Chapter 638: You Snooze You Lose
When Shang Xia heard that Chu Jia managed to sell his Abyssal Void Shattering Talisman, he was shocked indeed.
However, he didn’t start asking about it immediately. Instead, he turned to Liu Qinglan. “Instructor, how did the Divine Capital Sect send their disciples onto the island?”
“I didn’t see it for myself, but I heard from the others that the Divine Capital Sect made a formation on the island. A void door appeared above the island as low-leveled cultivators from the Divine Capital Sect emerged from within.” Liu Qinglan explained.
“Spatial travel? Did their Martial Dipper Realm Ancestors make a move?” Shang Xia wondered.
At the side, Chu Jia piped up, “Nope. They probably laid down the formation a long time ago and one of their Martial Dipper Realm Ancestors built a spatial passage for them. With that, they summoned the passage when the time came and hundreds of people came pouring out. With that, they would be able to use the passage from time to time.”
Pausing for a second, she continued, “Of course, the spatial passage exhausts a great deal of energy to remain open. There is no way they can use it wantonly. The only benefit of it is that they don’t need a Martial Dipper Realm Ancestor to act personally to send people over.”
“I guess that's why the Divine Capital Sect charges 5 essence crystals for whoever uses their “Space Anchor Door” to make a round trip over from the Azure Origin World. Also, they can only open the passage every 3 months or so.” Chu Jia added.
The Space Anchor Door was what the Divine Capital Sect called it, and Shang Xia sighed in response, “From the looks of it, only the 3 super factions are able to send their low-leveled cultivators over to the Three Unity Island…”
He told the others about the rainbow bridge he saw over at the Eternal Islet and the giant ship the Northern Sea Mystic Sect used.
A bitter smile appeared on Ji Yu’s face. “It was so difficult for people like us to arrive on the Three Unity Island. They managed to bring their disciples in the Martial Intent Realm and Martial Extremity Realm over so easily… This…”
Shaking his head, Ji Yu no longer continued. However, everyone knew what he meant.
Liu Zhidao added at the side, “Do you think any other factions will be able to do what they did and send their low-leveled cultivators over to the Three Unity Island that way?”
He seemed to know what everyone else would say and he quickly added, “Well… The super factions didn’t say that we couldn’t bring low-leveled cultivators with us when they handed out the invitations. It only stated that the island was located in space. This is the first trade fair they are holding and the rest of the powers will have to be a little cautious when dealing with it. I guess they have to send their Martial Extermination Realm experts over to take a look and they wouldn't spend so much to send their low-level disciples over…”
Shang Xia shook his head suddenly. “Yeah. Even if they have a method to do so, they won’t use it anytime soon.”
Seeing as everyone had turned to him, Shang Xia sighed softly, “With the strong foundations of the 3 super factions, they can probably pay the price to send their low-leveled disciples up here. Not every faction can withstand such a great burden. Moreover, the 3 super factions might not allow anyone else to have a slice of the pie considering the fact that they would earn a bunch of essence crystals every 3 months if they used their own method to transport others over…”
After he spoke, Shang Xia analyzed the number of essence crystals the other 2 factions charged and everyone was dumbfounded.
Liu Qinglan muttered to herself, “It’s no wonder… It’s no wonder they are pushing for us to use essence crystals on the island!”
Chu Jia started to grumble. “I thought that I sold the Abyssal Void Shattering Talisman and made a massive profit! Now that I think about it, it’s nothing when compared to the thousands of essence crystals they earn each time!”
Even though everyone felt affected by the means the 3 super factions possessed, Shang Xia didn’t think it was that bad. He quickly caught onto the fact that Chu Jia said she made massive profits when selling his Abyssal Void Shattering Talisman and he quickly asked, “Oh right. I didn’t ask you earlier, but how much did you sell my talisman for?”
Glancing at him from the corner of her eye, she pouted slightly and growled, “50 essence crystals. Sister Yichen used quite a lot of effort to convince a second layer Martial Extermination Realm expert to buy it at that price. Right now, even if you take out another Abyssal Void Shattering Talisman, you won’t be able to sell it for that price.”
Shang Xia chuckled in response, “50 essence crystals isn’t too bad!”
“Can you act a little bit more deserving of your status? Are you happy with 50 essence crystals?! Even if you made 100 of them, you’ll only be able to make as much as the Divine Capital Sect when they open their Space Anchor Door once!” Chu Jia rolled her eyes at Shang Xia before she continued, “Your talisman can’t kill enemies, and it can’t protect the user either. It can only be used to run away! In the past, we can say that the talisman can be used to travel to the Three Unity Island. Now that a safe method of transport has been established, no one would risk it and travel through space!”
Shang Xia smiled. “That might not be the case. Anyone who can use the Abyssal Void Shattering Talisman has to be in the Martial Extermination Realm. Even though not many people can use it, you need to think about how many cultivators would be willing to restrict themselves to the routes owned by the 3 super factions?”
His words caused many of them to sink into thought.
Finally calming down to analyze the situation, everyone discovered that even though the 3 super factions provided a safe way for people to travel back to their worlds, not everyone would use it. Using themselves as an example, they would never follow any of the 3 super factions back.
Similarly, the experts of the various factions would think the same way.
All of a sudden, Ji Yu spoke up again. “There’s something I don’t quite understand. Why must the trade fair be held in space? Now that our worlds are fusing rapidly, there is just a thin spatial barrier left that separates us. We can shatter it easily! Under such circumstances, there would definitely be a common region that we can use to hold such events. Cultivators of all levels would be able to head over and do their business there. They won’t have to travel all the way into space. Wouldn’t that be better?”
Shang Xia and Liu Qinglan exchanged glances before breaking out into laughter.
Ji Yu heard them and realized that he might have asked a stupid question and he raised his eyebrows in confusion. “What’s the matter?”
Chu Jia was also laughing at the side. “Didn’t we already mention it? The 3 super factions can earn thousands of essence crystals just by transporting people over! If they hold it down there, everyone can make their way over alone. Why would they pay for transportation?”
“Oh…” Ji Yu chuckled awkwardly.
“Oh course, that’s not all…” Shang Xia added before starting his explanation. “A single continent in the Azure Origin World spans ten thousand miles or more. Ignoring our border continents, even the smallest Yan Continent is a massive existence. I might not know too much about the Azure Spiritual World, but it should be similar to our world. It’s just too damn massive!”
Shang Xia turned to look at Ji Yu and continued, “Uncle Yu, didn’t you feel that the worlds became a lot smaller the moment you left the Beyond Heavens Pavilion?”
“Smaller? Yeah, but that’s because of the twisting of space. Is that how our world is concealed in the sea of stars?” Ji Yu wondered out loud.
“Exactly. Because of the twisting of space, one would find it hard to enter and leave the Beyond Heavens Pavilion. That is also the reason we managed to travel over to the Three Unity Island. The distance between us was greatly reduced! It’s much shorter than crossing the various continents in our world! The trade fair that would be held became much more convenient to get to.”
After hearing the explanation, Ji Yu finally understood the situation.
The time they spent traveling to the Three Unity Island through the Beyond Heavens Pavilion would add up to 4 days at best.
If the trade fair was held in the Divine Capital Sect in the Azure Origin World, everyone would probably need half a month or so even if they traveled without rest.
There were also many continents further away, and that wasn’t taking into account the possibility that the trade fair might be held in the Azure Spiritual World. The distance was ridiculous if they thought about it.
Of course, Shang Xia and Liu Qinglan also thought of another reason, but they were unwilling to reveal it at the moment.
That was because the hosting of the trade fair on the Three Unity Island symbolized a more important event, and that was the unity of the 3 super factions!
The 3 super factions that stood at the peak of their worlds with experts at the Sixth Order of the Primary Realm at the helm seemed to have reached some sort of alliance! None of the other factions had the authority or qualifications to go against anything they decided! That was a message they were sending to the others!
The transportation of cultivators over to the Three Unity Island was a great example of that.
In reality, that should be the true message the 3 super factions wanted to send by hosting the trade fair on the Three Unity Island!
Chu Jia sighed helplessly, “How annoying! The 3 factions took all the benefits!”
“That might not necessarily be true…” Shang Xia grinned.
Turning to stare at him aggressively, Chu Jia growled, “What ideas do you have? Are you planning to challenge them and seal a portion of benefits away from them?”
“Of course we can’t mess with the 3 super factions. However, we can set our sights on the other factions…” Shang Xia forced a smile and explained.
Liu Qinglan raised an eyebrow curiously and asked, “how would we do that?”
Clearing his throat, Shang Xia continued, “I believe everyone present has comprehended their unique path of cultivation. However, no matter what method we used, I believe all of you would have remembered the various advancement formulas you used to get to where you are today. It doesn’t matter what rank it is, and it doesn’t matter if you actually know the true process… At the very least, you should recall the type of spiritual treasures or herbs you used…”
A deep frown formed on Liu Zhidao’s face. “What the hell are you saying? No matter what recipe it is, all of us swore to keep it a secret! Even recipes of ordinary healing medicine cannot be leaked!”
“I’m not telling all of you to reveal those recipes and formulas! In fact, we should write down all the treasures or herbs we might require and obtain as many of them as possible! After all, those who are here are in the Martial Extermination Realm. They wouldn’t care about lower-leveled treasures or herbs we require. Even if we need to pay a little more, it’s worth it! There are hundreds of experts here and they have all sorts of things. It’s the best time for us to sweep up all the treasures the cultivators the disciples our Tongyou Institution might require. This way, we can help those in the Martial Extremity Realm and Martial Intent Realm to break through their bottleneck!”
Liu Qinglan nodded and agreed immediately. “We can do that. Since the 3 super factions took away the greatest benefit, we have to take anything we can get!”
“Since that’s the case, we better start moving soon. If we can think of this, other factions should come up with the same idea soon. It’s just a matter of who strikes first.” Shang Xia hurriedly reminded the others.
Updat𝒆d fr𝒐m freew𝒆bnov𝒆l.c(o)m