The slaves in the carriage trembled and feared under Fang Ming's gaze, yet dared not speak.
Fang Ming's cold-blooded and decisive methods of killing were evident to them, so they naturally did not truly see him as an innocent and adorable young boy.
They did not believe Fang Ming was a hero, nor a righteous companion.
They felt it was more like a case of "black eats black."
Though they had escaped the control of the bandit group, they had now become spoils of war for others.
This was by no means a good thing.
Fang Ming's gaze swept over the slaves, and he picked one out.
"You tell me, what is this place? What kind of force were those bandits just now?"
"And how did you end up here?"
A slave boy, who appeared only two or three years older than Fang Ming, was called out by Fang Ming.
Fang Ming was not calling randomly.
His eyesight was sharp, and he immediately noticed that although the slave boy's clothes were tattered, the fine fabric was still discernible.
It was much better than the fabric of other slaves, and coupled with his fair skin, there were no signs of manual labor.
Clearly, the probability of this slave boy having been a young master from a wealthy family had greatly increased.
From the perspective of an extraordinary being, Fang Ming, with his cultivation at Qi Yuan fifth stage, could faintly sense that this slave boy was also an extraordinary being.
However, his internal energy flow seemed to be sealed by the collar around his neck, thus not revealing his extraordinary nature, making him appear like an ordinary person.
Such a person, being both an extraordinary being and a young master from a wealthy family, a noble, would clearly have broader knowledge than other slaves.
This would also allow Fang Ming to understand the general structure of this Divine Realm.
If those who became slaves were commoners, they might not have a comprehensive understanding of the Divine Realm's structure.
The slave boy, when questioned by Fang Ming, was initially somewhat reserved, clearly fearful of Fang Ming's previous brutal actions. Later, under Fang Ming's gentle demeanor, he gradually lost his fear and began to explain.
Fang Ming then learned from the slave boy.
The Divine Realm was vast and boundless, with myriad stars above and countless continents below.
The strength of cultivators on each continent varied.
Some weaker continents, though possessing some deities, had deities of not very high ranks, referred to as Divine Humans and Heavenly Gods.
Some powerful continents were teeming with experts, with deities everywhere, and high-ranking deities were common.
And on the strongest continent, the Central Continent, lay the Yin-Yang Divine Palace.
Nominally, there was only one Divine Venerable in the Divine Realm, the Yin-Yang Divine Venerable.
The Yin-Yang Divine Palace, established by the Yin-Yang Divine Venerable, was the most powerful force in the Divine Realm, ruling all under the Yin-Yang Divine Dao.
Legend had it that the Yin-Yang Divine Venerable had overthrown the rule of three other Divine Venerables – the Demon Origin Divine Venerable, the Immortal Origin Divine Venerable, and the Demon Origin Divine Venerable – countless epochs ago, occupied the Central Continent, annihilated the three Divine Venerables, and claimed the title of the sole Divine Venerable.
The Yin-Yang Divine Venerable was the ruler of the Divine Realm, but he was too far from the continent where Fang Ming was located, so there was no need to consider him.
The continent where Fang Ming was currently located was named Luo Wu Continent.
Luo Wu Continent, among the countless continents of the Divine Realm, was merely a remote and weak continent. If there were a ranking of all continents in the Divine Realm, this continent would surely be at the bottom.
But even the lowest-level continent had deities.
Even the lowest-level continent was unimaginably vast to ordinary people; it would take ten lifetimes to walk from one end of the continent to the other.
On Luo Wu Continent, there were many cities, counties, and even kingdoms and empires.
The three great empires and one hundred and eight kingdoms constituted all the powers on this continent.
In theory, deities controlled everything, but deities, with their eternal and immortal lives, had lived for countless years, comprehending the laws of the Divine Realm. Sometimes, a single period of seclusion could last for millions or tens of millions of years.
They could not manage too many affairs.
Therefore, deities generally delegated some control to secular empires and kingdoms, allowing the kingdoms and empires to manage specific matters.
On Luo Wu Continent, people could be broadly divided into three categories.
One category was ordinary mortals. Although they could forge swords, spears, and cudgels, they could not fly and possessed no extraordinary power.
These people were essentially the common folk of the Divine Realm. When encountering extraordinary beings, they were usually at their mercy. Due to their lack of cultivation, their social status was generally not high.
One category was extraordinary beings.
Extraordinary beings belonged to the ruling class within the three great empires and one hundred and eight kingdoms.
Powerful extraordinary beings were kings of kingdoms, emperors of empires, or dukes and lords within a nation.
With their powerful extraordinary abilities, they could extend their lifespan for thousands or tens of thousands of years, possess the power to move mountains and fill seas, and pluck stars from the sky, ruling over countless territories.
Weaker extraordinary beings were also mostly part of the ruling class, such as noble families and aristocrats, who ruled over a small number of commoners and slaves.
One category was deities.
Deities were the ascended form of extraordinary beings, but the power of deities far surpassed that of all extraordinary beings, making them the ultimate and strongest existence.
If a deity were to become enraged, it was no exaggeration to say that countless stars could be pulverized into dust.
This was limited to Luo Wu Continent.
Therefore, on other, higher-level continents, deities were abundant and not scarce.
But undoubtedly, on lower-level continents like Luo Wu Continent, deities were few and far between, naturally occupying the highest echelon, being the supreme existence.
Fang Ming's current location was within the Tian Yuan Kingdom, one of the one hundred and eight kingdoms on Luo Wu Continent.
Tian Yuan Kingdom had three hundred and seventy-six cities, one of which was named Jia Mu City. The slaves in the carriage were all procured from Jia Mu City. The bandit group originally intended to sell these slaves to other towns, but they encountered Fang Ming, resulting in the annihilation of their leaders, with their subordinates either dead or scattered.
The slave boy in front of Fang Ming also had a background. His name was Yan Che.
Jia Mu City had three major families, one of which was the Yan family, a branch of the true Yan family from the royal capital.
Although a branch, in Jia Mu City, it was one of the three families with the highest noble titles. The family had no shortage of extraordinary beings, and even some guards were extraordinary beings.
Yan Che was the second young master of the Yan family and an extraordinary being at the Qi Yuan thirteenth stage.
When Fang Ming raised a soul-searching question, why was an extraordinary being at the Qi Yuan thirteenth stage captured by mere ordinary bandits, with their leader only at the Qi Yuan fifth stage at most?
Could two at the Qi Yuan third stage and one at the Qi Yuan fifth stage capture this thirteenth-stage Qi Yuan young man?
This was not logical!
Furthermore, did this noble young master not travel with guards? Was he not protected by a large contingent of guards?
When Fang Ming posed these seemingly unreasonable questions,