Upon landing, Chu Tian quickly suppressed his aura and activated his stealth skill.
He confirmed his direction, preparing to find the person he had killed and see if he could loot any good items.
After searching around, he found the guy's corpse hanging from a branch overhead.
Chu Tian searched the deceased all over, only to find food and water in his spatial bag.
The unexpected find was a hand-drawn, simple map.
[Ding… System Prompt: Map system updated!]
[Ding… System Prompt: Discovered map "Holy Spirit Realm".]
Just as Chu Tian had expected, the system would automatically recognize items like maps upon encountering them.
This secret realm opened only once every thousand years; it was unclear how many tens of thousands of years it had been passed down.
Every time these people entered, they would draw maps of their explorations. By slowly piecing them together, they had gained a little understanding of this secret realm world.
However, it was unknown if the Holy Spirit Realm was the original name of this world or if it was a name randomly assigned by the system.
On the map, Chu Tian could see that his current location was merely the periphery of the Holy Spirit Realm.
What the map displayed was only a fragmented map of the outer regions.
A large portion in the center was entirely blank.
After carefully examining the map, Chu Tian noticed several marked locations, one of which was very close to him.
It was marked with the number "9".
There were a few other markings with different numbers.
The smallest number was "4".
Chu Tian did not understand what these meant.
However, since these were things marked by the people from Hurricane City, they were undoubtedly extraordinary.
Given this, he decided to go there to see; it was better than wandering aimlessly.
...
"Wei Jin, aren't you going?"
On the peak of the Wind Soul Sect in Hurricane City, over a hundred people were fighting, vying for the remaining thirteen light pillars.
Old Yang rubbed his hands, wishing he could go up and snatch one.
However, his age had long surpassed thirty-five. Even if he defeated all these people, it would likely be in vain.
Therefore, he turned his gaze to Wei Jin.
This kid seemed to be a genius as well, much stronger than the people currently fighting.
He was even significantly stronger than those originally chosen for the quotas.
The highest among that group was only in the Tong Ming realm.
But Wei Jin had already reached the peak of the second stage of the Martial Path, the early stage of the Nirvana realm.
The next major realm would be the War God realm.
And he was only thirty-one years old.
It was worth noting that Old Yang had only entered the War God realm at the age of thirty after consuming a heaven-defying divine medicine.
This Wei Jin kid hadn't taken anything.
Moreover, in the past three years, his cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds.
He had directly crossed from the Life and Death realm, through the Tong Ming realm, to the Nirvana realm.
Could it be that this kid had also consumed some heaven-defying divine pills?
Now, with this secret realm opening, he was sitting here calmly eating watermelon.
In response to Old Yang's question.
Wei Jin glanced at the scene.
"What's the point of going? My Dongdong needs me, and Myriad Beast City needs me! Moreover...
Since Chu Tian went in, do you think it's redundant for me to go?
When he comes out, won't he share any benefits with us?"
Wei Jin's words caused Old Yang to look at him with newfound respect.
The first half of his statement meant that if Chu Tian didn't come out, Myriad Beast City would definitely need someone to manage it, and his father was getting old, making him the best candidate, thus he wouldn't risk it.
Also, for the sake of his beloved, it wasn't worth taking the risk.
The latter half was his understanding of Chu Tian.
That is, Chu Tian's nature was such that if he saw a treasure, he would definitely pocket it.
It was likely that more than half of the people who entered would fall at Chu Tian's hands.
After they came out, Chu Tian wasn't someone stingy, so they could just wait to receive their share of the spoils.
"Alas... not bad, not bad! You're a good kid!"
Old Yang's gaze flickered, and his thoughts returned to a long time ago.
His gaze involuntarily drifted towards Xiao Zhan, his eyes filled with a determined will to kill.
Xiao Zhan felt the killing intent in Old Yang's gaze and turned to meet it.
Both of them knew that this meeting would be their last.
After the Four City大会 concluded, one of them was destined to perish here.
"Hmph..."
Xiao Zhan let out a sound from his pig-like snout and averted his gaze.
Meanwhile, Old Yang grinned, revealing a sinister smile.
Ultimately, all thirteen light pillars were claimed.
This free-for-all finally ended, and the remaining people found no point in fighting.
They all returned to their respective factions.
Looking up, they gazed at the scenery projected from the secret realm in the sky.
Even though it was just scenery, it was enticing and captivating.
...
"Stop, robbery, give me..."
*Slap...*
Chu Tian, who was running, was suddenly jumped by an unsuspecting individual. The person held a large saber and was actually preparing to rob Chu Tian.
This person was in tattered clothes, appearing to have gone through some kind of battle.
Chu Tian hadn't expected someone to suddenly jump out.
Naturally, he unleashed a powerful slap.
The person was stunned by Chu Tian's resounding slap.
Clutching his face, it took him a while to react: "You... you..."
"You what... Robbery... Hand over everything valuable and worthless on you!"
Chu Tian flicked his hand, and a long, crooked club appeared in his grasp.
It was the same one he had used to discipline Mo Qilin, Xiao Hei.
Xiao Hei had thick skin and tough flesh. Even gold-grade weapons produced by the Heavenly Dao system were almost broken when used on it, yet it only felt pain and suffered no substantial damage.
The person before him was clearly stunned by Chu Tian's words. He was being robbed?
"I... I..."
*Bang...*
As he uttered just two words, Chu Tian swung the club and hit him.
It struck his head directly, though Chu Tian hadn't used his full strength.
However, this blow directly caused a bulging lump the size of a bowl to form on the guy's head.
"What 'I'? If you don't hand it over, I'll deal with you myself!"
The reason Chu Tian hadn't immediately eliminated the opponent was his curiosity.
He hadn't seen this guy on the mountain peak in Hurricane City at all.
Where did he come from? Was he a native of this world?
More importantly, this person hadn't exuded any killing intent when he came out to rob.
It seemed he just wanted to snatch some items and didn't intend to commit murder for robbery.
Therefore, he had saved his own life.
Furthermore, this person was only in the Tian Po realm, and Chu Tian was unwilling to bully him.
Honestly, Chu Tian couldn't bring himself to bully these weaklings. After all, there were plenty of strong opponents, and he was bound to encounter them.
The counter-robbery was simply a sudden whim.
It seemed that the person before him had sparked his inspiration.
"Big brother... I'm so poor my clothes are torn like this. Do I look like someone with anything valuable?"
This fellow had learned his lesson and no longer stammered.
He covered the large bump on his head and spoke at a rapid pace, finishing in one breath.
Chu Tian scanned him from head to toe, indeed not finding any spatial equipment on the other person.
Apart from the large saber in his hand, there was nothing else.
"I said, valuable... and also worthless... Hand it all over! Your clothes, and your pants..."
Chu Tian crossed his arms, holding the club to his chest, looking at the other person with amusement.
"Brother, that's where you're wrong. Robbery should also have professional ethics!"
Upon hearing this, the other person's face darkened. His tattered attire, if given to a beggar, was likely to be rejected.
Judging by Chu Tian's expression, he clearly intended to toy with him. If he took off his clothes and pants, wouldn't he be left naked?