Fang Qi was a little at a loss for words when the middle-aged man began to indirectly refer to himself as the Emperor.

However, Fang Qi had seen the Emperor before and the man standing in front of him didn't look like him.

Fang Qi said expressionlessly, "That master told me that he doesn't care for anything but the internet cafe. If you really want to see this person, you can make trouble in the shop and see the reaction yourself."

"Make trouble?" Ji Wu's face fell, and he said with disapproval, "We've expressed our goodwill. Do you really want to force my hand?"

Fang Qi said, "I've been doing fine with this shop, and you suddenly want me to move into the Royal Palace. Is that your way of showing goodwill? That person said that we are having a good time here, so I can't accept your offer."

Ji Wu's face turned dark, thinking that this master might be a hermit who didn't care for worldly fame or fortune. Indeed, such masters were not unheard of. When Dajin was established, the First Emperor had tried to invite such masters to join him, which gained him the reputation of a humble emperor who respected wise and able people. However, all his efforts had come to nothing, which was a secret only a few people knew.

Helplessly, Ji Wu asked again, "Is that master living comfortably in Jiangnan?"

Fang Qi glanced at him and said, "What do you mean? He'll just stay here."

Fang Qi knew Ji Wu's thoughts, and he gave an appropriate response. Since this 'mysterious master' didn't even want to move to the Royal Palace of Dajin which was one of the most luxurious places on this territory, this shop probably wouldn't move to another place.

"Fine!" Ji Wu was reluctant but knew that this was probably the best result he could get. As long as this shop would stay in his country, Dajin would benefit from it.

"However, it will take you a lot of time to travel here on the spiritual boat tomorrow to watch Jade Dynasty," this old eunuch reminded Ji Wu anxiously, "You have to handle so many important things each day; how can you waste time on this?"

"Pardon me for being direct. It is quite popular for rich people to take a private plane to travel around," Fang Qi said contemptuously, "If you have no money, you can take an express train. You can take a first-cla.s.s cabin on the train and spend time drinking coffee, reading a book, or even sleeping on the way. If you're really poor, you can come to my shop and learn the sword control technique. It will take you less than two hours on a round trip..."

The two looked at each other in confusion. "What's a private plane? What's an express train? And first-cla.s.s cabin?"

Fang Qi knew that he was in a different world, but he thought that this world should have similar things as well. However, he was surprised after hearing their explanation.

"Do you mean those spiritual boats have no private rooms?! The pa.s.sengers have only seats?!" Ji Wu looked incredulous. "The luxurious options only have an extra desk?!"

The cultivators all had high status in this world, and so were the warriors who could afford to take spiritual boats. It was unthinkable to only offer them seats with extra legroom.

Fang Qi froze as well. "Each pa.s.senger has a private room on the spiritual boat here?! Each of the rooms is decorated exquisitely?"

Although most of the spiritual boats were not as fast as the sword control technique, it would take only hours for them to travel to another country!

Besides, the large spiritual boats were almost as fast as the master-level sword control technique.

These luxuries on the spiritual boats were generally useless! After all, they were not hotels!

It would take only a few hours to travel to the neighboring countries and back on a spiritual boat. Would anyone sleep on them?

Fang Qi said with contempt, "No wonder the cost of riding spiritual boats is so expensive, and no one wants to use them."

Ji Wu talked with Fang Qi, oblivious that they had gotten off track.

He had to admit that Fang Qi was right.

In some special situations, the large spiritual boats were necessary. For example, when Xiyi Academy came to attend the national examination, even their high-level warriors couldn't take many people on their smaller spiritual boats.

There were other similar cases.

However, it cost a lot of money to maintain the large spiritual boats in the big cities, and the country was losing money.

As for the mid-sized and small spiritual boats, they generally didn't make much profit. Their main function was to provide necessary transportation.

It was an issue that even him, the Emperor of Dajin, had found difficult to solve.

Hearing Fang Qi mentioning things such as express trains, he froze suddenly and seemed to realize that there was a way that could provide the country with smoother and more affordable transportation.

"I'm amazed by your ideas, Mr. Fang!" Ji Wu said immediately, "I wonder if you have any detailed suggestions?"

Dumbfounded, Fang Qi stared at the middle-aged man and found himself talking with him about transportation.

...

Meanwhile in the Wuwei Daoist Alliance.

As the alliance of almost all cultivation forces in Dajin, the most powerful forces were the Blue Flame Faction, the Liuyun Daoist Palace, and the Cloud Ocean Faction. Currently, the Head of the Alliance was the Faction Master of the Blue Flame Faction, Lan Mo.

On the vast and magnificent Daoist Field made from white stones, the disciples of all the forces in the Wuwei Daoist Alliance stood in lines. A soft and beautiful carpet spread all the way to the end of the Daoist Field.

"Welcome!" A handsome guy wearing an elegant white robe walked up slowly with his hands clasped behind his back, and his expression looked cold.

The guest frowned and looked at the middle-aged man with high cultivation strength in front of him. "Where's your Alliance Master?"

"The Alliance Master is in the great hall waiting for you!" The middle-aged man spread his arm in invitation.

"It's not necessary." The young man in white tossed out a white jade token. "The Cultivation Realm opens every 30 years, and this is the white jade token that gives three spots for the Wuwei Daoist Alliance."

"We used to have four spots..." While taking the white jade token, the middle-aged man froze.

The Cultivation Realm was a mythical place from ancient times and contained countless precious treasures. The three entrances were guarded by three ancient hermit factions which were known as the Three Saint Gates!

The Three Saint Gates never got involved in conflicts among the countries and never befriended any forces as well. They stood outside of the mortal world and showed no interest in worldly matters!

The Cultivation Realm opened once every 30 years, and the Three Saint Gates invited cultivators from all factions to the Cultivation Realm Conference to compete for the qualifications to enter the Cultivation Realm.

Since only a few cultivators could enter the Cultivation Realm, the major forces including the Wuwei Daoist Alliance could enter the compet.i.tion and fight for the few entry spots.

Since entering the ancient and mythical Cultivation Realm would bring great benefits to the cultivators, each major force did their best to gain access to it despite the harsh requirements! Each Cultivation Realm Conference was a compet.i.tion between elite cultivators.