Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 1853: Chapter 778: Weiyi City

October 10th, Treasure Light District Teleportation Array.

A middle-aged man with a square face, slightly thick features, and short beard stepped out of the teleportation array.

After briefly discerning the direction, he flew toward Treasure Light City.

This was Xu Jin, who had been teleported from the Dongxuan Star Realm.

Before coming over, Xu Jin had used the Hundred-Transformation Star Pattern for disguise and induced a bit of short beard with Wood Element Star Force. Right now, even if Ren Ningyuchan stood before Xu Jin, she wouldn’t recognize him.

Only the back looked somewhat familiar.

As for acquaintances from the Dongxuan Star Realm, even if Yutang King Zhu Shizhen were present, he wouldn’t recognize Xu Jin at this time.

For the safety of his trip to the Treasure Light District, Xu Jin specifically created an information gap.

After completing all tests in the Thunder Gang Star Realm, Xu Jin continued cultivating there for several days, exhausting all thirty drops of All Heaven Star Dew he had, and after a few more days of hard cultivation, barely refined the Heaven and Earth Cloud Tower to the seventy-ninth floor.

Currently, Xu Jin’s external cultivation level aura is determined by the aura emanating from the Heaven and Earth Cloud Tower.

Just right, Xu Jin’s aura of cultivation level, when perceived by outsiders, appears near Late Ninth Tier or barely at Late Ninth Tier.

Before this, all intelligence in the Dongxuan Star Realm, paid attention to Xu Jin, only knew Xu Jin had just broken through to Ninth Tier.

But now, the Ninth Tier late-stage Xu Jin is out wandering, significantly reducing the danger.

Additionally, the most crucial point is that he is no longer conspicuous.

For instance, in the Treasure Light District, an Eighth Tier Peak wandering around is very conspicuous, drawing much attention.

But a Ninth Tier Late-Stage, is too ordinary.

Throughout the Dongxuan Star Realm and even Tongxuan Domain, the number of cultivators at Mid to Late Ninth Tier or Peak is the largest.

Many people’s cultivation is stuck at Ninth Tier Peak, painstakingly accumulating wealth, just seeking to gather good materials for crafting their Lifebound Spiritual Treasure, merely hoping for a chance to break through to Tenth Rank.

There are young ones, middle-aged ones, and those with half-gray hair are even more common.

If months ago, when acquiring the Chaos Elemental Materials of a thousand-year Purple Copper, Xu Jin’s cultivation level had reached Mid to Late Ninth Tier, the difficulty for the True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment to find Xu Jin would have increased several fold.

However, with Xu Jin’s current improvement in strength, the fear towards the True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment is not as much.

As long as this wave is handled well, the strength can greatly improve.

At normal flying speed, Xu Jin took an hour to arrive at Treasure Light City.

Even though Xu Jin had long known the scale of Treasure Light City from intelligence, he was still taken aback when he saw it with his own eyes.

The whole place is a gigantic trading city.

Shop signs are fluttering everywhere, with exotic designs and the flashing bright starlight, emerging endlessly.

At the moment, it’s all for attracting more customers.

Upon entering the city, Xu Jin proactively handed over an Eighth-Order Star Jade, which is the city entrance tax.

Treasure Light City spans an extensive area, about fifty miles around, with starlight from the big array protecting all sides and the top, making entrance only possible through paying tax at the city gate.

Yet, the entrants are still endlessly streaming.

The reason is only one: within Treasure Light District, fighting is prohibited, with True Monarch overseeing, ensuring the safety of any buyer or seller within the city.

However, this is not the fundamental reason many major businesses from Dongxuan Star Realm or even Tongxuan Domain choose to conduct their trade here.

The fundamental reason is the strategic location.

Hundreds of years ago, the initial cultivator trading market was actually in an augmented version like Dongxuan Star Realm.

But at that time, bloodshed incidents occurred frequently.

Especially when encountering some Innate Treasure Material or large amounts of wealth, bloodshed was inevitable.

After a bloodshed incident, results were untraceable or fundamentally impossible to probe.

Not to say unguardable.

Not to mention Ninth Tier, even Star Lords of Tenth Tier, or True Monarchs of Eleventh Rank, if you’re carrying Innate Treasure Material, you could still be intercepted and killed!

Later, everyone figured it out.

Emperor!

Nine out of ten times, those acting are Emperor-level experts.

Generally, investigating such cases is handled by True Monarchs, but how could you let a True Monarch investigate an Emperor.

Not to mention finding no clues, even if clues were found, there’s no way to verify them.

As for these levels of True Monarchs and Emperors, power and authority become increasingly equal.

Once it was realized, Treasure Light Square in Dongxuan Star Realm was abandoned, and no one dared to go there anymore.

This wasn’t merely a matter of tax revenue; it was also a source for high-tier cultivation resources for Dongxuan Star Realm’s cultivators.

Now, due to safety concerns, people dared not come, not only reducing profits but also multiple Innate Spiritual Materials and Innate Treasure Materials intended for Dongxuan Star Realm’s sale here didn’t arrive, but went to other star realms.

After all, resources aren’t more important than life.

In just a decade or so, Innate Spiritual Materials and Innate Treasure Materials obtained by Dongxuan Star Realm cultivators were not even a tenth of the previous decade.

Many Star Lords and True Monarchs despaired of upgrading their Lifebound Suppressing Artifacts and Lifebound Killing Artifacts, and had to venture outside, causing even the quality of Lifebound Spiritual Treasure refined by ordinary cultivators to drop sharply.

This cannot stand.

This would directly cause the cultivation level of Dongxuan Star Realm to drop significantly!

At that time, Jade Hall True Monarch was present, and jointly proposed with four True Monarchs to relocate Treasure Light City, entirely to a Middle World under Dongxuan Star Realm, directly naming it Treasure Light District, with an emphasis on safety first.

After running the business for several decades, and slowly building a reputation, things finally turned around.

The overall strength of the Dongxuan Star Realm also declined during that time, referred to as the lost century.

After all, the inherent grade of a Lifebound Spiritual Treasure is too low, and even if it can be supplemented later, it’s very limited.

But because Treasure Light Square has consistently adhered to the rules established by the four titled True Monarchs and never relocated to the Great World, after over a century of operations, its reputation has returned.

Today, it has already become the second most prominent entity in the entire Tongxuan Domain, only after the Tongxuan Star Realm City.

Especially those below the Four Tribulation True Monarch, all love to come here to trade.

For nothing else, just for two words: Safety!

Such safety isn’t brought by any individual but is a result of the restrictions imposed by the rules of Heaven and Earth.

Within the Small World Star Region, only Tenth Rank Little Star Monarchs can physically enter; Great Star Monarchs, Star Monarchs, and Star Lords must enter using Daoist Embryos with artifacts.

The restrictions in the Medium World Star Region are a bit more relaxed; True Monarchs can enter physically, but only Initial-stage True Monarchs, namely One Tribulation, Two Tribulation, and Three Tribulation True Monarchs, can pass through the Star Domain Force Field physically.

True Monarchs of Four Tribulations and above, as well as Emperors, cannot physically enter the Medium World.

True Monarchs of Four Tribulations and above can enter in the form of Divine Infant Illusions, difficult for ordinary people to detect, but they dare not wreak havoc, as even without their physical bodies, after transformation into Divine Infants, they cannot enter.

Figures at the Emperor level are directly unable to enter.

Regarding the rules of Heaven and Earth, safety is thus guaranteed.

Additionally, with a True Monarch from the Dongxuan Star Realm, who holds the Heaven and Earth Authority, stationed there, even if Divine Infant Illusions of Five Tribulation or Six Tribulation True Monarchs enter, they dare not stir up trouble.

Dare to cause trouble?

Would that not merely provide the Guardian True Monarch a reason to turn it into their accomplishment and cultivation resources?

The level of safety is extremely high.

Of course, this safety refers to within and around a thousand miles of the city, and even the Guardian True Monarch cannot constantly oversee beyond that range.

Xu Jin came to this Treasure Light Square City for its safety.

The mainstream trading methods in Treasure Light Square City are fourfold.

The first is auctions, organized by the largest Treasure Light Chamber of Commerce, held once a month, with an official nature.

The second is shopfronts, the most common form, where various large and small families have opened various businesses; the Yutang Royal Mansion also has several shops there, but these shops generally feature spiritual materials, and treasure materials, with rare appearances of innate spiritual materials.

Just like when Xu Jin entrusted the Yutang Royal Mansion to purchase treasure materials and innate spiritual materials; so far, only one piece was acquired.

The main function of these shops is still to acquire spiritual materials, treasure materials, and even innate spiritual materials and treasure materials from the public. If one or two are picked up, it’s considered a great find.

The third type is considered a specialty here, called the Weiyi Hall.

It’s about consignment trade, where you pay a certain fee to have your requirements listed in their hall; visitors pay a fee to view it, and if a transaction can be made, they’ll immediately help connect you with the interested party.

Then allowing you to conclude the transaction face to face here.

This type of transaction is generally used for high-end deals, like innate spiritual materials and treasure materials, and is usually in kind exchanges.

The fourth type is the Scattered Market.

Within Treasure Light Square City, a large area has been designated, where as long as a small fee is paid, one can set up a small stall, similar to a flea market or night market in Xu Jin’s previous life.

Those who can’t wait for the auction and need to sell quickly come here, and one or two pieces of innate spiritual materials occasionally appear.

Before arriving, Xu Jin had already gotten a full understanding of the situation through Zhu Linxiao, with the once-a-month auction happening tonight.

Xu Jin’s visit has two essential stops: the Weiyi Market and the auction.

The items Xu Jin needs are in these two places, and only in these two places can he find buyers willing to pay a high price for what he wants to sell.

As soon as Xu Jin stepped into Treasure Light Square City, he followed the spiritual chart he had obtained earlier and headed straight for the Weiyi Hall.

Based on Xu Jin’s analysis, those leaving information at the Weiyi Hall may not be in urgent need, but they are in constant demand.

The cost of leaving a piece of information at the Weiyi Hall isn’t high; one piece of information costs one nine-tiered Star Crystal and can be listed for a quarter. It needs renewal when expired; otherwise, it will be removed.

"Please show your token first!"

At the entrance of the Weiyi Hall, Xu Jin was stopped and presented his Tongxuan Order. The guard didn’t check the specific identity inside the Tongxuan Order but confirmed its authenticity.

This is primarily to prevent entrapment.

Perhaps having seen many wealthy young nobles at the mid-to-late ninth tier frequenting this place in search of innate spiritual or treasure materials, the guard greeted Xu Jin warmly.

"Young master, do you wish to view consignment information for innate spiritual materials or treasure materials?

The former requires one nine-tiered Star Crystal, while the latter requires five."

"Naturally, I want to see both!"

Xu Jin casually handed over six nine-tiered Star Crystals and then asked, "Does consignment for Chaos Element Material exist? I mean selling, not buying!"

With these words, the steward smiled and shook his head, "Young master, you must be joking. There are hundreds of pieces of information wanting to buy Chaos Element Material, but for selling, there is none!"

As he spoke, he handed over two jade scrolls, "Young master, all consignment information on innate spiritual materials and treasure materials is there, with purchases and sales categorized. If you find any that catch your eye or meet your criteria, let me know, and I will clarify and arrange for you."

"Alright."

As soon as he took it, Xu Jin’s Divine Sense delved into it.

With a sweep of Divine Sense, Xu Jin noticed in the directory of innate treasure materials, most entries were for buying, totaling thousands of entries, while for selling, there were just thirty-one entries!

A mere glance caused Xu Jin’s pupils to constrict.

Among the thirty-one entries for selling innate treasure materials, there was even one he needed!