Liu Family Village, Winged God Sect!

You recuperated in Liu Family Village for a year.

[Your injuries had already mostly healed, but with "Wolverine" on your back, your body was completely restored, and you even felt lighter and stronger.]

[You try to control your bones like Wolverine, for example, by extending your metacarpals and using them like claws.]

[Given your current physical strength, your bones are strong enough to be used as weapons.]

But there's a small problem.

"Ouch! It hurts! It hurts!!"

The pain of bone being detached or skin being torn is truly unbearable.

[This trick is probably only useful when adrenaline takes over the body.]

[Of course, there's another way.]

"The Super Beast Pain Perception"

[Thinking about it, I decided against it. If I were in that situation, I wouldn't put a White Term on a precious equipment slot either.]

After you recovered, you didn't rush to leave Liu Family Village.

[Instead, I helped Old Liu's family with farm work for a while.]

[By observing the daily lives of these villagers, we can also get a glimpse into the Real Realm.]

[These farmers lived lives largely similar to those in the Void Realm.]

[The difference is that they were extremely poor.]

Not having enough to eat is a common occurrence.

[They don't even have clothes to wear.]

[Many families actually share the same pair of pants, giving one to whoever goes out.]

[Most men don't wear shirts, while women make their own clothes by sewing and patching simple pieces of cloth.]

[The village has another unique feature.]

[There is a lack of able-bodied men.]

[There weren't a single young or middle-aged man, and even teenagers were rare; there was a complete gap in the middle, followed by elderly people in their fifties and sixties.]

"Grandpa Liu, where have all the able-bodied men in the village gone?"

["The Church assigned them jobs, just like I did when I was young. They had to work until they couldn't keep up physically anymore before they could come back to farming."]

The villagers' poverty stems from this Winged God Sect.

People were conscripted, grain was forcibly seized, and women were constantly subjected to abuse.

The villagers only had a superficial understanding of Cultivator, and you couldn't get any information from them about the true strength of the Winged God Sect.

[As for the Old Demon Hag who stole the Myriad Souls Banner and a Human World Immortal Artifact, no one knows anything about her now.]

["Old Wan, Lao Hu, and the key ministers of the Spirit Artifact Kingdom! You wait, the boss will find you..."]

[Besides retrieving the Myriad Souls Banner and the others, there is another very important matter at hand.]

Why is there no Immortal Qi in this place?

Where can one find Immortal Qi?

[We can't just stop cultivating forever.]

[You decide to leave Liu Family Village to find the answers to these questions.]

On the very day you were about to leave, a fully armed army stormed into Liu Family Village.

They were clad in silver, barrel-like armor that covered them completely.

[He was riding a tall, magnificent horse.]

[He held a knight's lance that was three or four meters long.]

[Liu Tian tells you that these people belong to the Sect Protection Knight Order of the Winged God Sect, and each of them is extremely powerful; ordinary people would never be able to match them.]

[The Sect Protection Knight Order are not Human Race; they are a scaly race with fish-like scales on their bodies, and possessing both lungs and Scale Race.]

[Behind the Sect Protection Knight Order, four white horses pulled a metal carriage.]

[The carriage was ornately decorated, and an "angel" sat upon it.]

[--It has a human-like appearance, but a pair of white wings on its back.]

[Liu Tian tells you, this is White-Robed Priest of the Winged God Sect, a high and mighty being whom ordinary people should absolutely not provoke.]

[Looking at the White-Robed Priest, you might think, "Isn't this Winged Race?"]

[Seen in the fifth simulation.]

[You speculate that the myriad races of the Void Realm, each Plane its Void Realm race in a separate plane, would mingle together in the Real Realm.]

Seeing the Winged Race, you can't help but think of their racial talents.

"Speaking of which, I still need to get my talent points from them..."

[The White-Robed Priest stands on the chariot, arms outstretched.]

"Sinners! The time for atonement has come!"

The villagers knelt along both sides of the road, their heads bowed low to the ground, not daring to look up.

You did not act rashly.

[You can't use your Divine Sense to investigate now, so you can't determine the opponent's strength, let alone the true extent of the Winged God Sect's power.]

[But you don't want to kneel Alien Race.]

[So you took out the strips of cloth you had been wrapping around yourself before, wrapped yourself up like a mummy, and pretended to be a seriously injured person lying on the ground.]

[At the same time, he used the "Disguise as a Pig to Eat the Tiger" technique to suppress his cultivation aura to the lowest level that the effect of the skill could achieve.]

The Winged God Sect came to Liu Family Village to do three things.

[First, release them.]

[Like Liu Tian, those who are older and no longer physically capable are sent back to their hometowns from their jobs to farm.]

[The second task: collecting grain.]

The Sect Protection Knight Order searched house to house.

[If they can't find food, they take the furniture; they'd even scrape off sections of plaster from the walls.]

[Third item: Recruiting people.]

[All eligible individuals, regardless of gender, must accompany them to the cult headquarters. Work will be assigned based on cultivation aptitude, and there is a possibility of gaining entry into the Winged God Sect.]

[The White-Robed Priest read aloud the three points above, in a sacred, almost singing tone.]

The villagers of Liu Family Village lay numbly on the ground, numbly listening, numbly watching their assets being confiscated, numbly watching their children being taken away.

[Including Liu Ying.]

["Father, I don't want to go... I've heard some people die there."]

[Liu Tian sighed.]

"Yingzi, if you don't go, you'll die right now."

You sat up from the floor.

"Grandpa Liu, Yingzi and I will go together."

[You want to take this opportunity to contact the Winged God Sect, see if you can find out about the Fortune Star from them, and also find a chance to observe the Winged People's talent cultivation.]

[Liu Tian was speechless. Of course, he hoped someone could take care of his daughter, but his kind nature prevented him from risking his life for them.]

However, Liu Tian will soon no longer have to worry about it.

[The White-Robed Priest has noticed you.]

"There's even a young, strong man here. Those guys from last year weren't careful enough."

[This guy speaks slowly and deliberately, his eyes are half-open, and although he's clearly a man, he exudes a very sinister Yin Qi.]

[After glancing at you, he added.]

"You have cultivation? You're not from Liu Family Village, are you?"

[Thumbs up for your caution.]

[The other party could tell you had cultivation, and likely Divine Sense; their realm was definitely higher than yours. It was the right decision not to directly touch them.]

"The High Priest is right, I am not from Liu Family Village."

"Which region are you from?"

"I don't remember."

"Don't you remember?"

"I was injured and fell into the river. It was Grandpa Liu and his daughter who pulled me out. I don't remember anything before I was injured."

[Seeing the blood-soaked bandages wrapped around your body, and after confirming with Liu Tian and his daughter, the White-Robed Priest didn't ask any further questions.]

[Your current cultivation level is only at the Body Refining Realm. In his eyes, you're no different from an ordinary person and not worth paying much attention to.]

"Let's go together. The Church will not abandon any sinner. You will get a suitable job."