Eternal Life: I Can Sell Everything

Standing in line before the pavilion, Song Ciwan listened as the Chanting Officer up ahead announced the names of the guests, her mind lost in a strange train of thought.

The Great Zhou World was divided into the Nine Provinces.

These Nine Provinces were Jizhou, Qing State, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yu State, Liangzhou, Yong State, and Yingzhou.

Among them, Jizhou was also known as the Central State. It was the center of the Nine Provinces and the seat of the Capital—the very heart of the Great Zhou Immortal Dynasty.

As for Yong State, where Song Ciwan currently was, it was a remote region—a fact hardly worth mentioning.

Song Ciwan knew little about the other provinces, like Qing State and Xuzhou. Though she had read about them in the *Nine Provinces Chronicles*, how could a few scant pages ever capture the true vastness of the world?

And then there was Yingzhou—

Yingzhou was also the Hidden State. It was said to lie far overseas, a land where no mortals were born and which they could rarely find.

Even Cultivators and Innate Martial Artists found it exceedingly difficult to reach its shores.

Its profound mystery was beyond what mere words could describe.

...

So, in truth, Song Ciwan only really knew the names of the Nine Provinces.

But looking at those names, none of them were called Bingzhou, Chuzhou, or Youzhou...

And according to the naming conventions of the Great Zhou, "State" was the most prestigious designation.

The world's Nine Provinces were not only divisions created by the Immortal Dynasty but also lands that had existed since antiquity.

Below the Nine Provinces, the next largest administrative regions were the counties. Each of the Nine Provinces contained nine counties, making for a total of Eighty-One Counties in the Great Zhou World.

As for the cities and towns below the county level, they were simply too numerous to count.

In short, names like Bingzhou, Chuzhou, and Youzhou were truly bizarre.

In Song Ciwan's past life in Huaxia, "State" was a common part of a place name, nothing worth a second thought.

But here in the Great Zhou Immortal Dynasty, where "State" was the highest honorific, it was impossible to overlook.

Song Ciwan's mind raced as she pondered the identities of these families from unknown states, while simultaneously trying to make sense of her predicament.

To be honest, when she first saw the Xizhai appear on the road in the middle of the wilderness, Song Ciwan had assumed she'd stumbled into a Deceitful Realm.

But after being here for a while, she felt it definitely wasn't a Deceitful Realm.

Deceitful Realms weren't like this. They were filled with dense Nether Qi and overflowing with Resentment. Even if one appeared peaceful on the surface, there were always subtle signs of the realm's rules, betraying a distinct, unsettling aura.

Having been through so many Deceitful Realms, Song Ciwan was confident she wouldn't fail to recognize one.

'It probably isn't a Secret Realm, either,' she thought. 'That's not how you enter one.'

The feeling of spatial dislocation upon entering and exiting a Secret Realm was unique, so Song Ciwan could be sure this wasn't one of those.

'Then what exactly is this Xizhai?'

For now, Song Ciwan couldn't figure it out.

Setting aside the question of what the Xizhai was, her attention returned to the line of people.

Song Ciwan was currently in a line of people waiting to present gifts.

This seemed like a normal part of any wedding celebration.

After all, when one attended a banquet, it was proper etiquette to do more than just announce one's name at the entrance. You went inside and headed straight for the gift table to present a congratulatory offering.

You couldn't just show up empty-handed and freeload, could you?

How rude and classless would that be?

So, presenting a gift at a wedding feast was perfectly normal. The problem was, what should Song Ciwan give?

She actually had a pile of valuable treasures in her possession. Thanks to the Heaven and Earth Scale, which could trade for anything, Song Ciwan might occasionally run short on Primordial Pearls, but she never lacked for resources.

Song Ciwan had never considered herself poor. But as the line grew shorter and the Chanting Officer announced one incredible treasure after another, she gradually began to feel a sense of embarrassed inadequacy.

In addition to the sensational Divine Wood Essence and Coiling Dragon Fruit announced earlier, other treasures like the Holy Spirit Spring Water and the Eight-Treasure Floating Massacre were also astonishing.

The Holy Spirit Spring Water could allow a Celestial Immortal who had passed into their final meditation to be reborn and cultivate anew!

The Eight-Treasure Floating Massacre was a supreme treasure of the Buddhist Family, capable of sheltering a True Spirit with Buddhist affinity through the cycle of reincarnation...

Both treasures were extraordinarily rare and powerful.

In some respects, they were arguably even more valuable than the Coiling Dragon Fruit, which could extend one's life by five hundred years.

Of course, Song Ciwan had only learned of these things by listening to the discussions among the other guests in the garden; her own knowledge of such top-tier treasures was still lacking.

One sensation followed another, and soon Song Ciwan had moved from the back of the line to the middle.

She still hadn't been able to decide on a suitable gift.

Though she had a hoard of treasures in her Heaven and Earth Scale, at this moment, Song Ciwan felt that not a single one was presentable enough.

'I can't just give away my Spiritual Artifact, the Sun and Moon Wheel of Formless Life and Death, can I?'

'Impossible. Of course that's impossible.'

As she watched the line shrink, the Chanting Officer's voice rang out again: "A Celestial Pride of the Nine Provinces! Thirteenth on the Ten Thousand Spirits Celestial Pride List, the Yin Family of Jingzhou, presents one Hundred Weapons Sword Bone and one Ten Thousand Year-old Ganoderma!"

Song Ciwan's expression flickered. 'A Celestial Pride of the Nine Provinces?'

'The Yin Family of Jingzhou, thirteenth on the Ten Thousand Spirits Celestial Pride List?'

Song Ciwan looked toward the front of the line and saw a man step forward.

The moment he appeared, he exuded an aura of carefree elegance. His bearing was poised and dignified, setting him completely apart from the crowd.

He looked to be in his late twenties, his face weathered by experience. On his back, he carried a black coffin taller than an average man.

Yes, a black coffin. It was narrow, barely a foot wide, but a full eight feet long.

The top of the black coffin peeked out over his head. It looked incredibly heavy and unwieldy, creating an indescribable contradiction when contrasted with his carefree demeanor.

This was the man from the Yin Family of Jingzhou—Yin Xunyi!

Song Ciwan had once bought a copy of the Ten Thousand Spirits Celestial Pride List back in Huailing City. On that list, Yin Xunyi had been ranked fifty-ninth.

The title bestowed upon him by the Ten Thousand Spirits Celestial Pride List was: Mangshan Coffin Carrier, Yin Xunyi of Jingzhou!

With Song Ciwan's memory, memorizing all one hundred names on the Ten Thousand Spirits Celestial Pride List was no difficult task.

She just never imagined that Yin Xunyi, ranked fifty-ninth ten years ago, would now be thirteenth on the list.

After Yin Xunyi presented his gift, two more people stepped forward to offer theirs.

These two were similar to the guests from Chuzhou and Bingzhou. The "States" they hailed from were not among the official Nine Provinces.

The treasures they presented were also quite valuable, though of course, they didn't cause a sensation like the Holy Spirit Spring Water or the Eight-Treasure Floating Massacre.

After those two finished, it was Song Ciwan's turn.

After much deliberation, Song Ciwan first took out a treasure called the Dream Building Residence, a portable home that could shrink and expand at will.

Of course, the Dream Building Residence had no defensive capabilities; it was merely a house, completely incomparable to her beloved Han Guang Glaze Residence.

Thus, Song Ciwan had never used the Dream Building Residence since acquiring it. She felt no regret offering it now as a gift for the celebration.

The Dream Building Residence wasn't the main gift. Next, holding a platter, Song Ciwan offered up a total of one hundred and twenty-eight Ancestral Dragon Coins.

The Chanting Officer's voice instantly became so impassioned it nearly cracked: "A Celestial Pride of the Nine Provinces! Tenth on the Ten Thousand Spirits Celestial Pride List, the Song Family of Yong State, presents one Dream Building Residence and one hundred and twenty-eight Ancestral Dragon Coins!"

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