Mortal: My divine sense has mutated.

Before long, even though he was underground and his divine sense could not reach very far, Chen Liang discovered the location of the Gold-Eating Insects.

As Chen Liang emerged from the rock wall, a dark, natural cave appeared before him.

A swarm of silver gold-eating insects had gathered into a ball and were dormant, hanging from a withered branch of a sacred tree.

With Chen Liang's arrival, the nest of silver gold-devouring insects seemed to be awakened, and the spherical swarms that had emerged began to wriggle.

However, Chen Liang didn't want to give them a chance to cause trouble, so he directly threw out a net woven from blood jade spider silk and caught the nest of gold-devouring insects.

Then, Chen Liang sealed it in a jade box, and the mission was accomplished.

After successfully capturing the Gold-Eating Insects, there was nothing left for Chen Liang to worry about in the waters around Kuixing Island for the time being.

Moreover, Chen Liang had more than enough cultivation resources to reach the Core Formation stage, so he planned to go to Tianxing City to break through to the Core Formation stage before considering anything else.

So after Chen Liang returned to Tiandu Street Market, he gathered Chen Qiaoqian, Xin Ruyin, Xiao Mei, and Han Li together and began to speak.

"I think you all know by now that although the Chaotic Star Sea offers countless opportunities, it is difficult to make any progress without strong strength."

Therefore, I plan to go to Tianxing City, rent a cave dwelling rich in spiritual energy, and cultivate in seclusion for a period of time before considering the matter of hunting demons in the outer sea. What do you all think?

Upon hearing this, Chen Qiaoqian and Xin Ruyin exchanged a glance and then spoke up.

Chen Qiaoqian: "I'm willing to go with my senior brother."

Xin Ruyin: "Ruyin is willing to go with me."

Xiao Mei chimed in, "Wherever Miss goes, I'll go."

Han Li hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Then I'll have to rely on your guidance, Senior Brother."

After all, he is only a Qi Refining cultivator now and still needs the protection of his senior brother Chen Liang. Moreover, Han Li also has ambitions in his heart.

He had already used up his internal energy once to help Nangong Wan heal her injuries, which was a lucky accident that he successfully cultivated the first level of the "Three Revolutions Rejuvenation Technique".

In addition, Han Li had enough cultivation resources to support his attempt to break through to the Core Formation stage, so Han Li also set his sights on Core Formation.

And so, Chen Liang and his group left Kui Xing Island and boarded the Wind Spirit Shuttle, heading towards Tian Xing City.

The Wind Spirit Shuttle's current speed is comparable to that of a Core Formation cultivator, but even so, it still took Chen Liang and his group more than two months to reach the vicinity of Tianxing City.

Before Chen Liang and his group appeared a colossal mountain, its peak soaring into the clouds and its body magnificent beyond compare.

A bustling human city stood nestled against the mountain, its towering walls and thriving port particularly striking.

That is Tianxing City.

Tianxing City is the holy land of the human race in the Chaotic Star Sea, and also the headquarters of the Star Palace, the dominant force of the human race in the Chaotic Star Sea.

It is divided into eighty-one levels, with the first level being a place where mortals and cultivators live together.

The buildings stretched endlessly, and the streets were bustling with pedestrians. Flying magical artifacts filled the sky, and occasionally, the escape lights of Core Formation cultivators would streak across the heavens.

The second to forty-ninth floors of Tianxing City are the secluded cultivation grounds for cultivators, with numerous cave dwellings available for rent. Chen Liang and his group could simply choose one from among them if they wished to rent a cave dwelling.

On the fiftieth floor of Tianxing City stand several star palaces containing the outer sea teleportation array, where Chen Liang and his group will inevitably have to visit several times in the future.

As for the area above the fiftieth floor of Tianxing City, that is the territory of the Star Palace, and outsiders cannot enter at will.

Since it was their first time seeing the legendary Tianxing City, Chen Qiaoqian and the others were stunned and stood there dumbfounded.

Chen Liang was a little better off, because he was already somewhat prepared for its imposing size.

Soon after, Chen Liang and his group arrived at the port of Tianxing City. After disembarking, they looked around at the bustling scene and walked towards one of the entrances to Tianxing City.

It's worth mentioning that if you want to live in Tianxing City, you have to buy a residence ring.

The residence ring is divided into blue temporary residence rings and red permanent residence rings. The former can be purchased for a year's residence period for only ten spirit stones, and a renewal fee is required when it expires.

The red permanent residence ring costs one thousand spirit stones, but once obtained and bound to the owner, one can live in Tianxing City indefinitely.

Apart from Xiao Mei, everyone in Chen Liang's group was wealthy, so at the entrance they each took out a thousand spirit stones to buy a red permanent residence ring.

As for Xiaomei's permanent residence ring, it was purchased by Xin Ruyin.

After entering the city, the group, led by a hyacinth, first visited several famous cultivator markets in the city to learn about the locations of shops or auction houses of the major merchant alliances and sects in the Chaotic Star Sea.

Then Chen Liang and his group found the Star Palace office, which was in charge of renting cave dwellings, and rented a cave dwelling on the 39th floor and a cave dwelling on the 12th floor respectively.

The cave dwelling on the thirty-ninth floor was rented by Chen Liang for 120 years. Chen Qiaoqian, Xin Ruyin, and Xiao Mei would live with Chen Liang there, since the cave dwelling was quite spacious.

With the little green bottle in his possession, Han Li, who was suspicious all day long, naturally chose to live alone in a small cave on the twelfth floor.

However, he only rented it for twenty years to restore his cultivation and cultivate to the late stage of Foundation Establishment before attempting to form his core.

It's worth mentioning that renting a cave dwelling isn't cheap. Chen Liang spent three thousand spirit stones to rent the cave dwelling on the thirty-ninth floor, while Han Li spent over two hundred spirit stones for his small cave dwelling.

All told, they had already spent more than 8,000 spirit stones on their first day in Tianxing City. It really wasn't easy living in the city.

Fortunately, they have settled down and will not have to spend such outrageous amounts of money for a long time to come.

Chen Liang set up a set of inverted five elements array as a defensive formation around the new cave dwelling. Then, he led Chen Qiaoqian and the other two women to clean up the cave dwelling again and put some commonly used furniture and valuables in it, arranging it in a way that he liked.

After finishing all that, Chen Liang accompanied Chen Qiaoqian, Xin Ruyin, and Xiaomei down the mountain to explore the first floor and buy some new belongings for their new home.

Only after Chen Qiaoqian, Xin Ruyin, and Xiao Mei became familiar with life in Tianxing City, and Chen Liang fed the purified Blood Condensation Five Elements Pill to Xiao Wu, and entrusted the sleeping Xiao Wu to the care of Chen Qiaoqian and the other two women, did he enter seclusion to begin his attempt to break through to the Core Formation stage.

Since cultivating the Three-Colored Fire Lotus, Chen Liang only needs to release the Three-Colored Fire Lotus out of his body and then irrigate it with a large amount of evil energy from the Evil Energy Gourd to obtain a large amount of Core Formation level Soul Essence and Core Formation level True Essence.

Chen Liang could easily refine those Core Formation level soul essences and Core Formation level true essences, which made his soul stronger day by day and his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.

Using this method, Chen Liang's cultivation speed more than doubled compared to before.

At present, it's only a matter of time before Chen Liang breaks through to the Core Formation stage. So, apart from occasionally coming out to chat with Chen Qiaoqian and the other two women and feeding Xiao Wu with Hunyuan spiritual energy, Chen Liang has been staying in the secret room to focus on cultivation.