Chapter 568: City and Imperial Palace
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In the blink of an eye, several days passed.
The Demon Master and Ji Meng, still remaining overseas of the Tianjian Continent, witnessed the shattering of the Tianjiao List and the Demon Clan's Pride Jade Tokens over these days.
Apart from the group of Tianjiao who went to the Divinity Continent and were almost wiped out,
very few of the Demon Clan's Prouds had fallen.
Most of those who perished were the figures on the New Era Tianjiao List.
From the twenty-first to the hundredth, the names of numerous Tianjiao disappeared.
Yet occasionally, some names remained.
The Demon Clan's Prouds who went to assassinate the New Era Tianjiao mostly returned.
Through the mouths of these New Era Demon Clan's Prouds, the Demon Master and Ji Meng also learned about the other continents besides the Divinity Continent.
Apart from the Divinity Continent and the Tianjian Continent, there were eight other continents.
These eight continents had no particular characteristics and were even quite weak.
The most distinctive among them were the Tianzu Continent, the Tianying Continent, and the Wuji Continent.
The Tianjiao from the Tianzu Continent and the Tianying Continent were only so-so, but their older generation was quite sharp, strong enough to force the Demon Clan's Prouds to retreat.
The Wuji Continent was the most special.
As for why the Wuji Continent was the most special,
it was the weakest among all the continents. How weak was it?
It was only a bit stronger than the mortal.
According to the other continent's description, what was it, martial arts?
It was from such a continent that a New Era Tianjiao named 'Jiang Baiyi' emerged, an existence who cultivated immortality in a land where others practiced martial arts.
This Tianjiao fought to a standstill with a Demon Clan's Proud on his own and forced the Proud to retreat.
This 'Jiang Baiyi' perfectly demonstrated what it means to 'cultivate immortality while others practice martial arts'.
"It seems that the Divinity Continent is just an exception and not every continent is that powerful, that exaggerated,"
muttered the Demon Master.
A slight disappointment filled his heart.
How wonderful would it be if every New Era continent were as strong as the Divinity Continent?
"It seems that this Divinity Continent has been favored by the New Era Heavenly Dao, created with a great destiny, which is why it's so terrifying. The other eight continents are merely a backdrop,"
Ji Meng said slowly.
"Right, I think so too,"
the Demon Master quickly nodded in agreement, saying.
"Given this, we should prioritize dealing with the other eight continents, and leave the Divinity Continent alone. When the Spatial Passage expands enough to accommodate us, then we'll engage in a decisive battle with the Divinity Continent!"
Ji Meng took a deep breath and said decisively.
Upon hearing this,
the Demon Master naturally had no objections, quickly agreeing, but inwardly he was scheming his own little plans.
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Meanwhile,
within the Tianjian Continent,
on the outskirts of the dilapidated city that sheltered the remaining Human Race,
Chu Yuan stood there.
His gaze was fixed on the azure screen before him.
[Teaching mode has been activated, searching for a Worthless Disciple to instruct.]
[Searching, please wait for the host...]
[Estimated search time: 1 year]
Arriving at this dilapidated city,
the System's search time had reached one year.
This meant,
the worthless disciple the System could instruct was inside this dilapidated city.
"I should be able to enter this city that shelters the Human Race, right?"
Chu Yuan pondered for a moment.
He decided to go in and take a look.
He took a step forward, preparing to enter the dilapidated city.
As he approached the wall of the city,
a flag on the wall suddenly flashed, sending a beam of golden light towards Chu Yuan.
The light struck Chu Yuan but had no effect whatsoever.
Not to mention that Chu Yuan was now a being of will,
even in the past, he was of the Human Race.
This golden light, meant to protect the Human Race, was naturally ineffective against him.
The golden light struck Chu Yuan and caused no harm.
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On the contrary, Chu Yuan was slightly startled, and a scene faintly emerged in his eyes, like a painting unrolling before him.
In the painting, there appeared an extremely magnificent city. On the city walls, flags fluttered high, each emblazoned with the character 'Tang'.
Amidst the vagueness, Chu Yuan seemed to see a man donned in a dragon robe facing him from within the city.
Chu Yuan blinked.
The vision before him vanished entirely.
Making Chu Yuan think it was a hallucination.
He shook his head and walked away.
Stepping into the dilapidated city.
What met his eyes were grand architectures that seemed to have weathered endless years, becoming ancient and worn.
Chu Yuan walked into the city.
After traversing several streets,
He soon spotted traces of the human race.
A few children were chasing each other in the streets.
They seemed not at all strained for survival; instead, they had the air of normal children from the townsfolk.
Chu Yuan clicked his tongue in wonder.
Children are, after all, children, free of worries.
He continued to walk forward.
One by one, humans appeared before him.
Mostly of the human race, they were engaged in daily life and work.
These were all mortals.
There were hardly any cultivators.
On the rare occasion he saw a cultivator, they were but insignificant little beings at the Qi Refinement Stage.
But Chu Yuan didn't pay these people any mind; in his eyes, only the changes on the cobalt blue screen before him mattered.
"[Tutorial mode has been activated, searching for a worthless disciple to teach...]"
"[Searching in progress, please wait, host...]"
"[Estimated search time: 1 year]"
Just the same as before!
No changes whatsoever!
Chu Yuan was puzzled.
Why would there be no changes?
That made no sense.
He had clearly entered the Divinity Continent.
How could there be no changes at all?
Chu Yuan was baffled.
But he had no other recourse and could only continue to walk on, hoping to see any changes on the System's side.
As Chu Yuan walked through the city with these thoughts,
The more he walked, the more stunned he became.
Stunned by the scale of the city.
During his time on the Divinity Continent, he had never seen a city of such size.
Even with his pace, which was quite exaggerated even when walking slowly,
He still had walked for quite a while at this pace without reaching the end.
It wasn't until after a quarter of an hour that,
Chu Yuan finally reached the end—or rather, he reached the inner city.
What he had walked through appeared to be just the outer city area.
"This city is indeed vast,"
Chu Yuan couldn't help but remark before continuing on his way.
After a long walk, he found a place resembling an Imperial Palace.
At this spot, the System screen finally changed slightly.
The estimated search time changed from 1 year to 1 month.
It must be inside here!
A glimmer of joy flashed in Chu Yuan's eyes.
But he didn't rush in immediately; instead, he observed the palace in front of him for a short while.
"It seems that this city is still the capital of a certain empire?"
Chu Yuan murmured to himself in a low voice.
Having spoken, he no longer hesitated, stepping forward and preparing to enter.
Intending to see for himself what the System's teaching mode was really like, and according to the System's method, the existence that could be taught should be inside this Imperial Palace...