"Is this the Capital City?"
Chen Qiu stood where he was, wearing a mask that blocked divine-sense probing. He glanced at the long queue entering the city not far away, then looked through the wide-open gates at the flourishing scene within the Capital City.
"The Capital City's gates remain open day and night."
Scholar explained from beside him, "As the Great Xia Capital, it naturally has its own pride. Even at night, its gates are never shut. It has no fear of enemy attacks—indeed, no enemy could possibly attack."
"Unless a Nascent Soul attacked. But if a Nascent Soul did come, whether the gates were closed would make little difference."
"In the Capital City, even night is a scene of singing and dancing in peaceful prosperity. There usually aren't this many people, though. Since the Prodigy Rankings Competition begins tomorrow, quite a crowd has gathered in the Capital City tonight."
"After all, this is a grand occasion rarely seen."
"Mm."
Chen Qiu nodded and did not spread out his divine sense, lest he alert certain Golden Cores within the Capital City. The reason he wore a mask that blocked divine-sense detection was because he wanted to keep a low profile for now.
He then turned his inner gaze toward his world and looked at the Mountain-Cleaving City shopkeeper sleeping in the disciples' dormitory.
Before coming to the Capital City,
he had taken a detour to Mountain-Cleaving City in Northern Province and temporarily placed the shopkeeper, who was exceptionally skilled at breaking storage-ring restrictions, inside his Minor World. Once he entered the Prodigy Secret Realm, he would surely have to seize some heavenly treasures to contribute toward his Heavenly Dao Spirit Treasure.
He had long since made up his mind.
He would rob every Sky Prodigy in this Heavenly Dao Secret