"You are right. If that is the case, the evil cultivator should not have gone far. You can chase him."
Zhuge Yun glanced at Zhang Yu coldly, as if he didn't care.
Zhang Yu's face froze. He had just exchanged glances with the evil cultivator and could naturally feel that the man's cultivation was far superior to his.
If he went there now, even if the other party did not attack him in the city due to the rules of Hunyuan City, he would definitely not get anything good.
Zhang Yu's expression changed again and again, and finally the fear overcame the unwillingness in his heart.
Zhuge Yun withdrew his gaze from him and glanced at the other people.
“Hunyuan City is not under the jurisdiction of the Five Sects, and its city lord, Master Hunyuan, is both good and evil, so in addition to the independent cultivators, there are also many evil cultivators in the city.
As the leader of this mission, I have the obligation to protect you. But if you commit suicide, don't blame me for disregarding our friendship."
After saying that, he no longer looked at Zhang Yu and took the lead to walk towards Hunyuan City.
Looking at the figures of Senior Brother Zhuge and several other fellow disciples, Zhang Yu gritted his teeth and hurried to catch up.
Several people lined up at the city gate, paid an entrance fee of ten spirit stones, and received an identity jade card.
Xu Chunniang took a closer look and found that the identity jade tokens obtained by the Qi training cultivators were white, while the identity jade tokens obtained by the foundation building cultivators were green.
There were some small words engraved on the back of the jade token. She glanced at it with her spiritual sense and found that they were some rules prohibiting fighting and flying swords in the city.
After Huo Chunyan entered the city, she still remembered what Senior Brother Zhuge said at first and did not dare to look around.
But it was her first time leaving the sect, so she was inevitably curious about Hunyuan City. Moreover, she did not notice any danger after walking all the way, so she could not help but send a message to Xu Chunniang.
"Before I came here, I thought this Hunyuan City was very chaotic, but I didn't expect it to be so peaceful..."
Before she could finish her message, she saw two monks not far ahead suddenly get into a conflict and start fighting over a disagreement.
Not long after, a monk fell in a pool of blood, and his opponent swiftly snatched the storage ring from his body and ran away using the escape technique.
Three breaths later, people from the City Lord's Mansion finally arrived. Seeing that the person on the ground had stopped breathing, their expressions changed slightly.
"How dare he kill someone in the city? He must not have left the city yet. Chase him!"
Huo Chunyan's eyes widened. It was clearly written on the jade token that fighting was forbidden in the City Lord's Mansion, but that man not only fought, he even killed people to steal treasures!
Xu Chunniang noticed that other people in the city did not care about this scene, as if they were used to it. It seemed that this was not the first time such a thing had happened.
Zhang Yu and Zhao Xingsan also looked unhappy. As soon as they entered Xiaoyao Sect, they became inner disciples. They had a smooth journey and even killed few monsters, let alone people.
Seeing a living person die in front of him, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
Zhuge Yun's eyes fell on them and he sneered.
These junior brothers and sisters only have the cultivation base of the Foundation Establishment Stage, but they lack experience and bloodiness. If they really fight, they will definitely not be the match of the casual cultivators.
This is also the reason why the sect initiated the guidance commission. Only by allowing the disciples to experience real battles and life and death can they grow into true cultivators.
After all, what the sect needs is never just a useless person with only cultivation skills.
"It's true that Hunyuan City has rules, but there are tens of thousands of cultivators in the city, and the City Lord's Mansion may not be able to manage them all. If you want to live in peace before you become strong enough, just stay out of trouble."
Zhuge Yun said this calmly and continued walking forward.
Now, the few of them finally witnessed the cruelty of the world of cultivation, and followed Zhuge Yun in silence.
Zhuge Yun seemed to be very familiar with this place. After walking through a few streets with everyone, he came to an inn.
"This is the Xiangyun Inn. The owner behind it is a cultivator in the late Jindan stage. It is the safest place in the city except for the City Lord's Mansion. Let's stay here before we find the trace of the Yuan Devouring Beast."
After saying that, Zhuge Yun walked in with a few others and showed the token in his hand to the shopkeeper.
"Give me a Xuan room."
"Okay."
The shopkeeper quickly agreed and took out a Xuan character array talisman and handed it over.
After Zhuge Yun paid the spirit stones, he put away the formation talisman, while the others looked at the price list on the counter, unable to hide their surprise.
Even the lowest-level Yellow Room requires one hundred spirit stones a day.
The Xuan room charges 300 spirit stones a day. As for the Di and Tian rooms, the prices are even higher.
But thinking of what Senior Brother Zhuge Yun had said, that the Xiangyun Inn was an extremely safe place, the few of them gritted their teeth and took out their spirit stones.
But they booked the cheapest yellow room.
"Take a day off tomorrow, and gather here at 15:00 the day after tomorrow."
After saying this, Zhuge Yun walked inside first.
They were tired from the journey and had no mood to talk, so they each went to their own room.
Xu Chunniang walked to her room, took out the formation talisman and went in. She did not rush to meditate, but instead used her spiritual sense to check the formation in the room.
Although Zhuge Yun said that it is safe here, it is always better to be cautious when going out.
The yellow room was filled with some first-level formations. Xu Chunniang scanned it with her spiritual sense and found nothing wrong, so she took out the materials and began to set up the formation.
Only after she had set up a defensive formation and an illusion formation did she breathe a sigh of relief, put away the few remaining materials, went into the room and went to sleep.
When Xu Chunniang woke up, it was already the next day.
She quietly probed out of the room with her spiritual sense, and when she found that there was no one outside, her mind moved slightly.
Then she saw her bones crackling like frying beans, and then her body suddenly grew three inches taller.
Her appearance and temperament also changed, transforming into a tall and thin man with ordinary features.
Xu Chunniang changed into a set of men's clothes and changed her hairstyle. Then she took out a veil from her storage ring and put it on before leaving the room.
She had observed yesterday that there were quite a few people wearing veils in Hunyuan City, so her outfit was not conspicuous.
After leaving Xiangyun Inn, Xu Chunniang seemed to be walking casually on the street, but in fact she was secretly observing the shops on both sides.
She had already harvested two pieces of Xing Ruhua in her hand, but she had not found the right opportunity to sell them.
Now that we are in Hunyuan City, we can give it a try.
After taking a look around, Xu Chunniang walked into a smaller shop.
Bigger stores usually have fixed channels to buy things from independent practitioners, and they don't think highly of ordinary second-level spiritual herbs like Xing Ruhua.
The waiter in the store was also at the foundation-building level. When he saw a customer coming into the store, he hurried forward.
"What does this fellow Taoist want to buy?"
A deep male voice sounded, "Do you guys collect spiritual herbs?"
"Of course I did. I wonder what you guys will come up with?"