CHAPTER 154: CHAPTER 154: SCAMMING? (FOURTH UPDATE)

Yun Mo listened attentively, then asked, "Are there other explanations? Then, since the Immortals are supposed to return Immortal Power to the world, why is there no True God in the world? Could it be... they’re all dead?"

Bai Yunqi nodded, "That’s right, the Three Realms calamity from this explanation comes from all Immortals having died.

You must know that the abilities of Immortals vary according to their roles, and in theory, their lifespan should vary with periodic alternation. But coincidentally, all Immortals dissipated their Immortal Power at the same time, which inevitably became an unchangeable disaster.

As a result, the energy in the world became chaotic without any Immortals to manage it. Only until someone cultivated to become a god in the chaotic world and ascended to the Celestial Realm, illuminating a part of the world, resulting in numerous followers becoming Immortal and assuming their roles, thus stabilizing the chaos across the Three Realms and creating a peaceful world."

According to this explanation, a chaotic world instead became a place where danger and opportunity coexist. If one can fight their way out of the chaos, they can attain the position of Immortal and ascend to the Celestial Realm.

"The third explanation is much darker. It still builds on Immortals coming from the world and dissipating within it, saying those Immortals didn’t want to die.

People have selfishness and fear death, perhaps Immortals too fear death. They were unwilling to return the Immortal Power they painstakingly cultivated, so they took it and ran off.

They ran to the Outer Heaven to wait for the world deprived of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy to collapse and collide, and only after everything settles will they come back to reorganize the survivors, remaining as the high and mighty Immortals."

"The last theory says that Immortals have different factions, and in their quest to seize believers and divide territories, they neglected the living beings like ants, allowing the world to descend into chaos. Once their disputes are resolved, they would claim territories and reorganize.

And this struggle among gods is the calamity, where cultivators who ascend will either be pulled as objects of dispute or killed to prevent them from being shared.

Some even say that whether it’s an ascending cultivator or those Immortals, it’s all just a dish for Hao Tian; after ascension, one becomes part of it and loses oneself. Thus, the world only sees cultivators but no True God."

After narrating the darkest part, Bai Yunqi noticed the two of them were indeed stunned, then he stretched lazily and transformed into a white snake climbing up a cherry tree, leaving a reminder among the leaves, "It’s too early to consider these matters now, but if you ever cultivate to a certain extent, never forget to find your own path.

At the very least, find some means to resurrect yourself, even if you can only revive part of yourself, it’s far better than regretting having no way out post-realization of the truth."

After listening to the ’story,’ Yun Mo was dazed for a long time, only to sigh and start sitting in meditation and cultivation.

Jiang Yuan silently daydreamed for a while, ultimately pulled back to reality by the incessantly flashing task notifications.

Grinding medicine powder and making incense, finished the batch of incense for skill upgrade, unlocking new varieties of Medicinal Incense.

Browsing it one by one, his gaze landed on the effects of an incense named ’Night Acacia,’ and he couldn’t help but grin, "This thing surely will sell well; I reckon Chuci will also like it!"

He promptly got up to head to the Market, not only to buy food but also to see if there were any stalls selling spices, gather enough raw materials to make incense and take it to the real world, haha, once the market opens, he will make a fortune!

The Floating Market was quiet as usual, the shelves completely empty; orders were also blank; the wooden windows fell with nothing to sell, only at night did it automatically light up and cast soft lighting into the room.

But the grocery store’s shelves were too small, not convenient, Jiang yuan thought if it could upgrade to Level Two, the space could expand a bit to make paper crafting here would be great, quiet without the worry of being disturbed; and with bright light, it was far better than borrowing light in the yard.

However, the wooden bridge, thatched cottage, Melting Workshop, etc., all the buildings were waiting for an upgrade, basic materials were really insufficient, the grocery store wanted to upgrade but could only wait a bit longer.

"Squeak~" He first pushed the wooden window open a crack to look outside, the market was still bustling and lively.

It seems that the Foundation Establishment Pill from last night didn’t attract much attention, Jiang Yuan quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Guess if a cultivator discovered the Elixir in the window and directly bought it without making a fuss, that’s good!

He put on the black cloak, making sure he was tightly wrapped before opening the door and walking briskly onto the stone street.

"Young Master!" Hu Jiu immediately spotted the figure she had been longing for coming out of the Cloud Grocery Store, lifting her skirt hem and rushing over at an extremely fast speed, wanting to give him an ’unexpected encounter’ and by the way, warn him to be extra careful;

At the same time, the Auction House shopkeeper Liu’s spy also spotted someone coming out of the grocery store, hurried back to the auction house to inform the owner.

"Did you look carefully, was it the human cultivator?" Liu Wanhai jumped up immediately, recalling the words from the market master, a hint of hesitation appeared on his slightly chubby face, "Indeed strange... If I remember correctly, when human cultivators appeared in Cyan Fish Mountain Market, it was quite a stir, seemingly near there. So to say, the Cloud Grocery Store is actually run by a human..."

Though not knowing the name or surname, in so many years Cyan Fish Mountain Market only ever saw one human cultivator, not only did he open a store but the Market Array couldn’t even record details, running business for so long had just completed one transaction.

"Truly puzzling, is he doing it deliberately or inadvertently?"

"Shopkeeper, to my view, it’s likely similar to the last time a Demon Cultivator wanted to cooperate with us for auctioning a Foundation Establishment Pill, initially prepared for himself but unused, hence sold it. You see, tonight he didn’t open for business, surely because there’s no second pill to sell!"

"Possibly, if so, it’s best!" Liu Wanhai slightly eased up, as long as he doesn’t sell pills at low prices to disrupt auction house business, whatever his origin doesn’t concern me!

Just about to wave to let the spy continue monitoring, he asked again, "Did you see which direction the human cultivator headed?"

"He moved quickly turning into a blur hard to see clearly, but by direction he likely headed to the northwest corner’s Black Market."

"Keep watching, report any movements immediately!"

The spy went out on order, Liu Wanhai pondered for a while then quickly pulled on a cloak and hurried out the back door aiming for the Black Market too.

"Curious, what is Young Master doing in the Black Market? There are many swindlers here, ah, be careful not to be fooled!" Hu Jiu kept an appropriate distance following, trying to find a chance to bump into his arms for the beauty-in-arms moment.

Like stories in books where the male and female leads first meet unintentionally, the delicate female nearly falls and the cold male catches her by the waist, instantly seemingly flowers scatter all over the sky, unveiling a sweet romance.

"Then I’ll help him see through the traps set by scammers, he feels grateful and invites me to wander the market..." Her long narrow charming fox eyes glowed with delight, secretly thinking she must first exchange tokens of love so the young master won’t see her furry face.

Once the Transformation Technique is refined, she would meet him with unparalleled beauty, and thinking of the young master’s astonished reaction to her stunning looks, Hu Jiu couldn’t help but laugh aloud.

She thought so in her heart, taking advantage of the moment he turned the corner she pretended to twist her foot and suddenly bumped into him!

"Ouch!"

Jiang Yuan was busy checking the system analysis for places with genuine transactions, unprepared when a shadow suddenly rushed straight at him, his mind flashed with a thought - are there people faking accidents in the Wilderness World too? Could it be a thief targeting the Storage Bag?