When he saw Ye Changsheng again, a strange look flashed in Elder Gu's eyes.
Thinking back to the time when he met this man two years ago, he was quite outstanding at that time, with powerful magic power, which oppressed him and made him a little frightened.
But today, when I saw this man again, I found that he had washed away all the makeup and his divine light was restrained, and it was impossible to tell the level of his magical powers.
Just like an ordinary mortal.
Such changes had taken place in just two years, which could not help but shock Elder Gu.
"Is it because of opening a shop here to enter the world?" he secretly guessed in his heart.
Entering the world and experiencing the mundane world is something that many high-level cultivators will do.
This kind of thing will be of great help in dealing with future mental tribulations.
Ye Changsheng's practice of opening a shop here is undoubtedly a worldly approach. Otherwise, why would a Jindan cultivator mingle with such a group of low-level cultivators?
After cupping his hands, Elder Gu laughed and said, "Brother Ye, it's been a long time since we last met. You have beautiful women here every day to keep you company. Your life must be so carefree!"
Ye Changsheng smiled faintly and said, "Brother Gu, you are joking. Brother Gu, you came here today, I guess you have completed the matter that we agreed to two years ago, right?"
Upon hearing Ye Changsheng's words, Elder Gu immediately showed a look of shame on his face.
He sighed and said in embarrassment: "Alas, I am ashamed to say that we, the Sixth Palace, are unable to provide the material for the magic weapon that Brother Ye wants!"
"Oh? With the power of Liulian Palace, you can't even find the materials for a magic weapon?" Ye Changsheng showed surprise on his face.
It seemed incredible.
His expression made Elder Gu very depressed.
Yes, the mighty Liulian Palace, a force second only to the four major merchant alliances, couldn’t even find the materials for a magic weapon.
If you tell this to others, many people will probably think it's a joke.
However, there was no way. Elder Gu had not expected that the magic weapon material that Ye Changsheng needed was so precious that many people had never heard of it.
Fortunately, he did not gain nothing, otherwise how could he have the nerve to come to Ye Changsheng.
“Brother Ye, the Nine Heavens Purple Jade you need, let alone in our Liulian Palace, you may not be able to find it even if you go to the four major business alliances or even the Star Palace!” Elder Gu said, shaking his head.
"Is that so? In that case, I'm afraid I won't be able to help Brother Gu hunt the baby carp beast!" Ye Changsheng said with a frown.
"Brother Ye, don't worry. Haha, although I can't give you the Nine Heavens Purple Jade, we in the Sixth Palace have some information about the Nine Heavens Purple Jade!" Elder Gu showed a smile in his eyes.
"Oh? Brother Gu, please speak!"
Elder Gu stroked his beard and said slowly: "Brother Ye, have you ever heard of the Sea King Ruins?"
"The ruins of the sea king?" Ye Changsheng's eyes narrowed immediately when he heard the term.
"What is this place?"
"Haha, it seems that Brother Ye doesn't know that this Sea King Ruins is a relic located in an unknown place in the outer sea. The Nine Heavens Purple Jade that Brother Ye needs is in this Sea King Ruins!"
Elder Gu's words made Ye Changsheng frown slightly. He knew as soon as he heard it that the Sea King Ruins was most likely a very dangerous place.
"Brother Gu, please tell me in detail, what exactly is this Sea King Ruins?"
Elder Gu stroked his beard and said, "The Sea King Ruins are related to a shocking war that broke out when our human monks first came to the Chaos Star Sea in ancient times!"
"The reason why it is called the Sea King Ruins is because this ruins is related to the Sea King Clan, the former overlord of the Chaos Star Sea!"
"There are two powerful tribes in the outer sea now, the gradually declining Suanni royal tribe and the rising Jiaolong tribe. These two tribes are extremely powerful and command countless monsters!"
“But few people know that in ancient times, these two tribes were actually vassals of the Sea King Clan. If the Sea King Clan had not disappeared, the Suanni and Jiaolong tribes would never have been able to rise!”
"And the reason why the Sea King Clan disappeared is related to the ancestors of our Chaos Star Sea human cultivators!"
"Brother Dao, you should also know that we humans are actually outsiders in the Chaos Star Sea. This place was originally inhabited by monsters and beasts. The reason we can be so prosperous today is all thanks to our ancestors who opened up the ocean step by step and created this inner star sea!"
After hearing what Elder Gu said, Ye Changsheng nodded. He also knew something about the history of Chaos Star Sea.
No one knows when the human monks came to the Chaos Star Sea.
Because history is so long ago, so long ago that all records have disappeared.
All we know is that the only way humans have been able to expand their territory to the point it is today is because of the successive generations of cultivators who have fought against monsters and beasts.
During this period, the monsters were naturally unwilling to see humans grow stronger and take away their territory, so they fought many earth-shaking wars with humans.
In such great battles, even cultivators at the level of Spirit Transformation have died, which shows how fierce those battles were back then.
Most of these battles ended with human victory, which is why the human race in the Chaos Star Sea is now thriving.
However, the strength of the monsters should not be underestimated. Especially if the human side does not have a divine cultivator in charge, it will be difficult for them to compete with the monsters in the alien sea.
Therefore, in order to prevent the loss of the Divine Transformation cultivators from uprooting the entire Chaos Star Sea's foundations by the monsters, the human side initiated peace talks with the monsters.
The monsters were also afraid that the human cultivators would attack without hesitation, so they agreed to peace talks.
The two tribes ceased fighting and divided the inner and outer star seas into their respective spheres of influence.
The Inner Star Sea is the sphere of influence of humans, and transformed monsters are not allowed to enter without permission.
The outer seas are inhabited by monsters. Humans can hunt monsters there, but they cannot form groups and organize large-scale hunting of sea monsters.
In fact, in the eyes of high-level transformed monsters, those low-level monsters in the sea are not of their own kind at all.
Therefore, they don’t care about the life or death of these monsters.
However, they were worried that the humans in the Inner Star Sea would increase their strength with the help of these monsters, so they made such restrictions.
By preventing humans from hunting monsters in large groups, their development can be restricted to a certain extent.
In this way, the two tribes reached an agreement and lived in peace for many years.
Although humans have been hunting monsters in the outer sea, most of the monsters killed by humans have nothing to do with the powerful tribes in the outer sea.
And if humans form gangs and hunt monsters in groups, the monsters in the alien sea will also rush out in groups and attack the islands where humans are.
Under such circumstances, the two sides barely reached a balance.
In a sense, the powerful tribes among the human race and monsters in the Chaos Star Sea today are all the winners of the war between humans and monsters in the Chaos Star Sea in ancient times.
In the ancient war, humans won and gained territory and living space.
Although the monsters failed, powerful tribes such as the Jiaolong and Suanni also broke free from the rule of the true royal family of the Chaos Star Sea.
The ancient war can actually be seen as the human race and the dragons, lions and other races jointly overthrowing the sea king clan and then dividing the sphere of influence of the Chaos Star Sea.
The Sea King clan was exterminated in that earth-shaking war, and the powerful god-transforming cultivator in the clan who had lived for tens of thousands of years died. Since then in the Chaos Star Sea, the human race has had many god-transforming cultivators, but there has never been another god-transforming monster on the monster side.
The Sea King Ruins that the ancient elders are talking about now are the remains of the great war in the past.
"The Sea King Clan once controlled a secret realm. After their clan was destroyed, their core clan land was sucked into that secret realm!"
"The Sea King Ruins we are talking about now are actually in that secret realm. This secret realm can only be opened once every hundred years. Every time you enter, you need to use some special teleportation arrays!"
"When the human cultivators wiped out the Sea King Clan, before they had time to collect the spoils, the core land of the Sea King Clan was sucked away by the secret realm. Therefore, it has been rumored that the secret realm contains the wealth and treasures of the entire Sea King Clan from ancient times!"
"Every hundred years when this secret realm opens, a large number of monks will enter to search for treasures and explore."
Listening to Elder Gu's story, Ye Changsheng showed a thoughtful look on his face. After a moment, he asked, "Is there any limit to the cultivation level of the cultivators who can enter this secret realm?"
"Brother Ye, you've hit the nail on the head!" Elder Gu said with a chuckle, stroking his beard.
"The secret realm of the Sea King Ruins was originally set up by the Sea King Clan in ancient times to hone their disciples. Only cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage can enter. If a Nascent Soul cultivator tries to force his way in, he will surely be killed by the restriction!"
“You know, even a Divine Transformation cultivator wouldn’t dare to break through that restriction!” Elder Gu said with a faint smile.
Like the Sea King Ruins and the Xutian Palace, they are both relatively large-scale things in the Chaos Star Sea. Even the Divine Transformation cultivators are somewhat helpless in the face of them.
"Below Nascent Soul?" Ye Changsheng murmured in a low voice, his face calm and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.
"So, when was the last time the Poseidon Ruins was opened?" Ye Changsheng asked.
"Ten years later!" Elder Gu said with a meaningful smile on his face.
“Ten years later? That… is the time for the Star Picking Conference?” Ye Changsheng frowned and immediately thought of the Star Picking Conference, a grand event in the Inner Star Sea.
In the Inner Star Sea, in order to rule over this human territory, the Star Palace selected thirty-six large islands as its direct territories.
The thirty-six large islands are divided into twelve inner islands and twenty-four outer islands.
The positions of the island masters of the inner twelve islands are designated by the Twin Saints of Heavenly Stars, while the positions of the outer twenty-four islands are open to the entire Chaos Star Sea. Everyone is eligible to challenge to become one of the island masters of these twenty-four islands.
It was at the Star Picking Conference ninety years ago that Mulong Zhenren of Kuixing Island defeated many opponents and won the title of Lord of Kuixing Island.
The grand event for selecting the masters of the outer twenty-four islands is called the Star Picking Conference, and it is held every hundred years.
For most Jindan cultivators, the Star Picking Conference holds unparalleled appeal for them.
Once you can stand out in the Star Picking Conference, you will join the Star Palace, a huge and eternal force, and become one of its external members.
The owner of each star island not only holds great power and controls the fate of an island, but also enjoys offerings from the entire island.
You can also exchange the classics in the Star Palace collection for the skills and secret techniques you need.
The benefits here are immeasurable, so every time there is a Star Picking Conference, a large number of Jindan cultivators will flock to it.
Every hundred years, at the Star Picking Conference, almost all the high-level cultivators in the entire Chaos Star Sea would gather in Tianxing City.
This has led to the Star Picking Conference becoming a grand event for communication and exchange among monks, and even those who are not interested in the position of island master will go.
Just to take this opportunity to exchange some elixirs, magic weapons, materials, etc. that I need with my fellow practitioners.
During that period, not only did the four major business alliances and other giants hold auctions, but they also put all kinds of rare treasures up for auction.
In private, there will be countless secret market exchange meetings.
Basically, you can find everything you want here. If you can't find it here, don't expect to find it in the entire Inner Star Sea.
"So, what is the relationship between this Sea King Ruins and the Star Picking Conference?" Ye Changsheng asked.
"The Sea King Ruins were opened just after the Star Picking Conference. Some of the Jindan cultivators who went to Tianxing City went there for the position of island master, but many others went there for the Sea King Ruins!"
"After all, this site has created countless legends over the past thousands of years! It is said that someone even dug out a thousand-year-old elixir from it!" Elder Gu said as he shook his head, marveling at it, his face full of yearning.
A thousand-year-old elixir, that's something that even Nascent Soul cultivators would fight over when they see it.
And thousands of years ago, someone brought one out from the Neptune ruins.
As for the others, there are extremely powerful ancient treasures, precious refining materials, etc., which are endless.
It can be said that as long as this cultivator can come back alive from the Sea King Ruins, he will most likely be able to break through one or two small realms in the future.
The Sea King Ruins have an unparalleled attraction for Jindan cultivators.
"If you want to enter the Sea King Ruins, you need to use some specific ancient teleportation arrays. It is said that there are only four such teleportation arrays in the entire world. We humans only control one, and the remaining three are in the hands of alien sea monsters!" Elder Gu continued.
"The one controlled by the human race is in the hands of the Star Palace in Tianxing City. The cultivators who want to enter need to pay a certain amount of teleportation fee to the Star Palace!"
"So what is the amount of the transmission fee?"
Elder Gu smiled mysteriously and said meaningfully: "The amount depends on how the Star Palace decides. When the world is peaceful, the transmission fee is very high, and can even reach 10,000 spirit stones per time!"
"When the Chaos Star Sea is not peaceful, the Star Palace will reduce the cost of teleportation, to the lowest of 500 Spiritual Stones per time!"
Hearing Elder Gu's words, Ye Changsheng's eyes showed a thoughtful look.
It is not difficult to guess what Xinggong is thinking. When troubled times come, they will reduce the cost of transportation and send more Jindan monks to the Sea King Ruins to fight desperately, thereby reducing unstable factors.
When the world is at peace, they need more human monks to fight against monsters, so they will raise the threshold for teleportation to block some monks who want to try their luck in the Sea King Ruins.
The same was true for the Xutian Palace. Every time when the forces of both good and evil in the Chaos Star Sea grew stronger, the Star Palace would make moves in the Xutian Palace, causing some Jindan cultivators who entered to die inexplicably.
When Elder Gu said this to Ye Changsheng, he probably intended to test Ye Changsheng's opinion on the Star Palace.
Unfortunately, Ye Changsheng's expression was very calm. Although his eyes were flickering, it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.
This made Elder Gu feel a little regretful.
This fellow, whose origins are unknown and who has just reached the Dan stage, is also a guy with a meticulous mind!
"Thank you, Brother Gu, for telling me this information!" Ye Changsheng said with a bow.
Then, he changed the subject and said, "However, Brother Gu, you want me to participate in the operation to encircle and suppress the infant carp beasts based on just these, isn't that a little insufficient?"
Hearing this, Elder Gu was not surprised. He stroked his beard and laughed, saying, "Of course, we in the Sixth Palace will not expect Brother Dao to take action based on this little information!"
"If we, the Sixth Palace, have mastered the approximate location of the Nine Heavens Purple Jade in the Sea King Ruins and have drawn a map, we can give it to you, Brother Dao. I wonder if you are willing to participate in this hunt for the baby carp beast?"
"How can I believe that your map is correct?" Ye Changsheng asked calmly.
Elder Gu shook his head and said, "Brother Dao, we in the Sixth Palace are doing business. If we deceive you in this matter, our reputation will be ruined. We can't do such an unwise thing!"
Ye Changsheng chuckled: "My personality makes it impossible for me to pin my hopes on the reputation of others. I hope Brother Dao will forgive me for this!"
Rubbing his brows in distress, Elder Gu said helplessly: "Well, since Brother Dao is so suspicious, let's choose a middleman!"
"Brother Daoist has also met Master Mulong, the island master of Kuixing Island. I wonder if you know anything about this man?" asked Elder Gu.
Ye Changsheng shook his head. He didn’t know much about Master Mulong.
Elder Gu did not keep the secret and said directly: "The reason why Master Mulong is called Mulong is because he has a powerful ancient treasure in his possession - the Wooden Dragon Pile!"
“And this ancient treasure was obtained by Master Mulong when he entered the Sea King Ruins more than a hundred years ago, not long after he entered the Jindan realm!”
"It was with this ancient treasure that he was able to obtain the position of the island master of Kuixing Island. Otherwise, with his strength as a mid-stage Jindan cultivator, how could he have defeated so many opponents?"
"Oh, there is such a past event?" A thoughtful look appeared on Ye Changsheng's face.
"I can leave this map with Master Mulong first, and ask Master Mulong to verify the authenticity of this map. After killing the baby carp beast, you can get this map from Master Mulong. What do you think?"
"Master Mulong has always had a good reputation. Brother Dao should have heard of him!"
Elder Gu has said so much, if Ye Changsheng doesn't agree, it will seem that he has no attitude of cooperation.
Of course, more importantly, he had no choice but to agree.
After all, there is only this one clue about the Nine Heavens Purple Jade. If we don’t grasp this clue, there will be no other way to obtain the Nine Heavens Purple Jade.
Even with the guarantee of Master Mulong, Ye Changsheng could not really believe the map. He would still find a way to verify it in many aspects to ensure that it was foolproof.
So, he readily agreed and said, "I still trust Master Mulong, so I'll follow the plan Brother Gu said!"
"Okay, then let's go to Master Mulong now!" Elder Gu acted decisively and immediately stood up and said.
The two of them immediately went to Master Mulong's cave.
This is the second time Ye Changsheng has come to the cave of Master Mulong.
When the island master saw Ye Changsheng and Elder Gu coming together, a strange look flashed in his eyes.
There was a hint of vigilance in his eyes when he looked at Ye Changsheng.
It was not until Elder Gu explained the purpose of the two people's visit that the vigilance slowly dissipated.
If Ye Changsheng's spiritual sense was not strong enough, he would not have been able to detect this subtle change in him.
"It is rumored that the island master of Kuixing Island has close contacts with the people of Liulian Palace, but now it seems that the situation is not quite the same as the rumors. The island master is obviously wary of the people of Liulian Palace!" Ye Changsheng thought to himself.
"So you two are here for this kind of thing. Oh, I didn't expect that Brother Ye would need such hard-to-find materials to refine magic weapons. Let me take a look at this map!"
As he spoke, he took the map handed to him by Elder Gu, probed his spiritual sense into it, and began to look at it.
"Well, the location marked on the map is Mingyang Pavilion. It was where the Sea King family stored important refining materials. It is indeed possible that the materials that Brother Ye wants are there!" Master Mulong said lightly.
"Brother Ye, now you should believe me, right?" Elder Gu said with a smile.
"Haha, I was judging others by my own standards. I hope Brother Gu will forgive me!" Ye Changsheng said with a smile.
After leaving the map with Master Mulong, the two walked out of the cave. Elder Gu bowed and said:
"The time to hunt the baby carp beast will be in three days. Brother Ye can come to Yuhuanju to find me then!"
"I will definitely arrive on time!" Ye Changsheng bowed and said with a smile.
Elder Gu also bowed and then left in a hurry.
Looking at his back, Ye Changsheng's eyes flashed with a thoughtful look.
At present, there should be six Jindan cultivators .
The two elders Gu and Miao from the Liulian Palace, plus three island masters and Ye Changsheng.
It is not difficult to guess why Liulian Palace invited Ye Changsheng to participate in the hunting of baby carp beasts.
It was simply because he had just formed his elixir, so the price he needed to pay was lower.
In addition, he does not belong to any faction and has the possibility of joining the Liulian Palace, so the Liulian Palace tried its best to invite him, which also meant winning him over.
If it were any other Jindan cultivators, the price that Liulian Palace would have to pay would be much more than this amount.
"If nothing unexpected happens, Wu Chou will come out when we hunt the baby carp beast. The stance of the Sixth Palace represented by Gu and Miao will also be made clear in this battle!"
"Hmph, I want the flesh and blood and inner elixir of the sixth-level monster. I want your storage bags too!" Ye Changsheng sneered in his heart.
Although he had just entered the Jindan stage, in fact, his magic power had already exceeded that of the average Jindan mid-stage cultivator.
Moreover, he also possessed two ancient treasures. Even if he faced an ordinary late Jindan cultivator, he could still kill him as long as the opponent did not have a powerful magic weapon.
He didn't even take the small number of people in Liulian Palace seriously.
The only one worth noting is Wu Chou.