Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Soon enough, Jiang Yi had paid a price for his wrongful thinking!
Logically, it should be relatively easy for Vajra Realm experts to obtain a few hundred or a thousand celestial stones. Just like when he was at the small Stellarsky Continent, which gave him over a thousand celestial stones after excavating a divine vein. It should be much easier to obtain celestial stones in the outside world, right?
There were enough celestial stones; who would want to be a slave and dig for thunder stones? Who would want to have their faces branded with an ugly ‘Slave’ word? Hence, he had assumed that Lu Tong was just trying to frighten him with words. Those that had to be slaves when they arrived would probably be Soul Travel Realm or Vajra Realm martial artists, and there shouldn’t be any Heaven Monarchs. Even if there was a few Heaven Monarchs, he, Feng Luan, and the Golden Flood Dragon would have nothing to fear if they worked together!
However—!
After Jiang Yi flew over a few hundred mountain ridges and arrived at a large city, he casually sensed the aura presences of the martial artists in the city and had a drastic change in reaction.
Before they even got near to the city, hundreds of divine senses had extended over. Those divine senses were all plainly locking onto Feng Luan and the other girls and never leaving even for a second. It made Feng Luan, Qing Yu, Jiang Xiaonu, and Yun Fei all infuriated as it was their first time witnessing such unbridled divine senses.
“There are so many experts, and there are at least close to a hundred Heaven Monarchs. This is bad… I should have put Feng Luan and the others into the Thearch Palace earlier. Now, we are surely going to be targeted.”
Jiang Yi was grumbling silently. Jiang Xiaonu and the others had been staying inside the Thearch Palace for this period of time. Earlier on, they all wanted to follow and witness the new city for themselves while Jiang Xiaonu was also concerned for Jiang Yi. He went soft-hearted and didn’t put them back into the Thearch Palace, but he didn’t expect for there to be so many experts in the city. From the looks of the situation, the majority of them were slaves as Jiang Yi noticed those soldiers by the city gate whose eyes had similarly lit up when they saw Feng Luan and the others, but they didn’t have those rapacious and unbridled eyes.
The city was huge, and the city gates were at least 300 meters tall. The giant limestones were filled with intersecting scars due to the passing of time. A casual glance at the city made them feel that it was desolate and ancient. It was unknown how many tens of thousands of years had it been since the city was constructed.
There weren’t many soldiers on the city walls as they were spread out with at least 3,000 meters between each other. Furthermore, all of them were at the Vajra Realm while only the commander at the city gate was a Heaven Monarch.
Swish!
When Lu Tong was approaching the city gates, he turned around and explained to everyone in an indifferent voice, “No violence and no flying are allowed in the city. If there are any disputes, you may go out of the city to settle it. If anyone dares to act recklessly in the city, all shall be executed without negotiation! In addition, no one is to trespass other residences; and do not enter the second floor of the city lord residence without any proper business. The first floor of the city lord residence is where the Lu Clan’s merchant association is located. They possess all the daily necessities and can be bought with celestial stones.”
Lu Tong explained a few statements before greeting the commander at the city gate with cupped fists. As he led everyone in the city and continued to explain. “The labor in Sky Thunder Island is very simple. You simply have to go out through the eastern city gate and search for thunder stones. Every single individual has to offer one piece of thunder stone every single day. You have a total of seven humans and two spirit beasts so you need to hand over nine thunder stones to the city lord residence every day.
“The labor service shall officially begin in three days! For every missing thunder stone, one of you shall be executed. If you don’t even submit a single thunder stone, all of you will be executed! As long as you excavate enough thunder stones, you can spend the rest of the time cultivating or enjoying life in the city. As long as you don’t stir up any trouble, no one will bother you.”
“If you are able to obtain numerous thunder stones, you can choose to save it for future submissions or exchange them with merits! In Gods Bestow Tribe, merits are the most important thing. As for… the usage of merits? You will know it later on. Alright then! All of you shall go to the no.1777 courtyard which is your allocated residence.”
After Lu Tong finished his explanation, he threw a token on the ground before walking out of the western city gate and vanishing quickly.
Jiang Yi bent over to pick up the token, and he knew clearly that this Lu Tong was purposely trying to embarrass him, but he could endure such humiliation. The token was black and cold to touch. With essence force was circulated around it, it would emit a faint light. It was probably a token specially made by the Lu Clan, and it was engraved with four small numbers ‘1777’.
“Hehe!”
There were soft giggles from the surroundings which attracted Jiang Yi’s attention. When he looked around, his expression quickly turned as numerous martial artists walked out from the courtyards ahead, looking at them with ridiculing expressions. He could clearly see some Heaven Monarchs who were scanning their lewd eyes across Feng Luan and the girls.
“En?”
Feng Luan and the others quickly had cold expressions. If it was anyone else in their shoes, they would also feel uncomfortable. Jiang Xiaonu’s eyes flashed with killing intent while her body lit up with green light. Jiang Yi quickly tugged at her and transmitted a message: “Xiaonu, without my orders, you are not to make any moves in this place. Otherwise, you will be the reason that caused everyone’s death. As for those people… just ignore them.”
“Understood, Young Master!”
Jiang Xiaonu was most obedient to Jiang Yi, and even if Jiang Yi asked her to die, she wouldn’t even hesitate. Jiang Yi’s words were like a sacred decree to her, and she wouldn’t hesitate to comply with his orders.
Sensing the surrounding eyes, Jiang Yi had an urge to bring out the Thearch Palace and put everyone back inside it. However, since they were already exposed, it was useless to put them in now. Bringing out the Thearch Palace would actually attract even more malicious attentions. He had no choice but to transmit a message to everyone: “Pay attention now. Do not make a move and withdraw your aura presence while ignoring everyone. We will go to our residence first.”
Jiang Yi acted prudently as he was unfamiliar with this place and didn’t know about the situation here. He led everyone at the front while Qian Wanguan and Zhan Wushuang stood at the side, surrounding the four girls in the middle.
The city was huge, but it wasn’t flourishing, and the structures here were all very simple and crude. Every residence was the same exact limestone courtyard. The courtyards weren’t huge and probably only had one room and one hall. The streets didn’t have any restaurant, inn, or shop, and were filled with nothing but green courtyards which doors were engraved with numbers.
At the side of the streets, many people had walked out of their courtyards; and they were mainly males. All of them were staring at Feng Luan and the girls without the slightest restraint in their burning desire to possess them. There was even a low-stage Heaven Monarch who even whistled at Feng Luan.
Everyone had received Jiang Yi’s instruction had completely ignored all those eyes and provocations while moving swiftly and searching for the no.1777 courtyard.
After walking for ten miles, there was an intersection that appeared at the front. Jiang Yi extended out his divine senses and checked out the numbers on the courtyards while walking down the left side of the street.
“1769, 1775, 1777. Alright, this is it!”
After walking for 15 minutes, Jiang Yi finally found the courtyard. He scanned inside with his divine senses and led everyone in after pushing the door open. The exterior of the courtyard looked rundown while the interior looked even worse. It couldn’t even be described as unpresentable; it was basically no different from a place that was meant for beggars.
Everyone stepped over the yard which was filled with trash, and before they even walked into the main hall, they could smell a foul odor. Qing Yu covered her nose and didn’t even dare to enter. Jiang Yi walked in with large strides without any fear and when he saw a restriction mechanism inside, he slammed on it conveniently. The entire courtyard lit up with a transparent radiance which was a rather useful restriction barrier.
“Fatty, Brother Wushuang, let’s clean this place.”
Jiang Yi asked Feng Luan and the girls to stay outside while he, Zhan Wushuang, and Qian Wanguan cleaned up the place. Jiang Xiaonu quickly followed inside to clean the place, too, while Yun Fei, Feng Luan, and Qing Yu were all rather considerate as they endured the odor and filth and started to clean up the place as well.
After cleaning up the place, the place was finally in a condition that was fit for humans to live in.
The courtyard might be very small as it only had two rooms and one main hall; the rooms didn’t even have any beds. It was pitifully small, and it was fortunate that Jiang Yi had kept the Yazi Beast into the Thearch Palace; otherwise, there wouldn’t even be space for the Yazi Beast to stand.
“Alright, the men will live in one room while the women will live in the other room! Just put up with it for the time being while I go check out the situation.”
Jiang Yi asked everyone to settle in while he was about to go out to check the situation after opening up the barrier of the courtyard. However, he immediately discovered someone was standing outside the doors of the courtyard.
Jiang Yi extended his divine senses out while that person transmitted a message immediately: “Hehe. Young Master, my name is Hu San, and I have all the information that you require. Can I enter your courtyard for a moment?”
“Selling information?”
Jiang Yi’s brows lifted as he walked out of the room and replied, “Come in then.”
