Gu Yan wandered around the city streets for a long time before finally stopping at a teahouse. He discovered that in this city, which was closest to the Monster Mountain Range, many shops bought and sold materials from the bodies of monsters.

According to them, the hides of demonic beasts can generally be processed into talisman paper, and if they are hard and tough enough, they can also be used as one of the materials for armor.

Furthermore, the most powerful parts of certain demonic beasts, such as claws, horns, and needles, are all excellent materials for making offensive magical artifacts.

The most common currency here is spirit stones, although gold, silver, and copper are also used, but not as popular as spirit stones.

He expanded his divine sense to the fullest extent, directly encompassing the entire city. Every room and every inch of land appeared in his mind, known to him like the back of his hand.

Even for couples who are currently having sex, he can provide precise, error-free measurements of how deep they went in and how much they came out.

They also saw many large camps, each with many soldiers and generals practicing.

"City Lord's Mansion, early stage of Spirit Sea Realm."

Gu Yan muttered to himself as he held his teacup, carefully observing everything inside the city lord's mansion.

The one with the Spirit Sea Realm cultivation level was undoubtedly the city lord. Besides him, there were five other people with the half-step Spirit Sea Realm cultivation level in the city lord's mansion. Including several other residences in the city, there were a total of ten people with the half-step Spirit Sea Realm cultivation level.

He then noticed a residential area next to the city lord's mansion, which was guarded by a thousand soldiers, surrounded inside and out.

Most importantly, it is filled with an exceptionally rich spiritual energy.

When he looked at the very center, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he became excited.

He had previously sensed that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth outside this city was converging on this place, and this place was the center.

Inside a space that was enclosed on all sides and about twenty meters high, a vortex of spiritual energy was constantly rotating at the top, while piles of low-grade spirit stones were stored below.

He witnessed firsthand how spiritual energy was condensed into crystals and transformed into spirit stones.

"It seems that one of the reasons the city lord's mansion is located here is to protect the center of the formation. Not bad. It seems that every city does this."

After finishing his tea, Gu Yan threw in a piece of gold and disappeared from the teahouse.

...

The City Lord's Mansion.

In a closed cultivation room, near the core of the array, the spiritual energy was exceptionally rich. A burly man in black was sitting cross-legged inside, cultivating. He was none other than Zeng Feibiao, the city lord of Chongcheng.

He was cultivating when he suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils contracted sharply, and he saw a handsome young man with golden hair, golden eyes and a golden robe standing less than a step away from him, blinking at him.

He was completely unaware that a stranger had appeared in the cultivation room.

"May I ask which senior you are?"

Zeng Feibiao quickly retreated, creating distance, and asked with clasped hands.

Gu Yan smiled faintly.

"You detected me in just a quarter of an hour; your perception is quite good."

He had been trying his best to conceal his aura, wanting to see what kind of cultivators existed in this world and what their quality was.

Zeng Feibiao looked incredulous upon hearing this. He had been standing in front of him for so long before realizing that he had actually commented that Zeng Feibiao's perception was quite good!

"king?"

He muttered to himself, for he had never heard of such a prince before.

"Is the senior from another dynasty?"

"Have you come to my Great Jin to discuss a joint expedition into the mountains?"

He clasped his hands in greeting again and asked, feeling that this was the only possibility. After all, although the area near the Monster Mountain Range was dangerous, it was also full of opportunities.

Gu Yan shook her head, stretched out a small, fair hand, and made a grabbing motion in the air.

Before Zeng Feibiao could react, a golden palm print appeared beside him, gripping him firmly. Most importantly, it rendered him completely unable to use his spiritual power, just like this mortal.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Yan pressed his palm downwards.

Bang!

Zeng Feibiao, the city lord who guarded this area, was directly slapped to the ground.

"I am not a member of any dynasty. My purpose in coming to you is very simple: to give you a chance to join your Great Jin Dynasty."

An opportunity to expand your dynasty's territory countless times over.

Gu Yan lay on the cultivation platform, crossed his legs, and said.

After a while, Zeng Feibiao crawled out of the ground.

Even now, he still feels confused.

He cultivated for a hundred years, reaching the Spirit Sea Realm, and was appointed as a Great General to guard the border. When had he ever encountered such a powerful figure?

He grabbed him from a distance and slammed him into the ground with a casual swing. Most importantly, he was completely unable to resist. Their strength was not even on the same level. Usually, when something like this happens, it means that the other party is at least one major realm higher than him.

thump!

"Zeng Feibiao thanks the senior for the opportunity on behalf of Da Jin."

To show his sincerity, he knelt down on the ground. Putting everything else aside, with this kind of strength, he was absolutely capable of expanding his territory.