Although Ten Thousand Layer Mountain City fell under the Immortal Alliance's rule, its geography and institutions divided it into an inner and an outer city. The inner city was stern and orderly, serving as the garrison for the Immortal Alliance's army stationed in the abyss.
Walking along the street, Chen Beiwu saw groups of solemn Immortal Alliance cultivators patrolling, their armor clanking and their eyes scrutinizing their surroundings. Behind them, Companion Beasts of various species stirred restlessly, making no attempt to conceal their auras.
"Na?"
Xuele instinctively sensed something amiss.
Xuele had seen Immortal Alliance cultivators patrolling and standing guard at the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, but never with this indescribably discomfiting feeling.
"It's a difference in temperament. After spending too long in Earth Abyss Xidong, their emotions fluctuate more easily," Chen Beiwu explained.
Even with the protection of the Two Forms Heavenly Splendor Heaven-Transforming Grand Array, Ten Thousand Layer Mountain City could not shut out the savage aura permeating Earth Abyss Xidong.
Under its influence, not only would the Companion Beasts of the Immortal Alliance's abyss garrison undergo gradual changes in temperament due to their bloodlines, but the cultivators themselves would also experience emotional fluctuations because of those changes in their Companion Beasts.
Fortunately, although these fluctuations existed, they could not subtly transform an Immortal Alliance cultivator's disposition entirely. Instead, they allowed the cultivators and their contracted Companion Beasts to cultivate their temperaments and temper their hearts.
"Woof."
Iron Egg suddenly looked toward the outer city.
He possessed the profound ability Karmic Fire Heeding Sin, allowing him to vaguely perceive sinful karma within a thousand li.
In Iron Egg's perception, although the inner city contained a great deal of sinful karma, it was almost negligible compared with the outer city of Ten Thousand Layer Mountain.
"Come on. I'll take