Chapter 1010: The Merchant Guild

If the mana in his body had been a stream before, now it was a vast ocean.

The breakthrough in cultivation level allowed Lin Fan's strength to soar, one could say he had reached the heavens in a single step.

If the people of the Heaven and Earth Sect knew that he had just left the sect and, by a stroke of luck, killed a Golden Immortal powerhouse, then gained a massive amount of experience, directly boosting his strength to the Great Perfection of the Mystic Immortal realm, it would definitely scare a bunch of them to death.

He was only one step away from entering the Golden Immortal realm.

The legendary Golden Immortal realm possessed unfathomable abilities; if one didn't personally enter this realm, they probably couldn't experience its benefits.

And now Lin Fan was only one step away from that Golden Immortal realm.

If another Golden Immortal powerhouse came now, it might really push Lin Fan into that realm.

But powerhouses who had reached the Golden Immortal realm were not to be trifled with.

The Golden Immortal Demon Lord Lin Fan had encountered was mainly severely injured, unable to exert even one percent of his strength.

If he had encountered a fully intact Golden Immortal powerhouse, he might have been beaten to a pulp.

"Brother, your strength..." Qiu Zhanyu stared at Lin Fan in shock. Although his cultivation was low, he had some insight.

He clearly felt that Big Brother's aura had changed, becoming even more terrifying than before.

"My strength has increased; nothing to be surprised about," Lin Fan said calmly.

But when these words reached Qiu Zhanyu's ears, he was utterly shocked. Strength increased?

How the hell did it increase? He was completely baffled.

"Awesome! Big Brother's strength has increased, so our safety is much more guaranteed from now on," Jin Zhengu said excitedly.

He could see that following this Big Brother was definitely not a bad deal.

His heart was full of happiness.

"Alright, we should be going. There's nothing left here worth our time," Lin Fan said.

"Big Brother, where should we go now?" Qiu Zhanyu asked doubtfully.

Lin Fan was momentarily stunned. That was a good question; even he didn't know where to go now.

He had left the sect mainly to improve his strength, but improving strength sometimes depended on luck.

If he was lucky, he could encounter some strong opponents; if unlucky, he'd run into a bunch of rookies.

And he wasn't bloodthirsty; if others had no enmity with him, why would he attack them?

Jin Zhengu suddenly remembered, "Oh, right, eight thousand miles from here there's a city that's very lively. Why don't we go there and take a look?"

Lin Fan became a bit interested. "Alright, let's go check it out."

"Let's go."

Lin Fan directly took the two of them, tore through the void, and left the abyss underground, then vanished into the void, flying in the direction Jin Zhengu had indicated.

And after Lin Fan and the others left, just a few incense sticks of time later, a figure appeared in the abyss space.

When he saw everything before him, he seemed dumbfounded.

Then he pointed a finger, and a beam of light fell into his palm.

"The Demon Lord is dead. Who killed him?"

...

After an unknown amount of time.

A city came into Lin Fan's view.

"Big Brother, this is the Imperial Heaven City. It's very lively inside," Jin Zhengu said excitedly.

"There are many sect disciples here, especially two large merchant guilds that span the entire Endless Continent," Qiu Zhanyu said.

Hearing this, Lin Fan became somewhat interested.

This was the first time he had heard of merchant guilds.

Back in the Xuanhuang Realm, there were also merchant guilds, but they definitely couldn't span the entire Xuanhuang Realm because they didn't have the capability.

And in the Ancient Saint Realm, merchant guilds were even more impossible; the Ancient Clans were the overlords there, who would dare to set up a merchant guild?

"What are the backgrounds of these two merchant guilds?" Lin Fan asked.

"One is the Junbao Xuan Merchant Guild, and the other is the Shenyun Tian Merchant Guild. I've heard that these two guilds have powerful backers, and ordinary people dare not provoke them," Qiu Zhanyu said.

"Oh, then let's go take a look," Lin Fan said, delighted. He liked capable factions the most.

If they got along well, then Lin Fan would be unlucky.

If they ended up in conflict, that would be fantastic.

Landing on the ground, Lin Fan and the other two didn't attract anyone's attention, as there were many other martial artists around.

These martial artists included sect disciples and independent cultivators.

The difference between the two was obvious at a glance.

Entering the city gate, there were no guards. In this Imperial Heaven City, few dared to cause trouble, as it housed two major merchant guilds with formidable visible strength, not to mention their hidden backers.

According to Qiu Zhanyu and Jin Zhengu, a Golden Immortal powerhouse once caused trouble in Imperial Heaven City and later vanished from the world without a trace.

Later, someone discovered that the Golden Immortal had been stripped of his cultivation and reduced to an ordinary beggar, the most common kind in Imperial Heaven City.

Because of this incident, everyone understood that in Imperial Heaven City, one must never cause trouble, or no one could save you.

Hearing this, Lin Fan's heart tightened. Being able to cripple a Golden Immortal was no small feat.

Once one reached the Golden Immortal realm, they had many means of survival; even if they encountered an unbeatable enemy, they had a good chance of escaping.

And that Golden Immortal couldn't escape, so he must have encountered an extremely powerful person.

Whether this was true or not, it only made Lin Fan more interested.

Walking along the street, the lively scene of Imperial Heaven City came into Lin Fan's view.

Truly a blessed land.

Countless martial artists moved about, and there were also many people without cultivation.

Lin Fan felt a surge of joy. He carried what others would call heaven-defying pills, and he was curious how much he could earn by selling them.

"Let's go to the Shenyun Tian Merchant Guild to sell some things," Lin Fan said.

"Okay," Qiu Zhanyu and the others said excitedly. They had been here many times and were very familiar with the place.

...

Soon.

They arrived at the Shenyun Tian Merchant Guild.

"Big Brother, here it is," Qiu Zhanyu pointed.

Lin Fan looked up and saw it was indeed extraordinary. The staff in the shop were all True Immortal level powerhouses.

Even in a sect, such people were remarkable.

But in the Shenyun Tian Merchant Guild, they were just employees.

When Lin Fan and the others stepped inside, a man approached them.

"Do you three have any needs?" The man was gentle and refined, showing no signs of being extraordinary, but underestimating him would be a big mistake.

This man was quite powerful.

High-level True Immortal.

"Oh, I've heard that the Shenyun Tian Merchant Guild is very capable. I have some pills to sell," Lin Fan said.

The man smiled upon hearing this. "Please, come this way. Whatever pills you have, our Shenyun Tian Merchant Guild can take them. Even top-grade immortal pills, we can offer you a satisfactory price."

Lin Fan smiled. This man spoke with authority.

Top-grade immortal pills were no small matter; one could make a person ascend to immortality in a day.

But refining top-grade immortal pills was not easy.

Even the Demon Lord's immortal herb couldn't produce a top-grade immortal pill.

A single top-grade immortal pill required terrifying materials.

And the success rate of refining was very low; failure would result in heavy losses.

Therefore, let alone top-grade immortal pills, even high-grade immortal pills were fought over by countless people.