The strong prey on the weak, this is the universal law in the world of immortal cultivation. Unless you know that you cannot win, you must endure humiliation and survive.
Otherwise, when it is time to intimidate the other party, he must not have any scruples, as it is obvious that those people have ill intentions towards him.
As for those members of the White Demon Clan, they didn't provoke him. Although they were staring at him, they didn't release their spiritual sense. Li Yan certainly wouldn't cause trouble.
He is still very unfamiliar with the Lost Continent.
Information obtained in Shan Yiyuan’s village.
First, it has not been confirmed, and its authenticity is still debatable;
Second, mortals are mortals after all. Although the interactions between immortals and mortals in the Lost Continent are quite frequent, mortals will definitely not truly understand the affairs of immortal cultivators.
Li Yan had only two purposes for coming to the Ming capital this time. One was to pass his own news to Zhao Min; the other was to see how he could take the opportunity to find Zhao Min's location.
Zhao Min was also infected with the "Heart-Entangled Twins Gu" and must have known that she was still alive.
Li Yan just wanted to let Zhao Min know that he already understood the meaning of her sound transmission note, and at the same time make it clear that he was also looking for her.
If we can get these two messages across, we can proceed as the situation dictates.
But Li Yan knew that it might be extremely difficult to find Zhao Min. He could infer it from the fact that the other party took Zhao Min away before he woke up and the implied meaning in Zhao Min's message.
It was a journey of several miles, which was a very quick thing for a monk to cover even on foot.
At the city gate, there were ten demon soldiers in distinctive armor standing on both sides of the city gate.
Li Yan swept his spiritual sense and found that the cultivation base of the ten soldiers was only at the Qi Condensation Stage, and the highest leader, the captain, was only at the Qi Condensation Great Perfection Stage.
For Li Yan, this level of cultivation means he is no longer a threat even when facing hundreds or thousands of people. Even if the other party wants to drain his spiritual power, he would have already rushed out and flown away.
Li Yan quickly approached the city gate. Just as he got close to the gate, something flashed out from the top of the city wall, and then a red light shone on his body.
This startled Li Yan and he wanted to dodge, but he reacted very quickly because he did not sense any danger from the red light.
He immediately returned to normal, and he saw that the red light was not aimed at him alone, but several beams flashed out at the same time and shot towards several other people in front of him.
Those people obviously knew about this a long time ago, and they didn't even move. Li Yan immediately understood.
Those people were all like Li Yan, with spiritual energy fluctuations on their bodies, and without exception they were all cultivators.
However, no red light fell on the mortals who entered and left the city gate.
The moment the red light fell on Li Yan, Li Yan felt a slight fluctuation in his sea of consciousness, and then there was no movement.
This red light is clearly a magic weapon for detecting immortal cultivators. As for what specific realm it can detect, Li Yan has no idea.
At the same time, he was wondering if he would still be sensed if he fully activated the "Stealth at Night" technique and hid all his spiritual power.
The thought was just a fleeting thought, just out of curiosity, and he didn't want to take this kind of test here.
All the monks who were hit by the red light were stopped by the demon soldiers guarding the gate.
They did not show any respect to Li Yan and the others because their cultivation was higher than theirs, but instead began to check them one by one in detail with expressionless faces.
As for those mortals, there were no soldiers to stop them, and they were allowed to enter and leave the city gates freely.
Obviously, the demon soldiers here have great confidence in the magic weapon on the city gate and do not want to call for manpower to check it again.
When Li Yan was approached and questioned by a demon soldier, he quickly discovered the differences among others.
The three White Demon monks who had just followed him took out a token that looked like the sect's logo.
The soldiers at the city gate gave everyone a cursory inspection and let them pass after each person paid two low-level spirit stones.
Li Yan and another cultivator were interrogated in detail and asked what they were doing in the city, etc.
However, Li Yan did not think that this kind of questioning was very meaningful, because it was difficult to distinguish the authenticity, but the other party still recorded it.
Li Yan just said that he was a casual cultivator and it was his first time to come to Mingdu City to buy some things.
The other party did not make things difficult for him. After asking some questions, he asked him to pay two low-level spirit stones and gave Li Yan a temporary token that marked his identity.
When the demon soldier saw that Li Yan handed over the spirit stone without hesitation, the dull expression on his face finally relaxed a little.
Then, after giving us some detailed instructions on what to pay attention to when entering the city, we were allowed to pass.
As for these, they are not much different from the Desolate Moon Continent, except that you cannot fly in the city, you cannot fight with others in the city, etc.
There are two Jindan masters here every day. As long as you are not afraid of death, you can do whatever you want. It is normal to attract Yuanying masters to suppress you.
“Mortals here are more casual, and can come and go freely without paying any fees.
There are immortal cultivators here, if those mortals encounter disasters outside, they will rush into the city for safety, which will be troublesome, right? "
Li Yan thought to himself and felt that it was more reasonable to divide the area here than to have the previous regional jurisdiction of the Pure Land Sect.
As soon as Li Yan entered the city, he saw shops lining the streets and people bustling about.
He immediately sensed the auras of many mortals, and the number actually far exceeded that of the monks.
There were many creatures with human faces and beast bodies, or beast bodies with human faces, or creatures with beast bodies. Of course, he also saw some human cultivators, but Li Yan had no intention of approaching them. Others would not think that they were of the same race and would have any intention of helping him.
He has to adapt to local customs and not leave an impression on anyone. This is Li Yan's way of doing things.
Those alien cultivators who have entirely animal bodies either do not like to transform into human form, or their cultivation is not enough to support the transformation, but they all have fluctuations of spiritual power or demonic energy on their bodies.
When the ordinary people on the street met Li Yan and his group, they just looked respectful and moved aside, but did not seem to be surprised.
I know that it is usually like this here. In the eyes of Li Yan and others, the so-called aliens are actually monsters or demons of a certain race.
In the eyes of these White Demon mortals or other creatures, Li Yan is also an alien.
However, when people use a certain race to honor others, that race is often powerful.
Although they are still considered demon beasts or monsters by others, they are generally referred to by their specific race names, such as human race, demon race, dragon race, phoenix race, etc.
These extremely powerful races in the world are generally honored by their races, unlike weaker races, which are usually collectively referred to as demon beasts and monsters.
Li Yan walked inconspicuously among the crowd. He did not go directly to the store called Baidao Tianbao Pavilion, but walked around aimlessly in Mingdu City first.
Given his style of doing things, how could he easily come to someone's door before finding out a little bit about the other party's background
In this way, Li Yan strolled around the city casually for about two hours and basically walked through the entire Mingdu City.
He also saw the Baidao Tianbao Pavilion among them, but after just taking a glance at it, he walked straight out of the door.
After that, he visited several material stores, and after buying a nearby map and some books introducing the Lost Continent, he entered an inn.
I spent another five low-level spirit stones to rent a room with a defensive formation for two days.
Under the extremely respectful gaze of the mortal waiter, Li Yan took a palm-sized yellow flag and went straight into the room and closed the door.
With a wave of a small yellow flag, the defensive formation in the room was activated, completely isolating the room from the outside world.
After Li Yan entered the room, he quickly checked the room with his spiritual sense, and after sensing outside for a while, he did not find anything unusual, so he nodded with satisfaction.
The formation in this room is pretty good. Li Yan can sense that the restrictions of the formation can serve as a warning to cultivators below the Jindan level, but the defense is far from satisfactory.
It is still possible to simply defend against Qi Condensation cultivators, but the most important thing in the city is to give a warning.
Although the formation is good, Li Yan still feels that the charges of this Mingdu City Inn are a bit expensive.
Even an ordinary room without a defensive formation requires one spirit stone per night, and one spirit stone can be used to live for several days in some places.
For a disciple from some small sects, it is considered good if he can get two spirit stones a month.
Li Yan now understood why those mortals were allowed to enter the city freely.
Unless you are making a living in the city, you must leave the city and go home before dark. The inns here are not affordable for ordinary people.
Li Yan remembered that when he was chatting with the elders of the White Demon Clan in the village, he learned that in addition to paying tribute of eight spirit stones from the area under their jurisdiction every year.
In a village of nearly a hundred people, there are only about fifteen or sixteen spirit stones left at most. These are earned by them at great cost. On average, the entire village only dares to use one spirit stone per month. You can imagine how precious it is.
Then, Li Yan placed the small yellow flag on the table and sat down next to it.
He began to quickly outline in his mind the places he had passed in the city, and then connected them into a map of the locations of roads and shops.
Soon, a rough map of the Ming capital city formed in Li Yan's mind.
Then he took out the map he bought and began to compare it with the map he had sketched in his mind.
The maps that can be purchased in this kind of store are usually within a thousand miles of the surrounding area, and the better ones are within ten thousand miles.
This kind of map is sufficient for mortals, but it is far from enough for cultivators.
Although there are maps that are over ten thousand miles in size, they are incredibly expensive and often require dozens or even hundreds of low-level spirit stones to purchase.
This is if you just happen to be lucky enough to find someone selling it.
The map that Li Yan bought today covers an area of about 5,000 miles. It is the largest and best map that can be purchased in Mingdu City.
It cost Li Yan seven spirit stones. Although Li Yan is now wealthy, he got many storage bags from the dead in the battle of Fengliang Mountain alone.
In addition to the spirit stones, there are of course a lot of elixirs, talismans, magic weapons, spiritual tools and other things in the bag, but he just hasn't had time to deal with them yet.
Li Yan also knew how valuable the map was. For example, when he was in the Wild Moon Continent, he once tried to return home from the Wuliang Sect, and later went to the Pure Land Sect.
The huge maps needed were all provided by the sect and Wei Chongran himself, and they cannot be purchased outside.
Those huge maps are often regarded as treasures by certain sects or individuals.
The reason is to obtain cultivation resources. For example, a sect accidentally discovered that some rare monster appeared in a sea area.
As long as he doesn't mark this map, there will be fewer monks who can share this place.
If that place is even more remote and extremely dangerous, and perhaps he is the only one who knows about it for decades or even hundreds of years, then the cultivation resources he can obtain will be much more than some people.
Li Yan began to compare the map of Ming capital city one by one.