Chapter 649: Chapter 259: True Monarch’s Sermon, Arrival at Tinglang Market

"This concludes the sermon portion of the grand ceremony."

"We have prepared a final banquet in the feast area. It is a simple meal, for any fellow cultivators who wish to have a bite. Please, help yourselves!"

Seeing that some people were already getting up to leave,

the organizer quickly raised his voice. "One last thing! Your attention, please, fellow cultivators!"

"From this moment on, for the next three days, Chongzhen Temple disciples will be patrolling day and night within a thousand-li radius of Red Flower Island."

"No one is to engage in combat within this area, regardless of whether it’s a private feud or a public grievance."

"Otherwise, you will be solely responsible for the consequences. Thank you for your cooperation!"

This didn’t matter to Xiao Chen.

His previous attempt to bait Tribulation Cultivators had failed. Now that he had revealed a portion of his strength, few people on the island would dare to make a move on him.

So he had no intention of trying again.

’Where should I go next?’

While helping himself to two plates of Spirit Beast Meat and a jug of Spirit Wine from the feast area, Xiao Chen contemplated his next steps.

Although the ring challenges had made him stay a few extra days, there was still a month and a half until the Cangran Secret Realm opened.

For others, this was already a very tight schedule.

Even with the aid of a Spirit Shuttle, they would have to depart immediately.

However, at Xiao Chen’s speed, it would only take him about half a month to get there.

Even if he set aside a few days as a buffer for the journey, he still had roughly half a month to spare.

In truth, he didn’t have much to plan. His primary focus was preparing for Nascent Soul Formation.

After some careful consideration, he realized there were three main tasks he needed to accomplish.

Find someone to concoct the Rank-Breaking Spirit Pill, gather clues about the Nine Orifice Clear Jade, and find a way to locate the remaining Evil Qi.

The first task was relatively simple, while the last currently seemed the most difficult.

The main issue was that while he already knew Evil Qi might exist in the Sea of Darkness, it was a bad time to go back and confirm whether this information was true. ’What a helpless situation.’

’I’ll just head to a Marketplace first.’

Without agonizing over it, Xiao Chen decided to start with the simplest task. ’I’ll visit a nearby Tier Four Pill Master to help me concoct the Rank-Breaking Spirit Pill, and I can gather some other information while I’m at it.’

He quickly finished his food and drink, then got up and left Red Flower Island.

He headed straight for Tinglang Market, the closest one to his location.

Judging by its name alone, it was obvious that Tinglang Market was connected to the Cloud Sea Sword Pavilion.

And that was indeed the case.

Although it was much smaller in overall scale than Cangming Market, its main island was by no means inferior.

The only difference was that the center of Tinglang Market lacked a Wealth Wall.

In its place, at the entrance to the Marketplace, was a solid row of wanted posters stretching for hundreds of yards.

’Whoa, so many Tribulation Cultivators?’

As a newcomer to the market, Xiao Chen was slightly taken aback by the long row of posters written in red.

’Isn’t this a bit excessive?’

He realized upon closer inspection that it didn’t just display wanted posters from the Tingtao Sea; it had also compiled posters from other regions.

It was no longer merely a deterrent, but had become a signature landmark of Tinglang Market.

’How interesting!’

Seeing the many other first-time visitors, mostly Loose Cultivators, standing before the wall of wanted posters and studying them, Xiao Chen instantly understood the intent behind it.

He deliberately slowed his pace, examining the posters with keen interest as he walked.

"Hm?"

Suddenly, Xiao Chen’s gaze locked onto something.

To his surprise, he saw a wanted poster for ’Chen Xiao’, with a conspicuous note added below it.

It explained that the poster was a special souvenir brought back from the Storm Sea, millions of li to the west, and thus had no actual validity.

Arranged next to it were posters for other famous figures from the Inner Sea, such as the renowned ’Whitebeard’ and ’Red Peony’.

Not a single one of the top ten cultivators he had seen on wanted posters at the checkpoint in the Ten Thousand Immortals Archipelago was missing; they were all here as invalid exhibition pieces.

Looking at these somewhat familiar wanted posters, his state of mind was completely different from when he had first arrived in the Eastern Domain.

’Then again,’ he thought with a hint of irony, ’couldn’t this be considered a strange sort of reunion with an old acquaintance?’

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