An urban tropolis carrying the traces of years gone by.
Chu Yuan stepped out from the void, facing a bustling city teeming with people.
Once inside the city, streets could be seen everywhere.
The most abundant shops were those selling various dicinal herbs.
Not only were there people from the Southern Mysterious Domain, but many from other large domains as well, rushing to purchase dicinal herbs from the hands of the locals.
The Southern Mysterious Domain was fad for its abundance of dicinal herbs amongst the Five Mysterious Domains.
Nearly half of the dicinal herbs from the Five Mysterious Domains were produced here.
"Dear sir, this positioning compass only requires ten sovereign-grade Spirit Stones. If you manage to find a Five Spirits Fruit, the opportunity to make a fortune is right in front of you!"
"Ha ha, the cost of your positioning compass is only one sovereign-grade Spirit Stone. Don't let him deceive you, sir. Buy mine instead. It's several tis more effective and only requires five sovereign-grade Spirit Stones from you."
"There is no such thing as business ethics with you."
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No sooner had Chu Yuan entered the city than he found many people selling goods on either side of the streets.
The positioning compasses they ntioned were the sa ones that the previous group of people had used. They were equipped with Void Crystal Stones which could sense fluctuations in the void.
However, the small space has been destroyed by Chu Yuan, rendering the compasses useless here. No one else could possibly stumble upon it again.
Chu Yuan was not interested.
As one who held the title of Void Twister, his probing abilities surpassed that of a re compass, and he could easily make one himself if he wished to.
He strolled through the city as if sightseeing, observing the people and culture of the Southern Mysterious Domain without purchasing any dicinal herbs for himself.
After all, he had the Qiankun Trading Company to labor for him. The company's nurous trade routes overshadowed his own and they had collaborations with many dicine shops, much better than him laboring to collect them himself.
"As expected of the herb-producing Southern Mysterious Domain. I have seen many precious herbs here that are rarely seen in the Eastern Mysterious Domain. A lot of them are displayed casually like regular vegetables."
Exclaid Chu Yuan.
At this ti, Chu Yuan discovered a small stall that attracted his attention.
The stall owner was just a teenager in his teens who was at the Divine Realm stage. Laid out next to him were more than a dozen herbs that could be used to refine Divine Elixirs.
To Chu Yuan, these herbs seed ordinary, but the abundant Spiritual Energy they contained made his eyes twinkle. They held several tis more energy than similar herbs.
"I want all these herbs of yours. Here, take this Spirit Stone."
A man who was clearly from the Southern Mysterious Domain approached the boy's stall with an arrogant air, tossed a Spirit Stone onto the ground, and spoke as if he was doing him a favor.
The boy raised an eyebrow and replied coldly, "Not selling."
"I'm giving you face and you dare to decline? How much do you want for them?" The man looked at the boy in amusent.
"Ten sovereign-grade Spirit Stones," said the boy.
"Not taking ten Spirit Stones is too less. These herbs can produce several Divine Elixirs in my hands, they're worth at least a hundred sovereign-grade Spirit Stones."
Chu Yuan paused to watch.
"Ha ha, thinking you're sothing, huh? All high and mighty, yet wanting ten Spirit Stones for them. I'll tell you, giving you one is already doing you a favor. If you don't want to sell, scram. You people, being allowed to live here is already a huge favor."
The man sweep his hand carelessly, ssing up the boy's stall.
"Our dicine Cultivation Clan is not lowly. We are the descendants of the Celestial Gods!"
The boy's eyes brimd with tears, his face fierce like a furious young tiger, showing his claws and teeth.
"Oh, getting angry at now? Where did I go wrong? Isn't it known by everyone that your dicine Cultivation Clan has weakened to the point of becoming the servants of others, with no freedom of your own anymore? And you claim to be the descendants of the Celestial Gods, pfft!"
The man laughed loudly, joined by the surrounding onlookers.
"The Southern Mysterious Domain was once dominated by my dicine Cultivation Clan!"
The boy clenched his fists, but in the end, he knew he was no match for this man, gritted his teeth and started packing up his stall to leave.
"Teach him a lesson before letting him go. These people have thick skins and are not afraid of being beaten. They won't die."
The man was annoyed by the look of anger in the boy's eyes, feeling that it was a violation against him.
"I'll take these herbs."
Chu Yuan suddenly stepped forward, looked at the herbs and said, "Ten Spirit Stones are too few. I'll give you a hundred."
"Kid, who are you!"
The arrogant man who was at the Inquisitive stage noticed Chu Yuan and cursed at him.
However, with a wave of Chu Yuan's hand, the man suddenly disappeared as if vanished into thin air. He had been banished into the void by Chu Yuan's manipulation of space.
"A powerful being!"
Seeing the man disappear right before their eyes, the onlookers all understood that they were witnessing a true powerhouse.
"Not for sale."
The boy was stubborn, with reddened eyes. Even after hearing Chu Yuan's offer of a hundred Spirit Stones, he did not sell his herbs, instead packed up his stall and prepared to leave.
"You said you're from the dicine Cultivation Clan." Chu Yuan said.
"You're not from the Southern Mysterious Domain!"
The boy quickly turned around and looked at Chu Yuan.
"Indeed, I am not from the Southern Mysterious Domain." Chu Yuan said.
"There aren't many people in the Southern Mysterious Domain who don't know about my dicine Cultivation Clan." The boy's eyes shone red. "We're not a lowly clan, but a noble dicine Cultivation Clan. We were the rulers of the Southern Mysterious Domain!"
"The world changes, flowers bloom and wither, as the years go by. Who can obtain true eternity? And who rembers the forces from millions of years ago? Your dicine Cultivation Clan may have declined now, but their past glory cannot be erased."
Chu Yuan found this boy intriguing and asked, "What's your na?"
"My na is dicine Pine!"
The boy proudly claid.
"dicine Pine..." Chu Yuan nodded. "Your herbs are exceptional. Their Spiritual Energy is several tis denser than similar herbs."
"Of course. My dicine Cultivation Clan excels at raising divine plants. We have an ancient herbalist's book. How could the divine plants out there be of any comparison? The divine plants cultivated by my dicine Cultivation Clan have several tis the normal dicinal properties. If our elders cultivated them, it would be even more impressive."
dicine Pine stood up tall and said, "And the divine plants cared for by our clan chief, can have up to ten tis the dicinal properties!"
"That's incredible!"
Chu Yuan exclaid in surprise.
"Of course. Also, we can shorten the maturing period of dicinal plants without damaging their effects; it can be even more terrifying."
dicine Pine elaborated further, "Cultivating dicine isn't arbitrary planting but calling out the spirit within each plant and each tree with a genuine spirit. It's about understanding what these dicinal plants need. They don't understand how to cultivate dicine."
"Since there is a dicine Cultivation Clan in the Southern Mysterious Domain, why didn't I feel the special effects in the herbs that Ning Wan gave ? Could there be sothing more to this?"
The boy's words made Chu Yuan more interested in the dicine Cultivation Clan. According to the boy, the dicine Cultivation Clan was once very brilliant. They were rely in decline now.
"Would you be able to take to your dicine Cultivation Clan?"
Chu Yuan was genuinely interested.
"You want to go to the dicine Cultivation Clan?"
dicine Pine looked up at Chu Yuan. Though his cultivation was weak, he could sense an indescribable terrifying energy from Chu Yuan, void of any hostility, so he nodded in agreent. "Alright, I'll take you to the dicine Cultivation Clan. After all, our clan is not a secret in the Southern Mysterious Domain. Everybody can go there.
Many people co to trample over the fields of our dicine Cultivation Clan."
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