94: Chapter 94 Wang Bin Discovers a Shocking Secret

When Wang Bin and Du Xiaoyue arrived at the Four Seas Commerce League shop, Du Juan quickly led them into her room.

"Senior Brother Qingmu, there's been a change in tonight's trade fair.

A mysterious item suddenly appeared at the trade fair, and I still don't know what it is.

However, I heard it's very appealing even to Golden Core cultivators, and many Golden Core cultivators heard the news and will also attend this trade fair.

Young Master Chu originally planned to communicate with the seller in advance and purchase this mysterious item at a high price, but the news unfortunately leaked.

Young Master Chu had no choice but to reluctantly move to a larger venue. Many Golden Core cultivators will attend, and that mysterious item will also be auctioned off to the highest bidder.

I've also included those fifty drops of Spirit Liquid in the auction, which will allow us to get more Spirit Stones, and our risk will be greatly reduced. However, a five percent handling fee will be charged for the auction.

The only tricky part is that I can't take Xiaoyue to broaden her horizons; the lowest entry threshold requires a Foundation Establishment Cultivator."

Du Xiaoyue's eyes dimmed for a moment, but she quickly became relieved.

She knew clearly that her cultivation was still shallow, not even meeting the entry threshold, so she couldn't blame anyone else.

Wang Bin, on the other hand, was quite excited and full of curiosity about that mysterious item.

This was originally just an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator trade fair, yet it could attract the attention of so many Golden Core cultivators. This indicates that the item can be used by Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and its effect must be extraordinary, even coveted by Golden Core cultivators.

He thought to himself, he wondered if he could use it. Even if he couldn't afford it, it would be good to go and gain some experience.

Du Juan handed Wang Bin a palm-sized token, which was the invitation. Du Xiaoyue could only reluctantly go look for Spiritual Chef Secret Manuals.

Du Juan and Wang Bin walked out of the shop and waited for a moment at the entrance. A Spirit Feather Crane, two to three meters tall, gracefully arrived.

Du Juan threw out ten Low-Grade Spirit Stones. The Spirit Feather Crane glanced at them, lightly swept them with its wing, and put them into the Storage Pouch hanging around its neck.

Wang Bin followed Du Juan and leaped onto the bird's back. The bird's back was quite wide; two or three people sitting cross-legged on it would be no problem. The bird could also put up a shield to block the wind while flying, which was very user-friendly.

At this moment, Du Juan's voice transmission reached Wang Bin's ear:

"This trade fair is located at an auction house near the East Gate. It will take half an incense stick of time even by Spirit Feather Crane.

Aside from two exceptionally large auctions in West Sea City, all other auctions are held near the four city gates. You should be able to guess the specific reason."

Wang Bin nodded slightly, looking down at the various buildings passing beneath him. They had different styles but were very orderly, and he always felt there was a mystery within them.

Although many buildings were obscured by Formations, making it difficult to see their internal conditions, their footprint was immediately apparent.

"Aunt, do you know how many buildings there are in Four Seas City? Is every courtyard built over a Spiritual Vein node?

If all of them were sold, how many Spirit Stones would be earned? Moreover, each house has to pay a sum of Spirit Stones every ten years."

"Beneath the outer city of West Sea City are three Level Four Spiritual Veins and dozens of Level Three Spiritual Veins.

Most houses can actually only be used by Qi Refinement Stage Cultivators for cultivation and residence, and the Spiritual Qi within them is only enough for Qi Refinement Cultivators' needs.

Look at those courtyards covering about ten acres; the center of a Level Three Spiritual Vein is beneath them, and they usually belong to a Golden Core Family.

Surrounding them are courtyards covering one acre, which are the residences of Foundation Establishment Cultivators. The smaller courtyards further out are for Qi Refinement Cultivators.

My courtyard and Xiaoyue's are among the smallest of the Foundation Establishment courtyards. We simply can't afford larger ones, and the larger they are, the more Spirit Stones need to be paid every ten years.

Occasionally appearing large estates of over a hundred acres are at the core of Level Four Spiritual Veins; those courtyards are cultivation grounds for Nascent Soul Cultivators.

However, the Nascent Soul Cultivators residing in the outer city of West Sea City are not part of West Sea City's management.

The power of Four Seas City is entirely concentrated in the hands of a few Nascent Soul Families in the inner city. As for the specific distribution of benefits, it's not something a small Foundation Establishment Cultivator like me can know.

Each of their families is a high-level member of the Four Seas Commerce League, and one of them is even a branch of a Family from Four Seas City, the headquarters of the Four Seas Commerce League.

Their Family even has a Soul Transformation Old Ancestor overseeing things in Four Seas City. It's just that for some unknown reason, the City Lord of West Sea City has been held by the Chu Family for a thousand years.

That's why everyone envies you more. The Chu Family possesses countless cultivation resources. It shouldn't be a big problem for them to ensure your achievement of the Golden Core Realm, and the Chu Family's reputation is excellent.

This Foundation Establishment trade fair was organized by the Chu Family's Cultivators, personally handled by Chu Tianwen, Hall Master Chu's eldest son.

He basically organizes such small Foundation Establishment Cultivator trade fairs once a year."

After Du Juan finished speaking, she also gave Wang Bin a detailed overview of the general situation of various forces in West Sea City.

It turns out that the reason West Sea City has so many Spiritual Veins is because Spiritual Veins can be migrated.

The Chu Family and the few Nascent Soul Families in the inner city have been migrating Spiritual Veins to West Sea City for the past few hundred years.

As long as a Cultivator's strength is sufficient, Nascent Soul Cultivators can forcibly migrate Level One and Level Two Spiritual Veins.

Although it will cause some damage to the Spiritual Vein, once properly settled, it can recover as before after a period of time.

Migrating Spiritual Veins primarily relies on Formation Masters. First, the core part of the Spiritual Vein is sealed, then it is migrated. The extent of damage to the Spiritual Vein varies depending on the Formation Master's strength.

The migration of Level Four Spiritual Veins requires the cooperation of Level Four Formation Masters and Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Furthermore, when multiple low-grade Spiritual Veins converge and are buried together, over time, they have the chance to advance to high-grade Spiritual Veins.

This is why there are no high-grade Spiritual Veins in places where Mortals gather. Perhaps there were originally, but they were migrated away.

At this moment, Wang Bin felt as if he had discovered a monumental secret.

He vaguely perceived the essence of the various major forces in the Cultivation World.

Those large Schools and Families migrated most of the Spiritual Veins in this area to one place, then built cities there, arranging the Spiritual Veins in an orderly fashion.

Then, they built houses at various nodes of the Spiritual Veins, and then sold or rented these houses to other Cultivators, collecting a Spiritual Qi fee every ten years.

This way, they could indirectly compel these Cultivators to work for them.

They also claimed the mineral mountains and veins as their own, leading to a scarcity of unowned cultivation resources in the surrounding areas. New Cultivators, if they wished to Cultivate, could only follow their arrangements.

In fact, the early stages of cultivation were fine; the sparse Spiritual Qi in the outside world was enough to support Cultivators up to Foundation Establishment.

But the further one cultivated, the greater the reliance on Spiritual Veins, at which point one had to join various School forces.

Even if a Cultivator was unwilling to give up their freedom and chose to be a Loose Cultivator, they were actually cultivating indirectly in their cities, still needing to rent their cultivation grounds, which required Spirit Stones.

Ultimately, they would still work for the School, just in a different way.

Wang Bin couldn't help but sigh, this method was truly too brilliant. And as long as West Sea City was controlled, the number of high-level Cultivators could also be artificially controlled.

Even if a very small number of lucky individuals cultivated to the Nascent Soul or even Soul Transformation Realm due to various fortuitous encounters, they would eventually integrate into their system, vying for various Spiritual Veins and mineral mountains, replicating this model.

It's truly terrifying to think about. Many people must have discovered this situation like himself, but what could they do? In the Cultivation World, fists are the only truth.

Wang Bin also took the opportunity to inquire about Yin Chengmu's Family.

The Yin Family is a Golden Core Family with two Golden Core cultivators. The Clan Chief of the Family is Yin Tianqi, who is at the Golden Core Late Stage cultivation and serves as an inner Elder of the Four Seas Commerce League in West Sea City.

The other is Yin Tianqi's younger brother, Yin Bi, Yin Chengmu's father, who is at the Golden Core Early Stage cultivation and serves as an outer Elder.

The Yin Family also possesses over ten Foundation Establishment Cultivators and more than a hundred Qi Refinement Stage Cultivators, making them a significant force in West Sea City.

They own a hundred-acre courtyard in the outer city of West Sea City and control a city within West Sea City's sphere of influence, which has a Second-Grade Spirit Vein beneath it.

Most of the Yin Family's low-level Cultivators and tens of thousands of Mortals reside in this city, where they Cultivate many low-grade Spirit Medicines. The entire Family is developing well.

After understanding the Yin Family's strength, Wang Bin felt immense pressure.

He knew he had to break through to the Golden Core Realm as soon as possible.

It seems that Yin Chengmu's items can only remain buried there, especially that invisibility cloak, which is truly a pity.

His current speed of cultivation and strength improvement is still too slow. It seems he still needs to put more effort into the Lei Sha Pearl.

Now that he has the Thunder Manipulation Array, capable of generating lightning from thin air, the core problem has been resolved.

Next, as long as he deeply studies Artifact Refining knowledge and combines it with the knowledge of various bombs he understood in his previous life, he should be able to create the Lei Sha Pearl.

It would be even better if he could further enhance its power. If it could directly kill Golden Core or Nascent Soul Cultivators, that would be ideal.