vrcanaries Chapter 133 Forced into the City
Chapter 133 Forced into the City
Gu Yuchuan activated all his concealment spells and supernatural abilities and set off. He even moved on the ground, not daring to fly at all. He didn't know how long it would take him to reach the immortal's residence, but it was all worth it for him. His safety was the most important thing, and everything else could be put aside. His mission had no time limit.
However, he discovered a problem: there were quite a few patrolling officials around him, forming a huge grid. He found out from the Soul-Searching message that this was the Heavenly Net, capable of detecting all information about cultivators. If he were to pass through it now, his invisibility would definitely be broken.
Therefore, he could only reveal his form and pass through, much like the defensive array outside a city. However, in the Canglan Realm, not only is there a defensive array, but there's also a Heavenly Net protecting the area. It seems that the high and mighty Liu Xiu intends to firmly grasp the entire world in his hands. He also knows that his technological immortal path is merely a shortcut, far weaker than the orthodox immortal path. If they were to recover, they might actually be able to resist him, which he naturally doesn't want.
Fortunately, there are quite a few mortals who want to leave the seclusion. This is a world of technology, and the mortals below have naturally benefited from it. Their daily living conditions are better than those of the mortals in the Azure Cloud Realm. With their daily lives guaranteed, they naturally have some spiritual needs, such as travel.
With economic development, the rise of the tourism industry is inevitable. Right now, the ordinary people standing in front of Gu Yuchuan are all preparing to travel. Suddenly, a commotion broke out ahead, and a woman shouted.
"Why can't we go through? The person in front of us just went through without any problems!" Her voice was very loud, and everyone could hear it.
His official in charge used his magic. His voice was very loud: "I just received a notice that from now on, no mortal is allowed to leave their own territory. You should all go back."
The woman kept shouting, "Why? I spent so much money and waited in line for so long. My husband got through before me. Why can't I? I don't care, just let me go!"
Even the best-tempered official turned pale at such shouting. He pulled out a gun and fired a shot, leaving a large hole in the woman's forehead.
“Listen up, I’m not talking to you. This is an order from above. You have no choice but to follow this procedure. Anyone who violates this order will face the same fate.”
Many people began to retreat, which forced Gu Yuchuan to follow them. Gu Yuchuan realized that this was a restriction imposed on him by his superiors. It was certain that someone from another world had entered, just like the Demon Lord. Although he didn't know the exact location of the person from another world, he could still sense their arrival.
Now, it would be difficult to leave disguised as an ordinary person. He could only pretend to be a cultivator, but the cultivators here were all officials, so he couldn't use a substitute. He could only head to the town. He hadn't expected that he would actually enter Heyang City in reality this time. This was obviously not good news. The Heavenly Eyes in the city were even more omnipresent, and it would be even harder to get out once he entered. However, he did have another good idea. He would slowly plan ahead.
Outside Heyang City, he followed everyone into the city and obtained a simple identity. He rented a small house in Heyang City and settled down. In order to integrate into the city, he even found a job selling tofu. He did this for three days and acted very convincingly, just like any ordinary person working in Heyang City.
However, secretly, he was doing two things. First, he was looking for cultivators who weren't officials, intending to absorb the technological fragments from them to impersonate a technologically advanced cultivator. Second, he was trying to contact the bound Golden Core cultivator underground to see if he could cause some major trouble for the world. If he could, it would make things much easier for him later.
The most important thing is that the substitution was a case of "plum replacing peach." The cultivator he had his eye on was a middle-aged man with few friends, poor talent, and only at the third level of Qi Refining. He also had no money, and his life would probably remain the same. Substituting for him wouldn't have any major impact. The key point was that he had a legitimate reason for going out: he didn't want to wait for death as his lifespan was about to end and was preparing to go out and try his luck.
One night, Gu Yuchuan killed him and devoured his essence, preparing to transform into him. As for his current body, he couldn't just disappear like that; that wouldn't work. So he pretended to be seriously ill, unable to afford treatment, and died. Thus, he became the middle-aged cultivator, Wang Chuanjun.
After changing his identity, he didn't rush to do anything. Instead, he spent his days drinking and enjoying himself, just like the old Wang Chuanjun. But secretly, he had already begun to contact the Golden Core cultivator below him. This time, they met in a dream, which was achieved using a secret treasure given to him by the Demon Lord.
At this moment, in a dreamlike state, Master Xuanqing awoke from endless pain. Before him lay a sea of clouds. He touched his head, and the long-standing pain had vanished without a trace. The tubes absorbing his life force were no longer present. His eyes brightened for a moment, but quickly dimmed again.
He discovered it. He was now an illusion, a spiritual being; his physical body was still suffering endless torment underground.
"You bastards of the Tech Immortal Path, you don't need to try to scheme against me anymore. I won't tell anyone, so give up on that idea."
Gu Yuchuan stepped forward at that moment: "I am not a member of the Tech Immortal Path."
However, the other party clearly did not believe him, and looked at him with suspicion: "Over the years, how many methods have you used to scheme against me, and haven't you all failed? Pretending to be a person of the immortal path, you've used this method several times already, there's no need to continue."
Gu Yuchuan burst out laughing. Xuan Qing's hatred for technology was truly profound.
"If you don't believe me, that's fine. I didn't come here to ask you anything. I came here for only one thing: I can't bear to see my immortal predecessors suffer like this."
He looked up at Gu Yuchuan and said, "That's not something a Foundation Establishment junior like you can interfere with. I'll say it one last time: if you're from the tech world, get lost. If you're from the immortal path, run. I accept my fate. That's all."