cannot contain two tigers, the Su Family and the Han Family were rivals. However, both sides exercised restraint, and their disputes were contained within certain limits, without Nascent Soul Cultivators taking action.

The Cultivation Realm of the Northern Sea had over a hundred sea domains, and the Coral Sea Domain was situated in the rear, where high-tier Monster Beasts were rare. To hunt higher-tier Monster Beasts, one would need to venture into the Outer Sea.

The Northern Sea’s Cultivation Realm was divided into the Inner and Outer Seas. The Inner Sea referred to the territories occupied by Human Cultivators, broadly meaning the over a hundred sea domains, while the Outer Sea referred to undeveloped sea regions abundant in Monster Beast resources. Fourth-tier Flood Dragons usually appeared in the Outer Sea, and there were even fifth-tier Monster Beasts.

The last sighting of a fifth-tier Monster Beast in the Outer Sea was over five hundred years ago.

Beast tides erupted in the Northern Sea’s Cultivation Realm periodically. Typically, only small-scale beast tides occurred in the Inner Sea, at most led by third-tier Monster Beasts. In the Outer Sea, large-scale beast tides broke out regularly, with at least fourth-tier Monster Beasts leading them.

Over five hundred years ago, a large-scale beast tide erupted in the Outer Sea, led by a fifth-tier Monster Beast, which killed dozens of Nascent Soul Cultivators. Only the intervention of Taihao True Monarch, a Soul Transformation Cultivator, repelled the fifth-tier Monster Beast.

Taihao True Monarch, a Soul Transformation Cultivator and a Loose Cultivator, was the foremost among the Northern Sea’s ten immortals. The fact that a Loose Cultivator could attain the Divinity Transformation Stage showed how rich the Cultivation resources of the Northern Sea’s Cultivation Realm were.

After the time it took to sip a cup of tea, He Hai stopped. Not far away was an eighteen-story pavilion, with a blue signboard bearing the golden characters "Enchantment Immortal Pavilion." The signboard’s spiritual light flickered without cease. It was an exceptionally powerful Magic Artifact.

"Senior, this is a good place; it’s nice to come over and relax when you have some free time," He Hai said.

He Hai had a sleazy look on his face.

"Enchantment Immortal Pavilion? What is this place?"

Shen Long asked curiously, as Han Xuewei had not mentioned this shop to him.

"A place where Cultivators fall into depravity, hmph, those Cultivators who indulge in such places don’t amount to much."

A dismissive female voice sounded.

Shen Long looked towards the source of the voice and saw a tall girl wearing a dark green lotus dress, with a delicate melon-seed face, slender willow eyebrows, full of heroic spirit, a straight, beautiful nose, rosy lips, skin like coagulated fat, and three thousand locks of black hair fluttering in the wind, emanating an aura of untouchability.

Observing the aura of the girl in the green dress, she was at the Core Formation Middle Stage of Cultivation.

"Hehe, that may not necessarily be the case, I, for one, enjoy the pleasures here," said a hearty male voice emerging from the Enchantment Immortal Pavilion.

As soon as these words were spoken, a handsome youth in white, with a tall figure, strode out, his waist wrapped in a white jade belt, with a white dragon-shaped jade pendant hanging from his waist. Looking at his aura, he too was at the Core Formation Middle Stage.

"Hmph, we’ll talk when you make it into the top ten of the Hidden Dragon Rankings," the girl in the green dress snorted coldly and strode away.

The youth in white looked toward Shen Long and said with a smile, "New goods have arrived, Fellow Daoist might want to try them out."

After speaking, the youth in white also strode away.

Shen Long was utterly confused and looked at He Hai, who quickly explained.

After hearing He Hai’s explanation, Shen Long came to a sudden realization. The Enchantment Immortal Pavilion was similar to the brothels of the secular world, except that, regardless of gender, any Cultivator could visit the Enchantment Immortal Pavilion, which hosted both male and female Cultivators. In contrast, the clients of brothels in the secular world were exclusively men.

The Cultivators employed by the Enchantment Immortal Pavilion were not of high Cultivation, typically being Qi Refining Cultivators, with some at the Foundation Establishment level, but none at the Core Formation level.

"In the Northern Sea’s Cultivation Realm, having Spirit Stones makes you the boss. If you find it too expensive, you can buy out the service directly, as long as you can afford the price, even Nascent Soul Pills are available for purchase," said He Hai.

Shen Long was somewhat surprised and asked, "Nascent Soul Pills are available for purchase?"

"Yes! However, transactions are settled with top-grade Spirit Stones alone, even high-grade Spirit Stones won’t do. You can also trade with rare materials, but it’s rare for anyone to obtain a Nascent Soul Pill at an auction," He Hai explained.

"Do you know those two Core Formation Cultivators from just now?" Shen Long continued to inquire.

"They are Fairy Qinglian and Young Master Taixu. Fairy Qinglian is ranked 35th on the Hundred Flowers Rankings, while Young Master Taixu is ranked 70th on the Hidden Dragon Rankings. He is also the young sect master of the Taixu Sect, with his grand master Xuan being the sect master of the Taixu Sect," He Hai said.

"Core Formation Middle Stage and such a low ranking!" Shen Long exclaimed in surprise.

The Hundred Flowers Rankings and Hidden Dragon Rankings are lists compiled by enthusiasts. Both lists feature a hundred individuals, with the lowest ranked also being of the Core Formation Stage, since the Cultivation Realm respects power above all.

The Hundred Flowers Rankings list one hundred immensely skilled female Cultivators, and the Hidden Dragon Rankings include one hundred remarkably powerful male Cultivators. The lists serve only as a reference; a higher-ranked Cultivator can still be defeated by someone lower-ranked, as there are many such instances. After all, the people who compile these lists can’t possibly know every Cultivator’s hidden strength and true capabilities.

Still, those who make it onto the rankings are indeed rather powerful.