Chapter 1404: Chapter 1375: A World Where the Strong Are as Common as Dogs
Li Chen indeed has some Spirit Crystals, but there are only a few hundred pieces in total, and they were all collected in the Main World.
Initially, his cultivation was more inclined toward insight and battle, so he didn’t pay much attention to these things and casually carried some with him. Unexpectedly, entering here even requires one thousand Spirit Crystals as an entry fee.
At that moment, in front of Li Chen, Li Xinsheng and others had already paid their Spirit Crystals and were preparing to enter the city.
After seeing Li Chen’s expression, they seemed to realize something.
"Well... Li Chen, you wouldn’t happen to not have the Spirit Crystals to enter the city, would you?" Li Xinsheng understood the situation as soon as he saw Li Chen’s expression.
Li Chen was helpless but could only nod: "Indeed, I don’t have any."
He looked at Bai Tianyi behind him, and sure enough, Bai Tianyi decisively shook her head too.
"This..." Li Xinsheng was a bit troubled.
Although he is the captain of the City Hunter Team, he has exchanged the Spirit Crystals he usually saved for cultivation resources. Speaking of two thousand Low Grade Spirit Crystals, he could take them out. However, after just meeting Li Chen, it was indeed a bit unwilling to inexplicably take out two thousand Low Grade Spirit Crystals to support him.
The city gate guard nearby also clearly heard their conversation and frowned, looking at Li Chen: "If you don’t have Spirit Crystals, move aside quickly, don’t block others from entering the city!"
Li Chen sighed inwardly and then looked toward Li Xinsheng: "Captain Li, thank you for bringing me here, but I will remember this place. I’ll come here again when I gather enough Spirit Crystals."
Li Xinsheng hesitated for a moment and ultimately didn’t say anything.
He felt his sister pulling his clothes from behind, but he couldn’t say more.
Li Chen shook his head and prepared to leave with Bai Tianyi.
However, at this moment, a gentle voice came from the side.
"What is happening?"
Everyone near the city gate was stunned simultaneously and immediately looked to the side.
Beside them, in mid-air, a sedan chair without any carrying tools was floating in the air, and the voice just now came from within the sedan chair.
"Miss Qingyan?!"
Many people recognized this vehicle and exclaimed immediately.
In the entire Nanxiang Prefecture, there might be many various modes of transportation, flying in the sky or running on the ground, but Miss Qingyan’s Cloud Chasing Carriage is truly unique.
Not for anything else, but because the Cloud Chasing Carriage is a Mid-grade Spiritual Artifact!
Among various instruments, there are five types: Essence, Spirit, Heaven, God, and Saint, each divided into Superior, Medium, and Low grades. Regular Martial Artists can at most use Fine Instruments, which are considered quite good. In fact, most below Heaven Rank still use ordinary Weapons, and Spiritual Artifacts are already quite rare.
As for flying instruments, they are even more precious than Weapons, let alone being Mid-grade Flying Spirit Artifacts.
"Miss Qingyan." Seeing the Cloud Chasing Carriage, even the city gate guard respectfully bowed towards it and then explained: "These two want to enter Baiyue City but found out they don’t have Spirit Crystals."
"Hmm." A soft hum came from the Cloud Chasing Carriage, followed by a crystal-clear jade stone flying out, landing in the guard’s hand.
"Let them in."
As soon as the words finished, the Cloud Chasing Carriage turned into a stream of light and entered the city gate.
"It’s actually... a Superior Grade Spirit Crystal?"
"This one piece of Superior Grade Spirit Crystal is equivalent to ten thousand Low Grade Spirit Crystals. As expected of Miss Qingyan!"
Watching the Cloud Chasing Carriage go in, Li Chen furrowed his brows. He wasn’t accustomed to receiving kindness out of nowhere, so he immediately spoke loudly: "Thank you, Miss Qingyan, for tomorrow’s help. Li Chen will surely repay you in the future!"
The Cloud Chasing Carriage paused briefly, then seemed to ignore it entirely as it entered Baiyue City.
People around also looked at Li Chen with amused eyes.
Does Miss Qingyan need repayment from such a young fellow who is not even at Heaven Level?
Miss Qingyan is already an Envy Heaven Realm powerhouse at a young age, and her father is the Nanxiang Prefecture’s Prefecture Master. The gap between her and her peers will only widen in the future; this young man probably won’t have the chance to repay her in his lifetime.
No matter what these people think, Li Chen never considers himself without an opportunity to repay.
Although he has been through countless life-and-death trials on his cultivation path, he has never belittled himself or thought of himself as inferior to anyone.
"Li Chen, let’s go; let’s enter the city." Li Xinsheng said somewhat awkwardly.
Li Chen understood Li Xinsheng’s feeling, nodded, and said nothing more, entering the city with Bai Tianyi.
"Brother, that girl is not bad." At this time, Bai Tianyi quietly said from behind Li Chen.
Li Chen shook his head helplessly, not knowing why Bai Tianyi began directly calling him brother since the journey to Baiyue City.
And Bai Tianyi’s explanation was merely that Li Chen carried a warm aura that made her regard him as a relative.
However, Li Chen was slightly comforted that Bai Tianyi seemed only like this towards him. On the way, other male members of the City Hunter Team also tried talking to Bai Tianyi, but she was indifferent in the end.
"Is this Baiyue City?"
Standing on the streets of Ba Yue City, Li Chen felt the previous overwhelming sensation growing even stronger.
When outside the city, Li Chen had observed the city briefly, and then discovered that this city was far larger than any he had ever seen before. Although the building style somewhat resembled ancient Huaxia architecture, in terms of momentum, it was more powerful than any modern building he had ever encountered.
Within Ba Yue City, most of the people moving around were Martial Artists. Li Chen was shocked to find that, as far as his eyes could see, the lowest cultivation level was Earth Level, with quite a few he couldn’t discern at all.
These people were clearly all Heaven-level Experts.
In speechlessness, Li Chen finally understood what it meant to have strong warriors as numerous as dogs.
Perhaps due to the denser spiritual energy in the Heaven Realm, almost everyone here possessed a respectable level of cultivation, being born with physiques close to Yellow Rank Martial Artists; otherwise, they would be unable to overcome the terrifying gravity here.
Faintly, Li Chen seemed to understand something.
A place shapes its people—this spoke directly to the situation he was witnessing.
"Li Chen?" Li Xinsheng noticed Li Chen spacing out and couldn’t help but ask.
He thought Li Chen was still dwelling on the issue of not lending him Spirit Crystals earlier, and said awkwardly, "Sorry, I don’t have many Spirit Crystals myself. All I’ve saved over the years has been spent on exchanging cultivation resources."
"You should understand, after reaching this cultivation level, mere hard work alone is no longer effective, so cultivation resources..."
Li Chen nodded slightly, understanding the sentiment even without guidance.
Even though the spiritual energy here was incredibly dense, Li Chen had already sensed his cultivation progress slowing down significantly while in the Main World.
It’s not just a matter of insight; even the absorption speed was utterly insufficient for his cultivation needs.
Li Chen initially thought it was due to the lack of spiritual energy in the Main World. Upon arriving in the Heaven Realm, he realized that even with abundant spiritual energy, it seemed to still not meet his cultivation requirements.
"Resources..."
"Captain Li, why don’t you take your people and report back on the mission first. I’ll just take my sister around the city." Li Chen gestured towards Li Xinsheng.
Li Xinsheng wasn’t a bad person; however, it’s understandable that anyone would have such thoughts. He could see that Li Xinsheng wasn’t wealthy either, and asking him to pay two thousand Spirit Crystals for two acquaintances was clearly difficult for him.
Upon hearing Li Chen’s words, Li Xinsheng had no choice but to nod.
"Alright then, I’ll take my team to complete the mission. There’s going to be a Spiritual Wine Gathering later in Ba Yue City, any Martial Artist with the cultivation level above Burning Heat is welcome to attend. You should come along with us."
"Sure, thank you." Li Chen replied.
"But, Miss Tian Yi..." Li Xinsheng hesitated for a moment and said.
"I’m already above Burning Heat." Bai Tianyi said crisply.
"That’s good." Li Xinsheng said awkwardly, with a smile, "Miss Tian Yi’s Concealment Technique is quite impressive, even I couldn’t discern your cultivation level."
Upon hearing Li Xinsheng’s words, Li Chen’s heart couldn’t help but be stirred—even Li Xinsheng couldn’t see Bai Tianyi’s cultivation level?
Glimpsing at Bai Tianyi, Li Chen didn’t say much and temporarily bid farewell to Li Xinsheng.
"Let’s just look around." Li Chen said to Bai Tianyi.
Bai Tianyi laughed playfully and nodded, "Okay, brother."
Li Chen sighed inwardly, unsure where this girl came from, with an undiscernible cultivation level and somehow amnesiac.
What made Li Chen feel helpless was that the girl seemed to be following him.
And subtly, Li Chen didn’t seem to dislike this feeling.
"Customer, is there anything you need?"
Just as they entered a shop, a man with a handlebar mustache approached with a smile.
Li Chen’s gaze swept over the counter, and he couldn’t help but twitch his mouth.
This was a Pill Pharmacy, and even the cheapest items here cost several hundred Spirit Crystals, which was more than his total assets combined could buy.
In a glance, Li Chen found that he had actually seen a Realm Breaking Pill.
And here, the price of one Realm Breaking Pill was astonishingly one hundred Superior Grade Spirit Crystals!
According to market value, one Superior Grade Spirit Crystal equals one hundred Mid-grade Spirit Crystals, which equals ten thousand Low-grade Spirit Crystals. In other words, a single Realm Breaking Pill costs one million Low-grade Spirit Crystals!
"Give me a manual for the identification of herbs and pills." Li Chen took out two hundred Spirit Crystals and handed them to the man.
"Oh." Seeing that Li Chen was merely buying an Identification Technique, the man instantly lost interest, took the Spirit Crystals, and casually tossed a Jade Slip to Li Chen.
"It’s recorded on a Jade Slip?" Li Chen was slightly surprised.
While Li Chen was contemplating whether to sell a Realm Breaking Pill and exchange it for some Spirit Crystals, a cold sneer sounded from behind him.
"A pauper trying to buy anything?"