Chapter 199

A figure suddenly appeared in the courtyard, as though he had materialized out of thin air.

He was a middle-aged man. He walked over and handed Ji Zheng a map.

The Town Chief's voice was low, each word striking their eardrums like a chisel hammering the same spot again and again.

"There's a Spirit Pool near our town. I'll have someone take you there. You can cultivate in it for two months, but the moment those two months are up, you must come out."

For a moment, none of them quite knew how to react.

What?

He was even finding them a place to cultivate?

Li Zi was more baffled than anyone. "Senior Town Chief, why are you suddenly sending us off to cultivate? We... we were only passing through by chance."

She couldn't help suspecting their intentions.

First they had found them a place to stay, and now they had given them the location of a Spirit Pool.

Wasn't this just a way to make them stay?

What exactly did they want?

The Town Chief finally opened his eyes. Despite their piercing brilliance, his gaze was surprisingly peaceful, and a smile tugged at his lips.

He had taken in what Li Zi and the system had said.

This place was a Trial.

It had taken him a lifetime to understand that.

He had once been an ordinary woodcutter. His wife had been taken from him, and his son had been thrown to his death. With nowhere else to turn, he had heard that an Immortal had left treasure here, so he had come.

But as the years passed, more and more treasure hunters gathered here. Some stayed, while others left, and that was how the town came to be.

At first, they barely knew how to cultivate. But the