Chapter 174 - 150: Washing Away the Dust

Chapter 174: Chapter 150: Washing Away the Dust

The sixth heaven of the Floating City: Treasure Trove Heaven.

The average concentration of Spiritual Qi here had already reached Level Five.

It was an environment quite suitable for cultivation.

The Spiritual Qi concentration was just barely enough for cultivating to the Golden Core Realm.

This place was still mainly composed of subcontracting factories.

They performed rough processing for the high-end manufacturing industries of the upper heavens.

Things like pill embryos, artifact embryos, and Blank Array Plates... they had them all here.

Zhang Ji and Kong Jue stepped out of the levitating lift and surveyed the surrounding architecture.

Compared to the architectural style of the Abyss of Eternity, this place seemed much more ethereal and otherworldly.

The buildings were mainly pavilions and towers, many of which incorporated Space Technology, making their exteriors completely different from their interiors.

"You two fellow Daoists, care to come have some fun? We offer free dual cultivation!"

Outside a nearby Silk Tree Technology dual cultivation shop, a few scantily clad female cultivators waved at Zhang Ji and Kong Jue.

Zhang Ji and Kong Jue didn’t even deign to give them a second glance.

They called it dual cultivation, but in reality, they just treated people as human cauldrons.

Silk Tree Technology’s techniques directly squeezed a person’s essence and libidinous mental energy dry.

’Nothing is more expensive than something free.’

Their method of harvesting essence was completely unrestrained.

Some naive young men who didn’t know any better would go in, get drained once, and couldn’t even recover after half a year of recuperation.

But that was just child’s play.

The real masterwork was the "Charm Vixen 21," developed by Silk Tree Technology in Miaoyu Heaven.

It was a lust-bot, researched and gene-cloned from a cultivator with a congenital charm physique from the Ancient Era, and it had already been updated for twenty-one generations.

Any cultivator in the Thirty-Three Heavens could go and claim one for free.

They were directly loaned out for use.

You just had to return it to their company once a month for "maintenance."

Of course, it was called maintenance, but in reality, they were just collecting the "libido fluid" it had gathered.

Silk Tree Technology even had another technique. It allowed the disciples of their Sect to use their Divine Sense to dual-cultivate with people in the Void Illusion Realm, ensuring their bodies remained pure even as their desires ran wild. For instance, the leader of Silk Tree Technology, Lady Rouge, could simultaneously dual-cultivate with three thousand male consorts in the Void Illusion Realm.

It was a classic case of being a whore while demanding a monument to one’s chastity.

These women in the flesh trade were on a completely different level than the sisters from the Bone-Eroding Abyss.

"You two must be Venerable Zhang and Master Jue." A man in brown robes approached and said to Zhang Ji and Kong Jue, "This humble one is named Ling Yi. Mr. Jiulin specially arranged for me to welcome you. Please, follow me."

Zhang Ji confirmed the man’s identity through his Consciousness Communicator, then said, "Thank you for your trouble."

Kong Jue, however, was quite arrogant. He said, "Let’s get a move on."

As a late-stage Golden Core grand cultivator with unique skills, he looked down on these minor Foundation Establishment cultivators.

He used to hang around the seventeenth heaven, Enlightenment Heaven, so he held a certain classist disdain for any cultivator beneath that level.

The two of them boarded Ling Yi’s flying shuttle, which then sped off into the distance.

In most places throughout the Thirty-Three Heavens, the airspace was restricted.

Only specific vehicles were allowed to fly, and even then, they required real-time calculations and route assignments from Celestial Secret City to ensure a relative degree of convenience.

Of course, if you were willing to pay, you could buy temporary air-route rights for a direct, unobstructed path.

.....

"We’re here!"

Riding the shuttle, the two arrived outside a large subcontracting factory called "True Source Technology."

This was one of the Ascetic Order’s bases in the Floating City.

Behind it was "Profound Secret Spiritual Artifact Technology," and behind Profound Secret Spiritual Artifact Technology was the Celestial Sword Group.

The two parties were deeply intertwined, you could say.

However, this was also because, at this stage, the Celestial Dao Alliance hadn’t yet decided to completely annihilate the Ascetic Order.

After the Ascetic Order pulled off their major stunt—the attack on Eternal Steed Immortal Ship Technology—the Celestial Dao Alliance would begin its slaughter.

According to Zhang Ji’s calculations, this specific plot event was set to occur within the next six months or so.

The two disembarked from the shuttle. Before they could formally enter, a middle-aged man in black robes walked out.

"My two brothers, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time! Quick, quick, the welcome banquet is all prepared. We were just waiting for you two."

Yan Jiulin immediately put on an air of great familiarity, flanking Zhang Ji and Kong Jue on either side as he guided them inside.

This wasn’t because Yan Jiulin was truly this personable; it was simply because Zhang Ji and Kong Jue were worth befriending.

Needless to say, Zhang Ji was a late-stage Nascent Soul Body Cultivator with a solid track record of forcing Huiji into retreat.

As for Kong Jue?

That swarm of variant Spirit-Devouring Ants he raised did more than just eat a bit of flesh and blood.

Those ants were absolute masters when it came to breaking arrays.

They could directly sever the flow of Spiritual Qi, destroy Spirit Patterns, and even chew through Tier Four Spiritual Artifacts.

Therefore, it would be a mistake to treat Kong Jue as an ordinary Golden Core cultivator.

He was a technical specialist, and when weighed, his value was roughly equivalent to Zhang Ji’s.

After all, they never lacked for fighters, but talents who could break arrays were few and far between.

As they walked inside, Zhang Ji and the others saw flying shuttles transporting goods and automated Puppets. Along the way, they also saw many laborers at work.

Some of these laborers were members of the Ascetic Order, while others were genuinely hired workers.

Yan Jiulin explained the structure of the facility to Zhang Ji and his companion.

"Currently, we mainly subcontract for basic Spiritual Artifact embryos and some relatively simple Array Plate inscriptions. Our output is decent, making us a top-tier subcontracting factory in Treasure Trove Heaven. Over here is our dust-free production workshop, where veteran masters at the Golden Core Stage typically use their Divine Sense to operate Spirit Puppets for processing and production. Recently, the mines in the East Sea have stopped operations, and the price of Star Sand has skyrocketed. There are many materials we can’t even buy anymore, sigh..."