Chronicles of Celestial Origins

In Huajian Pavilion, Fengwei Mountain, inside the cave, Xie Minghua and Huang Yuan were sitting opposite each other, playing chess.

"Senior Brother Huang, the Tianya Sect has paid the tax today. At this point, all the taxes of the ten sects under our jurisdiction have been collected. We can breathe a sigh of relief." Xie Minghua lowered the black chess piece in his hand and said with a smile.

"It's all thanks to Junior Brother's ability to employ people that it went so smoothly."

"Senior Brother Huang, please don't put your hat on me. Since all taxes have been collected, I think it's not too late. I'll send someone out tomorrow to deliver the spirit stones to the alliance with you."

"Okay, we still have taxes from other Tingcheng cities that we haven't collected yet, so we should hurry up."

"I heard that the Qianjia Sect has turned over its taxes to the alliance. Taking advantage of their past experience, I think Liuyun Sect and Huayuan Sect will not cause trouble. This tax turmoil has ended safely."

Huang Yuan held the white chess piece in his hand and slowly lowered it: "I'm not so optimistic. Although they obediently paid the taxes, the hidden dangers are still there. Besides, we have offended so many sects this time, and maybe one day they will turn into rebels. fuse."

"That is what will happen in the future. It is when the soldiers come to block the water and the earth. We can resist for a while. You and I don't need to worry about the future."

………

Xuanyuan Pavilion, Xinyi Sect, in front of the main hall, Tang Ning and his sect leader smiled and talked. Behind him, a group of disciples dressed in Taixuanzong costumes carried huge stone boxes one after another and boarded the Xuanling Ship. After a while, the Xuanling Ship He flew into the air and drove out of the Xinyi Sect's mountain gate.

After several months of busy work, all the sects in Xuantang City have paid their spiritual stone taxes. Since Qianjia Sect paid the tax, the tax collection of other sects has been very smooth. Wherever they go, the sects stationed there have already Prepare your taxes properly without any prevarication.

In the Tianniu Mountains, in the meeting hall directly under the brigade, Huang Yuan sat at the head of the chair and spoke eloquently: "This time the tax can be collected smoothly, all the people in the headquarters have put in a lot of effort, and the column is also very satisfied with the efficiency of the alliance. The former, the alliance's discussion, Fang The chief officer also specifically mentioned the commendation given by the column.”

"The alliance has decided to apply to the column for 40 merit points and 400,000 spiritual stone rewards for each disciple directly under the group. The other disciples will also receive 20 merit points and 200,000 merit rewards."

"As for you, each of you will receive two hundred merit points and two million spiritual stones."

………

At night, inside the cave, there were only topographical atlases spread out in every corner of the room. Tang Ning sat at the desk and looked at the atlases in front of her carefully. She waved her hand for a long time, put away the atlases in front of her, and then He casually took an album next to him, unfolded it on the desk, and observed it carefully.

"Master, look, do these albums look similar?" Gu Yuanya held an album in her hand and handed it to him.

Tangning took it and looked at it carefully for a while, then nodded and said, "There are indeed some similarities. Let's put them into that cabinet first."

"Okay." Gu Yuanya responded and put the album into the cabinet on the left, and then started to look for other albums.

For several days, the master and the apprentice stayed behind closed doors, looking for answers in the snow-like albums.

Naturally, the purpose of doing this was to find out the location of the image on the jade piece. According to the first portrait on the jade piece, it can be inferred that this place should be an island, so Tangning bought all the albums of all areas in Tianyuan and classified them. There are thousands of maritime topographic atlases.

In the entire Tianyuan, in addition to the three sea areas of Netherworld Sea, Cangming Sea, and Fearless Sea, there are also countless small sea areas, which may be the location of the treasure shown by the jade piece.

He first grouped all the atlases of similar places into one category, thus excluding most of the atlases, and finally only had less than a hundred atlases left.

More than ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and finally, after careful and repeated observation and search, the master and the apprentice finally found an album with almost identical similarities.

Comparing the two, the shapes of the islands are basically the same.

This album is from a place in the Netherworld called Millennium Island.

…

The sky was clear and cloudless. In front of Huangyuan Cave, a ray of light shot out, revealing Tang Ning's figure. Soon, a figure flashed out and welcomed him into the inner room.

"Disciple pays homage to Master." In the room, Tang Ning stepped forward and bowed.

"sit down!"

"Thank you, Uncle Master. I am here to ask you for leave. I will be out for a while, so I came here to declare."

"Oh? Where are you going? You came here to report. Will it take a long time?"

"I want to go to Donglai County to meet my brother-in-law. I need to discuss some private matters with him. It may take a year. I have already made arrangements for the team." Tang Ning has already found her. The excuse was that of course he was not going out to see Su Yuanhua this time, but to go to Millennium Island in the Netherworld Sea to find out what was going on. It would be an extra step, so he used Su Yuanhua as an excuse.

"Go!" Sure enough, Huang Yuan didn't ask any more questions and nodded.

"Thank you, uncle. Disciple, take your leave." Tang Ning left the cave, soared into the sky and left the Tianniu Mountains.

In Xuan Tangli City, inside the Qiankun Wutong Pavilion, he escaped from the light and entered the inner room. A woman wearing Qiankun Chamber of Commerce costumes came towards him and asked, "Senior, what are your orders?"

"I want a ferry ticket to Millennium Island in the Netherworld. Is it available at your hotel?"

"Millennium Island? Sorry, I don't have any merchant ships going directly to the Netherworld Sea."

"Where is your closest area to Millennium Island?"

"To be honest, I don't know the specific location of Millennium Island. If my goal is this island. I suggest you go to Donglai County first, and then transfer to a merchant ship to go there, because you have to go to the Netherworld Sea. , need to cross several counties, and may even cross Qingzhou. The merchant ships of the headquarters travel within the counties. Such long-distance transportation across states and counties usually requires transferring to merchant ships in the center of each county. "

"Okay then! Book me a ticket to Lezi Ferry to Donglai County."

"Okay, senior, please wait a moment." The woman turned out a book in her hand and flipped through it a few times: "The latest Lezi ship from our department to Donglai County is expected to arrive in the city in six days and requires 10 million souls. stone."

Tang Ning paid the full amount of spirit stones, signed and stamped the file, and was led to the rear courtyard to rest.

A few days flew by.

On the huge merchant ship with flashing lightning arcs, Tang Ning leaned on the side of the ship, watching the mountains and rivers below her feet passing by like a horse, and thoughts in her mind were like lightning.

Millennium Island is located in the northwest of the Netherworld Sea, so it is relatively close to Qingzhou. According to topographic data, it is an island with a radius of less than 20,000 miles. It is about the same size as Xingang. Since there are not many cultivation resources on it, it is relatively small. It is said to be a relatively lonely desert island.

The Netherworld Sea spans the four states of Qing, Yan, You, and Yi. It is a vast sea with many islands. There are thousands of islands as big as Millennium Island. Tangning doesn't know very well whether there is a Netherworld Sea on that island. Monks were organized to garrison, but it was expected that for an island like this, which was in a remote location and had few cultivation resources, even if there were monks, their level would not be too high.

This time he decided to find out, and it was actually after careful consideration. After all, Yunshan is far away, not to mention that the round trip takes a long time, and the cost of traveling on a merchant ship alone is conservatively estimated to be tens of millions of spiritual stones.

The reason why he made such a decision was mainly out of curiosity. He couldn't figure out why a secret treasure spot on an island in the Netherworld would be lost in Xuantang City and turned into three jade pieces in this way. , his intuition told him that the secret in this jade plate might be valuable.

And he also made a full judgment that apart from the long distance, this trip should not be too dangerous.

…

A few dozen days later, the Lezi ship arrived in Donglai County. Tangning went to the Wutong Pavilion of Qiankun Chamber of Commerce in Donglai City and spent another 50 million spirit stones to buy a ticket to Jinan County.

…

Taopu City is located in the southeast of Jinan County. It is one of the twelve cities in Ziju County under it. Like other cities in Tianyuan, this city has an area of ​​3 million miles in radius, and the entire city is 300,000 miles in size.

In Taopuli City, in front of the majestic attic, a ray of light fell, and a handsome-looking man appeared, it was Tang Ning.

It took him nearly a year to travel from Donglai County to Jinan County on a Leizi boat, almost crossing the north and south of Qingzhou. It took him several dozen days to get from Jinan County to Taopu City, and then to the Wutong Pavilion of the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce.

"Senior, what do you need?" As soon as he entered the room, a woman in chamber of commerce attire came up to him and asked.

"I want to go to Zili Island in the Netherworld Sea. I don't know if your pavilion has a merchant ship leading there."

Zili Island is the closest cultivation island to Qianxi Island. It is located in the south of Qianxi Island, about five to six hundred thousand miles away. Since Qianxi Island is not a cultivation island, there should be no merchant ships making a special trip there. And he didn't want to reveal his destination directly, so he turned around and asked.

"Senior, if you want to go to Zili Island, you should go directly to the Wutong Pavilion opened by the Netherworld Sea Organization and ask! The headquarters does not have merchant ships that go directly to the island."

"I heard that your Chamber of Commerce and the Netherworld Sea Organization have already started trade cooperation between the two parties. Why doesn't your Chamber of Commerce have merchant ships heading to the Netherworld Sea islands?"

"It's like this. Our Chamber of Commerce will only have merchant ships in areas where there are markets and shops. There are no shops of our Chamber of Commerce on the islands in the Nether Sea, so there are no merchant ships that have developed this route."

"I wonder where the Netherworld Seaview Pavilion is?"

"Senior, after leaving this city, go south for a while. There is a 'Wuyue Pier'. There is the Wutong Pavilion opened by the Netherworld Sea Organization. Seniors can take their merchant ships there."

"I wonder how far away this Wuyue Pier is from this city? Does your pavilion have any merchant ships going there?"

"Wuyue Pier is about two million miles away from here. If senior takes a merchant ship, I can immediately arrange a ticket to go there."

"Okay." Tangning paid the spirit stone, booked a Wind Spirit Ship, and boarded the ship that night.