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.
Chapter 437: Chaos Beasts - 437
After leaving the history records of the white palace city, Zhu Yi walked around the city some more.
Under the orders of Chen Jie, no person above the Foundation Establishment realm was allowed to enter the city. Along with that, no person at all was allowed to enter the white palace, under any circumstances.
As Zhu Yi walked around, Zhou Fan thought of another piece of information shown in the history records of the white palace city.
It mentioned that Chen Jie, without injury, defeated a "Chaos Beast" on the same level. While Zhu Yi simply saw it as another piece of information on Chen Jie's long list of victories, Zhou Fan saw the word differently.
The word "Chaos" in Chaos Beast gave him a bad feeling. It could be called intuition, but he felt that Chaos Beasts were not as simple as they seemed.
After all, in the history records, it stated that defeating a Chaos Beast on the same level was a great achievement of Chen Jie, but Chen Jie was known as invincible. He had never known defeat, much less to someone on the same level. Yet still, it was listed there.
The feat of defeating a Chaos Beast on the same level also had a surprising lack of information. It was as if something was being hidden from low level cultivators.
While Zhu Yi walked around, Zhou Fan spoke.
"Ask some of these people if they know anything about Chaos Beasts." He said.
Zhu Yi nodded and proceeded to do just that.
However, not a single person knew what he was talking about except for an avid Chen Jie fan that had memorized Chen Jie's accomplishments.
"I've also wondered what a Chaos Beast was, especially for it to be labeled as a great achievement of his." The man had said.
Even Zhu Yi became suspicious at the lack of information on the topic, but he was doing his best not to pass out on the street. After all, he had gone too long without sleeping while in the history records.
Zhu Yi found an inn which charged a silver a night. Zhu Yi was stunned, but chalked it up to the fact that they were all cultivators.
The next morning, Zhu Yi awoke to a knock on his door. After a few moments of stretching and rolling around, Zhu Yi got up and answered it.
Outside was a man with a gray hood covering his head. His body was covered in robes.
"My lord wishes to speak with you. Please follow me."
Zhu Yi looked at him in confusion. "Who is your lord?"
"My lord is a nascent soul realm cultivator. It has been heard that you've been asking about Chaos Beasts. My lord handles such matters." The hooded man said.
Zhu Yi's eyes widened and he looked at his shoulder.
"Go ahead." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi nodded. The hooded man took that as a yes to following him and led the way.
Zhu Yi silently followed. It was early morning, but the streets were still as active as ever. Even Qi gathering cultivators could go a few days without sleeping, and there was no lack of them in the white palace city. After all, it was like a historic monument that a person could only visit when younger and weaker, though very few would ever reach the core formation realm.
This seemed to be a relatively low level cultivation world.
Zhu Yi took twists and turns before heading out of the city. Regardless of the situation, core formation realm cultivators and above were simply not allowed in the city.
Shortly after leaving the city, Zhu Yi was led to a thick tree with a door.
"Wait here." The hooded man said as he knocked on the door and left.
A few moments later, Zhu Yi heard a voice. "Come in."
Zhu Yi twisted the doorknob and entered the tree. Inside was a relatively cozy environment. The walls were lined by books and an old man was sitting behind the desk, writing something.
Zhu Yi closed the door behind him and quietly waited as the old man wrote.
"I hate people who act like this." Zhou Fan said on his shoulder. It was clear that the old man was trying to establish some sort of superiority by making Zhu Yi wait.
After nearly three minutes, the old man finally looked up from his paper and stopped writing.
"I am the protector of White Palace City, and it has come to my attention that you've been asking around about Chaos Beasts." The old man said without giving Zhu Yi any room to speak.
"I'll put this very simply. Do not even think about Chaos Beasts until reaching the core formation realm. Don't speak to anyone about Chaos Beasts before reaching the core formation realm. It is restricted information. The only reason it is on the wall of Chen Jie's achievements is to give credit for the fact that it happened. We occasionally get someone like you who asks about them. However, they all die if they do not heed this warning. Get." The old man said before making a shooing motion with his hand.
Zhu Yi silently and calmly turned around and left. Both he and Zhou Fan were abnormally silent until reaching the city.
Only then did Zhu Yi's fists clench into a ball. "How dare some old man talk to me like that!" He said with clenched teeth.
To both Zhu Yi and Zhou Fan, it was an unfamiliar feeling. When had they ever been talked down to like that. As if they were some sort of ants.
"Master! I want to beat that old man up until he is begging for his life!" Zhu Yi said quietly through his teeth.
"Don't worry." Zhou Fan said. "If you don't beat him until he is begging while you're in the core formation realm, my name isn't Zhou Fan."
Zhou Fan was equally angered. There was a sense of powerlessness he had never felt. There had been times when he had been outmatched in terms of power, such as when first feeling the great attractors long ago, but he had never been looked down upon by an intelligent lifeform and been unable to do anything about it.
Although it was not actually happening to him, it was happening to his disciple. It was no less humiliating.
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