Chapter 1655: Chapter 1524: Lingkun Ancient City

Liuyun State is quite a large state in the Northern Domain, and Lingkun Ancient City is the largest ancient city in Liuyun State, and it is also the oldest ancient city, with a history of over six thousand years.

Six thousand years, even in the harsh land of the Northern Domain, it’s a time of great change, with many ancient cities buried in the long river of history. Even if they didn’t disappear, they have been relocated several times and are no longer at their original sites.

However—

Lingkun Ancient City still stands on the vast land, like a giant, watching the historical changes of the Northern Domain!

Lingkun Ancient City is full of beautiful gardens, with beauty that’s renowned throughout the Northern Domain. The streets of the city are lined with the unique snow pine trees of the Northern Domain, their branches lush, bringing a touch of green vitality to Lingkun Ancient City.

The streets are bustling, with most people being quite robust, which is related to the local customs of the Northern Domain. Due to the rich production of spirit stones, it’s also a place of crime, even ordinary people frequently engage in armed conflicts.

Ye Fan changed his appearance, wearing a blue Taoist robe embroidered with a Bagua Diagram, dressed like a young, accomplished expert, strolling through the streets of Lingkun Ancient City, observing this historically rich ancient city.

He flew directly here. From Du City to Lingkun Ancient City is not far, a fast flight takes just three days.

Although the matter of the Ancient Secret Realm is abuzz with rumors, there is still time before it truly opens, so he is not in a hurry.

After wandering for a while, Ye Fan discovered the tracks of Li Tianfeng, and couldn’t help but be surprised—since being defeated by him in the ranking competition, Li Tianfeng had never appeared, yet now he was here.

Although Li Tianfeng used divine skills to change his appearance, under Ye Fan’s Martial Arts Heavenly Eye, there was no hiding.

Meanwhile, he cultivated the Human-Faced Geography Technique, which changes from the inside out, even the primordial essence is different, so even if Li Tianfeng truly cultivated the Martial Arts Heavenly Eye, Ye Fan wouldn’t be afraid, as the Martial Arts Heavenly Eye couldn’t see through his changes.

In less than half a day, Ye Fan discovered quite a few Saint Heir-level powerhouses in this ancient city, but each one used different secret techniques or spiritual treasures to conceal their true forms, some of which even Ye Fan’s Martial Arts Heavenly Eye couldn’t see through clearly.

So many Saint Heir-level powerhouses have arrived, indicating that the opening of this Ancient Secret Realm almost involved the entire world, with many young powerhouses wanting to get a share.

Or perhaps using this opportunity to spar with strong people of the same generation, to verify their cultivation and strength, and to earn a qualification for the future Emperor Road.

The streets were crowded with people, bustling with traffic, very prosperous. Ye Fan passed by many young strong people comparable to a Saint Heir without stopping, moving along indifferently.

These cultivators not inferior to a Saint Heir came from the major Holy Lands and Wu Shang Sects, as well as strong people from various ancient inheriting clans.

Apart from a stroke of luck, in terms of cultivation, they are no weaker than a Saint Heir, some even stronger, but due to the limitations of age and talent, their potential cannot be compared with a Saint Heir.

Ye Fan floated on without staying, walking down the ancient street.

Lingkun Ancient City is like a city surrounded by forests. Although the streets are very bustling, with traffic, the scenery is extremely beautiful, with springs and the Flower Country visible from time to time.

In the harsh lands of the Northern Domain, there aren’t many ancient cities with such an environment. Besides Du City and Feixian City, Lingkun Ancient City is certainly considered a place of beautiful scenery.

From the casual conversations of passersby, Ye Fan gathered quite a bit of information. Although most of it was useless, he could analyze some useful information from the glimpses of these casual talks.

Approximately three thousand miles southwest of Lingkun Ancient City, there is Qixia Mountain, where dragon-shaped lights shoot into the sky, pulsating with powerful sealing power. Many Saint Heir-level powerhouses have already rushed there.

However, according to reports, there is still about a week before the true opening of the Ancient Secret Realm, so many cultivators still linger in this ancient city, observing.

It was nearing noon, Ye Fan found a place to eat, filling his belly while paying attention to the exchanges of the crowd, obtaining some more useful information.

It is said that in Ancient Times, Qixia Mountain was the training ground of a peerless powerhouse. There might be some spiritual treasures left behind, perhaps even a Supreme Treasure Pill.

Of course, these are just speculations. Before truly entering, no one can say for certain what exactly is in this Ancient Secret Realm.

The secret realm opened by a peerless powerhouse in Ancient Times certainly contains their relics; possibly even Supreme Skills, martial arts, and secret techniques. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

There might even be this peerless powerhouse’s inheritance. For any cultivator, it is an unimaginable great fortune.

Legend has it that the peerless powerhouse once suppressed a dark chaos single-handedly during a time without a Great Emperor. He was an invincible powerhouse. Unfortunately, he was born in the wrong era. Under the influence of the last Great Emperor, the world did not allow anyone to prove Dao. Otherwise, with his strength and talent, he might indeed have succeeded in Proving Dao.

Based on the compilation of various information, Ye Fan no longer doubted the Ancient Secret Realm on Qixia Mountain. So many cultivators have rushed there, it can’t be false.

Finally, with his hunger satisfied, Ye Fan wandered in the city, discovering that the Holy Lands, Wu Shang Sects, and Di Clans all have gambling stone workshops in this ancient city.

Ye Fan strolled into a gambling stone workshop named Guang Yuan, which was set up by the Gu Family. The Gu Family had persistently provoked him, and in the Jiu Long Nest, the Emperor’s Son, Ancient Immortal directly attacked him. He wanted to bleed the Gu Family.

Of course, besides wanting revenge on the Gu Family, his own cultivation’s spirit stone needs were also an important reason for doing so.

After reaching the late stage of the Divine Power Realm, Ye Fan’s cultivation encountered significant difficulties, as each advancement required a vast amount of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, and without enough spirit stones, it was simply impossible.

During his last breakthrough, he refined tens of thousands of jin of spirit stones; even though heaven grade spirit stones were of extremely high quality and could substitute ordinary spirit stones, he still felt a strong sense of crisis.

This is a garden, occupying a vast area, filled with snowy pine trees, ancient vines entwined, the flowers and plants lush, making the scenery very beautiful.

Piles of stone materials also became part of the garden scenery, not appearing monotonous at all, not resembling a place for stone gambling, but rather like a garden.

Ye Fan decided to act low-key, not wanting to engage with people here over gambling stones, directly buying stones, and then putting them away to cut later himself, to avoid causing trouble.

The last scene at Rongsheng Gambling Stone Workshop in the gambling city showed him the madness of these gambling stone people, and he didn’t want to attract attention again, this time he planned to proceed quietly.

The reason is simple, this time too many Saint Heir level strong people have come, some have irreconcilable enmities with him, once they meet, they will certainly get into a big fight, he is not afraid of trouble but also does not want to invite it.

The Gu Family’s gambling stone workshop is large, with eighteen courtyards, each with stone materials piled, the garden style is unique and beautifully designed, walking inside makes one feel refreshed and pleased.

Even if not gambling stones, wandering in this gambling stone workshop is also a pleasure.

In the Gu Family’s gambling stone workshop, there are also many people selecting stones, but the first few courtyards are for small fry, people with low cultivation gamble stones in such places.

Although it’s a noisy commotion, truly cutting out good things is rare to none, most end up losing their investment, spending a lot of spirit stones without cutting out even a hair.

Starting from the fifth courtyard, there are far fewer people, only a few scattered individuals selecting stones, not only does it not appear noisy, on the contrary, it’s very quiet here, walking amidst the beautiful scenery is quite an enjoyment.

After circling around, Ye Fan secretly clicked his tongue, finding that indeed, it was a place without ’plain folks,’ those daring to enter an emperor clan’s gambling stone workshop all had a certain identity.

Before long, he had already encountered some so-called elders, sect leader’s sons, etc.

Lingkun Ancient City was originally second only to Immortal City, recently due to the Ancient Secret Realm, many people have come here, so it is not surprising to meet these people with noble status.

Ye Fan remained silent, yet continuously made moves, in a blink, he had entered the ninth courtyard, spending hundreds of jin of spirit stones, collecting a mountain of stone materials into the space spiritual artifact.

Buying stone materials in this manner, without cutting them on the spot, naturally attracted some people’s attention, some even mistook him for a fat sheep, trying to engage him in stone gambling.

"Sorry, I don’t gamble stones!"

Ye Fan decisively refused, he only wanted to make a fortune in silence, unwilling to make a fuss, especially since the spirit stones these people could offer were not many.

Now, anything below a thousand jin of spirit stones doesn’t even catch Ye Fan’s consideration, to him it is almost useless, as he often needs tens of thousands of jin of spirit stones.

By the calculation of tenfold stacking, Ye Fan would need at least two to three hundred thousand jin of spirit stones to break into the peak of the Divine Power Realm, even a Holy Land would feel the pinch taking out so many spirit stones at once.

Fortunately, his Dragon Seeking Skill has achieved small success, and his Stone Appraisal Technique has improved very quickly, any stone material he sets his eyes on will surely yield something.

Those people dawdled, still entangling Ye Fan, hoping to have a gamble with him, since in their eyes, Ye Fan seemed like a bumpkin.

Because the stone materials Ye Fan chose, some in their eyes were simply waste stones, unlikely to yield anything.

"Alright, prepare a hundred thousand jin of upper grade spirit stones, then I will gamble with you. Don’t bother me without a hundred thousand jin of upper grade spirit stones!" Ye Fan, unable to fend them off, had to respond this way to scare them away.

A hundred thousand jin of upper grade spirit stones, let alone an individual not being able to come up with it, even a medium sect might not be able to gather it. After all, this is not Immortal City, even in Immortal City, a hundred thousand jin of upper grade spirit stones would be a super grand gesture.

Those people’s faces turned green instantly, looking at Ye Fan as if looking at a monster, opening his mouth for a hundred thousand jin of spirit stones, not even the strongest heir of the emperor clan would have such audacity, right?

As Ye Fan predicted, the gambling stake of a hundred thousand jin of upper grade spirit stones scared off those trying to "slaughter" him, and he left the gambling house with the selected stone materials.

Meanwhile.

On Qixia Mountain, a dozen cultivators were setting up a peerless Formation in the mountains.

These cultivators all used Great Divine Power to hide their true appearance, even among themselves they didn’t know each other’s true identity, only busy under the lead of a young man.

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