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Chapter 1662 Revisiting Wanbaoge, Market Situation in Tiannan Continent
"We've finally arrived at the market town in Yellow Maple Valley."

Looking at the market town of Yellow Maple Valley in the distance, Jiang Chen's eyes flickered.

After deciding to go to other markets to earn spirit stones, Jiang Chen's first thought was the markets in Huangfeng Valley.

The market in Huangfeng Valley is one of the most popular and largest markets in "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality". Located on the northeastern edge of the Taiyue Mountains, bordering the Yuanwu Kingdom, it is frequented by cultivators from the Yuanwu Kingdom who bring rare treasures from the Yue Kingdom, attracting independent cultivators and cultivation families to come here.

The street runs in a north-south direction, with buildings of varying sizes on both sides. There are exquisite pavilions guarded by Huangfeng Valley disciples, simple huts rented to independent cultivators and immortal cultivation families, and open spaces specifically reserved for temporary stalls (one low-grade spirit stone must be paid to a Huangfeng Valley disciple to ensure undisturbed activity for the entire day).

The main businesses include raw materials (such as spiritual herbs and ores), talismans, magical artifacts, and basic spellbooks (such as those sold by the Five Elements Bookstore). There are also restaurants and inns for people to eat and stay. However, due to the participation of cultivators from the Yuanwu Kingdom, the market often has special items that are not available in the Yue Kingdom (such as materials from exotic beasts and rare talisman treasures), making it an important place for independent cultivators and families to obtain rare resources.

After arriving near the market in Huangfeng Valley, Jiang Chen began to disguise himself.

After disguising himself as an old man, he headed towards the market.

Soon, Jiang Chen entered Wanbaolou.

"What would you like, sir?" A servant in a blue robe approached.

"I am looking for your manager, Tian Buli," Jiang Chen said in an aged voice using the Hundred Transformations Demonic Voice technique.

"Please follow me." Upon hearing this, the servant in the blue robe led Jiang Chen to the VIP room on the second floor.

Upon entering the VIP room, Jiang Chen's gaze fell upon Tian Buli, the manager of Wanbaoge.

"I am Tian Buli, the manager of Wanbaolou. May I ask your name?" Tian Buli asked.

"My surname is Zou," Jiang Chen said, using an alias without any hesitation.

"It's Elder Zou! Elder Zou, please have a seat!" Tian Buli said hurriedly.

"Go, brew a pot of the finest Biyun tea!" Tian Buli led Jiang Chen to sit down, then instructed the servant.

After Jiang Chen sat down, Tian Buli asked, "Elder Zou, is this your first time visiting Wanbaolou?"

"I have some talismans and medicinal herbs that I wish to sell," Jiang Chen said directly, without answering Tian Buli's question.

"What kind of talismans and elixirs does Elder Chen want to sell?" Tian Buli asked.

"From beginner-level talismans to intermediate-level talismans," Jiang Chen said after taking a sip of tea. "There are five thousand beginner-level talismans, three thousand of which are of ordinary quality and two thousand of excellent quality..."

After leaving the Fourth World last time, I only used part of my time to explore the First and Second Secret Realms.

It can be said that he has over 400,000 talismans stored at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. However, Jiang Chen naturally wouldn't take them all out. The total number of talismans he took out this time was only 12,000.

Among them, there are 5,000 beginner-level talismans, which is the most numerous.

“We at Wanbaoge will take all these talismans. But what about the spiritual medicine Elder Zou mentioned?” Tian Buli asked.

Jiang Chen waved his hand.

A jade box appeared in front of Tian Buli.

"What is this?" Tian Buli asked.

Jiang Chen was merely making a gesture.

Tian Buli opened the jade box: "A ten-thousand-year-old ginseng?"

“That’s right, it’s a ten-thousand-year-old ginseng. I wonder what price Wanbaoge can offer?” Jiang Chen asked.

"A ten-thousand-year-old ginseng is worth 45,000 low-grade spirit stones, or 430 mid-grade spirit stones," Tian Buli said.

"can."

Half an hour later, Jiang Chen left Wanbaoge.

This time, Jiang Chen sold 12,000 talismans, five 10,000-year-old ginseng plants, and five Tianshan snow lotus plants, receiving 100,000 low-grade spirit stones and 2,000 mid-grade spirit stones.

Of course, these spirit stones included some spells, magic tools, spirit plant seeds, and basic array formations that Jiang Chen purchased from Wanbaoge.

Jiang Chen also knew that these were the most basic things.

It's a generic product.

However, he only bought these for reference, so it was more than enough for him.

After leaving Wanbaoge, Jiang Chen continued to stroll around Huangfeng Valley Market.

I buy whatever I see that I want.

It wasn't until two hours later that Jiang Chen left Huangfeng Valley Market.

After leaving Huangfeng Valley Market, Jiang Chen flew south on his sword.

"Sure enough, I get followed every time I come to the market."

"Unfortunately, I am not the same person I used to be."

Last time in the Fourth World, Jiang Chen was only at the Martial Emperor realm.

Now that Jiang Chen has reached the Martial God Realm, if he uses up his remaining points, he can directly break through to the Myriad Manifestations Realm.

This level of strength places him among the top experts in the Tiannan Continent.

According to the novel "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality," the Tiannan Continent is vast, containing dozens of countries of varying sizes and numerous cultivation sects. However, only a handful of sects are truly capable of cultivating Nascent Soul cultivators. Most sects have only one or two Nascent Soul cultivators in charge, such as the Luoyun Sect and Huangfeng Valley.

A sect like the Ghost Spirit Sect, which has seven or eight Nascent Soul cultivators, is considered one of the best in the demonic path in Tiannan, but in the great cultivation holy lands like Dajin, it can only be considered one of the worst.

There are also three late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators: Venerable Zhiyang, Old Demon Hehuan, and Wei Wuyai. These three cultivators are incredibly powerful and are among the top experts in the Tiannan region.

With this strength, Jiang Chen was no longer worried about being in too much danger in the Tiannan Continent.

This is the advantage of having several worlds.

As long as they have enough cultivation resources, they will have enough time to improve their strength.

After leaving Huangfeng Valley Market, Jiang Chen changed his appearance and went to Yanyue Sect Market.

At the market of the Hidden Moon Sect, Jiang Chen sold 10,000 talismans and five 10,000-year-old He Shou Wu (Polygonum multiflorum) plants and five 10,000-year-old Fu Ling (Poria cocos).

These ancient medicinal herbs can be ripened in just one to three months (ancient ginseng can be ripened in just one month, and Tian Shan snow lotus can be ripened in just three months).

It can be said that the Jiang family's medicinal herb garden is the most important resource of the Jiang family.

……

Tiannan Continent, Chenzhou City, Jiang Mansion.

"how?"

Seeing Jiang Chen return, Bai Kao'er and the others surrounded him. "Well, everything I wanted to sell this time has already been sold." Jiang Chen waved his hand and said, "These are your spirit stones for the next three months, as well as the spirit stones from selling your talismans."

The talismans drawn, elixirs refined, and weapons made by family members are sold collectively by the family. The family takes 30% of the proceeds from the sale of spirit stones, while the remaining 70% goes to the individual members. These items can also be sold to other families.

"Three months?" Bai Kao'er and the others put away the spirit stones, then looked at Jiang Chen: "We've sold so many talismans, which might attract some attention. Will it affect prices?"

“It’s bound to attract attention. After all, even the most powerful sects couldn’t easily produce thousands or tens of thousands of talismans. Forces like Wanbaoge will definitely investigate. As for affecting prices, that’s unlikely,” Jiang Chen explained.

In the drama, Huangfeng Valley has approximately ten thousand Qi Refining stage disciples, several hundred Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, seven or eight Core Formation stage elders, and one Grand Elder at the mid-Nascent Soul stage. Extrapolating this ratio to the entire Tiannan Continent, considering the existence of dozens of sects of similar size, we can estimate that the number of Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the Tiannan region is around 350. Further extrapolation suggests that the number of Core Formation stage cultivators on the Tiannan Continent may be between several thousand and tens of thousands, while the number of lower-level cultivators such as Qi Refining stage cultivators is even greater, potentially reaching billions.

In such a huge market, the Jiang family only offered around 30,000 talismans. It was just a drop in the ocean.

“However, I’m selling talismans under a different identity, so there’s no need to worry about being found out. You can continue operating in Chenzhou City according to your previous plan. You can also recruit some independent cultivators to do some tasks,” Jiang Chen said.

“You mean…” Grace understood somewhat.

“There are no useless people in this world, it’s all about how you use them,” Jiang Chen said.

Bai Kao'er and the others are already Martial Kings, close to Martial Emperors. According to the strength of the Tiannan Continent, this is roughly the Core Formation stage. There are probably few in Chenzhou City who can compare to them.

“We can also let them manage our shops in the market. You just need to go and take a look.”

Jiang Chen smiled and said, "Not only the markets in Chenzhou City, but also the markets in Huangfeng Valley, the markets in Yanyue Sect... all these markets can use this kind of market system."

In the Tiannan Continent, besides Huangfeng Valley Market and Yanyue Sect Market, there are also Lingshou Mountain Market, Taiyue Market, Jiayuan City Market, and Yuelu Palace Market.

Jiang Chen had a clear impression of these markets and neighborhoods.

At this moment, when these markets were mentioned, Jiang Chen recalled the markets of the Tiannan Continent in "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality".

"Although I have only been to Huangfeng Valley Market and Yanyue Sect Market, I have also inquired about the other markets."

Jiang Chen looked at the women and said, "The Spirit Beast Mountain Market is characterized by its products made from demonic beasts. Located at the foot of Spirit Beast Mountain, it is the main place for cultivators to buy demonic beast cubs and insect eggs."

The Spirit Beast Mountain Market is one-third smaller than the Yellow Maple Valley Market. It is laid out as a north-south street with dozens of shops on both sides, mostly selling monsters.

According to the story, Spirit Beast Mountain Square is the core area of ​​the market, where independent cultivators and merchants gather to sell monster cubs, insect eggs, and a small amount of monster materials at relatively affordable prices.

Jiang Chen continued, "Taiyue Market is located in Taiyue Mountain. It is extremely prosperous and is a trading place frequently visited by high-level cultivators (such as those at the tenth level of Qi Refining or the Foundation Establishment stage).

According to the drama, Taiyue Market has several streets lined with formal shops of grand architectural style, including well-known stores like Wanbaolou. The shops sell a wide variety of magical artifacts (such as top-grade formations and flying artifacts), talismans, elixirs, and rare materials, with generally high-quality goods. As depicted in the drama, Taiyue Market is a gathering place for high-level cultivators, suitable for those who need powerful equipment or elixirs to improve their strength.

"The Jia Yuan City Loose Cultivator Market is located in the no-man's-land in the west of Jia Yuan City. It is a place where the bottom-level loose cultivators struggle to survive, and it is a mixed bag of all sorts of people."

The streets of Jiayuan City in the drama are narrow, with sheds made of broken wooden planks and tarpaulins on both sides. The environment is dirty, and cheap goods are sold, such as wilted hemostatic herbs, dark animal bones, and broken talismans. Most of the goods are scrap or defective products, and the prices are low, but occasionally you can find rare items, such as gray-white stones containing fire-attribute minerals.

"The Yuelu Palace Market is located on Yuelu Mountain. It is the main place for Yuelu Palace disciples to trade with the outside world. It focuses on elixirs and magical artifacts and has a solemn atmosphere."

The Yuelu Palace Market is located next to the Yuelu Palace. The streets are well-organized, lined with the palace's properties (such as alchemy workshops and artifact crafting shops), as well as shops rented to independent cultivators. It mainly sells elixirs (such as Foundation Establishment Pills and Youth Preservation Pills), magical artifacts (such as top-grade formations and flying artifacts), and rare materials (such as medicinal herbs slowly refined with innate true fire). The elixirs and magical artifacts in the Yuelu Palace Market are of high quality (such as the Yuelu Palace's Foundation Establishment Pill formula), suitable for cultivators who need to improve their strength, but they are expensive.

"These markets are far from Chenzhou City. Are we going to buy flying artifacts?" Ye Caiwei asked.

“No need, I will leave behind a low-level spirit boat belonging to our family,” Jiang Chen said.

According to the novel *A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality*, cultivators in the Qi Refining stage typically rely on basic magical artifacts or techniques for flight. With the aid of the Wind Control Technique or the Lightness Technique, their speed without a flying artifact is approximately 20 m/s (equivalent to a galloping horse, 72 li per hour). Green leaf flying artifacts are slightly faster, at approximately 20-30 m/s (72 to 108 li per hour). Flying swords, as the mainstream magical artifact, have a wider speed range: slow speeds of approximately 40 m/s (144 li per hour), medium speeds of 60 m/s (216 li per hour), and high speeds reaching 80 m/s (288 li per hour). Shoe-type magical artifacts generally provide a speed of 40-50 m/s (144 to 180 li per hour), with the upper limit limited by the physical body's limits.

筑基期使用飞剑飞行，速度约60-100 m/s（一小时216里到360里），风遁、雷遁等遁术初阶速度约150 m/s以上（一小时540里），血遁术可达300 m/s（一小时1080里）。而神风舟作为舟船类法器，速度设定为100-150 m/s（一小时360里到540里）。王婵的血灵秘术可将其增幅至400 m/s（一小时1440里）左右。

The flight speed during the Core Formation stage is calculated in miles per day. In the early stage, it is about 300 m/s (equivalent to 25920 miles per day, or 1080 miles per hour), in the middle stage it is about 400-500 m/s (1440 miles per hour, or 34560 miles per day), and in the later stage it can reach 600-800 m/s (2160 miles per hour, or 51840 miles per day). If accelerated or using special techniques, the speed may be even higher. For example, the Blood Escape Technique can travel thousands of miles in a few dozen breaths.

元婴期的速度是结丹初期的5-10倍，即约1500-3000 m/s（对应每小时5400里至10800里，每日129600里至259200里）。

However, although these cultivators were fast, they could not compare to Jiang Chen's ability to ride the wind through the void.

Jiang Chen's physical attributes are 5237 points, his flight speed is 9,185 kilometers per hour, his flight duration is 1,480 minutes (24 hours and 41 minutes), and his total flight distance is 207,581 kilometers.

Jiang Chen's current physical attributes are 9173 points, his flight speed is 28,865 li per hour, his flight duration is 3,448 minutes (57 hours and 26 minutes), and his total flight distance is 1,658,775 li.

Jiang Chen is currently at the Martial God Realm, which is equivalent to the late stage of the Core Formation Realm, and his speed is about ten times that of someone in the Core Formation Realm.

Even the low-level spirit boat that Jiang Chen obtained through daily check-ins was slightly slower than his.

After all, the speed of a low-level spirit boat is 20,000 miles per hour (10,000 kilometers per hour).

However, the speed in "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality" is the speed in the drama, but this is the Fourth World, and the speed of these cultivators may be different.

"A low-level spirit boat?" Bai Kao'er and the others looked at Jiang Chen.

With a wave of his hand, Jiang Chen summoned a low-level spirit boat into the air.

"You can take this low-level spirit boat, but you must travel in groups of at least three when leaving Chenzhou City." Jiang Chen told Bai Kao'er to put the low-level spirit boat away.

"Understood." Bai Kao'er put away the low-level spirit boat.

"Jiang Chen, shall we find an opportunity to venture into Yunmeng Mountain?" Pei Yin suggested.

"With your strength, you'll be fine as long as you're careful. However, you should also be prepared to show no mercy to those cultivators." In "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality," Han Li is called "Old Demon Han" not only because he cultivates demonic arts, but also because he is decisive and ruthless on the path of cultivation, resorting to any means to achieve his goals.

Although Bai Kao'er and the others have trump cards, Jiang Chen doesn't want them to use them in training exercises. Therefore, if they want to leave, they need to be even more decisive and ruthless.

Of course, this refers to outsiders.

"Do not worry."

Pei Yin said, "We learned a lot of information in Chenzhou City and know how cruel the cultivation world is."

Bai Kao'er, Pei Yin, Zhao Rong'an, Ye Caiwei, and Grace in Chenzhou City have all killed people after experiencing multiple trips to other worlds. Furthermore, except for Zhao Rong'an, the others are from the First World and have been influenced by it. Zhao Rong'an, being an empress who rose through the ranks of the palace, naturally has no soft spots.

“Yes, we wouldn’t risk our lives,” Grace said.

"Yes, I'm glad you understand."

Jiang Chen smiled and said, "According to the information I've gathered, the strongest person in the Tiannan Continent is at the Nascent Soul stage. Your strength is equivalent to the Core Formation stage, or rather, the early Core Formation stage. Under normal circumstances, you are unlikely to encounter any powerful enemies."

“There are many places with spiritual veins in the Southern Continent. Should we occupy a place with a spiritual vein?” Grace said.

"This..." According to the situation in the drama, Tiannan Continent is poor in resources, so all forces have gone to great lengths to seize territory and cultivation resources. Wherever there are spirit stones and spiritual veins, they have been occupied by sects of all sizes. In the entire Tiannan Continent, it is even difficult to find wild level 5 or 6 demonic beasts.

Yunmeng Mountain is one of the top cultivation spiritual veins in the Tiannan Continent, mainly occupied by three major sects: Luoyun Sect, Baiqiao Academy, and Gujian Sect. These three sects were also the core sects that led the establishment of the Heavenly Dao Alliance.

Therefore, the best way to occupy a spiritual vein is to occupy Yunmeng Mountain. However, the Jiang family currently lacks the strength. As for other places? They are too far from Chenzhou City, which would mean that the family teleportation talisman in Chenzhou City would be useless.

Although it's possible to set up another family teleportation talisman in the Southern Continent, it's unnecessary unless there's a special location.

Meanwhile, in Jiang Chen's view, a family teleportation talisman could only be installed if they arrived in the Great Jin Dynasty.

Of course, if you really encounter a spiritual vein with abundant spiritual energy, it is not impossible to place a family teleportation talisman.

“There’s no rush. We still know too little about the Tiannan Continent. We can go and learn more about it next,” Jiang Chen said after thinking for a moment.