"I still need to make money." Chen Lin adjusted his hood.
He had only fifty low-grade immortal crystals left, not even enough to buy a defective low-grade Immortal Artifact. Browsing any longer would just be asking for misery. Besides, now that he knew the brutal truth about the Myriad Worlds Battlefield, he had to return as soon as possible, digest the information, and adjust his plans.
Sooner or later, they would be sent to the front lines to face mirror-image enemies identical to themselves.
Strength was the only thing that gave anyone a say.
Chen Lin retraced his steps to the Bronze Giant Gate at the marketplace entrance, towering a hundred thousand feet high.
The silver-armored guards on either side still stood as straight as javelins.
Chen Lin took out his dark-gold Divine Weapon Token. The guard captain's gaze sharpened, and he immediately bowed and led the way.
"Senior, this is your exclusive Teleportation Array." The captain escorted Chen Lin to a jade platform engraved with intricate spatial runes, his manner utterly deferential.
Chen Lin stepped onto the platform.
Hum-
Purple-gold light flared, accompanied by an intense sensation of weightlessness as space shifted.
The next second.
The light faded, and Chen Lin's feet touched the ground.
The air around him no longer held the marketplace's immortal spiritual energy, so pure it had practically become tangible. Instead, it was the mining district's spiritual energy, tinged with volatility and the raw smell of earth.
Beyond the door lay Courtyard 108, Ding Block, in Mine 9527.
The courtyard was silent. The light of the restrictions around the side rooms flowed steadily. Song Qiuya and the others were still cultivating in seclusion within Cangyuan Hall's accelerated time.
Chen Lin removed the Illusory Star Robe and sat beside the Stone Table in the center of