Chapter 241: Cardinal City (1/2)

Alex slowly opened his eyes and saw the rays of sun hitting him in the eyes. It was early in the morning, and the sun had just come up of the horizon.

He looked in front of him and saw a massive cityscape in front of him. He was high in the air, so he could see everything clearly.

Surrounded by giant mountain ranges was a massive city, at least 4 times as large as the scarlet city itself. Alex saw the tall buildings all over the city with a central area that was a massive open space with a single castle in the center.

Most of the houses were painted red, so the whole city had a red aesthetic.

”The Cardinal City?” Alex thought. Only then did he realize that the ship had stopped moving. He looked to the left and saw a few more ships approaching the city and stopped just as far as they had as well.

The disciples in that sect started getting down as well with the help of their elders. Alex looked back to check the disciples of his own ship and saw that there were none anymore.

'Are they gone anymore,' he thought and spread out his spiritual sense to check the surroundings.

”Oh, you are right here maste— ” he turned around to see his master with red eyes and generally redder face. She had been crying.

”What's wrong, Master? Why are you crying?” he asked in surprise.

Ma Rong woke up from her stunned state and quickly rubbed her eyes. ”Nothing. I'm not crying,” she said as she sniffed a little.

”C'mon, let's go. Everyone had already left for the hotel. We are the only ones left,” Ma Rong said and got up. She walked to the edge of the ship and jumped down.

Alex stood up and followed her. Alex still didn't know why she was crying. 'Did something happen while I was cultivating?' he thought. 'Speaking of which, I fell asleep once more, and master didn't wake me up? I thought she was going to.'

He looked at the sun and thought, 'Well, I woke up in time, so I guess it's fine.'

Once they were both down on the floor, Ma Rong swiped on hand mid-air and the ship suddenly changed into its miniature size. Ma Rong kept it in her robes and started walking in.

”Master, what happened in the ship? Why were you crying?” he asked once more.

”As I said, don't worry about it. Nothing happened,” she said. But Alex didn't believe that whatsoever. 'Something definitely happened,' he thought, but he couldn't tell what. So he decided to change the question for now.

”So, about me falling asleep while cultivating, is that fixable?” he asked.

”Don't worry about that either. Just cultivate normally, and you will be fine. There is nothing wrong with you falling asleep,” Ma Rong said.

Alex was genuinely confused now. 'Me falling asleep while cultivating is fine? What? That shouldn't be the case. That was the entire reason I cultivated last night. why would she say that?' he wondered.

He wanted to ask more questions, but they reached the gate of the city.

”Oh yeah, there are hidden masters all over the city, so try not to use your spiritual sense recklessly. They can sense it too if they have it,” Ma Rong said to his through spiritual sense.