Under the introduction of Hongchen and Zhao Di's own wild thoughts, a group of people walked out of the grand hall and into a bustling market.

  This city is incredibly large, Zhao's gaze stretches far and wide, but can't see the end of it. All that can be seen are towering multi-story buildings, densely packed with no less than a thousand structures. On streets dozens of meters wide, cultivators' figures move about everywhere, and many people even fly back and forth in mid-air. This city is so large that there aren't any restrictions on flying. Otherwise, just walking through the city on foot would probably take several days!

  Hongchen said: "The transmission arrays of Penglai Fairy Island and its affiliated islands are basically in the Fangshi Market under Yuntai Mountain, but the transmission arrays leading to the outer stars are on the top of Yuntai Mountain. Let's go!"

  Several people drove different flying instruments and flew straight into the sky.

  Zhao Di looked down from the Wind Dragon, and only then did he realize that the massive market was actually just occupying a small area at the foot of Cloud Platform Mountain. When he flew hundreds of feet high again to look down, the market had become a tiny patch, with its large buildings reduced to the size of grains of rice. Meanwhile, Cloud Platform Mountain still towered above like clouds, its peak invisible. As for the width of the mountain peaks, although they narrowed as one went higher up, at this halfway point, it was still hundreds of miles wide, blocking more than half his field of vision. The mountain waist was also layered with all sorts of caves and pavilions, many of which had colorful seals and spiritual lights flashing about them, clearly guarded by arrays.

  Several people flew up along Yun Tai Mountain and after a period of time, they rose to an altitude of two or three thousand zhang, finally reaching the top of Yun Tai Mountain.

  The mountain top is not too large, only tens of miles wide, with ten identical buildings like palaces made of white jade on it. At this time, Zhao Di's line of sight finally had no obstruction from the Yun Tai Mountain, and he could see other scenery of Penglai Fairy Island in the distance. He found that there were dozens of mountain peaks similar to Yun Tai Mountain in size, far away! Among them, one was even higher and wider by several times, but it was shrouded in dense clouds and fog from halfway up the mountain, and its full shape could not be seen.

  "That's Penglai Peak!" Hongchen followed Zhao Di's gaze to the majestic peak, then changed the subject: "Fifth Brother, your dragon-shaped flying device looks quite unusual. If you were to fly at full power, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to keep up with you."

  "Really, where did you get it from?" Jun San had been admiring this Wind Chasing Dragon for a long time. This dragon-shaped flying device was not only extremely fast but also very cool!

  "This is something I made myself using dragon materials, and after failing many times, it was only under extremely lucky circumstances that I managed to get this one!" Zhao said frankly.

  "Oh? Fifth Brother has such a high level of attainment in refining equipment!" Xi Feng said with slight surprise. Generally, array masters, equipment refiners, and pill refiners all require years of accumulated experience, mostly middle-aged or older people, rarely as young as Zhao Di.

  Zhao Di said, "I am indeed very interested in the art of refining equipment. In my free time, I love to read books on refining equipment and occasionally try my hand at it myself, but I'm not skilled enough to create anything too extraordinary." He wasn't being modest; without the help of a large amount of high-grade spirit stones, his current refining techniques wouldn't be able to produce an extreme-quality piece even with excellent materials. Even so, the value of the high-grade spirit stones he wasted while refining was astronomical. If these high-grade spirit stones were taken out and exchanged for treasures in the market, it would be possible to exchange them for a large batch of magic treasures, not just extreme-quality equipment!

  "Uh-huh, if our trip this time yields a good harvest, you can first pick some demon beast materials for refining equipment, and we'll exchange the rest for spirit stones."

  "Thank you, big brother!" Zhao was secretly delighted. If he could get some high-quality fifth-grade demon beast materials, he might even be able to craft a top-grade spiritual artifact!

  Xi Feng led several people to land in front of a palace in the middle of the mountain top.

  "Are all of these ten palaces in this row teleportation arrays leading to other star systems?" Zhao Di asked curiously.

  "Not bad!" Hong Chen replied patiently: "In these ten White Jade Palace halls, there are ten transmission arrays, each leading to the first to tenth islands of the outer star. The distance between the islands and the inner star is different, with the first island being the closest and the tenth island being the farthest, also in the deepest sea area. The distribution of demon beasts is also related to this. The farther away, the more densely distributed the demon beasts are, and the higher the number of high-level demon beasts. The first island and the inner star are not much different, with only some level-one demon beasts nearby, and even many ordinary people living on the island. Starting from the third island, there are already level-three demon beasts appearing. The fifth island we're going to has the most level-four demon beasts, as well as some level-three and level-five demon beasts. However, unless you're extremely unlucky, it's still difficult to encounter level-six or higher demon beasts. According to legend, on the farthest tenth island, there are level-seven demon beasts everywhere. If not for dozens of seniors in the foundation-building period guarding this island all year round, I'm afraid this island would have been destroyed by demon beasts long ago. Beyond the tenth island's sea area, there is still unexplored and undeveloped land. But it can be imagined that it must be even more terrifying!"

  "So that's how it is!" Zhao Di asked again: "Why don't foreign stars have a Yuan Ying period with a high-ranking person in charge?"

  "Heh heh, I'm not too clear about this either. Matters of the Yuan Ying period are beyond our understanding as foundation-building cultivators! Xi Da Ge, do you know something?" Hong Chen smiled slightly and asked Xi Feng.

  Xi Feng bitterly smiled and shook his head.

  Several people walked into the fifth palace, and inside was a medium-sized transmission array that wasn't too big. There were also three cultivators wearing the same style of cyan robes. Among these three cultivators, two were in the later stages of foundation building, while the third, an emaciated old man, had spiritual light fluctuations that surpassed the other two, making it impossible for Zhao Di to see through his cultivation depth! Moreover, with just a glance from him, he gave Zhao Di immense pressure. It seemed that this person was definitely a cultivator above the Core Formation stage!

  "Senior, we five want to be transported to Island Five!" Xi Feng bowed to the elder and took out ten mid-grade spirit stones.

  The old man didn't even lift his hand, and the ten pieces of spiritual stone flew into his sleeve on their own. The old man glanced at Zhao Di lightly and said, "You're just a beginner in building foundation, do you want to go to Island No. 5 too?"

  "Yes, as you said, senior. Please grant me permission!" Zhao Di bowed and said.

  "Hmph! You want to go and die, what's it got to do with me?" The old man snorted lightly, his tone implying "you're dead for sure".

  Zhao Di and Xi Feng exchanged glances with each other, also not daring to respond.

  The old man waved his hand and stopped talking. At this time, another young monk from the later period of the foundation-building stage came over and handed Xi Feng five transmission talismans.

  After all five of them had pasted the transmission symbols, they stepped into the transmission array. A moment later, after a flash of white light, the five people disappeared into the inner starry sky.

  His head hurt so much that he could hardly stand up! This was Zhao's feeling after this teleportation. He didn't know if it was because the distance of this teleportation was too long, or because of the consecutive two teleports in a short time, but this time, his body felt an especially strong impact. After teleporting, he sat down on the stone pedestal with a thud.

  It's not just Zhao Di, the others are no better. One by one, they're all stumbling and staggering, and that Hongchen Xianzi, being a woman with slightly inferior physical conditions, is also lying on the stone platform, unable to get up. Only Xi Feng is still barely standing, but he's also showing a pained expression.

  Two cultivators stood beside the transmission array, seemingly accustomed to this scene, gazing indifferently at the awkwardness of these few people.

  The physical recovery of a cultivator far surpasses that of an ordinary person, let alone a foundation-building cultivator. Zhao Di and the others recovered in just a moment.

  Zhao Di was shocked to discover that the two cultivators on the edge of the formation were actually both in the Golden Core stage!

  Then a line of five people bowed to these two seniors and left the stone house where the transmission array was located.

  After leaving the stone house, I saw a market street that was dozens of feet wide and tens of miles long. Monks walked in twos and threes, and as far as the eye could see, they were all foundation-building monks or late-stage monks. Not one monk in the Qi-refining stage was seen, but one monk in the Dan-forming stage was spotted!

  In a short period of time, Zhao Di saw many high-level cultivators in the Yuandan stage who he had only heard of but never seen before, which shocked him greatly!

  The other party often just a casual glance, can give him a great sense of oppression. This is completely different from the feeling that Xi Feng gives him. Although Xi Feng has been in the foundation-building period for many years and is only one step away from becoming a Dan-stage cultivator, the gap between this step is simply heaven and earth apart!

  Zhao Di thought that if he could use all his skills, he might be able to fight evenly with Xi Feng. However, escaping with his life would still not be a big problem. But if he encountered a Foundation Establishment cultivator, there would only be one dead end, and no chance of fighting back!

  Foundation Building Stage cultivators and Core Formation Stage cultivators, is the gap between them really that great?! Zhao Tie couldn't help but fantasize about one day becoming a high-ranking Core Formation Stage expert.

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