C7 (1/2)
This city at the edge of the Shiwan Mountain was known as the Tianhuang City, and was one of the southernmost ancient cities of the Great Chu Dynasty. This was a true ancient city that had existed since the ancient era, and had not declined for tens of thousands of years.
Hong Ling followed along and walked into the tall city. Seeing the black armor on the guards and sensing the energy slowly flowing in their bodies, Hong Ling's eyes flashed with seriousness.
Even the guards at the Tianhuang City Tower Defense Gate had a trace of weak Authentic Qi. They didn't know how many strong and talented people there were in the entire Chu.
At this moment, he hadn't fully awakened. Aside from the soul power that he used to observe the danger, he discovered that he didn't have any length at all. Although he had perfectly fused with two Divine Substance, he was still unable to cultivate the [Jiuzhuan Profound Technique].
”Hong Ling, what are you thinking about? Hurry up and enter the city, if you don't, the sky will turn dark!” Old Li patted his shoulder, gesturing for him to hurry in.
Hong Ling nodded and entered the Tianhuang City with the leather goods on his back. He looked at the crowd on the street in surprise.
The hunters of Hidden Dragon Village were very conspicuous, because they were carrying too much leather goods and the quality was very good.
Very quickly, everyone arrived at the market place where they normally traded. Hong Ling watched in boredom as Old Li haggled with the leather merchants while Iron Ox's father chimed in from the side.
Finally, when the sky was about to turn dark, everyone sold their furs for a decent price.
Hong Ling looked at the silver bills in his hands, at a loss of what to do.
A thousand taels of silver was indeed a bit too much for the youth.
”Hong Ling, take this and buy an Awakening Jade. See if you can wake up as soon as possible!” Iron Ox's father laughed, pointing at his son. ”When you have completed your awakening, Uncle Tie will find you a wife as strong and robust as Da Niu!”
Even though Hong Ling had already been a human for two lifetimes, at this moment, when he heard Tie Niu's father's words, he also started to sweat a little.
No one could blame him for this. The sight of Iron Ox's father was simply too astounding. Sigh!
Everyone looked at the young man. Seeing them acting like this, Hong Ling felt his scalp tingling, and did not dare to stay any longer. He called the iron bull and ran off.
”Ling Zi, this is great. After you have completed your awakening, you'll have a wife like me!”
Tie Niu followed behind Hong Ling, panting heavily.
Hong Ling felt a headache coming on. Tie Niu and Tie Niu's parents were good at everything, but their foresight was just too shocking.
”Is this place the legendary Heavenly Craft Pavilion that is specialized to sell the various items that cultivators need?”
Looking at the splendid pavilion in front of them, Hong Ling and Tie Niu sighed in admiration.
This Heaven Craft Pavilion was a famous shop in the Tianhuang City. As long as one had money, it could be said that one could buy anything a cultivator wanted here.
Hong Ling was still not a cultivator, but he knew that there was something he urgently needed here. He let out a long breath, brought along the iron bull and walked in, carefully sizing up the items on the shelves.
Very quickly, he found the Awakening Crystal that he needed. Looking at the price listed on it, which was priced at three thousand silver, even though Hong Ling had already prepared for it, he was still shocked.
He had been hunting with his hunting team all these years, and he had accumulated quite a bit of silver, a total of three thousand and five hundred liang.
At this moment, just the Awakening Stone had such a high price and he couldn't help but be shocked. Indeed, on the path of cultivation, wealth, cultivation methods, companions, and land were all lacking, and just this amount of wealth was already shocking enough, let alone others.
”I wonder if the two of you have taken a fancy to something in this shop? If it's possible, I'm willing to take it out for you!”
A shop assistant came over and respectfully said. He did not underestimate the two of them because of their clothes. The service philosophy of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion was deeply ingrained in everyone's heart.
”I want to buy that Awakening Crystal!”
Hong Ling did not waste time speaking and fished out the three thousand silver notes that he had prepared earlier. He pointed at the Awakening Crystal and handed the silver notes over to the shop assistant.
”Sure, please wait a moment!”
The shop assistant took out a token and pressed it on top of the crystal. A transparent barrier slowly melted. He took out the crystal and gave it to Hong Ling, his expression neither humble nor arrogant.
”I wonder if you two would like to buy anything else? If you have anything, I am happy to serve you!”
Hong Ling shook his head and thanked him. Then, he walked out of the Pavilion of Heavenly Arts with the iron bull and headed towards the cheap restaurant that they had booked a long time ago.
When night fell, Hong Ling sat cross-legged in his room of the restaurant. He bit his middle finger and dripped his blood on top of the crystal clear crystal stone, watching its changes.
Weng, the crystal slowly glowed with a milky white light as it slowly enveloped the youth.
Hong Ling released his own soul power and divided his consciousness into two. Half of it was focused on absorbing the energy from the crystal and the other half was observing the changes in his body.
The milky white energy seeped into the youth's body through his meridians. Hong Ling seemed to be wandering in the midst of a warm sunlight.
However, very quickly, a ripple that was difficult to detect flashed by, and Hong Ling discovered that the wave of energy in his body had disappeared, or should be directly cut off.
”This, is the will of this world?”
Although he felt a surge of power coming and going quickly, Hong Ling could still feel that it was the will of this world that was stopping him from awakening.
When everyone awakened, they would meet with obstruction from the World Will. Only by breaking this barrier would the awakening be completed.