"There's a teleportation array nearby. Going there via the teleportation array will save a lot of time."
Mei Shiqi spoke up.
"Yes, if we teleport directly to Tianshui City, it will only take less than half an hour to reach Daoguang Sect."
Bi Hui nodded in agreement.
"Another half hour...?"
Zero was slightly surprised.
At their speed, they could travel hundreds of kilometers per minute. Just how big must Tianshui City be... that it took them half an hour to even reach the Daoguang Sect within Tianshui City...
"That's right, Tianshui City is the largest city in the Upper Realm. Calling it a city is an understatement. After all... the bases of those super powers in the Upper Realm are all in Tianshui City."
"Half an hour is the fastest speed possible, provided that nothing unexpected happens on the way."
Bi Hui's words were unintentional, but little did he know they would become a self-fulfilling prophecy...
"Alright, let's go to the teleportation array first."
As Mei Shiqi spoke, she took the lead in leaving Room No. 1.
The others nodded and got up to leave.
As they traveled, thanks to Mei Shiqi's identity as an alchemist, they avoided many detours along the way, and even the use of teleportation arrays was free of charge.
It has to be said that alchemists are an extremely sought-after profession in any dimension.
After all, offending one alchemist is equivalent to offending thousands upon thousands of people behind that alchemist.
An alchemist may not be of much use, but someone like Mei Shiqi, who is already at the peak of the sixth-grade alchemist level, is someone you absolutely cannot afford to offend.
Offending a high-ranking alchemist often means offending many powerful forces. Alchemists play an indispensable role in many of these powerful forces.
Moreover, many powerful individuals owe alchemists favors. If an alchemist is angered, the alchemist might use those favors to have a powerful figure from a major power eliminate that person!
Therefore, those people were eager to curry favor with Mei Shiqi, because they might need her help in the future.
Since everyone had experience with teleportation, no one experienced dizziness in the teleportation array, and they arrived at Tianshui City safely.
However, they were stopped as soon as they came out of the teleportation array—
"stop!"
A group of neatly dressed guards stopped the four people.
"I am Mei Shiqi, the young master of the Mei family. Please make way for me, sir."
Mei Shiqi stepped forward and explained his identity to the soldier.
"So you are Young Master Mei. Since you were originally from Tianshui City, you are naturally allowed to enter the city. You may leave now."
As the soldier spoke, he made way for the crowd.
Mei Shiqi nodded slightly to the soldiers and left with Ling and the others.
"Who are these people..."
"They are the guards of Tianshui City. Each of them is at least a Spirit King in cultivation, and they are there to protect the safety of Tianshui City."
Mei Shiqi explained slowly.
"The Spirit King!?"
Ling and Jiang were both taken aback by Mei Shiqi's words.
It's important to understand that becoming a spiritual practitioner is already difficult, and breaking through to higher levels also requires a considerable amount of time.
Generally speaking, it takes ten years to break through from a Spiritual Being to the Beginner Spiritual Being stage, and more than fifty years to break through from the Beginner Spiritual Being to the Spiritual King stage!
Of course, those with exceptional talent like Zero are an exception...
The higher one's cultivation level, the slower the advancement. Someone at the Spirit King level would already be a powerful figure in an ordinary city, yet in Tianshui City, even ordinary soldiers are at least Spirit Kings—that's the strength of Tianshui City!
The four of them quickly traveled through the city, and soon they were attracted by a noisy sound.
"What happened over there? There are so many people gathered there..."
Jiang Quan pointed to the crowd that had gathered not far away.
"I don't know, shall we go check?"
With that, Zero turned and walked towards that direction.
The others naturally followed, also curious about what those people were doing there.
...
"The Armor Guardian Sect is recruiting! Anyone below the Spirit Beginning level and under thirty can become an outer disciple of the Armor Guardian Sect. Joining the sect now will also grant you a Marrow Cleansing Pill!"
...
"What?! Joining gives you a free Marrow Cleansing Pill?! I want to sign up!"
"Me too! Wait for me!"
"I want to sign up! I want to join the Armor Guard Sect!!"
"Me too!!"
Before long, the area where the Armor Guardian Sect recruited disciples was packed with people.
It wasn't just the Armored Sect that was packed with people; the Imperial Sword Sect and Dao Guang Sect on the side were in the same situation, or even more so.
"At this critical juncture, why are the three upper sects recruiting disciples? Could it be to increase their combat strength in the fight against the Thousand Dust Pavilion?"
He asked without a doubt.
Bi Hui frowned, then shook his head and said softly:
"No. These disciples are all at the initial Spirit level and will not be part of the fight."
Mei Shiqi also slowly said:
"Presumably, the three upper sects want to create the same illusion as before... However, this is the first time I've seen them recruiting disciples on the streets..."
"Perhaps... they don't want anyone to actually go to the sect."
Zero replied in a deep voice.
"Could it be that this recruitment of disciples is just a facade?! Even these people... might not actually appear in the top three sects in the end?!"
Bi Hui suddenly thought of a possibility.
"So what is their purpose...?"
"Moreover... judging from their expressions, they seem to know nothing about the war between the three upper sects and the Thousand Dust Pavilion, otherwise they wouldn't have joined the sect so excitedly..."
It's important to understand that when there's a struggle between super powers, joining a sect only leads to two outcomes—either you become a victor and thrive, or you die as cannon fodder on the battlefield…
Upon hearing Zero's words, Mei Seventeen explained:
“Young friend Ling, you may not know this, but in the Upper Realm, especially in places like Tianshui City where super powers and powerful families abound, whenever a conflict breaks out, the city's protective pavilion will immediately block the news. This is to prevent panic among ordinary people. Therefore, apart from the parties involved, only the major families and powers know about this matter.”
The Mei family is the head of the major families in Tianshui City, which is why Mei Shiqi, the young master of the Mei family, knows some information.
"I see."
Zero nodded, indicating that he understood.
But hearing this only made him feel that something was amiss...
He initially thought it was Li Su's doing, but now he suspects it was someone else entirely...
Judging from Li Su's methods, his main purpose must be to shake up the upper realm. The more chaotic the upper realm is, the more advantageous it is for him.
Instead of suppressing the matter by recruiting disciples, they have taken no action against the sealed Thousand Dust Pavilion.
Otherwise, considering the combined combat power of the three sects, even if Thousand Dust Pavilion has protective formations, it wouldn't be able to withstand the combined attack of the three sects, right?
So, although a war has broken out, the three upper sects did not kill Lord Qianchen. Why is that...?
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