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Five Elements State, Tianyuan City.

Inside the teleportation array.

A flash of white light appeared.

Three tall and imposing figures suddenly appeared on the array plate.

It was Zhu Chen, Qing Yi, and Xiao Yan who were teleported from Tianxian City.

As soon as the three of them stepped out of the formation, a wave of scorching heat hit them.

Zhu Chen looked around and saw that the entire city was packed with people, and cultivators were everywhere.

Meanwhile, temporary stalls selling precious bones and magical artifacts were set up on both sides of the street.

The sounds of hawking and bargaining rose and fell.

Elsewhere, streaks of light flashed across the sky.

Clearly, all these forces are after the Tianyuan Secret Realm.

Zhu Chen stepped forward and stopped a passing cultivator: "Fellow Daoist, may I ask when the Tianyuan Secret Realm will open?"

The cultivator glanced at him and said enthusiastically, "It's in half a month, according to the people from Immortal Mountain. But the city is already packed with people. You'd better hurry and find a place to stay, or you won't even have a woodshed to sleep in..."

Zhu Chen thanked him, and the man didn't linger, turning around and leaving in a hurry.

As Xiao Yan looked around, he clicked his tongue in amazement and said, "It's so lively here! Every place is full of life and energy, much more lively than that lifeless Heavenly Immortal City!"

Qingyi glanced at the crowd nearby and whispered, "How could it not be lively? Look over there... Ningjin Sect, Butian Sect, Mokui Garden, Luofu True Valley, Yaolong Dao Sect, Huoyun Cave, Xieyue Ancient Cave... almost all the major forces in the three thousand Dao states have come."

Zhu Chen nodded in agreement: "Half a month... that's not too long. Let's find a place to rest first, and wait for Han Li and the others to arrive..."

Qingyi asked curiously, "Who is this Han Li?"

Xiao Yan chuckled and joked, "He's a rather lewd male cultivator. His strength isn't much, but his escape skills are top-notch. If you go into a dungeon with him, you'd better run away before he does, otherwise you definitely won't be as fast as him..."

Qingyi realized that Xiao Yan was joking, so she didn't say anything more.

However, judging from Xiao Yan's introduction...

She concluded that 'Han Li' was most likely someone with exceptional escape skills.

……

Zhu Chen and his two companions walked along the main street for a short while before they saw a shop with a sign that read "Yunlai Inn".

There were many people coming and going in front of the shop, so it seemed to be doing good business.

Zhu Chen stepped inside.

Behind the counter, a chubby shopkeeper was engrossed in fiddling with an abacus. Hearing footsteps, she interrupted without looking up, "We're full. Go somewhere else."

Zhu Chen frowned slightly: "Not a single one left?"

The shopkeeper then looked up and waved his hand impatiently: "Don't even mention a room, there isn't even half a bed left. You've come too late. It was fully booked three days ago. Hurry up and leave, don't delay my business."

Xiao Yan's face darkened, and he was about to say something when Zhu Chen stopped him: "Forget it, let's find a place outside the city to make do for a few days."

The three of them turned and walked out.

But just as they reached the door, a strange, sarcastic voice suddenly came from behind them:

"Wow, this fairy is quite beautiful... I've been in Tianyuan City for several months and I've never seen such a beautiful woman before!"

Zhu Chen paused in his steps.

Turning around,

But the person who spoke was actually a young man dressed in a brocade robe.

He looked to be in his early twenties, with a frivolous expression.

Behind him followed five or six other monks dressed similarly, with a ferocious dragon embroidered on their chests.

It is the symbol of the Demon Dragon Sect.

The young man walked straight up to Qingyi, looked her up and down, and a lewd glint gradually flashed in his eyes: "Is the fairy alone? Would you like to come with us?"

Qingyi followed Zhu Chen expressionlessly, not even glancing at the other person.

It was as if everything this person had just said was nonsense.

However, upon seeing this, the man did not get angry but instead laughed.

He turned to his companions behind him, and teased with a smile, "Oh, this fairy is quite aloof, but I like her..." The others burst into laughter at this.
"Senior Brother Zhou, they're ignoring you!"

"This fairy really doesn't give you any face at all..."

"It seems Senior Brother Zhou will have to return empty-handed this time..."

The young cultivator surnamed Zhou's expression darkened slightly upon hearing the discussions around him.

He immediately stepped forward and reached out to grab Qingyi's chin.

"—Smack!"

However, before his hand could even touch him, he was repelled by an invisible force.

The young man surnamed Zhou took two steps back.

He clutched his wrist, his flippancy instantly turning into fury: "You bitch, how dare you lay a hand on me?"

Upon seeing this, several of his fellow disciples immediately surrounded Zhu Chen and his two companions, blocking them at the doorway.

"They're from the Demon Dragon Sect. Those three are in for trouble."

"That female cultivator is indeed beautiful; no wonder she's being targeted."

"The Demon Dragon Sect has sent several True God Realm elders this time. Who dares to provoke them?"

"Who else could it be? It must be some ignorant rogue cultivators again..."

More and more cultivators gathered there.

Someone recognized the Zhou surname cultivator on the spot as a member of the Demon Dragon Dao Sect, and couldn't help but feel sorry for the three cultivators surrounded by the Demon Dragon Dao Sect.

The Demon Dragon Sect is a powerful force in the Upper Realm.

Almost none of the people they set their sights on survived.

The young man surnamed Zhou rubbed his wrist and sneered, "Fairy, you'd better be sensible and come with me obediently. Otherwise, your two friends can forget about entering the Tianyuan Secret Realm. Once they're inside, our Demon Dragon Dao Sect will take good care of them."

Qingyi listened with a blank expression, but her eyes held a growing sense of disgust towards the people of the Demon Dragon Sect.

"Damn it, how dare you flirt with my sister-in-law? You're asking for it..."

Xiao Yan's expression darkened, and he was about to step forward and make a move.

But as soon as he took a step, a blur flashed past him.

"--puff!!!"

A soft sound.

The young man surnamed Zhou's head flew off his neck, and blood gushed out.

Before the corpse even fell to the ground, Zhu Chen reached out and grabbed a phantom of light from the headless body.

It was the other party's primordial spirit.

"You...you dare to kill me? This is Tianyuan City...the Immortal Mountain forbids private duels, you're insane!"

The primordial spirit screamed in terror, hoping that Zhu Chen would spare its life.

But Zhu Chen ignored him completely.

With a forceful thrust of his five fingers, he instantly shattered the man's primordial spirit, turning it into specks of spiritual light that dissipated into the air.

The whole process takes only the time it takes to breathe.

The surroundings were deathly silent.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, looking at the scene in disbelief.

"He...he killed the people from the Demon Dragon Sect?"

"He actually made a move here? The Immortal Mountain strictly forbids this!"

"This is insane! This is going to disqualify them!"

"You're finished! You dare kill someone from my Demon Dragon Dao Sect? You just wait!"

The disciples of the Demon Dragon Sect finally realized what was happening and shouted in shock and anger.

Zhu Chen glanced at them indifferently, a slight smile playing on his lips: "The Immortal Mountain only explicitly forbids private duels, but it doesn't say that killing is prohibited..."

...(End of this chapter)