"Senior... are you alright?"

The ugly man saw Han Li staring blankly at the two jade slips for a long time, still lost in thought, and couldn't help but ask, reminding him.

"How many spirit stones are these two jade slips?" Han Li recovered from his contemplation and asked.

The ugly man quoted a price, which wasn't expensive. Han Li paid the spirit stones as requested.

"You just said that your family has been in the business of map jade slips for generations, so you should know a lot about the Barren Tide Continent. I have some questions to ask you. If your answers satisfy me, these spirit stones will be yours." Han Li flipped his hand and took out another portion of spirit stones, placing them on the counter.

"Senior, please ask whatever questions you have. This junior will definitely answer everything I know!" The ugly man glanced greedily at the high-grade spirit stones and patted his chest as he spoke.

"Starting from this Seaside City, what safe ways are there to traverse the Barren Tide Continent? Such as teleportation arrays?" Han Li slowly asked.

"Senior seems to know very little about the Barren Tide Continent. Among the continents in this region, our Barren Tide Continent is located in a remote area, and most of the region is a wilderness. Even if there are some cities, they are sparsely populated and very desolate, so few cities have teleportation arrays. Seaside City, a small border town like this, is even less likely to have one, so if you want to go to other places, you can only fly directly." The ugly man scratched his head and said.

Hearing this, Han Li frowned.

"Oh right, it's not like you have to fly the whole way. There's indeed no teleportation array here in Seaside City, but when you get to the central part of the continent, it's much more prosperous than here. There are quite a few forces that have set up teleportation arrays in the cities, but it is said that the fees are quite expensive." The ugly man saw Han Li frowning and suddenly thought of something, quickly continuing.

"Do you know which cities have teleportation arrays?" Han Li nodded thoughtfully and asked.

"The map of the Barren Tide Continent that I just gave you has marked the cities with teleportation arrays. Senior may not have noticed, they are the markings that look like white vortexes." The ugly man smiled.

Han Li paused, and his divine sense once again probed into the yellow jade slip. He quickly discovered that some cities in the central and eastern parts of the Barren Tide Continent did indeed have a tiny white vortex pattern on them.

"I see." Han Li withdrew his divine sense and nodded.

There were quite a few such cities later on, so he only needed to fly to the central region of the Barren Tide Continent, and he wouldn't need to take any more risks after that.

"Senior, are you really planning to traverse the Barren Tide Continent?" The ugly man asked hesitantly.

Han Li hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"To be honest, there are many dangers along the way. If you travel alone, some natural chasms may be even more difficult to cross. In this junior's opinion, Senior can first go to the Immortal Inn in the city and take a look." The ugly man's expression froze, and he suggested euphemistically.

"Alright, thank you for enlightening me. These spirit stones are yours." Han Li nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this.

Although he knew that he would soon be dealing with the Immortal Palace after leaving the Black Wind Sea Region, he didn't expect to come into contact with it as soon as he arrived on the Barren Tide Continent.

He had already learned a little about this so-called Immortal Inn in Black Wind City. It was said to be a place set up by the Immortal Palace in various cities, where one could take on various tasks issued by the Immortal Palace or issue tasks themselves.

The other party's meaning was very clear, believing that it would be quite risky to traverse the entire continent with the cultivation of a Body Integration cultivator. It would be safer to find a task going in the same direction and team up.

With his current cultivation, traversing the continent wasn't impossible, but firstly, he was unfamiliar with the place, and secondly, all his various magical treasures were now missing. Naturally, it was better to be cautious.

As he pondered in his mind, he nodded slightly to the ugly man, turned around, and walked out.

There were no air-prohibiting restrictions in Seaside City. Han Li flew along the main street in the city for a while, and a golden building appeared in front of him.

The building was built on a small hill, and its entire body was glittering with golden light, as if it were cast from pure gold. The most peculiar thing was that a huge golden dragon relief was carved on the roof of the golden building, roaring towards the sky, full of a lofty and majestic atmosphere.

The entire golden building, at first glance, looked somewhat similar to the imperial palace in the mortal world, and the gazes of the mortals passing by all carried a trace of heartfelt respect.

Above the gate of the golden palace were the two ancient seal characters "Immortal Inn".

Han Li stood at the door for a moment before lifting his leg and stepping into the palace.

What first came into view was a very spacious giant hall, at least a thousand feet in size, crowded with cultivators in various costumes. However, at first glance, they were mostly middle and low-level cultivators below the Deity Transformation stage. There were hardly any Refinement cultivators to be seen.

On the left side of the hall was a large shop, displaying various pills, magical treasures, and other spiritual materials. At first glance, the pills and magical treasures here were slightly better than those sold in the city's shops, attracting many passing cultivators to linger.

On the right side of the hall, a long stone table was placed at the entrance, which seemed to be a shop specializing in acquisitions. Many cultivators were also standing in line here, selling various materials in their hands.

Those managing the hall and these shops were all golden-robed cultivators, and the golden robes were also embroidered with golden dragon patterns. The one with the highest cultivation was a Refinement cultivator sitting deep in the hall, meditating with his eyes closed.

The entire hall looked like a small city, and it was much more lively compared to the deserted outside city.

In the center of the hall stood a huge green jade stone wall, with faint golden light flowing on it. Lines of small characters would appear alternately from time to time, seemingly a description of various tasks and rewards.

Many cultivators were surrounding the stone wall, stopping to look at the tasks on it. Some companions would occasionally whisper a few words to each other, as if judging whether these tasks were worth taking on.

Han Li glanced at the shops on the left and right, then ignored them. He walked directly to the stone wall in the center of the hall, stood in the crowd, and looked up to observe.

There were many tasks on it, constantly appearing alternately, and the content was also different.

However, some of the tasks at the very top of the stone wall were displayed in golden letters and would not disappear. The other tasks that would alternately disappear and appear were all described in white letters.

Han Li listened to the discussions of the people around him for a while and understood.

The golden fonts displayed the tasks issued by the Immortal Palace, while the white letters below were issued by ordinary cultivators.

Having understood this, he calmed down and moved his gaze over the tasks one by one.

Sure enough, there were tasks for recruiting companions to travel together, and there were quite a few of them. Some were purely recruiting companions to travel together, while others were escort missions to other cities.

These tasks had different requirements for cultivation, but generally, the longer the distance, the more likely they were to require Deity Transformation or even Refinement cultivators. This was normal. Apart from a few areas, the rest of the Barren Tide Continent was full of dangers. There were even countless miles of uninhabited dangerous lands between some cities. If the cultivation was insufficient, wanting to cross it was courting death.

When he came out of the ugly man's shop, he had already decided on his next destination, which was a city called Bright Hill City near the central part of the Barren Tide Continent.

It was the closest city to Seaside City and also had a teleportation array.

Han Li's eyes scanned around, and he quickly locked onto three targets.

One was simply recruiting cultivators to travel together, one was escorting a merchant caravan, and the other was also an escort mission, but it was escorting a certain person.

"I want to accept task number two hundred and fifty-two." He walked to the stone wall and said to a middle-aged man in golden clothes sitting there.

This was the task of escorting a merchant caravan. The departure dates of the other two tasks were still early. Only this task would depart in three days.

"Bring the Immortal Token." The middle-aged man in golden clothes flipped his hand and took out a jade tablet in the shape of a book, saying without even looking up.

"Immortal Token?" Han Li paused, then immediately understood that it should be something similar to an identity token used to accept tasks.

"What, haven't you received the Immortal Token yet? Do you see that room? Go there to receive it." The golden-clothed man frowned, but still pointed to a cyan door room at the deepest part of the hall and said.

Han Li thanked him and walked over.

His current appearance was transformed. He hoped he wouldn't be seen through.

He was currently wanted by the Ten Directions Tower, and he didn't want to leave his real appearance in an organization like the Immortal Palace, which was spread throughout the entire Northern Cold Immortal Region.

Han Li walked to the cyan door, took a light breath, and knocked on the door.

The door creaked and opened automatically. Inside was a small room with a golden-robed old man sitting there, who was a Body Integration cultivator.

Seeing this, Han Li felt relieved. With the other party's cultivation and divine sense, the possibility of discovering his transformed appearance should be extremely small.

"Friend, are you here to apply for the Immortal Token? Come over here." The golden-robed old man beckoned to Han Li.

Han Li cupped his fist at the other party and walked over.

"Report your name and place of origin." The old man skillfully flipped his hand and took out a book and a silver giant pen, asking.

"Liu Shi, from the Black Wind Sea Region."

The old man nodded, scribbled a few strokes on the jade book with the silver pen, then flipped his hand and took out a golden token, shaking it slightly.

A golden light shot out from it, enveloping Han Li's body.

Han Li's heart tightened, but he maintained a calm expression on his face.

The golden light flashed and disappeared, and an image of Han Li's current appearance appeared on the token.

The old man waved the silver pen on the token a few times, and the golden light on the token brightened, then dimmed.

"Alright, this Immortal Token is your identity certificate for accepting tasks and rewards in Immortal Inns everywhere in the future. Be sure to keep it safe." The golden-robed old man threw the golden token to Han Li, instructing him.

Han Li reached out to catch it, his expression somewhat stunned.

The golden light just now didn't seem to have any probing effect, it just recorded his image. This identification and token production were too lax.

Or rather, does the mask of the Unstable Alliance have the special effect of concealing identity detection from the Immortal Palace?

"We, the Immortal Palace, have no intention of knowing too much about the information of you friends, and even less do we want to distinguish between truth and falsehood." The golden-robed old man suddenly blinked, saying with a slightly meaningful tone.

Han Li raised his eyebrows, nodded to the golden-robed old man, and turned around and walked out.

Looking at the crowded people in front of him, he realized something.

Probably because the Immortal Token was so lax to apply for, there were so many people gathered here.

With the Immortal Token, Han Li quickly accepted the task.

With a wave of the golden-clothed middle-aged man's hand and a flash of golden light, a message appeared on Han Li's Immortal Token, telling him to go to an inn in the city.

He should be going to see the person who issued the task.

Han Li didn't stay in the Immortal Inn for long. He walked out directly, spread out his divine sense to identify the direction and location, and then turned into a green light and shot out into the distance.