Gu Yao and their flying magic weapon looked very ordinary, but after getting this magic weapon, Chi Changye modified it, mainly to improve its flying speed. The results of the modification were quite remarkable. Half a month later, they arrived at a city with a strong commercial atmosphere, Baihe City.
When they were in Heifeng Town, they heard Liu Qin talk about this city. Baihe City is most famous for its scenery. Baihe City got its name because of the rivers and lakes here. The cultivators live in places like small islands in the lakes. When the sun rises, the mist on the lake is misty, contrasting with the exotic flowers and trees, and the spirit birds flying on the lake. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a fairyland on earth.
Baihe City has another feature, that is, there is no tall city wall, so you can see the beautiful scenery of the city before you arrive. The four people stood on the magic weapon and admired the fairyland-like scenery in the distance. There were natural factors that caused it, and there were also artificial modifications by the later residents, making the scenery here more perfect, attracting many cultivators who came and went to stop here, and thus the business of Baihe City was extremely prosperous.
"I heard that there is another important reason for the prosperity of Baihe City, that is, there is a Nascent Soul cultivator sitting here, so no cultivator dares to mess up and destroy the environment and order here." This was the information that Tian Feirong got from Liu Qin, "But it also caused the consumption here to be much higher than elsewhere, and ordinary loose cultivators can't afford to live here."
Tian Feirong still remembered the regretful and longing look on Liu Qin's face when he told him. Liu Qin had stayed here for a short time, but soon he ran out of money and left in a hurry, and he still regretted it. Outside Baihe City was a silver chain, which was a very wide river, acting as a city wall. All the cultivators who came to Baihe City, unless they were Nascent Soul experts, had to enter Baihe City from this river.
The four people who knew the rules naturally would not rush in recklessly. They put away their flying magic weapons and landed on this side of the river around the city. Standing on the shore, they could clearly see the shadows in the river. That was a kind of man-eating fish that was raised in the river around the city. It was very ferocious.
There was no bridge on the river, but soon a cultivator came over with a big fish with a very wide back and a blue-black color under his feet. He smiled and greeted them: "Do you four want to enter the city? Please come to the back of the batfish, it only costs ten spirit stones per person."
Well, they had to pay the boat fare first. Tian Feirong took out forty spirit stones and handed them to him, then jumped onto the fish's back with a smile. The fish's back was enough to carry a hundred people. It was the only kind of fish that lived under water besides the man-eating fish. It was born with a huge body, but it was very difficult to advance. He didn't know which senior brought this kind of batfish here.
The batfish moved fast and steady on the river, and they didn't feel any ups and downs. They soon reached the other side of the river. The four people got ashore and thanked the cultivator.
The shore was the outer city of Baihe City, so there were not many pedestrians and cultivators, but soon a teenager who looked like he was in his teens ran over and offered himself: "Are you four seniors here for the first time in our Baihe City? Do you need a guide? I only need ten spirit stones to serve you four seniors for a day."
The young cultivator's cultivation was only in the late stage of Qi Refining, and he was not noticeable in this place, but if he was on the Tianlin Continent, he could rank among the geniuses.
He had round eyes and a bit of baby fat, and he looked quite pleasing, so Tian Feirong decided to use him. He paid him ten spirit stones first: "Take us to the inner city. We are here for the first time, but you can't fool us."
The teenager smiled even more pleasingly, his attitude was attentive but not annoying, and he had a very good grasp of the measure.
With spirit stones paving the way, it was very easy to enter the inner city. The only choice was whether to take the waterway or the land route. This time, Gu Yao and the others chose the land route. Anyway, when they saw the scenery here, they planned to stay here for a while, and they would have plenty of opportunities to try other things later.
They had been to the Qianhao Continent for more than a year, and in this year they had hardly stopped their high-intensity cultivation. They needed to balance work and rest, so they planned to relax here for a while, enjoy the lake and the scenery, and taste the local delicacies. There was no better way to relax than this.
The four of them were all Golden Core cultivators, so it was quite easy to enter the inner city. The young guide was a local resident who lived in the outer city. The consumption in the inner city was really high, but he could still enter the inner city after paying the entrance fee. It was just that the entrance fee was paid by Gu Yao and the others for him, otherwise the ten spirit stones of the guide fee would not be enough for him to spend.
The teenager said: "This is the first small island in the lake in the inner city. It is relatively large in area. You four seniors can choose to stay in the inn here. There is also another way that many cultivators like, that is, to rent a small island in the lake. The rent is often quite high, but I believe this is not a problem for you four seniors."
The four of them looked at each other, and they all had a look of interest in their eyes. The teenager was even more happy. If he took the guests there, he could get a commission that was not small for him.
Gu Yao made the decision and said: "Then take us to see the place where we can rent the island. If we like it, we will rent it."
"Okay."
The young guide took them to the center of the island in the lake with familiarity. This was a management agency. The ownership of the islands naturally belonged to the city lord's mansion where the Nascent Soul expert was located. Of course, there were also private islands owned by other forces or individuals. If they were not invited by the insiders, outsiders were not allowed to step on these private islands.
The teenager respectfully asked them to go in first. The steward inside saw the four people who came in and the Golden Core aura that emanated from them. His eyes lit up and he immediately greeted them. Gu Yao and the others saw the steward and their pupils shrank slightly, because this steward was actually a Golden Core cultivator. It can be seen that the city lord's mansion here was very powerful. No wonder it could always stay here. The cultivators who came here were all honest and followed the rules.
"Four fellow daoists, what do you need? Please feel free to speak. This place belongs to the city lord's mansion of Baihe City. We will do our best to meet the needs of every cultivator who comes to Baihe City." The steward said enthusiastically, making people feel again that he was a businessman rather than a Golden Core cultivator.
"Our guide told us that there are islands here that can be rented. Can you introduce them to us?" Tian Feirong said politely.
"Please follow me." The steward's smile became thicker. Anyone who could rent an island was a big customer. He was going to make a deal. So he looked at the young guide who brought Gu Yao and them in with a softer gaze.
The steward took Gu Yao and them into an exhibition hall. There was a huge jade wall in the exhibition hall. As soon as they entered, Gu Yao and them were shocked by the jade wall, because the jade wall showed the panoramic miniature map of Baihe City. There were more than two hundred large and small islands in the lake, which showed how large the entire Baihe City was. According to Gu Yao's estimate, it would not be smaller than a planet in the interstellar world.
There was a largest island on it. The young guide told Gu Yao and the others that it was the city lord's mansion. The steward smiled and did not interrupt the teenager's words. Gu Yao and them saw that the largest island was located in the center of Baihe City. It looked like three spheres joined together. The steward's next words told them that it was indeed the case. It was the original city lord who used his great magical powers to move three islands together and form the central island today. That was also the place where Baihe City had the largest flow of people.
Gu Yao and them decided to go to this central island and take a look. Next, the other islands, those with green dots, indicated that they had owners. The remaining red dots indicated that they were in the process of renting and selling. The steward also told them that if they wanted to see the specific situation of the island, they could use their divine sense to probe into it and see the bird's eye view of the place.
There were only more than twenty islands left that were not rented or sold, so it didn't take too long to look at them one by one. So the four of them picked them one by one. In the end, the four of them agreed and chose a small island with the best scenery and not a large area. There was also a floating waterfall on the island. It was through the power of the formation that the waterfall was moved to mid-air and poured down from mid-air. It was endless and endless. As long as the formation did not stop, the waterfall would never stop flowing.
After deciding on the place, Chi Changye flipped through his storage ring and said to the steward without changing his face: "Can we find a separate place to sit down and talk?"
The steward still smiled warmly: "Yes, four fellow daoists, please follow me."
He had seen this situation too many times. Not all cultivators who came out to walk around had a lot of spirit stones on their bodies. So when they paid the bill, they often used other materials on their bodies to convert them into spirit stones. And this steward was an expert in appraisal.
So the steward led them to the room next door. The young guide stayed outside. There were maids who offered good spirit tea and spirit fruits. The steward said that these were all specialties of the city. Gu Yao took a sip of the spirit tea and it was fragrant and very good.
"What is the price for renting a year?" Chi Changye asked bluntly.
The steward smiled and stretched out a finger: "Ten thousand medium-grade spirit stones for a year, I suppose this price is not high for Yao Dan Master, right?"
The other party directly broke their identity, and the four of them did not show much shock. The well-informed people would naturally know their situation in Jiangyun City and Heifeng Town. The most important thing was Gu Yao's own value. He was very likely to be a seventh-grade intermediate alchemist now, and his success rate and quality of pills were absolutely outstanding among the alchemists of the same rank. Such an alchemist, once known by all parties, how could they not pay close attention.
If they had just arrived at the Qianhao Continent, this price would definitely make Tian Feirong and Xiaopangzi spit out tea. It was simply asking for spirit stones. But even now, they twitched their mouths. If it weren't for following Gu Yao, they would definitely not be able to enjoy such an island. They could only stay in the inn in the outer city or the island under their feet.
But now they couldn't get out so much spirit stones. The spiritual energy condition in Heifeng Town was quite bad, so they used all the medium-grade spirit stones on their bodies to cultivate, and there was not much left.
"Can I use pills to pay the bill?" Gu Yao said embarrassedly.