Chapter 230
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Chapter 230: I’m Sorry, I Made a Mistake
Upon hearing this, Li Xiaojun carefully searched with his divine sense.
Indeed, he quickly discovered some well-hidden individuals.
These people would not be visible with just a rough scan of divine sense.
Divine sense does not allow you to see every detail in a vast area just because you can cover that distance.
It’s actually like eyes; if someone hides using formations or disguises, you won’t see them.
For example, you might have a telescope that can see several kilometers away, but that does not mean you can identify everything you see.
Only by conducting a detailed search can you spot hidden individuals.
Fortunately, Li Xiaojun’s divine sense was concealed by the system, to the point that even the formations that detect divine sense could not find his.
Otherwise, in a secret realm where everyone possesses detection abilities, if anyone noticed someone scanning with divine sense, they would likely immediately use shielding array disks to conceal themselves.
“Little brother, I am Junyi, and this is my partner, Junxi. May I ask how to address you?” the man asked Li Xiaojun.
“My name is Li Xiaojun,” Li Xiaojun replied with the pronunciation of his name.
“Brother Li Xiaojun, it’s too dangerous to be alone in the wilderness. Would you like to join our base and team up with someone?” Junyi suggested to Li Xiaojun.
“Is that really possible?” Li Xiaojun asked eagerly.
“What’s not possible? We are all of the Human Race. In this land filled with hidden dangers, only by sticking together can we gain greater benefits,” Junyi said with a smile.
After hearing this, Li Xiaojun nodded in agreement.
“I wonder what I need to do to join your base?” Li Xiaojun inquired.
Hearing Li Xiaojun’s question, Junyi pulled out a red stone from his storage ring.
“Little brother, this is for testing your identity; it primarily checks if you are of the Human Race. Just drop a drop of blood on it,” Junyi instructed Li Xiaojun.
“You know, the entire Daizong Secret Realm is actually a world of beast tribe creatures. If a beast disguises itself as a human and we bring it to the base, it could lead to a catastrophic disaster for us.”
Upon hearing this, Li Xiaojun thought for a moment and nodded, squeezing a drop of blood without any immortal essence from his finger.
When the blood fell onto the red stone, it emitted a wave of energy.
“Alright, little brother, you are indeed of our Human Race. You can come back to the base with us,” Junyi said to Li Xiaojun.
“Thank you, I appreciate your help,” Li Xiaojun expressed his gratitude quickly.
“No need to mention it…”
Soon, Li Xiaojun followed the man and woman away, heading toward the location of their base.
Before long, Li Xiaojun arrived at the base where the two were located.
This was a place concealed by formations, which could withstand attacks from human immortals. However, if Li Xiaojun wanted to break it, he could easily destroy the formation in one strike.
But of course, he had no intention of doing so.
Standing before the formation, Junyi waved his hand, and a door appeared at the entrance of the formation.
“Let’s go,” Junyi nodded at Li Xiaojun and quickly stepped into the formation.
The woman quickly followed behind.
Li Xiaojun, confident as a powerhouse in the Heavenly Immortal realm, was not worried about being schemed against.
Fortunately, the man and woman truly had no intention of plotting against Li Xiaojun.
Once the three entered the formation, they found themselves in a place resembling a small town.
Li Xiaojun scanned the area with his divine sense and discovered that there were no fewer than tens of thousands of people here.
Among them, most were Transformation stage cultivators, followed by Integration stage cultivators, and then Great Ascension stage powerhouses.
As for Tribulation stage great emperors, there were only three.
“Little brother, since you just arrived here, let me take you to the city lord’s office to register. This way, you will receive a token that allows you to come and go freely,” said Junyi.
“Alright, thank you, friend,” Li Xiaojun nodded in response.
Li Xiaojun was surprised to find that there was actually a Human Race city within the secret realm.
This city was protected by concealed formations, and if it weren’t for his divine sense having a hidden attribute, he would not have detected those leaving the formation.
Without noticing those exiting the formation, he would have never discovered this Human Race city.
After entering the formation, the two led Li Xiaojun straight to the city lord’s office for registration.
“Manager He, this is the new arrival. Please help him with the registration,” Junyi said to the clerk in the office.
Hearing this, the clerk merely gave Li Xiaojun a glance, then took out a jade slip and lightly used his divine sense to communicate, “Imprint your soul mark onto this token.”
Upon hearing this, Li Xiaojun followed the instructions.
“Alright, hold onto this token; it’s your identity proof. Also, it contains the language and writing of our tribe, which you can learn through your divine sense,” the clerk said, tossing a token to Li Xiaojun.
“Thank you,” Li Xiaojun quickly replied as he caught the token.
“This is your reward.”
The clerk then tossed several superior grade spirit stones to Junyi, who eagerly caught them.
Li Xiaojun looked at Junyi in surprise, causing Junyi to feel a bit embarrassed.
“Brother Li Xiaojun, it’s like this: as long as you bring a newcomer to the base, there is usually a reward,” Junyi explained.
“Oh, so that’s why.”
Upon hearing Junyi’s words, Li Xiaojun finally understood why Junyi had been so kind to bring him to this base.
At that moment, seeing that Li Xiaojun had received the token and Junyi had also received his reward, the clerk waved his hand, signaling them to leave.
“Is that it for the registration?” Li Xiaojun asked as he looked at Junyi.
“Yes,” Junyi nodded.
“Don’t we need to register names or anything?” Li Xiaojun asked in surprise.
“No need. Names can be fake, appearances can be changed, but soul fluctuations cannot be faked. So, recording your soul mark fluctuation is enough,” Junyi explained to Li Xiaojun.
Upon hearing this, Li Xiaojun nodded.
That was indeed the case.
For cultivators, names can be false, and appearances can be altered at will, but everyone’s soul fluctuations are unique.
So, in the cultivation world, distinguishing a person generally relies on identifying their soul fluctuations.
This means that no matter how you change, those who know you can sense your divine sense and immediately recognize you.
However, this seems not to be the case for Li Xiaojun.
Because his divine sense can be shielded by the system, it is impossible for ordinary people to perceive it.
“Little brother, we have brought you to the base. You can familiarize yourself with this place. We have other matters to attend to and will take our leave,” Junyi said as he and his partner departed after leaving the city lord’s office.
After Junyi left, Li Xiaojun first learned the language and writing of the Human Race, then curiously wandered around the city.
“Hmm?”
Li Xiaojun suddenly noticed that there were caves for sale in the city lord’s office.
What surprised Li Xiaojun was not the existence of the caves but that the formations inside them could convert spiritual energy into concentrated spiritual energy.
Seeing this, Li Xiaojun immediately became interested in the formation.
Thus, he decided to study this formation.
If he could comprehend it, he could set up a base and allow his fellow countrymen from Earth to cultivate within the secret realm.
Although there was spiritual energy on Earth, its concentration was not as rich as that of transformed spiritual energy.
“I want to rent a cave.”
Li Xiaojun returned to the city lord’s office and found the person in charge of cave rentals.
“You want to rent a cave? Which one do you want?” the manager asked Li Xiaojun.
“What are the prices for your caves?” Li Xiaojun inquired.
“Prices?”
“Our caves are categorized into four grades: A, B, C, and D. Grade A caves are the most expensive, requiring ten low-grade spiritual items per month.
Grade B caves are a bit cheaper, needing seven spiritual items monthly.
Grade C caves require four spiritual items, and Grade D caves are the cheapest, allowing a one-month stay for just one spiritual item.”
Hearing this, Li Xiaojun asked in surprise, “You only need spiritual items? Can’t I use superior grade spirit stones?”
“Superior grade spirit stones? What would we do with those? Are you renting or not? If not, please don’t disturb me at work,” the manager said impatiently.
“I will rent,” Li Xiaojun thought for a moment and then took out a spiritual item.
“Can you tell me how many days I can rent a Grade A cave with this spiritual item?” Li Xiaojun asked the manager.
“Hmm? A high-grade spiritual item!”
Seeing the spiritual item Li Xiaojun presented, the manager’s eyes lit up.
“A high-grade spiritual item is equivalent to 100 low-grade spiritual items. If you stay in a Grade A cave, you can stay for ten months. However, if you are willing to use a high-grade spiritual item to rent the cave, I can arrange for you to stay for a year,” the manager informed Li Xiaojun.
Upon hearing this, Li Xiaojun nodded, “Alright, I will rent a Grade A cave for a year.”
After saying that, Li Xiaojun handed the spiritual item directly to the manager.
After receiving the spiritual item, the manager took out a token, then performed a spell before handing the token to Li Xiaojun.
“This is the control token for Cave A3. With this token, you can live in Cave A3,” the manager said as he handed the token to Li Xiaojun.
“Alright.”
Li Xiaojun quickly took the token.
“Good, you can leave now,” the manager waved his hand at Li Xiaojun.
Li Xiaojun did not stay there and swiftly headed towards Cave A3 with the token.
His divine sense had already located the position of Cave A3.
Inside the city lord’s office, there were a dozen caves with the highest concentration of spiritual energy; these should be the Grade A caves.
Soon, Li Xiaojun arrived outside Cave A3.
The doorpost of this cave was engraved with the words “A3.”
It seemed that this was indeed Cave A3.
Li Xiaojun took out the cave token and activated the formation control.
However, when he activated the token, the cave’s formation remained completely still.
“What’s going on?” Li Xiaojun was puzzled.
“Am I being scammed?”
Li Xiaojun did not expect that the token given to him by the manager would be useless.
Not willing to give up, Li Xiaojun tried several more times to open the cave with the token, but no matter what he did, the cave remained motionless.
Seeing this, Li Xiaojun’s expression turned sour.
He realized he seemed to have been tricked by that manager.
“Damn it, I am going to stay in this cave no matter what, no one can stop me.”
With determination, Li Xiaojun decided to break the formation.
His divine sense enveloped and sealed off the entire cave, aiming to prevent any large disturbances from escaping.
In the next moment, he reached out and pointed.
A gigantic finger quickly struck against the cave’s formation.
Boom!
In the next moment, the formation of Cave A3 shattered.
“Who?”
Just as Li Xiaojun broke the cave’s formation, a powerful divine sense swept out from within the cave.
“Hmm?”
However, in the next moment, a surprised voice exclaimed, as this divine sense detected no one who had damaged the cave.
As this divine sense swept out, Li Xiaojun’s divine sense also directly penetrated into the cave.
In the next moment, Li Xiaojun discovered that there was a woman inside the cave.
From the assessment of her divine sense, he realized that the woman’s cultivation level had already reached the Late stage Great Ascension.
Just as Li Xiaojun’s divine sense scanned the cave, the woman inside the cave quickly rushed out.
In the next moment, their eyes met.
“Who are you? Why did you destroy my cave?”
When the woman saw Li Xiaojun, she realized her divine sense couldn’t detect him at all, and her expression turned wary.
She summoned several top-grade spiritual weapons to guard around her, her gaze towards Li Xiaojun filled with caution, as if she might strike at any moment.
She found that she couldn’t see through this man in front of her.
Moreover, she discovered her divine sense was unable to penetrate the space around the cave.
She understood that her cave was surrounded by someone’s divine sense blockade.
If someone could block her divine sense, it meant that their cultivation level was much stronger than hers.
The woman looked at Li Xiaojun warily, while Li Xiaojun observed her as well.
He found the woman very beautiful. Having met countless women, he believed she could rank among the top three.
“Who are you? Why are you in my cave?” After a moment, Li Xiaojun frowned and asked lightly.
“What? Your cave?”
Upon hearing Li Xiaojun’s words, the woman seemed to hear something unbelievable.
“Of course, it’s my cave.” Li Xiaojun took out the token given to him by the manager in charge of renting caves.
Seeing Li Xiaojun’s token, the woman’s expression immediately changed, becoming incredibly vivid.
First, she was surprised, then filled with anger.
She pointed angrily at Li Xiaojun and said, “You rented Cave A3, what are you doing in my Cave T3?”
“What? Cave T3? You didn’t write that anywhere; I thought this was Cave A3,” Li Xiaojun replied in astonishment.
“You, you, you…” The woman nearly got infuriated by Li Xiaojun.
“This is Cave A3; your cave is over there.”
The woman suppressed her anger and pointed in a direction.
If she felt she could not defeat him, she would have definitely made him pay.
Being unable to feel strong enough to face him, she realized he was likely a Tribulation stage great emperor.
Tribulation stage great emperors could stand equally with her father.
Moreover, with someone using their divine sense to block the area, she felt like a fish on the chopping block. So, she had to endure, whether she liked it or not.
“Wasn’t it said that the best caves are Grade A caves? Why are there even better T-grade caves?” Li Xiaojun asked the woman in confusion.
“You see, T-grade and D-grade caves are for the city lord’s office itself; they are not available for external rental,” the woman explained lightly.
“Oh, I see.” Li Xiaojun nodded.
Then he said to the woman, “I’m sorry; I made a mistake. I didn’t mean to ruin your formation. I thought I was scammed. Here, consider this array disk as compensation.”
After saying this, Li Xiaojun took out an array disk from the system space that could withstand the attacks of human immortals and handed it to her.
He originally thought he would be able to get one that could resist Tribulation stage great emperors, but the lowest-grade one in his system space was this one that could withstand human immortal attacks.
Of course, this array disk could only withstand a few attacks; it didn’t mean that a human immortal couldn’t break it.
However, as long as there was enough energy, a Tribulation stage great emperor would never be able to break it.
Li Xiaojun’s decision to compensate her with an array disk was primarily because he damaged her cave’s formation.
He was a person who clearly distinguished between kindness and grudges, acknowledging his mistakes, and would not use his strength to do something disgraceful.
