Chapter 1091: Qinglian Immortal City

In the South Sea, within the Five-Dragon Sea Region.

On Cyan Lotus Island, a majestic giant city stands tall. Its city walls, a hundred zhang high, are built from massive azure stones, their surfaces covered with profound runes that emit subtle restrictive fluctuations.

The giant city is three thousand li long and nine hundred li wide. Above its city gate hangs a sparkling plaque, on which the four golden characters "Cyan Lotus Immortal City" are carved.

This is the Wang family's new territory. Wang Changsheng mobilized hundreds of cultivators, and it took them over a year to complete the construction. Of course, while the city's outer structure was built by outsiders, its internal layout and formations were personally handled by members of the Wang family.

In the Five-Dragon Sea Region, the Wang family possesses two large islands with Tier 4 spiritual veins, eighteen islands with Tier 3 spiritual veins, and one hundred and eighty-three islands with Tier 2 spiritual veins.

Cyan Lotus Island serves as the Wang family's base camp, while Golden Lotus Island functions as a market town. Nine islands with Tier 3 spiritual veins, distributed in groups of three, guard Cyan Lotus Island. The other nine islands with Tier 3 spiritual veins have been leased out. As Lu Jiaheng was meritorious in establishing the market town, Wang Changsheng leased an island with a mid-grade Tier 3 spiritual vein and twenty other islands to him.

The remaining eight islands with Tier 3 spiritual veins were leased respectively to five immortal cultivator families and three immortal cultivator sects.

The Wang family controls two islands with Tier 4 spiritual veins, nine islands with Tier 3 spiritual veins, and over two hundred other islands. The remaining islands are leased out, which allows them to command seventeen Core Formation cultivators and eight forces with Core Formation cultivators presiding over them.

Every twenty years, the Myriad Sword Sect levies cultivation resources worth over two million spirit stones. The Wang family shoulders a small portion, while the larger share is distributed among the eight forces. It's not that they couldn't assign the entire burden to the Core Formation forces, but rather that some cultivation resources would be impossible for those forces to gather completely.

Not only did the Xue family hand over the Sea-Swallowing Clams they had raised for many years, but they also surrendered the cultivation methods. Xue family cultivators taught Wang family cultivators how to raise sea clams.

The Wang family had previously raised freshwater mussels in the Eastern Wilderness, but Sea-Swallowing Clams are saltwater clams, and the pearls produced by the two are different. The Wang family had always raised freshwater mussels. With the Xue family's complete guidance, the Wang family quickly mastered the technique of raising sea clams. Moreover, Xue Qingshan is at their beck and call—or rather, Xue Qingzhong, as he is now known.

Because his name differed from Wang Qingshan's by only one character, Xue Qingshan voluntarily changed his name to Xue Qingzhong. In addition, he married over a dozen female clan members to Wang family disciples. He is at their beck and call and utterly loyal.

Without the Wang family's protection, the Xue family would not even be able to hold onto Cyan Crow Island.

Since Xue Qingzhong was so sensible, Wang Changsheng naturally wouldn't make things difficult for him. The Wang family, being new to the area, needed the support of local forces to establish themselves properly. He leased Cyan Crow Island to the Xue family for their development.

A ten-thousand-zhang-high peak, covered in exotic flowers and plants, rises majestically. On the mountain is a massive lake, where a large number of azure lotuses are cultivated.

Cyan Lotus Peak is a vital strategic location for Cyan Lotus Immortal City.

There is a mid-grade Tier 4 spiritual vein on Cyan Lotus Island. Cyan Lotus Peak is situated where spiritual energy is most abundant. This place was originally the residence of a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Golden Carp Sect. The Golden Carp Hall was renamed Cyan Lotus Hall and serves as Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan's residence.

Inside the hall, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan sat in the main seats. Wang Qingqi, Wang Qingjing, Wang Qingling, Wang Qingjun, Wang Tianwen, and Wang Tianqi sat to the side. Their expressions were quite excited.

With the family having acquired such a large territory, it was precisely the time to make good use of their personnel. Wang Qingjing no longer needed to stay at the Cloud Sea Sect. Wang Changsheng planned to send Wang Rongmiao to the Cloud Sea Sect instead.

"Qingqi, can you now refine Core Formation spiritual items?" Wang Changsheng looked at Wang Qingqi, asking with a face full of anticipation.

Wang Qingqi was the Wang family's only Tier 3 alchemist. Even with elixir recipes, it wouldn't be easy for him to refine Core Formation spiritual items.

"Ninth Uncle, there are several elixir recipes for Core Formation spiritual items that you gave. Some are refined primarily from spirit herbs, while others use monster cores. For the recipes primarily using spirit herbs, our family hasn't been able to gather enough materials, and I've failed multiple times in refining them, which is related to my alchemy skill. As for the recipes primarily using monster cores, I can certainly try, but they require high-grade Tier 3 monster cores as the main ingredient. Most importantly, my alchemy skill isn't very high," Wang Qingqi said, somewhat troubled. He was the only Tier 3 alchemist in the family, making it difficult for him to find anyone to exchange knowledge with.

The family had quite a few Tier 3 artifact refiners. However, formation masters and alchemists relied on Ye Haitang and Wang Qingqi.

"Our affiliated forces have two Tier 3 alchemists; you can interact with them more. Furthermore, once the market town is established, we will host a large-scale auction to attract other cultivators to bid. By then, there will definitely be Tier 3 alchemists attending, and you can communicate with them more. Qingjing, you will stay in the Five-Dragon Sea region from now on! Show your true face; there's no need to hide anymore."

"Father, Mother, to hold a large-scale auction, if we only rely on Tier 1 magic treasures and Tier 3 artifact refining materials, it will be difficult to attract many Tier 3 alchemists to bid."

"We plan to offer a few thousand-year-old spirit herbs, along with some Tier 2 magic treasures and some Tier 4 artifact refining materials; that should attract quite a few people. As for the exact number of cultivators who will come, that depends on how Meng Fen negotiates with other forces."

Hosting a large-scale auction would, firstly, promote the prosperity of the market town, and secondly, attract other cultivators to participate. This would allow Wang Qingqi and other younger generations to meet more cultivators and exchange ideas with their peers.

Wang Changsheng could refine Tier 2 magic treasures, and he had often exchanged insights on artifact refining with Fairy Ziyue.

Wang Qingjun hesitated slightly before speaking: "Ninth Uncle, how should we respond to the Tang family?"

The Tang family wanted to win over the Wang family. However, the benefits offered by the Tang family were not appealing to the Wang family.

It was true that the Tang family and the Wang family were related by marriage. However, the Tang family was at odds with the Taiyi Immortal Sect. Wang Changsheng naturally sided with the Taiyi Immortal Sect. Nevertheless, the Wang family could also cooperate with the Tang family.

"Qingjun, there are no outsiders here. Tell me your thoughts," Wang Changsheng asked with a smile. He had already made up his mind but wanted to see how Wang Qingjun would handle it.

Wang Qingjun thought for a moment and said: "We don't need their territory. They can send people to the Five-Dragon Sea region to trade with us. We can sell them some cultivation resources. Marriage alliances are fine; let the younger generations intermarry. Ninth Uncle's direct descendants are excluded. If we do some small business with the Tang family, it won't offend the Taiyi Immortal Sect, and it will also signal to the Taiyi Immortal Sect that if they treat our Wang family harshly, we can lean towards the Tang family."

The Wang family can have business dealings with the Tang family and also form marriage alliances. If the Tang family and the Taiyi Immortal Sect were to clash, it would depend on who offers the Wang family more.

There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests.

If the Wang family directly sided with the Taiyi Immortal Sect, it would affect the relationship between the Tang and Wang families. Siding with the Tang family would impact Wang Mingren's development within the Taiyi Immortal Sect.

The Tang family is backed by the Supreme Purity Abbey, and the Supreme Purity Abbey even cooperates with the Taiyi Immortal Sect!

Selling some items to the Tang family can both keep the Tang family dependent, and also ensure the Taiyi Immortal Sect would still want to win over the Wang family, to prevent them from completely siding with the Tang family.

Wang Changsheng showed an approving expression and said: "This is a good suggestion; I was thinking the same thing. After the auction concludes, you can return to the Eastern Wilderness! For now, spend more time in the South Sea."