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Time quickly passed.
The old man escorted Gu Qing Shan to the ship’s deck.
“We’re almost there” the old man said.
Gu Qing Shan looked around, a bit expectant.
Around the ship was vast space filled with glittering stars.
This wasn’t part of the space vortex, it was actual scenery of a certain world.
“The Bramble Birds are nearby?”
Gu Qing Shan asked.
“The Bramble Birds are probably not here yet, participants are required to gather at the Old Gods’ Ruins”
“Ruins?”
“Indeed” the old man looked at Gu Qing Shan’s expression and waved his hand: “It’s not as you think, after so many years, every last grain of sand inside the Ruins had already been studied so there is no danger, of course, there’s also nothing to gain”
“So we’re here because…”
“Because those who accept the call of the Bramble Birds are required to gather here”
The old man explained further: “Everyone is here waiting for the Bramble Bird’s arrival”
“Which means I’m not that late” Gu Qing Shan sighed with relief.
“No, you are quite late, those who arrived first will be allowed to enter the Bramble Bird’s treasure world first, you will have to wait until a certain amount of people that arrived before you enter until you can enter”
Gu Qing Shan shrugged: “Nothing wrong with going in after others”
The old man smiled: “But quite many aren’t as open-minded as you are”
While they were talking, a grand palace array appeared in front of the ship.
The gigantic palaces were pure white, majestic and glorious, almost as if they were carved out of ivory.
But inside this wall of white, there was a large plaza so large you couldn’t see the other side.
Yet the plaza was almost filled with people, so many gathered that you couldn’t even begin to count.
“So many participants!”
Gu Qing Shan exclaimed as he saw the crowded plaza.
“Of course, if it weren’t for the Old Gods’ Palace and plaza, there probably wouldn’t be any place that could hold so many young talents and geniuses” the old man commented.
“Everyone gets to rest anywhere they like?”
“No, no, no” the old man spoke, “they can rest only on the plaza for free, the other places are official business venues of Aboul Hotel”
“These palaces are part of a grand-sized hotel?” Gu Qing Shan was surprised.
——wait a minute, why does that name sound so familiar?
Gu Qing Shan then recalled.
Aboul is where that big rooster said he’s come for vacation.
Which means the big rooster is also here?
“Old Gods’ Palace, this name by itself holds a lot of attraction, so a renowned corporation bought out this entire Super Dimensional world and remodeled it into a hotel resort”
“This is one of the most famous luxurious hotels in the Outer Plane, so much that many powerful Combatants and royalty book rooms here periodically”
“Why is it so sought-after?”
“Because of time—— this place had condensed a type of time Origin Law, paying the appropriate price, you’ll be able to return to a certain moment of the past”
“Once there, you’ll get to enjoy a time of peace and relaxation, about half a month at most”
The old man appeared a bit fascinated: “And after spending half a month there, you’ll find that only a day has passed”
“How miraculous” Gu Qing Shan commented.
The old man then handed Gu Qing Shan a shining golden card.
Gu Qing Shan took and checked it.
[79]
This was the number carved on the card.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the old man.
The old man explained: “When I came to pick you up, our association had already booked a room for you here—— for the exact situation you see right now, we thought that it would’ve taken you quite a while to find a place to rest once you’re here”
“Thank you, if I hadn’t any other choice, I wouldn’t have troubled you so much” Gu Qing Shan gratefully said.
It’s fortunate that the Spire Keeper Association is so gracious, otherwise I wouldn’t have gotten here so smoothly.
“What are you saying” the old man dismissed his word: “You saved Great Scholar Moore’s life—— his wisdom and intelligence is some of the most precious assets of the association”
Gu Qing Shan fell silent.
I still can’t believe someone I happened to save would be such a VIP.
The ship slowly decreased its speed and docked by the palace array.
It was now that one could truly see how grand these Old Gods’ Ruins were.
The Spire Keeper Association’s ship was easily 20-story tall, but compared to the Old Gods’ Palace, it was merely a small seed in front of a white elephant.
The ship squarely stopped.
The old man respectfully bowed to Gu Qing Shan: “Journeys like this one are nothing but a trivial matter, you can call on us any time, farewell”
“I thank the Spire for your help, farewell” Gu Qing Shan clasped his fist and replied.
He lightly leapt from the ship, descending on a not-too-crowded area of the plaza.
The old man stood on top of the deck, watching until his feet touched the plaza before ordering the ship to leave.
As Gu Qing Shan landed on the rowdy plaza, a few young people about his age approached.
The presence they gave off suggested that they were quite strong.
But Gu Qing Shan felt that he could handle them.
Since everyone here was 30 years old or below, besides a few unique ones, everyone’s power levels were basically the same.
Gu Qing Shan came from a Scattered world, but how many people in the Scattered worlds could actually match up to him and reach Sainted realm at the age of 20?
“Are you here to join the call of——” one of them tried asking him.
“No, I’m here on vacation”
Gu Qing Shan cut him off and flashed the golden card in his hand.
The group begrudgingly parted ways.
The rooms in Aboul Hotel were all booked through identity.
They didn’t dare to use force.
—–because this place was the Aboul Hotel.
Doing anything to a guest of Aboul here must mean they are bored of life.
Seeing the numbered card he had, a few other people tried approaching him.
“My friend, is your room for sale? We’re sick of staying here and need a place to rest, if you’re will——”
“No, I also need to rest” Gu Qing Shan cut the other party off again.
He concealed his presence and weaved his way into the crowd.
Several people immediately tried to follow him.
But Gu Qing Shan was too fast, and the crowd here was too thick, so wanting to pursue him silently was obviously impossible.
Gu Qing Shan isn’t letting down his guard either.
While moving through the crowd, he was even using movement techniques incorporated within [Ground Shrink].
About 5 minutes later, he had already made it past half the plaza.
——and successfully cut off those chasing him.
Since those people were paying such close attention to newcomers, they must’ve arranged something beforehand.
But Gu Qing Shan didn’t care about these things.
With the golden card in hand, he followed the direction written on the card to leave the plaza.
About 5 minutes along the large stairs, taking a few turns here and there, he finally reached the front gate of the Old Gods’ Palace array.
The majority of the people on the plaza were young people who answered the call of the Bramble Birds, so they all seemed anxious and restless.
But the people here came to Aboul on vacation.
Distinct from the hustle and bustle of the plaza, this place was serene.
While people were moving in and out of the hotel nonstop, they were all courteous and polite.
Gu Qing Shan even saw a wolf wearing a sheep’s coat with a smoking pipe in his mouth giving way to two ladies in veils.
Gu Qing Shan then slowed his steps as he entered the hotel.
“How do you do, may I ask what can I do for you?” a voice called out.
From moments unknown, a strange creature had appeared in front of Gu Qing Shan.
It was made completely out of grey-colored air, but the air was clearly wearing a full-body vest suit.
An air-man?
Gu Qing Shan had such a thought.
However, when this… person appeared, Gu Qing Shan also felt a wave of relief
The air around him became clean and pleasant, the temperature also stayed at a constant 26 degrees C, the bit of excess spirit energy the air-man gave off also filled every part of Gu Qing Shan’s body.
It was a wonderful feeling of being at home.
“I booked a room here” Gu Qing Shan said.
“Please present your room card”
Gu Qing Shan took the golden card out and gave it to him.
“A golden room card!” the air-man instantly spoke: “So you must be an esteemed guest… number 79, yes, please wait a minute—– I found it, the Starry Sky Suite for the Spire Keeper Association”
His tone was very respectful.
A golden card grants him the privilege to enjoy a lot of services unique to Aboul for free.
And he’s also from the Spire Keeper Association.
They are a big customer of the hotel.
The air-man pressed the room card in the air.
A golden gate slowly opened in the void of space.
The air-man returned the room card to Gu Qing Shan and bowed: “Please go ahead, this is your room, esteemed guest”
“Our hotel has many entertainment facilities for you to enjoy, no matter where you are, you can always activate your room card to return to your room”
After explaining that, the air-man stood back up and whispered: “Do you need other services, sir?”
“You mean?”
“Intel”
“I do”
“2 Starite please”
Gu Qing Shan hesitated for a bit.
From how he said it, Starite must be a type of common currency, but I don’t have such a thing—— in fact I’m still in debt.
“Take it”
A chiming female voice came.
Two small, transparent rocks flew over and directly fell into the air-man’s hand.
The air-man quickly put the Starite away and explained: “The Bramble Bird royal line will arrive shortly this afternoon, a luxurious banquet had been adequately prepared as a VIP of the royal family to be making their public debut during the banquet”
After he finished, the air-man disappeared.
Gu Qing Shan didn’t have the time to think about the intel he just heard, or care about whether or not it was real.
His heartbeat had increased a bit unconsciously.
He turned around—-
Su Xue Er was silently standing at the gate of the hotel, wearing a pure white robe and a scepter in her hand.
She looked at Gu Qing Shan, whispering: “I’ve been waiting a long time for you”
Gu Qing Shan slowly smiled.
He walked over and gave her a hug.
