The Legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai

Although they had only known each other for a short time, they had a deep understanding of one another.

In his memory, besides Zhu Yingtai, Gu Yueyao is now another person who gives him a particularly special feeling.

Given his status, who would dare to speak to him or argue with him like that? Apart from his wife Zhu Yingtai, whom he remembered, the only other person would be this aunt who didn't know his identity.

Unconsciously, this made Liang Shanbo regard Gu Yueyao as one of his own, and helping her became something he should do.

Of course, Gu Yueyao was unaware of all this. However, in Gu Yueyao's heart, Liang Shanbo held a very special place. He was the person she could rely on most and who made her feel the safest, besides her grandfather and father.

After obtaining the thousand-year-old crane feather on the third floor, they had almost reached the end of the third floor, and then they went up to the fourth and fifth floors.

The fourth and fifth floors are where various forces from the secular cultivation world set up stalls, so there's basically nothing to snag. It's worth mentioning that the Spirit Medicine Sect also has a stall here; they sell various spiritual herbs and don't buy them.

“That fat man is my third uncle. He is the second elder of our Spirit Medicine Sect,” Gu Yueyao introduced in a low voice, seemingly not wanting her third uncle to recognize her.

"Um, what about your second uncle? Is he the Grand Elder of your Spirit Medicine Sect?" Liang Shanbo suddenly felt something was amiss and couldn't help but ask.

"how do you know?"

Gu Yueyao was somewhat surprised. Did this guy have some kind of precognitive ability? How come he seemed to know so many things?

"..."

Liang Shanbo was speechless. Damn it, his grandfather was the Supreme Elder, his father was the Sect Leader, his second uncle was the First Elder, his third uncle was the Second Elder, and she was his grandfather's precious granddaughter and his father's darling. If this girl really wanted to be the Sect Leader, it would be a piece of cake.

Isn’t it simple?

Wouldn't she be able to easily fulfill the two conditions he mentioned for joining the Spirit Medicine Sect?

At this moment, Liang Shanbo felt that he had been terribly tricked.

"Who is the deputy sect leader of the Spirit Medicine Sect?"

Liang Shanbo couldn't help but ask, clinging to a sliver of hope, but Gu Yueyao's answer utterly shattered his composure.

"Don't worry, it's none other than my dad."

"Ahem...Isn't your father the sect leader? How come he's also the deputy sect leader?"

"Actually, the sect leader isn't my father. My father is the deputy sect leader. The real sect leader is my mother. But my mother thinks the sect leader's position is too conspicuous, so she dumped everything on my father. That's how my father became the nominal sect leader and deputy sect leader," Gu Yueyao explained earnestly.

"And what about your mother?" Liang Shanbo couldn't help but ask again.

Gu Yueyao smiled slightly, revealing her teeth: "It's the Third Elder!"

"puff!"

Liang Shanbo almost coughed up blood. How could anyone live like this? In the imperial court, they were all the most powerful.

Liang Shanbo said he was deeply hurt.

To think that he, the Holy Emperor of the Eternal Holy Dynasty, so wise throughout his life, could be so foolish for a moment.

Joining the Spirit Medicine Sect seems to be a done deal...

They quickly finished exploring the fourth and fifth floors, where the goods for sale were of a relatively mid-range quality and did not meet Liang Shanbo's standards. Led by Gu Yueyao, the two went up to the sixth and seventh floors.

The sixth and seventh floors were stalls set up by various powerful forces within the Divine Continent Immortal Realm. The goods there were clearly of a higher quality than those on the fourth and fifth floors, but the prices were also not low. Liang Shanbo and Gu Yueyao browsed around the sixth floor without buying anything, and then headed to the seventh floor.

On the seventh floor, the three major merchant guilds of the Central Continent Immortal Realm—the Immortal Trade Association, the Wanbao Pavilion, and the Primordial Shop—are concentrated. Many cultivators come here to buy things, and the vast majority of them are there for these three behemoths.

"As expected of the three giants, they even have level nine pills and level nine spiritual herbs."

Liang Shanbo couldn't help but admire them, saying that compared to the other stalls, these three shops really had everything, which was very satisfying.

“Yes, but these things aren’t something everyone can afford. Each one is incredibly expensive; some people might not be able to buy even one piece after emptying their savings,” Gu Yueyao chimed in.

"I don't know if others can buy one, but I want to buy a few magical artifacts now." After saying that, Liang Shanbo walked into the Primordial Shop.

These three stores are indeed enormous, almost equally occupying the entire seventh floor. You can imagine how powerful they are.

Entering the Honghuang Shop, the scene inside is spectacular, with thousands upon thousands of people trading goods or chatting. This layer of the mountain rock was not completely carved out, but rather sculpted into five neat stone buildings.

Just like the layout of a residential community, three 30-meter-wide avenues run through it, each 600 meters long, and the houses on all sides are connected. There are service windows in front and behind. One avenue has 200 service windows in front and behind Dashilou, and the three avenues have 600 service windows in total.

In addition, problems that cannot be resolved at the first-level service window will be referred to the second level.

The second-floor service building is actually above the first-floor service building, but they have different access levels. For example, the first floor only handles the problems of cultivators below the Golden Core realm, while the second floor handles the problems of Golden Core cultivators. When a Golden Core cultivator goes to the first floor to buy something, they will be invited to the second floor.

The service building has five floors, which are interconnected. However, there are access restrictions, and people on lower floors generally don't go unless summoned by someone on higher floors.

The second floor has two-sixths fewer service windows than the first floor, with only four hundred; similarly, the third floor has fewer service windows than the second floor, with only two hundred; the fourth floor has only one hundred service windows; as for the fifth floor, it seems there are no windows.

According to Liang Shanbo, the first layer of the window addresses the issues of cultivators in the Transcendent Realm and Foundation Establishment Realm; the second layer addresses the issues of cultivators in the Core Formation Realm and Golden Core Realm; the third layer addresses the issues of cultivators in the Nascent Soul Realm; and the fourth layer addresses the issues of cultivators in the Divine Transformation Realm.

As for the fifth floor, it is said to be the VIP floor.

Liang Shanbo was a cultivator at the eighth stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm. According to the rules, he went to the first service window on the first floor to inquire. Before he could say more than a few words, he was given a token that specially allowed him to go to the second floor.

However, Liang Shanbo still bought some storage bags at this window.

The storage bag is the masterpiece of a formation-based weapon refiner, crafted from ethereal grass. This grass is quite common; even level one or two ethereal grass can be used to refine it with a simple spatial formation.

The materials used for refining are common, and the refining requirements are not high. Therefore, the price of storage bags is relatively cheap. A low-grade storage bag can be bought for a hundred low-grade spirit stones, and a high-grade storage bag can be bought for a thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Liang Shanbo gave twenty mid-grade Yang Spirit Stones to buy a hundred high-grade storage bags and a thousand low-grade storage bags, which he placed in the World of Light for future use.

"You want to buy a ninth-grade flying sword?"

Upon reaching the first service window on the second floor, before Liang Shanbo could even finish speaking, the receptionist on the second floor was stunned. Was this cultivator at the eighth stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm joking with her?!

"Is there none on this floor either?" Liang Shanbo frowned slightly.

"Well, we don't have that either." The clerk at the window couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

"In that case, give me a pass to the third floor too." Liang Shanbo didn't want to make things difficult for the girl. Since she didn't have one, he would give her a pass and she could go up by herself. It wouldn't be a problem.

The clerk at the counter hesitated, "To get to the third floor, you need the clerk at the second floor to show you the way. Are you sure you want to buy a ninth-grade flying sword? As far as I know, a ninth-grade magic weapon costs at least one billion mid-grade spirit stones..."

"Lead the way," Liang Shanbo interrupted the window clerk.

"..."

"..."

"Lord, are you really going to buy a ninth-grade flying sword?"

At this moment, Gu Yueyao couldn't help but ask.

"Isn't that obvious? I've said it several times already, okay?"

Liang Shanbo was exasperated. So what if someone's moral character is a little lower? Is it really necessary to look down on them like this?

In fact, he didn't want to buy it, but wanted to forge it himself. However, to forge a powerful flying sword, one needs rare and precious materials. These things are not something that can be obtained easily; they require good fortune and a long time to collect.

He had to go save Zhu Yingtai and obviously couldn't wait.

If you're going to buy one, you should definitely buy a higher-level one to be on the safe side.

As for spirit stones, what a joke! He guards the mid-grade Yin-Yang spiritual vein of the Nine Dragon Ruins, how could he possibly lack spirit stones?

"No, I mean, do you really have that many spirit stones to afford it?" Gu Yueyao's voice was very weak when she said this, as if she was afraid that Liang Shanbo would be unhappy if he heard it. But she was really worried that Liang Shanbo didn't have that many spirit stones.

A billion mid-grade spirit stones—even their Spirit Medicine Sect might not earn that much in ten years. She felt that although Liang Shanbo was very wealthy, he might not actually have that many spirit stones.

Liang Shanbo rolled his eyes and said, "Grandma, would you like to change your flying sword? I'll pay with the spirit stones."