Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 306 Canglan City, Human Merchant Guild
PS: Here's a patch: Money from the human side can't be used here, and it can't be exchanged at a 1 to 1 ratio. You have to exchange resources for money.

"The most urgent thing now is to get some money."

Su Yu walked from one end of the street to the other, and came to a very large business. She looked up at the sign of the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce and stepped inside.

Immediately, a female demon with a fairly complete human form stepped forward, her voice quite gruff:

Welcome to the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce!

"Our shop sells elixirs and magical artifacts, and also buys spiritual herbs and minerals. Are you here to sell or buy?"

Su Yu smiled and said:

"Let me consider."

"Please, guest."

Despite her rough voice, the succubus had a gentle personality; after saying a few words, she stepped aside.

Su Yu raised her eyes and looked into the shop. There were many wooden frames on the shelves on the wall, with a layer of spiritual light covering the magical treasures and pills inside. Su Yu glanced at them and saw that they were mostly flying swords or magical treasures or pills of the seventh rank or above. Even in such a small shop, there was more than one ninth-rank magical treasure.

Here, a seventh-tier magic weapon is priced at 1-3 Immortal Coins.

The price of an eighth-tier magic weapon is 10-30 Immortal Coins.

The price of a ninth-tier magic weapon is 100-300 Immortal Coins.

Su Yu looked around and then went to the other side of the shop, where she saw a table on the wall with the purchase prices of many commonly used refining and alchemy materials.

He glanced through the items and had a clear idea of ​​what to expect. He then called over the shopkeeper and brought out a large quantity of refining materials for sale.

Five minutes later, Su Yu walked out of the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce, already holding 22 Immortal Coins.

With money in hand, he immediately went back to the back of the street and bought a few things from the shops he had seen earlier.

One map of the current area, one data point on the forces in the current area, 1 coin each.

He randomly picked a hotel at the end of the street and opened the map and information to examine it carefully.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a deafening roar came from the sky. Su Yu immediately looked up and saw a demon army surging into the sea beyond the city's light screen. Leading them was an extremely handsome man, clad in a silver-patterned robe with a silver snake scale between his brows. The man stepped forward from the crowd, and his booming voice resounded throughout the entire city:
"By order of Elder Youyuan, a human is wanted."

With a flick of his finger, streams of light converged and transformed into the shape of a human.

"Reward of 1000 clan merits for discovering traces of this human race".

"If we can capture this human, we will gain a great merit for our tribe."

The human looked exactly like Su Yu. He lowered his head and listened carefully, and could vaguely hear the whispers of the shopkeepers outside.

"Exposed."

Su Yu sighed softly, but did not panic.

His figure flickered, transforming into a celestial demon, then back into a wisp of smoke, sinking into the ground and disappearing without a trace.

A few doors were violently smashed open, and three demons wielding weapons rushed in, their smiles vanishing the next second.

"What about people?"

"Ran."

"Follow."

The wisp of smoke quickly descended, sinking to the bottom of the city in one breath before moving horizontally. Soon it arrived at the edge of the city and saw the city's protective array covering the entire city. Through the light screen, it could see more than twenty members of the Sea Serpent Clan outside, directing the demon army to disperse and block the several entrances and exits of the barrier.

"The sea serpent clan's demon immortals probably don't know my location, otherwise they would have descended in person long ago."

"These twenty-odd sea serpents definitely won't be able to find me. I'll lie low here for a while and go out again when they lower their guard."

He actually has the ability to force his way out, but if he does, he's very likely to be discovered by the demon immortal, and then he'll probably die again.

"Since there's nothing urgent, I might as well take some time to cultivate."

With this in mind, Su Yu returned to the depths of the city's underground and plunged into Zhenhai Pearl.

As an innate celestial treasure, as long as its aura is well concealed, it will be absolutely undetectable unless a demon immortal personally comes to its doorstep.

Upon entering the Zhenhai Realm, Su Yu put all of this behind him and began his cultivation.

"If you have time, you can refine more high-level magic weapons."

Money from human civilization doesn't work here, so he has to find a way to make money. Selling finished magical artifacts is one of the fastest and most profitable ways.

Fortunately, he had a lot of supplies on hand. The high-level materials he obtained after destroying the Flying Star Sect and seizing the Flying Star Main City were enormous, and he took half of them by himself. This was enough to forge thousands of seventh-order flying swords or magic weapons.

Time flies, and more than a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Canghai sensed the aura of the demon immortal Youyuan in the city more than once. The earliest was on the second day after the demon soldiers besieged the city, and it came again half a month later. It came a third time two months later, and a fourth time half a year later. However, it was never able to see through the Zhenhai Pearl and discover them.

In the eighth month, the sea serpent clan abandoned the lockdown, and the city returned to normal.

However, Su Yu still waited for half a year to make sure that the sea serpent clan had completely given up before she came out of the Zhenhai Pearl. Then, she used the Heavenly Ghost Transformation to create an ordinary aquatic creature, spent 2 immortal coins, and swaggered away from this nameless little city on a flying boat on the water.

After leaving the city, he did not leave the flying boat, but continued to slowly depart with the flying boat from the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce.

A month later, the flying boat arrived at another underwater demon city, which was more than 100,000 kilometers away.

Su Yu changed trains here and continued on to another city by another chamber of commerce's airship.

After traveling back and forth for two years, they finally arrived at Canglan City, an important city in this sea area.

Canglan City was also built on the seabed, situated on an underwater plateau, and was extremely large, with a diameter of several thousand kilometers.

Su Yu and Qing Chan stood at the edge of the flying boat. Through the barrier, they could see the enormous city ahead, the aquatic creatures coming and going in the surrounding sea, and the well-equipped and powerful patrol teams. These patrol teams were of very high level; a team of 100 people included 10 Earth Immortals of level 200 or higher, and the rest were all above level 180.

As the airship entered Canglan City, Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief, a sense of security welling up within her.

According to the information, Canglan City belongs neither to the Dragon Clan nor the Sea Serpent Clan. Instead, it is jointly ruled by five True Immortal-level Demon Lords. The city has dozens of Heavenly Demon-level experts from the five Great Sea Demon Clans, making it extremely powerful. Even the Sea Serpent Clan dares not act recklessly here.

This city is indiscriminate in its races; humans, demons, and people of all races mingle together. In the short time he stood at the entrance, he saw no fewer than a hundred different forms of demon races among the thousands of people who passed by.

And more than a dozen different races, six of which are player races.

A player with a human body and a snake tail, whose hair was entirely made of thin snakes and who looked remarkably like Medusa from fantasy legend, stood in front of Su Yu and Qing Chan for a long time. His level was as high as 218, and the aura he exuded was exceptionally powerful, posing a great threat to Su Yu.

Su Yu stared at him expressionlessly for a while, and the snake-man player gave a cold smile, turned around and left without saying anything.

As soon as he left, I heard Qingchan's voice:
"He's a snake-man, could he be related to the sea serpent clan?"

Su Yu thought for a moment and shook her head, saying:

"It's unlikely; it's more likely to be an inherent conflict between player civilizations."

"And even if they do recognize us, it doesn't matter. As long as we stay in Canglan City, the Sea Serpent Clan can't do anything to us."

However, Su Yu would not sit idly by and immediately opened the regional channel, where she saw a lot of public messages left by human players.

Meng Feng: I've just crafted a new ninth-tier magic weapon (click to view details), priced at 150 Immortal Coins. If any brothers are interested, please DM me.

Liang Shiwu: I got a Timeless Stone from Xuanhu Cave. If any brothers are interested, please message me privately.

Zhuo Baopu: Speaking of which, the Sea Serpent Clan made a big move a while ago, mobilizing millions of naval forces to search everywhere. I heard they were looking for a human. Which brother were they looking for?
Ping Lingze: I haven't heard of that. Which of your brothers or sisters is wanted?

Bai Cong: I've never heard of that either. Could it have come from somewhere else?

Ping Lingze: Possibly.

Ping Lingze: I wonder if that brother is safe now.

Zhuo Baopu: It should be safe. I heard that the sea serpent clan mobilized a large force, but ultimately failed to capture anyone.

Su Yu: It's definitely safe; they've already escaped.

Ping Lingze: It's good that you escaped. If this brother comes to Canglan City, then... wait?
Ping Lingze: Holy crap, a new person has arrived.

Zhuo Baopu: There really is a newcomer here, Su Yu, where did you come from?

Su Yu: The Blue Mountains Islands.

Ping Lingze: Where are the Blue Mountain Islands? Which sea area of ​​the Azure Immortal Realm?
Su Yu: Over at the Human Headquarters, in the newly developed area.

Ping Lingze: ? ? ?

Zhuo Baopu: ? ? ?

Below is a bunch of question marks.

Ping Lingze: Holy crap, bro, you're from the Human Headquarters?

Su Yu: Yes, I've only been here for a little over a year.

Ping Lingze: What a rare guest! I haven't seen any new faces in over ten years. Where are you now? Let's get together.

Su Yu: I just entered Canglan City, at the East Gate.

Ping Lingze: What a coincidence, our Shenzhou Chamber of Commerce is right at the East Gate. Wait for me at the gate, I'll come pick you up right away.

Su Yu: Thank you for your help, Brother Ping.

Ping Lingze: You're too kind. We're all human. There aren't many people in the Azure Immortal Realm, so we have to help each other when we're out and about.

After closing the communication, Su Yu squeezed Qing Chan's hand and said:

"It's safer to contact your own people."

Qingchan, who had also seen the message in the channel, breathed a sigh of relief and asked in a crisp voice:

"How long do we plan to stay here? When will we head to the Immortal Realm Continent?"

Su Yu waved her hand and said:
"No rush, let's find out the specific situation here in the Immortal Realm first."

"Ah."

Before they had exchanged more than a few words, Su Yu saw a beam of white light descend from the sky, revealing a young man in a white brocade robe. He glanced around, walked straight towards them, and asked cheerfully from afar:

"Is that Brother Su Yu?"

Su Yu greeted him with a smile:

"I am Su Yu, and this is my wife, Luo Qingchan."

A hint of amazement flashed in Ping Lingze's eyes, but it quickly disappeared. He smiled and said:
"I didn't expect there to be more than one person here. Now things are even more lively here."

"Let's go back and talk about it."

"please."

The three of them left together, following Ping Lingze as they flew towards East Street, which was filled with various demons and alien races. They soon stopped in front of a building that occupied more than a thousand square meters. Ping Lingze pointed to the seven-story building and said to the two of them:
"This building belongs to the Chamber of Commerce. This is the Chamber of Commerce's branch in Canglan City. Our Chamber of Commerce covers all the major cities in the Azure Immortal Domain. No matter where you go in the future, just contact the local Chamber of Commerce as soon as you arrive. As long as you pay a certain amount of Immortal Coins, you can get help from the Chamber of Commerce."

Su Yu nodded:

"Thank you for your guidance, Brother Xie Ping."

"You're welcome. Come on in."

(End of this chapter)