Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 309 Huge Differences
The floating immortal city was filled with spiritual energy and swirling clouds. Immortal pavilions stood tall amidst the clouds. Li Ji'an, along with Guo Wanzhi and Yao Rui, strolled through it, and they were all deeply moved.

Compared to the Heavenly River Immortal City in the Heavenly Cang Domain, this floating immortal city located in the Floating Cloud State of the Myriad Merchant Domain is more like a place where immortals reside.

First of all, the Floating Immortal City is a real, continuous mountain range suspended above a bottomless abyss, unlike the Dao artifact used by the Sishui Chamber of Commerce in the Tianhe Immortal City, which could only condense a floating market.

Secondly, the floating immortal city stretches for thousands of miles, magnificent and solemn, and with the spiritual clouds swirling around it, it truly is a fairyland.

Fuyun Prefecture is a strategically important border region in the northeastern corner of the Wanshang Domain. It is the first prefecture where people from various eastern regions stop to rest. The largest chamber of commerce in the prefecture is the Wufu Chamber of Commerce.

The Five Blessings Chamber of Commerce is also the owner of this floating immortal city, occupying the highest-grade third-level spiritual vein dojo in the state.

It is worth mentioning that within the entire Wanshang Domain, there are only three-tier superior spiritual vein dojos, and they are distributed in various states, making them relatively evenly distributed.

Half a month ago, the spirit ship landed in this immortal city, ending its inter-domain journey.

Afterwards, each merchant guild will start from the Floating Immortal City and distribute the goods obtained from this trip to its affiliated trading companies, which will then transport them throughout the entire region.

Before disembarking from the spirit ship, Li Ji'an and Guo Wanzhi had already declined Meng Zhenren's invitation and insisted on following Yuan Yishui to the Sishui Chamber of Commerce.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, Li Ji'an has been staying quietly at the Sishui Chamber of Commerce's residence in the Floating Immortal City for the past half month.

Until today, Yuan Yishui brought definite information that they could return to the headquarters of the Sishui Chamber of Commerce located in the neighboring Baopingzhou tomorrow.

Before leaving, Li Ji'an finally came out to take a good look at what this holy land of rogue cultivators, which was so unattainable for many rogue cultivators in the Tiancang Domain, was really like.
After walking around, Li Ji'an and Guo Wanzhi both secretly praised it.

There is no hierarchy of contempt for cultivation levels within the Floating Immortal City; at least, all the merchants in the city are like this, always smiling and welcoming to everyone, whether they are Qi Refining cultivators or True Core cultivators.

If a Qi Refining cultivator and a Core Formation cultivator both fancy the same treasure, the Qi Refining cultivator doesn't need to be modest, and the merchant won't try to curry favor with the Core Formation cultivator. Instead, they'll each rely on their own abilities, and whoever offers the highest price gets it.

Moreover, Li Ji'an also discovered a problem: True Immortals in the Immortal City were not necessarily more valuable than Qi Refining cultivators.

"Is it really true that it amplifies cultivation effects several times over?"

"How could such a miracle be made available to the general public?"

"It must be the work of a dishonest and unscrupulous merchant!"

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Half a day later, Li Ji'an and the other two stood in front of a magnificent golden tower in the center of the immortal city, discussing via telepathy.

While strolling through the Immortal City today, I unintentionally saw many people heading here, and I thought there was some kind of large auction, so I followed them.

Upon arriving at this place, they discovered that the tower, named the Tower of Merit and Creation, was actually a Dao artifact, possessing miraculous effects that would make almost every cultivator scream.

Cultivating within this tower will increase your cultivation efficiency to a certain extent, and the degree of this increase varies from person to person.

It is said that some people can double their cultivation efficiency. There was once a young master of a family who cultivated in the Creation Tower for the entire mid-stage of Qi Refining and successfully broke through in just one and a half years.

However, this miraculous power is only effective for those in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages, and the higher the cultivation level, the weaker the effect.

This Creation Tower belongs to the Business Alliance and was not kept privately, but rather rented out as a commodity.

The Tower of Creation has nine levels. The higher up you go, the smaller the space becomes, and the fewer cultivators it can accommodate, but the better the effect.

The business alliance uses this to differentiate rents.

In the Tiancang Domain, a cultivation domain where the ruler controls all resources, Guo Wanzhi and Yao Rui have become accustomed to the fact that if there are any good things, they will definitely be hoarded by the ruler.

Not to mention such a precious artifact that can enhance the overall strength of the Holy Palace Sect.

Even if it's left to gather dust in the Heavenly Cang Domain, it would never be allowed to be used by the public.

No amount of spirit stones will do.

"Could it be true?" The three stood outside the tower for a long time, carefully observing the cultivators coming and going, and listening to their conversation. To their surprise, they found that there seemed to be no underhanded schemes or conspiracies.

"Why don't we give it a try?" Yao Rui was somewhat eager to try.

Guo Wanzhi looked at Li Ji'an, clearly following his lead.

“Let’s go!” Li Ji’an nodded. Compared to Guo Wanzhi and Yao Rui, he was more familiar with many of the business models of Wan Shang Yu, after all, he had made such plans in his previous life.

Due to differences in ideology and values, many things in the Wanshang Domain are quite different from those in the Tiancang Domain.

Besides the Creation Tower, the business models of the Immortal City and the way they treat merchants and customers are also quite different.

"Greetings, esteemed guest. Since this is your first visit, please allow me to give you a brief introduction."

As the three entered the tower, a servant from the merchant alliance immediately came forward to greet them and explained some of the rules.

"Our Creation Tower was formed by the Dao principles of the Creation Celestial Venerable during the ancient cataclysmic collapse, thus it has the effect of doubling cultivation efficiency. However, this effect varies from person to person..."

The Tower of Creation has nine levels. If this is your first time trying it, the first level only requires one spirit stone per day of cultivation, the second level requires ten, and the third level...

In addition, we have many membership programs tailored for our valued guests. If you can join the Zaohualou Club, you will also receive corresponding benefits and supporting services.

Iron members can enjoy advance booking services, limited to towers of five floors or less, and receive a 10% discount on training fees.

Silver members can book any floor...

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Not only do Spirit Crystal members receive free access to all floors, but they also enjoy personalized service from master-level musicians to enhance their cultivation efficiency, and they have the privilege of having an entire floor to themselves once a year…

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After listening to the servant's patient explanation, Li Ji'an paused in thought.

Capital is truly terrifying!
This is even more hierarchical than the Heavenly Azure Domain.

Moreover, this scheme was carried out blatantly and in public, making it more frustrating than any conspiracy or trickery.

Li Ji'an could already imagine how difficult it must be for cultivators in this place, especially those with children and descendants.

Even a lone cultivator would find it hard to feel at ease, as this place would inevitably stir up desires within him.

After a moment of silence, Li Ji'an turned around and looked at Guo Wanzhi and Yao Rui.

He deliberately didn't want the two of them to experience this feeling of accelerated cultivation; otherwise, once they had a good experience, they would probably always be obsessed with it in their future cultivation.

Fortunately, both of them were in the late Foundation Establishment stage, so even if they had any ideas, this place couldn't satisfy them.

However, the efficiency brought by this kind of cheat will eventually be fascinating. The fear is that after experiencing it once, people will continue to rely on various external forces to cultivate.

Li Ji'an ultimately said nothing more, as his current status was not appropriate.

The three of them then chose the first-time experience card for the ninth floor of the Creation Tower.

Just as the three ascended the building, a white cloud slowly descended, carrying a young cultivator.

Flight is forbidden inside the Tower of Creation, but there is an additional cloud-based magical artifact service for ascending and descending; however, only Gold members can enjoy this service.
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Half a day later, it was time for the three of them to finish their experience.

Refusing the still enthusiastic maid, the three of them decisively left the tower.

After experiencing it, I found that the Creation Tower was not shady and truly had the miraculous effect of increasing cultivation efficiency.

However, for the three cultivators who were in the late Foundation Establishment stage, the effect was not very obvious, with an increase of about 50%.

Li Ji'an took in the expressions of the two men and sensed that they both had some kind of expectation. Clearly, they were ultimately influenced by capital.

Besides the Creation Tower, there are also many spiritual resources for sale in the Immortal City that can enhance cultivation. Although the prices are high, compared to the Heavenly Azure Domain, where such spiritual resources are completely monopolized by the rulers, they seem acceptable.

Clearly, Guo Wanzhi and Yao Rui were already attracted by some of the local customs after entering the Wanshang Domain.

However, they completely failed to see the more terrifying causal connection behind it.

(End of this chapter)