Chen Lin was greatly surprised by Lu Kongyuan's answer.
He immediately pressed, "Moon-Gazing City? Where is it?"
First Pillar Heaven was the center of This Realm not merely because Great Vehicle Practitioners lived there, but because its Divine Pillar was the largest and served as the Array Core of the Divine Pillar Array.
For Moon-Gazing City to replace First Pillar Heaven as the center, there had to be something special about it.
Yet the answer Chen Lin received next caught him off guard.
"My lord, Moon-Gazing City used to be Leaving Fire City. Its name was changed sixty years ago."
"Leaving Fire City?"
Chen Lin's eyes flickered, but he did not ask any further questions.
He swept his gaze over his surroundings. Seeing that the cultivators struck down by the Heavenly Soul Bell had all returned to the ship and were watching him, he flashed over to a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
The Nascent Soul Cultivator was extremely nervous. Though his divine soul was still somewhat unstable, he forced himself to offer a greeting.
"This junior, Qian Zhengfang, pays his respects to you, my lord!"
Chen Lin glanced at him, and his voice took on a strange quality. "Tell me everything you know about Moon-Gazing City. Conceal nothing."
The Nascent Soul Cultivator's eyes immediately turned vacant, and he began recounting the details mechanically.
Only after he finished did clarity return to his eyes. He was horrified, but dared not say anything.
Chen Lin paid him no further attention. He repeated the same method on several other cultivators with lower cultivation before returning to the bow, his face full of astonishment.
After a moment's thought, he swept his sleeve and put away the two sea beasts, then vanished.
Only after a long wait, once they were certain he had truly left, did