Chapter 71: Teleportation Array

Walking would be a waste of time, and Chen Mobai didn't know the way.

Chen Mobai wanted to experience the teleportation array, but the price of 10 spirit stones was really too expensive.

So, the only option left was to join a convoy. The cost was just 1 spirit stone, but it was slower, taking five days on the road.

The four major cultivation families in Nanxi Market were the Liu family, the Wu family, the Lou family, and finally the Luo family, which raised spirit camels.

Foundation Establishment cultivators can fly for long periods, but these people are the pillars of the cultivation families. How could they be asked to transport goods, which would be beneath their dignity.

Thus, the spirit camels were bred. These spirit beasts can grow up to the second stage, have strong endurance, can travel a hundred miles a day, carry a thousand pounds of goods at once, and run without rest for seven days and seven nights.

The Luo family relied on this skill to take on most of the logistics business in Nanxi Market.

Due to the special environment of Yunmeng Marsh, it is impossible to grow spirit rice there. Therefore, they need to regularly purchase goods from various markets in the Yun Kingdom.

In addition to the spirit rice they grow themselves, the Luo family also packages and sells the Liu family's spirit fish, the Wu family's spirit wood, and the Lou family's spirit herbs. They also handle the fees for people traveling to Yunmeng Marsh.

After paying the deposit, Chen Mobai received a ticket.

Looking at the date, he found it was three days later.

Could He Qun also be joining this convoy?

To be safe, Chen Mobai asked the attendant, who indeed remembered He Qun, as he had booked tickets for six people, making him a significant customer.

Confirming that He Qun was on the same convoy, Chen Mobai frowned, considered it, and decided to cancel his ticket, earning a glare from the Luo family cultivator.

But this was 1 spirit stone, and since Chen Mobai didn't plan to join the convoy, he definitely wanted a refund.

After getting his deposit back, he didn't waste any more time. There was only a month left before the Dao Academy's entrance exam, and he needed to master the Ice Spell within this month.

Biting his lip, he walked into the teleportation array in the market.

This was a small teleportation array set up by the Five Elements Sect. However, during the internal strife fifty years ago, it was occupied by the Divine Wood Sect. After several battles, they reached a tentative agreement.

The teleportation array nominally belonged to the Five Elements Sect, but the income from each teleportation was split 50-50 with the Divine Wood Sect.

Chen Mobai painfully paid 10 spirit stones and waited nearly an hour to gather a group of ten people.

In a flash of silver light, he noticed something strange.

This was similar to how Gui Bao teleported him from Deyuan Star to Tianhe Realm.

Could it be?

Is Gui Bao a portable teleportation array?

Chen Mobai felt he had hit on a key point. At that moment, the light in front of him brightened, and they had arrived at the Yunmeng Marsh market.

"Everyone has arrived."

A guard counted the ten people, nodded, and marked a check on a form.

Chen Mobai followed the others out of the teleportation array and found himself on an island.

All around were vast lakes, rich in moisture.

He took a breath and felt that the air contained at least mid-grade first-stage spirit qi, nodding in approval.

Walking around the island, he found that the market was not large, similar to Nanxi Market. However, he had been prepared for this.

Lu Mu had told him that Yunmeng Marsh, with its many islands and vast lakes, had numerous markets scattered across various islands, collectively known as the Yunmeng Marsh markets.

The island they had teleported to was just a foothold for the Yun Kingdom's cultivation world.

The deeper one went, the more prosperous the markets became.

At the heart of Yunmeng Marsh was the Five Elements Sect's water vein stronghold, Fengyu Fort.

However, that was also the most fiercely contested area. If not for the presence of the seven major sects, the third-stage beasts would have long broken out and ravaged the Eastern Wasteland.

Chen Mobai didn't linger and, following Lu Mu's instructions, found a boat with the Liu family's mark at the dock, heading to the largest nearby island, the Divine Wood Sect's Qingguang Island market.

On this island, rows of neatly arranged wooden houses stood on the spirit fields.

This was one of the footholds for Yunmeng Marsh cultivators, with the Divine Wood Sect providing protection. The island was a blessed land with a high-grade second-stage spirit vein, suitable for both rest and cultivation.

Chen Mobai inquired about the price and found that the areas with abundant spirit qi cost 10 spirit stones per month. With his limited funds, he could only rent a cave with the least spirit qi. The manager didn't mind, smiling and collecting 1 spirit stone before leading him to the lowest point on the back of the island.

"Brother Daoist, this place only floods during the rain, but the spirit qi is still good."

Chen Mobai felt the surrounding spirit qi and found it to be high-grade first-stage, which made him feel a bit better.

After the manager left, he activated the array in the cave, and a green light appeared on a stone at the entrance, indicating that someone had moved in and was under the protection of the Divine Wood Sect.

Chen Mobai inspected the interior. The wooden house was a single-story structure with a bed, a table, and three chairs, quite simple.

He went out to observe the surroundings and found that nearly half of the houses were occupied. However, his location was not ideal, with the houses on either side being empty.

But this was fine; he preferred a quiet place.

After cleaning up with a cleaning spell, Chen Mobai went to explore the market on Qingguang Island.

Due to the high foot traffic, there were more items here than in Nanxi Market.

However, the prices were higher.

Chen Mobai inquired about Black Water and, fortunately, found it in a spirit herb shop run by the Divine Wood Sect, but at a price of 15 spirit stones, which he couldn't afford.

It seemed that before practicing his combat skills, he first needed to earn money.

He could only return to his old trade.

Setting up a stall.

Here, setting up a stall was different; there was no need to pay the Divine Wood Sect, just find an unclaimed spot.

Chen Mobai laid out a blanket from Nanxi Market in a corner and placed a stack of talismans on it.

Initially, he was worried that there would be no connoisseurs, but he soon discovered that the cultivators in Yunmeng Marsh were different.

Due to frequent battles with beasts, talismans were in high demand, and most cultivators could identify their quality.

Chen Mobai's talismans were of the highest quality. In no time, he sold half of the low-grade talismans he had bought from the Wood Spirit Talisman Shop and all the mid-grade talismans.

Even the only high-grade first-stage Revival Talisman was bought by a Ninth Layer Qi Cultivation cultivator for 3 spirit stones.

Chen Mobai, with 13 spirit stones and 20,000 gold notes, immediately went to the Divine Wood Sect's spirit herb shop and bought a bottle of refined "Black Water."