Chapter 561: Chapter 561 Xu Yingyi
Leading a large green donkey, Wang Chen strolled along the main street of Chito City.
After nightfall, every household hung up lotus lamps, their soft light illuminating the streets, casting a sacred veil over the city’s rough exterior, adding a touch more poetic flavor.
It made one’s mind unconsciously become peaceful and tranquil.
Even the fierce Sand People slowed their pace here, containing their rough and menacing appearance.
Chito City was neither small nor large; the main streets in the city were just two or three, with most buildings constructed from piled stones.
Only the Buddhist temples scattered throughout the city were exceptionally luxurious and magnificent.
With the guidance of passersby, Wang Chen easily found the Golden Buddha Temple in the city.
The Golden Buddha Temple was the largest temple in Chito City, with a delicate nine-story pagoda.
A pagoda represented the level of a temple, and the Buddhist Sect had strict regulations in this regard, allowing no transgressions.
The Transmission Array was within the Golden Buddha Temple.
However, the Zhike guarding the gate informed Wang Chen that he would have to come back the next morning.
The Golden Buddha Temple did not entertain outside guests at night.
Wang Chen didn’t mind and turned around to leave, quickly finding an inn to stay in nearby.
After settling in, he went to a tavern next door.
This tavern wasn’t particularly special, fairly ordinary and not very large, but it was doing quite well. When Wang Chen arrived, there were almost no free seats.
Luckily, Wang Chen was in luck, as a group of customers who had just finished their meal left, freeing up a table.
After taking a seat, Wang Chen waved over a waiter and ordered a few signature specialty dishes.
Before the dishes arrived, a few cultivators appeared in the tavern, scanned around, and then walked towards him.
“Fellow Daoist, please,” said one of the cultivators as he greeted Wang Chen with a gesture, “Would you mind if we shared a table?”
Wang Chen nodded, “That’s fine.”
“Thank you,” said the group of newly arrived cultivators as they took their seats, filling up the empty space.
“I am Xu Yingyi from the Canglan Sect,” said the cultivator who had taken a seat next to Wang Chen, smiling and asking, “May I have the honor to know your esteemed name?”
Wang Chen didn’t hide it, “West Sea Sect’s Wang Chen.”
As soon as his words fell, the surrounding area was suddenly filled with peculiar glances.
“So it is a fellow daoist from the West Sea Sect!”
Xu Yingyi’s expression became more solemn, “I have offended.”
Although the Canglan Sect was also a large Immortal Gate, it wasn’t on the same level as the West Sea Sect.
Even if their cultivation levels were similar, Xu Yingyi still had to show Wang Chen greater respect.
As for the expressions of the others, that was quite more interesting.
Wang Chen was too young.
No one had expected that the West Sea Sect would send such a young disciple to attend the Spirit Mountain Dharma Meeting.
Weren’t they afraid that the Buddhist Sect of the Western Region would become angry out of embarrassment?
Wang Chen ignored the glances from around him and said with a smile, “Senior Brother Xu speaks too seriously.”
The West Sea Sect and Canglan Sect, one in the west and one in the east, separated by hundreds of thousands of miles, while they had no intimate relations, it was normal for those belonging to the same Taoist Vein to show each other a little face.
Wang Chen wasn’t so petty.
Xu Yingyi laughed heartily, “Then, Senior Brother Wang, I insist on treating you to dinner tonight, don’t be polite with me!”
He called over the waiter and ordered a full table of dishes, whatever was expensive, let it be served on the table.
However, the cost of living in Chito City is quite high, especially the price of Immortal Food is several times that of ordinary Immortal Cities.
I don’t know if it’s due to scarcity of resources or the shop owners taking advantage of us “out-of-towners” to fleece us.
“Only open once every three years, but when we do, we eat for three years,” Wang Chen and the other Sect representatives who went to Spirit Mountain to attend the ceremony truly visit only once every three years.
Though they were strangers who met by chance without any prior grievances or conflicts of interest, after three rounds of drinks, Wang Chen and Xu Yingyi and others became familiar with each other.
To tell the truth, Wang Chen had not seen many disciples from other Sects before this, so this was quite an eye-opening experience.
Unlike Wang Chen who came alone, the Canglan Sect had sent more than just Xu Yingyi as their representative; there were four companions with him, forming a small team.
According to Xu Yingyi, some Sects sent as many as a dozen representatives, while others sent four or five.
Sects like the West Sea Sect really were one of a kind.
And on this topic, Xu Yingyi touched on it and stopped, not elaborating any further.
He was a smooth talker with great eloquence; he chatted and laughed with Wang Chen, telling interesting anecdotes and never letting the conversation die down from the beginning to the end.
Most importantly, Xu Yingyi was not a first-timer serving as a Sect representative at the ceremony.
This was his third trip on this route!
This year was his fourth.
Therefore, Xu Yingyi truly knew the ropes, and it was through his introduction that Wang Chen learned that the Teleportation Array at the Golden Buddha Temple was not open every day, and there was also a requirement for the number of people.
In other words, if there were too few people renting the Transmission Array, one either had to wait until the group was large enough or buy out the remaining spots.
Otherwise, you’d have to climb over Flame Mountain by yourself!
“Flame Mountain is a land of ultimate fiends,” Xu Yingyi stated solemnly. “It is extremely dangerous and perilous for Golden Cores, one must not take any risks!”
Of course, Wang Chen wouldn’t do something foolish.
He was curious, “So there are no other paths aside from the Teleportation Array?”
“There is an ancient road beneath Chito City that leads to the western foothills of Flame Mountain.”
Xu Yingyi explained, “But that is a road we cannot take.”
Wang Chen nodded, “I see.”
After the meal, they exchanged Talisman Messages, and Wang Chen returned to the inn he had checked into.
The next morning, Wang Chen visited the Golden Buddha Temple again.
This time he entered the temple, only to be told that the Teleportation Array could not be activated yet.
He would have to wait a few days.
Having no choice, Wang Chen decided to continue his stay in the city.
Over the next few days, the number of Taoist Sect Cultivators appearing in Chito City grew.
He bumped into Xu Yingyi several more times.
This Canglan Sect Cultivator’s social skills must have been maxed out, as more and more Cultivators gathered around him.
By the fourth day of Wang Chen’s arrival in Chito City, the Teleportation Array at the Golden Buddha Temple finally activated.
Wang Chen paid the exorbitant fee of three hundred Middle Spirit, in exchange for a spot in the Teleportation Array.
Even though he could be reimbursed, he still felt the pinch—damn, that was extortion!
You should know that the distance covered by the Teleportation Array at the Golden Buddha Temple wasn’t far; far from tens of thousands of miles, it wasn’t even several thousand miles.
Yet they charged such a high fee.
The other Sect Cultivators were also cursing under their breath, but they had no choice.
However, once paid, the efficiency of the monks at the Golden Buddha Temple was very high; they led Wang Chen and others to a side hall, and then activated the Teleportation Array.
After a whirlwind of dizziness, when Wang Chen’s vision returned to normal, he found himself in the center of a vast square with a majestic temple in front of him, surrounded by mountains that stretched continuously with lush and pleasant scenery.
The spiritual energy of nature around him had returned to normal levels!
The second update is here.