"Just relying on a mid-grade spirit stone to drive a flying puppet can reach the speed of a late Nascent Soul stage. From this point, we can see that the research on battle formations and puppets in the Immortal Spirit Realm is simply not comparable to that of the Lower Realm.
I'm afraid that even the Tianling Clan, who are good at puppetry, can hardly compare to them. The difference between the upper and lower realms in terms of foundation is too great..."
After observing the Qingluan puppet for a while, Li Yan directly asked Shangguan Tianque.
The other party knew Li Yan's background, so of course he would not find Li Yan's question strange, and simply talked about some characteristics of the Qingluan puppet.
This blue skylark not only has a fast flying speed, but also has strong defense. It can withstand about two attacks from an ordinary mid-Nascent Soul cultivator.
Shangguan Tianque spent a huge amount of money to buy this.
"This flying magic weapon was created by the Meteor Palace and is rare in the market.
'Meteor Palace' is a super power in the main world. It is said that the method they possess to refine puppets is the strongest in the fairy world.
However, since we are too far away from the main world, we don’t know whether these rumors are true or false.
However, the puppets they refined were indeed hot commodities in the other three realms, and their power was not much different from the legend.
As such, items are valuable because they are rare, and are usually in great demand when they appear at auctions.
I got this flying magic weapon from an auction house by chance hundreds of years ago.
If the flying speed of this magic weapon was beyond the control of a Yuanying realm cultivator, it would not have been my turn. There were many cultivators above the Shenhua realm who appeared at that auction, hehe..."
When Shangguan Tianque said this, a look of luck appeared on his face.
That time, even though the cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage looked down on it, he still spent most of his fortune to finally buy it.
As the leader of a sect, although it was only a fourth-rate sect, most of his wealth was enough to make many people astonished. However, just for a flying magic weapon, his wealth was reduced by half.
Shangguan Tianque was in a good mood today and couldn't help but talk a lot with Li Yan.
Because just half a month ago, Yu Banjiang had come out of seclusion, his soul was completely fine, and he was preparing to condense his Nascent Soul. After Shangguan Tianque knew this, he felt much closer to Li Yan.
"Then how can we identify a particular puppet as coming from the 'Meteor Palace'?"
Li Yan seemed to be thinking about something and asked again in a low voice.
“Hehe, this one is easy to identify. At the core of the formation they used to refine all the puppets, there is a meteor mark with a tail.
This meteor mark is the key to activating the puppet with a single secret method. It is extremely difficult for an ordinary weapon refining master to fake it.
This meteor mark logo is not engraved randomly, it must be combined with a separate activation formula. This requires the puppet to be of extremely high grade, and the fake must be almost indistinguishable from the real thing.
If that weapon refining master really had such means, he wouldn't have to copy a fake 'Meteor Palace' puppet, and he would be famous all over the world!"
Shangguan Tianque explained.
After hearing this, Li Yan felt that this was the truth.
Judging the authenticity of a puppet is not like practicing martial arts. You have to practice for a long time before you can know whether it is real or not. The main reason is that there are too many factors that can cause slow practice or failure.
Judging a puppet is much easier. As long as you let it demonstrate a few things, you can usually tell its strengths and weaknesses at a glance, so it is not easy to impersonate it.
"The puppetry of 'Meteor Palace'... in the main world..."
Li Yan smiled and nodded, while writing this matter down.
If Li Yan encounters this kind of puppet in the future, he will definitely not miss it.
"Now we are still within the range of our sect, so we can fly at full speed. Once we are out of the sect, we must be more careful and always be on guard against enemy attacks from all around. Then our speed will slow down a lot."
Shangguan Tianque took a look at the environment on Thursday. At this time, the flying speed of the Qingluan puppet was fast enough.
They may encounter various cultivators and monsters along the way. In the fairy world, cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage can only be considered to have a little self-protection ability, so they have to be extremely careful in everything they do.
Here, Li Yan, who is in the Nascent Soul stage, can no longer go anywhere between heaven and earth like he did in the lower realms.
Although their flight route was still quite a distance away from the "Heavenly Demon Grassland", in general, it was almost heading north along a diagonal line along the edge of the "Heavenly Demon Grassland".
In the world of immortal cultivation, cultivators would often kill and rob for no reason, not to mention the more aggressive demon cultivators, who would only be more eager for the flesh, blood, and elixirs of the cultivators.
More than ten days later, Shangguan Tianque's slow voice rang in Li Yan's mind as he sat cross-legged on Qing Yunque's body.
"Elder Li, we're almost there!"
Li Yan slowly opened his eyes, looked forward, then lifted his green robe and stood up.
After practicing day and night for several months, his injuries have improved a little. As long as he doesn't encounter another Divine Transformation cultivator, Li Yan is not too worried.
Most of the people they met along the way were Jindan-level cultivators, followed by Yuanying-level cultivators.
However, this is only what Li Yan's spiritual sense can sense. There may be high-level cultivators flying in secret, and Li Yan and the others may not be able to discover them.
When one's cultivation reaches a certain level, like Li Yan and his companions, even if they see a lot of Jindan or even foundation-building cultivators on the road, the two of them will just fly past them, and the other party will not even know that someone is passing by them.
In their eyes, those little monks are not worth mentioning at all, just like ants on the road. Ordinary mortals would not deliberately step on them to death one by one when walking. How could that show your abilities
In Li Yan's spiritual consciousness, a very large city has appeared a thousand miles ahead, with an area of about two hundred miles.
The various buildings, pavilions and courtyards inside are crisscrossed and dotted around. Among the stars, the streets are crowded with people, creating a bustling scene.
The distance of a thousand miles was covered in a flash. After Shangguan Tianque handed over the spirit stones to the two, they entered the market town.
However, the cost of entering the market town is not low. Li Yan was shocked when he saw that each person had to pay fifty low-level spirit stones.
If this happened in the lower realm, except for the cultivators above the Jindan level who would occasionally be willing to enter, no one would be willing to enter unless there were special circumstances. This is too unfair.
You don't have to do anything, just go in, and you have to pay so many spirit stones, and you can't get any other discounts inside. The merchants will not ask for less than a single spirit stone you should spend.
Similarly, these merchants who open shops there must also pay spirit stone rent to the market, so that they can trade goods there.
The spirit stones that Li Yan and his companions paid when entering the market town can only be obtained by the forces behind the market town, and will not bring any benefit to the merchants.
The benefit that Li Yan and his companions got was that after entering the market, no one was allowed to attack or injure others at will, otherwise they would be severely punished by the monks in charge of the market.
Li Yan also got a piece of news from Shangguan Tianque that there was a Void Refinement cultivator in charge here. This was the first time that Li Yan felt so close to a Void Refinement cultivator.
When he thought of the time when they were in the Wind God Continent and the four of them were fighting against a cultivator in the early stage of the Spiritualization Realm and were almost wiped out by the opponent, Li Yan could imagine how strong a cultivator in the Void Refinement Realm was and how terrifying that was.
He was definitely a powerful person who could kill him with just a flick of his finger. After the two entered the market, Shangguan Tianque did not linger on the street, but took Li Yan to an inn called "Shuiyunjian" after many detours.
Li Yan saw that Shangguan Tianque was very familiar with the guest and whispered a few words. Then, he paid the rent for two rooms for half a month.
Afterwards, a shop assistant came forward enthusiastically, asked Li Yan and the other two to follow him, and led the way to the back.
It was not until this time that Shangguan Tianque had time to secretly convey a message to Li Yan.
"This inn was opened by the powerful force behind this market town. If a conflict arises here, you must not be the first to start. You must remember this.
There are arrays here that record the images. The one who gets in trouble in the end will definitely be the one who first provoked the trouble..."
Li Yan nodded slightly. This was basically the same as the market in the lower world.
The market is a place where business is conducted. If you stay here every other day, there will be fights every now and then. Everyone will choose not to come here and try not to get involved here.
But Li Yan was surprised that the fairy world actually used formations to record images.
Li Yan only knew of the Guiyin Jade Slip that could record images, but he was not very familiar with how the formation did that.
But it seems that when refining this kind of formation, precious materials similar to those used to refine the Guiyin Jade Slips must be needed. Thinking about the fact that it is opened all the time for twelve hours every day, Li Yan can imagine how much it would cost every day.
But when I think about the spiritual stones I paid to enter the city, and the price of staying here for a night, I feel that I am being outsourced...
The two followed the waiter and quickly entered the backyard. Shangguan Tianque saw that the person Li Yan's gaze was looking at was the waiter who was leading the way in front.
He smiled slightly and continued to transmit his voice.
“I heard that in your lower realm, the distinction between immortals and mortals is very clear, and many mortals are unaware of the existence of immortals.
The mortals here are different. Once they grow up, everyone knows the existence of immortal cultivators. So although they are in awe of the immortals, they are not too surprised.
However, the cost of hiring other cultivators to do work in the immortal world is quite expensive, but if one hires mortals, the spiritual stones spent will be very little.
Therefore, most of the chores were done by them, even some things that only low-level monks could do. After giving mortals some tokens that could be opened with spirit stones, they also did a great job. "
As he spoke, Shangguan Tianque also looked at Li Yan. In fact, he was also very curious about the mortal world.
Seeing this, Li Yan replied with a smile.
“Not all mortals in the mortal world are as ignorant as you say.
Some places are not completely isolated from immortals and mortals. Mortals do live together with immortal cultivators. However, not all mortals are aware of the existence of cultivators.
Some mortals on the continent are just like what you said. They have their own dynasties and kingdoms, and they reproduce from generation to generation. They don’t know that immortals really exist, but they live a leisurely life in reincarnation... "
He simply explained a few words to the other party, but some images appeared in his mind...
But at some point, the small mountain village began to become blurred in his memory.
It may be because the years have begun to go by, or it may be because when I last entered the small mountain village, everything there had changed and the people there had changed too.
And Li Yan didn't want to think about the spirit tablets of his third brother, his parents, and even his third brother's descendants...
The "Shuiyunjian" inn has a mysterious fairyland-like scene and covers a large area.
Amidst the small bridge and flowing water, there is a rich spiritual energy rising from under your feet, and the sound of rushing water comes from below the white mist-like spiritual energy on the bridge...
If you only use your eyes, you cannot see through to the scenery below, you can only vaguely see the illusory ground under your feet.
Occasionally, there would be a lone traveler or two or three walking towards us, with their robes fluttering in the wind, as if they had passed through the spiritual mist and arrived at the fairyland!
Although Li Yan has been in the upper realm for decades, it is only after he goes out that he begins to marvel at how rich the spiritual energy of the fairy world is.
Some of the places he had been to were very remote, and the spiritual energy there was so rich that just a casual breath could make your magic power flow on its own, and the pores all over your body relaxed and refreshed, making you feel indescribably refreshed.
But there is no sect occupying that place, it is just a wilderness. If it were in the lower realm, even the Wuliang Sect would try to seize it. But in the fairy world, it is just an ordinary remote place.
This allowed Li Yan to feel the activity of the five elements of spiritual power in his body whenever he practiced in the fairy world. Often, one day's practice would be better than ten days in the lower world.
After passing through three courtyards, the shop assistant finally stopped in front of a courtyard and said to the two of them with a smile on his face.
“My two distinguished guests, there are five guest rooms in this elegant courtyard. Each room is protected by a formation and prohibition. It can withstand two or three attacks from a Divine Transformation cultivator. There is no problem at all. Feel free to stay and practice.
The two of you are in rooms Ren 3 and Ren 4. Although there are other distinguished guests in the other three rooms, this does not affect your cultivation.
After the formation is activated, everything outside will be blocked and the guests will not be disturbed at all.
Apart from the jade pendant in your hand, only the owner of this store can open it in the backup mode.
Therefore, please keep these two jade pendants carefully. If they are lost, you will need to pay ten middle-grade spirit stones for each jade pendant."
While the shop assistant was speaking, he took out two jade pendants with a respectful look on his face, and then walked quickly into the courtyard. There was a pavilion in the courtyard and a small pond next to it. The sound of gurgling water was very elegant and unique.
Behind the courtyard, there is a row of quaint buildings, and in front of these houses, there is a long fence.
After the shop assistant walked around the pavilion, he soon came to the fence wall, which was covered with flowers of various colors, bright and attractive.
He waved a jade pendant in his hand towards the swaying flowers, and then a door appeared on the fence wall in a gust of white mist and soon opened.
Then, he did the same thing and broke into another gate in the adjacent fence...
After sending the waiter away, Shangguan Tianque spoke to Li Yan while standing outside the fence.
"The auction will be held in seven days. I have some things to do these days, so I may not be able to come and accompany Elder Li in the market. You can do as you please.
Seven days later, early in the morning, I will come with you to the auction house. Elder Li, just bring all your things with you. Maybe during the auction, there will be something you like.
If you don't have enough spirit stones by then, the sect can pay for it first!"
After hearing this, Li Yan's heart moved. He heard some clues from Shangguan Tianque's words. Thinking about Shangguan Tianque's previous actions, he paid half a month's rent, so he had some guesses.
“Although I have paid half a month’s rent, I am planning to leave at any time…”
Li Yan was thinking in his mind, but his face remained expressionless.
"Fellow Daoist Shangguan, please feel free to come find me when the time comes!"
After hearing this, Shangguan Tianque bowed to Li Yan and went into his room first.
Li Yan looked at the other side's fence gate. After a burst of clouds and mist, it turned into a fence wall without a gate again. Only the gorgeous flowers on it swayed slightly in the wind...