Chapter 1324: Ascended Cultivator and Heavenly Abyss City

After walking downward for nearly a thousand zhang, Han Li's eyes suddenly brightened. A giant hall nearly a thousand zhang wide appeared before him, with nearly a hundred armored soldiers in the hall, passing by in a hurry, appearing exceptionally busy.

And all around the giant hall, there were a dozen exits identical to the one he was in, with people coming and going.

A look of surprise flashed on Han Li's face. When he walked into the hall and looked up, he was shocked.

This so-called giant hall, when looked at, couldn't see the hall ceiling at all; it was actually a giant circular cylindrical existence, as if it were a hollow giant tower, and the place they had just come out of should only be the interlayer tower wall of this tower.

Such a giant stone tower was something Han Li had seen for the first time. He was shocked for a good while before his expression returned to normal.

The burly man with emerald eyes leading the way in front wasn't surprised by Han Li's shock and didn't urge him, just led Han Li toward the hall exit.

When Han Li walked to the hall exit and looked into the distance, his heart skipped a beat, and he was horrified once again.

He saw that as far as the eye could see, towering giant cyan towers were distributed densely, numbering over a hundred. And at the roots of these giant towers, there were pieces of pavilions and towers, one after another, not knowing how many there were. The tall ones were a thousand zhang high, and the short ones were also over a hundred zhang. Every building appeared several times larger than ordinary buildings.

How could this not make Han Li stare blankly.

At this time, other armored soldiers who had also walked out of the hall transformed into streaks of escape light and flew toward the buildings beneath this tower. The burly man with emerald eyes greeted him, and then led Han Li to shoot downward, heading straight for a thousand-zhang hall pavilion not far away.

That hall pavilion was divided into ten floors from top to bottom, each floor having an entrance, and in the middle was a giant door about thirty zhang high, hanging a silver plaque with the three silver characters "Flying Spirit Hall" written on it.

The burly man brought Han Li into the fourth floor of this hall. Upon entering, it was a small hall, with six or seven corridors leading to other directions.

And in the small hall, several cultivators with different attire were gathered together, talking and laughing.

Han Li swept his gaze and immediately discovered that these people were all Deity Transformation initial-stage cultivators like him.

Han Li and the burly man with emerald eyes entered, and these people immediately discovered them. Their gazes "Swish—" swept over simultaneously.

"Eh, isn't this Nephew Zhuo? How is it, is this another new companion?" An old man with gray hair and a cyan-tinged face asked with a smile.

The burly man with emerald eyes was already at the late-stage Nascent Soul perfection, so he didn't dare to be too negligent toward this person.

"It turns out to be Senior Liu. This senior was brought back by the Heavenly Guard personally from outside, and is not a cultivator who advanced in this city." The burly man with emerald eyes, upon entering this hall, immediately lost his original solemn expression, actually appearing as if he had changed into a different person, exceptionally polite as he explained to the old man.

A hint of surprise flashed on Han Li's face.

"Brought from outside, could it be a cultivator brought from the Flying Spirit Platform?"

"Which realm did you ascend from?"

"Eh, why is it a Deity Transformation initial-stage cultivator? Isn't it said that first-generation ascended cultivators at least have to have Deity Transformation late-stage cultivation?"

Those few Deity Transformation initial-stage cultivators, upon hearing this, became restless, all sweeping their strange gazes toward Han Li.

Han Li smiled slightly, just cupped his hands to these people without saying anything, but he was also muttering in his heart.

These people were likely ascended cultivators from other lower realms, but they didn't look like it. But if they were local cultivators of the Spirit Realm, why would they appear in this place?

The name "Flying Spirit Hall" sounded like it was related to ascended cultivators.

The burly man with emerald eyes greeted the others, answered two vague sentences, and then led Han Li into a corridor, finding a suite of several rooms connected together.

This place, where several rooms were connected together, was like a small cave dwelling, not only having a special secret room for cultivation but also a pill room and a weapon refining room. Moreover, the rooms were sealed by a set of unique restrictions, and only by using a special restriction token could one open them to enter or exit.

Han Li was very satisfied and nodded.

The burly man with emerald eyes saw this, said several taboos about this place, and immediately left the restriction token and said he had a mission to attend to, then took his leave.

This made Han Li's plan to take the opportunity to hold the other party and inquire in detail about the situation in Heavenly Abyss City fall through.

Now, he sat on a wooden chair in the living room, leaning against the back of the chair, playing with the silver restriction token in his hand with one hand, while pondering everything that happened after the thunder tribulation.

According to his original plan, once he passed this so-called Small Heavenly Tribulation, he would naturally choose a place with excellent spiritual energy in the Spirit Realm to cultivate in secret, advance to the Void Refinement stage, and pursue the path of eternal life.

But what he never expected was that ascended cultivators actually carried some "foreign aura," and the Small Heavenly Tribulation became so terrifying.

During this period, even if he truly had the ability to pass the first two-colored thunder tribulation, he absolutely wouldn't be able to resist the next one.

This was why he followed those two to this Heavenly Abyss City almost without much consideration.

But arriving at this place, everything here was indeed vastly different from ordinary cultivator cities, and he didn't know what would happen. This made him feel truly insecure.

The only thing he knew was that there seemed to be quite a few cultivators like him who had ascended from the lower realm in this Heavenly Abyss City.

Han Li thought and thought, feeling somewhat restless.

He secretly pondered whether he should take the opportunity to go outside and inquire about the situation in Heavenly Abyss City, as well as how ascended cultivators like him would be arranged.

Just as Han Li was moved and intended to take action, suddenly a hoarse voice came from outside the restriction:

"Is the Fellow Daoist in the room? This old man is Liu He-dao. May I come in and talk with the Fellow Daoist?"

Han Li was stunned upon hearing this, then chuckled.

It seemed he didn't need to go out actively; someone had come to strike up a conversation first.

"So it is Fellow Daoist Liu visiting. Han is honored!" Han Li replied, then flicked the token in his hand toward the door.

A patch of silver light surged out, and the door creaked open.

Standing outside the door was a cultivator with a cyan face and white hair, exactly the old man he had seen in the hall in a hurry.

"It turns out the Fellow Daoist's surname is Han. Liu has disturbed you rashly, I hope the Fellow Daoist won't blame me." The old man was full of smiles, exceptionally polite.

"Hehe, how could Han think so? Even if Brother Liu hadn't come, Han was planning to visit a few Fellow Daoists!" Han Li was what kind of person? Having cultivated from a mortal in the human realm to this day, his sophistication in worldly affairs was absolutely no less than that of the Liu-surname old man before him, so he immediately replied with a spring breeze on his face.

In this way, the two only chatted for a few sentences, but they were as enthusiastic as old friends of many years.

"Just heard Nephew Zhuo say that the Fellow Daoist was brought back to the city by the Heavenly Guard personally. That means the Fellow Daoist must be an ascended cultivator who just ascended to this realm from the lower realm. I wonder which part of the human realm in the lower realm the Fellow Daoist comes from?" The old man changed the topic and asked.

"Which realm? This... Han doesn't know how the Spirit Realm refers to the many lower realms, so it's hard to answer. How about this, after Han understands the relevant matters clearly in the future, I will tell the Fellow Daoist, how about that?" Han Li's gaze flickered, and he replied with a smile.

He wouldn't easily reveal his true origin. After all, when he was in the human realm, he was involved in some matters related to big figures in the Spirit Realm. Whether it was the main body of the Heavenly Lan Beast or the Heavenly Kui Wolf King in Silver Moon's words, they were absolutely not something he could provoke right now.

"This is Liu's confusion. The Fellow Daoist hasn't been in the Spirit Realm for long, so naturally, you don't know much about all this. However, first-generation ascended cultivators like the Fellow Daoist all have astonishing potential, and the proportion of advancing to Void Refinement is far from what we descendants of ascended cultivators and local cultivators of the Spirit Realm can compare to, and they are more valued by the Elder Council. In all likelihood, the Fellow Daoist won't need to undergo any assessment and will be directly appointed as a Qingming Guard." The Liu-surname old man laughed.

"First-generation ascended cultivator? Can Brother Liu explain this to me?" Han Li's gaze flashed with confusion, and he asked directly, his smile fading.

"This is no secret, naturally I can. Actually, as long as the Fellow Daoist stays in this city for a period of time, you will know all about these things." The cyan-faced old man chuckled.

"Actually, the so-called first-generation ascended ones refer to Deity Transformation cultivators like Brother Han who ascend directly to this realm. You carry a very heavy foreign aura. Even if you take one Dust-Extinguishing Pill every year, it will take a full three hundred years to clear it thoroughly. And the direct descendants of first-generation ascended ones will also carry a portion of the foreign aura within several generations. As long as they advance to the Nascent Soul stage, they will also face the two-colored thunder tribulation. Like me, I am a second-generation direct descendant of a first-generation ascended cultivator. After advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, I had to rush back to Heavenly Abyss City to take the Dust-Extinguishing Pill to suppress the foreign aura, otherwise, it would also be a dead end. Only after the foreign aura is thoroughly cleansed can one leave Heavenly Abyss City freely. Counting from the first-generation cultivator, the direct bloodline beyond the fifth generation won't contain any foreign aura and will be exactly the same as local cultivators." The cyan-faced old man explained.

"So that's it. However, Brother Liu is already a Deity Transformation cultivator, so the foreign aura must have been washed away long ago, why stay here?" Han Li blinked and suddenly asked.

"Brother Han has seen the problem at a glance. That's right. Even if we wash away the foreign aura, there are basically no people who are willing to leave Heavenly Abyss City voluntarily. Not only first-generation ascended cultivators and us, but even local cultivators supplemented from the Three Realms and Seven Lands are absolutely unwilling to leave Heavenly Abyss City easily." The Liu-surname old man said with a smile.

"Oh, Han is somewhat interested. I hope Brother Liu can give me some pointers." Han Li's heart stirred, and he asked with a smile.

"It's very simple. In Heavenly Abyss City, the cultivation speed is more than double that of other places, and everything the Three Realms and Seven Lands have, Heavenly Abyss City definitely has, and things the Three Realms and Seven Lands don't have, our Heavenly Abyss City will still have. Brother Han must understand what I mean." The old man looked at Han Li, saying with deep meaning.

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