Longevity: From Being Pushed By The Witch

"This is the map of the thirty-six domains of the Azure Dragon Immortal City. It includes everything from the grand mansions of the major families to the hidden alleys and shops. It shows where you can go and where you can't!"

"Fellow Daoist, as an outsider, you should know the value of this map!"

"I'm not trying to cheat you. Take it for twenty spirit stones, Fellow Daoist!"

Ji Boying glanced at the scroll.

Twenty spirit stones for a map... it doesn't seem like a bad deal.

After entering the Azure Dragon Immortal City, he couldn't just stay at the Wan Dao Commercial House. He would eventually have to rent a small courtyard outside.

If what these people were saying was true, going to the wrong place by accident would undoubtedly bring unnecessary trouble.

With this in mind, Ji Boying took out twenty low-grade spirit stones from his storage bag and handed them to the middle-aged male cultivator.

However...

The middle-aged man sneered, a hint of mockery on his face.

"Fellow Daoist seems to have misunderstood."

"What I said... was twenty high-grade spirit stones!"

Li Yueyao furrowed her eyebrows slightly. Twenty high-grade spirit stones, when converted to middle-grade, would be twenty thousand!

With that price, he could buy a top-grade magic treasure.

Seeing that neither of them spoke, the middle-aged cultivator said with a sinister smile, "Fellow Daoist, twenty high-grade spirit stones for peace of mind. Isn't that too much?"

"Of course not."

Ji Boying chuckled softly and then turned his gaze to Li Yueyao.

"Can you do it in three breaths?"

Li Yueyao glanced at the few people. Three at the early Foundation Building stage and one at the mid Foundation Building stage, all attacking with full force... it was worth a try!

The middle-aged cultivator still didn't understand what Ji Boying was saying.

In the next moment, a cold light suddenly bloomed before his eyes.

Before he could even mobilize his spiritual power, he felt a chill on his neck.

As for the several early Foundation Building cultivators behind him, they sensed that something was wrong and were about to make a move. But in the next instant, a vast spiritual pressure crushed down on them.

Foundation Building peak?!

Their hearts tightened, and they wanted to escape, but a strange aura enveloped them. Their pupils, which had been violently contracting, suddenly became unfocused, and a nauseating and obscene smirk gradually appeared on their grimacing faces.

Li Yueyao slowly moved forward, the cold light flashing.

The three Foundation Building cultivators died inexplicably under her sword...

Ji Boying walked expressionlessly to the middle-aged cultivator and picked up the scroll in his hand.

Opening it, he indeed found a map, but... there were no annotations or legends on it. Even the Azure Dragon Immortal City was only roughly outlined with a few lines. It was a mess!

Ji Boying casually threw the scroll aside and then took out the storage bags from these people.

"Let's go into the city!"

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The Azure Dragon Immortal City was originally an ancient forest, desolate and inhabited by wild beasts.

Later, because a dragon comparable to the Ascended Void God Emperor ascended in this ancient forest, it attracted the attention of the surrounding cultivators.

Where there was a dragon's ascension, there must be great opportunities.

In order to find these so-called opportunities, these cultivators began to enter the forest and explore.

Over time, these pioneers discovered various heavenly treasures, rare and exotic beasts, and even several top-grade spirit mines in the central area!

When other cultivators outside heard the news, they also joined in, and even the major sects began to send elders and disciples to search for resources.

As more and more cultivators entered, they discovered that the few spirit mines they had initially discovered were just the tip of the iceberg in the entire ancient forest.

The real great opportunity was hidden in the deeper veins, and they were not ordinary veins but seventh-grade top-grade spirit veins!

Once the news spread, the entire Eastern Azure Profound Continent was in an uproar.

For a while, major sects, aristocratic families, and scattered cultivators flocked to the area like fish crossing a river.

After hundreds of years of development, this ancient forest eventually became the renowned Azure Dragon Immortal City that resonated throughout the Five Continents!

"So... the name 'Azure Dragon' of the Azure Dragon Immortal City comes from that Ascended Dragon?" Ji Boying asked with a smile.

"Yes!"

Yun Qianshan nodded, feeling quite proud, and said, "Mr. Ji may not know that the name Canglong not only comes from the Ascension Jiaolong, but also from our trading company!"

"In the past, the major sects fought fiercely to claim the naming rights of the Immortal City. In the end, it was the trading company that stepped in and mediated, using the Ascension Jiaolong as a memorial, and thus the name Canglong was established!"

Hearing this, Ji Boying couldn't help but be intrigued.

In fact...

From this invasion by the demonic cultivators, one could see the strength of the trading company.

Almost all the righteous sects in the Eastern Cangxuan Continent were paralyzed, and their high-level combat power was almost non-existent.

Only the Wan Dao Trading Company, after being completely suppressed by the demonic cultivators, still had some room to maneuver.

"Mr. Ji, we have arrived. Ahead is the Canglong branch, which is also the main base of the trading company in the Eastern Cangxuan Continent!"

Just then, Yun Qianshan suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Ji Boying looked up and saw a sight that greeted his eyes - red walls, green tiles, intricately carved beams and painted rafters!

Corridors crisscrossed, long bridges lay across rippling waters, pavilions and buildings stood in a scattered arrangement.

This was not a trading company!

This was clearly another Immortal City!

If he had known that the trading company had such a scale, he wouldn't have sent a message to Yun Qianshan to specially come out of the city to meet him.

"Shopkeeper Yun."

Ji Boying looked at Yun Qianshan beside him and said, "Please take me to the branch."

"Mr. Ji, don't you want to see the two ladies first?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Qianshan was taken aback, then said, "After arriving at the Canglong Immortal City, I temporarily arranged the two ladies and Qiuyu in my small courtyard."

"Since parting with you, the two ladies have lost their appetite and even though they know you are safe, they are still worried. As time goes by, it has become a concern."

"Now that Mr. Ji has arrived at the main base, it is only right to visit the two ladies first. As for official matters... there's no rush for now."

Ji Boying was also moved by these words.

But...

After hesitating for a moment, he shook his head and said, "This matter is of great importance. I dare not delay. Please take me to the branch first."

Seeing Ji Boying's firm attitude, Yun Qianshan nodded and quickly walked towards the branch.

Before long...

The three of them arrived in front of a relatively secluded attic in the southwest corner.

Ji Boying looked at this inconspicuous ordinary attic in front of him, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

He thought...

Among the entire main base, even if the branch attic was not the best, it should be in the central area or one of the larger halls towards the back.

Never did he expect that the place where the branch elders usually handled their affairs would be among the most inconspicuous group of attics.

As if sensing Ji Boying's confusion, Yun Qianshan smiled and said, "The original place where the trading company held meetings and conducted business was the tallest building in the main base."

"But... several main and deputy branch elders don't like the hustle and bustle, and the same goes for the elders and core clients of the trading company."

"So, they moved over here."

"Even many core clients, in order to study their skills, did not live in the main base of the trading company, but found some quieter ordinary mansions in the inner city."

"I see..."

Ji Boying couldn't help but murmur, then said, "Take me to the teleportation array in the branch. I have something that needs to be sent to the headquarters."

Yun Qianshan's face changed slightly, and he exclaimed, "You want to use the teleportation array?!"

Ji Boying was taken aback and asked, "Is it not allowed?"