Chapter 643: Phantom Oasis (Subscription, Collection)

Sun Mingsheng did not rashly refine the spirit beast tower. After leaving the Qi family oasis, he went all the way with all his strength. In the dry desert without any signs of life, he kept changing directions to avoid the Qi family from pursuing him desperately.

After five days, more than 100,000 miles away from the Phantom Spirit Oasis, Sun Mingsheng saw a larger oasis in front of him, and there was a wall with a large number of array patterns carved for protection.

It is not easy to build a wall in the world of cultivation. Each brick of the wall needs to be refined with spiritual materials by special means, and different array patterns are carved according to different positions.

A complete wall requires at least more than a hundred array masters to work together sincerely for several years before it can be built.

In the Song Dynasty cultivation world, only the largest market belonging to the four major sects has a wall built for protection.

For the environment in the Western Desert, the construction of the wall also needs to consider the carrying capacity of the oasis. Only on a large oasis can the wall be built. If it is built forcibly, it will be a disaster rather than a blessing, and it will also consume the potential of the entire oasis.

Most of the Western Desert is in an absolutely barren and arid state, so almost all the essence appears on the oasis, and the large oasis is the best among them, like the pride of the desert.

In addition to the spiritual veins, springs, and land, there are usually certain mineral veins or other spiritual objects with fixed outputs according to local conditions, and their quality is the best among the same level.

It is precisely because of these unique spiritual objects that the entire Western Desert is famous for refining equipment and has won the reputation of "the products of the Western Desert must be fine products".

Compared with the Qi family oasis, the oasis in front of us is a large oasis, named Huanling Oasis, which belongs to Jiuzhoumen, a large sect in the Western Desert, and is famous for producing a kind of Huanling Pearl.

Huanling Pearl does not appear in a certain mineral vein, but is produced by Huanling Mussels living in lakes and springs.

The Phantom Clam is a very peculiar creature. It can only reproduce in the spring of the Phantom Oasis. Once it is transferred to other oases of the same level, the clam pearls it produces will lose all their effects and become just ordinary clam pearls.

Over time, relying on this Phantom Clam and clam pearls, the Phantom Oasis is also a special location in the entire Western Desert. In order to ensure the safety of this place, Jiuzhoumen specially dispatched a Yuanying elder, four Jindan stage cultivators, and more than a hundred foundation-building stage cultivators to guard it.

Of course, in addition to meeting the needs of Jiuzhoumen itself, the clam pearls produced by the Phantom Oasis are also sold to the outside world on a fixed basis to prevent other cultivators from jumping over the wall in desperation.

Jiuzhoumen is the third largest sect in the entire Western Region. It controls about a hundred oases of various sizes. According to the size and quality of the oases, cultivators of different cultivation levels are dispatched to guard them.

There are five Yuanying-stage elders in the sect, including one Yuanying-stage great cultivator, one Yuanying-stage cultivator, three Yuanying-stage cultivators, and more than a hundred Jindan-stage cultivators.

The Western Region Desert may seem barren, but the supply of various resources is relatively abundant, which is far better than the Song Dynasty's cultivation world.

"Who is coming? Do you have an identity token for the Phantom Spirit Oasis?"

As soon as Sun Mingsheng approached the Phantom Spirit Desert, a Jindan-stage cultivator wearing iron armor and holding an iron spear came to meet him.

In large oases with special spiritual materials or spiritual objects, the management of cultivators is relatively strict. Only the Yuanying-stage ancestors can have privileges that are not within this scope.

"I am here for the first time to come to the Phantom Spirit Oasis, specifically to buy magic weapons and Phantom Spirit Clam Pearls. Please give me some convenience."

With a Jindan-stage cultivator guarding the gate, Sun Mingsheng naturally did not dare to be careless in this situation, and expressed his intention very clearly.

"Fellow Daoist, are you going to stay here permanently or temporarily?"

This Jindan early stage cultivator guarding the city gate was already familiar with this situation. After all, Jiuzhou Gate and Huanling Oasis were well-known, and outsiders often came here to visit.

"I will leave within the second half of the year"

Sun Mingsheng had just arrived in the Western Desert, so he naturally would not spend all his time in a certain oasis.

"That's a temporary residence. Fellow Daoist, you just need to leave your own aura on the wooden sign."

After half a cup of tea, under the guidance of the gatekeeper, Sun Mingsheng successfully completed all the steps, stepped through the city gate, and entered the famous Huanling Oasis.

Jiuzhou Gate requires outsiders to leave their personal aura just to prevent someone from making trouble. As long as the six-month deadline is up, the identity token and personal information will be destroyed at the same time.

Compared with the relatively compact Qi's Oasis, Huanling Oasis is the same as most market towns, with different areas divided according to different functions.

In the center of the oasis near the Spirit Lake is the residence of the Jiuzhou Sect monks. Outsiders are not allowed to enter without an invitation, and those who rashly intrude will be expelled immediately.

The second layer is relatively abundant in spiritual power, and houses and caves of different grades are specially built for rent to earn spiritual stones to maintain the protective formation.

The houses are located in areas with poor spiritual power and are rented out to foundation-building and Qi-refining monks. The caves cover a large area and have special spiritual veins to supply spiritual power. Only Jindan and Yuanying monks are eligible to rent them.

In fact, in the Western Desert, the division of strength is more strict and cruel than in the Song Kingdom's cultivation world. Only those with corresponding cultivation can enjoy corresponding treatment.

When Sun Mingsheng was at the ninth level of foundation building, he rented a cave with a third-level lower-grade spiritual vein at a high price, which was completely impossible in the Western Desert.

At the outermost edge of the Phantom Oasis is the market, which occupies more than two-thirds of the entire oasis and is also the largest area.

"Phantom clam beads, Phantom clam beads, each one is a fine product of Phantom Oasis, welcome to buy"

"Fresh Phantom Clams, buy now and open now, all depends on your luck"

"The spiritual tools refined with Phantom Clam Beads can be used to set up a set of second-level Phantom Array, don't miss it if you pass by"

"The first-level and second-level spiritual pills produced by the alchemists of Jiuzhou Gate are of guaranteed quality and affordable price"

As soon as Fang entered the Phantom Oasis, all kinds of hawking sounds filled his ears. Basically, they all rely on the mountains and rivers to make a living, mainly selling Phantom Clam Beads and spiritual tools and magic tools refined with them.

Sun Mingsheng came here to buy Phantom Clam Beads and the necessary magic tools, so he naturally didn't mind stopping to observe.

"It's a pity that these phantom clam pearls are of the lowest grade and have various flaws. They are of no use to me."

Sun Mingsheng lowered his own cultivation aura and suppressed it to the late stage of foundation building. After observing it, he was quite disappointed.

The clam pearls produced in the Phantom Oasis are divided into four different levels. The fourth level is the one in front of us that has natural defects and can only be used to refine some low-level magic tools and spiritual tools with low requirements to meet the needs of cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage.