On the road, Mo Chen traveled on a willow-leaf-shaped flying magic artifact that the sect provided to every low-level cultivator.
Qidiao Wenzhuan had said the journey would take at least four days, and that estimate proved exact. It was not until the afternoon of the fourth day that Mo Chen saw the outline of Gaoyou City.
Mo Chen did not want to draw too much attention and end up entering the city with mortals kneeling on either side, shouting, "Immortal master! Immortal master!"
Thus, some distance beforehand, Mo Chen put the One-Leaf Boat back into his storage ring and switched to the Wind-Riding Technique, skimming close to the ground. He did not wear the robes specially made by Emerging Cloud Peak, either.
Dressed in ordinary clothes, Mo Chen entered the city with the crowd and wandered aimlessly along Black Tortoise Street.
The street was paved with bluestone, with stalls lining both sides. Dusk was approaching, and the vendors were packing up.
The sect specifically named Gaoyou City as a place with an epidemic and missing people. There ought to be some clues, but why does everything look perfectly fine?
Where was the panic described in the transmitted message?
At that thought, Mo Chen extended his Divine Sense.
There was actually a cultivator here!
Under ordinary circumstances, that would have been nothing remarkable. But this was a city specifically named as the site of disappearances and an epidemic, so Mo Chen had to take it seriously.
"What a rare sight. To think I'd encounter a cultivator with such a high cultivation level in a large city full of mortals."
Mo Chen gently reached out with his Divine Sense to gauge the depth of that aura.
The peak of Qi Refining.
After another period of quiet cultivation, that person could attempt Foundation