Chapter 1660 - 1469: Chaos Sea, Floating City_3

The man beside him glanced at that fish. "It's already not bad. Lately the battles between the Floating Cities have been getting more and more intense, there's even rumors the Hidden Gate is about to open. A lot of people don't want to get dragged into it—anyone who can find a Floating City will try to go up and stay on it, so that when the Hidden Gate opens and war breaks out, they can avoid it. The more it's like this, the fewer fish beasts there are. Even in the same sea region, we can't even catch a tenth of what we used to."

"Exactly. People like us, if we don't find a Floating City to rely on, once they really start fighting, we'll only end up as fish food."

Noticing Ye Guichen come up, the middle‑aged man who'd just reeled in a two‑headed fish gave Ye Guichen a look. "Little brother, didn't expect you to be a rich one. Heh, taking out a million in one go isn't something an ordinary person can do. But right now, earning that million Spirit Stones back is no easy job."

Ye Guichen nodded, walked closer, and said modestly, "Senior, I just arrived, I don't really understand how things work."

"Not understanding is fine, I can tell you. Come, come, sit over here." The middle‑aged man patted the spot beside him, leaving a space for Ye Guichen.

Ye Guichen walked over and smiled. "Senior, may I ask how I should address you?"

The middle‑aged man glanced at the Black Dragon, saw that he'd been silently trailing after Ye Guichen, and just took him for Ye Guichen's follower, not caring much. He answered, "I'm Xie Biwen. Heh, when it comes to things on the Chaos Sea, there's pretty much nothing I don't know."

"Xie Biwen?" Ye Guichen was stunned, but still kept a smile piled on his face. "Then Senior Xie, do you know how to get to the end of the Chaos Sea?"

"The end?" With just that one line from Ye Guichen, he instantly drew a lot of people's gaze.

Xie Biwen gave Ye Guichen a strange once‑over, then shook his head with a bitter smile. "Kid, your ambition's not small. The place above the Chaos Sea is where Immortals live, yet you, a little Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, actually want to go to the end of the Chaos Sea? Heh, forget reaching the end—if you get within three thousand li of the Chaos Sea's edge, you'll die without even a corpse left behind."

"Why?" Ye Guichen was startled.

Xie Biwen was clearly good at talking, and he didn't conceal anything. He chattered on, explaining it all to Ye Guichen.

After listening, Ye Guichen couldn't help but give the Black Dragon a long, deep look, only to see the Black Dragon curl his lip. "I've been away from here for too long. I don't know what the situation is now."

Ye Guichen was speechless, and didn't want to argue over why the Black Dragon hadn't told him any of this, but inside he was starting to feel troubled.

Turns out stepping into the Immortal Realm was basically impossible.

According to Xie Biwen, the Chaos Sea was more like a place of exile.

Because the people here are experts who came through the Netherworld Mountain by sheer chance, plus some who originally lived here.

But most of them have never reached the Immortal Realm, and they also can't leave the Chaos Sea—once they go near the edge of the Chaos Sea, they'll be killed by Immortals.

In the eyes of the Immortals, people like them are just low‑class creatures and absolutely cannot be allowed into their territory.

Once they enter, they'll stain and defile that territory.

"Heh, I've been drifting on the Chaos Sea for three hundred years. Now I've reached the Divinity Transformation Realm; if I still can't break through to the Immortal Realm, I'm afraid in less than a hundred years I'll end up buried in the Chaos Sea."

Xie Biwen's face was full of helplessness.

Many people, hearing Xie Biwen's words, all lightly shook their heads, sighing under their breath.

It seemed this was their fate too.

They had basically no choice.

Many people thought this place was paradise, but once they truly arrived, they discovered it was hell.

"Right, kid, I've talked so much and still haven't asked about you." Xie Biwen finally seemed to remember to ask Ye Guichen. "By the way, what kind of fishing rod are you using?"

"Fishing rod?"

Ye Guichen glanced at Xie Biwen's fishing rod and shook his head. "I don't have a fishing rod."

"You don't? Then how are you planning to live here?" Xie Biwen was shocked. "Don't tell me you plan to sit around and eat through your savings? Just the daily rent for this Floating City costs ten thousand Spirit Stones."

"What?" Ye Guichen was dumbfounded. "Didn't I just pay a million Spirit Stones to come up? Why do I still have to pay Spirit Stones?"

"You don't know yet?" Xie Biwen gave Ye Guichen a long look and sighed. "To keep this Floating City hovering on the sea surface, they need to burn through a huge amount of Spirit Stones every day. Plus, with the City's protection, there's a lot less danger. Given that, tons of people are willing to spend Spirit Stones to stay here. Ten thousand Spirit Stones is only about the price of three rank‑three demon beasts."

Then he lifted his chin smugly. "Just now I caught a rank‑three two‑headed fish. Today's rent won't be a problem at all."

Ye Guichen silently cursed him for having a really black heart.

He hadn't expected to have to pay rent after boarding the ship. Wouldn't the City Lord be making a killing?

"Then where can I buy a fishing rod?" Seeing everyone else fishing for beasts, Ye Guichen had no choice but to ask.

He still didn't understand the situation here; the bits and pieces he'd heard from the Black Dragon were clearly not enough.

So many years had passed, the Black Dragon's information might very well be outdated.

If he got screwed over by the Black Dragon, that'd be a huge loss.

"Oh, there's a Floating City shop in the back. You can go check it out." Xie Biwen pointed behind him.

Ye Guichen saw that there really were a lot of people weaving in and out there.

After a quick thanks, Ye Guichen walked over to take a look.

Sure enough, there was a shop there, and its wares were dazzlingly abundant. Not only did it sell all kinds of fishing rods, there were also all sorts of Demon Cores, and even some weapons and Cultivation Techniques.