Chapter 593: Arrival in the Main Plane

When Ye Feng and his group appeared on the other side of the teleportation array, it attracted quite a crowd of onlookers. After all, just the Holy Realm’s secondary planes alone had seven reception points. Not to mention the main plane, which connected thousands of secondary planes—the sheer number of reception points was terrifying.
It wasn’t unusual to see two or three ascendants at the same reception point, but having such a large group at once was quite strange.
The location of the reception point was actually in the center of a city. The size of this city surprised Ye Feng and the others—it was as large as the combined total area of hundreds of Earths.
In reality, no one was there to greet them at the reception point; there were only many signs indicating which direction contained which buildings, giving it the appearance of a tourist city.
However, Ye Feng noticed that there seemed to be no one with a cultivation level at or above the star domain level here. Even those above the nebula level were few, and those at the star sea level, including a few in Ye Feng’s group, numbered less than two hundred.
“It seems we’ve arrived at the newbie village!” Ye Feng immediately understood where they were. Using the terminology from online games on Earth, this place was indeed a newbie village.
“What’s a newbie village?” Xiao Bei couldn’t help but ask.
“It’s a place where those who have just arrived in this realm and don’t have much cultivation power gather,” Pearl explained bluntly.
Everyone nodded in agreement. This place indeed resembled a newbie village in online games, filled with newcomers, or at least those with average strength.
“The newbie village is already this big. I’m really eager to see what a proper city looks like.” Seeing the vast size of this city, Ye Feng couldn’t help but think that proper cities must be even larger, as per game design, newbie village maps are usually quite small.
Long Tian, who already knew the answer, simply smiled without saying much. His memories of this place were very clear.
“There’s an auction hall over there. Let’s go take a look!” Pearl spotted one of the signs and pointed at it excitedly.
“But you don’t have star coins, do you?” Long Tian asked.
“The currency here?” Ye Feng asked curiously.
“That’s right. This primary main plane is also called the Star Realm, and its currency is called star coins,” Long Tian explained. “Without star coins, it will be impossible to move around here.”
“Is there no other currency? Like energy crystals or something?” Ye Feng pressed further.

“There are, Star Stones. One Star Stone is equivalent to a thousand Star Coins,” Long Tian nodded. “There are also Star Crystals, but only large families can afford them. One Star Crystal is equivalent to a thousand Star Stones.”
“Star Crystals must have different grades, right?” Ye Feng continued to ask.
“Yes, but according to the rules, only the lower-grade ones can be used as currency. Their weight is strictly regulated—by Earth’s standards, each must weigh sixty grams, and they must be perfect cubes,” Long Tian added. “Although there are quite a number of crystal stones in the main plane, its vast size and numerous alien races make mining extremely costly and dangerous. Many large ore veins have been seized by those alien races. That’s why Star Crystals are rare and highly valuable. The middle and upper grades are used for cultivation; ordinary people wouldn’t dare sell them, let alone use them as currency.”
“Alright,” Ye Feng made up his mind to exchange some Star Crystals in the Virtual Realm first.
“I want to exchange for Star Crystals!”
“One thousand Domain Points per crystal. Please specify the quantity.”
“One hundred thousand!” Ye Feng chose a round number, planning to spend 100 million Domain Points at once.
“Ultimate discount privilege activated. For 100,000 crystals, 15% discount applied. The exchange will cost 85 million Domain Points. Confirm the exchange?”
“Yes!” Ye Feng nodded. This discount privilege was a permanent one he had obtained long ago, but since he rarely bought large quantities, it hadn’t been used often. Saving 15 million Domain Points at once made him even happier. Although he had over 25 billion sixth-tier Domain Points in total, it was still enough for him to squander for a while.
“Let’s go!” After obtaining the Star Crystals, Ye Feng waved at everyone and headed in the direction of the auction hall.
“You got Star Crystals?” Long Tian knew a bit about Ye Feng’s secret. Seeing him call everyone to the auction after a brief silence, he naturally guessed that Ye Feng had obtained the currency of this world.
“That’s right!” Ye Feng didn’t hide it. “Since there’s an auction, it would be a shame not to attend. This is the main plane—who knows what might be sold?”
When Ye Feng and the others arrived at the auction hall, they weren’t stopped by the guards. The guard, who had reached the peak of the Star level, didn’t sense how powerful Ye Feng and the others were; it was simply because this was an open auction where anyone could enter. His presence was only to deal with troublemakers, and with his strength, he was more than enough to handle most incidents in the city.

Upon entering the auction hall, there was no crowd as Ye Feng had imagined. In fact, the hall was not very large; looking at the empty seats, Ye Feng estimated that including the private booths, it might just barely accommodate a thousand people. At that moment, the occupancy rate was not high—less than 10%. Excluding Ye Feng’s group, fewer than a hundred people were bidding.

“This is a bit different from what I expected,” Ye Feng said with a wry smile.

“This is just a beginner’s area; it’s hard to find anything good here. Most people practice in the city, and less than one-tenth go hunting outside. Naturally, there can be no monster cores or various attribute ores or other items from the wild,” Long Tian explained.

“If that’s the case, then this place could indeed become a place for us to make some quick money,” Ye Feng said, a slight smile appearing on his lips after hearing Long Tian’s explanation.

“You want to hunt and sell the results?” Long Tian asked tentatively.

“You’re only half right,” Ye Feng shook his head. “Hunting is just one source of income. I also plan to engage in reselling.”

“From other cities?” Long Tian was surprised before shaking his head. “It’s too far. Even at our flying speeds, it would take at least a month to reach another city, and two months for a round trip.”

“Don’t forget, I have the space teleportation ability…” Ye Feng smiled. He had planned for this from the start.

“Well, but it still requires a significant investment!” Long Tian shrugged helplessly. “But for you, that shouldn’t be a problem.”