RNP Chapter 4 Settlement in Tianxing City
Chapter 4 Settlement in Tianxing City
Meanwhile, deep within Holy Demon Island.
The Six Paths Supreme Saint was sitting cross-legged in the center of the blood pool, cultivating. His body was surrounded by a surging tide of demonic energy, with strands of black and red threads wrapped around him. Suddenly, his eyes snapped open, his pupils contracted sharply, and an incredulous rage appeared on his face.
"What?!"
The mark within his body that was connected to Wen Tianren's soul had completely disappeared without any warning!
"Impossible! Even someone surnamed Ling couldn't remove my soul imprint. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn't let my soul imprint be destroyed before I even had time to react." The Six Paths Saint suddenly stood up, his voice hoarse as if tearing silk.
It's no wonder Liu Dao was astonished. There was a trace of his soul fragment in that divine soul imprint. If an ordinary person wanted to break it, they could sense it as soon as they came into contact with him.
After the initial shock, Liu Dao Ji Sheng's cold face turned ashen, his eyes swirling with bloodlust, but the corners of his mouth curled up in a strange way, as if he were laughing. At this moment, he was furious to the extreme.
"Good disciple! Truly my good disciple! I haven't raised you in vain. It seems you have secrets I don't know about. Very good, very good. Did you think you could run away like this?"
How could the Six Paths Supreme Saint easily let go of this avatar he had nurtured for decades? With a wave of his sleeve, a token shrouded in blood-red light floated out, engraved with two ancient seal characters: Reverse Star. The Six Paths Supreme Saint continuously formed hand seals on the token, and then the token flew away from the cave.
The crimson token transformed into a streak of light, tearing through the void and shooting straight out.
Within half a day, explosive news spread like wildfire throughout the Chaotic Star Sea: Wen Tianren, a disciple of the Six Paths Supreme Saint, took advantage of the island's seclusion to steal many rare treasures and secret techniques, including several powerful magic weapons that had been circulating in the Chaotic Star Sea for a long time.
Enraged, the Six Paths Supreme Saint issued a warrant for Wen Tianren's arrest. Anyone who could bring Wen Tianren before him, dead or alive, would have all the stolen treasures belong to the person who brought him before him. Furthermore, the Six Paths Supreme Saint would reward the person with pills that would help them break through the Nascent Soul bottleneck.
This news ignited the Chaotic Star Sea, after all, who would be so bold as to steal the possessions of the number one demonic cultivator in the Chaotic Star Sea?
Subsequently, a wave of searching for Wen Tianren, the successor of the Six Paths, swept through the Chaotic Star Sea. Everyone wanted to obtain the rare treasures and secret techniques on his person, as well as the pills in the hands of the Six Paths.
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A flash of white light appeared, and Wen Tianren and the others, who had been teleported from Black Nether Island, appeared in a spacious but deserted hall. Apart from a few expressionless Star Palace cultivators, there was no one else in the room.
Apart from one who was in the early stage of Core Formation, the rest of them appeared to be in the Foundation Establishment stage. After seeing Wen Tianren and the others who had been teleported over, they glanced at them casually, then closed their eyes and sat cross-legged to cultivate.
At this moment, a maidservant stepped forward and led Wen Tianren and the others, who had been teleported there, out of the hall.
This is naturally not the Starry Sky Palace in Tianxing City. The Starry Sky Palace's teleportation array can lead to the outer sea, but the outer sea's teleportation array cannot directly lead to the Starry Sky Palace in Tianxing City.
These are some of the islands closest to Tianxing City, only a hundred miles away. Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators can reach Tianxing City in no time.
Wen Tianren led Qingyu out of the hall and flew towards Tianxing City.
Even though they were hundreds of miles apart, the massive silhouette of Tianxing City, like a pillar supporting the sky, already gave Wen Tianren and Qingyu an incredibly powerful and awe-inspiring aura.
Flying closer, we finally saw the entirety of Tianxing City. It was a super city that occupied an entire island. At the very center of the city, there was a towering mountain that seemed to coil like a dragon. Along the surface of this mountain, numerous buildings were constructed in concentric circles.
"This is... Tianxing City?" Qingyu murmured, her eyes filled with shock.
"What a magnificent Tianxing City! It's probably the largest city in the human realm." Wen Tianren couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
Qingyu, standing beside her, nodded in agreement. In her opinion, Holy Demon Island was already enormous, but Tianxing City in front of her was at least five or six times the size of Holy Demon Island, and the island was densely packed with buildings, which was truly breathtaking.
Thirty or forty miles away, streaks of light could be seen flying through the air from time to time, and huge ships on the sea were like behemoths, riding the wind and waves, either entering the port or going out to trade.
The vast docks stretched as far as the eye could see, with countless tall merchant ships coming and going without stopping.
The densely packed cultivators in Tianxing City were like tiny ants.
After quite some time, the group finally arrived at the edge of Tianxing City.
Before us stands a towering stone wall, tens of feet high, rising abruptly from the coastline. The wall is covered with array patterns, clearly indicating that this place is protected by a powerful array.
Beneath the seemingly endless high walls, there were more than a dozen gates of various sizes and styles, which were clearly the city walls and gates of Tianxing City.
Wen Tianren randomly chose a city gate used by cultivators, flew over, and landed.
Upon landing on the ground and arriving at the towering city gate, which stood seven or eight zhang tall, a white-robed Foundation Establishment cultivator immediately approached Wen Tianren and his companion, respectfully saying:
"Welcome to Tianxing City, senior. According to the city's regulations, all seniors who have reached the Core Formation stage can reside here for free indefinitely. Please keep this identity ring safe!"
As he spoke, the white-robed cultivator took out a red ring and handed it over.
Wen Tianren changed his appearance using a secret technique, but he did not hide his cultivation level. After the white-robed cultivator sensed his Core Formation cultivation, he immediately handed over a permanent identity ring.
Wen Tianren took the ring, then pointed to Qingyu beside him and said, "Please provide another one for long-term residence; my Daoist partner will also be staying in the city permanently!"
Upon hearing this, Qingyu lowered her head slightly, her pretty face beneath the black veil flushed red. She thought to herself, "What is the young master talking about? What kind of Daoist partner? How could I be worthy of the young master?"
"Senior, cultivators below the Core Formation stage who wish to reside permanently in Tianxing City must pay eight hundred spirit stones!"
Wen Tianren nodded and handed over eight mid-grade spirit stones.
The white-robed cultivator accepted the spirit stone, then took out a red ring, saying, "Simply drip your essence blood onto it, and it will recognize you as its master!"
Wen Tianren handed the ring to Qingyu beside him. After the two of them sealed the ring with blood, they entered Tianxing City.
There are no no-fly zones in this giant city; you can fly freely as long as you don't cause trouble.
The Holy Mountain is the giant mountain located in the center of Tianxing City.
From bottom to top, surrounding the sacred mountain, rows of buildings are situated one after another, and each spiral is divided into a floor, for a total of eighty-one floors.
The first fifty floors are open to outsiders, the last thirty floors are the area where the Star Palace's own people live, and the highest floor is the location of the Holy Palace, the residence of the Twin Saints of the Heavenly Stars.
The closer a location is to the top floor, the more abundant the spiritual energy, the greater the benefit to cultivation, and the higher the price.
Wen Tianren flew straight toward the sacred mountain and stopped in front of a rather grand pavilion.
There were many cultivators coming and going, making it seem quite lively.
Upon entering the building, one sees five or six stone tables set up, with a white-robed cultivator dressed in the Star Palace uniform behind each table.
A dozen or so cultivators stood in front of the stone table, talking with these white-robed cultivators.
When a stone table became available, Wen Tianren went up to it. The white-robed cultivator opposite him immediately became respectful upon seeing him.
"Senior, are you planning to rent a cave dwelling on the sacred mountain? How many floors would you like?"
"What other cave dwellings are there above the thirtieth floor?" Wen Tianren asked.
Upon hearing this, the white-robed cultivator perked up and quickly took out a jade slip to examine it.
Most of these cave dwellings with more than thirty floors are rented by Core Formation stage cultivators, and the prices are high. He can earn a lot of commission from a single transaction.
A moment later, he said eagerly, "There is one empty cave dwelling on the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth floors, one on the fortieth floor, and two on the forty-seventh floor!"
As the white-robed cultivator spoke, he handed over a jade slip containing information about the cave dwellings and their prices.
Wen Tianren saw that all thirty-nine floors had been rented out, and knew that Han Li was currently in seclusion in his cave on the Holy Mountain.
Wen Tianren glanced around but didn't choose the cave on the forty-seventh floor. Instead, he said to the white-robed cultivator, "Let's choose the cave on the fortieth floor!"
With Wen Tianren's wealth, renting a cave dwelling wouldn't be a big deal for him, but as a mere early-stage Core Formation cultivator, he should keep a low profile for now.
"Alright, that's three thousand spirit stones in total!" the white-robed cultivator said respectfully, a sense of joy welling up inside him.
Wen Tianren took out thirty mid-grade spirit stones from his storage bag and handed them to the other party.
"This is the restriction token for this cave. With this token, you can freely enter and exit this cave. However, after a hundred years, this token will be taken back. I hope you will keep it safe, senior." After accepting the spirit stones, the cultivator smiled and took out a yellow token, handing it to Wen Tianren.
"Alright, do you have basic information about the major forces in Tianxing City? Make a copy for me, and I'll give you ten spirit stones." Wen Tianren knew nothing about Tianxing City and wanted to learn something from the white-robed cultivator in the Star Palace.
"Yes, yes, yes!" The steward hurriedly took out a jade slip. "Don't worry, senior, this is the latest version, absolutely the most complete map of power distribution in the city! It clearly marks the entrances to the underground markets throughout the city, including the righteous path, the demonic path, and the four major merchant alliances!"
Wen Tianren also handed over ten spirit stones to buy the jade slip.