Chapter 499 - 224: First Time in Life, Still a Little Excited (2)

The token is engraved with the silver characters "Celestial Star", but its purpose is unknown.

A small pile of spirit stones is stacked on the left side.

Judging from the quality, the majority of the pile should be low-grade spirit stones, roughly over a thousand pieces.

Next to it is a delicate small box containing more than twenty middle-grade spirit stones, and a single small box holding two upper-grade spirit stones.

Because the purchasing power of spirit stones is unknown for now, Lu Wenwu is also unsure whether Mad Saber Zhenren is wealthy or poor.

In any case, definitely not richer than me.

The upper-grade spirit stones treasured by Mad Saber Zhenren... Lu Wenwu usually uses them as batteries, casually taking a few pieces and tossing them into a power supply array.

Successful assassination and acquisition, perfectly accomplished!

After organizing the loot and hanging the storage bag on his waist, Lu Wenwu’s gaze swept over the ruins of Mad Blade Temple.

Some clever disciples ran as fast as they could at the sound of Mad Saber Zhenren’s words, fleeing without looking back.

Now, Lu Wenwu can still see their frantic traces running in all directions on the mountain.

There are those Foundation Establishment sword controllers running, slightly faster, but they are not that fast compared to Lu Wenwu.

However, he does not intend to stop them, nor does he plan to slaughter the sect.

Bullying these Little Karami is meaningless; one should fight the old backers behind the Cultivation Realm.

Lu Wenwu remembers deeply what he is here to do in this instance.

Needs a significant increase in purity!

Only by playing chess with masters can one become a master; playing with lousy players only turns one into a lousy player!

How can one increase purity?

The simplest way is to find masters and directly kill them, turning them into free attribute points.

Finding them one by one would be too slow.

Might as well let the disciples of Mad Blade Temple help me "fame across the land", and then just wait for those righteous young heroes wanting to defeat demons to come in their own volition.

Plan achieved!

With this in mind, Lu Wenwu plans to follow the directions found earlier in Wood and Earth Temple and head to the largest nearby cultivator city to broaden his horizons.

If there’s a chance to encounter a classic auction, perhaps he might obtain information about Cyan Profound Sword Sect.

Thinking is one thing, but many times things don’t follow the thoughts in your mind.

Such as now.

Lu Wenwu had already planned to leave, but some people jumped out to say: No, you can’t leave.

"You want to stop me? Aren’t you afraid of death?"

Lu Wenwu looked at the three trembling white-bearded elders in front of him, puzzled.

Mad Saber Zhenren, in Golden Core Stage, was defeated by me in seconds; are you looking to offer your heads?

The eldest-looking one stared resolutely, shouting sternly, "Guarding the path for the juniors is our duty! Demon King, this is something your Demon Race can’t understand!"

"What’s wrong, I didn’t say I want to kill them?"

Lu Wenwu shrugged, tapping his foot, and jumped onto the clouds.

What?

Not kill?

The three elders looked at each other.

Demon King doesn’t kill, really?

Does this mean we don’t have to die bravely?

While the three were exchanging glances, three beams of blood Qi shot down from the sky, instantly piercing through their heads.

In just a second, their life essence was cut off.

Lu Wenwu’s voice floated down gently: "I thought about it just now, since I’m already here, I shouldn’t waste your good intentions. Demon King not killing sounds unreasonable, so I fulfilled your life’s ambition. No need to thank me."

White-bearded elder: "..."

Thank you very much!

You’re quite a nice person!

Ignoring the ensuing chaos at Mad Blade Temple, Lu Wenwu, once again putting away three storage bags, signaled Mao Mao to cloud ride towards the northwest.

The name Eastern Wilderness is purely a general term.

Like its name, it’s the great wilderness farthest east.

For mortals, it might be a land far from the ripples of war, a place to live and work in peace and happiness.

But for cultivators, it is terrifyingly desolate, the edge of the mainland’s barren lands.

Golden Cores are rare, Nascent Souls are hard to find, and large cultivator cities are even rarer.

Far to the northwest, thousands of miles away, Celestial Star City is one of the few super large cultivator cities in this eastern wilderness region, a gathering place for cultivators.

The city lord of Celestial Star City is a Peak of Golden Core realm expert.

Rumors say he has the chance to step into Nascent Soul realm or condense a Fake Infant to become one of the Great Powers of the current era.

In this deserted eastern land, even a Fake Infant’s status is comparable to a true Nascent Soul True Monarch, perhaps greater.

True Nascent Soul True Monarchs or truly good seedlings reside in the continent’s central areas, where spiritual energy is most abundant; who would sacrifice their future to stay in this barren, remote place?

It’s not to say that this place couldn’t potentially nurture higher-level beings.

But based on the meager resources and spiritual energy density, the chances are infinitely close to zero.

"Shallow water cannot support a True Dragon," this seemingly mystical statement actually aligns with biological growth principles.

Only in vast places like the ocean, without gravity’s hindrance, can life grow freely, with abundant food supplies, allowing the existence of "blue whales", "giant squid", "lion’s mane jellyfish"—large creatures.

...

About more than an hour later.

After passing through endless wilderness and mountains, and overlooking the vast lands of mortal empires, one man and his dog, maintaining sonic speed riding the clouds, arrived at the skies above Celestial Star City.

According to the data inside Wood and Earth Temple, Celestial Star City, as its name suggests, is the direct cultivator city under Celestial Star Sect.

The two are just a few hundred miles apart, built upon the remnants of a spirit vein extending from Celestial Star Sect.

Though called a city, it doesn’t look like the tall-walled ancient city Lu Wenwu imagined, resembling a super large town spanning dozens of miles, with only the central part walled in.

If it weren’t for the lack of high-rise buildings, it would already have some elements of a modern-day city.

Indeed.

This is not a strategic location nor the central pillar in battles against demons, building walls would hinder urban planning and city scale, a loss rather than a gain.

With many cultivators around, this is more effective than any wall.

Although there’s a stretch of mountains over a thousand miles surrounding, the demons living within are not formidable, merely hunting grounds for Celestial Star City and Celestial Star Sect cultivators.

"It’s quite lively, it seems Celestial Star Sect’s management is decent, and this place is likely a super large economic trading market and a base for selecting reserve disciples."

Descending the clouds at the city’s edge, Lu Wenwu gave his appraisal.

Mao Mao transformed into a small puppy, lying on Lu Wenwu’s head, tongue out, happily wagging its tail.

"So many people, woof!" it said using spiritual power.

Lu Wenwu chuckled lightly, walking into the crowd: "Indeed, many people, and lots of mortals."

Yes, many mortals.

You could say the outermost circle is a gathering area for mortals, while the central part is a true cultivator city.

Perhaps due to their familiarity with cultivators, the mortals here did not behave like depicted in many internet novels, kneeling and kowtowing, shouting Immortal Lords whenever they see a cultivator.

Though there is some slight fear, for most it’s only to the extent of respect.

Encountering someone who seems obviously identifiable as a cultivator, the people voluntarily step aside, eyes filled with respect and envy.

If a family’s offspring is fortunate enough to obtain an immortal fate, the family would naturally be elevated, status rising rapidly, possibly even moving to live in the true Celestial Star City, becoming true lords.

Lu Wenwu confidently and familiarly, holding Mao Mao, swaggered straight toward the inner city’s entrance.

He doesn’t worry about being exposed due to other cultivators’ reports.

Even if Foundation Establishment cultivators fly sword-controlled across the city, it would take them at least a day to arrive here.

In other words, Lu Wenwu walked ahead of the reporters, arriving here before them.

Who would have thought, the victim hasn’t arrived, but the criminal went to the police station first, even familiarly greeting the police!

This move, this reversal of spirits!