Chapter 1346: 1446: First Arrival at Central City

Chapter 1346: Chapter 1446: First Arrival at Central City

He Musnow is now at the Great Perfection stage, and her strength is no less than that of Yin Hanyan back in the day. However, her flying sword hasn’t been upgraded yet, so her flying speed is far behind Yin Hanyan’s.

It’s only about twice as fast as Wang Qi’s.

The distance from Cuiyan City to the cultivator’s market is over 30,000 li, which means it’ll take He Musnow about three hours to get there.

For cultivators, three hours is just a blink of an eye—well, that’s when they’re meditating. But right now, He Musnow is controlling her flying sword and can’t meditate at all.

Plus, a guy is standing behind her who she doesn’t hate and might even secretly like a little. The awkward silence is killing her.

So, after just about half an hour, he can’t take it anymore. She turns around and looks at Ye Fei, saying, “Hey, why aren’t you talking?”

My beautiful senior aunt, you were the one who ignored me first, right? Ye Fei thought with a wry smile. But of course, he didn’t say that out loud. He just replied, “I’m thinking about something.”

“What are you thinking about?” He Musnow immediately asked, curiosity piqued. Although she’s over 200 years old, cultivators’ ages aren’t the same as ordinary people’s.

When cultivators meditate, it’s common to go for days, weeks, or even months and years. So, compared to a 20-something girl on Earth, He Musnow is still very much in that youthful, girlish phase.

“I was thinking, our Cuiyan Sect is such a major force. Why didn’t we prepare these materials for forging earlier? Why do we still have to trouble you to make this trip yourself?” Ye Fei asked, genuinely puzzled. He had no idea that this was common sense among cultivators.

Fortunately, He Musnow was used to Ye Fei occasionally asking some newbie questions and answered directly, “The materials needed to upgrade a flying sword mostly come from rare beasts and spiritual creatures. These things can’t be stored for long, so there’s no way to prepare them in advance. Fortunately, these materials have other uses too, and the trading guilds often collect them. Otherwise, they’d be impossible to find. After all, Great Perfection cultivators are so rare—one might not appear for decades or even a century.”

She paused for a moment, then continued, “Of course, that’s not the main reason. After all, we don’t necessarily have to go ourselves to collect the materials. The real reason I’m going is to make an appearance.”

At this point, Ye Fei finally understood everything. The so-called material collection was just a cover. The real goal was to announce to the whole world that another Great Perfection cultivator had emerged from their ranks.

In the True Emptiness Realm, where might makes right, Great Perfection cultivators are like nuclear weapons in the old world—they’re a form of deterrence and the main measure of a force’s strength.

So even though He Musnow had already made a public appearance in Cuiyan City, that wasn’t enough.

Most of the people who saw her back then were within the Cuiyan Sect’s sphere of influence. The cultivator’s market was different.

He Musnow, with her youthful mindset, gradually let her guard down with Ye Fei after just a few words.

For the next two hours, the two of them chatted happily, and before they knew it, they had arrived at the cultivator’s trading market.

This place, called a market, had grown into a decent-sized city over a thousand years, which was why it was named “Central City.” Although it wasn’t as big as a main city like Cuiyan City, its area was still comparable to a medium-to-large-sized city on Earth.

No wonder He Musnow said it would take so long to go through the whole place.

Following the usual practice, the two of them landed near the South City Gate and walked into the city. He Musnow explained to Ye Fei, “The layout here is a microcosm of the entire True Emptiness Realm. The area our Cuiyan Sect is in charge of is still in the southwest corner. We need to go there first. By the way, the person in charge there, Senior Sister Lianhua, is related to you by the same surname.”

“Senior Aunt, I wonder if Senior Lianhua is my great-aunt or my aunt? Also, what’s her personality like? Is she easy to get along with?” Ye Fei asked. Given his current relationship with Yin Hanyan, he could theoretically disregard anyone in the Cuiyan Sect. But precisely because of that, he needed to be more humble.

Otherwise, he’d end up like those arrogant eunuchs favored by ancient emperors, causing unnecessary resentment among his beloved master’s subordinates.

“She’s your master’s junior sister, so you can just call her aunt,” He Musnow replied. Mentioning Yin Hanyan made her think of last night again, and she had to take a moment to calm herself before continuing, “As for her personality, she’s quite easy to get along with. But you should be prepared.”

Ye Fei was puzzled by his beautiful senior aunt’s words. No matter how much he pressed her, she wouldn’t say more, just telling him he’d find out when the time came. This only made him more curious.

Although they entered the city through the nearest South City Gate, it was still over ten kilometers to the Cuiyan Sect’s office. As a member of one of the Ten Major Forces, He Musnow didn’t want to break the rules by using some form of rapid transport, so they had to walk.

But this also gave them a chance to look for the materials along the way, so they didn’t bother with any carriages or other means of transportation and just walked the whole distance.

Just as He Musnow had said, over those ten kilometers, they went into every shop to inquire about the materials.

But they only found two of them. There were over twenty materials needed to upgrade the flying sword, so they were still far from having everything they needed.

As they walked, He Musnow focused on asking about the materials, while Ye Fei secretly observed. He noticed that this so-called cultivator’s trading market wasn’t much different from an ordinary city.

There were lots of shops, but also residential areas where people lived permanently. The only difference was that the shops didn’t sell everyday items like in a normal city. Instead, they sold all kinds of materials for cultivation and precious resources that could boost one’s cultivation.

Moreover, Ye Fei made an even more significant discovery: the currency used here was no longer ordinary gold or silver, but a kind of jade that contained pure energy.

This meant that Ye Fei, who had never lacked money in his life, was now completely broke in this place.

As the saying goes, “Money gives a man courage,” and “Money isn’t everything, but without money, you can’t do anything.” As a real man, how could Ye Fei stand being penniless? He was eager to change this situation.