He did not immediately spread his divine sense to conduct a wide-area search.
Though efficient, that would expose his location at once, like a beacon in the night.
The Jietian War had only just begun, and every realm was certain to be on high alert.
"I'll first find out what this realm is really like!"
Muttering to himself, Jiang Fan instantly became a streak of light, descended silently from high in the sky, and drifted toward a human city below.
The city was sizable, with towering walls and streets crisscrossing its interior.
To Jiang Fan's surprise, however, the environment inside the city was much better than it was high in the sky.
A faint red, transparent barrier seemed to cover the city, keeping most of the blood-fiend aura outside.
"Some still seeps through, but it's clear that the Blood Moon Realm's leaders haven't simply left mortals to suffer its corruption!"
Jiang Fan suppressed his aura, assumed the appearance of an ordinary cultivator from the Blood Moon Realm, and strolled into the city.
He looked around.
Shops lined both sides of the streets.
People came and went, and hawkers' cries mingled with an endless stream of conversation.
It seemed no different from a mortal city in the Mystic Heaven Realm.
On closer inspection, however, most of the residents had dark red complexions and traces of blood in the whites of their eyes.
They often began arguing over the most trivial matters, and a few disagreeable words could nearly bring them to blows.
"Long-term exposure to blood-fiend aura inevitably affects their emotions!"
Jiang Fan shook his head, glanced at a three-story restaurant beside the street, and walked inside.
The ground-floor dining hall was bustling, with seventy or eighty percent of its dozen or so tables occupied.
As soon as Jiang Fan