Chapter 98: The Void City, a Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Monster, a Black Slave
Three months later, you arrived at the edge of the Void Battlefield.
This is the Void City. It is precisely because this city exists that the creatures within the Void Battlefield cannot enter Central State.
Zhao Wusheng explained to you from the side. “By the way, Senior, do you have a token that symbolizes your identity? Those of unknown origin cannot enter.”
An identity token? You smiled. The thing you lack least is exactly this kind of item.
You took out the Steward Token of the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, as well as the Sect Master Token of the Cloud Mist Sect, and tossed them directly to Zhao Wusheng. “Lead the way.”
Zhao Wusheng caught the tokens and glanced at them, then hastily said, “Understood, Senior.”
“Yo, isn’t this Senior Brother Zhao of the Celestial Mystery Holy Land? How come you’re back so early this time?” The guard at the gate clearly recognized Zhao Wusheng and greeted him with a smile.
Zhao Wusheng waved his hand, somewhat impatient. “This daddy has business. If there’s no problem, hurry up and let us in!”
“Hold on. These two behind Senior Brother Zhao look a bit unfamiliar.” One guard stepped out, sizing you and Little Nannan up.
Your brow furrowed slightly. Before you could act, Zhao Wusheng instead grew somewhat impatient.
“Unfamiliar, huh?” Zhao Wusheng sneered coldly, then directly slapped the man across the face, followed by a beating.
“Fuck your ancestor! I’ll show you unfamiliar!” The early-stage Spirit Transformation guard was beaten down by Zhao Wusheng, with no room to resist throughout.
Seeing this, the nearby guards did not dare step forward to intervene in the slightest.
Only after beating the man into serious injury did Zhao Wusheng stop. He spat at the man. “Heh teh! Open your dog eyes wide and look clearly. Still unfamiliar now?”
The guard had fallen into a coma from serious injuries and naturally could not answer.
Zhao Wusheng glanced sideways at the guard beside him. The guard trembled all over and hastily said, “Please, Senior Brother Zhao! Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, please enter.”
Zhao Wusheng swaggered into the Void City with you.
“Serves him right! You even dare provoke someone from the Celestial Mystery Holy Land. Are you tired of living?” Behind you, the voices of the guards drifted over.
Hearing this, you felt thoughtful. It seems the value represented by the words “Holy Land” far exceeds my imagination!
“Senior, don’t look at how arrogant I was just now, even daring to strike a guard. But after entering the city, even I have to behave.”
“This city has a long history. Many Seniors of profound cultivation reside here. If I offend someone I shouldn’t, even as an Inner Sect disciple of the Celestial Mystery Holy Land, I’m afraid I won’t escape death!”
“Look at that one.” Zhao Wusheng pointed at an old man passing by and transmitted to you. “My Master, when he came here four thousand years ago, he already looked like this.”
“And that blacksmith over there. It’s said he existed since the city was first built.”
“You should know, this city has already existed for over ten thousand years!”
“I truly can’t imagine what realm the cultivation of an Old Monster who has lived over ten thousand years has reached!”
“I’m afraid he’s not far from becoming an immortal.” Zhao Wusheng could not help but sigh.
As if sensing your gazes, the blacksmith cultivator raised his head to look at you.
Just one glance, and you felt as if you had fallen into an ice cellar! Your entire cultivation was suppressed to death, unable to move in the slightest.
In that instant, the joy of your cultivation breakthrough dissipated, and your originally somewhat swollen heart also calmed down.
Toward this city filled with Old Monsters everywhere, your heart was full of caution.
If there’s no need, it’s best to leave this place immediately. You thought this in your heart. Truly, you had too many secrets. If any were exposed before these Old Monsters, you feared you would die without a burial place.
The Old Monster’s gaze soon left you, turning instead to… Little Nannan!
“Eh? Why does this grandpa keep staring at me?” Little Nannan asked, full of confusion.
You looked over sharply, and saw that Old Monster from the blacksmith shop reveal a smile at you!
Your heart instantly sank to the bottom. Not daring to ponder the meaning of that smile, you hastily transmitted to Zhao Wusheng beside you. “Where is the Immortal Treasure Pavilion in the city? Take me there quickly!”
Looking at your face, gloomy as water, Zhao Wusheng did not dare ask more and hastily led you there.
You gripped Little Nannan’s small hand tightly and left quickly.
You did not know why this Old Monster had fixed his eyes on Little Nannan, and you had no way to know.
An Old Monster who had lived over ten thousand years was not something the current you could deal with. You only hoped there would be some big figure in the Immortal Treasure Pavilion who could suppress this Old Monster!
“Little friend, where are you going?” An aged voice entered your ears, and you directly fell unconscious.
You slowly opened your eyes and realized you were in a blacksmith shop. The layout was basically the same as the one in the village. If not for an old man sitting right in front of you, you would have thought you had dreamed your way back to the village!
Your eyes began to focus, and you fully sobered up, looking warily at the old man before you. It was precisely the Old Monster from the blacksmith shop you had seen after entering the city.
You climbed up from the ground and surveyed your surroundings, but found no sign of Little Nannan or Zhao Wusheng.
“Senior, what business do you have with this junior?” Your life was in another’s hands, so you were very polite.
The Old Monster stared at you expressionlessly for a while, then said, “Peak Nascent Soul cultivation, late-stage Spirit Transformation physique, and the inner strength of the First Heaven of the Martial Dao.”
Hearing this, your cold sweat poured down. Before this kind of Old Monster, there were no secrets on your body at all.
You suddenly thought of the two spheres of light within your body, the two strands of Heavenly Lightning, and a sliver of the Heavenly Dao’s authority!
If this kind of thing were discovered, you could not imagine what you would face.
“Mm, powerful physique. A good seedling for blacksmithing.”
The Old Monster tossed you a hammer. “From today on, you will forge iron here with me!”
“???” Your mind was full of question marks. I’ve been caught to be a black slave?
You hesitated for a moment, then picked up the hammer from the ground and asked, “May I ask, Senior, where is the little girl who came with me? Where is she now?”
“Mind your own business!” The Old Monster cursed. “If you don’t do well, this daddy will refine you into a magic treasure!”
Before leaving, the Old Monster added, “That little girl is perfectly fine. Don’t worry about her.”
Watching the Old Monster leave, you felt somewhat dumbfounded.
Is this what an Old Monster who has lived ten thousand years is like? An unfathomable temper, like a three-year-old child?
Knowing Little Nannan was safe, you set your mind at ease and honestly began forging iron.