Ye Mo didn’t continue on his way, he realised that he wasn’t well prepared when he arrived here. It had been a few months since he entered the Heartless Sea from the South An Continent, and this kind of power still existed, Ye Mo did not expect it. So he planned to make a trip to Ling Island with two main purposes, one was to inquire about where in the Heartless Sea the ‘Immortal Restera Flower’ had appeared. The second was to buy a detailed chart, preferably to find out where the top demon cultivator forces of the Deep Sea were located and then avoid them.
In Ye Mo’s mind, since Ling Island was just a sea island, it must not be too big. However, when he arrived at Ling Island, he understood that he had been too wrong. Although there were formations on Ling Island that weakened his divine sense, Ye Mo found that he was unable to see clearly how big Ling Island was.
Nan’an City in Nan’an Continent was considered large, but Ye Mo thought that even if several Nan’an Cities were put into Ling Island, it was estimated that it would occupy less than a tenth of the area. The fact that there was such a large island in the Heartless Sea was really beyond Ye Mo’s expectation. Moreover, this was not the most amazing thing to him, what shocked him the most was that the defensive formations around Ling Island had reached the peak of the ninth level, even Ji endowment might not be able to set up the formations.
Immediately after entering Ling Island, Ye Mo felt a powerful divine sense sweep by, obviously checking his cultivation. However, that divine sense only swept through and did not linger, and he was not questioned by anyone.
There were many cultivators inside Ling Island, but Ye Mo did not see any demon cultivators, all of them were human cultivators. However, most of the cultivators had some water rust on their faces, obviously caused by living in the sea for a long time.
When Ye Mo stepped into the streets of Ling Island, he realised that the prosperity of the market here was no less than that of any inland city. The spacious streets were lined with all sorts of shops, and there were also many ground stalls in some large open spaces. It was simply a huge mixed market with all kinds of cultivators inside, and it was bustling with activity.
A faint smell of the sea came to his nose, and Ye Mo’s divine sense swept through, the materials sold or traded here were mostly the skin and bones or demon pellets of some sea demon beasts. As well as some spiritual herbs from the sea.
Ye Mo asked about it. A good level five demon pellet was only a few thousand top grade spirit stones, the price was really very cheap.
It was just that Ye Mo had no interest in these demon pills, if there were demon pills of grade eight or above or he would have asked, but it was useless for him to ask for low grade demon pills.
Ye Mo walked into a relatively large shop in the middle of the market, ‘Sea Treasure Pavilion’, he wanted to ask for a sea map. Only just as he stepped into this shop, he felt a coldness all over his body, and instantly his cultivation level was restricted to below Jindan.
Ye Mo was startled in his heart. Subconsciously, he was about to sacrifice his magic treasure, but soon he calmed down, this should not be directed at him, it should be anyone who entered this place would be restricted in cultivation.
After carefully observing the people around him, he found that the cultivators who were observing the magic treasures and materials in this place all looked as normal, and immediately knew that he had thought too much.
Ye Mo, who had secretly broken out in a cold sweat. His heart grew more and more cautious. This place, Ling Island, was simply too shocking when even the shops were so careful and could set up such terrifying formations to restrict other people’s cultivation. Even when he was in Dan City in the Southern An Continent, he had not encountered such shops. The vast world was indeed full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons, and there were experts everywhere. Just this kind of formation that limited a person’s cultivation. He wouldn’t be able to set it up.
If this wasn’t someone else’s shop. And it was Ye Mo’s first time here, he even wanted to study this formation. What kind of formation was so bullish that even cultivation could be restricted. But Ye Mo knew that he absolutely could not do such nonsensical things here. Perhaps his divine sense would just touch the formation and he would be taken away for questioning by a great power.
Completely different from the shops in Nan’an Continent, this place only restricted cultivation, but it did not have the same kind of enthusiasm as the shops in Nan’an Continent. There was not a single guide to talk to, nor was there anyone to introduce them, they relied entirely on themselves to look and ask questions when they saw something, and only then did someone come over to answer.
Ye Mo found that there were dozens of cultivators looking at the goods inside, and he only looked around the shelves with goods like the others.
Originally, Ye Mo was going to take a casual look and then find someone to ask if there were any charts, but when he found out that there were all kinds of materials for smithing here, he was moved to do so.
He needed all kinds of materials to learn how to refine weapons, and at this moment he was already a sixth-grade master refiner. If he asked for some more materials and went back to refine spiritual weapons, who knew if he would be a true weapon master by the time he reached the Northern Hope Continent?
Moreover, Ye Mo also found an even stranger phenomenon, that is, the prices of spirit weapons here were ridiculously high, while the materials were comparatively too cheap compared to South An Continent.
“Ugh, I would really like to learn how to refine weapons, if I could refine weapons, I wouldn’t have to go out hunting for demonic beasts and searching for materials.” A YuanYing cultivator who had been watching the shelves of extremely fine spirit weapons for half a day shook his head and sighed. It was obviously because it was too much of a loss to use the materials he usually collected in exchange for the spirit weapons.
And when Ye Mo heard this, his heart was moved again, and his original desire to purchase the materials immediately faded. One was because he didn’t have many spirit stones left now, and another was that he had a better way to collect materials.
Thinking of this, Ye Mo walked up to a fellow of the merchant pavilion and asked, “May I ask if there are any sea charts here?”
The fellow only had a Jindan cultivation level, and as soon as he took a look at Ye Mo, he knew that Ye Mo’s cultivation level was higher than his, so he hurriedly said, “Yes, senior, wait a moment.”
After saying that the fellow casually took out a dozen jade slips and said, “Senior, my ‘Sea Treasure Pavilion’ has the most comprehensive sea charts, the sea charts here contain almost millions of miles around Ling Island, and they are all marked in great detail …… ”
Ye Mo casually took out a few jade slips and looked at them before frowning and saying, “What I want is not this kind of sea charts, what I want is the sea charts of the entire Heartless Sea.”
After Ye Mo asked these words, the cultivators inside the entire merchant pavilion looked at Ye Mo, obviously Ye Mo’s request was a little too big.
“Ah ……” The fellow froze for a moment before immediately shaking his head and saying, “Senior, the chart of the Heartless Sea is not available, not to mention my ‘Sea Treasure Pavilion The first time I saw it, I was able to get it. Ten years ago, this kind of chart did appear at an auction on Ling Island, but it wasn’t very complete, and was bought away by someone for one hundred million spirit stones.”
One hundred million spirit stones, or an incomplete sea map, Ye Mo was dumbfounded. With the spirit stones he had with him, even if he had such a map, he couldn’t afford to purchase it.
Seeing Ye Mo’s face appearing embarra*sed, the fellow smiled faintly and didn’t take it personally, there were many cultivators like Ye Mo who didn’t know the sky was high hòu. There were many cultivators like Ye Mo who did not know the sky was high. Many cultivators had wanted to cross the Heartless Sea, and as a result, none of these people had succeeded. As a fellow of a merchant pavilion, he certainly wouldn’t say something like advising Ye Mo not to cross the Heartless Sea.
“Thank you then.” Ye Mo smiled bitterly, embarra*sment showing on his face. After he asked about the chart of the Heartless Sea, so many people looked at him, obviously because this question of his own was too nonsensical.
Originally, he wanted to ask about the ‘Immortal Dining Flower’, but looking at the situation, there was no need to ask, maybe when he asked about the ‘Immortal Dining Flower’, he would be looked at as a deviant.
Ye Mo did not have the heart to continue to beg for materials, although the materials here were cheap, but the materials he wanted were not a little bit or two, but a big pile.
After leaving the ‘Sea Treasure Pavilion’, Ye Mo once again felt his strength recovering and was even more scornful of that formation in the ‘Sea Treasure Pavilion’. This method was worth learning from, if he could master this level of formation, perhaps he could restrict his own merchant pavilion in the City of Moons with formations as well.
Without continuing to inquire at other merchant pavilions, Ye Mo went straight to the marketplace and found a slightly empty place at the corner. Then he hung up a sign that it was on-site smithing.
Ye Mo calculated the price of the spirit weapons inside the merchant pavilion and the price of the materials needed for a spirit weapon, and the price to buy a spirit weapon was four to five times the price of the materials needed to refine such a spirit weapon. This price was indeed a bit outrageous, if the price for refining a spirit weapon in the Southern Security Continent was 1.5 times to twice the required materials, this was already a very high price, and a price of four to five times had never been seen before.
So the sign that Ye Mo put up was that the price for refining a medium-grade spirit weapon was twice the price of the materials. In other words, you could ask Ye Mo to refine a spirit weapon for free if you paid twice the materials you used to refine it yourself.
Although this practice was to collect refining materials, this was Ye Mo’s first purpose. Gathering refining materials was only temporary, his main purpose was to know the origin of the ‘Immortal Dining Flower’ as well as to gather sea maps.
Originally, Ye Mo thought that if he put up this sign, there would be a lot of people coming to refine weapons, but he waited for a whole day, but there was not a single business, which made Ye Mo very frustrated. Did these people just like to pay high prices to buy spirit weapons at the merchant pavilion? Couldn’t see eye to eye with their own ground floor goods?
This was not true either. For cultivators, they didn’t care about ground stalls and merchant pavilions, as long as they were good.
Although there was no business coming in, there were quite a few cultivators who came to see Ye Mo’s sign. Many of them pointed at Ye Mo’s sign and then left, before another group of cultivators came to have a look. This even made Ye Mo think of the talisman buying stall he had set up in Ninghai back then. Thinking of that stall, he thought of Su Jingwen again, and surprisingly, there was a trace of peace in his heart.
After wasting a day and not receiving a single business, Ye Mo was a little disappointed and he was about to put away his sign and withdraw. However, he heard someone ask timidly, “May I ask if you charge twice as much for materials for refining here?”
When Ye Mo heard this, his heart burst with joy and he looked up to see a man and a woman, two early Jindan cultivators, standing in front of him. The one who spoke just now was the female Jindan cultivator, with slightly yellow hair and somewhat thin.
Ye Mo hurriedly said, “Yes, yes, just charging twice as much for the materials. You are my first customers, so I have decided to help you refine it for free, without payment.”
To Ye Mo, what he lacked was a start.
