Chapter 435: The Heart Scalp Sect - 435
Zhu Yi stood up and yawned. "Alright. Hand over all of your valuables."
The four robbers, thinking they had not heard him correctly, looked confused.
"You heard right. Hand everything over besides the clothes on you."
Zhu Yi observed the robbers' states and assessed that they were likely to try and attack him. After all, they were not 100% sure that he was a cultivator.
Zhu Yi raised his hand and punched the ground. Cracks spread and the ground shook. Although there really wasn't that much damage, it was much more than any mortal could cause.
The robbers lost all doubt and began to take everything they had out.
"Why did we have to run into some insane child cultivator?" One of the robbers mumbled under his breath.
Zhu Yi heard it but ignored it. He was already robbing these people, it would feel shameful to beat them up as well.
Zhu Yi shooed the robbers away. They ran as fast as they could, not wanting to remain behind for a single second.
Zhu Yi looked at four weapons and four pouches on the ground.
He ignored the weapons and looked at the pouches first. Inside of them was money. Zhu Yi poured them out and counted it up. In total, 10 silver. It was more than he had ever seen at once, but he was a cultivator so it did not mean much. He had also used spirit stones, which could not be bought with almost any amount of money.
Coins were for mortals, spirit stones were for cultivators.
Zhu Yi, now fully awake, began to run down the path again. As a cultivator, he did not need to sleep much.
As he ran, he turned to Zhou Fan, who was still sitting on his shoulder.
"Master, I'm curious. Why did you say to rob them?" Although Zhu Yi thought it was a good idea, his master seemed indifferent to money.
"I'm preparing you for the future. To recover, I need spirit stones, and to cultivate, you need spirit stones. In other words, no matter how many spirit stones you have, it won't be enough. In order to gain more, you may have to rob cultivators." Zhou Fan explained.
Zhu Yi nodded. "I see. But shouldn't cultivators be above such things?"
"Of course not. Cultivators are really just mortals with power. They still rob, kill, hate, create, love, and destroy all the same. Just on a larger scale."
Zhu Yi nodded and fell into thought.
After a few minutes, he spoke again. "So what about you master? Have you robbed, killed, hated, created, loved, or destroyed?" Zhu Yi asked.
"I don't think I've robbed anyone, or not too many people at least. It's hard to remember all that. I've killed plenty. I've not hated that much. I've created an awful lot. I've loved a few, such as the 4 beasts, Heaven, and Leaf. I've also destroyed a large amount." Zhou Fan answered honestly.
Zhu Yi nodded and asked about a few of the individual things such as what he created, destroyed, who the 4 beasts, Leaf, and Heaven were, and a few other specific questions.
Zhou Fan answered them all vaguely without giving any hint of his power level. He did not want Zhu Yi to get arrogant with him as a backing, especially since he could not do too much.
As Master and Disciple spoke, time passed. After a few days, a large black gate with a red heart in its center appeared.
Zhou Fan was curious. "Are you sure this is a good sect?"
Zhu Yi nodded. "From what I've heard, but I don't actually know."
Looking at the gate, both he and Zhou Fan felt that it gave off a weird feeling. Not quite the feeling of danger, but an uneasy feeling.
There were no guards in front of it. It was just a big, black gate with a heart drawn in the center.
Zhu Yi looked at Zhou Fan, but Zhou Fan shrugged his shoulders. He had no idea what was going on with this sect.
Zhu Yi walked up and knocked on the door. Due to being a cultivator, his knocks were very loud, especially on the metal door.
Zhu Yi backed up and waited. After a few moments, a smaller, previously unseeable door opened up. It was a part of the gate and blended in with it perfectly. This door was only the size of a normal door.
An older man with red hair stepped out.
Zhu Yi looked at him and was so shocked that his nerves nearly jumped out of his body. Even Zhou Fan was surprised.
The older man bowed. "Welcome to the heart scalp sect. How can I help you?"
The old man smiled kindly, but to Zhu Yi, it was an evil smile.
"S-s- sorry. Wrong address." He said as he turned around and ran. The old man laughed before going back through the door.
Zhu Yi ran faster than ever and only stopped when he could not see the heart scalp sect anymore.
"I suppose you don't plan on joining that sect?" Zhou Fan asked.
Zhu Yi nodded as he panted.
"What was that?" He asked.
"I suppose there is a reason why it's called the heart scalp sect." Zhou Fan said.
When the old man had walked out, a beating heart had been protruding from his chest.
Zhu Yi had been so scared by the unnatural sight that he ran away immediately. Zhou Fan did not blame him at all.
"So, where to?" Zhou Fan asked.
Zhu Yi shook his head. "I don't know. That was the only sect I was aware of. If we want to find out the location of any other sects, we'll have to find a big city. Luckily, I know of one not too far from here."
Although they had spent a while running, Zhu Yi had met a few people along the journey.
One of them was a merchant. Zhu Yi bought a map off of him.
That map only had a single sect shown, but there was also a big city not too far away.
Chapter 436: White Palace City - 436
Zhu Yi began to run in the opposite direction of the Heart scalp sect. After a few days, there was a four way intersection. Instead of going back the way he came, Zhu Yi went a different direction.
After one more day of running, Zhu Yi saw the city from afar. Zhou Fan sat on his shoulder silently as Zhu Yi approached.
There were no city walls to this city, but in the middle of it was a shockingly large building. There was no doubt that this city had cultivators.
The building was white and seemed to take all of the shine away from the rest of the city. It stood imposingly, surrounded by a fog that made it mystical. Zhu Yi was intimidated by its mere sight.
Not to mention Zhu Yi, even Zhou Fan was shocked. In all of his years, he had never seen such an imposing building. Although he had seen majestic and grand creations, this building simply gave off an incredible feeling.
The feeling seemed to be dominance. The building gave off a feeling of unparalleled dominance.
Of course, this did not affect Zhou Fan at all. He was simply admiring the feeling it gave off. He could easily recreate the city, and even increase its dominance by a million times.
Zhu Yi on the other hand was heavily affected. He barely even had the spirit to run after seeing the grand building in the distance.
He slowed down to a jog and stared at the distance. It took him a while to reach the city with his slower speed.
There was no gate or guards. What thief would dare to come?
The dirt path turned into one of bricks and buildings began to line the streets.
Zhu Yi stopped jogging and walked. All the time, his gaze was on the building.
"Ahh."
Zhu Yi suddenly fell backwards after bumping into someone. His gaze finally left the building and looked at the man standing in front of him.
"Sorry about that." Zhu Yi said as he got up.
The man shook his head. "Don't worry about that. We're all like that the first time we see the white palace."
"What exactly is this place?" Zhu Yi asked.
The map had given no indication of such a grand city, and the first man that he bumped into was a cultivator even stronger than him.
"Sorry, but I'm in a bit of a hurry right now. There is a building not too far from here that has the history and information of the entire white palace city." The man said.
He then gave directions to Zhu Yi.
Zhu Yi thanked the man and followed his directions. Before long, he saw a large, square, black, one story building. On the side, printed in fancy letters, was the word "History".
Zhu Yi entered and came upon a front desk.
"Welcome to the white palace history records. Please take a tag and record your information. The first time you visit is free." The receptionist said with a smile.
Zhu Yi nodded and grabbed a tag out of a very obvious tag dispenser. It was large and had a red arrow pointing at it with the word "tag" written on it.
Zhu Yi looked down at the paper slip. It asked for his name and cultivation.
Zhu Yi filled it out honestly and put it in a designated box before truly entering the building.
In front of Zhu Yi was a large downward staircase with many people on it.
Zhu Yi was stunned by the building. It was so fancy and modern. Compared to his village, it was an entirely different world.
Zhou Fan was still sitting on his shoulder, looking around.
After going down the staircase, Zhu Yi entered an area with countless words written on walls. He read everything and walked through the history records that seemed more like a museum.
After nearly an entire day of moving around, Zhu Yi finally left the building. Looking back at it, it seemed so small, but 99% of it was underground.
Zhu Yi needed a moment to digest everything he had learned.
Firstly, the white palace city, while famous, was not very populated. This was for the simple fact that no cultivator above the foundation establishment realm was allowed to enter.
As for who enforced this rule, it was a nascent soul realm cultivator who lived nearby.
He was a nascent soul realm cultivator, one of the strongest in this world, but he was reduced to a guard for the city.
Although a nascent soul realm cultivator was the guard, the white palace city held a special place in the hearts of everyone in the world. Any cultivator would defend it and its rules.
After all, the greatest genius ever born on the planet was born in the city and built the white palace. He was also the first and only space shattering realm cultivator in the world's known history, according to the history records.
At a young age, that man was invincible, and the only thing that slowed him down was the rules set in place by Zhou Fan.
The cultivator had never lost a fight. He had never kneeled down or taken a master. He single handedly killed a space shattering cultivator from another world in a single move.
This was all recorded down in the history records, though Zhu Yi barely comprehended half of it.
That man's name was Chen Jie, and his name was synonymous with the term "Invincible".
It was unknown where he had gone, but no person in the world would claim that he had died. As far as they were concerned, he was undefeated throughout the universe by now.
The story of Chen Jie made Zhu Yi's blood boil. He also wanted to be like this. The mere story of Chen Jie was enough to inspire anyone.
Even Zhou Fan wanted to see him. He turned his head towards Zhu Yi. If everything went well, perhaps they would both see this Chen Jie one day.
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