Chapter 1657: Chapter 1347: I’m Just Passing Through
Upon hearing Du Wei’s words, Lu Chen imdiately realized, although the cities within the Mysterious Moon Palace’s dominion are nominally part of the palace, there are nurous forces present within its territory.
The Mysterious Moon Palace is in the heavens, while these places on the ground are rely part of the mortal world to it. Even though so special cities are under its direct governance, most of the cities are managed by its subsidiary forces.
After all, the Mysterious Moon Palace is an Immortal Sect and can’t focus solely on directly managing the mortal world.
Frost City, for instance, is one of the special cities under the direct managent of the Mysterious Moon Palace, so its prosperity is naturally expected.
However, judging from the number of people in Snow Peak City, it must have been prosperous before. How did it end up in such a state?
This is probably related to the issue Du Wei ntioned regarding the cultivators’ cultivation.
Thinking of this, Lu Chen looked at the cultivators walking down the street and indeed saw Death Qi emitting from them.
As an Immortal, Lu Chen could imdiately tell that their Divine Souls were likely damaged, though he did not know how this had happened.
In fact, he only needed to use his Divine Thought to inspect the entire Snow Peak City; he would likely uncover the reason. However, he sensed the presence of an Immortal’s aura in Snow Peak City, so did not proceed. In the Tianyan Immortal Domain, there are so unwritten rules. Where a known Immortal is present, passing Immortals generally do not use Divine Thought to probe, as it’s considered provocative.
Of course, this is generally the case, and given Snow Peak City’s abnormalities and his status as the Direct Disciple of the Hall Master of the Mysterious Moon Palace, he had the authority to intervene.
Lu Chen then used his Divine Thought to scan the entire Snow Peak City and swiftly discovered a large formation beneath it, imprisoning countless souls that were gradually transforming into ferocious Evil Spirits within their despair.
Upon seeing this scene, Lu Chen chuckled softly, realizing a powerful Demonic Cultivator was using Snow Peak City as a soul refining ground.
No, it shouldn’t be a Demonic Cultivator but an Evil Immortal, as a Demonic Cultivator would not possess the prowess to deploy such a terrifying formation.
Most cultivators in Snow Peak City, including those in the Tribulation Crossing Realm, had portions of their souls extracted. Humans have three souls and seven spirits, and when so of these are removed, they naturally end up devoid of spirit like walking corpses.
If souls leave the body for too long, the person is essentially ruined, destined to beco a walking corpse.
Lu Chen was sowhat intrigued; why did this Evil Immortal refining souls behind the scenes not simply kill all the cultivators in Snow Peak City but rather chose such gentle thods?
Lu Chen had co across many Demonic Cultivators and Evil Immortals, and city massacres were commonplace for them. It was the first ti he’d witnessed an Evil Immortal utilizing such gentle thods in practicing Evil Cultivation.
Of course, Lu Chen didn’t endorse the Evil Immortal’s thods of practicing Evil Cultivation; it’s just that, compared to other Evil Immortals, this one was indeed peculiar.
At this mont, Du Wei poured a cup of wine for Lu Chen and cautiously inquired, “May I ask, Immortal Master, are you a cultivator or an Immortal?”
Though Du Wei was just an ordinary small cultivator, he was aware of the differences between cultivators and Immortals, especially living in a city like Snow Peak where cultivators roam freely.
Despite referring to Lu Chen as Immortal Master, among these lower-level cultivators, an Immortal is an Immortal Master, and an adept cultivator is also considered an Immortal Master, though there is a significant difference between Immortals and cultivators.
Lu Chen didn’t hold back and directly responded, “Immortal.”
Upon hearing this, Du Wei was stunned.
He wondered why an ordinary cultivator could afford to use Immortal Crystals in transactions.
An Immortal inquires about Snow Peak City’s condition upon arrival, and as a businessman, Du Wei imdiately sensed that sothing might happen next.
Now that the Immortal had co to his tavern, even if he said nothing, to the local Immortals, he had likely inford this individual about Snow Peak City’s situation. Once this Immortal left, he’d have no chance of survival.
Du Wei quickly ford a plan, treating Lu Chen as a special envoy dispatched by an Upper Sect to investigate Snow Peak City’s anomalies, so he continued, “Immortal Master, Snow Peak City is now under the jurisdiction of the Purple Illusion Sect, so they might know sothing.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Chen imdiately saw through Du Wei’s little sche, feeling sowhat amazed. The humans in the Tianyan Immortal Domain, particularly those residing in cultivator cities, were quite astute.
He rembered when dealing with the Sky Wolf City case, a rchant they encountered instantly saw through his extraordinary identity, discretely divulging so matters of Sky Wolf City to him.
Is it simply that his deanor was so outstanding that it was apparent he was dispatched by an Upper Sect?
Lu Chen then took out a Space Ring and casually tossed it to Du Wei, “Keep this; it’ll save your life at a critical mont.”
For soone like him, Du Wei only needed to inform him about Snow Peak City’s current affiliating sect; he’d handle the rest.
Du Wei hurriedly caught the Space Ring tossed by Lu Chen and imdiately knelt to express his gratitude, saying, “Many thanks, Immortal Master!”
Establishing a direct connection with an Immortal equated to Immortal fate. What an Immortal offers, even considered trivial by the Immortal, was a monuntal opportunity for mortals like him, much like the Immortal Crystal earlier.
Lu Chen asked nothing further and quietly finished his al.
By then, the sky over Snow Peak City was densely shrouded in clouds, and it began snowing heavily. Daylight seed to turn into night, the visibility in Snow Peak City drastically diminished, making it hard to see beyond three ters.
On the streets, cultivators with extracted souls walked back and forth, making Snow Peak City appear like a parade of specters.
After eating and drinking, Lu Chen walked out of the tavern and looked at the dim sky, chuckling softly.
He understood that the Immortal behind Snow Peak City was welcoming his arrival because he sensed Lu Chen’s presence when he used his Divine Thought to scan Snow Peak City earlier.
This was precisely why Immortals generally did not actively use Divine Thought to scan cities with known Immortal presence; when you use Divine Thought to probe soone else’s domain, they can imdiately sense your existence.
If you restrain your aura, so ordinary Immortals or even those in seclusion may not detect your presence.
Previously, when Lu Chen entered the city, the Evil Immortal in Snow Peak City hadn’t sensed Lu Chen’s existence, only becoming aware when Lu Chen employed his Divine Thought.
After Lu Chen exited the tavern, a voice imdiately echoed from the sky, “Fellow Daoist is visiting my city; why not inform in advance so I can make preparations?”
Upon hearing this, Lu Chen replied with a smile, “I am rely passing through.”
The man continued, “Passing through? If Fellow Daoist were rely passing through, you wouldn’t have used Divine Thought to probe Snow Peak City, right?”
This is a rule in the Tianyan Immortal Domain; it’s unlikely for a traveling Immortal to arbitrarily use Divine Thought to investigate soone else’s territory, which clearly implies a preditated visit.
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