Two Realms: Don’t call me evil!

As Su Jie resolved the internal conflicts in Guiling Palace, Qingzhou's development was no longer hindered, and Su Jie's various capitalization initiatives were quickly implemented.

Three months later!

In the Firefly Sea, in front of the ferry estuary, several monks whose attire was out of place with the disciples of Guiling Palace came here.

They wore precious jades around their waists, plain crowns on their hair, and dressed in long clothes embroidered with two crossed golden flying swords.

These are monks from the Jinjian Sect in Qingzhou. They are also the first batch of exchange students from the Jinjian Sect to enter the Guiling Palace.

There are a total of five disciples of the Golden Sword Sect. The one with the highest cultivation level is an inner disciple at the seventh level of the Soul Condensation Realm. His name is Xu Chang and he is 25 years old this year. To be able to cultivate to this level at this age, he has quite a lot of potential.

The other four, without exception, were all disciples below the fifth level of the Soul Condensation Realm.

Although Guiling Palace forced the orthodox sects in Qingzhou to send disciples over for exchange and study, Jinjian Sect was naturally unwilling to actually send its own talented disciples over, and they didn't know how they would be tortured and humiliated by Guiling Palace.

Therefore, the Golden Sword Sect specially held a lottery, picking a few from the outer disciples and fooling the Guiling Palace.

As for why Xu Chang, an inner sect disciple, was also chosen, it was because the Golden Sword Sect was afraid that it would offend the Guiling Palace if it was too deceiving, so it had to at least show its appreciation by sending an inner sect disciple over.

This way, if Guiling Palace holds us accountable, we will be able to make excuses. We have also sent talented inner disciples here to study and exchange ideas.

Xu Chang was such an unlucky guy. He won the opportunity to come here for exchange and learning in the lottery among the inner disciples.

Amid the ridicule of other senior brothers and sisters, he had to pack his bags with a depressed look on his face and travel thousands of miles to Guiling Palace for further studies.

Yes, in the eyes of Xu Chang and other disciples who came to exchange and study, their coming to Guiling Palace was a huge misfortune.

Everyone knows that Guiling Palace is the largest demon cave in Qingzhou. It is ferocious and bloodthirsty, cruel and brutal, and will kill people to feed the insects at any time.

In Qingzhou, Guiling Palace has never had a good reputation.

When they come here to live, they don’t know what kind of cruel and targeted treatment they will face.

"Brother, the sea of ​​fireflies is ahead."

Arriving at Firefly Sea, the headquarters of Guiling Palace, several outer disciples of Golden Sword Sect were filled with fear. Looking at the monks of Guiling Palace shuttling back and forth at the ferry, they were afraid to step forward.

"Wait, I'll go ask someone."

Xu Chang took a deep breath. Although he was a little nervous, he had to support his fellow disciples in the sect when he was away from home. As an inner sect disciple, he was not a demon and would not do anything to test the waters with his fellow disciples.

"Be careful, brother."

Under the watchful eyes of several young monks, Xu Chang walked to the ferry crossing of the Firefly Sea.

There are big words written on the ferry: "Firefly Sea Ferry No. 2", and there are several such ferries.

Firefly Sea is the largest lake in Qingzhou and ranks among the top three in the Dali Dynasty. The lake is 736 kilometers long, 68 kilometers wide on average, and 430 meters deep on average. It is larger than Lake Baikal on Blue Star.

It is called a lake, but it has no end in sight. In the center of the lake is the island which is the base camp of Guiling Palace.

If you want to go to the central island in the lake, you have to take a ferry.

When Xu Chang arrived here, he found that it was extremely lively. In addition to the disciples of Guiling Palace, there were also a large number of traveling merchants, and even ordinary people carrying shoulder poles to sell fruits, vegetables and poultry.

There are shops lined up on both sides of the pier, and it is hard to tell that a war had taken place here a few months ago.

"Why are there so many people here? Aren't they afraid that the monks from Guiling Palace will capture them and feed them to the worms?"

Xu Chang was bewildered. He had been to Guanchao Pavilion before, but at that time he came with the elders of the sect to discuss Taoism and make friends with the younger generation of Guanchao Pavilion.

The ferry terminal at that time was not so lively.

The Guanchao Pavilion enforces strict bans except for their own monks. Ordinary people are not allowed to come here to do business or open shops. Anyone who is not one of their own monks will be driven away.

What Xu Chang couldn't understand was how these people could be so bold as to do business right in front of Guiling Palace.

His mind was full of confusion, but Xu Chang did not investigate further. Instead, he found the disciple who was on duty, wearing the uniform of a monk from Guiling Palace.

"you"

As Xu Chang opened his mouth, several Guiling Palace monks on the opposite side looked at each other, and the leading disciple among them stood up.

"Judging from your attire, you are a disciple from the Golden Sword Sect who came here to exchange ideas and further your studies?"

"Uh, yeah, yes."

Xu Chang didn't expect the other party to directly reveal his origins, saving him the trouble of explaining.

He was about thirty years old and had grown a beard at a young age, which made him look older and more mature.

Seeing the purple mantis insect lying on Zhang Xin's shoulder, Xu Chang nodded hesitantly: "Sorry for disturbing you."

Then Xu Chang turned around and waved to his four fellow junior brothers and sisters, asking them to come over quickly and join him.

When everyone had arrived, Zhang Xin led them through the bustling commercial street at the dock and came to the ferry terminal where they could board the boat.

Here, Xu Chang and others saw another unexpected scene.

There are more than a dozen ships of various sizes moored at the dock. In addition to the common wooden boats, there are also several giant steel ships shining with pure iron color.

At the edge of the dock, there are huge steel racks that are tens of meters high. They are hoisting iron boxes one by one and loading them onto the huge steel ships.

This cycle continues endlessly, and the amount of cargo these steel ships can carry far exceeds that of ordinary wooden ships.

Xu Chang opened his mouth wide, he had never seen such a huge ship. He had seen the Flying Magic Boat, but that was not made of pure iron, but a collection of various rare spiritual materials. The ship in front of him was completely cast in steel. He couldn't understand how this thing could float on the sea.

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"What a huge iron ship!"

"Are there any other steel ships like this? Are there any formations carved inside? Otherwise, how can they float on the water?"

“Where did Guiling Palace get these from? Guanchao Pavilion didn’t even have these big iron ships before.”

The several Golden Sword Sect disciples who followed Xu Chang also stared with their eyes wide open. It was difficult for them to understand where Guiling Palace got this thing from.

"Haha, this is the masterpiece of our sect's Puppet Hall. The Puppet Hall is the largest hall in our sect. They have created many magical puppet machines, and these steel ships are one of them. They are all driven by a new fuel, not by spirit stones and formations. You will understand after living here for a long time."

Zhang Xin was grinning at the side, as if he had guessed the reactions of Xu Chang and others long ago.

Because he has seen many similar reactions in the past few days.

Every batch of righteous disciples who come to Guiling Palace to study will be shocked at this dock.

"It's nothing special. It's just a little bigger and can hold more goods. Without the formation defense, it's just a big target. It can be sunk by a few flying swords."

When Xu Chang saw Zhang Xin's smile, he thought that the other party was laughing at his ignorance, and he could not help but refute him verbally. At the same time, he pulled the sleeves of several of his fellow disciples and asked them to remain reserved and not lose the demeanor of their Jinjianmen, a legitimate sect, and make a fool of themselves in front of the disciples of Guiling Palace.

Zhang Xin did not argue with them, but shrugged and said, "Come with me on board. We will start the boat now and reach the island in the middle of the lake before sunset."

The group boarded one of the giant steel ships, which was a mixed cargo and passenger ship. In addition to carrying a large amount of cargo, there were also a large number of businessmen on board.

Zhang Xin got on the boat. He seemed to be very famous here. Immediately, a group of merchants surrounded him and Zhang Xin greeted them.

"Shopkeeper Fu, this Chen Mansion has transported a lot of spiritual materials this time! It looks like they are going to make a fortune again."

"No, no, Guiling Palace is in need of reconstruction after the war. As a member of Qingzhou, we should help out a little and do our best. Making money is secondary."

"Brother Zhang, my family has just opened a restaurant at the pier, and I have specially invited two beautiful girls from the Western Regions. Brother Zhang, you must come to the restaurant when it opens. I will ask them to accompany Brother Zhang and relax."

"Okay, okay. Your Golden Cicada Silk wants to join the purchasing system. You are well-informed. The news that our sect will change to new uniforms was just announced two days ago, and you are already here to make activities. Forget it, I will go to Master and mention it. Whether it can be included or not is not up to me to decide."

Zhang Xin was able to get along well with everyone and had a great time chatting and laughing with these businessmen.

Xu Chang looked around secretly and found that in addition to ordinary traveling merchants, there were also white glove caravans that were obviously sent by wealthy families from all over Qingzhou.

They wore emblems representing their family, and the cargo they transported was not limited to ordinary goods, but also included various common spiritual materials, spiritual minerals, spiritual plants and spiritual beasts.

Aristocratic families are different from sects. They can be seen as small sects based on blood ties. Most of the aristocratic families with a long history will train their own children to practice. Those with less talent will be sent to sects to become disciples and learn.

These aristocratic families have been rooted in the local area for a long time, have extensive connections, control many common production sites of cultivation resources, and actively set up caravans to travel to various places for trade and commerce to earn wealth.

In the past, the black market in Guiling Palace was basically dominated by the caravans of these aristocratic families. Everything, including the trafficking of human slaves, was traded by these daring caravans of aristocratic families.

"There is no morality at all. It is corrupt, really corrupt."

Xu Chang eavesdropped on a few words and couldn't help complaining in his heart.

In the past, these noble families engaged in black market transactions secretly, but now that Guiling Palace has become the overlord of Qingzhou, these noble families have all begun to do business with Guiling Palace openly, no longer hiding like in the past, and they no longer care whether Guiling Palace is a sect of evil or not.

However, Xu Chang was just thinking about it in his mind and naturally couldn't say it out loud.

Because strictly speaking, their Golden Sword Sect was also one of the forces that defected to the Ghost Ridge Palace, so he didn't have the face to criticize them too much. (End of this chapter)