Chapter 753: Identity Issues
In Yaoshan Town, no one knew Wu Yan, a cultivator who had just come from the ruins of Tianzhou. His current cultivation level was only the late Jindan stage. A cultivator with his current cultivation level was basically the lowest level here, and no one was interested in him.
Of course, the long-browed old man might be an exception, but now the spiritual mark he left on Wu Yan had been burned by Wu Yan, and it was unlikely that he would find Wu Yan again.
Lingxu City was so big that there were millions of cultivators coming in and out every day. The long-browed old man was not a core member of Lingxu City, but just a peripheral disciple. He had no ability to mobilize the power of Lingxu City to investigate an outside cultivator with a cultivation level of Jindan to Yuanying stage.
Wu Yan was very relieved to live in an extremely remote inn in Yaoshan Town. During this period of time, except for the basic meditation and cultivation in the evening, he spent the rest of his time checking the information about the Lingxu land recorded in the pass gold scroll, inquiring about the Lingxu Medicine Valley in Yaoshan Town, and going outside Lingxu City to inquire about the distribution of forces in Lingxu City.
In three days, Wu Yan had basically found out all the information he wanted to know, and finally had a general and clear understanding of Lingxu Land.
What surprised Wu Yan was that he did not expect that in such a low-level realm as Lingxu Land, there were actually cultivators in the Fusion Stage, and there were even more cultivators in the Void Refining Stage.
According to rumors, the city lord of Lingxu City was actually a powerful senior who had reached the Fusion Stage. This Lingxu City has been built for hundreds of thousands of years in the realm of cultivation, and this city lord named Yang Shan has been in charge of Lingxu City since he reached the Fusion Stage. It has been nearly ten thousand years.
It is said that the cultivation of City Lord Yang Shan has long broken through the initial stage and reached the middle stage of Fusion. There are even rumors that he is now at the peak of the middle stage of Fusion and may break through to the late stage of Fusion at any time.
Once he can reach the late stage of fusion, and if there are others in Lingxu City who can cultivate to the early stage of fusion, then he will most likely give up the position of city lord and go to the fairy world to continue to pursue a higher realm.
The reason why this city lord Yang Shan stayed in Lingxu Land at the peak of the middle stage of fusion and did not go to the fairy world is that some people say that it is because Yang Shan offended an earth immortal ancestor in the fairy world who was in the tribulation period, and some people say that it is because Lingxu Land needs his protection.
Anyway, no matter what, this city lord is fully capable of going to the fairy world at any time, but he did not go, but chose to stay in Lingxu Land, which made the cultivators in Lingxu Land feel encouraged. You know, with such a powerful cultivator in the fusion period, they have someone to ask for advice on many problems in cultivation, and they don’t have to rely on their own conjectures to explore and cultivate randomly. The benefits are self-evident.
The biggest force in Lingxu City is naturally the city guards formed by this city lord. It is said that among the city guards, the lowest level of cultivation is also a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage, and the city guards in the late Nascent Soul stage are just the lowest level of guards. Generally, the low-level commanders of the city guards, the city guard lieutenants, are at least cultivators in the early stage of the Spiritualization stage.
As for the city guard generals and city guard commanders above, they are generally cultivators in the late stage of the Spiritualization stage and the Refining Void stage, which is simply beyond the imagination of ordinary cultivators.
This city guard has a force of about 10,000 people, and its strength can be said to be extremely powerful. It is the absolute ruler and guardian of the Lingxu land. In the past, when encountering invaders from other cultivation realms and thieves who plundered the void, it was the city lord Yang Shan who led the city guards to repel these invading enemies and guard the safety of the entire Lingxu land.
Like what Wu Yan saw last time, the two law enforcement envoys invited by Changmei Weng were actually concurrently served by the city guard lieutenants.
In addition to the city guards, there are four other powerful forces in Lingxu City, Wanzhen Chamber of Commerce, Demon Immortal Alliance, Sand Sea Gang, and Ice Temple. These four super powerful forces are all in charge of powerful monks in the late stage of refining emptiness. As for the elders in the refining emptiness period, although they cannot be compared with the city guards, they are definitely not few.
In addition to these four super powerful forces, other medium-sized forces and families, low-level forces and families, are numerous. However, most of these forces and families exist by relying on these four super powerful forces and are vassal status.
Like the Qizhen Sect where Sun Ji, who Wu Yan met before, and the Zhang Family where Zhang Jian and others are, they are all second-level sects and families that are dependent on the Wanzhen Chamber of Commerce.
It is worth mentioning that the jade slip introduced that the forces in this Lingxu land actually have a level classification standard, and not only is the Lingxu land divided according to this standard, but the big and small forces in the fairy world are also divided according to this level standard.
The City Guard is the highest level of power in Lingxu, but it is only a fourth-level sect power. The other four major forces are only third-level sects. As for those attached to these four major forces, they are all first- and second-level sects and family forces.
Generally speaking, a first-level sect or family must have at least one late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator in charge, a second-level sect or family must have a late-stage Spiritualization cultivator in charge, and a third-level sect must have at least one late-stage Refining Void cultivator in charge.
The four forbidden areas outside Lingxu City are respectively managed by these four major forces. Lingxu Medicine Valley belongs to the Wanzhen Chamber of Commerce, the Endless Sand Sea is the territory of the Sand Sea Gang, Lingxu Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain is the territory of the Demon Immortal Alliance, and the Icefield Forbidden Land is the sphere of influence of the Ice God Temple.
The headquarters of these four major forces are located in the four acropolises on the four sides of Lingxu City, and the central main city is the jurisdiction of the City Guard.
However, the opening of the four forbidden areas is usually supervised by the city guards, and the four third-level sects assist in the management. Usually, the city guards are unified in opening. For some reason, the city guards did not participate in the opening of Lingxu Medicine Valley this time, but handed it over to Wanzhen Chamber of Commerce to host it.
Such a godsend opportunity, Wanzhen Chamber of Commerce will naturally not miss it, so there is a turmoil over the golden pass.
What makes Wu Yan feel extremely depressed is that in order to participate in the exploration of the forbidden area of Lingxu Medicine Valley, not only a golden pass and a storage ring specially distributed by Wanzhen Chamber of Commerce are required, but also a reasonable and legal identity as a resident of Lingxu Land.
Of course, casual cultivators are also allowed to participate in the exploration of Lingxu Medicine Valley, but they need at least a recommendation from a first-level sect. Even if an unregistered casual cultivator has a golden pass, Wanzhen Chamber of Commerce will not distribute a storage ring. Without the storage ring they distribute, Wu Yan cannot enter Lingxu Medicine Valley even if he has a golden pass.
Wu Yan had just arrived, so he didn't know what the first-level forces were. Naturally, he didn't dare to reveal the information that he had a golden pass before the Lingxu Medicine Valley opened. You know, a golden pass has now been sold at a sky-high price of 30,000 top-grade spirit stones. If the news that he had a golden pass was leaked in advance, he might be killed by malicious forces or families before he could participate in the expedition of Lingxu Medicine Valley.
Fortunately, Wu Yan had found a solution after constantly asking for information in the past few days, but the procedures were still a bit troublesome. Now, he has disposed of all the things that are not too important to him, and finally collected 1,000 top-grade spirit stones.
These 1,000 top-grade spirit stones are the guarantee for him to get a reasonable and legal identity. He plans to rent a small shop in Yaoshan Town and set up an alchemy shop. In this way, he will not be considered an illegal household, but a genuine resident of Lingxu City.
He also inquired about it. As long as there is a second-grade spiritual alchemist in charge, the general alchemy shop is qualified to open for business. With his current alchemy level, he can make immortal-level elixirs, let alone some spiritual-level elixirs.
What made Wu Yan quite interesting was that he didn't expect that in this Lingxu land, even in the immortal world, there were very detailed level assessment and certification agencies for alchemists, weapon refiners, and array masters. This completely overturned his previous understanding of the immortal world he had come into contact with.
The level of spiritual-level alchemists is specifically divided into nine levels. The first three levels of alchemists correspond to the three levels of spiritual-level elixirs in the foundation-building period, the fourth to sixth levels correspond to the three levels of spiritual-level elixirs in the elixir-forming period, and the seventh to ninth levels correspond to the three levels of spiritual-level elixirs in the Nascent Soul period.
However, in general, the effect of the eighth and ninth levels of spiritual elixirs is not too great for cultivators in the late Nascent Soul period. Therefore, generally, cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage will look for some immortal-level alchemy masters to refine immortal-level elixirs.
Immortal-level alchemy masters are also divided into nine grades. The first three grades can be used by cultivators in the Spiritualization stage, the middle three grades can be used by cultivators in the Void Refining stage, and the last three grades can be used by cultivators in the Combination stage.
Alchemy masters are also respected as the King of Alchemy in Lingxu City. Because Wu Yan is familiar with the "Shennong Pharmacopoeia" and has the two immortal-level flames, the Sun True Spirit Fire and the Nine Nether Mysterious Spirit Fire, in his hands, refining immortal-level elixirs is not a problem at all.
When he was in Wuliang Xumi Cave Heaven, he had refined dozens of furnaces of second-grade immortal-level elixirs. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the King of Second-grade Alchemy. Unfortunately, he does not have high-grade immortal herbs in his hands now. Even if he has a good alchemy level, he cannot open a furnace to refine elixirs.
Of course, if you want to open an alchemy shop in Yaoshan Town, it is useless to just say that you are an alchemist. You must also go to the special alchemist alliance in Lingxu City to pass the relevant alchemist qualification certification. Only with the alchemist qualification token they distribute can you be considered a truly recognized and respected alchemist and open a business in Lingxu.
This day happened to be the day when the Treasure Pavilion sold 10,000 gold slips on behalf of the Wanzhen Chamber of Commerce. Early in the morning, all kinds of flying magic weapons flooded into Lingxu City from all directions. It is not an exaggeration to describe the Nanwei City of Lingxu City as crowded with people.
Such a grand occasion of immortal cultivators gathering together, even if you don’t buy anything, just go to join in the fun and see the world, Wu Yan will not miss it. What’s more, he also plans to go to the Alchemist Alliance located in Nanwei City today to get an alchemist qualification token.
Early in the morning, Wu Yan packed himself up carefully. After making sure that there were no mistakes, he walked out of the inn and headed towards Lingxu City at a leisurely pace.