Inside Thousand Machine City.
After reading the jade slip in his hand, Qin Ming immediately decided to rent a cave mansion here and settle down first.
Afterward, Qin Ming and Lan Bing Fairy followed the main road all the way to the Deacon Hall within the Immortal City.
The Deacon Hall was staffed by Netherworld Sect cultivators handling the city's mundane affairs.
Thus, matters like renting cave mansions had to go through them.
The income from renting out cave mansions alone had made the Netherworld Sect a fortune.
Along the way, Qin Ming swept the city with his divine sense and discovered that, at most, only Netherworld Sect cultivators at the Spirit Transformation Early Stage were stationed in Thousand Machine City.
Yet Qin Ming could not be certain whether there were others like him, concealing their cultivation and secretly slipping into the city.
After all, this place was a murky mix of fish and dragons. There might well be someone playing the pig to eat the tiger.
One incident recorded in the jade slip Bai Li Hui had given him, which had occurred several years ago, was enough to ring an alarm bell for every cultivator newly arrived in Thousand Machine City.
With the Netherworld Sect managing it, Thousand Machine City's security naturally would not descend into utter chaos.
Outside the city, however, it was another matter entirely. In such a chaotic environment, marauder cultivators emerged one after another.
The cultivators within the Immortal City also had their own little circles. Whenever they went out, they traveled in groups to ensure their safety.
Only truly powerful cultivators dared to come and go alone.
Several years ago, a Nascent Soul Realm marauder cultivator had robbed a merchant caravan, only to find that one of its flying carriages carried a cultivator concealing