Chapter 287: Borrowing a Treasure (1/2)

When formation dao and illusions combined, they came together as illusory formations. The enormous Myriad Returns City was created by one such formation. Everything about and within the city was fake, but when the formation attained the heights of refining illusion into reality, the city became tangibly substantial and formed a city of five thousand kilometers in radius.

Such were the heights that the little fox dreamed of reaching.

Now real, crowds thronged the streets, carriages fought for space, and all sorts of vehicles filed into the city. Shops lining the avenues hawked a great variety of ingredients and treasures, too many for the eye to catalogue.

Another great commotion rose when the Deaf Prince’s carriage entered the market. After all, the prince had just smashed a dao immortal zombie of the Corpse Refiners into meat paste. More importantly, he was rich enough to use immortal crystals as weapons! Though he was known as the fattest cash cow on Levitating Island, no one dared approach him now.

Heavenly melodies reverberated in the air as a golden path extended from Myriad Returns City to the Deaf Prince’s carriage. A group of high-level immortals rushed along the path, led by an aloof-looking, golden immortal girl.

“Qing Xun of the Panorama Pavilion greets His Royal Highness the Third Prince, Sir Lu, and Sir Qing Han,” she transmitted as she approached the carriage.

“Fairy Qing Xun of the Panorama Pavilion!” The Deaf Prince perked up.

Myriad Returns Market had been held on Levitating Island for thousands of years, and was first organized by the Panorama Pavilion and a few other major merchant guilds. Therefore, the pavilion naturally wouldn’t miss the event when it kicked off.

As the largest trading company in the world of immortals, the Panorama Pavilion did business all over the world, as well as the East Sea. Thus, it was no surprise that the Deaf Prince would know Qing Xun.

“I didn’t expect Fairy Qing Xun to welcome us in person. What an honor, truly an honor!” The Deaf Prince laughed heartily to see the girl.

Qing Xun was the pavilion head’s personal disciple and arcane dao immortal Qing Ruyan’s younger sister. That bequeathed her great status in the guild; she’d been the facilitator of the auction in Xiankan.

“He says that a lot,” muttered the little fox.

Smiling, Qing Xun continued her transmissions with the Deaf Prince and turned to Lu Yun at the same time. She wasn’t here for the Deaf Prince, but for Lu Yun and Qing Han.

Lu Yun had refined a Heaven Descent Pill for her elder sister, which had effectively gifted the faction a future celestial emperor. Meanwhile, Qing Han had restored the Dao Flower and gained its favor. He would one day become the rightful Dao Sovereign of the world. In fact, he was already known as the Youth Dao Sovereign.

But of course, Qing Xun wasn’t going to point that out. She wasn’t going to embarrass the Deaf Prince, who was partial to grandiosity.

Some of the immortals in the area couldn’t help but feel disappointed when the Panorama Pavilion guided Lu Yun and his companions into the market. They were low-level immortals and cultivators who couldn’t enter the real trading hub, so had to stay on the fringes. Originally, they’d hoped to make some money from the Deaf Prince, but the Panorama Pavilion’s actions had shattered that hope.

“Hahahaha!” The Deaf Prince’s hearty laughter scattered from overhead. “I have money to spare! I have nothing but money and crystals!”

Clatter!

Translucent crystals dropped from the sky like high-velocity snowflakes. The Deaf Prince stood on top of his carriage with a giant box in hand, an immortal-crystal bearing flower boy as the carriage moved. Cheers rose in a deafening din as countless cultivators and immortals fought for the crystals, and the Deaf Prince roared with pleased laughter at the crowd’s reaction.

Within the carriage, the corners of Qing Xun’s mouth spasmed.

“The third prince is... indeed the biggest spender of the East Sea.” Qing Xun and the other Panorama immortals had been invited into the carriage. It was extremely spacious, resembling more of a living room than the interior of a carriage. They all looked outside at the Deaf Prince with a strange expression.