The town was not large, but its layout was exceedingly compact.
Wood-and-stone houses stood in neat rows, one after another, stretching all the way to the foot of the small hill behind the town.
The residents of the town were mostly cultivators at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment realms.
For the price of a few Spirit Stones, one could rent a house large enough to settle down in.
Divine Mechanism City was not far away either, and anyone seeking a livelihood could travel between the two places with ease.
At this moment, Chu Mu stood amid the clouds, looking down upon the small town.
In the town's northwestern corner stood a secluded courtyard with its own gate and walls. That was where he lived.
His Divine Sense swept over the town like a spring breeze. In an instant, the entire town entered Chu Mu's perception, down to the smallest detail. At that moment, Chu Mu seemed to notice something. His expression shifted slightly, and in the next instant, he ignored the courtyard's formation restrictions and appeared directly within it.
"This is..."
Chu Mu was somewhat startled and doubtful.
With a sweep of his sleeve, traces of rules collided. The courtyard that had originally existed in the Real World visibly began to collapse like a bubble.
Yet within his perception, whether in this small town or in this stretch of heaven and earth, everything besides this courtyard remained entirely normal.
Only this courtyard in the town's northwestern corner, after his interference, had clearly entered a peculiar space where reality and illusion were impossible to distinguish.
He drew a deep breath and slowly withdrew the mighty power of the rules he had invoked.
Once the force of his interference vanished completely, the courtyard's original anomaly disappeared with it.
The courtyard was