Chapter 1318 – Zhao Wugui
”Why, could it be that there’s some kind of cultivation sanctuary with dense spiritual qi in this place!” Han Li’s spirit was immediately lifted.
”Hehehe, there are indeed a few cultivation holy grounds in this city, not even below the several main cities of the Three Emperors, but that’s just one of them. The main thing is that this city not only has a source supply of various materials from the three realms and seven lands, it is also the only entrance and exit point for the human and demon races to enter and exit the Savage World. Therefore, those high-level existences that enter and exit the Savage World must pass through this city. In this way, the exotic materials brought back from the Barbarian Wasteland were countless, and most of these cultivators were directly selling what they had obtained from the Barbarian Wasteland here, or exchanging it for what they needed. Even the elixir that allows one to advance overnight is not without sale. It’s just that the price is high enough for us to sigh.”
Speaking here, the old man paused for a moment, but then added:
”In addition to this, another important reason why the cultivators of this city are unwilling to leave is that every ten years, our Heavenly Abyss City cultivators have the opportunity to listen to one of the elders of the Council of Elders, who will talk about the Heaven and Earth dao, and can ask questions about their own cultivation. These Elders are all Harmonization Cultivators, and people in the outside world don’t have this kind of opportunity. Hehehe, so any cultivator who joins this city, there are a few who are willing to leave.”
”There are so many benefits! But this city also stationed so many high-level cultivators, there should be some special intent!” After hearing this, Han Li’s heart first rejoiced, but then his brows furrowed.
”In addition to the cultivators in this city, there is also a large number of high-ranked demonic cultivators stationed year-round, and they occupy the other half of Tian Yuan City. And on top of that, there are also a large number of demonic beasts and body refiners. Half of these low-ranked existences are cultivated by this city itself, while the other half are transferred from the three realms and seven lands. Together with the dozen or so Harmonization Stage cultivators from the Council of Elders, the fact that this city had such an amazing power was naturally targeting the foreign races of the Barbarian World and those True Spirit level existences. The Super Immortal Formation laid down by the ancestors is too arcane, when the foreign races invaded the territory of our human and demon races in the past generations, they could only attack from such an entrance of this city, if they didn’t station so much power, wouldn’t it be those foreign races exterminating our two races in one go. I’ve heard that once the war with the foreign races starts, it’s not uncommon for the two races in the city to be exterminated in half at once.” The old man surnamed Liu’s expression became grave.
”Extinguished by half!” Han Li’s face changed slightly when he heard this.
”Brother Han doesn’t have to be surprised and overly worried. The interval between each foreign invasion is more than 100,000 years in length, and 60,000 to 70,000 years of light in the short term. With such a long interval, what is there for you to worry about. If you are unlucky and really encounter an invasion of foreign races, you can only fight to the death. Any Tian Yuan City guards who run away from the battlefield will be hunted down by the two races. Since they wanted the convenience of the city, taking a little risk was naturally appropriate. However, the last time Heavenly Abyss City was invaded by a foreign race was thirty thousand years ago. Basically, within 10,000 to 20,000 years, you and I need not worry about anything.” The old man surnamed Liu smiled faintly.
”I see. In that case, it’s still a blessing in disguise that I was brought to this Heavenly Abyss City.” Han Li stroked his chin in a thoughtful manner.
”This is certainly the case. The first generation of ascending cultivators, because their advancement to the Refined Void stage is much higher than descendants like us and local cultivators in the Spirit Realm, the Elder’s Council pays quite a bit of attention to each ascending cultivator, and won’t give them up easily. And for some reason in recent years, the number of ascended cultivators received by the Flying Spirit Platform has begun to become less. I’ve heard that several Elders have even gone so far as to send their gods down to the lower realms in an attempt to find out why, but it seems to have been unsuccessful. Brother Han is also from the lower realms, have you found anything unusual?” The old man’s suddenly asked.
”No, everything is as usual in the human realm where I am!” When Han Li heard this, he instantly remembered the matter of the Ancient Demon, and his heart secretly flinched, but he replied with his usual expression.
”That would be a pity. If Brother Han could really provide something out of this, I’m sure he would be heavily rewarded. But there are similarly no clues about the cultivators who ascended in recent years. I just heard that some years ago, it seemed like the Demon Clan side got some news. So the Council of Elders, I guess, won’t be looking for Brother Han to inquire about anything anymore.” The green-faced old man didn’t feel that there was anything wrong with Han Li’s answer, but instead said with pity.
Han Li smiled faintly at his words, then asked in return:
”By the way, what did Brother Liu refer to when he spoke of the Green Underworld Guards just now, were they those green-armored Daoists that I had seen earlier?”
”Not bad, it is precisely those fellow Daoists wearing the Green Underworld Battle Armor. The Green Underworld Guards are already a middle-ranked existence in our Heavenly Abyss City, being just a small leader like Liu Mou me who can command ten Black Iron Guards. The Green Underworld Guards must be taken on by God-realizing cultivators, but God-realizing cultivators are not necessarily Green Underworld Guards. The difference here, Brother Han should understand.” The old man said in this manner.
”This, Mister Han does understand some of it. I’m afraid that some of the God Transformation Stage Daoists are not good at fighting or have some other duties.” Han Li would understand.
”It’s good that fellow Daoist is clear. Speaking of which, our Heaven’s Abyss City’s guards are divided into two types of duties, one being that as long as they complete their fixed duty rotations every once in a while, they can make their own arrangements for the rest of the time. But this kind of guards are distributed every year is not much fixed spirit stone, hand naturally very tight, but better in general there is no danger. Another kind, is specialized in taking some special tasks issued by the Council of Elders, each time to complete a, get the benefits not only have spirit stone, and even have pills or treasures and other rare things. Of course, the risk of this kind of mission is naturally very great, and most of them are related to the barbaric world or foreign races, so people have to think twice before they go. But each completed, can be decades or even hundreds of years without rotation on any task, can rest assured that a long time to cultivate. Of course these two kinds of duties are not set in stone and can be switched at any time.” The old man gave Han Li a clear explanation.
”Many thanks to Brother Liu for his guidance.” Han Li couldn’t see any color on his face, but first mouthed his thanks.
The green-faced old man, on the other hand, waved his hand with a laugh, and then after chatting with Han Li for a while longer, he finally got up to take his leave.
Send the old man out the door, witnessed it away, Han Li only smile a convergence of return to the house, and went into the secret room to sit down on his knees.
Eyes gently closed, the entire person seemed to have entered into meditation.
On the other hand, after the green-faced old man walked out of the corridor, several other God-realizing cultivators were waiting there.
As soon as they saw the old man walk out, they immediately walked over.
”How is it, can Brother Liu get any news from that person?”
”News? This person was very strict in his demeanor, other than admitting that he was indeed an ascended being from the lower realms, none of the other circumstances were revealed. I did answer some of his questions instead.” The old man shook his head with a somewhat helpless look.
”Hehe, Brother Liu just went straight to the door, a person who just arrived in the Spirit Realm, naturally his heart is a little wary. However, it is also true that we do not have any other thoughts, we just want to befriend him. After all, ascended people generally don’t have a small potential for advancement ……”
A few Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators, you and I discussed, as if they truly had no malicious intent towards Han Li.
The old man surnamed Liu, on the other hand, smiled and said nothing.
Early in the morning of the second day, Han Li was meditating in the secret room without moving when he suddenly looked puzzled and opened his eyes.
He immediately got up and walked out of the secret room to the living room.
Holding a forbidden token in his hand, he opened the door with a shake.
Outside the door a white-shirted cultivator was standing there with a pale expression.
”See you senior!” Han Li didn’t dare to be slow and clasped his hands together.
This person was precisely the white-faced, beardless golden-armored cultivator, only that he had changed into a Confucian costume at the moment, and the austere and murderous intent on his body was instantly three times less, but more dusty.
”Fellow Daoist Han need not be polite, I also just arrived. Brother Li has other things on his mind, so I’m the only one who came to see you today. My real name is Zhao Wugui.” This Refined Void Cultivator with the surname Zhao’s attitude was obviously much kinder than yesterday.
Han Li was slightly stunned, but after hastily addressing a “Senior Zhao”, he let the other party into the house, accompanying them to sit down together as host and guest.
”With this half a day’s work, you must also know a thing or two about Tian Yuan City. I’ll make it short. You’re an ascended cultivator, and you lasted so long under that two-colored thunderbolt, so I think your aptitude isn’t weak. So I’ve already applied for your identity as a Green Destiny Guard. This is the identity token, you take good, then directly go to take over the C56 team can be. The four people you met yesterday at the Teleportation Hall belong to this squad.” As soon as Zhao Wugui sat down, he flipped his palm and appeared to hand over a piece of green blanket scratching obeisance.
”I’m new here and don’t know too much about everything, isn’t it a bit abrupt to serve as a Qingdian Guard now!” Han Li did not immediately reach out to receive the jade pendant, and said with a hint of hesitation on his face.
”Hehehe, Dao Friend Han needn’t be too modest, every ascending cultivator, once in this city will serve as a Green Underworld Guard, and most of them are extremely competent. As for the things of this city, as long as you live in this city for a year and a half, there’s no way you wouldn’t be familiar with it.” Zhao Wugui said with a smile.
”Since senior has said so, then junior will no longer excuse himself.” Han Li’s gaze flickered twice before he finally accepted the jade pendant and casually glanced at it.
Only one side of the jade pendant was inscribed with some silver tadpole text, while the other side was engraved with a few light golden characters such as “C56”.
Seeing Han Li accept the jade pendant, Zhao Wugui nodded with satisfaction and then began to explain some of the general knowledge of Tian Yuan City to Han Li. Some of them had been mentioned by the old man surnamed Liu yesterday, while others were the first time Han Li had ever heard of them, so naturally, he was extremely attentive.
”Alright, I’ve said everything I need to say. This is only a temporary gathering place for ascended cultivators, it’s not appropriate to stay for long. Every YuanYing or above cultivator has their own specialized cave residence in TianYuan City. However, it’s up to you to fight for the goodness of the cave as well as its size. For the specifics, just go to the Jade Que Pavilion and ask. Here is a map of this city, you can take a closer look at it. Because you’re new to this city, you don’t need to arrive immediately for the first month, but after a month you’ll have to take up your position and receive your own Green Destiny Armor.” Zhao Wugui took out another white jade slip from his storage bracelet and handed it to Han Li before rising to take his leave.
Han Li naturally respectfully thanked him again and sent this person away from the house.