Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 143 Longshan Port

The weight loss training camp environment was decent; the rooms were large and shared by two people. Shen Yun even had someone move his gaming pod over, leaving his roommate speechless.

"Seriously, buddy, are you serious? Are you planning to settle down here? You even brought your gaming pod?"

"Anyway, it didn't say you can't play games during rest periods!"

Since he moved into the training camp dormitory in the afternoon, Shen Yun couldn't wait to crawl into the game pod after chatting briefly with his roommate.

The two had arranged to meet at 6 PM, but Bai Chenxue was already waiting near the teleportation array.

"Cai Cai! You're here so early!"

Bai Chenxue was enjoying a cup of milk tea when she looked up and saw Shen Yun. She immediately smiled and said, "Since I have nothing else to do, I might as well log on early."

"Shall we go? I just heard from a relative that she saw the same cultivator who bought the mermaid silk last time setting up a stall today!"

"All right!"

The two walked along the street where the Duck Duck Milk Tea shop was located.

It was still early, and there weren't many cultivators setting up stalls. There were only about ten scattered around, and what they displayed were mostly various low-level talismans and pills, or some defective products from weapon crafting. The system identified them as mostly green or blue grade items.

After inquiring with several stall owners, I didn't get any useful information. However, the person in charge of the Fu Lu Shou Merchant Guild's stall, who was there every day, mentioned: "You have to go to the Quanxian Clan to exchange for the silk. The Wuyan Kingdom does have Fire Silkworms and Ice Silkworms, and you can buy Gold Silkworm Cloth and Silver Silk Satin there. However, the Wuyan Kingdom is in Beiyuan Continent, which is tens of thousands of miles away from Zhongzhou. Even our Fu Lu Shou merchant ships can only go there once a month."

A month is too long; players are too lazy to wait.

Shen Yun asked, "What about the Quanxian clan? Where do they live?"

"Well, that's hard to say. Quanxian Royal City is located at the entrance to the Guixu Sea, and it's no closer to the Central Continent than Wuyan Kingdom. Moreover, Quanxian Royal City is underwater, where there are countless ferocious beasts and evil demons. Ordinary cultivators wouldn't dare to go down there!"

Seeing the disappointment on Shen Yun and Bai Chenxue's faces, the steward kindly said, "You don't need to be discouraged. Not all Quanxian people live in the royal city. Most of them live scattered in the sea as family units. If you go to the seaside often, you might run into them."

"Thank you, we'll go check it out later!"

"Oh, it's nothing! If you want some cloth, I'll gather more when I go to Wuyan Kingdom next time. It'll only take a month or two, but I'll definitely be able to bring back a batch!"

"That would be perfect!"

Bai Chenxue was hearing the name "Quanxian" for the first time, and was quite confused. She couldn't help but interject, "What is this 'Quanxian Clan'? Do they live in the sea? Are they fish?"

Shen Yun explained, "They're merfolk, the kind with human bodies and fish tails!"

Wow! A mermaid?

"It's somewhat similar, but not exactly the same. It's like the legends in our Chinese folklore, where they're said to be particularly skilled at pearl cultivation and silk weaving."

The steward nodded in agreement, saying, "That's right. The Quanxian clan is born with all five elements, making it much easier for them to cultivate the five elements and use magic than for us humans. Therefore, most of the things that come from their clan are excellent spiritual materials."

As the group was chatting, a golden announcement suddenly popped up on the public screen.

Congratulations on the successful establishment of Longshan Village! The new city teleportation portal, Longshan Port, is now open!

Bai Chenxue rarely checked the game's public chat and didn't notice the announcement. Instead, Shen Yun exclaimed in surprise, "Longshan Village!? Isn't that Lani's village?"

Bai Chenxue asked, puzzled, "What happened to Longshan Village?"

Shen Yun exclaimed excitedly, "Look at the announcement on the public screen! They've built a city too! And it's located by the sea! It's a port city!"

So far, there are at least dozens of towns and villages of all sizes in the game, but only Chang'an Town has been successfully built into a city—the other towns and villages don't have that many resources to squander! Besides, with Chang'an City as a shining example, the players in the other towns and villages don't think that the cities they built in their small groups can compare to Chang'an City. Not to mention, the village of Divine Blessing alone is enough to support half of Chang'an City's reputation!

Therefore, when the announcement about the construction of [Longshan Port] popped up, the world channel immediately exploded.

"【Longshan Port】? Why 'port'? Can you freely choose the name when building a city?"

"It seems that you can indeed choose your own name..."

"I know about this! I'm from Longshan. A few days ago, the third closed beta test opened up a new map and exploration area, right? Then they livestreamed their crossing of the Ten Thousand Mountains. They just got there and found that there's a sea behind the Ten Thousand Mountains! The CEO of Longshan Group made a last-minute decision to exchange for a city-building token and settle down there. And because they fought their way there, the environment for settling down actually meets the requirements. That's how [Longshan Port] came about!"

"Bullfrog! Bullfrog!"

"Wait a minute! The boss of Longshan is building a city by the sea, does that mean we can start producing seafood now!?"

"Brothers, I can't talk anymore, I can't control my drooling, slurp slurp, I'll pass this on first!"

"Holy crap, guys! This teleportation array is ridiculous! It drained my mana bar in one go!"

"Is it that far?"

"It's not far! It's less than a thousand li according to the map!"

"A thousand miles? Not far? Huh? Have you gone mad from living on Earth? A thousand miles would take more than ten days to walk on foot!"

"But aren't we cultivators? We can fly!"

"I'm talking about distance, not the time it would take to fly there!"

"There's no way around it. I just started Qi cultivation today and I'm stuck at level 10. I can't use it. In the teleportation array location selection, [Dragon Mountain Port] is grayed out, and it says I don't have enough spiritual power to teleport! It's poisonous!"

"Please accept my condolences. Go and grind some more dungeons to level up!"

"This is outrageous! I can't use it either!"

"I can't do it either!"

"That damn planner ate shit!"

……

The world chat was filled with the lamentations of newbies. Most of the players in the third closed beta hadn't even had time to cultivate their inner energy yet, and could only sigh in despair at the teleportation array.

In the game, the Taiyin Sect's teleportation array is completely free, but you have to use your spiritual power to activate and teleport.

For example, the distance from the Taiyin Palace of the New Taiyin Sect to Chang'an City is only a few dozen miles, and only a little bit of spiritual power is needed.

However, the newly established Longshan Port in Longshan Village is different. It is nearly a thousand miles away from Taiyin Palace, and the spiritual power required for a single teleportation is terrifying. If one's cultivation level is insufficient, it is simply unusable!

However, Shen Yun and Bai Chenxue were both veteran players. They exchanged a surprised glance and read the same meaning in each other's eyes—to go to Longshan Port!

"It's like being handed a pillow when you're sleepy, or speaking of the devil and he appears!"

Shen Yun excitedly used proverbs haphazardly, his tone full of excitement: "We were just talking about going to the seaside, and now Longshan has been built as a city. How about we go take a look together, since it's better to be early than late?"

Bai Chenxue nodded vigorously: "Let's go! Maybe there are still missions we can take on!"

(End of this chapter)