The next morning, Ren Qingquan woke up from his sleep. After stretching his body, he went outside the metal house and stored it inside [Storage].

While flying in mid air once again, Ren Qingquan talked to me. ‘System, do you think it is better to grant a subsystem to a child of luck or to an expert?’

Right after saying that, he paused.

If I had a body, both of us would be staring at each other right now.

Ren Qingquan thought. ‘Never mind, let’s choose another child of luck. One Ren Qingchen is scary enough, I don’t want to handle another old fox.’

Sigh, even Ren Qingquan is traumatized by Ren Qingchen. I guess it will take a long time until both of us heal mentally from that shock.

[Agreed. Furthermore, we still don’t understand the trump cards of high-level cultivators. Although the System can activate ‘Devour’ and make the world summon a space crack to attack them. But who knows, one of their trump cards might be to block that space crack. For the sake of stability, System recommends the host to look for children of luck that have at most nascent soul stage cultivation.]

‘Alright.’ nodding his head, Ren Qingquan continued to fly randomly while in a daze.

Soon, from Ren Qingquan’s shared sense of sight, I saw small dots in his 2 o’clock direction. After another five minutes, the dots turn bigger and the silhouette of a city can be seen.

[Host, there is a city at your 2 o’clock direction.]

Shaking his head to wake up, Ren Qingquan tilted his head to the left before squinting his eyes really hard.

[Host, 2 o’clock is to the right!]

Which elementary school do you study at! I need to mark it down so if I have a child, I won’t accidentally send them there.

After retorting him in my mind, I checked the Peak Master duo tasked to follow Ren Qingquan. Seeing how they actually choose the wrong direction, I sighed in relief.

Guess Ren Qingquan can stay in this city for a while.

When Ren Qingquan was within one kilometer of the city wall, I sensed the existence of a formation engraved on the city wall. Using my knowledge in formation and a little bit of wild guess, that formation is most likely used to block cultivators from forcefully entering.

So, I warned him about that formation.

[Host, don’t forcefully enter the city! There are formations guarding it. System recommends you to change your body and turn off your invisibility technique while only keeping the anti divination part on.]

‘Alright.’ Ren Qingquan then followed the method written inside Don’t Peek At Me, Pervert! technique and transformed his face and body.

When I saw the super dashing face Ren Qingquan transformed into, I wanna vomit blood.

[Please be serious and use a normal face. That face you used will attract a lot of attention!]

At this time, he is already extremely close to the city gate. Below it, there is a winding line of people and caravans trying to enter the city.

Controlling his Evanescent Movement technique, Ren Qingquan who now has a normal-looking face, floated down gently as he turned visible. While removing his invisibility, Ren Qingquan also activated his Turtle Divination Technique and took a quick glance toward the crowd.

Seeing Ren Qingquan who suddenly appeared while slowly descending, the surrounding people bowed in respect and fear.

After scanning the line of crowd, Ren Qingquan can’t see any people with great luck. To be honest, the average amount of luck those people have are lower than the people he scanned at the Pure Wave Sect before.

Soon, a guard with Qi Refining cultivation went toward him with a fawning smile plastered on his face. “Greeting senior, how may this junior help you?”

Ren Qingquan answered while looking at the guard, “Don’t you see I am lining up to enter the city?”

As if surprised by his answer, the guard replied. “Ah? There is no need for senior to line up. This line is for low-level cultivators and mortals who wish to enter the city.”

When Ren Qingquan heard it, he was a bit confused. Sensing the confused look he had, the guard explained. “Senior seems to be someone focused on attaining the dao. From senior’s ability to fly, you are definitely an expert at the Golden Core stage and above. That’s why senior may enter the city immediately.”

“I see, then please bring me inside.” Ren Qingquan calmly replied to the guard while internally he was screaming, ‘Woohoo! Preferential treatment rock!’

With the guard in lead, they quickly arrived at the city wall’s gate.

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“Senior, is it alright if I notified your arrival to my superior first?”

Hearing the guard’s sudden question, Ren Qingquan replied. “Mhm. But please tell him to hide it from everyone else, I am currently traveling incognito.”

“Then please excuse me for a moment.” Right after saying that, the guard ran inside the city wall while leaving Ren Qingquan behind.

As I sensed that guard leaving, I think my plan went awry. I didn’t know Golden Core cultivators are actually rare, which interferes with my calculation. With how the people reacted before, they will definitely remember an unknown Golden Core expert’s visit. If the people tailing Ren Qingquan found this city, they might connect the dots easily.

So, I need to warn Ren Qingquan to leave as far as possible after he stays in this city.

[Host, system recommends that you visit a different city soon. Furthermore, it is better if your new destination is located far away from this city. Your flashy entrance before has left a trace for those people following you.]

Ren Qingquan readily agreed to my suggestion. ‘Okay.’

After warning him and gaining his response, I looked at the formation of the city wall. Now that I see it from a close distance, those formations actually aren’t that powerful. If Ren Qingquan tried to pass through it, he would need at most 10 attacks before that defense fell.

Around the wall, I scanned hundreds of guards moving around. From the energy they have, every single one of them is at the Qi Refining Stage. Seeing such a weak defense, I am a bit concerned.

Ain’t the defense of this place too weak for a city? Even a restroom at the Pure Wave Sect has a stronger formation barrier.

Wait, is it possible my judgment is wrong, and this is the normal defense for this world? Instead, the Pure Wave Sect is the one that is amazing?

While I was pondering, the guard entered a room with a middle-aged man in it. From the energy I scanned, that middle-aged man has already refined two hundred strands of spirit qi, which is the strongest among all the guards around the city wall.

“Captain, there is a senior cultivator at Golden Core or above visiting our city. How should I proceed with this?”

When the captain heard that guard’s explanation, he nodded and tapped his hand several times on the table.

Hearing the knocking sound, the guard looked thoughtful before shaking his head. “No.”

Then, the captain once again knocked his hand on the table several times. Once he stopped, the guard replied. “The senior asks not to cause too much commotion about his arrival.”

Nodding his head, the captain said. “Then proceed as usual.”

“Yes!” Replying to the captain, that guard saluted and then left the room before walking toward Ren Qingquan.

Holy shiet! Did they just use some kind of morse code to talk? Seeing that mysterious conversation, I can’t help but think so.

Once he left that room, the guard soon arrived at Ren Qingquan’s side.

“My apologies, senior. We need to report the visit of any cultivators at Golden Core stage and above.”

“Mmhm.” Ren Qingquan just gave his acknowledgement.

Smiling, the guard replied. “Then please follow me inside.”

With this, the guard joined him and became his tour guide.

After entering the city gate, the guard immediately spoke. “Senior, do you have any plans for your visit? Also, do you wish to stay in the city for the night?”

Faking a dignified tone, Ren Qingquan spoke, “I am just traveling around where the wind brought me. I will leave the city after resting for one or two days.”

I saw the guard having a thoughtful look before telling Ren Qingquan. “Then if seniors have the badge for one of Immortal Alliance’s associations, I suggest senior to pay them a visit. Their branch in this city will gladly welcome a golden core expert as a guest.”

While talking about the Immortal Alliance, the face of that guard is full of awe. Seeing the guard’s face, Ren Qingquan actually got curious and thought of asking the guard about it.

When I heard that, I immediately stopped him.

[Host, please hide your ignorance. System recommends you to search for the information by yourself. After all, just from the organization’s name and how a cannon fodder level guard actually knows about them, information about Immortal Alliance is most likely a common knowledge.]

Now that I think about it, our understanding of the cultivation world’s common sense is seriously lacking.

I guess this is the result of Ren Qingquan skipping those basic classes the Pure Wave Sect taught in exchange for experimenting with [Devour]. Can’t find fault with him though, [Devour]’s problems are indeed more important.

I deviated from the important topic. Anyway, as learning common sense is incredibly important, I sent a mission to make sure Ren Qingquan will do it.

[A mission has been added.

Mission: Learn common knowledge

Detail: Learn common knowledge of the cultivation world.

Deadline: 1 day.

Reward: 1000 points.

Punishment: 10 minutes of electric shock. ]

Seeing the sudden mission notification I sent, Ren Qingquan rolled his eyes. ‘System, can’t you get a bit creative with the punishment?’

ಠ⁠益⁠ಠ

Are you challenging me?!

Changing the word of that mission screen, I sent a new one to Ren Qingquan.

[A mission has been updated.

Mission: Learn common knowledge

Detail: Learn common knowledge of the cultivation world.

Deadline: 1 day.

Reward: 1000 points.

Punishment: Losing a kidney. You have two anyway. ]

Looking at the mission panel I updated, Ren Qinquan immediately screamed internally.

‘Wait System! I take back my word! You are the most amazing system in the world, the most creative system in the world, and... and the most knowledgeable system in the world!’ Due to panic, I even heard him stutter midway through his thought.

[No, don’t worry too much. As long as host finishes the mission, you will still have a pair of kidneys.]

Reading my cold-blooded words, his face paled. ‘I still don’t wanna bet on my kidney~.’

Looking at Ren Qingquan whose face turned pale, the guard asked in concern. “Senior, is there anything wrong?”

“Nothing. Can you lead me to the nearest association? I am not a member of any association, though. So, I only wish to look around.”

“Alright! Please follow me, senior!” Right after saying that, the guard looked at Ren Qingquan.

Seeing as Ren Qingquan nodded his head, the guard quickened his footsteps.

While walking, the guard spoke. “The nearest association is the Talisman Association. Not only are they capable of creating talismans, the calligraphy they wrote is also often sold like a hot cake.”

Right after the guard said that, I heard him mumble in a soft voice. “Their writings are ugly as shit though.”

Both of them soon reached the Talisman Association’s building. It is a three storied building made of wood that gives off a calming fragrance. Above the main door, there is a wooden sign with three vertical squiggly lines written.

When Ren Qingquan and the guard were only several meters from the main door, it suddenly flung open as a young man with a pair of dark eye bags got thrown out of it.

Following the flying young man, a middle-aged man wearing a robe engraved with the same symbol of Talisman Association snorted as he glared at the young man.

“Hmph. A trash like you actually dares to call yourself a Talisman Master. What a shameless brat! You are tarnishing the name of our association!”