The cold wind was biting, and a high-grade spiritual boat in the shape of a building was speeding through the magnificent Bohai Sea.

Most of the hull of the spirit boat sank into the sea. Wherever it passed, the waves rolled up and spread out on both sides, forming a straight trail of snow-white waves.

This is a merchant ship from the Great Xi Dynasty. It is driven by medium-grade spiritual stones. The array of instruments engraved on the hull can absorb the spiritual energy of the water in the sea as driving energy.

The imperial caravans were under the jurisdiction of the imperial city, and there were eight groups going to the Southeast Asian border for trade, and they set off in turns every season.

A caravan usually has two guardians with advanced cultivation levels in the Gangli Realm, and several trade deacons.

When valuable treasures, such as summoning pills, are escorted, a general guardian with a level of magic power will be added to ensure that the caravan can move smoothly.

There are many caravans in the imperial city. If there is a shortage of magic monks, they will be hired from among the Dao Sect elders.

Before the birth of Qiuyue Doufa, Master Leng Yue had been hired by the imperial city as the chief protector of the caravan more than once.

It would take about two years for a low-grade spirit boat to fly to the Nanyang territory, but it would only take a year for a high-grade spirit boat to fly to the Nanyang territory before Gu Xuan and Di Hong set off with the caravan.

The winter caravan they followed included two general guardians of the late Gangli realm and eight deacons of the middle stage of the Gangli realm.

There are also more than a dozen trading monks from various shops in the imperial city, and five monks traveling with the ship to the Nanyang Realm, all of them are Gangli Realm monks.

A total of thirty or so Gangli Realm monks gathered together in one ship. Even if they encountered a middle-level Mana Realm monk with evil intentions, they would still be able to fight.

The monks who accompany the ship need to pay 1,500 spiritual stones, the merchant monks only need 1,000, and the deacons and guardians are free.

Gu Xuan specifically asked if it would take two thousand spirit stones to go to the Western Wilderness Realm, and whether the Western Wilderness Realm was farther away.

According to Wang Mang's reply, the distance between the two realms and the Cangsheng Realm is about the same, but because there are fewer monks traveling to the Western Wasteland, the cost is higher.

After the merchant ship went to sea, everyone else stayed in the houseboat, while the monks on the ship gathered on the deck, communicating and enjoying the sea scenery.

In addition to Gu Xuan and Di Hong, the other three monks accompanying the ship were all casual cultivators from Xi Kingdom and knew each other.

Gu Xuan's pseudonym is Huang Ye, he wears a Zhenru mask and a black silk robe, and calls himself a casual cultivator of Xi Kingdom.

Di Hong was dressed in red and wore a Qianhuan mask. He changed his name to Jia Hong and claimed to be a Taoist priest named Huang Ye.

The Qianhuan mask is as thin as cicada wings, dark yellow in color, and shaped like an oval rice paper with four holes on the surface.

This mask is suitable for both men and women. If you put it on your face and penetrate it with the power, you can change your appearance as you wish. Only your spiritual sense can see through it. It is undoubtedly better than the Zhenru mask.

After Master Lengyue's suggestion, Di Hong's transformed appearance was just that of a middle-aged man. He was reluctant at first, but was comforted by Gu Xuan Haosheng, and then he reluctantly accepted it.

Although the transparent ban is activated on the surface of the merchant ship, it does not affect the line of sight.

The monks on board the ship were originally very interested, but after admiring it for several days, they all became uninterested.

There was nothing but emptiness all around, and there was nothing but azure water. There was really no room for appreciation, so I simply went back to the boathouse to practice.

In addition to the front cabin that controls the boat, the boathouse also has thirty training rooms. Gu Xuan's and Di Hong's training rooms are adjacent.

…

Sitting cross-legged on the futon in the training room, Gu Xuan said: "Master Lengyue once mentioned the teleportation array. If you teleport from the Cangsheng Realm to the Nanyang Realm, you can reach it in a moment. What do you think, senior?"

Wang Mang responded: "The teleportation array belongs to the ninth-level magic array and involves the power of space. I can't explain it. You can understand it as long-distance teleportation."

Gu Xuan thoughtfully said: "No wonder even Master Lengyue doesn't know whether there is a teleportation array between Cangsheng Realm and Nanyang Realm.

exist."

"Teleportation arrays are rarer than top-quality spiritual stones. The few teleportation arrays currently in Linglong Realm are all ancient magic arrays. Today's monks don't know how to set them up at all." Wang Mang paused for a moment, "I escaped from the earth in the realm of common people by chance.

When you encounter a teleportation array, you just don’t know where it will be teleported to."

Gu Xuan chuckled: "Senior, why didn't you try teleportation back then?"

Wang Mang sighed lightly: "As far as I know, every time you teleport, it costs at least ten high-grade spiritual stones. I didn't even have one high-grade spiritual stone back then."

Although one high-grade spiritual stone is equivalent to a thousand low-grade spiritual stones, the number of high-grade spiritual stones is rare, and even if there are enough low-grade spiritual stones, it is difficult to buy them.

Gu Xuan was secretly stunned when he heard this. He only had more than 10,000 spiritual stones.

If you include treasures and companion beasts, his net worth is immeasurable. You can't buy just the mysterious colored light and misty insects, no matter how many spiritual stones you have.

After reviewing his recent experiences and confirming that there were no other doubts, Gu Xuan began to practice the "Greed Technique".

He has perfected the "Demon Soul Exorcism Technique" in Yueyuan Pavilion in the Imperial City.

…

The sun was shining brightly in the sky and the sea was rough. Gu Xuan was sitting cross-legged on the deck of a merchant ship, with a pile of low-grade spiritual stones beside him, at least three hundred pieces.

The casual cultivator surnamed Dong sat cross-legged opposite Gu Xuan, staring at the chessboard with a frown on his face and his eyes faintly red.

The other two were traveling with the ship, each sitting cross-legged on both sides of the chessboard.

A casual cultivator touched his smooth chin and thought hard.

The other one stretched out a finger and gestured something in the air, giving advice to the casual cultivator named Dong.

Gu Xuan glanced at the chessboard in front of him, with a leisurely and contented expression on his face, and took a sip of the spirit wine comfortably.

It was now half a year later, and the merchant ship was always moving at full speed without stopping at any island.

Besides practicing, the monks on board the ship often engaged in some quite leisurely activities, such as playing chess.

Playing chess naturally requires a positive outcome. Losing a game of chess requires five spiritual stones, and five low-grade spiritual stones are not much. However, if you keep losing, you will naturally feel bad.

Both the chessboard and the chess pieces were provided by the casual cultivator surnamed Dong. At first, he only played against Gu Xuan. After losing more than ten games in a row, he became frustrated and looked for help.

The other two casual cultivators joined forces to enter the battlefield, but were defeated again and again, and were killed by Gu Xuan to the point of leaving nothing behind.

Seeing that the spiritual stones kept slipping away from their hands, and more and more spiritual stones were accumulated around Gu Xuan, the three of them were all furious and wanted to fight to the death with Gu Xuan.

Gu Xuan asked them to take turns in the battle and changed the lottery. He would only receive two spirit stones if he won a game. If he lost a game, he would still give five spirit stones.

The three casual cultivators tried their best to give Gu Xuan some color, but their chess skills were not good enough, and the spiritual stone was like water.

With Gu Xuan's background, he only knew the art of chess for the first time, and could not be said to be proficient. The opponent was actually playing chess with Wang Mang.

Wang Mang, as a casual cultivator, was also keen on gambling and chess. He has been immersed in this way for a long time. He has rarely lost and won in his life. He thinks that there are few opponents in the world.

This guy is old and cunning, and he understands the tendencies of people very well. He specially asked Gu Xuan to put the spirit stones next to him, just to whet their appetites, and occasionally lose a game or two, so as not to make them despair.

"Let's see how you respond."

The casual cultivator surnamed Dong thought about it for a long time and finally settled on a marriage. He seemed to be full of confidence, but he was somewhat lacking in confidence.

Wang Mang immediately sent his thoughts, Gu Xuan twisted a chess piece, pretended to think about it, and then slowly placed the piece.

Di Hong was practicing Qi Entrainment, and Gu Xuan had already mastered the "Greed Technique". He was practicing chess with his peers, just for fun.

After the two sides stopped playing, Gu Xuan did not take away the spirit stones, but returned them all, which made the three casual cultivators have a great impression of him.

…

There is no dividing line between the inland sea and the outer sea. Merchant ships sailed smoothly and sailed for only ten months before entering the inland sea.

The five monks on board the ship stopped practicing and gathered on the deck again, chatting in the sky and the sea.

Many deacons and trade monks were also on the deck, but they were from different camps and had little communication with each other.

After practicing continuously for several months, Gu Xuan's power has improved a lot, even though he didn't use Misty Insects as a supplement.

Di Hong's cultivation speed is terrifying. According to her voice transmission, her strength has almost doubled.

Since the last round of playing chess, the monks on board the ship have become familiar with each other. Although they have not yet reached the point where they are brothers, Gu Xuan clearly feels that the three casual cultivators are no longer wary of him.

Standing on the deck, Gu Xuan looked around and found that the surface of the inland sea was darker blue, deeper than the outer sea, and the water aura was obviously more abundant.

After detecting telekinesis, the heavenly spiritual energy in the inner sea is stronger than that in the outer sea.

I don't know whether it was due to the sailing route or other reasons, but the monks on the ship did not encounter an island in the inland sea.

It wasn't until a month and a half later that I saw a magnificent cultivation city.

This city was built of Huanggang stone. The entire city stands in the sea, with no islands visible at all.

Compared with the imperial city of Xi Kingdom, this city is even more spectacular, with the towering city wall being thirty feet high.

“What a majestic city!”

Gu Xuan looked at the city and couldn't help but admire it. He finally understood why Wang Mang looked down on the imperial city.

Wang Mang quickly introduced: "This city is Pinghai City marked on the map. It covers an area of ​​hundreds of miles. It is said that when it was first built, the entire island was flattened."

Gu Xuan asked secretly: "There don't seem to be many islands nearby?"

Wang Mang said: "There is only this Pinghai City within a thousand miles, and the city owner is in the middle stage of the magic power realm. The Daxi Dynasty runs a shop in the city called Canghai Pavilion. The dynasty's caravans all come to this pavilion to hand over goods.

All goods are purchased in the city."

When the merchant ship approached Pinghai City, it suddenly broke away from the sea and slowly took off into the sky, with aura flashing on its surface.

Wang Mang said: "Pinghai City has no gate, so you don't need to pay the entrance fee. You can fly in directly from the air."

Merchant ships flew over Pinghai City at low altitude. Gu Xuan looked down and saw the winding streets passing through like giant pythons. People were coming and going on the streets, and there was an endless flow.

In a moment, the merchant ship landed on a busy street in the city, where Canghai Pavilion was built.

The door of this pavilion was open, and customers came in and out. They saw merchant ships falling from the sky, but their expressions did not change, as if they were accustomed to it and it was commonplace.

After all Xi Kingdom monks jumped off the merchant ship, the two guardians put away the merchant ship and walked into Canghai Pavilion with the deacon.

The business monks did not follow, nor did they communicate privately. They simply dispersed and disappeared into the crowd.

Wang Mang explained: "Don't use your mind to visit others at will, as it can easily arouse hostility and get you into trouble."

Gu Xuan glanced around and saw that there were not only monks but also mortals with no martial arts skills among the pedestrians on the street.

One of the mortal women carrying a basket even carried a baby waiting to be fed.

Wang Mang chuckled: "There is no distinction between secular world, martial arts world and spiritual world in Nanyang Realm. Monks and mortals are one and the same."

Gu Xuan secretly said: "It's true that the soil and water support the people."

The three casual cultivators looked at each other, and the monk surnamed Dong spoke loudly: "Nanyang is vast and boundless. I wonder where Daoist Huang can go?"
Chapter completed!