Xiao Fei walked out of the cave, and it was still pitch black outside.
If it weren't for the bright moon and the scattered stars in the sky, he would have thought he was back on the original Turtle Island.
Outside the cave, there was a surge of dense spiritual energy that almost choked Xiao Fei.
He was currently on a small island, with the sound of waves coming from beneath his feet, and a salty smell in the air.
Having just been teleported, he didn't know the exact situation here, and it was not good to run around in the dark at night.
Xiao Fei casually found a large rock and sat down. He waited until dawn, when a red sun rose from the east, and only then did he see the world he was in.
He flew into the sky. This was an ocean that stretched as far as the eye could see. Beneath his feet was a small island with an area of only a dozen miles.
In the distance, he could vaguely see the shadows of other small islands, but these islands were not large.
Seabirds flew by in the air from time to time, but not a single human figure was seen.
Xiao Fei took out a jade slip and recorded the surrounding terrain, then flew off in a random direction.
He flew for three days without seeing a single person, but he saw many demonic beasts. Currently, a demonic beast in the sea was quietly following him.
This demonic beast was at the Nascent Soul cultivation level and was a large lobster. It thought it was well hidden, but it didn't know that Xiao Fei had already discovered it.
When Xiao Fei reached a relatively secluded sea area, he looked around, not even seeing a single bird.
At this moment, his figure suddenly plunged into the ocean, and in the next moment, he appeared on the back of a large lobster. With one punch, he hit the lobster so hard that its eyes spun.
How dare a mere seafood dare to follow him, it was tired of living.
"My lord, spare me!"
"Speak! Why were you following me?"
"My lord, I truly had no intention of offending you. This sea area is where I am responsible for patrolling, so I was quietly following."
The large lobster, having been beaten and knowing it couldn't win, quickly begged for mercy.
Seeing this, Xiao Fei realized he could get some useful information from the lobster.
"So, it seems I was in the wrong first."
The large lobster saw Xiao Fei clench his fist again and was so scared that it retracted its head.
"My lord is not wrong, it is all my fault."
"I accidentally entered a great formation some time ago, and after coming out, I got lost in this sea area. Do you have a map?"
"Yes, yes!"
The large lobster quickly found a jade slip map and handed it to Xiao Fei.
Xiao Fei took the map and examined it. This map was made with great ingenuity and was a panoramic 3D map.
With divine sense, one could zoom in or out on a specific location, making it very clear.
He found the small island where he had emerged from the teleportation array on the map. It was not conspicuous among the many islands in the vast ocean.
This map was not very complete. The main part only covered a very large sea area, called the West Sea.
About tens of thousands of miles west of this place, he could see a dark area of the cage formation.
The West Sea belonged to the territory of the demon race, with many demon race forces distributed in a complex manner, all marked on the map.
The sea area where he was now was the territory of the Lightning Lobster clan.
To the east of this map, many larger islands began to appear.
Some of the land areas looked at least a thousand miles in size, but they were still marked as islands on the map.
Several of these large islands were marked as human territories.
Then Xiao Fei asked for some other information and had a general understanding of this world.
This world was indeed called the Tianyuan Realm. This world was extremely vast, and the lobster could not say exactly how big it was.
He only knew that continuing eastward from here was a vast continent called the Central Continent, which belonged to the human race.
This continent was home to many powerful individuals, as well as several powerful families and sects that had been passed down from ancient times.
Xiao Fei was already satisfied with this information. If he had any other unclear questions, he could return to the human territory and inquire slowly.
He even temporarily gave up the idea of roasting the lobster and eating it, and flew directly eastward.
Half a year later, Xiao Fei appeared in a large market on Sanshan Island.
It was crowded with people and many powerful individuals. Xiao Fei's Nascent Soul cultivation level was inconspicuous among the crowd.
He first toured the market to get a general understanding of the prices, then found the market administrator and paid one high-grade spirit stone to rent a stall.
This high-grade spirit stone included not only the rent but also protection fees. Anyone entering the market would receive protection.
However, if one left the market gate, even if they were killed immediately, the market would not intervene.
In this market, everyone traded mainly with high-grade spirit stones, with a small amount of mid-grade spirit stones used for change.
As for low-grade spirit stones, no one would even bother to pick them up if they fell on the ground.
The stall Xiao Fei rented for one high-grade spirit stone was only five feet square and could only be used for one day.
If he wanted to use it tomorrow, he would have to pay spirit stones to rent it again.
The expensive entrance fee kept most of the impoverished cultivators out.
Those who could enter this market, whether they were stall owners or cultivators browsing, were all influential and reputable individuals outside.
Therefore, the items sold at the stalls were also treasures, which might not be bought even with exorbitant spirit stones at other times.
The thousand-year-old spiritual herbs that were extremely rare on the East Continent, Xiao Fei could now lay them out on his stall in large quantities.
Because here, he was not the only one with thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.
In addition to spiritual herbs, he also took out a jar of 5000-year-old spiritual wine and placed it on the stall.
He had originally wanted to shout a few times to attract customers, but unexpectedly, several customers soon arrived and squatted in front of his stall.
"How much for this three-thousand-year-old Dizawa Grass?" a young man asked, pointing to a spiritual herb.
"300 high-grade spirit stones!"
Xiao Fei held up three fingers. He had already learned that this was about the price in the market.
However, the spiritual herbs produced from his space, even if they were of the same age, were of much higher quality than others of the same level.
The young man scanned his storage bag with his divine sense and found he only had 1000 high-grade spirit stones.
"I'll buy three plants!"
What a pity, it was rare to encounter such high-quality spiritual herbs, and he didn't have enough spirit stones with him.
The young man immediately chose three spiritual herbs, and the two completed the transaction, one handing over the money and the other the goods.
For the first transaction, Xiao Fei earned 900 high-grade spirit stones, equivalent to 9 million low-grade spirit stones.
As soon as he put away the spirit stones, a burly man immediately took a liking to the two-thousand-year-old Seven-Leaf Red Blood Ginseng on the stall.
This man also emptied all the spirit stones in his pocket, buying a total of six plants, costing 1080 high-grade spirit stones.
After that, Xiao Fei's business was always very good. In just half a day, all the thousand-year-old spiritual herbs were sold out.
Even his jar of 5000-year-old spiritual wine sold for three thousand high-grade spirit stones.
Although he could continue to set up a stall to sell, he decisively packed up and left.
In half a day, he had earned over 30,000 high-grade spirit stones, equivalent to 300 million low-grade spirit stones.
This would have been almost impossible on the East Continent, as people there were not so wealthy.
Such huge profits had attracted some attention.
Although everyone in this market sold rare items and the transaction volume was large.
But everyone else had status and background, and he was the only newcomer who had just appeared.
Being too ostentatious and lacking a patron could easily bring trouble upon himself.