All the way, Jiang Hengfeng didn’t say a word to Long Fei.
Every ti he looked at Long Fei, his eyes were filled with malice.
Long Fei couldn’t be bothered with him, spending the journey joking and chatting happily with Su Yiyi and Little Nannan.
Upon arriving at Tianshu City, the number of people increased significantly.
The elders accompanying the Saint Pen Scholar saw the disciples he brought, and each made sarcastic remarks.
After all, the disciples they brought included those in the Divinity Transformation Realm, all of whom were exceptionally talented.
On this trip with the Saint Pen Scholar, there wasn’t even one in the Divinity Transformation Realm.
Additionally, Xiao Yuankun and Jiang Hengfeng were both injured, and Long Fei was nothing more than a Nascent Soul Realm Early Stage.
He had already adjusted his cultivation level up a notch.
Although he didn’t et the admission standards of the Heaven-Piercing Palace, he was exceptionably accepted by the Saint Pen Scholar as his last personal disciple.
In terms of seniority and status, he was now the disciple of an elder, ranking higher than the yet-to-be-admitted disciples present.
These young geniuses from various cities all harbored jealousy, always feeling an impulse to compete with Long Fei.
A group of people took the Teleportation Array, and within half an hour, they reached Celestial Realms City.
Having always heard people speak of this place with admiration, Long Fei was initially quite disdainful.
But upon seeing the city, he stood rooted to the spot, speechless for quite a while.
The disciples who ca with him were all similarly awestruck.
This was a place of nine floating continents in the air, the area unknown, stretching as far as the eye could see, with no visible end.
The Heaven-Piercing Palace sat on the largest of these continents, below which was a massive, ocean-like lake.
These continents rose from the ground below.
The size of the floating lands above was mirrored in the vastness of the lake below, and the length of the valleys stretched on.
As far as the eye could see, there was only green.
Immortal Cranes, eagles, and other birds circled above, with rays of light bridging between the various continents.
Various beasts roared in the valleys, and boats drifted leisurely on the lake.
The mountains were grand and lush like a painting.
The water was beautiful, like a bright mirror.
The morning mist floated between the continents, as if in a mythical Immortal Realm.
Like in Celestial Mystery City and other cities, the humble descendants of sin-blood all lived beneath this Celestial Realms City, undertaking the heaviest, dirtiest, and most nial tasks.
Only the descendants of the Immortal Clan could enter Celestial Realms City.
The only difference here was that the number of sin-blood descendants was greater, with their slum areas surrounding Celestial Realms City being more extensive.
Above looked like an Immortal Realm, below like purgatory.
The streets were narrow, with seeping sewage and stench everywhere, crowds numb to life.
Sun Lang, pointing excitedly at the sky, explained to everyone, "Our Celestial Realms City is divided south, east, west, north, and center into nine continents, laid out according to the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams. Truly a grand project, with great ambition. The central continent is the core area of our Celestial Realms City. The Heaven-Piercing Palace is on this continent, along with ancestral hos of various families. At our Heaven-Piercing Palace, only Inner Sect Disciples can stay on this continent. Outer Sect Disciples are all gathered on the western continent. I’ll take you over to register later."
Everyone watched eagerly, nodding repeatedly.
The Saint Pen Scholar, bottling up indignation all the way, having been ridiculed throughout the journey, no longer wished to mingle with this group of trash.
The batch of disciples he recruited was indeed inferior.
Upon Sun Lang’s offer, he handed the responsibility over to him.
With a flash, he returned to his residence for so peace.
To reach Celestial Realms City from this ground, one had to go through the Teleportation Array.
The teleportation site here resembled worldly airports, each area having its own section, making it difficult for first-tirs to find their way.
The waiting area consisted of large halls constructed of hundreds of ters of white marble pillars, with rows upon rows of orderly arranged seats inside.
People queued up with their tokens, waiting to ascend.
Su Yiyi’s little head kept turning in every direction, seeking soone from her Sect.
Little Nannan, having never seen such a grand occasion, timidly held Long Fei’s hand tightly.
Jiang Hengshuo, carrying their belongings and red-faced with excitent, said, "Master, this place is so much larger than our Celestial Mystery City. No wonder everyone wants to co here, it’s truly paradise!"
Long Fei chuckled, for so it’s paradise, for others, it’s just hell.
A paradise built on the oppression and exploitation of the sin-blood descendants.
After ascending through the Teleportation Array, they soon saw the legendary Heaven-Piercing Palace.
This was rely a place for Outer Sect Disciples to cultivate, with a grand entrance spanning over a thousand ters.
Constructed of a dozen towering white marble pillars, a large stone sword hung above it.
Engraved on the sword were the large characters, "Heaven-Piercing Palace."
The grand, majestic entrance indeed reflected the bearing of the first Sect.
Sun Lang led everyone to stand at the entrance, happily introducing, "Here we are, this is the place where we will cultivate in the future. This continent is wholly dedicated to serving our Outer Sect of Heaven-Piercing Palace. There are over a million disciples here, divided into different levels. Look at the copper star badges on the body, the more stars, the higher the level. The highest is nine stars, and beyond nine stars, one can enter the Inner Gate for further study."
"Over a million?"
The crowd gasped in surprise, their eyes wide open, all taken aback.
Sun Lang laughed, "This is still fewer; a batch just graduated this year, so went away, so went to other continents, or joined the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals, each seeking their own future. Once inside, the sect will allocate your accommodations. Those of us just entering will live in collective courtyards. Only those who are promoted to two-star disciples are eligible to apply for small, independent courtyards. Others may choose to rent or buy houses outside, but the housing prices here are not cheap, be prepared ntally."
He specially looked at Long Fei, of those here, only Long Fei ca with family.
The others were all bachelors, able to fend for themselves.
Long Fei didn’t co here just for cultivation.
Of course, the Scripture Pavilion of Heaven-Piercing Palace still intrigued him.
The other disciples bade him farewell and went inside after registering at the gate.
After registering, he called Sun Lang to prepare to buy a courtyard nearby.
Sun Lang advised, "Brother Jiang, if you’re not in a hurry, you can rent a place first, save yourself so expense. The courtyards outside Heaven-Piercing Palace are all in areas with sparse Spiritual Energy. Comparatively, inside our Heaven-Piercing Palace is much more abundant in Spiritual Energy. You know, when this place was being built, it was purposely set up with arrays, concentrating the Spirit Vein inside Heaven-Piercing Palace. With your skills, it won’t take long before you advance to a two-star disciple."
Long Fei curiously asked, "Brother Sun, how many stars are you?"
Sun Lang sheepishly scratched his head, embarrassedly placing his star badge from his Storage Ring, and with an awkward laugh, "My skills are lacking; I’m still a one-star. But this outing with the elder did earn an extra point. With ten points, I can advance a level."
Long Fei chuckled, strolling the street with him for a while.
Jiang Hengshuo quickly returned, wiping the sweat from his forehead and said to Long Fei, "Big Brother, the housing prices here are indeed exorbitant! I asked a few places, and for a hundred-square courtyard, they’re asking ten thousand Spirit Stones a month. Just think, isn’t this daylight robbery?"
Sun Lang dryly laughed, "That’s the cheaper side, there are even places asking for a hundred thousand Spirit Stones a month. Here gather all the talented disciples of the Immortal King Star, bringing their families along. The demand for housing is imnse, leading to an unbalanced supply and demand."
Long Fei and he happened to walk past a residence with a group of people bargaining with the agent.
These people were none other than Chu Feng and his group.
Upon seeing them, Su Yiyi glared wide-eyed.
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