strictlysupreme Chapter 685 Tianluo City
Chapter 685 Tianluo City
The old man refused Cui Jingyun's offer and said to Zhong Ran, "Girl, promise me you'll settle me in properly."
That brat has ill intentions. He's completely defenseless right now, so why should he go with him?
If they find out that I am powerless to protect myself and will be paralyzed for a period of time, and will need a lot of resources to repair my body, who knows what those people will do to me?
Zhong Ran is different from Mu Jinning; they both possess different destinies and are upright and honest, so they would never harbor any improper thoughts towards the old man.
Cui Jingyun's expression turned unnatural; he never expected that the old man would refuse.
Zhong Ran and Mu Jinning were also surprised. Did this old man know his current predicament?
Does he think he's still some kind of immortal? And he's even chosen one?
He's practically a cripple now. If he's lucky, it might take him a thousand years to recover to his peak condition.
If he's unlucky, it might take thousands of years for him to regain the body of a normal cultivator.
Moreover, it seems she didn't agree to make sure he was settled in properly.
Little did she know that the old man was so aware of his own situation that he insisted on following them.
Seeing that the old man was determined to accept Zhong Ran, Cui Jingyun quickly said, "Junior Sister Zhong, why don't we go into the city together to rest for a while? It won't make a difference if we're in a hurry, right?"
Zhong Ran hesitated. She didn't really want to go to the city from here, but now that things were like this, it was hard to refuse.
"Senior, what kind of place are you looking for to settle down?"
The old man said in a deep voice, "It would be good to go into the city and take a look."
He needs to check what the situation is like outside before he can decide how to recover from his injury.
In the past, his divine sense could cover an area of thousands of miles, sensing very far.
But now, he can only sense things up close, like a novice cultivator.
Therefore, he still wanted to go into the city to see the current situation.
Hearing him say that, I understood that he wanted to experience the atmosphere of the city.
Fine, let's go into the city then. She'll supply some monster meat to Ah Sheng while she's there.
Next, we'll head to the ancient battlefield, where we won't be able to resupply for a long time.
"Alright, let's go into the city then."
With Cui Jingyun leading the way, she resignedly picked up the old man again and followed.
Mu Jinning quietly stayed by her side without saying a word.
As for asking him to give the old man more life force? Sorry, he won't do it since he's not being paid.
The reason I used life force to guide him before was simply to let him cleanse himself.
It's not actually a short distance to enter the city from here; the sun has already set, and we still can't see the city.
"Senior Brother Cui, how far is Tianluo City?"
Cui Jingyun scratched his head lightly: "I estimate we'll have to travel for another day and night."
Zhong Ran: ...
Is this what you mean by "very close"?
"Don't you have any flying boats or anything?"
She gave her flying boat to her father; otherwise, she would have taken it out by now.
The old man suddenly transmitted his voice to her in a deep, resonant voice: "Girl, among the things I gave you, there's a small blanket, it's a flying blanket."
Zhong Ran was taken aback. They hadn't looked at those things carefully before, but after hearing what he said, she quickly found the blanket.
It was a green blanket, and I couldn't tell what it was made of, but it felt quite soft to the touch.
The old man, in a deep, resonant voice, then taught her how to control it. This was no ordinary flying boat, but a magical artifact.
It's not something you can control to fly with spirit stones; you need to use magic techniques to control it.
To be honest, this was Zhong Ran's first time encountering such a magical artifact, and she was quite curious about it.
She tossed the flying carpet up and jumped up first.
Once the blanket was thrown up, it rapidly magnified, resembling a strip of mat.
Zhong Ran first helped the old man upstairs and saw that he was seated before she and Mu Jinning flew up together.
Cui Jingyun and the other person also jumped up, and for a moment their expressions were somewhat subtle.
None of them expected that Zhong Ran would have such a good thing.
Cui Jingyun pointed in a direction, and Zhong Ran piloted the aircraft away at a much faster speed than before.
Actually, tearing through the void would be faster, but with an old man in tow, they didn't have the strength for that.
Mu Jinning, for example, did not stay in the Nascent Soul stage for very long, nor did she have much experience in tearing through the void.
Zhong Ran is even more so; she hasn't tried it yet, let alone taking care of an old man.
Cui Jingyun and the other man should be able to go, but the old man is unwilling to go with them.
Therefore, the only option now is to use the flying carpet.
Zhong Ran thought to herself that this time she must practice tearing through the void properly so that she could be faster.
She noticed that in the past two years, her attention seemed to have been focused on alchemy and formation techniques, or she had been constantly trying to break through her cultivation level.
It seems a bit too fast; we haven't properly learned many other methods.
It's a shame we only discovered our shortcomings now.
As expected of a magical artifact, it was incredibly fast. Before dawn, they could see a city in the distance.
Zhong Ran piloted the aircraft downwards, and when it landed, it was already not far from the city gate.
She put away her flying carpet and looked up at the distant city: Tianluo City!
"Senior, put this on, it won't scare people." Mu Jinning found a black cloak and had the old man put it on.
His emaciated appearance, along with his eyes and mouth sewn shut, was quite frightening.
The old man didn't speak, but instead put on a black cloak, covering himself completely.
He didn't want everyone to be staring at him.
Cui Jingyun went ahead first. Instead of handing over spirit stones to enter the city, he took out a token and handed it to the guard.
Zhong Ran sensed it and saw that it contained the character "Cui".
She suddenly remembered that her and Mu Jinning's array master badges seemed to grant them free entry into the city.
It was just because she had always been with the people around her, and since ordinary cultivators had to pay spirit stones to enter the city, she paid along with them.
Most of the time, she uses teleportation arrays and would never enter through the city gate like this.
Next time, she'll try to see if her badge can get the whole group into town.
The Cui family should be considered a prominent family here, right? Otherwise, how could they have allowed him to bring three people in just because of a token?
After entering the city, Cui Jingyun rented a car at the city gate and had the driver take them to the Cui family home.
Tianluo City is an extremely large city, as can be seen from the grandeur of its city gates.
The streets were wide, and the rented carriages were not ordinary horse-drawn carriages, but those pulled by fourth-tier magical beasts, which were extremely fast.
A car can carry not only four or five people, but the largest can carry up to ten.
"Hmm? That woman is so beautiful!"
In a teahouse by the street, two men were leaning against the window looking out at the street when they caught sight of a beautiful woman in a car speeding by.