"Which batch of immortals did you join White Jade City with, Daoist?"

"I was part of the sixth batch; basically, all the Daoists in our batch have Innate Spirit Roots. For instance, the Undying Immortal, who claims to hail from Kunlun Mountain; there's also the Gambling Stone Immortal, who is rooted in a vein with a Divine Tree, though I'm not sure what kind of Spirit Root that would be."

"I see." Xuanqing made a mental note of the new information he had just acquired.

Nine out of ten times, a Spirit Root mentioned by a superb Innate Spirit Root would also be of superior quality.

"Could the Undying Immortal from Kunlun possibly be the Flat Peach Tree?"

Xuanqing marveled to himself; it would indeed be interesting if even the Flat Peach Tree had come without the Queen Mother of the West knowing.

"You haven't finished touring the First Heavenly City yet, have you?" the Grilled Immortal, in the form of a Ginseng Fruit Tree, asked Xuanqing.

"Not yet."

Xuanqing shook his head: "I just packed up my stall when the Grilled Immortal directed me to find you, Daoist."

Delighted at heart, the Ginseng Fruit Tree thought: "The Grilled Immortal still takes such good care of my business; I should buy more grilled items from him next time!"

"Come on, I'll take you, Daoist, to some interesting places."

The Ginseng Fruit Tree then began guiding Xuanqing around the First Heavenly City.

"Let me tell you, Daoist, visiting the First Heavenly City is a must when you're in White Jade City. It's the earliest place in Yujing Mountain that connected to All Heavens, with many interesting immortals setting up their stalls here..."

"Look, can you see those few Jade Towers above Heavenly City? From time to time, they host some lively events."

"For instance, in this meeting, the First Jade Tower is hosting an exclusive event by the Gambling Stone Immortal. Many immortals gather there to play the gambling stone game, and soon I will take you there too."

"If you're lucky, Daoist, you might even carve out some Innate Spiritual Treasures!"

The Ginseng Fruit Tree, true to his role as a tour guide immortal, elaborated endlessly on the features of the First Heavenly City to Xuanqing.

Take, for example, the immortals from the fantasy world who organized a fantasy challenge event.

Participating immortals would become the subjects of the fantasists' daydreams, resulting in the creation of astonishing works.

Xuanqing witnessed firsthand how a skeptical Flower Fairy was imagined into an eight-armed, golden spider.

The skill was nearly illusion turned reality, and the Flower Fairy almost lost self-awareness, nearly becoming a genuine spider.

"It's a pity, if this had succeeded, we Weaving Fairies would have had one more member," sighed a few Weaving Fairies in the crowd.

There was also the Tree Planting Immortal from the Ten States and Three Islands who initiated an event called "Universal Salvation of Immortals for the Ultimate True Fruit."

He called upon immortals to join a tree-planting event, to plant trees in the western land of shifting sands, to alleviate the suffering of living beings there, introducing them to the Immortal Dao, and aiding them in achieving true fruits.

"Don't fall for the lies of the Tree Planting Immortal; what he's planning to plant isn't a real tree, and the fruit won't be true fruit!" the Ginseng Fruit Tree transmitted to Xuanqing covertly, indicating his lack of affection for the Tree Planting Immortal.

"Oh, has our tour guide immortal netted a distinguished guest again?"

As the Ginseng Fruit Tree was about to pull Xuanqing away, the Tree Planting Immortal greeted them enthusiastically.

"Dear Daoist, would you like to take part in our activity?"

"This event of ours is about creating Primordial Creation and universally delivering sentient beings to merit."

Looking towards the Tree Planting Immortal, Xuanqing saw him wearing a Three-Dimensional Crown, clad in a nine-color cloud robe, with a jade-like face, white hair, and an elegant demeanor.

By his stall, there also lay a muscular black bear.

"The he is from the Ten States and Three Islands, the Tree Planting Immortal of the Purple Mansion Continent. In the White Jade City of All Heavens, he is known as: Emperor Donghua."

"Emperor Donghua?"

Hearing a familiar title, Xuanqing took another look at the Tree Planting Immortal.

Just as Xuanqing and the Ginseng Fruit Tree paused at the stall, the prone black bear suddenly opened its blood-red eyes, bared its fangs, and emitted a deep growl toward them.

Growl!!!

The sudden outburst startled the Ginseng Fruit Tree: "Tree Planting one, keep your big oaf under control!"

"Little Black!"

Emperor Donghua, the Tree Planting Immortal, furrowed his brows slightly and reprimanded his steed in a soft voice.

Even as the black bear continued to growl angrily, a look of panic and unease appeared in its eyes, as if it had encountered something colossal and felt threatened.

Emperor Donghua was taken aback by this response.

He stepped forward to soothe his mount, then cast an inconspicuous glance at Xuanqing.

"Apologies to both Daoists for the disturbance. Little Black didn't sleep well today and is a bit irritable," said Emperor Donghua earnestly and apologetically.

"To express my regret, please accept these two gifts from me, Daoists."

No sooner had he spoken than immortals behind him presented a gourd and a Five-Colored Ganoderma.

"The waters of the Xuanjian, sweet as honey, drink for everlasting life, enduring alongside heaven and earth."

The Ginseng Fruit Tree recognized the two gifts at a glance.

"Eating the Five-Colored Ganoderma also grants immortality."

Emperor Donghua praised, "You truly are worthy of being a tour guide immortal; you know our Purple Mansion Continent's specialties like the back of your hand!"

"To Xuanqing," the Ginseng Fruit Tree said, "take them. These two items aren't much use to us primordial innate beings, but they can be exchanged with immortals from other great worlds."

"Of course, you can also use them for your alchemy."

Xuanqing nodded lightly and accepted the Five-Colored Ganoderma.

The Ginseng Fruit Tree took a gourd.

"Take care, the two of you Daoists."

Emperor Donghua sent them off with a smiling face.

Watching the retreating figures of the two immortals, Emperor Donghua glanced at his own mount.

He murmured thoughtfully, "Heh, how interesting, there are actually demons in White Jade City?"

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"Do you not seem fond of the tree-planting immortal?"

Xuanqing weighed the Five-Colored Ganoderma in his hand; it indeed was a pure innate object, with no issues.

"He plants trees, and I am a tree—we walk different paths."

The Ginseng Fruit Tree did not wish to say more.

"In any case, you'd better stay away from him; that guy has ulterior motives. Hong Jun has an agreement with a certain being and won't interfere with anything west of Kunlun Mountain."

"Emperor Donghua dragging someone into the western desert sands to plant trees, how could that end well? One has to be careful not to be planted as a tree themselves."

Xuanqing understood after hearing this.

It must be Luo Hou who has an agreement with Hong Jun.

"Thank you for the information, Daoist friend."

"Don't mention it, steering customers away from pitfalls is what I, the tour guide immortal, should do."

The Ginseng Fruit Tree said with a smile, "Otherwise, how could I have such a good reputation?"

He continued strolling with Xuanqing.

Soon, they had nearly visited all of the one hundred and eight long streets of the First Heavenly City.

"Come on, I'll now take you to the domain of the gambling-stone immortal; it's bustling over there."

The Ginseng Fruit Tree pointed towards the Jade Towers in the sky.

As the two were chatting, a sudden urgent shout came from the distance.

"Alliance Hierarch, Alliance Hierarch!"

"Big business incoming—more than a dozen immortals want to join our group tour of White Jade City."

At the end of the long street, a dazzling golden light rose from the horizon.

With a crisp "snap," a golden whip was lifted high into the air.

The celestial steed neighed, its hooves flying, shuttling through time and space.

A female immortal driving a golden chariot came charging over, moving as fast as lightning.

All the immortals present were thrown into disarray.

"It's the chariot immortal! Get out of the way!"

"Oh no, my stall!"

"Bad luck, she's coming straight for me!"

"Oi, the crashing-immortal has run over someone again!!"

"The tour-guide immortal's efforts for the day are wasted, my sympathy."

"Why don't you feel sorry for the immortal who got run over? Oh right, it's not his first time getting run over, no worries then."

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