[Xiu Xian] The ninth generation

The southeasternmost tip of Jingyuan Continent is an island facing the mainland across the sea, called the Xilian Islands.Many small islands are scattered around the archipelago, some are populous and some are sparsely populated. The largest island, Xilian Island, is located in the center of the Xilian Islands.There is a city in Xilian Island—or the whole island is a city, called Xilian City.

It was a small island city. Due to the lack of land, the population density was higher than any place on the mainland, and most of the people living in the city were mortals.Of course, there are also monks who come and go. It is said that the one who manages the whole city is a Nascent Soul.Although the mortals living in the period rarely have spiritual roots, they are no strangers to monks—mostly from the mainland—and there are special areas in the city to serve monks.It's hard to imagine that such an island city has everything, and the cost of living is almost the same as the big cities under some big sects in the mainland.

There are no sects in the entire Xilian Islands, and some have only a casual cultivator alliance.Most of the monks who settled in the Xilian Islands joined the alliance, and even Yuanying Da Neng, who was rumored to manage Xilian City, was also a member of the casual cultivator alliance.There is even a saying that Nascent Soul Da Neng is not the supreme ruler of the Loose Cultivation Alliance, and there are other stewards, commanders, and top managers on top of it. Chenzong still needs to be stronger. —Of course, the premise is that the rumors are true.

Chu Yanzhi was walking on the streets of Xilian City, silently looking at the busy crowd in front of him.

This is a city of mortals.Most of the mortal cities have no relationship with spiritual roots.Chu Yanzhi thought of the mortal cities in the Xuanzi Realm. There were countless rumors circulating among the cities and towns. As long as you walked around in hotels or brothels, you could hear a lot, most of them were about Jiecheng. ——People are always fascinated by the unknown and mysterious, so this kind of city is often the most enthusiastic about the weird and hidden places in the fairy tales.But Chu Yanzhi was surprised to find that Xilian City was not among them.

One month ago, Chu Yanzhi left the customs, and his cultivation had reached the middle stage of foundation establishment.

Under the surprised gaze of the steward of the foreign affairs room—it seemed that the steward's surprise had become the exclusive expression of the other party seeing him—he put his cultivation on record, and impatiently asked for leave.Using the unique benefits of core disciples, apply to postpone the mission of the sect.Of course, these unfinished tasks will gradually accumulate, like a debt, until the day when it is completed and paid off.Immediately, Chu Yanzhi went to Zongmenfang City, replaced some things, tidied up, stepped on the map in the jade slips on the same day, and went straight to Xilian City.

On the way, he also crossed mountains and ridges, crossed oceans and seas, and encountered robbery and pursuit.In short, the hard work and exhaustion in the middle cannot be expressed in words one by one.Until today, it has been more than five days since Chu Yanzhi arrived in Xilian City.In the past five days, he went deep into hotels, brothels, gambling houses and other places, but he still didn't find any traces of teleportation formations or isolation formations, not even any rumors.

Thinking of this, Chu Yanzhi frowned, and took out the world spirit compass from the storage bag again.The plate body has been slightly hot since he arrived in Xilian City, and it has not faded for a long time until now, and the third star is still half-lit.As for the jade slip, he sneaked his consciousness into it again, only to see that the map marked on the jade slip was interrupted at Xilian City, and when it reappeared, the Tiansheng Continent was already marked.

The only thing I understand is that Xilian City is the last stop of Jingyuan Continent, and the first stop of Zhitong Xiangtiansheng Continent is Donglin Island.

As for whether it is the teleportation array, the restriction, or the submarine ladder, now that the clues are interrupted, it seems to have become unpredictable.

He put away the world spirit compass and jade slip in his hand, and after sighing, his eyes finally rested on the low building in front of him.The building is an ordinary residential building, with blue-gray stone slabs and brick walls, and a brown-red door panel leaning against the door. The only thing that looks valuable is the door plaque made of sandalwood, which says "Tianji Pavilion" Three big characters.The sun was shining straight down, and the handwriting on the door plaque was stained with halo, which could only be seen clearly with ordinary eyesight.

Chu Yanzhi is a monk in the Foundation Establishment period, so naturally he will not be fooled by appearances.The reputation of Tianji Pavilion had spread throughout the entire Jingyuan Continent a few years ago. Even if he didn't care about world affairs and devoted himself to cultivating Taoism, Chu Yanzhi knew about this well-known intelligence agency.In particular, before saying goodbye to him, Chu Zixuan had solemnly told him about the Tianji Pavilion.Chu Zixuan also joked that if you can't find the Tiansheng Continent, you can go to the Tianji Pavilion to buy information. Those guys don't care about the secrets of the two continents. As long as you can afford the price, you can buy the corresponding information.

Unexpectedly, the joke came true.

Chu Yanzhi shook his head, touched the storage bag subconsciously, and walked in without hesitation.

"Fellow Taoist, what can I do for you?" A monk hurriedly greeted him when he saw the business coming.

Chu Yanzhi looked at the other party calmly and quietly. Seeing that he couldn't see through the other party's cultivation base, he knew in his heart that the cultivation base of the monk in front of him was at least in the late stage of foundation establishment: "I heard that you can buy information here?"

"The intelligence office is on the second floor." Upon hearing Chu Yanzhi's words, the monk smiled, "Before that, please show your qualifications for purchase."

Purchasing qualifications is also one of the rules of Tianji Pavilion.According to the information Chu Yanzhi heard, the starting price of the Tianji Pavilion Intelligence Department is one hundred middle-grade spirit stones.

Chu Yanzhi took out a storage bag prepared in advance and handed it to the monk.The monk checked the storage bag and saw that the amount was not too much, exactly 100 yuan of middle-grade spirit stones, so he nodded and returned the storage bag to Chu Yanzhi.

"Fellow Daoist, please follow me."

Soon, another female cultivator appeared, smiling and leading Chu Yanzhi to the second floor until they reached a small room.There were things in the room that recorded information. To Chu Yanzhi's surprise, those things were not jade slips, but ordinary people's pens and paper.The nun handed him the pen, and the smile on her face remained unchanged: "Please write down the information you want to buy, and we will do our best to find it for you."

Chu Yanzhi nodded, and immediately with a swipe of a pen, he left a line on the paper: How to get to Tiansheng Continent.

"Please wait a moment." The nun took the paper, folded it and exited the room.

Chu Yanzhi's face was calm, and it was not until the nun left the room that an uncontrollable gleam flashed in his eyes: Although the smile on the nun's face hadn't changed a bit, if he read it correctly, her eyes were touching him. He was obviously taken aback when he wrote that line. ——What is the origin of this Tianji Pavilion? Even a mere female cultivator who entertains monks can get in touch with the mystery of two continents!

The intelligence department of Tianji Pavilion really lived up to its name.

After only one incense stick, the female cultivator returned to the previous room with a few pieces of jade slips.The difference is that this time she sat opposite Chu Yanzhi and put the jade slips on the table.Chu Yanzhi noticed that the jade slip in the middle seemed to be different from the other ones, with a sky-blue luster, while the jade seemed to be more delicate, with strange patterns painted on it, like a jade tripod or a bronze ware.

"This is the answer I want?" Seeing that the female cultivator hadn't spoken for a long time, but just looked at him with an inscrutable smile, Chu Yanzhi frowned and spoke first.

"Yes. According to your question, we have found three ways. The price ranges from high to low, and the difficulty of obtaining accurate information is also different." The female nun pointed to the jade slips and said, "The first is the most convenient, Our Tianji Pavilion will directly tell fellow daoists the specific location, time, and method of passing, and ask for a thousand high-grade spirit stones. The second method is relatively simple. We provide a secret meeting certificate and tell fellow daoists the time and place of the secret meeting. The friends exchanged the required information from the secret meeting, and asked for a thousand middle-grade spirit stones. The third method is relatively inconvenient. We collected all the rumors related to Tiansheng Continent in the Jade Slips. Among them, you need fellow daoists to explore on your own, asking for five hundred middle-grade spirit stones."

Speaking of this, the female cultivator paused for a moment, and the inscrutable face turned into a smile: "I don't know which one you choose?"

Hearing the method provided by the female cultivator, Chu Yanzhi couldn't help sighing in his heart that Tianji Pavilion is worthy of being a well-known intelligence agency in the Jingyuan Continent. He has wandered around for a long time and has no clues, and he can collect it in just a stick of incense. There are three types, and they are classified according to the price level.Just which one should I choose?Chu Yanzhi frowned, and for a while he was uncertain about his choice: the most convenient one, as the female cultivator said, is naturally the first one, but the price is indeed a bit high, although he can afford it, but Chu Yanzhi has to Prepare for the Ascension Continent—who knows what the prices in another continent will be like!As for the last one, it would take a lot of time and experience to verify the [-] rumors one by one. Even if the correct path can be found in the end, the time required is not something he can afford with only a few years to live.

Not long ago, when he was in the middle stage of retreat and breakthrough foundation establishment, he celebrated his 10th birthday, and he was only five years away from his 15th birthday.

Thinking about it this way, only one of the three options seems to be left.

Chu Yanzhi pondered for a while, and said slowly: "I wonder if there must be a correct way to reach the Tiansheng Continent in this secret meeting?"

"Fellow daoist, please don't worry, we guarantee that some of them will know and are willing to exchange this information." The female cultivator's face flashed a flash of clarity, "As for whether that person is willing to exchange it with fellow daoist, it depends on whether the fellow daoist can come out or not." Got what he wanted."

"Okay, then I'll buy the second way!" Chu Yanzhi gritted his teeth, made a decision immediately, and pointed to the jade slip in the middle.He took out the storage bag that contained one hundred spirit stones, added another four hundred to it, and handed it to the nun: "This is five hundred middle-grade spirit stones."

The smile on the female nun's face became brighter. After taking the storage bag and counting the number correctly, she put away the two jade slips on the left and right, leaving only the middle one: "At Xushi tomorrow, Ziyang Tower in the south of the city, coded Tianding This piece of jade is simply a secret meeting certificate, just show it after matching the password."

Chu Yanzhi squeezed the jade slip in his hand, was silent for a while, and soon took his leave and left Tianji Pavilion.

At Xushi tomorrow, Ziyang Tower!

The author has something to say: I suddenly found that the second volume could not be opened... and I had to wander around Xilian City for a while.