"Foretell good or bad fortune?" Xiao Man's heart was filled with doubt. Was this referring to the Heavenly Profound Sect's divination abilities? It was said that Tian Ze's divination skills were the best among all Heavenly Profound Sect disciples. Tian Ze's current infiltration into the Divine Race's holy land was akin to a lamb entering a tiger's den. The Heavenly Demon Race had likely been anticipating his capture.
"Is junior brother Nangong familiar with Tian Ze of the Heavenly Profound Sect?" Jiang Lan asked probing, as Heavenly Profound Sect disciples held them in contempt. Thus, while Zhongzhou Street had disciples from the other three sects and rogue cultivators, there were no Heavenly Profound Sect disciples.
"We've met a few times," Xiao Man quickly replied. "He's quite an amiable person."
"I've heard that the Divine Lord has taken him as a divine envoy and regards him with exceptional importance. He currently resides in Futu City. Unless we are summoned by the Divine Lord, we have no right to enter Futu City."
"Besides the Divine Lord's summons, are there any other ways to enter Futu City?"
Jiang Lan glanced at Xiao Man and said mysteriously, "Yes!"
"What way?"
"Force your way in."
"Senior brother, you're teasing me."
"I'm not teasing you. With your cultivation, breaking through the guards to enter Futu City wouldn't be an issue. However, this method of entry would lead you into Futu City's black prison," Jiang Lan said with a smile. "Once imprisoned in the black prison, it's a dead end."
"Why?"
"The black prison is called 'black' not because it's dark and sunless, but because once you enter, there's no possibility of seeing light again, hence the name 'black prison'," Jiang Lan leaned closer to Xiao Man and whispered mysteriously, "The black prison holds terrifying demonic beasts that will tear wrongdoers to shreds. Moreover, the water in the black prison, even a Great Power at the Transformation God stage, cannot withstand it. They will ultimately be reduced to nothingness by the black prison's water, becoming sustenance for the creatures within."
"Senior brother Jiang, please don't frighten me, I'm timid."
"I was just teasing. However, it's true that no one who has been thrown into the black prison has ever come out alive." Jiang Lan stopped and pointed to show Xiao Man, "That is the gate to Futu City. A single gate, and the difference between the two sides is like heaven and earth."
"Is it a divine realm within?"
"Have you noticed the difference between the outer and inner cities?"
"Senior brother is referring to the spiritual energy concentration?"
"Exactly!" Jiang Lan nodded. "The outer city has the thinnest spiritual energy concentration, while Futu City is the most abundant. Cultivating within allows for a thousand miles of progress in a single day. Therefore, everyone aims to enter Futu City. However, to enter Futu City, one must first have a cultivation of the Transformation God stage."
"Then I can enter?"
"That's just the basic requirement," Jiang Lan glanced at Xiao Man. "You must also pass the Divine Lord's test. Only then can you enter Futu City."
"How does one pass the Divine Lord's test?"
"As mortals, how would we know what the Divine Lord's test entails? When the Divine Lord summons you, you'll know." Jiang Lan led Xiao Man back. "Zhongzhou Street is this way, walk to the end and you'll get there." Su Dan Novel Network
"Senior brother Jiang, how many Great Powers at the Transformation God stage are there in Futu City?" Xiao Man asked curiously. "You seem to know so much about this place; there must be nothing you don't know?"
"Of course," Jiang Lan said proudly. "In Futu City, there are three thousand Nascent Soul cultivators and one hundred Great Powers at the Transformation God stage!"
Three thousand Nascent Soul experts and over a hundred Great Powers at the Transformation God stage!
They had truly underestimated the strength of the Heavenly Demon Race!
Xiao Man had initially thought that no matter how powerful the Heavenly Demon Race was, they were just one race, and there wouldn't be more than ten Great Powers at the Transformation God stage. Who knew they had over a hundred!
"Man'er, this is not easy to deal with."
Xiao Man thought to herself, it's more than just "not easy to deal with." Hundreds of Great Powers at the Transformation God stage could exhaust her to death if they all attacked. She absolutely could not reveal her identity, or she would become the first Great Power at the Transformation God stage in Cangxuan history to die of exhaustion!
"Junior brother Nangong, your complexion doesn't look good. Are you ill?" Jiang Lan asked, puzzled. "Or are you perhaps frightened by the number of experts in the holy land?"
"I originally thought that with my cultivation, I could at least rank among the top in the holy land. But after hearing senior brother's words, I feel my cultivation is not even worth mentioning." Xiao Man put on a dejected look. "I've truly overestimated myself."
"With your cultivation, you can at least make it into the top one hundred. But it's different for us." Jiang Lan sighed. "Although we grew up here, our cultivation has always been stuck at the Nascent Soul stage and we can't advance further. Even though the spiritual energy here is abundant, we can't get good medicinal pills or martial skill resources. We can only exchange them by completing missions for the holy land."
"Does the holy land lack medicinal pills and martial skills?" Xiao Man asked, astonished. She had thought that in the holy land, medicinal pills and martial skills were readily available, but it turned out to be the same as outside!
"The holy land doesn't lack medicinal pills and martial skills, but they can't just give them to you for nothing," Jiang Lan explained. "In the holy land, you also need to survive by your own abilities. Refining medicinal pills requires medicinal herbs, and forging weapons requires ore. We need to go and collect medicinal herbs and mine ore to exchange for what we want."
"Can we just rob others?"
Jiang Lan looked at Xiao Man with a shocked expression. "Rob whose? The Divine Race's or our own people's?"
"Either, as long as we can rob."
Jiang Lan subconsciously distanced himself from Xiao Man. Why did he feel like he had recruited a dangerous individual!
Seeing Jiang Lan's frightened expression, Xiao Man couldn't help but scratch her head. "Out there, it's the survival of the fittest. We often hunt in the Eastern Yue Forest. Sometimes, when we get something good, many people try to rob us. If we can't fight them off, we can only accept our fate. Isn't it like that here?"
"It's not that it's not possible," Jiang Lan said somewhat reluctantly. "It's just that the consequences of robbing are a bit severe?"
"Why?"
"This is the holy land, the place where the Divine Race lives. If you rob a member of the Divine Race, you'll be attacked by the entire Divine Race. If you rob a human, you'll be attacked by the entire human race, as humans band together for mutual support. Who do you think it's safer to rob?"
"Doesn't the Divine Race rob humans?" Xiao Man asked curiously. If the Heavenly Demon Race didn't rob them, they wouldn't be the Heavenly Demon Race.
Jiang Lan's expression instantly turned even uglier, clearly indicating that they had been robbed by the Heavenly Demon Race quite a bit!
"They don't call it robbing, they call it charging a fee," Jiang Lan scoffed. "If we encounter them when we go out, and happen to have obtained something good, we must contribute it to them."
"You don't resist?"
"We can't win," Jiang Lan's voice instantly faltered. "When members of the Divine Race go out, they are accompanied by Great Powers at the Transformation God stage, but our Great Powers at the Transformation God stage are not with us."
"Aren't you just being bullied to death?"
"There's nothing we can do, we are guests here."
"It's as if you're willing to be guests here," Xiao Man sighed. "I want to leave, I wonder if it's too late?"