Star Brilliance City, City Lord's Mansion.
Rear garden.
Lakeside pavilion.
City Lord Guan Hong sat in the pavilion, holding a golden fishing rod as he fished by the lake.
Jiang Ping An walked to the entrance of the pavilion and bowed to the person inside. "City Lord."
Guan Hong did not turn around. "Little brother, you performed very well in the Hundred Cities Body Cultivator War. As previously agreed, this City Lord will reward you with ten billion."
"Thank you, City Lord." Jiang Ping An accepted the reward without hesitation.
To a cultivator of the City Lord's level, ten billion Holy Land Coins were no different from one hundred Holy Land Coins in Jiang Ping An's eyes.
If he refused, it would only make him seem pretentious.
Besides, he truly needed these resources.
Guan Hong fell silent for a moment before speaking again. "Little brother, have you heard of the Spirit-Severing Cold Sea?"
Jiang Ping An replied, "This disciple has only recently arrived at the Holy Land and knows little of the world. I have never heard of this place."
Guan Hong spoke softly. "The Spirit-Severing Cold Sea is one of the five seas of galaxies within our Dao Emperor Divine Domain. It is also the coldest of the five oceans, controlled by our Divine Ruins Holy Land."
"The Spirit-Severing Cold Sea is very special. Once outside living beings enter it, their divine power is siphoned away by the cold sea, and the might of any divine arts they unleash is greatly weakened."
"However, physical strength and the power of blood qi are unaffected by the Spirit-Severing Cold Sea."
Hearing this, Jiang Ping An vaguely guessed why Guan Hong had summoned him here.
Sure enough, Guan Hong's next words confirmed Jiang Ping An's guess.
"Your physique is quite impressive. There