Mortal: Fengling Linggen, married Chen Qiaoqian

Yan Yun smiled in response, bowed to the two of them and said goodbye, then left calmly.

When his figure disappeared at the entrance of the alley, the tall man looked at the mid-level spirit stone in his hand.

He turned his head and looked at the alley entrance again, a fierce light suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he whispered to the skinny man beside him:

"Brother Bao, this stranger seems to be worth a lot of money. Should we..."

"Put aside your unrealistic ideas. Didn't you notice that this person is not wearing any spiritual tools?"

"A body cultivator who can do this is either too poor to buy spiritual tools, or he thinks that his cultivation is strong enough and does not need the power of ordinary spiritual tools."

"In which case do you think this gentleman belongs?"

The skinny man's face darkened and he asked back.

"This man is very generous and obviously not a poor person. But didn't he just buy the Earth Dragon Tendon from us?"

The big man with loose hair hesitated and answered uncertainly.

"Brother Xin, how can you be sure that the other party purchased the Earth Dragon Tendon to make weapons, rather than as a material needed to refine some special spiritual tools?"

"Now, a large number of body cultivators from other places have poured into Anyuan City, and there are many masters with amazing strength among them."

"Although we are not weak, it is better to be cautious. After all, we only have one life."

The man surnamed Bao was silent for a moment, then sneered.

"Brother, what you said makes sense. It's just that I'm too short of money and too impatient."

"However, the beast tide is about to come. If we don't have mid-level spirit stones to replenish our spirit tools, we will still face great risks."

After hearing the skinny man's advice, the big man named Xin gradually calmed down, but he still felt troubled.

"Don't worry. When the beast tide arrives, the mayor of Anyuan City will definitely hire all the body cultivators in the city and will naturally distribute a certain amount of spirit stones for defense."

"As long as we use it sparingly, it will be enough for us to deal with the crisis."

The skinny man said this with confidence, as if he already had a clear plan.

"That makes sense. According to the agreement between the Three Emperors and the Seven Demon Kings, cultivators above the Foundation Establishment stage are not allowed to participate in the actions of major cities to fight against the beast tide."

"If we want to protect the city from falling, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find other suitable candidates besides us body cultivators."

Upon hearing this, the big man with loose hair was immediately cheered up.

"It's good that you understand this. In fact, this agreement also has certain loopholes, because there are basically no high-level monsters above level five in the herd."

“It’s really hard to say who has the upper hand in this agreement.”

The skinny man said with deep emotion.

The big man with loose hair was also lost in deep thought.

After a while, the two men packed up all the items on the ground, walked out of the alley again, and gradually blended into the bustling crowd on the street.

Yan Yun walked farther and farther away, left the hidden alley, and began to wander on the nearby streets.

Not long after, he found a bookstore specializing in all kinds of classics at the end of another busy street.

It turned out that these were the people who left Tiandong Trading Company with him, and their real purpose of sneaking into Anyuan City.

He walked into this small bookstore, which seemed to have a rather bookish atmosphere.

There are all kinds of books on the bookshelf, whether it is cosmic science about the movement of the earth and stars, or anecdotes and notes about the customs and practices of various places in the world.

Or the all-encompassing theories of various schools of thought, they can all be found in this bookstore.

However, only Yan Yun, an unqualified practitioner, knew that such an ordinary mortal bookstore did not have books such as jade slips and auxiliary cultivation techniques.

However, Yan Yun didn't mind it at all.

His sharp eyes immediately locked onto the area containing introductory books on the spiritual world and culture. These books were exactly what he longed to know.

Without hesitation, he selected several thick books and finally put away a detailed map of the surrounding area.

Although Yan Yun did not carry any gold, silver or other treasures, spirit stones were equally precious to mortals. Moreover, in the eyes of this shop owner, a spirit stone of the lowest quality was enough to exchange for a lot of silver.

Therefore, when the shop owner received the spirit stone handed over by Yan Yun, he immediately smiled happily, and then enthusiastically gave some extra silver to show his gratitude.

Afterwards, Yan Yun walked into a crowded restaurant holding the heavy books in his hands.

He chose a relatively secluded corner to sit down, ordered a few home-cooked dishes, and began to read the books attentively.

Although Yan Yun can now only rely on his physical strength to move around, his talent is still alive - the ability to remember everything he has since childhood comes in handy at this moment.

Although these books are incredibly thick, in Yan Yun's hands, they can turn the pages very quickly.

Every word was deeply imprinted in his mind, as if he had read it countless times before.

Yan Yun's face remained calm, but deep down in his heart, there was already a storm. The information he learned from the book was too shocking.

First of all, he learned that the Tianyuan Realm that he had been hearing people from Tiandong Trading Company talking about on the road was actually the realm ruled by the Tianyuan Holy Emperor, one of the Three Emperors of the human race.

In addition, there is the Xuanwu Realm controlled by the Xuanwu Overlord, and the Tianling Realm governed by the Tianmiaoling Emperor.

These powerful human masters are collectively referred to as "Overlords" and "Spirit Emperors".

As for the Holy Emperor Tianyuan, who was originally a human body cultivator and later turned to the Confucian path of practice, he enjoys the honorific title of "Confucian Emperor".

The Tianyuan Realm under the rule of the Tianyuan Saint Emperor is the closest to Yan Yun's past life in all the territories.

I have to say that this is indeed a kind of luck. These three human territories are all vast and huge worlds with endless populations.

Among them, many urban areas are densely distributed, including both small settlements and large towns.

Take Anyuan City as an example. The total population of this city is close to 100 million, but in the entire spiritual world, its scale is still relatively small.

In comparison, those capital-level cities far exceed Anyuan City in terms of both area and population.

Especially the residence of the Holy Emperor Tianyuan - Tianyuan City, its scale is almost comparable to a small kingdom in the human world.

In comparison, Tianyuan City is already a fairly normal place for the residence of the other two emperors.

In particular, the Xuanwu City where the Xuanwu Overlord was stationed was actually built on the back of an ancient giant turtle named "Xianling". It can be said to be a giant city on the sea that can move slowly.

The Tianling City of Tianmiaolinghuang is even more jaw-dropping. It is located directly on a towering spiritual tree with a diameter of one hundred miles, which is said to be able to reach the fairyland directly.

When Yan Yun saw this, he was so shocked that he couldn't express it in words.

However, what surprised him even more was yet to come.

According to the records in these books, in addition to the territories governed by the three emperors, there are also seven demon lands ruled by seven demon kings nearby. The relationship between the demons and humans is actually a complex state of both hostility and cooperation.

The reason for this is that even if the territories of the three realms and the seven demon lands are added together, they only occupy the tip of the iceberg of the spiritual world.

Outside the territories controlled by the two major races, there are territories belonging to various other alien creatures.

Most of these life forms originated from the spiritual world, such as the numerous ancient beasts and treasures, various races represented by ancient giants, or various social creatures similar to humans that broke through the difficulties and took the initiative to descend here.

Although our understanding of these alien races is limited, the several races recorded in existing records should not be underestimated.

Their strength is no less than that of humans and demons. Each possesses unique magical abilities. Their power is even enough to rival that of the two major races of humans and demons.

In addition, in the spiritual world, there are many individuals whose strength is comparable to that of the immortals in the true immortal world, such as Luohou, Kunpeng, and the real dragon known to Yan Yun. To some extent, they can throw off the constraints of the interface and become terrifying existences.

However, even though there are an endless stream of outstanding people in both the human and demon races who possess great magical powers, they still need to carefully find a foothold in the spiritual world.

Although they usually fight each other fiercely and small-scale conflicts break out from time to time, when faced with a powerful threat, the two have to work together to resist the enemy.

The situation did not improve until the initial Three Emperors Realm and Seven Demons Land were officially established.

This is mainly due to the huge legal network created by the first three emperors, the seven demon kings, as well as the human heroes and demon heroes at that time, which covers the three realms and seven lands.

According to rumors, this formation is mysterious and originated from an ancient immortal formation in the True Immortal Realm, and was designed specifically to contain overly powerful alien creatures.

The more powerful an individual organism is, the more likely it is to be resisted by this kind of restriction and unable to penetrate into the scope of the law's protection.

On the contrary, those alien creatures whose strength is close to or lower than that of low- and medium-level monsters are not subject to this restriction.

This huge magic network has a total of ten array bases distributed in the three realms of the human race and the seven realms of the demon race.

The book did not give a clear answer about the formation base of the land of monsters, but the formation base of the Three Emperors Realm is located between the Tianyuan Holy Mountain where Tianyuan City sits, the ancient turtle in the Xuanwu Realm, and the Qingtian Spirit Tree in the main field of Tianling City. Unless the holy mountain, the ancient turtle, and the spirit tree can be completely destroyed, the prohibition controlled by humans will never be damaged.

It is difficult to predict the complexity of the other arrays in the seven lands of the demon race for this wonderful network in the human territory. Those powerful creatures who want to invade the residences of the human and demon races, unless they have the ability to challenge the power of the ten arrays at the same time, their attempts are undoubtedly wishful thinking. It is precisely relying on this super fairy array that the human and demon races can thrive in the vast spiritual world and eventually win a place.

However, looking at the entire human race from the first time they set foot in the spiritual world to the present day, no one has ever explored how large its area is. They can only describe the vastness and magnificence of the spiritual world as having boundless and endless territory.

After reading this, Yan Yun had a doubt in his heart. If that was the case, then in the spirit world, the area controlled by the human race was so small, how could they ensure that the practitioners from the lower world could land accurately in the area controlled by the two races? If they were unfortunate enough to be outside the super-large immortal formation, wouldn't they be in an extremely dangerous situation?

The confusion in Yan Yun's heart was not answered in these books, so he had to put it in his heart for the time being.

According to what is described in the book, Yan Yun also discovered that in the spiritual world, the overall strength of the demon race is relatively superior to that of the human race.

However, the advanced practitioners of the human race seem to be slightly ahead of the demon race.

It can be seen that a peculiar balance has been formed between the human and demon races. This is also the reason why the first three emperors and the seven demon kings were able to sit down and jointly formulate a series of agreements to safeguard the interests of both parties.

The content of this agreement covers many aspects. For example, in the human territory, high-level cultivators are not allowed to eliminate low- and medium-level monsters living in the wilderness without authorization.

It is also forbidden to participate in any battles against the beast tidal waves that periodically erupt against major towns.

In addition, in the demon territory, it is strictly forbidden to arbitrarily capture, abuse or kill humans. Suitable living areas must be established specifically for humans, and they must be ensured to be adequately protected.

The main reason for reaching such an agreement was that when the three realms and seven demon lands were initially divided, the conditions in the areas where the humans and demons lived were very chaotic.

Although we have tried our best to choose the places where humans and monsters are most concentrated for division, there are still a large number of alien races in both sides' territories.

For human cultivators with higher cultivation levels and demon cultivators, it is not difficult to migrate here.

However, for those ordinary monster groups that have not yet been civilized, as well as the people living at the bottom of human society, it is difficult for them to migrate long distances, and they can only choose to stay where they are and accept the rule of other races.

In this process, it was inevitable that atrocities such as blindly slaughtering other races would occur. Many wars broke out between the human and demon races for this reason. After going through numerous hardships, they finally formulated the current agreement.

Of course, the documents in Yan Yun's hands only involve a few key agreements, and the description of the details is somewhat brief.

But regarding the problem of beast tide, he specially selected a relevant book and had a very deep understanding of it.

The so-called "beast tide" actually refers to the fact that some ordinary beasts have excessively strong reproductive capacity and are protected by the agreement between the Three Emperors and the Demon King.

High-level human beings with magical powers cannot be eliminated at will, so every once in a while, in order to compete for living space, they will fight each other. This is the so-called "beast tide".

However, if there are human cities around these areas, the low-level monsters born from these beasts will lead their uncivilized counterparts to launch a semi-suicidal attack on the human cities.

Therefore, except for some large cities, most human cities are regularly attacked by beast tides.

The more remote a small city is, the more likely it is to be attacked by beast tides.

Although only a few cities have been conquered by beasts over the years, every time a beast tide breaks out, the low-level beings of the human race will inevitably suffer huge casualties. (End of this chapter)