After paying 10,000 Spirit Stone, the shop assistant led Chen Changming to a residential area.
Chen Changming glanced at it and immediately felt a sense of familiarity.
The layout here is similar to that of Martial Spirit City, with rows of small houses arranged neatly and crisscrossing each other, numbering in the thousands.
The streets were bustling with people, mostly Qi Refining cultivators, with Foundation Establishment cultivators being quite rare.
After receiving the room number, Chen Changming walked to the door of room number "934".
"Another sucker..."
A burst of laughter came from the side.
Chen Changming glanced over and saw a Foundation Establishment Level 1 cultivator standing at the door of the next room. He was burly with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looked somewhat fierce.
"Fellow Daoist, how many Spirit Stone did you spend?"
Chen Changming knew the other person was making fun of him, but he wasn't annoyed. He just smiled and asked.
"1,500 Spirit Stone per year."
The burly man grinned and retorted, "Don't you have more than me?"
"Yes, I'll take two thousand Spirit Stone."
Chen Changming couldn't help but complain, "This Cangnan Pavilion is really too greedy. Two private rooms next to each other can increase the price by 500 Spirit Stone."
"You're really getting ripped off! Look at those Qi Refining cultivators ahead of you. Some of them came early and only spent a hundred Spirit Stone a year! Damn it, Cangnan Pavilion is a real swindler!"
The burly man cursed indignantly.
One hundred Spirit Stone a year?
This is even cheaper Martial Spirit City.
Chen Changming felt a pang of resentment and silently cursed the ancestors of the Cangnan Pavilion for eight generations.
"Fellow Daoist, I don't have many Spirit Stone left. I can only stay for two more years."
The burly man looked at Chen Changming and said with a hint of pity.
Chen Changming's heart tightened, and he took a step back, saying, "Fellow Daoist, I am also poor; please don't try to take advantage of me."
"Ha, that's not what I meant. What I meant was that after I run out of Spirit Stone, I'll be joining the Black Tortoise Division of the Demon-Slaying Alliance. Back then, I'll be fighting Demon Beast every day, and I don't know when I'll die. So, I'm saying goodbye to you in advance..."
The burly man burst into laughter.
Chen Changming was silent for a moment, then said, "Fellow Daoist, have you ever thought about leaving the Chu Kingdom?"
The burly man gave a bitter smile, "Now, anyone who tries to leave will die."
Why?
Chen Changming frowned, then explained, "I have been cultivating in seclusion in the mountains and have just entered Cangnan City to seek refuge."
"A Grand Cultivator at the Golden Core Realm from the Great Qin has descended upon the Chu Kingdom, ordering the entire Chu Kingdom to be on high alert. No cultivator is to flinch or leave the Chu Kingdom, or they will be killed on the spot!"
The burly man said in a deep voice.
" Great Qin?"
Chen Changming had never heard of this before and couldn't help but cast an inquiring glance at the burly man.
"Fellow Daoist, you are too engrossed in cultivation. You don't even know about the Great Qin. To the south of the Yan Kingdom is the Great Qin. This country is incredibly powerful, producing many Golden Core experts and ruling over more than a dozen small countries like Chu Kingdom Yue Kingdom."
The burly man explained patiently.
"I see..."
A look of realization dawned on Chen Changming's face; he finally knew the location of the Glazed Sect.
The Glazed Sect undoubtedly originated from the Great Qin.
The Great Qin Dynasty ruled over all the states, so the people of the Great Qin were naturally superior to the people of the other states. In addition, the Glazed Sect had Golden Core cultivators, which made their status even more noble. Therefore, they were given the title of "Immortal" in Martial Spirit City.
Farewell, fellow Daoist!
The burly man waved his hand with a tragic expression and entered the room.
Chen Changming felt a pang of sadness; the burly man's premature farewell left him with a sense of shared sorrow.
After a moment of silence, Chen Changming turned and went into his room, then locked the door from the inside.
"There's even a formation? Looks like those two thousand Spirit Stone were well spent..."
Upon entering the room, Chen Changming immediately discovered that his Divine Sense Divine Sense was blocked. This put him at ease, as it seemed that Cangnan Pavilion had anticipated the presence of Foundation Establishment cultivators and had therefore set up a small array to isolate Divine Sense.
The purpose is to ensure the privacy of each guest.
With such densely packed living quarters, if every Foundation Establishment cultivator were to scan the area with their Divine Sense, no one would feel safe and would therefore choose not to move in.
The room was very simple, containing only a wooden bed, a table, and a stool.
Chen Changming sat on the stool, lost in thought.
This battle between the cultivation Immortal Realm of the Chu Kingdom and the Demonic Qi Well will likely last for decades, or even longer, so he will be unable to leave Chu Kingdom before the Demonic Qi Well is destroyed.
If he runs out of Spirit Stone, he will have no choice but to join the Demon-Slaying Alliance.
Joining the Demon-Slaying Alliance didn't faze Chen Changming.
At that time, his Body Cultivator was at least at the seventh or eighth level of the Foundation Establishment. With the ability to protect himself, it wouldn't be so easy for either cultivators or Demon Beast to take his life.
With a flick of his hand, Chen Changming conjured two Storage Ring on the table. They belonged to Ouyang Qian and Lv Ziqing, but he hadn't opened them to count the spoils of war due to his busy cultivation.
After erasing the mental imprint using Lesser Soul-Erasing Art, Chen Changming emptied the contents of both Storage Ring.
A small blue flag, an antique seal, ten Golden Light Talisman, and a small booklet.
Inside the Storage Ring, there were still more than three thousand Spirit Stone. Chen Changming took them out, placed them on the ground, and then put them into his own Storage Ring.
Scanning the area with his Divine Sense, Chen Changming identified the small cyan flag as a high-grade Law Artifact.
" The Ouyang Family are not sword cultivators, so they rely on using magical treasures in battle..."
Chen Changming's eyes flickered as he recalled the various records of the Golden Glow Art and muttered to himself.
He had seen both the cyan flag and the Talisman Treasure before. Back then, Ouyang Qian had spat a mouthful of poisonous blood onto the small seal, which had caused some damage to it and weakened its power considerably.
Chen Changming picked up the booklet, which read " Sword Tempering Art ".
"The method of tempering Life-Bound Flying Sword?"
Chen Changming's eyes lit up, and he immediately opened it.
Lingxiao Sect is a sword-cultivation sect. During the Qi Refining stage, the Divine Sense is weak, and the disciples of the sect can only use the Lingxiao Sword Technique with one hand, which is similar to the methods of killing enemies in secular martial arts.
After the Foundation Establishment Realm, one must refine their Life-Bound Flying Sword. When facing enemies, in addition to the sword in hand, one can also control a Flying Sword to kill people in mid-air.
The Sword Spirit and can take a person's head from within a kilometer.
Therefore, sword cultivators in the cultivation Immortal Realm, after reaching the Foundation Establishment, primarily employ ranged attacks in their combat style, with melee attacks as a secondary method.
After all, ranged Flying Sword attacks are fast and ruthless, which is why they are so popular among sword cultivators.
Chen Changming waved his hand, and a Flying Sword appeared.
This was Lv Ziqing's Life-Bound Flying Sword, which he had stored in his Storage Ring at the time.
Scanning the area with his Divine Sense, Chen Changming discovered that this sword was different from the eighteen swords of the Mei Brothers Trio. The spiritual imprint on Lv Ziqing's Life-Bound Flying Sword was extremely thick, clearly the result of long-term tempering with Divine Sense.
" The Mei Brothers Trio are not sword cultivators; they are merely skilled at setting up sword formations..."
After comparing the two, Chen Changming came to this conclusion.
Chen Changming took out the Purple Lightning Sword and scanned the area with his Divine Sense.
This sword was a gift from a mysterious Cloth-Clad Elder, whose rank he never knew.
"This is a top-tier magical Law Artifact."
After discovering four runes within the Purple Lightning Sword, Chen Changming, who should have been overjoyed, instead displayed a complex mix of emotions.