Chapter 206 Zi Miao sells the advance

Unlike Li Fan, who was trapped alone in Ningyuan City, other Cultivators could make arrangements to explore the Fallen Immortal Realm together.

They only needed to add the corresponding medium during the ritual to arrive at a unique space, somewhere between reality and illusion, before entering the Fallen Immortal Realm.

Cultivators could exchange information and even trade items with each other within this space.

The space would also typically be equipped with corresponding special Formations.

This Formation incorporated a Ritual Solidification Formation and a Spiritual Connection Amplification Formation.

Thus, it could facilitate exploration teams for the Fallen Immortal Realm with up to four members.

Cultivators referred to such spaces as the Vanguard Realm.

It is said that the earliest Vanguard Realm was created by a Great Dao Fusion Cultivator to conveniently invite his friends and jointly explore the Fallen Immortal Realm.

Later, due to its great convenience, it was gradually emulated by other Cultivators.

Now, after thousands of years of development, a large number of Vanguard Realms have come into existence.

Some Vanguard Realms are public, open to all Cultivators.

The space is vast and can accommodate tens of thousands of Cultivators simultaneously.

Each visit only requires a small fee.

Other Vanguard Realms are private.

The medium is only known to the owner of the Vanguard Realm.

Outsiders cannot enter through the ritual without permission.

The essence of the Vanguard Realm is to open a spatial rift connecting the Fallen Immortal Realm and the real world, serving as a transit point.

Spatial rifts are unstable.

Therefore, every few decades, the Vanguard Realm needs to be maintained and reinforced.

The cost is not low.

Only true Great Cultivators have the ability and willingness to continuously maintain a Vanguard Realm.

Over thousands of years, many of these Cultivators have fallen midway.

Most of the Vanguard Realms opened by these fallen Cultivators have gradually been abandoned.

Thus, some people began to eye these abandoned Vanguard Realms.

They sought out these ownerless Vanguard Realms, simply repaired them, and redecorated them.

Then, they sold them at a high price.

Although the price of these Vanguard Realms is high, often requiring hundreds of thousands of contribution points, it is still much more cost-effective than creating a new one.

So, some Cultivators are willing to purchase them.

And because maintaining a Vanguard Realm incurs costs, if one holds many Vanguard Realms and cannot sell them, it can become a burden, potentially even leading to losses.

Therefore, these people thought of transferring costs and started the business of leasing idle Vanguard Realms.

There's no need to pay a huge amount of contribution points all at once.

By paying a negligible amount of contribution points annually, one can obtain the right to use a Vanguard Realm.

With the availability of inexpensive public Vanguard Realms, the number of Cultivators willing to rent a Vanguard Realm is naturally very small.

To find customers, they placed many promotional messages on this [Xunxian].

Li Fan had just been drawn in by these messages.

“Vanguard Realm, that’s interesting.” Li Fan's thoughts turned, and he applied for a fake account, “Mingyue Palace Master,” to conceal his identity.

He then contacted one of the information publishers.

This person was named Zi Miao Immortal Venerable, and it was unknown whether he was truly at the Dao Fusion cultivation level or, like Li Fan, using a fake account.

“Fellow Daoist Zi Miao, what is the specific price for leasing this Vanguard Realm?” Li Fan asked.

Not long after, the other party replied.

“Depending on the size of the Vanguard Realm, the prices vary.

The lowest is eight thousand contribution points per year, and the highest is over ten thousand.”

His tone was cold, without any emotion.

Li Fan asked again, “Only a Golden Core Realm Divine Sense can support exploring the Fallen Immortal Realm.

Does this still apply to the Vanguard Realm?

Can Qi Refinement Stage and Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators enter it?”

“Is it to make it convenient for your Juniors, right? Don't worry, the Vanguard Realm is not part of the Fallen Immortal Realm; it's a separate rift space, with no Divine Sense requirements.

As long as one has Divine Sense, one can enter through the ritual.”

Perhaps seeing that Li Fan seemed genuinely interested in leasing, Zi Miao Immortal Venerable's tone became slightly more enthusiastic.

He explained, “If performing the ritual means using the power of the Fallen Immortal Realm to forcefully draw a portion of our Divided Soul into the Fallen Immortal Realm, then the Vanguard Realm is about establishing a space in advance along the way, interrupting this process.

Different mediums actually correspond to the guiding coordinates of different spaces.”

“Is it only possible to enter the Vanguard Realm if one is in the Xuanhuang World?

Are the Small Worlds and Grotto-Heavens attached to the Xuanhuang World within the effective range?”

“As long as one has not left the Xuanhuang World, one is under the shroud of the Fallen Immortal Realm.

So, there is no problem.”

Upon receiving the other party's confirmation, Li Fan was somewhat moved.

However, he did not rush to reply but instead inquired with two other Cultivators who were spreading leasing information.

The answers he received were consistent.

Eight thousand contribution points per year was the lowest price.

“It seems they have already reached a consensus.”

Li Fan then reconnected with Zi Miao Immortal Venerable: “Please send over the information on these Vanguard Realms for me to see.”

This time, the response was much quicker.

As soon as the message was sent, a reply was received.

In an instant, detailed introductions to hundreds of Vanguard Realms, each with different scenery, appeared before Li Fan.

To maximize the rental and sale of these Vanguard Realms, Zi Miao Immortal Venerable had truly gone to great lengths.

The scenery within these hundreds of spatial rifts was all different.

There were mountain views amidst vast cloud seas, and islands in the expansive ocean.

There were also ancient Sect ruins filled with mysterious aura.

“If you are interested in a particular Vanguard Realm but are not entirely satisfied with the scenery, I can also remodel it for you.”

“Of course, the price will be a little higher,” Zi Miao Immortal Venerable added.

“After leasing a Vanguard Realm, can it be guaranteed that no outsiders will intrude?” Li Fan picked one but did not rush to finalize it, instead asking carefully.

“The ritual medium is equivalent to an encrypted spatial coordinate.

Generally speaking, without the guidance of the medium, it is impossible for an consciousness entering the Fallen Immortal Realm to intrude into a private Vanguard Realm.”

“Of course, nothing is absolute.

Over the long years, there has indeed been one such accidental blunder.”

“But it has only happened once.

So, there’s no need to worry,” Zi Miao Immortal Venerable explained.

“Each of our Vanguard Realms comes with at least ten mediums.

If that’s not enough, more can be added at any time.”

Li Fan nodded slowly upon hearing this.

He then sent the chosen Vanguard Realm over.

“I want to rent this one.”

“The minimum rental period is one year, with a deposit of three months and payment for one month in advance.

If you wish to renew, the rent must be paid again at this time each year.”

“You can only terminate the lease after a full year.

The deposit will be refunded upon termination,” Zi Miao Immortal Venerable said skillfully.

Li Fan asked, “Are there any discounts for long-term leases?”

Zi Miao Immortal Venerable paused: “We can discuss it.”

“If you rent for ten years, I can give you a five percent discount.”

“If you rent for twenty years, you can get a ten percent discount.”

“For twenty years and above, you can get a twenty percent discount!”

“Then I’ll rent it for thirty years first,” Li Fan said quite readily.