Upon arriving here, Chu Tian finally felt a sense of home.
After settling everyone down, he had Miao Zuo set up several formations, just in case.
"Brother... you're going out?"
Seeing Chu Tian’s actions of arranging everyone, Luo Luo noticed Chu Tian was preparing to leave.
Chu Tian nodded.
"You all stay here with peace of mind, I’ll be back before nightfall!"
Upon hearing this, Luo Luo seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.
Chu Tian smiled.
"Don’t worry, Ninth Master and the others will be here soon. You’ll have to play the host for me!"
Saying this, he kissed Luo Luo on the forehead, disregarding everyone’s gazes.
This caused Luo Luo to blush with embarrassment, forgetting whatever she had intended to say.
Chu Tian bid farewell to everyone, then left directly. No one knew where he intended to go.
He activated his humanoid mecha and entered stealth mode.
He determined a direction, then made a sharp turn in the air.
Soon, he reached his intended destination.
It wasn't far from them.
It was to the east, further away from the city center.
This was an undeveloped residential area.
In fact, this area had already been designated as a development zone.
It was surrounded by iron plates.
Within it, many houses were dilapidated and had collapsed, some even marked with 'Demolish' and had their windows and doors removed.
However, there were still some houses with residents.
Some of these residents were dissatisfied with the development prices.
Others rented houses here for cheap.
There were even some homeless people who had boarded up the windows and doors, using them as shelter.
Chu Tian stopped at a two-story house.
It was evident that this family was once well-off.
Otherwise, how could they have built a two-story Western-style house?
Although the exterior looked quite dilapidated now,
it was due to years of neglect.
A detached two-story Western-style house is the dream of so many people today.
Just like the villa district where Chu Tian and the others currently lived.
Although it had a small courtyard,
it was managed as a residential complex.
A detached house with a large courtyard, where one could plant the vegetables they wished to eat.
However, it was currently winter.
Although it wasn't as cold as Changbai Mountain,
it was not the season for planting.
Yet, one could see the vegetable garden in the courtyard.
It was cleaned meticulously.
Many dried root vegetables were still in it.
It was likely that this place was lush and green the previous summer.
Inside the two-story Western-style house beneath his feet, there were three people.
One was a man with amputated legs, lying on a bed.
No, he was lying in a virtual pod, with the hatch open.
Another was a girl of seventeen or eighteen.
She was busy moving around, cooking and tending to the fire.
It seemed the power and water had been cut off here.
However, Chu Tian spotted a brand-new generator.
It was likely recently purchased.
This generator was supplying power to the virtual pod.
And some basic physical lighting facilities.
The girl seemed unharmed; she was cooking.
There were two virtual pods in the room, one of which should belong to the girl.
Between the two virtual pods sat a middle-aged woman dressed as a Taoist nun.
She was seated cross-legged on a meditation cushion.
Her eyes were slightly closed, and her fingers were forming mudras.
She was actually meditating and practicing her skills.
Chu Tian observed the Taoist nun closely.
A faint milky white halo emanated from her body.
This aura gave people a sense of peace and tranquility.
Judging by her aura, she did not seem like a brutal person.
However, her aura was extremely powerful.
She was one of the powerful individuals he had discovered earlier.
Chu Tian's divine sense fluctuations were very weak this time.
The Taoist nun did not detect him.
Upon seeing this, Chu Tian flew a distance away and landed, disengaging his mecha equipment.
He then approached the two-story Western-style house again in his normal form.
Just as he jumped into the courtyard,
a figure flashed out from the doorway.
It was none other than the Taoist nun Chu Tian had just seen.
"Who goes there? Leave quickly, or don't blame this nun for showing no mercy!"
The Taoist nun stood at the entrance of the house,
casting a wary gaze at Chu Tian.
However, Chu Tian did not rush forward.
He simply said,
"I am a friend of the homeowner!"
He wanted to use this statement to gauge whether the Taoist nun was friend or foe.
"Friend? Whose friend?"
The Taoist nun frowned, her vigilance towards Chu Tian increasing.
"Uh..."
Hearing the Taoist nun's question, Chu Tian was instantly awkward.
Because he had no idea what the person inside the house was called.
If asked who lived here,
it was the young girl who had worked at his gym.
Later, she entered the Heavenly Dao world and followed Qi Xi to become a life profession player.
He heard she had a hidden profession.
It was just that Qi Xi had told him the girl's name at the time,
but he hadn't remembered it.
When he had probed with his divine sense earlier, he had discovered this place.
And recognized the familiar face.
That's why he had rushed here.
In Shengjing City, besides this young girl, there was another person worthy of his attention.
That person was his trusted general, the one nicknamed "Demon Master," who had gone to the restroom without toilet paper.
Chu Tian had indeed found that lewd fellow earlier.
The reason he called him lewd was because Chu Tian discovered that this fellow was not currently under any threat.
He had known where that guy lived before.
He just hadn't gone to look for him.
Although the fellow had mentioned the idea of defecting to Chu Tian,
he had only mentioned it once and then never brought it up again.
Chu Tian, relying on his memory, probed the address that fellow had given him before.
However, the place was empty.
He only found a base for a virtual pod in the room.
This puzzled Chu Tian.
The base of the virtual pod was here, but where was the virtual pod itself?
Could he have been harmed?
That didn't seem right either. Even if he had been harmed, why would someone move the virtual pod?
So, he searched carefully with his divine sense.
He actually found a clue.
The area where this fellow lived was also an undeveloped old district, but different from the current location.
People still lived there, and it hadn't been designated as a zone for future development.
The houses in that area of bungalows were relatively new.
So, after Chu Tian's careful examination,
he discovered that the electrical wiring in the house.
Led somewhere underground.
It was precisely because of this discovery that Chu Tian felt something was amiss.
Following the wire, he compressed and explored with his divine sense.
Finally, about four meters underground,
he discovered something different.
There was a five-meter square area.
Resembling a cellar.
In this cellar, there was a virtual pod.
And a person.
This person was holding a large radish and gnawing on it.
This person was none other than his trusted general.
Demon Master!
No wonder he couldn't find him.
This fellow was truly cunning, hiding here.
Seeing that there were no martial practitioners around him, Chu Tian felt relieved and thus came to the current location first.
Seeing Chu Tian frozen,
the Taoist nun immediately concluded that Chu Tian was deceiving her.
"How dare you deceive this nun! Leave quickly, or I truly won't be polite!"
Hearing her words, Chu Tian couldn't help but want to cover his face.
This Taoist nun was probably a novice too.
If he had confirmed the other party was an enemy, he wouldn't have spoken so much nonsense.
"I am truly their friend, if you don't believe me, you can go and ask!
Just say that I am Qi Xi's friend!"
He could only say that. He believed that the young girl would definitely know Qi Xi's name.
The Taoist nun listened, half-believing and half-doubting.
However, at that moment, the window on the second floor was pushed open.
The girl poked her head out, looking at Chu Tian with surprise and joy in her eyes.
"Chu... uh... Boss! How come you're here?"
Hearing the voice, Chu Tian looked up.
He grinned and said,
"Qi Xi asked me to check on you and bring you to a safe place!"
After hearing this, the girl upstairs frowned slightly.
The Taoist nun also saw that Chu Tian was indeed someone she was familiar with.
She slowly retracted her aura.
Chu Tian originally thought that the girl would agree to leave with him.
But to his surprise, she said something different.